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Chapter 11

Rose was woken by Mackenzie throwing a red scarf on her face, "Wake up sleepyhead! We're going to miss breakfast, we overslept."

Rose attempted to blink the fogginess out of her eyes. "How late are we?"

"Well, we normally wake up 20 minutes earlier. So it's not the end of the world, but it's not the best situation either."

Rose cursed under her breath and began to get ready. Her hair was a complete mess and took longer than usual to comb out and by the time she was done she hardly had anytime to get dressed. So she threw on what she was wearing yesterday and ran down to the Great Hall. Everyone else was already there waiting for the four girls to arrive.

"Where were you?" Al asked Olivia as she slid in next to him.

"We overslept. Pass the French toast." She asked Hugo as the girls grabbed whatever food was in reach and stuffed it in their mouths.

"We all went to bed late because some people decided to have a chess tournament in the common room last night." Rose complained.

"Hey! You didn't have to stay and watch!" Mackenzie defended.

"You also didn't have to come into our room singing 'I am victorious' and wake everyone up." Olivia said.

"You're the only other person in our room." Mackenzie reminded her.

"Well, my sleep matters too!" Olivia protested.

"Yes, yes, we're all exhausted. But the real question is, did you hear that the Hufflepuff seeker got hurt yesterday in practice." Becca said.

"What? How bad is it?" Al asked.

"It's not good. Their idiot beaters weren't paying attention and they were messing around with the bludgers when they hit one right at him square in the back. He fell off his broom and broke a fair amount. Someone attempted a cushioning charm, but it really didn't help that much. He's in the hospital wing."

"You're kidding. Without their seeker they don't stand a chance!" Lily said excitedly.

"Lily, he could have died!" Olivia said.

"Well, yes. And if he did I would obviously have been upset. But come on! This is some great luck! He will recover in time for the game no problem, but that was a serious fall. They probably won't want him back on a broom for a bit."

"Lil, our game isn't until after the break. He'll probably be fine by then." Hugo reminded her.

"But he will have been out of practice! His parents certainly won't let him play over holiday after his injury and so he'll be off to a rocky start when he gets back! This is brilliant!" No one else at the table shared in Lily's excitement as they were all a bit disturbed by the idea of him falling off his broom.

Rose inhaled the rest of breakfast and went down to her first class of the day, Potions. She had been dreading this class all morning because she would have to finally see Scorpious, something she was trying her very best to put off until tonight so she didn't go into panic-attack mode. However she found herself staring at him in class, which often created the uncomfortable situation when he decided to stare at her at the same time and they were caught in awkward eye contact. Rose tried her best to focus all of her energy on her potion, which was becoming trickier and more difficult as she went through the steps. She finally managed to finish a decent brew of a calming draught and left the classroom as soon as she had corked a bottle of it to leave on the professor's desk. She went quickly to her next class to try to avoid Scorpious; she just couldn't handle seeing him right now, it would mess up her mind too much. The rest of her classes were filled with anticipation for that night's discussion, and they seemed to go on forever.

By the time dinner was over Rose was internally freaking out. Oh Merlin. She would have to go and face Scorpious. Right now. There was no avoiding this anymore. She walked over to where Al was sitting in the common room.

"I need the map." She told him.

He cocked an eyebrow at her, "Rose, you've never needed the map before. Why do you need it?" He asked.

"I'll tell you later, just give it to me!" She demanded as he pulled it out from his bag. She was a bit snappy when she was on edge like this.

"Fine, here it is." He said turning back to his quidditch pitch diagrams with the little floating paper players that uncle Harry had gotten him for Christmas. "Be good." He called out after her.

"Oh wow, coming from you." She mumbled as she left the common room. "I solemnly swear I am up to no good," she told the map. It looked like she was in the clear; no one was around her path to the tower. She checked Scorpious' for good measure as well, but he seemed fine too. She set out down the hall, feeling very guilty for breaking the rules. It was something she wasn't accustom to, she was always the good daughter who never caused her parents any concern. If only they knew what she had gotten herself into now.

She reached the steps for the astronomy tower and put away the map. They appeared to be safe, for now at least. She walked up into the cool night air, feeling refreshed but still anxious. She was right on time, where was he? Was he not going to show?

She loved to look out here at the stars against the deep blue sky, but now was not the time. She almost checked the map for Scorpious but as she was drawing it out from under her robes, he walked in.

"Hey," he said softly.

