A/N: The setting is in their fifth year - Rose and Scorpius are about 15 years old.


It's Just a Crush, Dad! Chapter 2

"Rose, what are you doing here?" The voice asked. She knew that voice. She turned around to be face to face to Scorpius Malfoy.

"Me? What are you doing here?" Rose said with anger.

"My dear, he's here to tutor you, " the elderly Potions professor explained kindly.

"No! Any one may tutor me, but him! Any one but him." She protested.

"And why is that, Miss Weasley?" He questioned.

"Yeah, why is that, Rose?" Scorpius finally spoke out.

"Be - because my dad wouldn't like it if he found out about me being tutored by a Malfoy," she said weakly, with tears about to fall.

"Okay then, why don't you two talk about this together while I go to my office for a moment," Slughorn said, then quickly slipped out of the classroom.

Great, Rose thought to herself. Now I'm stuck in here with him.

I'm just gonna do it. I'm going to tell Rose Weasley I fancy her, and if she punches me, I'll take it with pride. Scorpius thought to himself, and stood up, thinking about the advice his father gave him.

"Rose - " his voice cracked.

"What do you want?" She snapped, agitated with the situation.

"I uh just wanted to tell you that you look really nice today, and I," he paused for a second to look up to see that she was interested in what he was about to tell her.

"You what?" She asked irritated with a hint of curiosity in her voice.

"Ifancyyou." He rushed, not looking at her.

"What was that?"

"I fancy you!" He yelled then ran out of the classroom before he could get a reaction from her or got jinxed by her.

There he left the red-haired witch in the classroom with a look of surprise upon her face. Once she realized what he had said, she sprinted out of the classroom, wand out and at the ready.

Neither of them knew that their Potions professor had set this entire thing up.