A/N: Thanks for reading!

This is for you Tingles! (Sorry, Tingles was my inspiration for this plot line, so I felt it was appropriate to dedicate this to him:)

Disclaimer: I wish I were J.K Rowling, but I am not. I don't own the characters, just the plot!

Chapter 1

She could sense him a mile away. She stood on her tip toes and scanned the crowd for any flashes of bleach blond hair. She spotted him in deep conversation with his mother and father, they seemed to be having a row, so Rose decided that it wasn't the best time to say hello. The train let out a low whistle, as Rose pecked her mother and father goodbye and hopped on the train. She helped her little brother with his trunks since he looked too nauseous to do much.

"Write us when you settle in!" Her mother called, as the train started moving. Her mum opened her mouth but whatever she said was drowned out be a high pitched whistle from the train. Rose waved a final goodbye before turning to her extremely nervous brother, who was now a pale green.

"Hugo, you'll be fine honestly, yes it is intimidating but once you adjust it becomes really quite pleasant." She cooed, sitting down next to her younger brother and rubbing soothing circles on his back. He looked up at her and nodded.

"I'll go get something from the trolley, okay? I'll be right back." She said, as she heard the voice of the Shelly, the kind, plump women who worked the trolley. She walked out of the compartment and over to where Shelly had stopped to help a rather rude seventh year Slytherin.

"No, you idiot woman, I asked for three licorice wands not two." The boy snarled snatching the third licorice wand from her hand, and stomping away, while throwing the money he owed over his shoulder. Rose rushed to pick up the money.

"Oh, Merlin, thank you Rose m'dear. I'm not as young as I used to be."She chuckled taking the money from Roses hands and putting it in the cart.

"Now what can I get you?" She said smiling, and wiping her hands on her apron, and looking up at Rose.

"Well I was wondering if you had any Pumpkin Pasties." She said kindly, she was quite fond of Shelly. Shelly worked very hard, and was very disrespected by most, she was also one of the most kind people Rose knew.

"Yes, I do dear."Shelly said pulling out a box of the pumpkin flavored treat.

"Great, I'll have four of those, four chocolate frogs, and one licorice wand." She said to Shelly, as she pulled out her money bag.

"Oh no dear, this is on me," She insisted, pushing away the money. "You enjoy it." She said with a wink. Before Rose could protest, she had moved on to the next customer. Rose whispered a thank you to Shelly on the way back to Hugo. She heard nearly reached it when she heard laughter coming from the compartment. She opened the door to find Albus, Lily, James, Dominique, and, her stomach did a backflip, Scorpius.

"Hey Rosie," He said with a smirk, that made her want to melt on the spot. He spotted the treats in her hand."You come bearing gifts." He said reaching for a chocolate frog. She smacked his hand away and sat down next to Hugo, who had started to look less green. She handed him the chocolate frog instead. Across from her, Scorpius feigned a look of hurt. She stuck her tongue out at him. She started to rub circles on Hugo's back, in a soothing pattern. Hugo had now returned to his normal color, and was looking much more relaxed.

"Rosie," Scorpius mock simpered, putting on a puppy face that was so ridiculous that Rose almost burst out laughing."Will you rub my back too?" He whimpered jokingly, as Albus, James, and Dominique heaved with laughter. Oh yeah, I'll rub your back anyday, she thought, biting her tongue to stop her from saying it out loud. Instead she kicked his shin, quite forcefully, knowing that even if she kicked him her hardest she wouldn't be able to hurt him.

"Yeeouch, woman, you are a violent one!" He said arranging his face into a look of fake pain. The whole compartment, except for Rose, burst out laughing. James and Albus each gave Scorpius a high five. Rose had been pleased when her cousins had gotten along so well with Scorpius, she had been worried that they wouldn't accept him because of who his family was, leaving her torn between her family and her new best friend. But they had accepted him, unwillingly at first, but then after a while they got used to him and he became part of the family.

The train pulled to a stop and the students exited the train, Hugo was now gripping Rose's fingers so hard she could feel them tingling.

"Hugo," she said turning to face her younger brother, whose face had returned to its previous shade of pale green."You have to go with the rest of the first years, you'll take boats up to the castle." Fear crept into Hugo eyes at her words. "Hugo really, it's okay-"

"Yeah little bro, you'll be fine, promise." said Scorpius, who had materialized by Ros's side. Hugo nodded, took a deep breath, and walked to where the rest of the first years were gathered around Hagrid. He gave them a weak smile before following Hagrid around a corner and out of sight.

"He'll be okay Rosie." Scorpius said, somehow knowing exactly what she was thinking. He almost always did. That's because we are meant for each other, she thought as she gave Scorpius a small smile.

"I know he will." She responded as he helped her into a carriage. He sat down across from her as the carriage started moving.

"Emily and I split over the summer." Scorpius said. She turned away from the window and looked at him.

"You were dating Emily Zabini? I thought you were dating Carly Parkinson?" She asked.

"I ended it with Carly right after school ended. You didn't know that?" He asked. She raised her eyebrows and shook her head. He normally told her everything."Oh well, I must have forgotten to include that in my owls." He said shrugging. "Anyway I started dating Emily a few weeks after Carly, and I just ended it." He finished, with a very nonchalant shrug. She rolled her eyes. Scorpius went through girlfriends like he went through clothes, he outgrew them really quickly, ending the relationship, leaving a poor girl heartbroken, wondering why he ended their seemingly perfect relationship. Scorpius had no sense of commitment, he got bored really quickly, but something about that was strangely attractive to Rose… She sighed and looked out the window. She had had a crush on him since the day he sat next to her in Charms class. But he had always treated her as nothing more than a close friend. The 'friend zone' Dominique called it. Rose had been unwillingly in the 'friend zone for three long years and she was really starting to hate it.