Chapter Twenty

Weasley's and Malfoy's

SCORPIUS POV

Teddy Lupin sat next to me with purple hair; I've gathered it's his worried colour.

He sits next to Rose and strokes her hair; he's been here for five minutes and hasn't said a word to anyone.

There's only him, Rose and I in the room.

They didn't want to send her to St Mungo's unless it got real bad. Tell me, what's worse than this? McGonagall and Madam Pomfrey got into an argument over it but the mediwitch was adamant that she didn't need Rose to go there and in a way I'm bloody glad.

I wouldn't have been allowed to sit in St Mungo's overnight. At least here I can.

The Potter-Weasley's were told to leave thirty minutes ago even though it's now two-thirty in the morning. Al started yelling and screaming and when I tried to help the guy out he hit me square in the nose, I guess I deserved it.

And now I'm sitting here watching Teddy Lupin sit with his adopted cousin and it makes me feel fucking sick that Rose is better off with her family than with me.

In the week that she refused to talk to me I felt like shit. All I wanted to do was turn back time and relive that entire night again. If it was up to me I wouldn't have went to that fucking party. I would have stayed in the Gryffindor common room and helped Rose with her stupid homework. Then, after that, I would have taken her back to my dorm and we would have slept.

And slept.

And hopefully slept some more until it was time for our baby to come.

But no, Scorpius Malfoy likes to fuck things up for everyone.

So the first stupid stunt for that week was snogging Ashley Parkinson-Krum.

After that when I found Rose in the Great hall my heart dropped when I knew she wouldn't talk to me. That was it. There was no turning back, fuck; she'd never want me again. I had fucked up majorly. And for a bit, I considered leaving school. Getting into a heated conversation in front of everyone happily eating breakfast wasn't good. Especially when James Potter had to hold me back from chasing her.

Second stupid stunt.

I think the worst part of the shitest week in the world was when we spoke in the Gryffindor girls' bathroom.

She had given up on me, she didn't want to listen to me and I didn't blame her, but at the same time, I was fucking telling her the truth, there was nothing I could tell her that would calm her down, I hadn't wanted to snog Ashley, but I did, and I told her that hoping she'd respect me telling the truth. But no. No way.

So she had ended it.

And I was about set to die.

Albus wasn't helping the cause, told me he hated me; didn't want to be my mate anymore. It wasn't only the end of me and Rose, but me and Al as well.

Everything seemed to be going from bad to fucking worse in a matter of days.

I hate that it was me who caused her to end up in here, not only me I guess, James, Al, Ashley even Flint. But I guess they didn't count on making Rose so stressed and getting her so fucking worked up that she started bleeding.

I bet they didn't think that there's a chance that our kid could die aye?

So now, who do I blame?

Do I blame myself? Because I have fucking been, that's all I've been doing.

Or do I share the blame with them too? Because they're what started all this.

I never knew my head could hurt so fucking much as it is now and I snap out of my thoughts to see Teddy Lupin staring at me, "I've never seen her so quiet" he grunts.

I nod, what the fuck do I say to that, "Neither"

He keeps staring at her, "I guess, in a way, it's good. You know how she likes to go on and on about things" he added a nervous laugh at the end. The guy sucked at awkward situations.

I didn't say anything. I just watched them. It was going to be another five hours until Madam Pomfrey was due to come and check on her and the baby, see if they were alright. And if all was well, she'd let Rose wake up.

I wonder if Rose will still want me.

"Her dad's going to kill me when he arrives"

I choke on thin air, "What?" I ask.

He looks back at me and shakes his head, "Yeah, they're coming. They owled me and said your parents are coming too"

I take a breath; I guess there's nothing I can say about this, Rose is in a critical condition. What did I expect? "Is she close to you?" I ask him.

He laughs, "We all are, but her and Hugo and the Potter's and I are all particularly close. I feel guilty because ever since I got married and had little Harry I've been busy. As soon as I heard she was pregnant to you I should have spent more time with her. I should have watched out for her" he said.

I didn't know if he was trying to take a dig at me or if he genuinely thought that he was a slacker. The way he said "You" didn't please me though.

"I don't think she minds" I say quietly.

I hear a laugh emit from him and it reminds me of how my sister would laugh, "She doesn't; she wouldn't. But if I had helped her out while I've been working here, maybe you and I wouldn't be sitting here waiting for an old woman to come and wake her up"

Did he think it was his fault? Merlin, this guy was a saint, "It's not your fault" I say childishly.

