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Year 2

Scorpius was walking along a busy corridor – filled with different members of the Weasley family, celebrating Victoire's birthday - and turned off into what he believed was a deserted one. He strolled further into the darkness when he heard sobbing. He peered into a classroom and saw Rose Weasley. They had become friends over the past year and it hurt him to see her hurting.

'Hey Weasley, what's wrong?'

She turned and then burst into a fresh round of tears. 'Oh it's nothing. I was just thinking about my Uncle Fred, you know the one that died in the war. He didn't live long enough to see any of us grow up. Uncle George misses him because he practically was him but no one else really remembers what he was like.'

'There there Weasley. Don't cry. What's done can't be undone. What brought this about?'

'It's Victoire's birthday. Everyone celebrates that to take their mind off the fact it's the 20-year anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts.' She turned to face him and said, 'I can't do that.' Then she broke down again.

He pulled her close and just sat there with her. After about half an hour she quickly hugged him and left the solace of the empty classroom to re-join the celebrations. Scorpius sat there contemplating what just happened. Finally, after a year of knowing her, Rose had just opened up to him.