Save it, Malfoy


POV: Scorpius

I didn't have the strength to watch Wood and Rose make out all night, so I quickly left her and began to push my way through the crowd in search of Albus, or Lily I suppose.

My relationship with Lily was awkward and distanced. I had yet to even kiss her. Luckily she was shy and unwilling to initiate it herself, so was desperately waiting for my cue. We mainly spent our timing talking and laughing. I actually did quite like Lily; I always had. But unfortunately no further than as my best friends little sister. She was very funny and relatively easy to be with. If I wasn't completely in love with her cousin, I could actually fall for her, but the age difference was an issue for me. It may only have been two years, but at our age it was a large gap in maturity levels. I just wasn't comfortable dating a fourteen year old.

Albus kept insisting that he was working on his 'plan', though he had yet to inform me of what that was.

"Hey, Malfoy!" I turned and saw the glorious Wood pushing his way over to me, "Have you seen Rose?"

"No, sorry. She was pretty tired after the match, perhaps she went to bed?"

He looked annoyed and pushed off in another direction. I know it was petty to lie, but I couldn't help it.

I finally found Albus at the back of the room, intertwined with Rowan. I pulled a face of disgust and decided not to bother them, and having still found no sign of Lily I decided to push off outside.

The air in the corridor was refreshing, and I began to walk aimlessly. As I reached the Defence classroom, I saw a shadow move in the distance, and pressed myself instinctively against the nearest wall. Dolohov moved from the classroom suspiciously, looking around carefully for other presences, before sneaking off towards his dormitory. I followed swiftly and silently, slipping down a nearby concealed passage to overtake him. As he rounded my corner, I sprung at him, grabbed him round the throat of his clothes and shoved him back against the wall, my wand pointed directly at his face.

"Why are you sneaking around, Dolohov," I said quietly.

He stared at me in outraged indignation, "None of your business, Malfoy," he growled.

"Maybe not, but what is my business, is Rose Weasley. If you ever even look at her the wrong way again, let alone try to severely injure her, I will destroy you."

He looked at me, and laughed manically, "Never thought I'd see the day a Malfoy would care about a filthy little Mudblood's runt."

I sunk my fist into his stomach.

"You really did fall far from the tree, and a Gryffindor to boot," he wheezed.

I moved away from him, wand now pointing directly at his heart, "Stay away from her."

But he just smiled before slinking off into the darkness.

Now worried about her, I hurried back up to the party. I must have been away for a while as the crowd had dwindled and it was easier to spot people. I soon found her dozing in a leather chair to the side, an empty glass in her lap. Her hair was mussed and her mouth slightly ajar, and I felt a sharp pang in my chest. I laid a hand on her shoulder and gave her a tender shake, "Hey Rose…"

"Hmm…" she lolled her head to toward me, making me snigger.

"How many have you had?" I said, examining the glass.

"Two… three?" she mumbled.

"Neat?" I said, taking a sniff of the glass and repulsing, blimey this stuff was strong.

"Mmm."

"Wow," she must be hammered, which made me worry, Rose wasn't much of a drinker, "Want me to take you back to the common room?"

"N…Wood…?"

I hesitated, "Haven't seen him," I'm such a jackass.

"Ok… I wanna go to bed…"

I smiled "Ok Rosie…" and gently slipped my arm around her smooth, warm waist, and slid her arm round my neck, pulling her up to my side, relishing the physical contact as we made our way outside.

"This is nice…" she mumbled.

"What is?" I said, smiling.

"The closeness…"

My heart stopped, "Wood doesn't get close to you?" I ventured hopefully.

"It's not the same…" she whispered.

No, it's not, I thought sadly, and not wanting to hear anymore I said "Let's not talk about this, come on, through here's a shortcut," and I pulled aside a tapestry to reveal another passageway. The good thing about being best friends with the current owner of the Marauder's map was my knowledge of the castle.

I tried to move Rose forward but she had frozen, squinting into the darkness in confusion, and I followed her gaze to see that the passage was already occupied.

"Bloody hell," Rose said beside me, an outburst I shared before I felt her lurch forward. For a wild moment I thought she was going to attack Lily, when in fact she just threw up all over her shoes, to my amusement.

Lily looked up at me in doubled horror, both for being caught making out with Jack Longbottom, and for now being covered in vomit.

"Scorp… I," she began, but I simply raised my hand to stop her, withdrew my wand and waved it over her feet, "Evanesco," and the bile vanished, "We'll talk tomorrow, Rose has been drinking, I need to get her to bed."

She looked with worry from me to Rose, gave a quick sob and ran off down the passageway. Jack watched her go, before turning awkwardly to me and saying, "S-s-sorry," evidently afraid of my reaction.

"Don't worry about it mate," I said, and he looked at me curiously before hurrying off after Lily.

I shifted Rose higher up and continued to walk whilst she stared at me, finally saying, "Are you alright?"

"Sure," I replied. That was certainly a shock, but I was fine, "Albus really outdid himself," I added in a mumble.

"What?" Rose said curiously.

"Nothing."

"No, what was that about Albus," she said, more angry.

"Nothing Rose, it's fine."

"Did Albus do this to you?" she yelled.

"No Rose, he didn't do anything to me, I asked for his help."

"Help?" she said, incredulously.

"Yes," I said desperately trying to calm her, "He knows everything, about us, I asked for his help and he went all cryptic, said he had a plan…"

"So you banded together, and what, manipulated her?" she pushed away from me.

"No, Rose I didn't do anything, I…"

"Save it, Malfoy," she said angrily, "I can make my own way back."

And I watched her leave, in total confusion and hurt. I kicked the air in anger, and shoved my hands in my pockets fuming, before I eventually turned back and headed for bed.


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