Ro-Ro,

Why is summer so unbelievably boring? I can't step outside the house without that prick form the Daily Prophet trying to ask me a hundred and one questions. I have no idea how you do it. Maybe if the editor had a soft spot for me it would be easier eh?

When are you coming to visit? You need to meet the house elf. I know you're mum's a big supporter of them but I bet you even she would find him creepy. His name is Alumit – weird I know.

Scorp

Rose Jane Weasley,

Is that better? I still don't understand what is wrong with Ro- Ro – I think it's cute. But since you insist, I'll do my best not to call you it again. I'm not promising, mind you, it's far too adorable.

Dad says the 6th is fine. I'm guessing you'll Floo? That arse of a reporter is still outside so I probably would.

Did you do your Charms homework? It's impossible. Of course, you'll probably do it straight away but I'm telling you, it's hard.

Scorp

Rose,

I'll meet you at the station?

We're seventh years now Rose! Seventh Years! Can you believe it? You ready to face the real world. I'm certainly not. I'm crapping myself. I hope I get the grades I need to go to St Mungo's. If I don't, do you reckon your dad and uncle will give me a job? I hope so.

A very anxious Scorp

A banging on the door caused Rose to drop the parchment to the floor in shock. Hastily gathering the letters she had spent the last hour poring over, she shouted out.

"One minute!"

She quickly shoved all of Scorpius' letters into a box, wiping her eyes on her sleeve as she went. It sounded as if someone was about to break the door down as she hurried across the dormitory, ripping it open and snarling.

" I said one min- Lily..." Recovering quickly, Rose gestured for her cousin to come in, casually covering the box before taking a seat on the bed opposite the one Lily had taken,

"Lily I'm," she paused, drawing in a shaky breath, "I'm sorry for what happene-"

"Al sent me. I didn't want to come but he said I should speak to you." Lily said, fixing her cousin with a cold stare. "He said I should tell you what I told him."

She continued when her cousin nodded, looking uncharacteristically close to tears.

"When I saw the two of you...together... I ran because... I...I felt as if...ilikescorpius. There I said it." she looked down quickly, as if ashamed. When the room stayed silent, she slowly raised her gaze, surprised to see the tears falling freely from her cousin's face and guilt flashing across it.

"I didn't know. Lily, believe me, I didn't know. I am so so sorry."

And, this time, Lily believed her.

They weren't meant to be in a room together. In fact, it was something the two of them had been desperately avoiding, knowing it would be disastrous. Circumstance, it seemed, had other ideas. Coincidence had resulted in their joint detention and Professor Longbottom, the teacher on duty, being called to investigate claims of some fourth years setting off fireworks in the boys' bathroom.

The two friends, lovers, strangers stared at each other, neither one finding the courage to make that first offering of peace. Minutes stretched. Words failed to make it pass unwilling lips until eventually Rose managed to coax one tentative smile from them.

And then, finally, the gesture turned into one word, a name that was whispered almost inaudibly. If he hadn't been so desperate for contact, for her, he may have noticed the mask she so often wore was firmly in place.

"Scorp.. What I did was wrong, I admit that but we both know that this cannot work." she paused then as if waiting for his confirmation. Instead, he managed to force a question into the heavy silence.

"Why not?"

" Because it's selfish. I want it to work. I want it so badly Scorp but it won't. You've got to understand that. How can we justify our happiness when it is causing so much pain to everybody else? It's hurting them, Scorp, can't you see it? Al and Lily won't be the only ones. If this gets out, it is going to cause nothing but problems." She had risen now, crossed the room to stand by him as she had so many times before. Slowly, tentatively she cupped his face with a palm, forcing him to meet her gaze, begging hime to understand.

"You and I just weren't meant to be Scorpius."

A/n: Review button is just below ;)

Thanks to everyone who has supported this story; it means a lot. Like I mentioned previously, the end of Inhertiance will not be the end of Rose and Scorpius' story. I have decided to do it in three parts, the second of which will be set a few years after this and the third when the two if them are in their mid to late twenties. When I pictured these two, I saw them as a couple who never seem to get it right. The second and third parts of this will be the them trying to and life intervening.

The first instalment is drawing to a close now although I don't think it is going to be a happy one. But like I said, there is more to come. If you want it? I hope you do because I have some ideas about where this is going since I felt that some of the stuff would only really work when the two of them were more mature.

Until next time.