After a very long breakfast, Scorpius and Rose were getting anxious. They quickly left the Grand Hall, not bothering to wait up for Albus. They needed to talk amongst themselves.
"That was WAY too close of a call," Rose began. They didn't walk too close to one another, just to make sure, but close enough to only hear each other.
"Merlin only knows what would happen if THEY all found out," Scorpius said. "But we NEED to tell Albus. It's only fair. But we need to make SURE he keeps it a secret. At least until Christmas."
"I suppose you're right…" said Rose.
"I'm a Malfoy. I'm ALWAYS right," he said. He gave a slight smirk. Rose punched him in the arm. He yelped in pain. "Oww! Rosy!"
"Oh, I'm sorry, did that hurt? It was an arm spasm," she said with edge. She punched him again. "Whoops, another one." He yelped again. "Now back to IMPORTANT matters at hand. I know we have to tell Albus, but I'm just nervous."
"Don't be a baby," retorted Scorpius.
"Would you like to make that three arm spasms?" she said in a tone. Scorpius grabbed his arm and took a step back. "I'm kidding. Now can we focus?" Rose said.
"Oh, love you too…" Scorpius said sarcastically. He sighed. He got serious and tried to reassure Rose. "Don't worry, Albus will understand. He'll be fine with it. Now JAMES on the other hand… Well, let's just keep it between the three of us…"
"Yeah, I know my cousin WAY too well…" Rose replied.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine" Scorpius tried reassuring her. He almost put his arm around her, but he stopped himself before experiencing public Weasley wrath. Or humiliation. Whichever came first.
They turned into the common room and headed for the dorms. They braced themselves for what was coming.
Hopefully it would turn out well. Otherwise, they would be hexed.
Though Albus knew that Scorpius and Rose liked each other he would have never guessed that they would go out. Going up to meet them, he had no idea what curve ball was coming at him.
Rose was still worried about telling Albus. She knew her cousin would raise heck if one of them made him mad. He would make them regret ever telling him. She didn't want her father finding out through Hugo or one of her cousins. He didn't even like the idea of her hanging out with a Malfoy.
Scorpius knew his best friend. Though he didn't know how he would react, he hoped for the best. He tried to reassure Rose even though he wasn't sure what would happen.
Albus headed straight to the corner where he, Scorpius, and Rose always sat. When They came in they saw him waiting, Rose grabbed him by the hoodie and pulled him upstairs. She seemed like she didn't care that he was choking… She was too stressed.
"ROSEY! You're choking your cousin." Scorpius said taking Rose's hand and making her release the hoodie.
"Sorry Albus I didn't mean to.." she whispered. " I'm kinda stressed…"
"Merlin, Rosey, what's up with you today? You're really off…" Albus scowled.
As they reached the room, Scorpius stuck his head out the door to make sure the coast was clear. When he didn't see anyone, he closed the door. Albus was pushed onto the bed by a very stressed Rose.
"Wow, this must be serious," said Albus with a light chuckle.
"Yes, it is, now shut up," said Rose, impatiently.
"Relax, Rosey," Scorpius reminded her.
Albus was now ready to hear what they had to say. "Ok, I'm here to listen. What did you guys want to tell me?"
Rose tried to start. "Albus… We're… we're… uh…" she stammered and finally gave up. "Oh, I can't do it. Scorpius you do it!" She crossed her arms at her wimpy-ness , stomped across the floor and plopped down on the bed next to Albus. She put her head on his shoulder.
He wrapped his arm around her back. "Aw, Rose, what's wrong?" he said sympathetically. He knew something was up. She sniffled and then sighed.
Scorpius finally decided to speak. "Oh for bloody Merlin's sake!" he began. "Albus, Rose and I are going out."
Rose's head shot up off of Albus' shoulder to see his reaction. He smiled, threw his hands in the air, and stood up.
"FINALLY!" he yelled. Rose and Scorpius quickly shushed him.
"I'll explain later," Rose said. "But you guys have Quidditch in 10 minutes, so you have to go."
But Scorpius quickly reminded Albus. "You have to understand, though. NO ONE can know."
"I know, I promise," Albus reassured him. And then they left.
At that moment, Dominique walked past the dorm. She was about to head upstairs to find her brother, Louis, but their conversation caught her ear. She paused at the door only long enough to hear Scorpius speak. All she heard was, "NO ONE can know." She would've listened for more, but she heard footsteps coming towards the door.
She hurried down the hall and hid behind a bookcase. She peeked over the top to see who came out. It was Scorpius, Rose, and Albus.
Now she concluded. They were keeping a secret.
And she wanted to know what it was.
