Rose Malfoy could still hear Scorpius' ragged breaths from the kitchen. She staggered to the kitchen sink and leant on it for support, her heart beating rapidly in her chest. She steadied herself on the sideboard. She knew the baby she was carrying could not be Scorpius'. It was nothing to do with being unfaithful- she loved Scorpius, but they had only been together 3 months and only married for two, and she was 6 months pregnant already. There could be only one possible conclusion – the father had to be Scorpius' arch-rival, Dante Zabini, only son of Blaise Zabini.

She squirmed at the though of this. Dante Zabini, with his Spanish charm, no woman could resist! But Dante had wanted Rose even more when she rejected him, and had practically stalked her until she let him take her out for a firewhisky. After their "Date" they had gone upstairs in the hotel he was staying at…Rose could picture him lying on his bed, whispering rapid Spanish in her ear…

And then, two mouths later, she was dating her childhood sweetheart again – Scorpius Malfoy, and she had a small bump that, fortunately she could cover up with loose and baggy clothes. She had informed Scorpius of her pregnancy three weeks after their wedding and had started wearing tighter clothes to show off her bump.

She remembered all this with the speed of her magnificent brain, inherited from her mother; the smartest witch to have graced Hogwarts, Rose liked to think.

She slammed out of her reverie as she heard Scorpius' ragged breathing subside into regular breaths, and heard him rise from the settee in the other room.

She pretended to pick up a plate and magically cleaned it, whilst humming false-cheerily as she saw Scorpius enter the spacious kitchen. He crossed the room and slipped his arms around her waist, and growing stomach and planted butterfly kisses up and down her neck.

Silent tears fell down her face, undetected by Scorpius. She often cried at night, when she knew her young husband could not see or hear her, and it was all because she wished that she had never even met Dante Zabini…