"Hey," She replied. They both stared at each other, both unsure of what to say. Oh no, this was really awkward. She was hoping it wouldn't be like this.

"Look, I wanted to say," she started but he cut her off.

"No, me first." She was surprised by his directness, but let him continue all the same. "I'm sorry for kissing you. You have a boyfriend, I was completely out of line and"

"I broke up with Ben." She told him matter-of-factly.

"Really?" he asked her, looking genuinely surprised.

"Yeah. He took it well, better than I expected." Rose said burrowing her hands in her jacket. "You were saying?"

"Well, that kind of changes the rest of my speech." He gave a small smile. "Why did you break up with him?" He asked.

She closed her eyes and tried to gather up some confidence. "Because he wasn't you," She admitted. She tried to brace herself for his response and opened her eyes, only to find herself looking straight into his.

"Rose…" he said, his face only inches away from her own. He leaned in and gave her a soft, tender kiss. "I love you." He whispered in her ear.

"I love you too." She told him, her entire face breaking out in a smile. She kissed him again, this time keeping the kiss a little longer before pulling away. The smile faded away from her lips. "But this… how can this work?" She asked him. "I want this to work, but Scorpious you and I are from practically different worlds. We aren't supposed to be together. What will your parents think?" She asked him.

"I don't care," he told her, still holding her hands.

"What will my parents think?" She asked herself out loud. She remembered what her father said to her as she was boarding the train for the first time. 'Don't get too friendly with him, though, Rosie. Granddad Weasley would never forgive you if you married a pureblood.' That's what they would think.

"We just won't tell them." He said simply.

"Won't tell them? But they'll find out, practically half of my family goes to this school." She reminded him.

"Ok, then we won't tell anyone." He said slowly.

"Anyone? But Lily already knows about what's been going on." She confessed.

"That's fine, she can cover for us." He said, getting excited. "But lets keep it a secret. That way we won't have to deal with the pressures of our families, or of our friends. We can keep this between us until we're sure we can handle it."

"Are you sure?" She asked.

"I'm positive. This will work Rose. I know it will." She smiled at him and he wrapped her in a hug. "Don't worry Rose. Everything will be fine."

For some reason that reminded her about the map, and about that fact that they weren't supposed to be here. She cursed under her breath and let go, drawing out the map. Before he had time to ask questions she said, "the heads are coming, we have to hide."

Rose ducked into the trapdoor they used to store materials for astronomy class. "Well, come on! We don't have much time!" She told Scorpious as she stood there staring at her. He quickly followed her under the floor and they shut the trapdoor as they waited.

"There's never anyone up here Mandy, I don't know why you always bother looking up here only to freeze in the process." The head boy complained.

"Because I'm more careful then you are when we patrol." She responded, clearly exasperated by the Hufflepuff head boy. "But it looks like no one is here, so it's your lucky day." She said as she walked on the floor above them. The wood was old and creaked as she walked along, making Rose hold on tighter to Scorpious.

"Let's go raid the kitchens, I'm starving." He said as their voices became more faint.

"No! We can't break school rules while on patrol!" Mandy's outraged voice was almost gone when Rose and Scorpious popped their heads out from under the trapdoor.

"That was close." Rose said as she pulled herself out.

"We'll just have to find a better hiding place." He winked at her and she felt her whole body relax and her stomach flip. Damn his smile.

She pulled him in closer and gave him one long, soft kiss. "I should go. They'll start asking questions if I don't turn up soon." She whispered in his ear.

"When will I see you again?" He asked her, not letting go of her hand.

"You'll see me tomorrow of course," She smiled at him and let herself be pulled back into his embrace.

"That's not what I meant."

She looked into his beautiful gray eyes, "I want to see you all the time. Why don't we meet after dinner somewhere?" She suggested.

"But we can't come back here, now that we know people check it on their rounds." He said sadly.

"No, but I know some of the best troublemakers in the school, I'm sure I can find somewhere."

"How will I know where to meet you?"

"I'll put a note behind the picture of the man playing the guitar. No one ever listens to him, he only sings songs about dragons." He laughed before she kissed him one more time and then headed down the stairs.

She opened up the map and checked their paths, which both were luckily clear. She gave him the thumbs up from bellow and began her path back to Gryffindor Tower. She really wasn't that late, so her friends were still milling about the common room. She tried to figure out whom to sit next to so that she would look 'normal'. Henry and Mackenzie seemed pretty caught up in their own conversation huddled next to each other by the fire, Becca was who knows where, Olivia was cuddled up on the couch next to Al, and she had no idea where Lily was either. So Rose sat down next to Hugo, who looked like he was deep in thought over some book.

