So I have decided that it is time for the long awaited truth to come out so we are skipping ahead in time about a month and a half or something like that to the Christmas Party because who really cares why Will broke up with Rose.
Rose did not come over to see Albus or Scorpius as often after that night. She found a new job since she didn't want to be around a certain ex-boyfriend. The new job took up more of her time than usual since she had to prove her worth plus she needed the extra time off for Christmas. Whenever Albus complain about not seeing his female best friend Rose just reminded him of Christmas and how much time they would have together.
Finally Christmas Eve was here. Albus and Scorpius arrived at the Burrow. After the war, George, Ron and Harry all pitched in to fix up the house. One that was big enough to have all the family over and friends too and to the delight of many of the family members it had a Quidditch pitch of course. The guys claimed their rooms and headed down to the pitch where most of the younger generation was already planning a game. All the cousin were already there and the Scamander twins were early.
"Wonderful! Someone brought in more new blood!" Victoire proclaimed when she saw Scorpius. "I think this means that we now have enough that certain people can finally sit out." Her eyes were dancing as some of the more Quidditch enthusiastic cousins glared at her.
"Fine, you and Lucy can sit out if you want." Fred gave in, "I don't understand how you are even related to the rest of us."
"Hey handsome." Lily greeted Scorpius with a hug after she had hugged her brother.
"What position do you want to play, Scorpius?" asked Louis.
"I thought Mal didn't play Quidditch." Hugo taunted. Rose sniggered behind her hand when she saw Scorpius roll his eyes.
"You had to teach him that nickname." Scorpius somewhat groaned.
"He can take Lucy's position as chaser. I know he is fair at that since we used to scrimmage together in school." Albus vouched for his friend knowing how competitive some of the family could get he didn't want Scorpius being left out because everyone thought he had never played.
"Well then he is on my team." James announced earning a smile of thanks from his little brother, Albus.
"Fred, you can have Teddy." Lily spoke up. "As for the rest of you, you know your positions."
"Well then let's play!" Teddy encouraged. Shouts and whoops of excitement filled the air as they jumped onto their brooms. Fred's team consisted of himself and Louis as beaters, Rose, Teddy, and Dominique as chasers, Lysander Scamander the keeper, and Albus was the seeker. On James' team Lorcan Scamander and James were the beaters, Lily was the seeker, Hugo was the keeper and the chasers were Molly, Scorpius, and Roxanne. Ron and Harry volunteered to be the referees for the game and the rest of the parents came out to cheer on the teams.
"Watch out for the bludgers." James warned Scorpius. "They are worse than your average bludgers thanks to Fred and Hugo charming them. But we have you and Rosie as healers if anyone gets hurt." Scorpius nodded to show that he heard James but he wasn't worried about the bludgers. Harry and Ron released the four balls and the game started.
The game was intense but Scorpius surprised everyone with how well he flew and scored points. In fact, he was the first one to get the quaffle through the hoop that day. James had been right to warn him about the bludgers. They seemed quicker than usual and more powerful. In fact one of them even caught him off guard eventually. He had been going for another goal with Dominique battling him for the ball when both bludgers came at them. Dominique barely ducked out of the way before hit her shoulder but the other knocked her into a spin. Scorpius was even less lucky. One bludger caught him right in the back of his head. He heard the whistles blowing as he fell. Thankfully, Harry caught him before he hit the ground but Scorpius was already seeing two of everyone that was crowding around him as he sunk to the ground. Rose stepped into the circle and did a quick examination of his head.
"I think he might have a concussion." Rose commented as she tried to pull him up off the ground but he was fighting her.
"I am fine," Scorpius said crossly. Rose sighed and pulled out her wand. "Keep that away from me." Scorpius almost yelled. He fumbled for something in his pocket. Rose jumped back from him in surprise.
"She is just going to check you over, mate." Albus said trying to calm his friend down not sure what the problem was.
"Like Hell she is. Put that wand away." Scorpius demanded struggling to get up. Rose lowered her wand to try to keep him from thrashing about. There was a pop behind them. Scorpius visibly relaxed when he saw the man who had just appeared behind James.
"Dad." Scorpius muttered just before he collapsed. Rose jumped at the unexpected arrival of Scorpius' father.
"What happened here?" Draco Malfoy asked patiently. He was rather surprised to appear at what seemed to be a family gathering for the Weasleys.
"The kids were playing a game of Quidditch and one of the bludgers hit Scorpius in the head." Harry filled him in. "Rose, my niece, is a healer." Harry motioned to Rose.
"I know who Miss Weasley is." Draco said with a small smile. "May I look over my son Healer Weasley?" Rose nodded nervously. Draco examine his son's body quickly finding the knot on his head. He looked up at Rose.
"Please proceed." Draco said as he pulled out a glowing watch from Scorpius' pocket. Rose quickly shook her head.
"But sir he didn't want me to." Rose protested. Draco fiddled with the pocket watch for a moment and it stopped glowing.