Sitting here with a full grown Wizard, a guy who's married, now has a son, successful, a guy who lost his parents when he was only new born, made me feel so mediocre and made me question every part of myself. He snaps his head back to look at me again, "You're right. It's not my burden. It's yours"

I glare at him; I keep myself from standing up and leaning over the guy to intimidate him. He'd probably turn into a werewolf and kill me, "Hmm" is all I say.

He shakes his head, "Scorpius, I'm not picking on you. But you have to understand. These people are my only family. Stake me for wanting to keep them safe" I found it a bit ironic that he's said this considering we're related. But there's a difference between blood and heart.

"I didn't mean for this to happen. Any of it. All I wanted was to be with her, I didn't want to go and fuck around with her. I didn't want her to get pregnant and I sure as hell didn't want her to end up in here" I say through my teeth. I shouldn't have blurted it all out like that, the guy didn't know me so he didn't know how I explained things.

I probably sounded like a prick.

"You're seventeen right?" he asks.

I nod, "Yeah"

He whistles the way I do, "Bloody hell" he says quietly.

Yet another awkward silence. It's fucking terrible. All I want is to see her awake, I just want to know if our baby is alright. I just want to get the Weasley's and my parents in and out as fast as I can so I don't have to hear about how much of a dick I am.

I wish these things would all just hurry up and happen.

"You know, I've just become a dad, I'm twenty-four. And even at the age I am I think it's pretty young" he says.

What do I say to that? I don't know, so I say nothing.

He starts up again, "At seventeen the only worry I had was if I was going to make it to class on time. Yet, here you two are. Apparently in love, ready to have a baby. It's way too much to have on seventeen year old shoulders"

And you think I didn't bloody well know that? "I know"

"Having a kid is hard work, keeps you on your toes at all times, I'm just glad I have the time to help Victoire out. If I didn't have that, neither of us would be able to cope. But even with all the time in the world, it's hard. Crying, cleaning, nurturing, all those things, its hard work"

"I know" I say.

He laughs again, "And I'm sitting here all but telling you about how it's too hard for you and all you can say is "I know" come on Scorpius. Grow a pair"

What the fuck was I supposed to say? That I was scared? That I wasn't scared? That I didn't like him? "What are you getting at Lupin?" I snap at him.

"I'm saying that you've gone ahead and acted ten years your senior, so instead of half-arsing around and still acting like you're a kid, grow the hell up and start acting like a guy who's about to have a baby!" he hisses. His hair turned bright red. I nod like crazy, still stuck for words but he shakes his head, "No, No, I want to hear you say it, because Rose is a smart and clever girl. She's not supposed to be wasting her life away like this, and I have to know that you're going to bloody provide. I owe her family that much, and believe me, I was bloody shocked at how well they took this. I have to hear—and know—that you're as dedicated to this as you have to be" he says sternly.

I was dedicated to her; I didn't want this all to happen. I didn't want to snog Ashley, I never wanted to go out with those other girls that I'd been with.

But I guess if I was dedicated to her then yeah, I wouldn't have done any of those things I claimed I didn't want to do in the first place.

I pull the hood off my head and grab the rubber band off my wrist, my hair's long now, past my chin. I had to tie it up. I do it then pull the hood back on, "I'm going to do my best with Rose and the baby. I promise" I say.

He sighs and then stands up, he leans over and kisses Rose on the forehead before he turns to look at me, "You've got a good head on those shoulders, bloody use it" he says.

He holds out his hand to shake mine and I grab it. We don't say anything as he leaves the room.

I move over to where he was sitting by the bed and rest my head on her hand.

I'll be here until she wakes up.

I'm woken up by footsteps running into the hospital wing, "WHERE IS SHE?" a high pitched sequel says.

Fuck me, what was going on?

Rose is still out to it, I was hoping it was her that was screaming but it wasn't. I look around and Madam Pomfrey is still nowhere in sight. I look at my watch; it's three-forty in the morning.

I look at three women running towards me, I recognise them all from school, Victoire Lupin, Dominique Weasley and Molly Weasley.

Ok, I admit it, once upon a time, I would have enjoyed this, but considering the circumstances, I'm not sure if I'll be alive in the next hour.

