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Scorpius was definately flustered after his encounter with Rose. But he wasn't sure how much of it was due to Rose, or the fact that he needed to get some action and soon. He had many girls with whom he could run to and get a quick shag - but he was needing more of a challenge. And Rose was offering him a challenge.

He scolded himself mentally. He shouldn't think of Rose in that way - ever. Even if she was just a conquest to him and meant nothing to him, he still thought she was filth and below him. In every way. But the sensual way that she described the couple inside made his mind wander with ideas of what Rose could make him feel. Physically. He could look past her last name and blood heritage for a night. Or two.

He pushed himself away from the wall and decided to go find one of his easy lays - Anna should do the trick. She might be able to dish out some much needed information on the Weasley girl anyway. After all, they were in the same house and had to talk to each other. Girls would be girls, Scorpius reminded himself. And he never allowed himself to become emotionally attached to any of them. Ever. It was one of his rules.

He tucked his hands in his pockets with a wry smile as he headed towards the Gryffindor common room - he would ask someone to get Anna for him and they could go to an abandoned classroom and shag. Much like the couple that he and Rose had just been spying upon. It was definitely a good start to the year, he thought to himself.

Rose woke up the next morning and got herself dressed for the day in a pair of khaki shorts and a black fitted tee. She wasn't ready to start classes so she was glad that the faculty had decided to postpone classes till the following Monday. This gave the students time to get acquainted with the school and make friends. At least for the first years, anyway. But again, Rose wasn't complaining.

She headed down to the Great Hall for breakfast, and quickly found Albus sitting by himself at the Slytherin table. Since house lines weren't clearly divided like they had been in the past, Rose was able to saunter over to the Slytherin table and take a seat. Breakfast time wasn't exactly by the rules anyway, students were coming in and out, eating wherever they could and with whoever they wanted. Dinner was more or less the time where houses stuck to sitting with their houses.

"'Morning sunshine." Rose smiled widely at Albus, who was looking green again. She took her seat across from him and began piling her plate high with food.

"Hey." Albus mumbled as he forked a mouthful of food into his mouth. Rose knew something was bothering him.

"What happened." She demanded as she took a bite. Albus swallowed hard and took a swig of his juice before beginning.

"I ran into Veronica this morning." He admitted as his face turned a deep shade of red. Rose grinned.

"And..."

"And it was horrible. I'll never win the dare, we should just forget it." He replied with a shrug.

"No way, Albus! You can do it, I know you can. Look at all the other girls who want to shag you senseless, Veronica will come around and you know it. You just have to work a little harder than you usually do." Rose offered encouragement even though she knew that Albus didn't want to hear it.

"Not after what happened this morning."

"Tell me."

"It's too embarassing."

"Just spit it out already."

"I did. All over her dress." Albus responded as his face turned green again. Rose wondered if he was part chameleon because of how often his cheeks changed colors. "I was one of the first ones to get to breakfast this morning and I was sitting here, minding my own business when Veronica had to come in wearing that...gorgeous blue dress that..."

"I get the picture. She was hot. Go on." Rose interrupted, bringing Albus back to reality.

"Right. Well. She spotted me sitting here I guess, and came over to me."

"See, you have a good start if she's approaching you!"

"Not exactly. I guess she was just trying to be friendly but...when I opened my mouth to say 'hi', she was standing so close and I had just taken a drink and I sort of forgot to swallow. So instead, I spit the juice all over the front of her dress."

"What a way to say good morning." Rose shook her head with a grin plastered on her face. It figured that Albus would do something like that - but Rose thought it only added to his quirkiness and charm.

"She looked horrified and ran away." Albus definitely had a reason to be green around the gills this time, Rose thought. She reached across the table and rubbed his arm lightly.

"At least you made an impression on her. Even if you stained her dress. Every time she looks at that dress, she'll think of you now." Rose smiled sweetly and sarcastically as Albus stuck his tongue out at her.

"How's things with your beloved?" He changed the subject quickly. Rose flushed slightly at the reminder.

"Moving along quite nicely, I would say." She shrugged. Even if it wasn't exactly going as she planned, they were still interacting which was more than she could say for Albus and his target.

