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I was sitting in the kitchen to get away from everyone. Ever since Lily and I told my family about Page and her plans. I couldn't walk anywhere without one of my cousins or Scorpius being by my side. I had to tell Al that I have to go to the bathroom. And since there was no one there to take me, he had to let me go on my own. I creep by him to get to the kitchen. He probably still standing there, waiting for me to come out.
"Here you go, miss. It should help." A Hogwarts house-elf gives me a cup of tea.
"Thank you." I take the cup. I sip it slowly. The portrait hole opens and I find Page's man standing there. He gives me a wicked smile. I can't read his eyes because he is standing in shadows. I slowly put the tea on the table by me. I miss the table; the cup drops on the floor. A house-elf picks it up and runs to the other side of the room.
"Rose, you are hard to get close to. I watched you leave your cousin's side." He gradually walks up to me. His eyes look black. I can't read them. I'm scared. I can feel the goosebumps on my arms. I start to rub my arms. "Are you cold?" He asked sweetly.
He still had on that wicked smile. I can't find my tongue. He takes off his sweater and put it over my shoulder. "That should help keep you warm." He whispers in my ear and I shiver. "Are you still cold." I shake my head. He puts his arm around my shoulder. His hand rubs up and down on my arm.
I find my voice. "W-who are you?" I asked. I pick up his hand and take it off of me.
His smile grows. "I'm David Manning." He said it like I should know who he is.
"Hi, David." I can see that he doesn't like when I call him by his first name. I smile at that little information.
His smile grows tight. "Please don't call me David. Call me Manning." He had sorrow in his voice.
"Sorry." I started to get up. "I have to go."
He grabbed my arm. "I don't think so." He was hurting me. Why did I have to leave Al? I feel the tears welling up in my eyes.
"Please let me go." I say with a quaver in my voice. He doesn't let me go.
"If you want to leave. You have to break up with Scorpius Malfoy and show people that I am your new boyfriend." His hand relaxed on my arm.
The tears I was holding back started to fall. "I can't do that. I can't hurt Scorpius like that. I love him to much." I can see Scorpius face in my mind. I fall to the floor as the tears are coming down. Scorpius is my life. I can't lose him.
"You will or you will lose that brat you have in you." Manning said.
"No, you can't take my baby away from me." I get up and shake off his hand. I can't lose this baby that Scorpius and I made. I love it already. I run from the room. Not before I hear him say.
"I will get to you, Rose Weasley." Manning said through his teeth.
I run, I don't see where I'm going. My tears are coming down and blinding me. I finally stop running. I sit on the floor and let the tears come down.
That is where Lily found me. "Rose, where have you been?" Lily sits right next to me. I look up at her. She sees the tears.
"What is wrong?" She puts her arms around me. She just lets me cry.
I feel that I'm out of tears. I wipe my face. "Sorry for crying on you."
"Are you okay?" Lily said with concern.
"I don't know what to do." I say.
"Come on. Let's go to your room." Lily stands up and help me get up. She wraps her arms around shoulder. We walk to the head common room.
I distantly hear Lily say the password. She puts me on the sofa. She sits next to me. "What happen?" Lily asked quietly.
I told her what happen in the kitchen. She doesn't say anything when I told her that I lost Al at the bathroom. How everybody wouldn't leave my side. Didn't tell her about his threat. "…That when you find me." I finish.
"So, do we know anything about this Manning guy." Lily asked as if she was in deep thought.
"The only thing I know is that he hates his name. When I said his name, he grew angry by it. It was the only emotion he showed." I tell Lily.
"What are we going to do?" Lily said as she was addressing everyone in the room when it looked like she was talking to herself.
"I don't know, but I am scared of what Manning would do." I say. I think to myself to the baby.
The door opens and Scorpius and Al walk in. "…that test was hard." Al said. Scorpius and Al have become friends since we discuss what we are going to do about Page Usher.
"I know. What was Professor Longbottom thinking giving that test to us." Scorpius said as he put his bag down by the table. It's like they don't see us sitting on the loveseat. "Have you seen Rose since you left her in the bathroom?" Scorpius asked Al.
"No. I told you she sneaked right by me. I thought that she went to class." Al said. I look at Lily. "Should we announce our presence to them." I say quietly so Scorpius and Al can't hear us. Lily nods. "I'm right here." Scorpius and Al jump about a foot when they hear my voice.
"Rose, where have you been?" Al asked. I frown and drop my head. I hear someone walk across the room.
Rose, what happen? Are you and the baby okay?" Scorpius asked. He takes me in his arms.
"The baby and I are fine. Do you know a David Manning?" I asked him.
"Yeah, he is in Slytherin and I shared a room with him for the past six years. Why?" Scorpius asked.
"He's what happen?" I say in his shoulder.
"How?" Scorpius is concern. I told him what happen from the time I left Al to the time when Lily found me. "That son of bitch. I'm going to kill him and bury the body in the forest so no one can find it." Scorpius said with anger. "He not going to hurt you or my child."
"Scorpius calm down." I say softly. So only he can hear me. I saw Al and Lily's face. They didn't like this Scorpius. "Nothing going to happen to me or the baby." I say just as soft.
He takes my face in his hands. He looks me in the eyes. "I'm not going to lose you or our child." He leans in and kisses me. I wrap my arms around him. I could feel all the love he has for me.
"Are you two going to come up for air." Lily asked. I forgot that Al and Lily were in the room.
We break apart. "Sorry." I mumbled.
"Now that Rose had reassured Scorpius. We need to know about Manning." Lily looks at Scorpius and asked. "What do you know about David Manning?"
"Manning and I were not close. All I know is that his mother die when he was young. His father left about the same time. He lives with his aunt and uncle. He has a young sister. That all I know." Scorpius told us.
"Do you know the name of the sister?" Al asked.
"All I know that she in Ravenclaw." Scorpius said.
"That won't be to hard to find out who she is." Lily said. "We have to find out more about Manning. I will have who his sister is by tonight." We all look at how can she get this done so soon. She reads our question. "It does have its benefit being Harry Potter's daughter. People can tell you anything. Just ask Al, how do you think he gets all those girl." Lily smiled. Al blushed. We laughed at this.