Rose Weasley gazed around Platform 9 and 3/4.

She saw faces she remembered and faces she didn't.

Panic rose in the pit of her stomach, for she saw no white blonde hair in the see of heads.

Her cousin Albus 'Al' Potter swung his arms around her shoulder, "It'll be okay Rosie," he said, "He'll be here."
Rose nodded not reassured.

Al and Rose had forgiven each other a week after their best friend Scorpius Malfoy had run away from Hogwarts, Al had helped Rose through her grief of losing her uncle and Al's dad, Harry Potter.

The one thing Al couldn't help her with was the loss of Scorp. Rose knew it was her harsh words to him at the end of last year that had made him leave and it killed her inside.

She sighed and walked towards the train.

Automatically she went to the back of the train, to the compartment where she had met Scorp for the first time.

Inside was a tall handsome boy. He had brown hair with blonde highlights and bronze tanned skin, and deep blue eyes.

Rose sucked in her breath and remembered Scorp. There was no time for anyone else; she just had to wait for Scorp.

The boy looked up from the books he was reading and his eyes darkened.

Without saying a word he picked up his trunk and his owl and stomped out of the compartment.

Rose ignored him. She was used to the glares. They were all from children of Death Eaters and their anger didn't affect her one bit.

Al and Rose sat down quietly and were later joined by Al's brother James and their friend Evanna Longbottom.

Rose settled back into her seat and closed her eyes, praying that Scorp had returned to Hogwarts.

Rose woke with a start as the train came to a halt. Silently she followed James out of the train and into one of the carriages.

The carriage was already occupied.

The tall boy from before glared at Rose as she settled into the seat across from him.

Suddenly he turned and smiled at Evanna.

"Hello, Evanna," he said, "Did you have a nice summer?"

Evanna looked startled and then she blushed crimson.

"Oh… I'm sorry I don't remember you?"

The boy smiled, "Really? That's interesting. I guess I won't tell you then. Keep the mystery alive."

He chuckled to him self and pulled out his book from his robes.

The rest of the ride continued in silence and Rose was thankful when it ended.

Rose, Al, James and Evanna all quickly made their way to the gryffindor table.

Rose was surprised to see that the boy had followed.

She hadn't recognised him and therefore had assumed he was a first year, but sure enough he sat down at the end of the table and once again started reading.

Al scoffed at him, "Unsociable bookworm."

Rose laughed as Professor McGonagal tapped her glass.

The hall fell silent.

"Welcome back students. It's wonderful to see you all again. As usual I must warn everyone that the Forest is out of bounds, especially after last year's… unpleasant incident."

Rose shuddered, knowing all too well what the 'unpleasant incident' was.

McGonagal continued, "So on with the sorting!"

Rose zone out while the hat song its song, it was basically the same every year and she continued to stare at the wall right through the sorting. What did she care about the first years? She'd meet all the ones that mattered later in the common room.

No, Rose was too distracted to care, because nowhere on the gryffindor table sat a small pale eyed, white blonde haired boy.

She fought back the urge to cry. Scorp had not returned this year.

She heard clapping and was suddenly aware that the sorting was over.

McGonagal stood up once again and surveyed the crowd looking troubled.

"Before we start I have one last announcement. I can't see him here, but my eye sight isn't as good as it use to be," she smiled and the students laughed, she continued, "So I have to ask, is Scorpius Malfoy here?"

Rose sucked in her breath and held it.

Someone at the back stood up, "Yes Professor, I'm here."

Rose whipped around smiling, ready to greet her friend, and locked eyes with the boy from the train.

Rose froze as Scorp eyes narrowed at her.

"Good, Mr Malfoy. Please come to me after the feast to discuss you're exams. And with that, let us feast!" McGonagal clapped her hands and the food appeared on the tables, but no one moved to eat.

They were all staring at this new handsome Scorp. Scorp on the other hand sat down and starting digging into a salad while looking over at his book.

