A/N The second chapter is up! I took the oppotunity to read some Rose/Scorpius and everyone seems to portray their relationship like Lily and James'. This is different to that 'cause I don't think Scorpius would be such an arrogant toerag. There is a head canon to describe it perfectly: "Draco's nurturing upbringing of Scorpius was inspired by his own father: he did everything Lucius didn't." Please, enjoy!
Ohh! Disclaim!
Scorpius and Rose
The Best Marauder
Dolohov sat in the middle of his bed watching as Scorpius restlessly paced the length of the dormitory. "Sit down, you're making me tired."
Scorpius sat down on the edge of a bed, facing his cousin and started jiggling his right leg.
"Scorpius! Stop!"
Scorpius' leg stopped moving but his fingers soon began to drum a beat on his thigh.
"Oh my God! Just go down to the library already."
"I can't do that! It will look like I'm really keen-which I am-but that's beside the point."
"How 'bout we go to the library the long way then?"
"What if we bump into her, though? What could I say?" Scorpius replied in a fit of nerves.
"How 'bout, I'm going to the library now, want to walk together?" Dolohov said sarcastically.
Scorpius glared at him, got up and began pacing again. Dolohov sighed, stood up and walked over to Scorpius and grabbed his arm. "Come on, if we don't take any shortcuts it takes ten minutes to walk to the library anyway."
"Wait! Do I like okay? I mean I don't have chocolate on my nose or anything, right?"
Again Dolohov sighed, "No, you don't."
Scorpius smiled nervously and followed Dolohov as he led Scorpius out of their dormitory and into the common room heading towards the library. Together they walked in comfortable silence, Scorpius constantly moving to nervously chew on his nails before shoving his hand back into his pocket to stop himself from wrecking his nails; ragged nails probably wouldn't impress his darling Rose.
Eventually they reached the library and Dolohov turned to place his hand on the other boy's shoulder. "You'll be fine, just act like yourself."
Scorpius nodded; afraid his voice would come out squeaky if he opened his mouth.
Dolohov squeezed his shoulder one last time before turning and leaving to return to the Slytherin common room. Scorpius swallowed, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down before reaching out to open the door, stepping into the quiet room. He looked around for a newly familiar head of red hair. Scorpius grey eyes spotted her on the far side of the room and he began to make his way towards her.
"Hey." Scorpius said nervously, pleased that his voice did not crack.
Rose looked up and smiled, "Hi. Did you have any work to do or are you just going to read or something?"
Scorpius blushed, "Oh, I…umm…forgot to bring it."
Rose laughed softly, "I didn't realise I could make you that forgetful."
Scorpius went an even brighter red.
"Come on, let's go somewhere else, I don't get this stuff anyway."
"Well," Scorpius said, unsure, "I could help, you know, if you want."
"Really? What do you know about Patronus Charms?"
"Err…enough to write an essay? That is what you're doing right?" Scorpius said, slightly more confident now that they were talking about a subject he knew and enjoyed. Ever since he learnt about his father's past experiences he wanted to become an auror and to protect himself and others against the things his father had stupidly believed. Scorpius loved his dad but could not help be ashamed of his past and all the terrible things he had done.
"Yes. Would you really not mind helping?"
"Sure I'll help, I mean, no one likes extra homework but I want to help you."
Rose smiled and together they set to work on the essay Rose had been struggling with.
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An hour later, Scorpius stood up and stretched, "Man, that was painful."
Rose laughed and looked sadly at the pile of eleven books the pair had acquired to help with research. "We better put these away."
"Do you know where they go, 'cause I've forgotten."
"Umm…I think so…" Rose replied, not sounding very convincing.
Scorpius reached around Rose and picked the books up, the muscles he had gained from Quidditch flexing. He looked up and caught Rose watching and grinned. She coughed and pointed at the aisle two rows down, "Some came from down there I think."
Scorpius' grin only widened and he followed Rose as she made her way towards where she thought the books came from.
The first few places were easy to find but they ended up with three books that they were unable to find a home for. Rose thought that maybe they went with all of the charms texbooks, so that is where they went. They spent a good fifteen minutes searching through each and every row before Scorpius gave up.
