Wow!! The response to giving suggestions for the story has been amazing…
I'll try my best to get them all together….
A special thanks to those who wrote reviews just because they wanted me to update…
There were quite a few suggestions popping up again and again…the one i felt i needed to address was that why Scorpius and Rose weren't confessing their love for each other…
A common reason can be that they both belong to proud bloodlines…hence comes in the ego…Apart from that, Rose cannot bear another heartbreak…and Scorpius….well he's just being a stubborn jackass..
Not holding you back any more..here comes the next chapter….
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7. Surprises Galore
The first thing that Scorpius heard as soon as he entered Silk Route was a loud crash, and then came a loud screech.
"Honestly Maria! I told you to be CAREFUL-WATCH IT!"
Scorpius grew slightly worried as he heard another crash. This was Lily's boutique, wasn't it? And where was Amelia? All he could see was a whole bunch of ladies looking through the different clothing items.
Must be the end of season sale, he muttered, trying to look for a familiar face.
"Scorpius-Here-OW WOMAN!"
Scorpius was startled on the use of his name. He looked carefully and saw his best friend's little sister, Lily Potter, standing next to one of the headless dummies.
He smiled at her, which she returned, and then she pointed towards her right. Scorpius saw a door barely visible beneath all the robes hung right above it.. He made his way through the crowd towards the door. As soon as he entered the room, he took a deep breath. Man was the store crowded or what?!
After getting his breath back, he looked at the room properly. He realised he was in an office. Lily's, he thought mentally. He admired the look of sophistication the room had without it looking boring.
Lily Potter sure had great taste.
His eyes went to one of the grand couches meant for guests, and saw Amelia fast asleep on it. He went closer to get a better look at his daughter. She looked so angelic. So beautiful. Just so brilliant. And she belonged to him and Rose only, and not the prat.
He had almost bent down to wake her up, when the door opened and a harried looking Lily entered. She leaned against the closed door, breathing deeply.
"Sale?" asked Scorpius, trying his best not to laugh. Lily's hair, which he presumed was tied in a bun, looked more like a bird's nest.
"Hell" she muttered darkly as she tried to regain her composure. She however swayed a little, leading her to exclaim, "Wow! My designs sure are popular."
"Are you okay, Lils?", asked Scorpius concernedly, coming forward to offer her support. She however just flapped her hands, telling him that she'll be fine. He conjured a glass of water from thin air, and she took it gratefully.
"We didn't-expect-these many", she said, between gulps. Scorpius just nodded. He however was surprised when she jumped at him to give him a hug.
"It's been over two MONTHS since I last saw you!" she said brightly, pulling back, "how are you?"
"I'm fine. Everything's going rather smoothly. How was your trip to San Francisco?"
"It was brilliant! Pretty comfortable too. Dad made sure that I went with enough security. It was too annoying walking with guys much taller than you surrounding me all the time."
"Well aren't you Daddy's little baby?" cooed Scorpius, pulling her cheeks alongside.
She smacked his hand away, "That would be Rose. Uncle Ron's perfect little daughter"
There was a silence. They weren't exactly very good friends, but definitely more than mere acquaintances. So conversations were slightly awkward to begin with.
"So I better get going", said Scorpius running a hand through his now shorter hair.
Lily jumped upright, "Wait a second."
She went towards one of the cupboards and took out a big box, wrapped neatly.
"Rose wanted one of my dresses. It was actually designed by her, so I thought she should keep it. Not that it isn't too much in demand. I felt she should have the first one."
She gave him the box, and let out another squeal, "Hey, can you wait here for a few more minutes. I just got this dress made. I wanted a guy's opinion."
Before Scorpius could respond, she had already frittered off, giving him the box and disappearing into what he believed was a bathroom.
He looked around, feeling surprisingly warm. He tapped his foot against the floor impatiently, checking his watch. Why the hell do women take so much time to dress up??
Over fifteen minutes had passed when the door of the bathroom opened. Scorpius felt his jaw drop, as he saw Lily enter the room in what he first thought was lingerie. He then realised it was just another dress that revealed perhaps too much skin. Albus would definitely not want to see his little sister walking around in a dress like that.
Her skin was perfectly tanned, making her brown eyes look sharper as they bore into his. She had put make up. Maybe it was to complete the look. Her dress showed more than her cleavage and the dress barely reached her mid thighs. He then realised that she had left her hair open, and they were curled. Since when did Lily have curly hair? It was almost like she had dressed up for him. She hadn't, right?