They rush over to the bed and then hush. Victoire's holding a baby with lime green hair and she looks at me, "Hello" she says quietly.

I cough, "Hi"

Molly ruffles her short red hair and glares at me, "You did this to her did you fucker?" she asks.

Victoire shushes her and covers her baby's ears, "Not in front of little Harry, and I'm sure he didn't do this"

"He can do this" Dominique said under her breath and Molly elbowed her in the ribs, "Ouch you idiot!"

I sigh and I keep looking at Rose, I didn't want to have to talk to anyone and especially not crazy Weasley females. The one I loved was enough for me.

"Is your hair naturally that colour?" Dominique asks.

At first I didn't think she was talking to me until they all stare at my head, "Yeah" I say.

Victoire smiles. "It's beautiful"

"Right, thanks" I say.

Molly groans. "She's not going to wake up, and we can't be here when Uncle Ron and Aunt Hermione get here. They'll skin us for sure!" she says.

Dominique nods, "You're right. And I'm getting bored. I'm going back to your place Vickie" she says.

Victoire nods, "Ok, you two go"

Dominique whispers something to Molly which made her burst out in a loud laughter and hurt my ears, "You can come too" she says with a wink.

"Your cousin know you talk like that?" I ask.

Victoire smiles at me again, "You're made for Rose"

I shrug and get back to watching Rose.

I notice that Victoire and her baby are standing right behind me, "Oh he's awake" she said quietly.

I turn around and look at the baby; I guess it was cute apart from the hair. The baby's eyes were open wide as if trying to take in his surroundings, he then stared at me.

"Wow, he's not crying" she says.

I look at her confused, "Why would he cry?" I ask.

"He doesn't like strangers much. Especially if we're not at home. He prefers to be at home when he meets new people" she explains.

She makes weird faces at the kid and he puts out a small hand to touch Victoire's eyes, "Hello Baby" she coos.

I look at them through the corner of my eye, it was a weird scene. That's what people are like with kids? I'd only seen one baby before in my life and that was when my mum's friend had a baby. Other than that, nothing. "Baby's care about where they meet people?" I ask.

It seemed a bit farfetched to me.

She—yet again—grins at me, "Of course, they don't like to have a change of routine." she says.

I keep myself from rolling my eyes. "Right" I say.

She pats my shoulder and then she pats Rose's leg, "I'm going now, I have to put him back to bed. I'll see you two later" she says.

I nod but have an urge to ask her something. "Can I hold your baby?" I ask.

She stops walking and turns around, "Of course!" she says happily.

She walks up to me, "Put your arms out like this," she says and she demonstrates it to me, "Then I'll put his head and neck in the crook of your elbow—yeah that's it—and then support him with your left hand, put it along his back" she says while adjusting my hands and arms with her son in them.

She steps back and looks, "Is this right?" I ask while holding Harry.

She nods, "You're a natural"

I look down at the kid and smile, it was pretty cool holding a baby, I had never done it before and he was so small. He stared up at me and his hair changed colour to a baby blue, "He's wondering about you" she explained.

I just nodded and kept looking, everything about him was so fucking tiny I was scared I was going to crush him, his hands moved around and shot up to my face, "What's he doing?" I asked.

"Just looking"

I stared down at little Harry and couldn't help but think about my own son, would he be this small? Would he have tiny eyes like these ones? Would I be this scared to hold him? Because fucking hell, I'd hate to think I was going to crush him every time I held him—just like I was feeling now—but I couldn't crush him right? I couldn't crush my own son, it just wouldn't happen.

Victoire smiles at me the entire time and holds her hands, at times I see her watching Harry and it's like she's obsessed, like she couldn't tear her eyes away or she'd die, is it always like that?

"He's very interested in you Scorpius" she says.

I nod and give her a small smile back, "He's interesting"

"I'm surprised he's not stroppy yet, waking him up at this time in the morning, it's out of his schedule"

I look at her, "He has a schedule?" bloody hell, I didn't even know.

"Oh yes, he's lost without it"

"Are boys hard to look after?" I ask her, I had to know. I had to fucking prepare myself.

She laughs, "Boys and girls I'd say"

I sigh, "Well that's no help"

She looks at me out of the side of her eyes, a blonde eyebrow raising, "Are you having a boy?" she asks me with another grin.

