Rose was looking for a compartment on the Hogwarts Express finally she found one and plopped herself down by the window. Usually she loved the train ride back to school. She and her friends always used this time to catch up. She was worried at how her friends would react to her news. She looked up as she heard the compartment door slide open. Lily and Scorpius were both standing in the door way.
"What are you guys doing here?" Rose asked, "Don't you usually ride with your own friends back to school?"
Lily smiled, "We knew this was going to be a hard ride for you so we decided our friends were less important"
"Yeah, we though telling your friends might be a little easier if you had some support." Scorpius said as he slid an arm around her waist with his hand coming to rest on her still flat stomach.
She was about to kiss Scorpius on the cheek when her two best friends burst into the compartment. Samantha, or Sammy, had chin length brown hair and brown eyes. She was very outgoing and did not care what people thought of her. She had such a confidence about her that guys were always attracted to her. Cassie had Honey blonde hair and green eyes. She was much more reserved that Sammy or Rose, but she still managed to catch the attention of many boys. The three girls had been known as the heart breakers of Hogwarts, but Rose's heartbreaking days were over.
"What is going on here." Sammy asked looking from Scorpius to Lily, "The Heart Breakers always spend the ride to school together. Alone."
"Samantha, please just let them stay. I really need them to be here." Rose pleaded
Sammy raised her eyebrows at her best friend, "What is with you Rose? And why are you letting Malfoy touch you? Usually you would be hexing him at this point."
"Sit down and I will explain everything." Rose sighed
"Are you ok Rosie?" Cassie asked as her and Sammy sat next to Lily
"Well, if you count pregnant ok, then yes I am fine." Rose said as she watched her friends to see their reactions.
"Seriously?" Sammy asked with the shocked look Rose had grown accustomed to in the past few days.
"Yes, I am completely serious." Rose answered.
"Well how come little Lily and Scorpius Malfoy get to know before your best friends do?" Sammy asked a little irritated.
"Well Lily figured it out by herself before I was even sure, and Scorpius is the whole reason I am in this situation." Rose said as she smirked at Scorpius.
"Wait! Scorpius Malfoy is the father of your unborn child, how did this happen?" Cassie exclaimed.
"It involved a lot of alcohol." Scorpius said.
"So are the two of you together now?" Cassie asked looking at the arm Scorpius had around her best friend.
Rose bit her lip and turned to Scorpius, "Are we?" she asked
"I don't know we never really talked about it. We were always too concerned about the baby." Scorpius replied
"Are you kidding me?" Lily asked, "The two of you have been inseparable for the past few days you are always holding hands, or kissing, or cuddling, or just staring at each other. If you can't decide whether you are together or not I will. Scorpius Malfoy and Rose Weasley, I now pronounce you Boyfriend and Girlfriend."
Sammy laughed as Rose and Scorpius blushed.
"I like this kid!" She said, "Why has she not hung around with us more in the past?"
"Well this kid has her own friends." Lily said before turning to Rose, "I need to get going. I can't believe they made me a stupid prefect. Do I look like prefect material to you? Anyway, I have to go but if you need anything just let me know."
"So I never realized you were so close to Lily." Sammy said
"Yeah, we have always been more like best friends than cousins." Rose shrugged
"I never really talked to her before. She really does not hold back does she." Cassie asked.
Scorpius answered her with a laugh, "Trust me, Lily holds back on nothing. I love her to death, but she can be very blunt. It is not a bad thing unless she decides that she is going to rat you out for something you did."
"So she is a little trouble maker." Sammy said
"Not usually. Only when it comes to her brothers and Scorpius. And she is usually rating them out for something they did." Rose said with a laugh.
"I'm tired about talking about Lily. What I really want to know is about you Rosie," Samantha said, "I want to know the details about this baby thing."
Rose and Scorpius took turns telling the story about how the baby was conceived starting with her punishment and ending with taking the pregnancy test. The whole idea of Rose being pregnant had not really sunk in for her friends until they heard the whole detailed story.
"Wait a minute," Sammy said to Rose, "You had sex for your first time and you can't even remember it, but you end up pregnant. That sucks"
Rose glared at her friend as Scorpius asked "That was your first time?"
Rose turned red as she nodded
"Now I feel like such a jerk." Scorpius said as he ran his hand through his hair.
"Don't" Rose said as she kissed him softly.
"Awwww, you guys are too cute." Cassie said, "Are you going to get married."
"No. Well, I can't say that we never will, but we are not getting married just because I am pregnant. If we get married it would be because we were in love and wanted to. We love the baby no matter what, and are perfectly capable of taking care of it without being married." Rose said.
The teens chatted until they reached Hogsmead Station. By then it had started to drizzle so they ran to catch a carriage. The only carriage that they could find had Albus and his friend Mark in it.
"Scorpius, where have you been mate?" Mark asked.
"I've been sitting with these lovely ladies." Scorpius replied
"Watch out man, you wouldn't want to get your heart broken. They have left many men crying in their wake." Mark teased as he winked at Sammy.
Scorpius just smiled, "Nah, my girlfriend would never do that to me."
"Your girlfriend? So you're dating now?" Albus asked angrily.
"Yes Al, I'm his girlfriend. You can't tell me you did not see this coming." Rose said, "Why are you so against us anyway?"
"I don't know Rose, could it be because you are ruining your lives?" Albus spat.
