A/N: Hi guys! Sorry it took longer than a month to update, I was seriously having a hard time trying to put this chapter together. Had a bit of a writer's block if you will and even though I know where the story is going I found it difficult to write this one. But alas here it is! Hope you like it :D

Disclaimer: Not mine. *sad emoji*


Rose stumbled out of her fireplace into her living room and quickly ran towards her bedroom. She spotted some parchment on her desk and grabbed a quill to write Scorpius a quick note.

Can you come over? Please.

-Rose

She didn't care it sounded a bit desperate, she was desperate. She wanted to apologise for her parents. Mainly, her dad. And she wanted to see him, as well. Even if she had only parted ways with him a few hours before, she wanted to see him to feel better. And she only had three hours until dinner.

After tying the note to her owl's leg, she went to her bedroom to change. The dress her mum had made her wear was not comfortable anymore, and it reminded her of that morning. After putting on a pair of jeans and a jumper, she walked to the kitchen to prepare tea. She wasn't sure Scorpius was coming over yet but she wanted tea anyway. As she was putting the kettle on she heard the fireplace.

"That was quick." She said after walking out of the kitchen.

"It sounded urgent." Said Scorpius who was standing awkwardly in the middle of her living room.

Rose walked up to him and put her arms around him, burying her face in his neck. "I'm sorry." She mumbled.

"For what?" He asked concerned after hugging her back.

"This morning. You shouldn't have had to be put in that position. It wasn't fair for you and I'm sorry for that." She explained.

"You don't have to apologise for anything, Rose." He assured. "I get it, you know?"

She pulled back and looked at him with sad eyes. "What do you mean?"

He sighed. "I mean that I know who my parents are, and my grandparents. I know what they did." He sighed again. "It's not that I expected that kind of reaction from your dad but I get that he would react that way. He just doesn't trust me."

Rose was shaking her head the entire time he was talking. "But you're not your parents or your grandparents." She said cupping his face in her hands. "You're your own person and he shouldn't assume he knows you because of who you're related to."

"I know that. I'm not saying I agree with him," he said with a chuckle. "I'm just saying that if I were him I'd react the same way."

She smiled shaking his head. "You're too nice."

"Ugh. I'm not nice." He said making a face. "I'm a Slytherin, I can't be nice."

"Well, then I must assume that you're sly and you're only saying this to get into my knickers." She said narrowing her eyes but smiling.

"That would be unnecessary given that I already got into your knick-Ow!" He shouted rubbing his arm where she had punched him and laughed. "It's true!"

"No need to brag, though." She said with a frown.

"Told you I wasn't nice." He smirked and kissed her.

Oh, how she loved kissing Scorpius. He was good. No; scratch that. He was great, amazing, brilliant-

Whistle!

"What's that?" He said breaking the kiss.

It took Rose more than a few seconds to snap out of it and pay attention to the sound. "I don't kno-Oh! It's the kettle!" She ran to the kitchen to turn the oven off. "Want some tea?" She shouted.

"Sure." Answered Scorpius from the living room.

It took Rose a couple of minutes to get the tea tray ready and when she walked out of the kitchen carrying it she found Scorpius sitting down on her couch. "There you go." She said putting the tray down on the tea table and giving him a cup. She sat down next to him and sipped on her tea before turning to look at him. "I really am sorry about this morning, Scorpius."

"I know. But stop worrying about it, Rose. It's fine." He said with a reassuring smile. "Really."

Rose smiled back and rested her head on his shoulder. "I have yet to talk to them, you know?"

"Figured as much. Brunch with the rest of the family wouldn't have been the best setting for that discussion." He chuckled.

"Oh, believe me, it's not unusual for a screaming match to happen during a meal in a Weasley household regardless of who's in attendance." She said laughing. "Two months ago Molly battled it out with Aunt Audrey and Uncle Percy about a bottle of pregnancy test potion they found in her purse. It was quite the show."

"Wow. I can imag- wait, they went through her purse?"

Rose nodded in agreement with his implicit accusation. "That was what made her angry the most: the fact that they went through her stuff. Once she told them the potion was for her roommate and not for her, the argument turned into how they were always on her and how they never gave her any privacy or any freedom."