"Good for you. Just watch yourself, he's dangerous that one."

"You chose him for me. You knew the risks involved with playing with his fire."

"Don't play with his anything, Rose. It'd be disgusting. Just get him to chase after you. Want you. Like, really want you."

"You mean like, have a crush on me?" Rose arched her eyebrow curiously.

"Yeah. Something like that."

"Now now, Albus. You're changing the rules on me and I don't like it." Rose scolded playfully. She glanced at her plate and was surprised to see that she engulfed more than half of the food on it already.

"Fine. Original rules still apply then." Albus replied with a low tone. "And speak of the devil..." Rose glanced up to see Scorpius coming into the Great Hall. He looked around for a split second before heading towards the Slytherin table. Which is where Rose was sitting. And he was looking straight at her. Now was the time to make his mind reel for her.

Scorpius sauntered gracefully towards Rose and she could already feel her cheeks redden slightly. Albus kept his head facing down, looking at his plate of food like he didn't know what was going on. Scorpius took a seat next to Rose and she could swear she heard gasps from around the Great Hall. Eyes were on them.

"Did you find a way to take care of yourself last night, Weasley?" He whispered against her ear - far too close for comfort. She didn't look up at him as she responded.

"I don't know what you're talking about, Malfoy." She stood up from the table and left the Great Hall quickly. Not too hastily - she didn't want to appear as if she was running from the guy. Just disinterested. And she knew she left him completely confused sitting back there, staring after her. She knew she had him on her hook - at least for the moment.

Albus tried not to laugh out loud as Rose left Scorpius sitting in her dust. Her plate still had food on it and she didn't even care. Albus glanced up to see Scorpius' face contorted into a frown.

"What are you looking at, Potter." Scorpius spat before he got up from the seat and hurried out of the Great Hall.

Scorpius was livid. Nobody walks away from him, especially not some silly girl. He would definitely get her back for that. And soon. And it'd be damn good, too.

He chewed his bottom lip as he raced into the hallway to see which direction she fled in. Rose Weasley was nowhere to be seen. Sneaky bitch.

Scorpius couldn't help but grin - wasn't she pretty much a female version of, well, him? The thought intrigued him. She was flighty and unpredictable - everything he found intriguing. Not like the other girls that he had known in their class. He still didn't care for Rose herself, she was only making herself more of a challenge to him to figure out and…obtain. If you could call it that. He had no desire for the girl except to win something. What, exactly, he would be winning, he wasn't sure. But he felt like she was a game now.

"Hey darling." Anna had showed up and approached Scorpius with a wide smile on her lips. He had taken advantage of her the night before, so he played nice in case he wanted to call on her again that night to relieve 'stress'. Anna was pretty much a regular for him - she satisfied his needs when he needed to be satisfied. Nothing more, nothing less. Anna knew the boundaries of their relationship and Scorpius was grateful she wasn't clingy like some of his former bedmates.

"Good morning, my mistress." Scorpius wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her against him. Hard. Anna let out a light gasp and ran her hands across his chest sensually.

"You know I love it when you call me that." She purred close to his ear, nibbling lightly. Scorpius didn't like public displays of affection so he pushed her backwards until they came across a storage closet. He pushed her inside harshly, slamming her against the wall as his hands grasped the back of her knees and wrapped her legs around his waist. Anna moaned softly, already anticipating the actions they would be doing.

"Don't speak." Scorpius demanded as he bit into her neck. She tossed her head back with a load moan.

"Yes master." She murmured with her eyes closed. Scorpius growled against her neck and slammed her against the wall again. Harder.

"Then you will listen to me." He barked as he dropped her legs so she returned to a standing position. He put his hand on her head and pushed her down. "Get on your knees." She kept her eyes pinned on him as she acquiesced to his demands like a slave girl. Scorpius unzipped his pants - and Anna knew what he wanted. She complied willingly. His mistress. Scorpius was going to make Anna pay for Rose's actions. And later, he would make Rose pay as well. Nobody walked away from Scorpius. Ever.