That feeling when you've been trying to remember a manga's name all week and then finally you recall it. And then you finish 45 chapters in 4 hours. Isn't that feeling great? No, it's marvellous!

This chapter annoyed me sooooooooooooooooooooooo much! This week has been a cycle of writing and rewriting this chapter, and even now, it seems very lousy to me:(

This is a Rose POV.

Out-Of-Bounds (A Scorpius/Rose FanFiction)

Chapter 14: I Don't See You That Way

It had all been a dream. Yes, that'd be it. A few moments more and she'd wake up to Saturday morning, go down to breakfast with Hugo and her cousins, and wish Albus and Sc...orpius luck. That was it. She'd just had a stupid dream in which she'd gone to the Slytherin Common Room for a party, drank a disgusting Butterbeer, and that, and that Scorpius had--

Rose opened her eyes with a snap. Her trembling hands reached underneath the blanket that had been pulled upto her chin, and she could feel the folds of the flowing blue dress she had worn to the party. After moving her feet a bit she discovered that someone had taken off her shoes. She looked about her in confusion, and things began to clarify a bit.

Rose was back in her dormitory, which was deserted. How did I get here, she thought, sitting up and running a hand through her hair, which had regained its usual bushiness. The curtains of the window overlooking the Great Lake were drawn, so she couldn't tell whether it was dark outside or not.

The door of the dormitory sprang open, and Lily marched inside with a smile on her face, her floaty, dark red hair dancing behind her. 'You're finally awake! ' she said, flopping down on Alice's bed. 'Yeah, 'replied Rose, rubbing her blue eyes. Lily checked her watch and giggled. 'You've set a new record of oversleeping! Broken even James' previous one! ' 'What time is it? ' asked Rose, stopping dead.

'11:23 AM, to be exact. ' said Lily.

Rose clapped her hands to her mouth in shock, and began, '11:23 AM! What in the name of Dumbledore have I done? How could I have slept till so late?! Merlin save m--' 'Relax, Rose, 'said Lily bracingly. 'It's only natural you needed rest after what happened yesterday. '

Yeah, yesterday. If Lily knew what had happened last night, then surely all of her family would know by now. I'm in so much of trouble, I kissed Scorpius when I was drunk, what if Albus had spotted me somehow? What if he had told the rest of the family? What if my parents, and above all, Dad knows? I should as well be bracing myself to be get disowned through Owl Post--

No, she must not panic! Lily was right in front of here, she should atleast confirm whether her family actually knew before thinking too far.

Rose carefully looked at Lily, and asked in a slightly hoarse voice, 'What-er-happened last night? I can't quite... remember.' Lily smirked. 'You mean you don't remember anything? ' Rose only shook her head nervously.

To her surprise, Lily sighed as if she had just been unsuccessful in extracting valuable information, and then said, 'I think it was past midnight, and I was in the Common Room--finishing my essay on Kappas-when Alice walked in through the Portrait Hole, and guess who followed her?Albus and Malfoy, dragging you through the Entrance! '

'I was so surprised to see you unconscious, I almost spilled ink on my parchment! So I hurried upto them and Alice told me that you'd accidentally got drunk at the party and Malfoy had narrowly saved you from falling. Me and her brought you here. That's it. '

'That's... it? ' repeated Rose, something akin to relief swelling her heart. Good, regardless of whatever had happened last night, at least her family didn't know. 'Albus wasn't angry or something?' 'Nah, why would he be? '

Rose didn't answer, but bent her head a little, trying to get her thick and unruly hair to hide her face from her cousin. The relief that had Engorgio-ed her heart had only been temporary, almost negligible compared to the way her heart was now pounding against her ribs. She closed her warm, blue eyes, clenching her fists, thinking hard.

How could I have did that? What came over me? And Scorpius...he was not high, couldn't he have done anything about it? But no, he had just leant forwards, closer and closer--

'Well anyway, you've got a Prefects' meeting at noon, that Dharth or something told me. ' said Lily, shaking Rose out of her thoughts. 'Sidharth, ' corrected Rose, getting up from her bed. 'I guess I'll have to go hungry. ' 'Don't worry about that, Rosie, ' Lily informed her brightly. 'I've saved you loads from breakfast! ' 'Thanks Lils, 'said Rose, grinning at her. 'You're the best. '

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'Prefects, you are dismissed! ' boomed the voice of Professor Longbottom, as he swept out of the classroom. The Prefects around Rose began to talk and bustle and slowly move out, but she just stared disappointedly at the piece of parchment in her hands.