"So an argument between you and your parents about how they found you snogging a naked bloke – no, a naked Malfoy would have been nothing compared to that, right?" He joked.

She smirked. "Just an everyday discussion, yeah." She said playing along. "A diplomatic debate." She imagined her family and herself in a circular room having a debate, raising name placards waiting for their turn to speak and moderated by an unbiased third party like Neville or the next door neighbour. She laughed out loud. "Oh, I just pictured it! So ridiculous and non-Weasley."

"Your family seems to be very loud." He said smiling at her laugh.

"Oh, they are. It's hard not to be when there are 6 siblings, their spouses – except for uncle Charlie – and their children all gathered in one place." She explained.

"Sounds like a handful."

"It is." She paused before continuing. "Do you… have cousins?"

"One. On my mother's side. But she went to Beauxbatons and decided to stay in France after she graduated. We don't really get along." He answered. "So if you think about it it's like I don't have any. My dad's an only child so none from his side."

"My mum's an only child, as well. And her parents are, too. Every time we visit them it's so peaceful and quiet compared to visiting my dad's side of the family. But it compensates my lack of cousins on my mum's side. So it's even."

"But do you like having that many cousins?"

"Sure. I mean, don't get me wrong I hate not having any privacy and the gossip spreads within minutes, but we're always there for each other and I wouldn't trade it for anything." She smiled.

"Aw, that's so corny." He mocked.

"Shut up." She said rolling her eyes. "Actually, you're the current gossip in the family so you shouldn't be mocking me." She said with a smirk.

"Am I? They all know?" He said a bit taken aback. "You told them?"

"You're joking, right? How would they not find out? My parents and my brother saw you here."

"I sort of thought they wouldn't want everyone knowing I shagged you." He said with a chuckle.

"Oh, please, worse scandals have happened." She laughed. "Besides, even if they didn't say anything, everyone still will know since I told my cousins."

"You did? All of them?" He asked disconcerted. "How very… sharing of you."

"I was actually going to tell Albus only. But then everyone joined us and I told them." Said Rose shrugging. "They were going to find out anyway, Scorpius. I'm one hundred percent sure my mum was telling my aunts and my dad was telling my uncles at the same time I was telling my cousins."

"So the whole family knows."

"Yep. The whole family. Even my uncle Charlie who lives in Rumania was there." She said with a small smile. "I think the only person missing was Teddy's grandmother, Andromeda. She's usually there, too."

"Are you talking about Andromeda Tonks?" Asked Scorpius curiously.

"Yes…"

"She's my great aunt." He said. "She's my grandmother's sister. On my dad's side."

"Oh." Said Rose with interest. "I guess I didn't make the connection."

"Her grandson, Teddy Lupin?" Rose nodded. "How's he in your family?"

"He married my cousin Victoire." She explained. "And Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny are his Godparents."

"Oh, yeah. I heard that somewhere."

"Have you met him?" Asked Rose.

"Nah. My grandmother has, though. Says he's a nice bloke."

"He is." She smiled but it slowly turned into a frown. "Wait… does this make us in some way related?"

Scorpius frowned. "No." Pause. "I don't know."

"I guess it does."

"Not by blood, though. Just by association." He reassured.

"Oh."

There was an awkward silence for about ten seconds.

"Anyway-"

"So-"

They laughed nervously.

"Go ahead-"

"What where you-"

They laughed again.

This is so fucking awkward. Thought Rose.

DING-DONG

They both looked at her front door as if waiting for it to open itself until Rose snapped out of it and went to get it.

She looked through the peephole first and saw her cousin Lily outside. What the-

"Hi!" Said Lily once Rose opened the door.

"Hey. What are you doing here?" Asked Rose surprised.

"Well," said Lily still standing outside Rose's door. "honestly? I just wanted the details, Rose. I know you weren't going to say anything with Hugo there and all the boys, but I'm your favourite cousin and I deserve to know!"

