A/N: Here is Chapter 4. This skips to the end of the holidays and when school is starting back up. Enjoy please!

Disclaimer: If it was mine, Draco wouldn't have been such a coward :)


Chapter 4: Return to Hogwarts

Draco and Scorpius walked down platform 10 of King's Cross Station. Glancing quickly around, they pushed through the barrier and came face to face with the Hogwart's express. Scorpius sighed. Normally, though he loved Hogwarts, he hated saying goodbye to his dad at the end of holidays. Today he couldn't wait to get away from the quiet and distant father who had been ignoring him the whole break. Though Scorp was sure Draco wasn't being so cold intentionally, the loneliness had gotten to him after a while, especially since Rose had ignored all the owls he had sent, and he hadn't heard from her since the last day of school.

Draco lifted Scorpius' trunk on board the Hogwart's Express and turned to hug his son goodbye. Scorp returned the hug and called, 'see you in a couple of months' as he jumped aboard.

Looking out the window of an empty compartment to wave, he watched, confused, as his dad caught the eye of Rose's mum, who was saying goodbye to Hugo Weasley, while Ron helped Rose with the trunks. What confused Scorp was that Draco suddenly turned and stormed away, for no apparent reason.

Not that he cared but his dad had never left before the train before. What was that all about? Maybe Draco cared more about him dating Rose than he had originally thought. Speaking of which, he needed to go find Rose and find out what had happened over the break.


Rose, sitting a couple of compartments away, had also seen the exchange between their parents. Why did her mum hate Mr Malfoy so much? She was determined to find out.

Sighing she leant her head back against the seat and brushed her hair out of her eyes. She was so happy to be going back to school, especially since she had not spoken to anyone all holidays. The only person she wanted to write to, she wasn't allowed and Mika had refused to take her letters.

The compartment door slid open and Rose jumped up and flung her arms around Scorpius' neck.

'Scorp! I know you think I am a horrible person but my mum is super mad about us for some reason and wouldn't let me write back to you!'

Scorpius smiled and hugged Rose back, he had missed her. They had started out as best friends, bonding over their friendly competition to be the top in every class, and he was so glad he had finally revealed his feelings for her, and even gladder she had admitted to feel the same! 'It's completely ok,' he replied sitting down, 'my dad didn't go mad exactly but something is definitely not right.'

'Did you see their exchange outside?'

'Yeah, I have no idea what that's about.'

After some small talk, Scorp asked, 'so if you weren't allowed to leave your house and you weren't talking to anyone in your family what did you do?'

'Sat outside and sunbathed.'

'Rose! It's freezing outside!'

'I built myself a heater.' Seeing Scorp's confused look she laughed, 'it's a muggle thing, but mine was much more high tech.'

Scorp shrugged, 'whatever you say. You can tell though, look at your hair it's almost lighter than mine!'

Rose stopped smiling, 'yeah I know, another thing to make me different from the red-headed Gryffindor clan aka my family.'

'What do you mean?'

'Come on Scorp, you must have noticed my hair is white! How do you think I feel at family gatherings! Hugo fits, why don't I? And I'm the only Weasley not in Gryffindor in generations! It's like I'm not even part of that family.'

'Rosie, why are you worrying about all this now?'

'I guess I just had a lot of time to think these holidays.' Rose sighed and leaned on Scorp's shoulder.

Scorpius was worried about her and the way their parents, or Hermione and Draco to be exact, were acting. He glanced down and saw Rose was asleep. Slowly he kissed the top of her head, and then leaned back nervously. If only he had the courage to do it properly. Maybe once they were back at school and settled in, and the worry with their families had brushed over. He too closed his eyes and drifted off.

Beside him, as he kissed her head, Rose smiled softly. She couldn't wait to get back to school.

A/N: See that big green button in the middle. Hit it! Thanks so much for reading - Jade xx