Here's another chapter for you all! It's short and sweet, because it doesn't cover more than a few hours. ENJOY!!!

Rose opened the window wearily, and whispered, as though afraid the walls could hear, "What the hell are you doing here?"

"I just," he said, looking as if he didn't even know why he was there, "I just wanted to apologize for what happened today, I guess."

"Since when did Malfoys apologize to Weasleys?" she asked sceptically.

"Since now," he replied. "You wanna go for a ride?"

Rose bit her lip. Going for a ride on a broomstick after hours with a Malfoy was definitely not something anyone would approve of, but she wanted to. And that was definitely something no one could ever find out. However, the lingering curiosity about what would've happened if their last names had been different, made her even more eager to go. On the other hand, what did she really know about him? He could fly her a mile out from the castle, kill her, and leave her there! Of course, she didn't really believe that, but she had to examine the possibility that something bad would happen to her. She didn't think it would though. As crazy as it sounded, she felt like she could trust him. She wanted to trust him.

"No one will know," he encouraged. "I mean really, I'm sure as hell not going to tell anyone."

She chuckled, before saying, "Alright." She opened the window a bit wider, and climbing out onto the back of the broom.

"Hold on," he said, looking back at her before he flew them out towards the grounds. They landed under a large willow tree far out on the grounds, so far that the castle was barely a speck in the distance.

Rose sat down, her back leaning against the stump of the tree, and Scorpius joined her.

"What are we doing out here?" she asked, starting to think that maybe it would've been smarter for her to stay in her dormitory.

"I wanted to talk to you," he replied, "I can't stop thinking about you." He gave her a calculating look, trying to blink and have his now undeniable attraction towards her go away...but it didn't.

"What?" she asked blankly. This was just too much.

"No really," he said, "We can't just keep ignoring the fact that we flirted with each other at the ball."

"Yes. We. Can." said Rose firmly, "We've been doing it, and we will keep on doing it." She was partly trying to convince him, and partly trying to convince herself.

"Then why did you come out here?" he asked.

"Excuse me?"

"Why did you come with me if you'd just planned on ignoring it?"

"I--Because when--It just--"

"You can't think of a reason, can you?" he moved a step closer, and Rose froze.

"I-" but exactly what Rose had planned on saying, if she even had a plan, no one ever found out, because just then Scorpius kissed her.

It was a short kiss, a sweet kiss, and that one little kiss changed life as they knew it.

"Now what?" was the first thing Rose said when they broke apart.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean," she said, taking a step back, and trying to regain control of herself, "You're a Malfoy, I'm a Weasley, a taken Weasley, might I add, and we just kissed!" she was almost on the point of hysteria.

"So?" he asked.

"What does that mean for us?"

"Well, now we've got to stop pretending like the Yule Ball didn't happen," he said.

"But no one can ever find out about this," said Rose, "Ever."

"Then how does that change where we were before?" asked Scorpius.

"Just cause no one else knows doesn't mean we're ignoring it," said Rose with a smirk.

"So, I will be seeing you again?" confirmed Scorpius.

Rose walked up and gave him a small kiss, before saying, "You can count on it."


They flew back up to Rose's dormitory, and it was about 7, so Rose still hoped no one would be there. Thankfully no one was.

"Goodbye," she said, as he hovered outside of her window.

"Bye," he said.

"And remember," said Rose, "In public, nothing changes."

He nodded, "But in private..." he trailed off suggestively.

"Get going," she chided him, and he zoomed off into the night.

Rose was grinning in spite of herself, until she turned around to see a horribly familiar face.

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