Rose heard Scorpius snigger, he was listening! Of course he's listening he's sitting 3 metres away! "Lily-"

"Okay, okay. I'm your favourite female cousin." Said Lily rolling her eyes. "But, I know you have to clear your mind after a shag, so what better way to do that than to tell the juicy parts to your favourite cou- female cousin!" Finished Lily with a huge smile.

"Ahem." Said Scorpius just in time to stop Lily from embarrassing Rose any further. Which wouldn't have made any difference anyway.

Lily's smile faded, her eyes grew wide and her jaw dropped. "Who's there?" she mouthed to Rose.

"Um," said Rose out loud. "Lily, have you met Scorpius?" Rose opened the door wider for Lily to notice Scorpius sitting on the couch sporting a smirk on his face.

Lily grimaced. "Hi."

"Hullo." Said Scorpius standing up never erasing the smirk.

Lily who was now red in the face. "Um… maybe I should come over some other time." She started to turn around but was stopped by Scorpius.

"No need." He turned to look at Rose. "I have to go. I too have dinner with my family. Besides, I've early practice tomorrow so I need the rest."

"Oh. Well, I guess I'll see you soon?" Said Rose.

"I'll owl you and we can grab lunch in the week." Answered Scorpius with a nod and gave her a peck on the cheek. "Bye, Lily." He passed Lily and walked out of Rose's flat.

"Bye…" Said Lily who watched him leave for a few seconds before hurrying inside the flat and closing the door behind herself. "I'm so, so sorry, Rose! I didn't know he was here!"

"Don't worry about it, how would you have known?" Said Rose with a shrug. "Although, I did try to warn you…"

"I know, I'm sorry." Answered Lily with a small grimace. "He seemed amused, though." The grimace turned into an amused look.

"Of course he was!" Said Rose as they both sat on the couch. "He won't let this go, ever! I can see him bringing it up to embarrass me from now on."

"You'll be fine." Said Lily dismissing Rose's concern with a wave of her hand. "Now, I did come here for a reason. And I'm not leaving until I learn how it went!"

"Why are you so interested in this?" Lily was probably one of the gossipiest of her female cousins along with Dominique and Molly. They were the kind of girls who would gather to gush about boys and tell each other the juiciest details of every one of their rendezvous. They also for some reason always knew what everyone was up to during their time at Hogwarts. Thankfully they weren't mean or anything and wouldn't talk ill about anyone behind their backs. Unless they deserved it. But for some reason, they thrived on these kinds of discussions.

"Rose, you've never done anything like this! You're always very proper and date guys the boring way! And boring guys, too. But this is new coming from you! I just want to know everything! And we're friends! I know you might want to talk about it with a girl. Al is great and everything but you need girls for girls' talk." Said Lily.

Rose sighed. "Alright. What do you want to know?"

Lily squealed. "How was he? How did it happen?"

"We just got to talking during the ball last night. I guess I just wanted to let loose a little. I wasn't planning on bringing him here, though! I might have wanted to snog him a little bit, I have to accept that, but I didn't plan the next part!" Said Rose who was blushing a little. "It just happened. I guess the snogging and the drinking got a little out of hand and we ended up here."

"Oh, Rose. I can't believe you even deprived yourself of the gorgeousness of that man! I mean he's much fitter than I remember. He's a walking Greek God statue! No wonder you wanted to snog him. I would have ravished him a long time ago." Said Lily giggling.

"I'm not like you, Lils. I need a push, remember? Anyway, we got here and… yeah, it happened."

"But how was it?!"

Rose smiled thinking about how lovely it had been. "It was lovely."

"Lovely?" Said Lily taken aback. "I was expecting something along the lines of 'amazing', 'mind-blowing', something like that."

"I know. And it was. All of that. But lovely is the word that fits better. He was gentle but passionate, selfless but demanding. I don't know how to explain it. But he really made it lovely."

Lily was on the verge of crying. "I'm so happy for you, Rose!" She hugged her cousin. "I hope you get married and have beautiful babies!"

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves." Rose said with a laugh. "Besides, my parents hate him!"

"You just told us in the morning you didn't care about that!"