"Why don't we just go ask Madam Pince?" He questioned in a resigned voice.
"No way!" replied Rose, "She hates me."
Scorpius snorted. "She hates everyone." And that was true. Madam Pince was an elderly lady who had never married. No one was sure whether she hadn't a husband because she was uptight and strict all the time or that no matter who the man was she would probably love her books more. Scorpius secretly suspected it was the latter. After all, one time he had sneezed while reading a book and Madam Pince had screamed at him about how he was not to befoul school property and if he ever did it again, he was banned from her 'holy shrine'.
"I'll go and ask." Scorpius said, feeling reckless.
"I'll come too." said Rose bravely.
Scorpius smiled turned towards the librarian and walked forward confidently. Rose followed behind, slightly to the left.
Scorpius looked at the librarian and smiled sweetly. "I'm dreadfully sorry, Madam," He said, "But I need some help."
Madam Pince's eyes narrowed slightly and she questioned carefully, "With what exactly?"
"I cannot find where these books came from and I was hoping that you and you're vast knowledge of the library would be able to help me."
Madam Pince looked at him beadily and replied, "Leave them here and get out of the library before I change my mind."
Scorpius continued smiling and said, "Thank you, you are too kind." He quickly turned, grabbed Rose's wrist and all but ran to get away from the flattered teacher. They continued with the brisk pace until they found an empty classroom. Scorpius opened the door and pulled Rose inside.
"Phew. She must have been in a good mood." Scorpius said.
Rose gave him one look and burst out laughing.
"Hey! What's so funny?"
"You…sweet talked…Madam…Pince!...No one…in their…right…mind..." Rose collapsed in a fit of giggles.
"I bet I'm not the first to do it." Scorpius replied moodily.
"Proba…Probably…not." Rose continued to gasp.
"You do realise it's not that funny?" Questioned Scorpius.
Rose just gave him a look and continued to giggle, slowly calming down.
Scorpius was quite annoyed with Rose's teasing until he realised it was probably a good thing she felt so comfortable around him. That thought made him grin and then noticing the huge smile on the girl's face and the dim lighting of the room he could not help but marvel at the others stunning looks.
Rose looked up as she finally managed to control her breathing and noticed the intense look the pale boy was giving her. "Umm…Scorpius…What are you doing?"
The teen blinked a few times before focusing on her face and saying nervously, "Just thinking, you know, about how, er, beautiful you look?" Unfortunately it came out more like a question.
"Ohh…right." Rose said, uncomfortable again.
"You really do though. Your brown eyes are sparkling so much, partially from the tears but mostly because you are such a happy, optimistic person. Your hair, Rose, in this light seems darker than usual and it makes your milky skin so pale and glow like the moon. And, my god, the way you are dressed, I could hardly take my eyes off you earlier. The clothes show just enough to keep you interested but still keep you guessing at what's hidden beneath and only Merlins right eyebrow shall ever be able to explain just how amazing you look."
"Thanks." Rose said still kind of awkward, but then she grinned, "You don't look to bad yourself Mr. Malfoy."
Scorpius grinned, absolutely ecstatic.
"Hey what's the time? It must be getting pretty late."
Scorpius looked down at his watch and swore. "Shit! Five past nine. My prefect duties started five minutes ago!"
Rose looked up at him, slightly disappointed he had to leave.
"I better get going; Collette's going to kill me. I'll see you later, right?"
"Yeah, bye Scorpius." Rose replied, voice flat.
"Umm…Rose? Do I get a kiss goodbye?"
"What? This wasn't even a date you realise?"
He shuffled his feet and looked at Rose hopefully, "Well, there's no harm asking."
Rose sighed and looked away unsure. Scorpius took the opportunity to quickly step forward and kiss her on the cheek. "See you tomorrow!" He grinned and ran from the room.
Rose stood there, surprised and slowly reached her hand up to touch the place Scorpius had kissed her before realising just how girly that was. She shoved her hands in her pockets and walked away quickly, determined to not go all mushy over a boy she had only known for a day.
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