Harry Potter Fanfic-

Hello! Just warning you that this is my first fanfic for this fandom. I love the HP stories and I really hope I do the amazing series justice.

I'll also warn you (and you'll know this if you've read some of my stories from other fandoms) that I have a terrible habit of not updating a story in ages. Don't say I didn't warn you! I will, however, try and fix this issue I have with writers block (I know, I know, excuses...)

I'd also like to apologise ahead of time about my tendency to write the characters slightly (or a lot) out of character.

I'd like to make this a series of one-shots (or two-shots) all based around prompts. You know the drill- review or PM me a character/pairing and an idea for the plot. If you do, not only will you get your chapter dedicated to you, you will also get cyber-cookies (or cyber-redvines for all of the AVPM fans out there) so PLEASE PROMPT!

Reviews will mean chapters get uploaded quicker (I am willing to make the effort to upload once every two days if not every day if I get enough reviews and alerts!)

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry Potter (if I did, why would I waste my time writing fanfiction? I'd be writing another book! Also I would be called J.K Rowling, which I'm not. I wish I was, believe me

The first prompt is 'Friends', given to me by Tree-sa (who doesn't have a 'fic account, but I pestered her until she gave me a prompt...) and the pairing is Scorpius Malfoy and Rose Weasley (given to me by yazzyarkinstall (the pairing) and

Here you go

Friends.

Rose hated the word. At least she did when it came out of her best friend (and if Rose was going to be honest, crush), Scorpius Malfoy's mouth. Every time the topic came up in conversation, he would quickly assure that they were 'nothing more than friends' and those words, every time, seemed to Rose like having a small dagger shoved in her chest. It hurt, and now the word itself was enough to make her cringe.

Of course there were times when she was glad that they were friends and nothing else- every time Scorp came back to the common room with a black eye and swollen lips after some of the older boys had ganged up on him, each time mean comments were made about Scorpius' parents (especially his father) and each time Rose would catch him alone in the common room after hours, a silent cascade of tears streaming down his face.

She was at least comforted by the fact that she knew that she would likely be the one to be allowed to help if she was anything but his best friend. He was far too proud to allow anyone but Rose to see him break down like that, and he'd likely stop even that if they were to become more than 'friends'- she had a feeling that he only allowed her to be witness to his weakest moments because he thought of her as something like a sibling.

But there were times that Rose desperately wished that they could just move beyond being 'friends', hoped and dreamt of being able to hold Scorpius' hand in public and BE together. But her father (and Scorpius' father, Draco) had made it extremely clear that they didn't much approve of them spending their entire waking lives together. That was, perhaps, the one thing Ron and Draco ever actually agreed upon, and the only thing that stopped the two men from taking action against Rose and Scorpius' friendship was the fact that the children had called the ultimate threat on their fathers- their mums.

Unlike Ron and Draco, Hermione and ? seemed to approve of the children becoming friends. Whenever Rose and Scorpius decided to come indoors after practicing Quidditch on the sunny hills outside the Weasley's house (a small cottage close enough to the Burrow to allow for the large family get-togethers that took place once a fortnight, but far enough away that the family could feel as a separate household), or when they got tired of wondering the mostly empty rooms of Malfoy Manor, they would always be greeted with a plate full of what had quickly become their favourite food-?, courtesy of a little magic on their mothers' part.

Secretly, the two women wished that the two youngsters would see what they had noticed almost as soon as Rose and Scorpius had returned to their homes for the holidays and finally admit that they were in love. They thought that it was fairly obvious and weren't sure wether to laugh at their children's apparent obliviousness or mourn the fact that the two children were both clearly in love. Every time they found the slight figures of the blond haired boy and the red head girl curled up asleep on the couch after watching a movie, or they caught either of the two children writing and sending endless letters to each other after having only being separated for a mere few minutes they would bite their tongues and remind themselves that they shouldn't interfere.

Yes, the two children were, in every sense of the word, inseparable. They were in each other's company for everything apart from when their exhaustion forced them to their respective dorms for the night, and even then they didn't entire leave the other's mind- there were many days that both Rose and Scorpius were glad that the common rumour that they could read each other's minds wasn't true, and that the dreams they had at night (some of the few things that they kept from each other) stayed within their heads. After all, they each told themselves, it wasn't like the elaborate fantasies they created in their head in which they were more than just the inseparable best friends, but a couple, could ever actually become reality.

Or at least that's what they would tell themselves in those times when they forced the word 'friends' thought pursed lips and put on a fake smile, pretending that they weren't desperately wishing it wasn't like that between them

OK, That's gonna be part one for now. Do you like it?

I will continue this, but if I get reviews and stuff I will make the effort to not be a total slacker and I shall try to update once a week at most!

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