"Yes, well Scorpius is a healer and I am sure you are aware of the fact that healers make the worst patients. He should be more calm after you wake him up. Besides if you are right about him having a concussion he needs to be awake." Draco explained very succinctly but Al still felt something was off about the whole thing. However, Rose nodded and revived Scorpius. Scorpius immediately looked to his father who nodded back at him.
"Alright, back up some everyone." Ron said as Rose went to work. She finished quickly and Draco and Al helped Scorpius stand back up. He stood later for a moment as the dizziness passed.
"Draco, do you have plans for the holiday?" Ron asked, "I didn't think about it earlier but your family should be together of course for Christmas."
"Yes, you and your wife should join us." Harry extended the invitation. Scorpius looked at his dad hopefully.
"I guess I'd better go home and tell your mother. She will be delighted." Draco smiled down at Scorpius.
"Brilliant, we will even have a gift for you." Ron announced with a grin. Draco walked with Scorpius into the house then left via the Floo Network promising to be back soon.
Scorpius all but ran up to his room. He thought about what just happened as he took a shower and changed. He had his proof now that he had to get rid of the last memory. He had been putting it off convincing himself it wasn't necessary but today proved he would never be able to act as nothing happened while he still had that memory. He took out his pensieve and then removed the memory. He jumped at the sound of a knock on the door. Lily was standing outside of his door when he opened it.
"I just wanted to make sure you are okay. You weren't acting like you." Lily studied him carefully. He waved off her concerns.
"I am fine now." He reassured her. "Would you like to go for a walk before dinner?" He stepped out of the room and went downstairs with her.
Albus had followed him upstairs. Something was wrong and he had to find out why Scorpius had raced to his room. He sneaked into Scorpius' room and looked around. There on the desk was a pensieve with a memory in it. Albus locked the door behind him then entered the memory.
He could tell he was in Hogwarts right away and right in front of him were Rose and Scorpius who were sitting on the floor in the hallway. Rose was crying and it looked like Scorpius was trying to comfort her. Albus guessed that it was either fifth or sixth year since both of them had prefect badges. Albus was starting to wonder what was so important about this memory when Scorpius kissed Rose.
"What the hell!" He shouted in surprise. How did he not know about this? The kiss didn't last long though.
"Why did you do that?" Albus heard Rose ask. Her face a mask of shock. Scorpius backed away
"You were crying and you looked so sad." Scorpius rubbed the back of his neck.
"So you decided to kiss me?" Rose asked angrily. Scorpius nodded sheepishly. "You can't go around kissing... your kisses aren't even that good." Rose jumped up and started to leave but something made her change her mind. She turned back around and pulled out her wand. Before Scorpius even had a chance to defend himself Rose cast a false memory charm then she ran off without a word. Scorpius stumbled somewhat then shook his head. A look of pure confusion crossed Scorpius' features. Albus followed him as Scorpius walked quickly as he tried to comprehend what had just happened. Scorpius ended up at the Quiddtich pitch and searched the skies for something. Albus noticed two people coming towards the,. It was Lily and himself.
"Hey Scorpius." Albus heard himself say. "I thought you had patrols."
"I finished, I think." Scorpius answered still somewhat confused. "Have you guys been here long?"
"Albus was helping me practice. I told you earlier about it, remember?" Lily asked looking at him in concern.
"Right." Scorpius replied then asked, " Lily could I talk to you in private for a moment?" Lily nodded and the younger Albus left. Scorpius waited until Albus was inside the doors before speaking. "Lily I need you to do something for me and it is going to sound crazy."
"You know I would do anything for you Scorpius." Lily said.
"I need you to spread the rumor that I kissed you and please don't ask why." Scorpius said nervously. Lily nodded in agreement and the memory ended.
Albus stood there for a minute putting the pieces together. The more he thought about it though the more angry he became. He left the room in search of Rose. He found her near the back door gazing out the window at the snow.
"You!" Albus said angrily, "I can't believe what you did to him." Rose frowned in confusion.
"What I did to who?" She asked cautiously knowing that once Albus had hit this level of anger he could be volatile.
"You altered Scorpius's memory." Albus accused Rose. They were so wrapped up in their argument they didn't notice when Scorpius and Lily came through the door.
"What are you talking about?" Rose's eyes widened frozen in place at the realization of he was talking about but she was not going to incriminate herself if he didn't actually know.
"I saw the memory that you tried to erase." Albus hissed. "He kissed you then you must have replaced his memory with him kissing Lily instead. No wonder he stayed away from you as much as possible. You knew what you did and you let me try to make you be friends." Rose ran out the door before anyone could stop her.
"Now you've done it brother." Lily said announcing her presence. "You always have to know everything and looks what that curiosity brings; hurt and pain." She turned to Scorpius. "You better go after her." Scorpius nodded then went back outside.
"You knew?" Albus demanded as the door shut.
"No," Lily said with disdain, "but I didn't want to meddle in what ever was going on between them. I always wondered why it seemed Rose blamed herself for my possible crush on Scorpius but I knew better than you." Lily turned on her heel and left him standing there.
