Rose stood twirling her wand nervously, her new green robes still on and the tassels denoting her status wrapped around her neck. She was staring off into the distance, looking for something, some kind of thing to stop whatever was going to come. How could this be happening again? McGonagall had announced it to the school earlier that day, after the ceremony and everyone was having a hard time comprehending. Another threat to their society? There was an uprising in Ireland with a new leader, Boldevar the Righteous. He was anything but righteous from what was explained to them. After Voldemort, how could the wizarding world have let this happen? How could they have overlooked a surge of power forming? He already had hundreds of followers, ready to fight to the death against whoever came up against him.

She felt the arm around her shoulder and wanted to acknowledge his comfort, to lean her head on his shoulder but she was still so shocked and so angry and so destroyed inside.

"Rose, I only have three more hours." He murmured as he kissed the side of her head. She nodded and shut her eyes. Why were the tearing him away from her? It was selfish and she knew it but she couldn't stop hearing McGonagall's voice ringing through her head.

"What does this mean? A new uprising? And what do you mean about the young Aurors getting their results back early? What does this have to do with anything?" She asked

"Rose, it means that I have to go fight. You know your uncle wouldn't request this unless it was necessary." Scorpius stated, his jaw flexing from clenched and unclenched. Rose looked up at McGonagall for some sort of sign to say no that's not true, but the older woman just kept her gaze switching between the two of them.

"He hasn't even had training yet!" Rose almost shouted. Scorpius grabbed her hand and she sat down, not even realizing she had been standing. She had thought that being in separate learning institutions was going to be strange but not being able to see him, not being able to hear from him for however long this suspected war was going on? It dawn on her again; her father would be there too…so would Uncle Harry. Rose sank her head into her hands.

Why did people do this? What was the point in unnecessary conflict? Power? There were more important things in life than power but some just didn't understand that. She wanted to go and wring whatever the fuck his name was neck. She wanted to kill him for doing this to her, to her family, to all of the families in the world.

"I don't have to go if I don't get into the program Rose. If my N.E. come back badly, I don't have to go." Rose laughed to herself, but it didn't sound like her normal laugh. It was distorted, pained.

"Because you failed all of your N.E.. Oh come off it Scorpius, we both know you'll be chosen." Rose shook her head, fighting back tears. "What about me Professor? I'll go as well! I'll help with Healing. Is there a specific program I'll have to finish first?" The gray-haired woman in front of her shook her head and looked between Rose and Scorpius sadly.

"Aurors can learn on their feet a lot quicker than Healers. Your efforts will be better if you stay here Rose. I know this is hard for both of you, it's going to be hard on everyone." Rose imagined how terrible the woman sitting in front of her must have felt. To go through both of those terrible wars and to be facing another one now. Rose suddenly felt very small. "I don't wish to ruin your remaining time here, but you need to know. Do not tell anyone else as of now. We will tell them when the time is right." Rose nodded and looked between Scorpius and McGonagall, both of their gazes harder and more determined than hers.

Rose looked back up at Scorpius who had a strange smile on his face. He looked down at her and laughed awkwardly. She smiled faintly at him. Somehow, he was managing to make her happy even in this terrible time. When they had had to give their speech at the commencement ceremony, she almost exploded and started yelling about how there was another bastard roaming around, seeking pain for pleasure. He was the only thing that stopped her.

"What are you laughing about?" She asked, realizing that he was chuckling under his breath.

"Well, since I'm going away for however long and we don't know when we will see each other again, I figure we could go have a shag somewhere crazy or something." Rose rolled her eyes and started laughing. She reached up and rubbed his cheek with her hand. She suddenly wasn't worried about him anymore. War wouldn't destroy him, he was tough and he wasn't going to let himself die. He was a Slytherin after all. Self-preservation was second nature to the lot of them.

"I assume that could be arranged." She laughed. His eyes changed in an instant and began to search her face. Rose felt her heart speed up as his hands slid under the shoulder of her dress robes and he slid them off of her. The next thing she knew, she was up against the wall, her legs wrapped around his waist, her white dress basically off of her body. His mouth was kissing her hotly everywhere as her eyelids fluttered rapidly.