Sidharth Mehta, it read, when she so wanted it to read 'Scorpius Malfoy'.Not that Sidharth, the other Gryffindor Prefect, would make a bad Prefect Patrol partner. But still, given the chance, she would obviously go for Scorpius! No, no, no, don't think about him, you're supposed to be mad at him! He could have stopped that kiss! He should've stopped that kiss! Concentrate on how shameful all of that is making yo--

'Rose. '

Rose whirled around to face Scorpius, who looked a bit tired, his blonde hair more windswept than usual, his pale hands in his cloak pockets. He was eyeing her with concern, and his blood-red lips were twisted in a sort of smile. Somehow that made her only angrier.

'What d'you want? ' she snapped briskly, folding her arms with hostility. He seemed a bit taken aback with her rudeness, but said, 'I only wanted to make sure whether you're okay. ' Rose flicked her braided hair behind her ear. 'You don't need to, seeing as you have already taken care of that.GOODBYE.' She turned to go, but he caught her wrist and pulled her back forcefully.

'Is anything the matter? ' His voice was soft but commanding, his grey eyes boring into hers intensely. Rose's stomach squirmed a little, but she disregarded this. Tried to disregard, at least.

'Oh nothing nothing! ' cried Rose, her voice very high-pitched, wrenching her hand out of his grip. Scorpius frowned. 'Are you telling me or not? ' 'You see, you don't even remember! ' cried Rose. 'But it's not easy for me to just, just forget about it! '

'About what? You're making no sense! ' said Scorpius, looking completely bewildered and gaping at her in exasperation.

The arrogant prat, thought Rose, a blush creeping on her cheeks, he wants to hear it from my mouth. She snapped her eyes shut, clenched her fists and abruptly blurted out, 'We kissed each other last night!!! ' And now excuse me, I have to jump off the Astronomy Tower or drown myself in the Great Lake. Either of them.

Rose slowly opened her eyes, expecting the blonde in front of her to be squirming with embarrassment, but there was nothing of that sort. On the contrary (though he had flushed just a little), he looked even more surprised than he had been looking until now. A few moments of stunned silence. Then, Scorpius took a deep breath, and said slowly and deliberately, as if weighing each word:

'Are--you--daft? '

Of all the things Rose had been bracing herself for, this was not even on the list. 'What? ' 'Are you daft?' repeated Scorpius, with an expression of utmost bewilderment. 'You're not making any sense. 'said Rose, unwittingly quoting him from earlier.

Scorpius shook his head incredulously, took another deep breath and said,'What gives you the impression that we kissed yesterday?' 'I--Well--don't remember it very well, --'stammered Rose, losing her head completely, '--but I do remember seeing you this close to my face! '

'So I was because I had to stop you from sliding down the stairs! ' said Scorpius, coolly. 'You were drunk, you didn't know a person in there except Albus, and he wasn't anywhere near, d'you think I'd've left you there like that? ' 'Well no--' But he held up a hand to silence her.

'And d'you think that I'd've snogged you when you weren't even in your senses?! Is that really what you think of me? That I'd do something like that to a girl who didn't know half the things she was saying or doing? ' Rose looked straight into his eyes and was uncomfortable to see them shining with hurt.

She stoically looked down at her knees and mumbled, 'So you...didn't kiss me? ' 'Of course I didn't. ' he drawled. 'And besides, I don't see you that way. '

Never in all her life had felt stupider. Never. Why the hell had she come to such a conclusion?!

'I'm sorry...Scorpius, 'she blurted thickly. 'For...being mad at you, for being so rude and so...unreasonable. '

Scorpius shrugged and took a step towards her, and for a moment she thought that he was going to give her a squeeze. However, he only patted her breezily on the head and bent forwards to whisper, ' It's okay. I'll see you around. ' Rose awkwardly lifted her head slightly and stole one last glance at his pale and pointed face, before he gave her a small smile and walked away, leaving her alone in the classroom.

I don't see you that way.

A/N: Thank God I've never told you all where I live, or you'd be throwing rotten tomatoes at me for insulting JKR's Wizarding World with the heap of trash this chapter was. I think my writing skills are really deteriorating.

I also had a hard time deciding on the title of this chapter, ending with this one.

I'll congratulate myself for updating on time, though.

One way you amazing people can help me improve the quality of this Fic is by REVIEWING. I mean just a few reviews will do the trick, I promise!!

Au Revoir! (Sorry for my French)

PS: Any Ao Haru Ride fans here? I just finished reading the manga and I've fallen in love with it. I have literally no ideo why it is not as popular as Kimi ni Todoke.

PPS: Aren't Kou and Touma unforgivably cute?

Till next time~Shehjaar