Gradually people got over the initial shock and started to eat as well. Rose and Al remain frozen. They couldn't believe that this boy was the Scorp they had known. What was even more astounding was that he hated them.

Rose didn't eat anything to whole night. At first she had stared continually at Scorp, but then he had glanced up and glared at her. After that she had just stared at her plate.

Around half way through the feast Evanna had gotten up and joined Scorp. He had welcomed her grinning; he obviously had no problem with her.

Rose wanted to go over and talk to him but it was impossible to get near him without him giving her a death stare.

Finally the night ended and McGonagal stood up, "Alright. Please follow your prefects to your common rooms. Goodnight everyone. Mr Malfoy up here please."

There was a general yawning of "Goodnight Professor" as the students trickled out of the hall.

Scorp stood up and made his way up to the high table, passing Rose and Al without a word.

Rose turned around, "You can't ignore me forever Scorp!"

Scorp turned around with cold eyes, "Oh really Miss Weasley? I thought I was doing what you want to me to do. I believe you said that you would 'appreciate it if in the future I would not speak to you.'"

He turned coldly and stalked off towards McGonagal.

Rose stood there dumbstruck. He was so calm, so cold, so… so not Scorp. This Scorp was closer to his father.

What Rose ignored was that Scorp had recited her parting words word for word, because he had spent the last three months playing them over and over in his mind.

McGonagal steered Scorp into a side room and sat down behind the desk and motioned for Scorp to do the same.

"Now, Mr Malfoy. Last year you not only left school grounds unallowed you also stole one of the school brooms. Plus on top of that you missed your exams. Do you have any reason I shouldn't expel you?"

Scorp bowed his head and his past warmth flooded back into his eyes.

He shook his head, "No, Professor McGonagal. I let my emotions get the better of me and I fled. I'm very sorry. I completely understand if you expel me."

McGonagal sighed, "Mr Malfoy I'm not going to expel you. I'm not even going to give you a detention." Scorp looked at her in surprise and she laughed, "I'm not really an old hag Mr Malfoy. I am human and I understand that the word Miss Weasley said to you had a deep impact. But you will still have to take your exams. You may have missed a month of school but I have complete confidence you will not have to repeat."

Scorp smiled, "Thankyou Professor."

"Oh and Mr Malfoy. Where is the broom?"

Scorp smiled, "I'm sorry Professor, as I was flying over Jamaica I ran out of money and had to sell it, but I got a fairly sturdy business going and I've managed to buy a Firebolt Mark Four. I hope that is a fitting replacement for the comet two-eighty."

McGonagal flapped her mouth. While the Firebolt mar four wasn't the newest broom around it was still one of the best.

Scorp smiled at her, "Goodnight Professor."

McGonagal regained herself, "Goodnight Mr Malfoy. Oh and don't be too hard on Miss Weasley."

At Rose's name, Scorp face hardened, "Sorry Professor. No can do."

McGonagal sighed, "Oh well."

Scorp walked out of the room and McGonagal took out her first bottle of Firewhisky since Harry had died. She poured her self a glass and downed it and poured another. She wanted to be well out of it when the Weasley children started throwing punches.

A/N: Here it is the not so long awaited second year! YAY! Yes people you now may drift off and imagine a very handsome Scorp. The next few chapters will be about Rose trying to get Scorp to talk to her. Yeah like that's going to happen. Even I'm and she's a figment of my imagination.

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A/N: A few notes. This is classified as Scorpius M./Albus S. P. because there's no Rose W. But this will be focused on Rose more than Al. OK also I've been meaning to put in the Weasley children's ages okay. So now it will be coinciding with the second year not the first. Bill's kids: Victoire-18, Dominique-11, Louis-3. Percy's: Molly-16, Lucy-15. George's: Fred-17, Roxanne-15, Ron's: Rose-12, Hugo-10, Ginny's:James-13, Al-12, Lily-10. And Teddy-19.