"ROSE WEASLEY." It would be her father. She had to learn not to do these things in public!

"Ronald." Hermione sighed

"She's being pushed up against a wall and lifting her skirt like some-some…common garden whore!" Rose heard her father's tone of voice drop at the end of the sentence and rolled her eyes in annoyance. Scorpius had backed away from her at this point and was now lolling against the wall. "And she's with…him."

"RONALD!" Rose watched as her father looked anywhere but Hermione's gaze. Her mother was a sight of sheer terror. Rose didn't even want to look at her mother as she watched her grabbed her dad and drag him out of the nook. Rose looked over at Scorpius who was looking up at the ceiling.

"Great, my squadron commander is going to love me now." He sighed and Rose just started laughing. She wished she could pay to see Scorpius being ordered around by her dad. Then she began to remember why this was happening so quickly and her moods immediately changed.

"Well, maybe because he knows and has now seen how much you mean to me, you won't be put into the field if this war gets out of hand." She stated, leaning into him as he wrapped his arms around her.

"Maybe." They stood there in silence looking out into the Forbidden Forest. Right on the boundaries, the white garden chairs were still set up, facing the stage for the Commencement ceremony. Some stragglers were still down there, trying to make the day happier even with the announcement made. It was supposed to be a happy day after all.

"I wanted to talk to you about something Rose." Scorpius stated, sounding distant. She nodded her head against his chest. "I don't want you to wait for me." She turned around and looked at him and started laughing.

"Ha ha Scor, you are so funny." She rolled her eyes but he continued to look serious.

"No…I don't want you to wait for me. You should be able to live your life and find someone else because if I don't come back…"

"Don't talk like that. You are going to come back."

"But what if I don't Rose! I need to know that you are safe and happy." His grey eyes wereintensely staring at her, his face contorted between rage and frustration. She shook her head.

"Don't you get it Scorpius? I'm happy with you. I'll wait for you to come back because I know you are going to come back." He looked at her gravely as his eyes began to grow cold.

"We are done Rose. Done. I wanted this to be amicable, I wanted you to understand that I'm doing this for you. I don't want you to sit around waiting for me when all of your other friends are going out or when some guy asks you out. I don't like the fact of you with someone else but…GOD ROSE you are the only thing I care about in life! I want you to have happiness in your life more than I want to live! You are so goddamn stubborn sometimes it makes me want to smack you!" He stated grabbing her shoulders.

"Well get over it. This isn't going to be amicable because we aren't meant to be apart don't you see that? I'm giving myself up to you. I want to wait for you. I don't want to be with anyone else because we are meant to be together Scorpius! I'm happy with you and only you! Accept that!" She yelled and grabbed his jaw, twisting his mouth to hers. He pushed her away as she felt the tears run down her face.

"Rose. I can't…I just can't. You'll thank me someday soon. I'd rather that we end it in person instead of me receiving a letter from you saying that you don't love me anymore. That would tear me apart. I'm sorry Rose but…we're done." Rose grabbed the stone railing behind her as she watched him walk away. Ron and Hermione appeared minutes later and Scorpius left with Ron. Hermione ran over to her daughter and cradled her in her arms.

"Rosie, Rose…It's all going to be alright. They are going to come back. This will be over soon. I'm here Rose, I'm here. Stop crying sweetie. It will all be fine in the end."

pleaaase don't hate meeee! so only like two more chapters for this story ee ee eeee! I am going to write Fire Burns before I write the sequel for this just because I need to solidify my ideas for the sequel first. IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE PREVIEW FOR FIRE BURNS YET YOU SHOOOOOULD READ AND COMMENT! :) Leave me some comments on this one as well, even if they are angry comments...I wanna know what you guys think! Are they going to end up together? Is Scorpius going to die? Is Rose going to find someone else? I don't knooooow (well actually I do, but I wanna hear your predictions!) COMMENT COMMENT COMMENT!

ps the title for this chapter is like the song by a fine frenzy. you should listen to it. it's good :)