This was previously posted in my Random Drabbles story - but moved to Rose Drabbles for easier organization.
Title: Date Night
Rating: PG-13
Pairing/Characters: Rose/Teddy
A/N: Written for mandyjg
"Rose has a date with Teddy Lupin."
"There is no fucking way in hell I heard you right."
"Ron must you always be the most vulgar person in the room?"
The tall red-head looked at his wife of 26 years and was a bit put out that after all their years together she still needed to ask that question. "Yes."
Hermione rolled her eyes. "Well, I just thought I'd give you a warning so you don't have an aneurysm when he turns up at the door."
"It is his health you need to be worried about."
"Ron!"
"I'm serious, Hermione. The kid is eight years older than Rose and has a lot more life experience than she does. I don't want him taking advantage of her innocence."
"Can you really imagine Teddy Lupin taking advantage of Rose? He is a polite, respectable, and dedicated Ministry employee."
"It doesn't matter how nice and dedicated a Ministry worker a bloke is once he is alone with a pretty girl."
"And you know this how?"
"Because I was a nice, dedicated worker when we started dating and it didn't stop me from trying to get in your knickers every chance I got."
Hermione shook her head, but also couldn't prevent a smile from crossing her lips at the memory of her and Ron at the beginning of their relationship. "Well, it doesn't really matter what we think. Rose is a grown woman and can date anyone she chooses."
Ron flopped down in a chair. "Doesn't it bother you that the boy has already dated half of her cousins?"
"He dated Victoire for two years while at Hogwarts and went out on a date with Molly once. That is hardly half of her cousins."
Ron shrugged. "I'm still going to sit here menacingly when he picks her up and hex his bollocks off if she comes home with her hair mussed and her lipstick smudged."
"That is exactly why I stopped wearing lipstick when I turned seventeen," Rose responded as she stepped into the room.
"Rosie, do you realize that Teddy Lupin turns thirty this year?" her father asked in exasperation.
"Maybe if you hadn't scared away all the boys my age who were interested in dating me, I wouldn't have to date older men," Rose informed him with a slight smirk.
"Like I always say," Hermione told the two of them. "Nothing good ever comes from meddling in your children's love lives."
"Oh, please!" Ron and Rose exclaimed at the same time.
"I KNOW you warned Francisco Zabini to stay away from me just last month, Mum. Don't try and adopt some innocent act now."
Hermione blushed slightly. "That boy works in my department and he is simply much too suave and cunning to be up to any good. If I had my way, he wouldn't be allowed to date anyone, let alone my daughter, without first drinking a vial of Veritaserum."
"If he is so cunning, why don't you fire him?" Ron inquired, grumpily.
"Because he has a brilliant legal mind. I would need to hire three people to get the work he can get done."
Before Ron could grouse further, the doorbell rang. Rose started to stand, but was interrupted by her father. "Sit back down, Rosie. I'll get the door."
"Mum!" the red-headed girl appealed.
Hermione, however, just shrugged in response.
Rose sat on the edge of the couch and waited for some sort of awkward scene to occur at the front door. She was flabbergasted, however, when her father began to shout. "Just what the hell are you doing here?"
Rising quickly, Rose raced over and grabbed Ron's arm. "Dad!" As soon as she saw who was at the door, however, her face turned red. "Scorpius?"
The blond at the door smiled awkwardly, but remained silent.
"Boy, you have some nerve coming here after breaking up with, Rose," Ron growled. "If you aren't off my front steps in 5 seconds you are going to wish…"
Before Ron could finish his sentence, Scorpius' face began to morph until it was obvious that Teddy Lupin actually stood on the doorstep. "Sorry, Mr. Weasley," Teddy smiled. "I joked with Rose earlier today that it had been so long since we'd spent any time together that she wouldn't recognize me if I showed up on her doorstep."
Ron shook his head. "You are lucky I am in a good mood, Lupin. You almost ended up in a full-body bind."
"It won't happen again," Teddy replied with a smile.
Rose kissed her father on the cheek, before stepping out the door with Teddy. "Don't wait up for me, Dad. I'll probably be home late."
Nodding, the red-headed man, shut the door without saying anything else.
As Rose and Teddy began to walk down the sidewalk toward an Apparition point, Rose asked him why he'd REALLY shown up for their date looking like Scorpius.
"Easy, luv. I figured that your dad would be so glad that I really wasn't Malfoy that he wouldn't hex me for going out with you."
Rose gave him an amused smile. "You're very naughty, Mr. Lupin."
Replying with an even bigger grin, Teddy told her, "You have no idea, luv."