"So what do you think?" asked Lily quietly, turning around so that Scorpius got a glimpse of her perfect rear. But it's smaller than Rose's. He mentally smacked himself. He was comparing their backsides, which meant he had been checking out Lily. He'd gone mental.
"You look-wow!", said Scorpius nervously, making sure he didn't add the word, 'slutty', "Stunningly beautiful!"
Lily smiled, "Beautiful enough to make any guy want me at first sight?"
"Oh yeah! If I wasn't married I would have fallen for you!"
She came closer to him, making him reconsider his sentence. Okay, maybe he had exaggerated a bit. But the way she was looking at him, was a tad bit scary.
"Well the guy doesn't have to be single to propose to me", said Lily quietly, looking up at him, her eyes blazing.
He groaned, "Lily…." He wasn't sure why he was surprised to see this. Did he actually forget about Lily's infatuation?
She moved a foot back quickly, turning a brilliant shade of red.
"Hey! I was just playing with you!", she said grinning, her smile not reaching her eyes.
Scorpius knew better, but he preferred to keep his mouth shut. He went to pick up Amelia gently, without waking her up. He was just picking up her bag, when Lily spoke.
"Have you ever wondered why I never asked you out?"
Scorpius frowned. He truly never bothered to give it a thought. But sticking to the diplomatic self he was trying to be, he said lamely, "Maybe because you were scared to date your brother's best friend?"
She burst out laughing, "I'm scared of Al, and James doesn't think he's the sexiest wizard alive!"
"So why?"
"It was because the first time I saw you and Rose talking to each other in my first year, I realised from the way you looked at her, that you were in love with her. It was as simple as that!"
Scorpius sighed. He wished things were this simple. And third year? Hell that's too young an age to fall in love. Or maybe he was just too immature to understand such a complicated emotion.
He smiled at Lily, "Alright, see you around!"
She returned his smile, and looked down at the flooring as he moved towards the door.
"Hey Scorpius! Can you not mention this to Rose? The whole…ummm….", she asked nervously, turning redder with every word.
He nodded, assuring her that it was a secret and then he left.
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Few Days later…..
"Alright, Ms Portman here needs a double dose of Skele-Gro, along with a Sleeping draught approximately 52 minutes after the intake of Skele-Gro," muttered Rose, as she examined a seven year old girl, on the bed, her hand in a sling, while the healer standing opposite Rose, was taking notes furiously.
"Do I have to stay here the whole night?", asked the little girl staring at her with apprehensive looking amber eyes.
"Oh yeah! Young lady! This is what you get for being ignorant when your mother tells you not to use your father's broomstick", said Rose sternly.
"But it looked so nice!" The little girl whined, "I just had to try it!"
"I used to be like you when I was young. I used to sneak off with my dad's broom, but I never hurt myself. It was because I was extremely careful and of course, Uncle Harry taught me how to fly", said Rose, sitting on her bed.
"You mean Harry Potter?!", asked the little girl her eyes widening in awe.
"Yeah! Hey lets make a deal, if you finish taking your potions and get to bed quietly, I might tell you some nice stories", Rose winked.
The little girl giggled. "Oh yeah sure!!"
Rose looked at her healer, Carl Martin, "I think you can handle it now onwards"
"You're amazing, you know that?" he said, smiling.
"I'm a mother Carl. If I can handle my own kid and Scorpius together, handling other spoilt brats is nothing."
She left the bed, going over to examine the other students with their patients.
"Vanessa hold her like this-No that would hurt-Yeah! You're doing brilliantly, Masaba but how about if you try this method! That's better! Russ-So-oh yes that's just fine…merlin! All of you are becoming so brilliant already! I'm going to the other ward now, so keep safe."
Rose left the ward feeling quite proud of her students. When the healer aspirants had been placed under her supervision last year, all had been pretty apprehensive of being taught by someone who was just a few years older than them and someone who wasn't even the head of any department. But eventually things became much smoother than expected, most excelling in their practical and study report. Since then Rose had been a teacher and a friend to all of them.
"Rose!" a voice called out to her from behind.
She turned around to see Ron Weasley coming towards her.
"Dad!", she squealed, jumping on to him like a little girl, earning sniggers from people watching them.
"Whoa! Easy there princess!"
Rose blushed red, "Dad not here…What are you doing here anyway?"
"Does a dad ever need a reason to visit his favourite daughter??"