I nod, "Yeah"

She jumps and comes over to hug me and Harry, she then moves to Rose and hugs her limp body. Weird. "That's great! Oh that's wonderful news, congratulations"

I eye her, "Thanks. I suppose. Nobody knows though. I don't even know if Rose knows"

"What? How does she not know?" she says while slapping her hand to her mouth.

Fucking hell, "Because she passed out not too long after I told her"

Her eyes grow sad and she looks longingly at Rose, "Oh"

I swayed him from side to side and he seemed to like it because his eyes started dropping, it wasn't hard holding him and I was getting used to it. I looked up at his mum and smiled, "Thanks" I said while holding her son back to her.

"You're welcome" she said and then she left.

I sat back down next to Rose and put my head back on her arm.

I'd try and sleep some more.

"It's still another half hour until Madam Pomfrey and McGonagall are due to be here!" I hear a guy groan.

"Oh be quiet Ronald, and it's Minerva, not McGonagall" a female voice says.

Ron Weasley grunts, "Still can't bloody get used to it"

Hermione sighs, "Maybe we should wait until they get here, it's obvious poor Scorpius hasn't slept in a while, he looks comfortable, maybe we should go and see Hannah and Neville, how about that?"

I hear cracking ringing through the hospital wing and curtains flying open magically, "WHERE THE HELL IS HE?—" my father's voice rings out.

"Draco, please, put the wand down!" my mother says soothingly, fuck, after all these years you'd think my mum would know that that stupid voice she uses to try and calm him doesn't bloody work.

I keep my head down and continue to pretend to be asleep, it would make it easier when he came to attack me, "He's in here, asleep—no—keep your wand out" Ron says.

I sigh and try to relax my body, "SCORPIUS HYPERION MALFOY!" dad shouts more.

I clamp my eyes shut and put my arm under Rose's for safe measure; they wouldn't hurt me so close to her would they? "THERE YOU ARE!" he shouts.

He's standing there watching me, I can fucking feel his eyes piercing me right now, "Oh Draco, he's asleep, don't" but mum's begging was too late.

He's here shaking my shoulders, "You better fucking wake up boy!"

"Yeah!" Ron adds.

"Oh would you shut up Ronald!" Hermione hisses.

I can hear mum whimpering and when she does that I know shit is going to go down.

I decide to give in and I mumble a bit before stretching and wiping my eyes just for good measure, "You woke me up" I lie.

I look at dad and he's fuming. His eyes are wide and he's pointing his wand at my face, "You better have a good bloody reason for why she's in here boy, you bloody well better"

I just stare at him, what do I say? I never thought I'd die at the hands of my own father, I mean sure, Grandfather, maybe, but not him, no fucking way.

Mum peeps at me over his shoulder and I look at her, I give her that look as if to say, "What the fuck are you going to do?" but she slides back towards Hermione and Ron.

I should stand up for this sort of thing but I can't.

And then dad starts up again, "Scorpius! What the hell have you done? Do you know what sort of shit you may have caused? If this girl loses her baby then you're going to have to live with that for the fucking rest of your life! Not to mention you cheated on her! I had to hear from Ron via owl! It's all your fault obviously! He didn't have to tell me that, I just know it"

Wait, how did the Weasley's find out about all this? James and Hugo and Lucy and Lily and Albus… Of course.

I hide lower in my chair. "RONALD! You blamed it all on him?" Hermione says to Ron, he turns red but then glares at me.

"Well it is his fault isn't it? He's the slimy git that cheated on our baby! Who didn't think about their baby for a second, and now, our daughter is lying in a hospital bed and there's no way she can bloody well wake up until that mediwitch turns up, who by the way, ISN'T BLOODY HERE YET!" he yells.

I cringe and I look at my dad, "What can I do?" I whisper to him.

And his face which once was laced with anger is softly turning to disappointment, "I don't know son" he says back.

Ron Weasley paces the floor with his hands in his hair, he then turns around to me, "YOU!" he shouts and he comes up to me with his wand pointing at me, so far I've only had threats, but maybe this time it'll actually happen.

I stare back at him, "LOOK!" I shout, "I fucking love Rose, and sure, I've fucked up, I know I have but I love her and I regret everything and I promise I won't do it again!... don't hurt me" I whisper the last part but Ron is so red I don't think I'll ever have to chance to see him at his normal colour again.

