A/N: New chapter up! Thanks for all the reviews. Guess none of you have any requests for separate reactions cause I didn't get any. Oh and I just updated my other fic, Unexpected. Check it out! Hope you like the new chapter!
The door of the closet the Scorpius was hiding in opened. This is it. He thought. Rose's cousins are going to kill me.
But the face he saw was not the furious face of James, Fred, Hugo, or Louis, but the relieved face of Albus.
"Thank Merlin I found you! I've been looking all over for you." Albus said frustrated.
"What happened?" Scorpius said, worry evident on his face.
"Well, I told Rose that the guys knew and Lily overheard."
"Not again!" Scorpius cried. "Why does that keep happening?"
"I dunno. But you'll never believe it!"
"What?"
"Lily already knew! She said she saw the chemistry between you when she was in her first year, and she could tell when you two finally realized it." Al said, still not believing that his little sister was that perceptive.
"She a seer or something?" Scorpius asked.
"She says she's not. But I'm not sure. I can't believe she got all that right!"
"How do you know she's not lying?" Scorpius asked, skeptically.
"Well, she made a rather large bet with my girl cousins saying that you and Rose would get together."
"What! She bet on us?" Scorpius was outraged.
"That's was Rose's exact reaction." Al commented.
"So where are Lily and Rose now?" Scorpius asked; worry coming back to his face.
"Oh, she dragged Rose of to tell the girls."
"What! She said we'd do that together!"
"I don't think she had much choice in the matter." Al commented as he looked at the cramped closet that was Scorpius's hiding spot. "Hey, man, do you want to go hide somewhere a little more roomy?"
"Absolutely. Where?" Scorpius answered relieved he didn't have to stay here anymore.
"The prefects' room. Me and Rose are prefects remember? None of the others will be able to get in there."
"Sounds good to me. But why are you hiding too?"
"Because once Louis realizes that I know about you two and I'm not helping them, he'll put two and two together and realize that I'm helping you. Then I should fear for my life."
"Sorry that I dragged you into this." Scorpius apologized.
"It's okay. I dragged myself into this." Al replied with a nervous laugh, and then continued, "We really should hurry. They could be here any second."
And with nervous glances around corners and at each other, the two very different boys ran off toward the prefects' room.
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"Lily, where are we going?" Rose yelled at her cousin for the fourth time. She really didn't expect an answer, because Lily had refused to the last three times. She was surprised when Lily suddenly stopped and Rose crashed into her.
"We're here!" She said, gesturing to a blank stretch of wall.
"Where? I don't see anything." Rose looked all around but all she saw was wall and an ugly tapestry behind her.
"There of course." She said pointing straight ahead to the wall in front of them.
"Lily, nothing's there." By this time, she was starting to worry if Lily was going mad.
"Of course there is. Just watch." Lily dropped Rose's hand and paced back and forth in front of the wall three times, appearing to be in deep thought. Rose was just about to leave her cousin and give up when she saw something. No, it couldn't be. It was impossible.
A door was appearing in the wall.
Lily's smile was insufferable. It was as if she knew that Rose had thought she was crazy and was delighting in proving her wrong. "Told ya there was something there." She grabbed Rose's hand, opened the door and pulled Rose inside with her.
The room was small but definitely not cramped, and way too big to have fit behind the wall. It was furnished with large couches, a few tables and a fireplace.
"What is this place?" Rose asked Lily, amazed.
"Room of Requirement, duh." She said, like it was obvious.
"And how do you know where it is?" Unbelievable. Her little cousin knew where the bloody room of requirement was. Rose was starting to agree with Albus. Lily must be a seer.
"Found it in my second year." Lily replied like it was no big deal. It was. Their parents had all told them stories about what had happened during their years of war, but they had never told them the location of the Room. In fact, they said it had been destroyed during the Battle of Hogwarts.
"Wasn't it destroyed?" Rose asked.
"Guess it fixed itself."
"How'd it do that?" Rose asked confused.
"I dunno. It's Hogwarts. Do you need a better reason?" Lily rolled her eyes.
"Guess not. So why'd you bring me here?"
"You can tell the girls about you and Scorpius dating in here. They can't leave and no one else will overhear." Lily smiled then frowned. "Though of course that ruins my secret hiding place. Oh well, you're worth it I guess. But never forget what I do for you!"
"I won't." Rose promised.
"Okay. I'm going to go get the others. You wait here." And without waiting for Rose to answer, Lily sprinted out the door.
Rose sunk into one of the couches. What am I going to do about that girl? She thought. She's going to be the death of me. I can't believe I didn't even notice how different she is! And I see her every day!
She thought about what she was going to tell the others. She decided to just come out and say it. And hope that they don't kill me.
All too soon, the door opened and Roxanne, Dominique, Lucy, Molly, and Lily walked in. Roxanne, being one older than Rose and in seventh year, decided that she would speak on everyone's behalf.
"What's this Rose? Lily says you have to tell us something." Roxanne said as she sat down slowly on the couch. The others, except for Lily, followed suit.
"Well…um… yes… I do need to tell you something." Rose said looking down at her feet.
"Well? Out with it!" Roxanne demanded.
"Um… this is kinda hard to say…." Rose stammered.
Lily decided to jump in. "You guys I'm sure that Rose will find it much easier to tell you if you promise not to overreact, or yell, or do anything like that."
They exchanged curious looks. How bad was this news?
"Fine. We promise." Roxanne said and the other girls nodded.
"Okay. Remember that. I'll just say it. I'm dating Scorpius Malfoy." She blurted out.
"What!?!" The voice that cried out was not Roxanne, but rather quiet Lucy. Little first year Lucy who still thought all Slytherins were pure evil. The look on her face was pure terror. And unfortunately, the others weren't that different.
A/N: Evil aren't I leaving off right there? Well, I have to go to bed and this is getting long. But expect a part 2 soon! Review and you'll get it sooner!