Rose rolled her eyes, "I'm your only daughter"
"Well that's just not it, is it? It's been over a month since I last saw you. I miss you so much." The last part was said so sadly that Rose winced.
"Dad…I'm sorry," she said, lowering her eyes to the floor, "I have just been so busy!"
"It's my fault as well! I should have turned up at your place sooner-
"Mr. Weasley!" called a healer, "Raymond can be discharged now."
Rose raised an eyebrow at her father, who looked rather sheepish.
"Alright! I came to drop a student injured rather badly during the training. Kids these days are honestly so clumsy. Merlin! Scorpius was the only one who gave me no trouble. Talented kid, that one. By the way, are you happy?"
Rose was startled by the question. Out of all the things in the world, he had to ask this?
She replied jovially, "Of course Dad! You cannot imagine how happy I am. I couldn't have asked for a better family. Why did you think I wasn't?"
Ron looked at sharply, something he did when he felt she was lying. "Rosie?"
"I seriously am fine! It's just that the workload has increased a lot" she said tiredly, hoping that would convince her father. He, however, nodded.
"How's my little Weasley?"
"She's the happiest toddler I have ever seen. Scorpius insists on spoiling her with dresses and dolls, but I tell him not to! At times that man really drives me up the wall!"
Ron sniggered, "That's what we used to do. I used to pamper you endlessly, but Mione somehow always kept you on ground. So don't worry about Amelia. However do keep a watch on the rest of the Malfoys, they do tend to be a little snobbish!"
"You can tell them yourself!", said Rose brightly, as she spotted her in-laws coming towards them with Amelia in Astoria's arms.
Ron whipped around and sighed in relief when he realized that they hadn't heard him.
"Weasel", drawled Draco Malfoy as they were in hearing range, half his hair gone.
"Astoria, Ferret", said Ron nodding, making Rose chuckle, while Astoria rolled her eyes. Even though they were in-laws now that didn't stop them from calling each other nicknames. They did it just to maintain that some things will never change.
Amelia noticed her other grandfather and squealed, stretching out her arms towards Ron.
"Hello, my love. Grandpa Ferret troubling you a lot?!", he asked in a soft murmur, poking Amelia's stomach lightly, making her giggle.
"Like that would ever happen. I just happen to be a better grandparent than you could ever think of being one" Draco smirked.
Ron pretended to look hurt, "Yeah like you would know how I am with Amy. Oh by the way, I happen to have my hair. You on the other hand seemed to have become almost bald. Amelia's been tearing out your hair for not being a good grandfather?"
Before the matter could go further, Rose interrupted, "What are you doing here?"
"Annual Malfoy donation", said Astoria.
"But isn't it always around Christmas time?"
"Yeah! But this time they are running short of funds, so they sort of asked us. And I don't think it's that bad an idea. It's almost right before Scorpy's"-Ron snorted-"birthday!"
"That reminds me!" exclaimed Rose, suddenly, startling the rest, "Do you people approve of a surprise party for him on his birthday?"
"Oh!", Astoria's eyes became round. "Yeah sure. That would be brilliant! In the evening I suppose. Its just five days from today! Do NOT hesitate to ask for help Rose. And I hope you would be there in the country, Draco", she added sternly, making her husband gulp.
Ron guffawed, making Draco shoot him a glare, "Oh come on, Ron! You are much worse with Granger!"
"Like you would know", said Ron, crossing his arms.
"I saw a bit of demo at Hogwarts. It was pathetic really. Now where was I? Yeah, I'm off to Italy on tonight, and I would be back by the night of 9th. So basically I'm free on 10th"
"Great!", said Rose brightly, "Now I have to leave urgently! Dad, can I just talk to you?"
Pecking Amelia's cheek and giving brief hugs to her parents-in-law, she pulled her dad to a corner.
Rose blushed as soon as she looked at her dad, "I had always wanted to ask you this. Has there ever been a second when you've hated me for marrying a Malfoy?"
Ron frowned, "Well, to say that I was shocked when Scorpius came forward to ask your hand marriage, is an understatement. But then I hadn't met a guy who cared so much about you. I knew he was your best friend, someone who had seen you at your best and worst, someone who liked you for the person you are, someone you could trust with your eyes closed. So I didn't see why I should stop you from marrying him. And plus Draco had become more tolerable and bald, so it was a bonus", he smiled. "I presume I'm invited to the secret birthday bash."