"Language Scorpius" Mum mutters but I don't have time to worry about monitoring my stupid language.

He still has his wand pointing at me and Hermione puts her hand on his shoulder, "Don't you hex him Ron!" she says.

He laughs, and I look at my dad, he's not saying or doing anything and mum is still whimpering behind him, "He won't do it" he whispers in her ear and she just nods.

"I'm not going to hex him, I'm going to bloody curse him!" Ron spits.

Dad steps forward this time, "Hey, look, mate, you don't want to do that"

Ron laughs again, "Oh right, so you wouldn't mind me hexing your son though? Pathetic! Always so cowardly, this is your son I'm threatening Malfoy! And you don't even bloody care; I see you haven't changed much when it comes to morals, taught your son about the same amount as your father taught you!"

Hermione steps in front of Ron now that was bad, I didn't want her to get injured by the curse he was going to throw at me, "SHUT UP RON! YOU'RE THROWING WEAK INSULTS AT PEOPLE WHO DON'T DESERVE IT. NOW DO NOT MAKE ME HURT YOU" she shouts at her husband and I have to cover my ears.

I look at Rose and I want to burst into tears but I wouldn't, not in front of Ron. I sweep a curl out of her eye and I kiss her hand, I missed her so much and she'd only been out to it for a couple of hours.

I didn't think I'd see the day where I'd miss her irritating voice, where I'd like to hear her nagging.

But here it was.

Maybe it was because I didn't know how to fight fights on my own, she'd always been the one with the good comebacks, she was the one who knew how to calm people down and she was the one who could explain things the best, I just needed her to be here and help me.

Because so far all I've managed to do was piss both of our dads off and almost get killed.

And I hadn't even said much yet.

Mum speaks up now, "Look at him! You can't tell me that he doesn't bloody care about her! My goodness Draco! You're the only one being immature around here!"

Hermione nods, "Both of you need to calm down! This isn't our problem! All we can do is be here and support them both, especially when our grandson comes!"

That had done it.

Dad's jaw went slack and Ron's eyes widened.

I just looked at them both and shut the curtain with my wand. I didn't want to see them gawking like that, it was fucking annoying.

The curtain flung back as quickly as it shut, dad was rolling his wand around in his fingers, "I have one of those too son" he says.

I roll my eyes, "Great"

Ron was still staring at Rose with his eyes wide and he shook his head, "A boy?"

Dad nods, "A boy"

"Why didn't you tell me Hermione?" Ron snaps his head towards her and she gives a small smile.

"It was a surprise"

Dad looks at mum, "You didn't know did you?"

She nods, "Lee told me last week in a letter"

He shakes his head and smiles, "Well done son" he says to me.

Ron snorts, "I doubt it; my family is known for having sons"

"Well my family always have sons"

"You had a daughter for your first child!" Ron argues back.

"Oh come on, you're searching for things to pick on now!" Mum hisses.

They both shut up.

It's my turn to look at them now, "Are you all finished?" I ask them. I was sick of this. I wanted it to be just me and Rose again.

Even if she didn't have a say in the matter.

They all nod and Hermione sighs a sigh of relief.

Ron puts up his hand and steps forward again, "One more thing I'd like to clear up, is the boy going to be a Malfoy?" a glare, "Or a Weasley?"

Now they all look at each other and mum speaks, "Well, I think that should be up to Rose, it just makes sense"

Dad snorts, "It's a Malfoy, the father is a Malfoy, it's going to be a Malfoy—"

"Shut up will you?" I snap at him.

Dad glares, "You want your son to have your last name don't you?" he asks.

And I think about it. Sure I did, didn't want anything more but if Rose didn't want that, then I didn't. I had to respect that.

I think of the logic of it, if—merlin forbid—we were to ever break up I know she'd get the baby. I would want the baby to grow up in her family; it would only be fair to call it a Weasley.

Even if it was a hideous last name.

"It will have whatever last name Rose sees fit" I say sternly.

Ron manages a smirk, "Well I know what she'll pick"

Dad sniggers, "Yes, Malfoy"

"Shush!" I hiss.

Ron rolls his eyes, "It's still your fault" he says childishly and in a way that reminds me of Rose.

"I'll have you all know that this is nobody's fault other than Rose's" Madam Pomfrey says while bustling in with McGonagall attached to her hip.