"It's true, I don't. But it still hurts to think that they may never accept him. I really like him, you know. I mean we're only started seeing each other, but I really, really like him and I want to see where this goes. But it would make me really happy if my parents weren't so judging of him."

"You know, I talked to my parents earlier. They were told what happened, of course. Mum said Aunt Hermione just needed to think it over a bit and she'd come around. Dad said Uncle Ron's just worried he might hurt you. And, yeah there's also the fact that they don't trust him because of his family… but they can get over that once they get to know him." Assured Lily.

"You think so?"

"I'm positive."

"They reacted pretty badly, though." Said Rose with sad eyes.

"Of course they did! Uncle Ron would react the same way even if it had been a priest!"

"Seriously? A priest?" Rose laughed, her mood now better.

"You know what I mean. Just give them time."

"They want to talk about it tonight."

"Okay. Talk about it. Talk, not fight." Advised Lily. "They're just worried about you, make them see they can trust your judgement."

Rose sighed. "Hope it works. Thanks Lily."

"What are cousins for?" Lily smiled at Rose. "So, anyway. I better go, you have a dinner to prepare for and I have a lovely pile of paperwork for tomorrow so I better tend to that." They both stood up and hugged. "Owl me." Said Lily before leaving.

This will be an interesting dinner. Thought Rose.


Scorpius opened his flat door and was immediately bombarded with questions from his roommate.

"Where did you go so suddenly? Who owled you? Did something happen? Why didn't you tell me where you were going?"

"Bloody hell, mum! I was just out, alright?" He responded. Thomas was certainly very nosy. "Don't need to make a fuss."

"Just messing with you, mate." Answered Thomas with a chuckle.

Scorpius rolled his eyes and went to his bedroom to write a note to his parents and confirm his assistance to dinner.

"So," he heard Thomas say from the living room. "who's she?"

Damn it. "Who?" That's right, feign ignorance.

"Playing dumb, are we?" Said Thomas who was now walking towards Scorpius' bedroom.

"Don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh, please. You think I didn't notice you didn't spend the night? And then all of a sudden an owl comes and you act like Christmas came early." Said Thomas leaning on the door wearing a huge smirk.

Scorpius sighed. "There's a reason I don't tell you this stuff, Thomas."

"Oh, come on. I promise I won't tease!"

"Rose Weasley." Scorpius blurted the name out without warning and watched as Thomas stood straighter and his eyes grew wide.

He wouldn't have admitted it if it weren't for the fact that he really liked Rose and planned on seeing her again. If it were just a girl then he would've kept denying it, but this wasn't the case. Besides, Thomas was bound to find out sooner or later so no need to put it off until later.

"Holy shit! Please tell me it's not a joke!" Said Thomas walking further into Scorpius' room.

"Nope." Said Scorpius solemnly.

"Merlin! How did you manage that!?"

Scorpius smiled and shrugged. "Don't know. Reckon we were a little bit drunk."

"I bet! So the owl was for round two or what?"

"Actually she wanted to apologise-"

"What? Was she that bad or something?" Interrupted Thomas.

"No! Let me finish! Her parents sort of walked in on us this morning and it didn't go very well. She just wanted to apologise for that." Explained Scorpius.

"Her parents walked in on you!? Wow, talk about bad luck." Thomas laughed. "I bet they hate you!"

"They already hated me. They hate me a little bit more now."

"So, do you plan on seeing her again?" Asked Thomas.

"Yeah, but it's complicated. Her parents are against it and-"

"Seriously? What do they think she is, fourteen?"

"I know and I agree but it is still a factor. Besides my parents aren't going to like this any more either."

"You're planning on telling them?"

"Sure. Some day. Not tonight. It's too soon, we haven't even had a proper date yet." Explained Scorpius. "But I'll tell them. If it goes somewhere."

"Well, good luck mate." Said Thomas with a pat on Scorpius' shoulder. "You'll need it."

"Thanks." Smiled Scorpius. "I definitely will."


A/N: It is a bit of a filler chapter, I know. But it was necessary to keep the flow of the story :) I hope you liked it anyway! Next chapter will be both dinners so stay tuned :D And don't forget to review!