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Chapter Two

Six years later

Scorpius' POV

Where are my Quidditch robes? I stick my head under my bed and pull out a few things but no robes. Hmmm. Everything else is packed for my return to Hogwarts tomorrow except them. I've been Chaser on the Gryffindor team since second year along with Rose and Al, something which is a constant source of annoyance to my father simply because it's not the Slytherin Quidditch team.

I wander downstairs looking for my parents and find my mother standing in the entrance hall biting her fingernails.

'Oh, hello, Scorpius.'

'Er, hi,' I say, wondering idly what's going on, 'Have you seen my Quidditch robes?'

'Yes they're in the drawing room where you left them yesterday.'

Of course.

I go and grab them then on my way back upstairs find my mother still in the same position.

'What's wrong, mum?'

'Oh, nothing, your father's just gone to meet them.'

'Them?'

Realisation dawns on me slowly, 'No!' I exclaim in horror.

'Oh Scorpius, don't be so melodramatic!'

'Hello, Scorpius' says a voice behind me.

'Hello,' I reply sullenly to my grandfather.

'We've not seen you for a while,' adds Narcissa.

'What a shame!' I mutter sarcastically.

My mother glares at me. My father looks very uncomfortable. Narcissa raises her eyebrows in shock. Lucius frowns deeply.

What to do now? Apologise and have dinner with them? Nah, I think. And with that I wave my Gryffindor Quidditch robes around and shout, 'Got to go, need to write a letter to Albus Potter' as I run up the stairs.

Rose's POV

'No way did you actually do that!' I exclaim.

'Yep,' laughs Scorpius, 'You should've seen my grandfather's face!'

I watch him laughing and smile. Scorpius is the last person on Earth to deserve a psychotic family, he's so lovely. I look at him for a moment. He's grown a lot over the summer and has got a tan. His hair is in its unusual floppy state, hanging over his forehead but it looks good I realise. I feel odd for a moment; sure Scorpius is good looking but he's just my friend.

I push these thoughts aside as we reach the prefects' compartment which already looks pretty full.

Scorpius grimaces at me and winks, 'Ready?'

I roll my eyes as I slide open the door. Lucy pounces on us immediately.

'Ah, Rose, Scorpius, come in, come in.'

She's practically jumping around with excitement; the other prefects giving her various looks of apprehension. 'Did you know I'd been made Head Girl?'

'You've only mentioned it every minute all summer.'

She laughs her fake laugh and ushers us into seats opposite her. The new Head Boy, Michael something, just sits in silence, obviously wondering how he ended up working with her.

'Well,' begins Lucy, 'Sixth year prefects, welcome back, fifth year prefects, welcome to the club.'

Oh my God.

'I know we're going to have a great year together, upholding the rules but still having fun! And you never know, maybe next year I'll be handing my badge to one of you lucky girls. Better focus a bit more on school rather than Quidditch, Rose,' she shoots at me quickly.

I splutter, I got twelve outstandings in my OWLs! Lucy and I have always had a bit of a rivalry ever since we were toddlers. She can't stand the fact that I do at least as well as her in class- often better- and also have a life outside of work.

Scorpius is silently shaking with laughter next to me. I resist the temptation to look at him, knowing I won't be able to stop myself becoming hysterical with giggles. Lucy drones on for another half an hour, telling us all pointless stuff that everyone already knows. I feel my concentration start to ebb away and content myself with whispering stuff about her to Scorpius. Mean but funny.

After an eternity we're released and told to do patrols up and down the corridors. I tell off a third year for hitting his friend with a broomstick and decide I've fulfilled my task, so Scorpius and I head to find our friends. We discover Al sitting in a compartment with Roxanne Weasley, another sixth year and my best girl friend, and the Scamander twins, Lysander and Lorcan.

'Hey Scorpius,' they all chorus having seen me regularly during the summer.

'Hiya' grins Scorpius; he turns to his best friend, 'Alright Al?'

They do some odd handshake hug thing that I've only ever seen guys do and begin chatting about Quidditch straight away.

I turn to Roxanne, 'I saw Sam on the platform, he's looking for you.'

Roxanne's been dating Samuel Finnegan for a few months. She sees it as casual but he wants something more. Not that anyone would be able to get commitment out of Roxanne, she must be the most laid back girl ever.

She shrugs at the fact that her boyfriend's looking for her, 'He'll find me.'

I roll my eyes, 'He's so nice Rox, don't be mean.'

'I'm not!' she exclaims, looking offended, 'I'm just not one of those girls who has to fawn over her boyfriend. Where's Daniel anyway?'

Daniel Wood has been my boyfriend for five months now, he's Keeper in the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

'I don't know actually, we'd arranged to meet on the train. He's probably just saying hi to his friends.'

'You're not still going out with Wood are you?' demands Scorpius suddenly.

Not this again. Neither Al nor Scorpius like Wood, they think he's arrogant or something. He's not; he just knows he's a good Quidditch player.

'Yes, Scorpius, I am actually.'

'God, I would've thought you'd have seen sense over the summer.'

'Oh because you know all about relationships,' I tease. Scorpius is the biggest player in Hogwarts apart from Al's elder brother James. He has girls flocking round him and he dates each one for about a week before moving on to the next one in the queue.

'Hey! I have loads of relationship experience!' he smirks.

I roll my eyes, 'yeah, of course you do. Relationships with broom cupboards more like. Or in them at least.'

He can't argue with that. 'Fine you win, but if Wood comes in here I'm leaving.'

'So how was your summer, Scorpius?' asks Al, obviously sensing an argument and changing the subject.

'Alright. I spent most of my time flying in the grounds.'

'Don't you ever get bored?' I ask. Coming from the world's largest family I find it odd when I'm alone for a mere hour.

He shrugs, 'Not really, I'm used to it. Prefer it to when my grandparents come round. I don't think I've ever had a dinner without them without arguing.'

Not for the first time I feel a stab of sympathy for Scorpius. He doesn't deserve such a family; he's such a good person. I move over to sit next to him and put my arm around him. It's a bit of an inside joke. I used to do it in first year when I was taller than both him and Al. Now of course they're both over six feet, but it's still funny.

He cheers up immediately and puts his arm around me.

'You're great, Rosie,' he whispers to me.

Suddenly the compartment door slides open and Daniel Wood strolls in frowning.

'What are you doing with my girlfriend, Malfoy?'

This irritates me straight away, 'With me? I'm perfectly capable of deciding what I do myself.'

'Whatever,' Daniel shrugs and wedges himself into the seat between me and Scorpius.

He tries to kiss me but I pull away. There are five other people in the compartment who might not want to see that. Daniel does his trademark annoyed sigh and leans back in his seat.

'You're meant to be my girlfriend, Rose.'

'Excuse me! It's up to her what she does!' says Scorpius suddenly and loudly.

'It's alright Scorpius,' I say.

The silence that follows is incredibly awkward and lasts for several minutes; no one wants to say anything to each other.

'Right, I'll just go,' says Scorpius and he gets up out of his seat.

'Oh don't go!' I say with perhaps a bit too much feeling.

He smiles at me, 'Don't worry Rosie, I'll go and do the prefect patrol.'

He heads out of the door.

Don't go.

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