"Hey Hu, whatcha reading?" She asked as she plopped down next to him.

"I'm just trying to get some homework done. I can't focus studying with Rachel anymore, and I don't want to give up the 'study time' with her because I love seeing her…" he trailed off and the tips of his ears went red. "Anyway, I need to do some extra studying."

"Well, the answer to question number three is Pollyjuice Potion. And number four is almost right, but you forgot the side effects from accidently using animal hair instead."

"Oh right! Thanks Rosie." He said earnestly as he began scribbling things onto his role of parchment.

"No problem." She began to stand up but stopped herself. "Hey Hu, do you know of any really good hiding places in the castle?" She asked, before she had the chance to think through a decent excuse for her question.

"A few, why?"

"Because… I sometimes just need a room to hide from people." She said unconvincingly.

"People?" he said, incredulous.

"Mhm, people. Look Hu, do you really want to hear about my problems?" She asked him wearily.

"No, good point. Well, the best place I could think of is the room of requirement."

"Where is that exactly? I've heard Al talking about it." Rose said.

"Go ask him for the map, it's on there." He told her. "Just walk past it a few times and tell it what you want it for. It's bloody brilliant." He said before turning back to his work.

"Ok, thanks Hu." She said walking away from him. She went up to her room and opened up the map and sure enough, there it was. It was perfect.

She still felt butterflies of pure joy in her stomach that she just couldn't shake. He liked her. No, correction. He loved her. Scorpious loved Rose. The whole scene just repeated itself in her mind. It was hard not to break into song or dance around the room in delight. This feeling was wonderful, this euphoria that he seemed to give her.

She had a newfound spring in her step; everything just seemed brighter and better than before. Everything, except for not telling anyone about Scorpious. She couldn't help but feel guilty about keeping a secret from everyone (minus Lily) that was so huge. But her family finding out about Scorpious would be…. disastrous. A complete catastrophe.

She knew that her father would hate the idea on principal alone, just the mere thought of having his daughter kissing a Malfoy would be enough to send him over the edge. Her mother would be more understanding, but she probably wouldn't like the secret keeping around the relationship. As for all of the other Weasleys, they would try to break the two of them up as if the world depended on it. Because they all felt that they knew what was best for her.

But Rose would have Lily to cover for her and that would be extremely helpful. Where was Lily? Shouldn't she be back by now?

Rose got up from her bed and walked down to the 4th year dorms. She had been in Lily's dorm before and knew most of her friends, so it wasn't so unusual when she popped her head in the door and asked, "Is Lily here?"

"She was but she left to go downstairs to the common room about 5 minutes ago." Her roommate Margaret told her.

"Great, thanks." Rose practically skipped down the stairs to the common room and saw Lily's fiery red hair peaking out from behind one of the chairs.

"Hey Lily, can I borrow you for a bit." Rose said as she came up behind her.

"Sure Rosie, hang on just one second. Let me just finish the page I'm reading." Lily quickly scanned what looked to be a transfiguration textbook and then walked up the stairs to Rose's deserted room.

"So, did you talk to Scorpious?" She asked barley seconds after Rose closed the door.

"Yes, I did. We're together now. Well, sort of." Rose added.

"How is it 'sort of'?" Lily asked.

"We aren't telling anyone. Well, except for you, because you already know. But it's going to be our little secret for a while. It just not worth the trouble of telling everyone."

"As much as I agree with you, don't you think that's a little dangerous? I mean, what's going to happen if Ron finds out and you didn't tell him? He'll be bloody furious."

"But he won't find out. He can't! There's just no way he could. If only the three of us know then who would tell him?" Rose pointed out.

"But what if he intercepts and owl or sees you both together somewhere? I don't mean to burst your bubble Rosie, but I just don't want to see you get hurt."

"I won't get hurt. I'll be fine. Really." Rose assured her.

Lily gave a deep sigh, "Ok." Her face suddenly perked up, "So tell me how it happened!" Rose laughed and began to tell her everything, but Becca came in and they quickly changed the subject without her noticing. About 20 minutes later they all decided it was time to go to sleep, so Rose attempted this but found herself too excited to be tired. She would be seeing Scorpious tomorrow. She, Scorpious' girlfriend, would be seeing her boyfriend, Scorpious. It all just seemed unreal.

She fell asleep eventually to sweet dreams of gray eyes.

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