Rose, Albus and Lily were sharing a compartment. Albus and Lily were talking between them whilst Rose stared out of the window and thought of Scorpius. She hadn't seen him on the platform but she was sure that he would still be attending Hogwarts after all it was his father's actions that were wrong not Scorpius'. She thought about this for a while before deciding she needed some fresh air away from Albus and Lily's mindless chattering.
She stepped out of the compartment and started walking down the train. She passed a few people she knew and smiled at them: this was part of her new initiative to be more sociable, however most people just looked slightly confused and dazed as they unenthusiastically smiled back. This was going to be harder than she had first thought.
Then she saw him. He had come out of his compartment, which she could see he was occupying alone. He looked the other way then turned and saw her. She couldn't believe it, she had been thinking about him for the last two days but not once and she thought about what she would say to him! She was freaking out and now she was walking in her direction. They weren't really friends but there was sort of an unwritten rule that if you sat next to each other you were sort of semi-friends. Though this only left her more confused as to what to say and he was coming nearer and nearer. She settled for the basics:
'Hi' Scorpius looked up (he had been looking at the floor).
'Oh, hi' he replied, clearly shocked that he had been spoke to. Now there was an awkward silence, neither party knowing what to do but it was Rose's turn to talk so she went for it, after all she was meant to be less shy this year.
Finally she blurted out: 'I heard about your Dad.' This was clearly not what Scorpius had expected, but then again he had not met the new Rose yet.
'Right, yeah well...' He stammered and then looked back down at the floor and walked on. Rose turned and realised how that she had said a stupid thing.
'I mean, it must suck and I'm sorry.' She said this to his back and he stopped walking and turned around. He muttered 'Thanks' and looked into her eyes as he said 'No one's really talking to me' As he said this he ran his hand through his white blonde hair and Rose thought she felt something in her stomach but passed it off as standing up for too long on a moving train.
'You can come and sit with me, Albus and Lily if you like? They'd hardly notice you anyway.' He smiled 'I think they would, I'm not sure it's the best idea.'
'Ok' said Rose 'Well there's an empty compartment there.' She gestured to the one he had just vacated 'I can always sit with you so you don't look like such a loser.' He smiled at this last remark, grateful for the fact that she was treating him normally.
'Sure, sounds good'