"Oh yes! He worships the ground you walk on! You have to be there! Bring mum along, and ask Hugo to show his arse up there, all to be there by three in the afternoon. I'll make sure he isn't there at home"
Ron looked smug, "The ground I walk on? I guess Harry Potter fandom is on its way out. Make way for Ronald Bilius Weasley! I better get going Or Harry'll skin my arse. Take Care.", he kissed Rose on her forehead, and walked off.
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"All right-ALL RIGHT!" said Draco, when Amelia kicked him impatiently, wanting him to put her down. He looked at his wife, "Wow! She's a whole lot more like Scorpius than I would expect her to be. She's got the bad ones though."
"Ssh! We're on the floor the most exclusive patients!", said Astoria impatiently. Draco gently let Amelia down, sighing. His eyes however caught a flash of bright blue at the end of the long corridor. He narrowed his eyes to see five figures with their backs to them clad in the same shade of blue, all of them having broomsticks.
"Bloody Tornadoes!", he muttered in disgust.
"You said something?!", his wife hissed. He flinched. Tornadoes was her favourite team in the league.
He just nodded towards them. Astoria's eyes became as round as galleons.
She squealed excitedly, "Can we go and get their autographs??"
Draco almost snorted to see his almost-touching-50 wife acting like a teenage fan girl, but he knew better. Over the years he had perfected the art of controlling his mouth, especially when it came to his wife.
Astoria straightened her overcoat, and walked proudly towards them, Draco following her.
"Umm-Excuse me," she said nervously, poking one of the players.
The guy whipped around, his height making him look rather menacing. "How did you manage to get here?!"
"We happen to be one of the people who fund this place", drawled Draco, coming to his wife's defence. He never liked it if anyone used a rude tone with his wife. "She just wanted an autograph of the whole team-
"For my grandchild here!", interrupted Astoria, pointing at Amelia, who was looking up at all of them, slightly wary of the strangers. "She's not even two, and she desires to play Quidditch after seeing you guys play. She absolutely adores you"
Draco rolled his eyes. His wife was more of a Slytherin than he was.
The players, save one, were all paying attention to the little girl, who seemed scared because of all the staring that was happening. She hid behind her grandfather.
"Oh she gets slightly intimidated by tall people. So how come you are here? Someone injured?" inquired Astoria.
The tall guy replied gruffly, "Oh yeah! The Coach. The beaters threw him off his broom, he had a nasty fall. So what is the little girl's name?", he added, as Astoria handed him a parchment and a marker from her purse.
"Amelia Malfoy. And that's muggle stuff. Acts like a quill, only you don't need an ink pot!", she said, as the tall tornado player eyed the marker quizzically.
The tall guy signed his name quickly, and passed it on to his team mates, who signed with no interest.
"Amelia MALFOY?",
Draco raised his eyebrows as he saw one of the players gasp out the name, staring at the parchment, shock written all over his face. People really needed to get over the prejudice.
"Hey! If you don't want to sign it, then don't!", snapped Draco. The blonde guy, came closer to them, and then looked pointedly at Amelia. "Your grandchild?", he asked, his face pale. Amelia grinned toothily at him. Apparently he didn't look as scary as rest of his team mates. "I'm Amelia!", she squeaked
Draco frowned. Maybe the guy wasn't feeling well. Maybe he should have gotten admitted here along with their injured coach.
"She's my son Scorpius's daughter. Isn't she just beautiful?", said Astoria, glowing with pride.
Her husband was taken aback when he saw hurt, betrayal, anger in the guy's eyes.
"You know our son?", Draco asked, surprised.
The guy shook his head dejectedly, earning him looks from his team mates. He gave the parchment to Astoria, and then walked off. Draco peered over Astoria's shoulder to see the last name signed.
It was simply signed Ryan.
Later, while his wife blabbed continuously to the trustee, Draco found his brain working over drive. Ryan's peculiar behaviour confirmed the fact that he knew Scorpius pretty well. He wondered why he looked so shocked and devastated about Scorpius having a baby. His insides churned, as a thought hit him.
Was this guy in love with his son? Was Scorpius bi-sexual?
He really needed to talk to his son as soon as he came back from the trip.
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AN:-
Weird ending I know!
Okay…all right…there were no Scorpius/Rose moments…next chapter onwards..i promise there'll be a lot more……
To those who think Lily Potter has been put in d story just for the heck it…let me tell u she's quite important…one of the main characters actually….
The 60s review thing was because I have my exams going on…n I thought it would buy me some time…BUT DAMN!! They are getting over this week...therefore I can promise an update next week!
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