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Agitated
"Scorpius, there's no need for you to be so agitated," Rose said as the two of them walked up to the front door of Rose's home. "It's not like you haven't been here before. Mum and dad know you and your best friend Albus is here to give you moral support."
Scorpius gave a mirthless chuckle and looked up at the Burrow. It was nowhere near the size of Malfoy Manor and certainly not as orderly or imposing, but right now Scorpius could not imagine a more imposing, more terrifying place. He swallowed hard.
"You know Scorpius, I think that you're being a bit silly. You've spent a lot of time here, getting to know my family. Mum thinks that you're well spoken and clever and dad," Rose paused for a moment as she tried to think what to say. "Dad thinks that you're not bad."
"I wonder if he'll think I'm not bad after he sends me home with my balls cut off," Scorpius said with a sort of grim finality and Rose snorted.
"He won't do that Scorpius, my mum wouldn't let him," she said and Scorpius gave her a weak smile. He wished he had her confidence. The thought of talking to Mr Weasley terrified him in a way that virtually nothing else did. Well, with the possible exception of telling his family, but he was confident that he could talk them around. Maybe use some good old fashioned Slytherin reasoning about restoring the family name or some such detail.
Rose's family on the other hand were Weasley's and such an appeal would simply not work. He started scrambling through his head all the possible escape routes and how fast he could get Rose and him out of there.
"Rose, Scorpius, good to see you!"
The voice of Rose's father interrupted his thoughts and Scorpius stiffened. He hadn't expected to see this man until after he was safely in the Burrow. Or rather, trapped inside the Burrow.
"Hi dad," Rose said cheerfully with a smile as she hugged her father. "What are you doing out here?"
"I wanted to meet my daughter and her fiancé of course," Rose's father replied with a smile, before grabbing Scorpius's hand and vigorously shaking it. "Welcome to the family my lad."
"You…knew?" Rose asked, a shocked voice and Mr Weasley smiled.
"Of course I did! You've been wandering around in a daze all week. Even I recognised that dreamy look," he paused for a moment and his eyes glazed over slightly. "I had the same expression on my face after I proposed to Hermione…happy days."
"Well…"
"Just make sure you treat her right, you hear me!" Mr Weasley added, pointing his finger at Scorpius.
"I-I-I-" Scorpius stuttered and Mr Weasley smiled once more.
"Now I believe you have an announcement to mention to the rest of the family," he said, before giving them a smirk. "At least, to those who haven't figured it out already."
And with that, the three of them walked into the Burrow together.
