"Time stands still

Beauty in all she is

I will be brave

I will not let anything, take away

What's standing in front of me

Every breath, every hour has come to this"

A Thousand Years, Christina Perri

"So, how are you feeling Rose?" I cautiously asked, getting my quill ready to jot down her answer.

"As well as any amnesiac could be feeling. Just dandy, Scorpius." She responded, folding her arms and looking down. I groan internally and wrote about her being difficult and not opening up.

"Any new memories?" I continued, trying to make eye contact with her.

"Just some childhood memories. Before Hogwarts." She replied, her demeanor suddenly changing. She began to rub her arm defensively and looked up into my eyes. I was slightly taken aback at how expressive her eyes were. Her bright blue irises contained a vulnerableness, something I hadn't seen in her for a long time.

"Scorpius!" A voice piped as I turned around. It was Rose Weasley, waving her hand in the air and her pigtails swinging left and right. The sight brought a small smile to my face as I realized that this was the first time I saw her outside of Hogwarts.

"Weasley!" I responded as she began to ran towards me. She engulfed me in a hug and I wrapped my arms around her and suddenly became aware of the new height difference between us. Near the end of last year, near Rose's fourteenth birthday, I gave her a hug in addition to a necklace and we were the same height but now, I was almost a head taller than her. This new height gave me a wonderful chance to take in the smell of her hair. As the sense of lemon, strawberries, and roses immersed me, she pulled away too soon.

"What are you doing here?" She asked as she looped her arm with mine.

"School supplies. I was with my mum but then she met up with a friend and left me alone saying 'Oh, Scorpius, you're almost fifteen! You can do your own school shopping now.' What about you?" I responded and something in my stomach fluttered as Rose let out a small laugh at my impression of my mother's posh voice. She looked up curiously.

"Me? I finished my school shopping the minute I got the list. You know me, efficient like that." She responded, handing me one of her shopping bags to carry. I graciously take it and look back down at her.

"No, you nitwit, why are you here? In Diagon Alley? Today? Alone?"

"Oh, I was just… um… shopping…" she muttered, ducking her head and avoiding my gaze.

"I'm sorry, did you just say shopping? My Rose going shopping?" I closed my mouth right as I said it. My Rose? What was I thinking? I glance down, nervous at her reaction.

"Your Rose? I'll have you know that I needed a refill of ink and more parchment for the school year. I used up all of mine when I was sending letters to a particular stupid head." She responded, glaring at me. I grin as I realize she was referring to me.

"Ah, I see. This stupid head… He sounds stunningly handsome and amazingly witty."

"You'd be surprised." She responded, rolling her eyes. Rose suddenly stopped in the middle of the sidewalk and turned to face me.

"You're insufferable, you know that?"

"I know, but you still love me." I smirked and I put my arm around her shoulder. She swat at my hand but didn't do anything else to take it away. I glanced down at her and was surprised to see a pair of blue eyes staring back at me. They widened, not expecting me to be looking back. Her eyes expressed a feeling I had never seen before. Later, I would finally identify it as a longing. Little did I know that the exact same expression were in my eyes and were reflecting back to Rose as well.

"That's because you buy me sweets. Like you will. Today." She smiled in response as she led me in the direction to Honeydukes.

"Hello? Earth to Scorpius? Merlin, you'd think that the shrink would have his stuff together before trying to help another messed up witch." Rose bluntly said as she waved her hand towards my face.

"Knock it off, I'm listening." I said as I swatted her hand away.

"Well, as I was saying, I was wondering if I could finally see my family? It's been a couple of days and I really miss everyone." She whispered, the vulnerable look back in her eyes that were now staring at the floor. When I began to open my mouth to form a response, she looked back up and widened her eyes.

"I promise I'll be good, and it will be helpful to my recovery process too! I made a mental list last night, they could bring photo albums which would trigger my memories an-" she started to ramble and I couldn't help but just stare at her. She was indignant but was somehow shy and humble at the same time. She was just so adorable. Like a cute little pygmy puff. With a small smile on my face, I nodded. In the midst of all her talking, Rose didn't even notice my approval and continued to list off reasons.

"Rose. I said yes. Also, if you were staying up all night to create this list, I'm not doing my job properly. You need to get rest if you want to recover properly." She grinned in response and something in my stomach flopped. It was a proper smile, the same one I dreamt about at night, a genuine smile I hadn't seen on her face for 9 years. A smile I hoped I would see more often.

"Rose!" a chorus of voices shouted out as an innumerable amount of redheads tackled me with hugs. I could see Scorpius smirking in back as he held the door open and our eyes met. He raised my eyebrows and I grew red as he maintained eye contact. I eventually looked away as my family began to pester me with questions and he slowly closed the door and went away.

"Do you remember us?"

"Of course she remembers us, we're her family!"

"Let's all calm down,"

"Rose! I can't believe you didn't tell us lil' Scorpy was your doctor!"

"Shut up James!"

"Scorpius is your doctor?"

"Is that even legal?"

"Shut up!"

"We brought you cake!"

"Grams baked it, it's red velvet! Your favorite!"

"Mum brought photo albums too!"

"EVERYONE! Let's stop hovering, shall we?" A voice boomed out as everyone decided to make a pathway to show the matriarch of the gigantic family, Molly Weasley.

"Here you go Rosie, I'll set this cake down right here and Hugo, the photo albums," she ordered as Hugo set them all down on my tray unceremoniously.

"We all missed you so much and we're all so glad you're okay. You can peruse these albums and I'll just sit here if you don't mind." She said as she sat down on the chair next to me. I glanced up at the stack of albums that were now covering my view of my enormous family. It was a welcome sight and the familiar aura of voices talking and red hair gave me a sense of family. She felt at home for the most part. But something was missing. Not something, someone. Someone with platinum blond hair and his trademarked smirk. Nowhere was truly home without him.

AAhh I'm sorry! Don't kill me. Really short chapter I know, and it's been a while since my last update. My bad. Speaking of bad, I have some bad news and good news. I'm leaving for vacation tomorrow (Friday, June 29th) and you probably won't get any new content. But I also have good news! Since I got (2) reviews saying you guys wanted a royalty AU, I'll upload my story! (PS, It's not really a royalty AU. Sorry! I just totally forgot. It's more of a Victorian time period AU with like counts and duchesses etc... Still, hope you like it) and that will hopefully tide you over for a week. I had two chapters written so I'll try to post those ASAP! I don't know why but I'm not really in a mood to write more about Rose and her family. This is probably going to be more Rose and Scorpius-centric because I'm not in the mood to get into the whole clan. Hope you liked this really short chapter! I truly do love it when you guys leave reviews. Follows and favorites are nice but nothing beats actual reviews and words from a real person about my story! So please please pleasee review!