"Al, nothing changes whether we are a couple or not. Plus, we do not think that we are ruining our lives. Sure things will be hard, but we are actually happy about the baby. It is not your place to decide how I live my life!" Rose yelled
"This is not just about you Rose. All week you have been talking about how this is going to affect your life, but not once have you said anything about Scorpius. Have you thought about how this is going to affect him? That maybe this could be ruining his life. Did you know that he wanted to travel around the world after he graduated from Hogwarts? Or that he wanted to be a dragon tamer like Uncle Charlie? You can't do those things if you are worrying about taking care of a baby. Instead of going out and having a good time he is going to be stuck at home changing diapers. People will talk about him and he won't even do anything about it because he will be too busy protecting you. When his family find out things will not be good for either of you, and if you are dating they will find out. You may not be ruining your life Rosie, but you sure as hell are ruining his." Albus said as the carriage pulled up to the castle.
Rose jumped out as tears sprung to her eyes.
"Rose, wait!" Scorpius yelled as Rose disappeared into the crowd. He knew he would not be able to find her so instead he turned to Albus.
"Why the hell did you do that?" he asked, "I know my future is changing and maybe it might not be what you think is best for me but I want to be with Rose. All those other things you said were just dreams I had. I'm going to be a father Albus. Rose is not ruining my life. If anything I ruined hers. I was the one who got her drunk, and I can't remember much but I am pretty sure it was my idea to have sex. This is my entire fault. It is the least I could do to be with her."
"I see how it is. You are just with me because of the baby." Rose said from behind him. She had forgotten her stuff and was coming back to get it when she heard what Scorpius had said.
Scorpius turned at her words, "Rose I did not mean it like that. I want to be with you because I like you not because you are carrying my child. I was just trying to prove a point to Albus."
"You know what Scorpius. I am going to do you a favor. We are finished. You can stay in my life for the baby but that is it. I am no longer your girlfriend." Rose said.
She grabbed her stuff and left. Scorpius looked distraught. He turned and punched the carriage which caused his hand to bleed.
"So, Is anyone willing to tell me what is going on?" Mark asked
Sammy pulled him aside as Albus and Cassie tried to calm down Scorpius.
"I'm sorry mate. I just lost my temper. You know Rose. She will get over this and you two will get back together. I'm sure she is taking to Lily right now, and Lily is telling her that she is being crazy and to get back over here and talk to you. Lily wants you guys together, and Rose will not admit it but Lily' opinion has a lot of influence on her. You guys will probably be back together by the end of the night." Albus said
"Yea Scorpius," Cassie added, "I can tell Rose really likes you. Pregnant women are supposed to get upset for stupid reasons, they can't help it. Just show her that you care about her and she will be fine. She will probably even feel horrible for yelling at you."
Scorpius stood up and began walking into the castle, "I hope so" he said.
"You should go to the Hospital wing and get your hand checked out. It is bleeding a lot." Cassie said as she wrapped a conjured piece of cloth around it."
"I guess. You guys head over to the great hall," Scorpius said, "I'm going to have Madame Vail take a look at this. I'll see you later."
When Scorpius walked into the hospital wing he noticed he was not the only one visiting Madame Vail so early. Rose was lying on a bed with her eyes closed.
"Rose!" Scorpius exclaimed, "What's wrong? Are you alright? Is the baby alright?"
Rose opened her eyes to see Scorpius looking down on her with a panicked expression.
"I'm fine." She assured him, "I just got a little dizzy and almost passed out as I was heading into the feast. Apparently it is something that is perfectly normal for pregnancy."
"Thank goodness nothing was wrong then." Scorpius sighed as he sat down next to her bed, "I was so worried when I saw you lying there with your eyes closed."
"I was so scared." Rose said as tears formed in her eyes, "I thought something might have been wrong. I had been stupid. I really needed you there with me, but I pushed you away. I can't do this without you."
"I'm sorry Rose. I should not have said what I did, but I was trying to prove to Albus that our relationship made sense. I am in this relationship for you Rose Weasley and no one else." Scorpius told her
"So does this mean that we are back together?" Rose asked
"No." Scorpius said
Rose's face fell and he added with a smile, "It means that we never really broke up. You did not think I was going to really let you break up with me when we had only been officially dating since today."
He leant in to kiss her. As they broke apart Rose noticed the blood soaked bandage around Scorpius' hand.
"You're bleeding, what happened?" she asked with concern.
"I was kind of really upset when you ran off and I punched the carriage." He answered sheepishly.
Rose frowned as she called the Madame Vail over to heal him. When Scorpius' hand was no longer bleeding she told the young couple that Rose should stay for a while and rest. Scorpius was welcome to stay as well. She also made Rose promise that she would come in the following week so that Madame Vail could examine her and the baby. She then retreated to her office.
"Please don't hurt yourself again" Rose requested
"I'll try not to," Scorpius sighed, "I did not even think when I did it. I realized I do a lot of things without thinking about it first and that has to stop. We are going to be parents so we are going to have to be responsible."
Rose raised her eyebrows at him and said, "I'm supposed to be relaxing, not thinking about stressful thoughts"
"Ok then let's think of something less stressful then," Scorpius said as he took her hand in his "Something that does not include baby talk." They thought for a moment.
"When was the last time we talked about something other than the baby?" Rose asked
"I think it was your birthday party." Scorpius answered
"Let's just face it our lives now revolve around this bundle of joy." Rose sighed