Dad straightens up and glares at the mediwitch but he smiles as well, "I knew it wasn't all his fault"

Mum gawks, "You were the one running around saying it was all his fault"

"Well he wasn't half wrong" Ron adds.

I sigh and smack my head against the bed; I wasn't cut out for this.

"Well hello Hermione, Ron" McGonagall says, "Haven't seen you both in two years"

"Professor" Ron says.

Hermione rolls her eyes, "I know, it's been such a long time but the ministry has been piled under!"

McGonagall nods at Hermione and looks at Ron, "I'm not your professor anymore Mr Weasley" she says with a small smile.

I didn't know she could smile.

Maybe she just didn't smile at me because I'm a Malfoy.

"And Astoria, I haven't seen you since you were last at school! I see you must be doing good for yourself" I know she means she did well marrying dad and his money.

Mum smiles, "Well, I like to say my children are my greatest achievements but one of them continues to prove me wrong…"

Madam Pomfrey laughs in the background, "You can all stop blaming him. Miss Weasley managed to do a majority of this on her own, but I guess it did come with the help of Mr Malfoy"

McGonagall looks at dad now and nods, "And Draco, it's been years since I've seen you"

"And it's been years since I've stepped foot in this place… This wing is unfortunately the last place I ever wanted to be"

Hermione sucks in her breath and Ron looks sad, "Oh Merlin" he says.

Dad nods, "Last time I was in here was… you know"

Hermione nods and Ron actually walks over to dad and put his hand above dad's shoulder as though he wasn't sure he wanted to touch dad or not, then he does it and he closes his eyes as though waiting for dad turn spin around and kill him, but he doesn't.

"Mate, I'm sorry. I can imagine how hard it is for you" Ron says.

Dad nods at him and turns to shake his hand, "Truce"

Ron looks at his hand and grabs it, "Truce"

I sigh because I'm getting pissed off at these multi-personality people, the reason why McGonagall and Pomfrey are here is to wake Rose up and the sooner they do that, the sooner I'll be happy, "Can we move on with this touching scene?" I ask.

Dad coughs and Ron rushes over to my side, "Can we wake her now?" he asks Madam Pomfrey.

She rustles some papers and looks up as though she's only just heard me, "I have a few things to do first…"

Bitch, hurry up.

I sit there staring at Rose; she was none the wiser of anything that's gone down. Teddy, Victoire and her two other crazy cousins, my mum and dad, her mum and dad.

Fuck, if I could handle all of this on my own, a baby won't be a problem.

"Blimey, another boy, Charlie Junior and Sahara just had a boy, that'll mean three baby boys in the family" Ron says to Hermione.

"Well yes, let's hope that Rose can come up with better names than Charlie and Harry" she says.

I look at Hermione, "You're telling me that Charlie Junior named his son Charlie, so he'd be Charlie Junior-Junior"

She knits her eyebrows, "Something like that"

"Well, as per tradition, Scorpius will name his son a constellation name" says dad.

I hear a snort from Ron but Madam Pomfrey comes out from behind her desk and walks over to Rose with a clipboard and a quill.

She stands on the opposite side to Ron and I and gives me a small smile, "I bet you've been getting a hard time from this a lot yes?" she asks.

I just nod at her, "You know it"

She laughs, "Don't worry, you can blame a bit of it on Rose, she's was advised not to get stressed and not to put all of her time and effort into studies and what not, premature labour is very common yet she didn't carry on into full labour, at this far along, it wouldn't have affected the baby, he just would have been a bit small and may have had to spend a couple of weeks at St Mungo's, so all these things aside, she was just under a lot of stress, but, don't think that you're little stunt with Miss Parkinson-Krum didn't aide it"

I cringe, "How does everyone know about that?" I mutter.

"Your sister told as many people as she could. She was not impressed" she says while tapping Rose's stomach with her wand.

I hear that sound of a heartbeat, "Oh, that's very strong! Much better to the last time I heard that little sprog, very good. Maybe she could have done with a night in hospital a while ago" Says madam Pomfrey; I think she was talking to herself.

Hermione and mum creep towards the bed, "Can I see the baby? I haven't seen him yet, I'd very much like to" says mum.

Hermione smiles at mum, "Oh! I had forgotten that you hadn't, your daughter Lesath came to St Mungo's when Rose had her last appointment; she's very nice"

Mum looks at Hermione, "She was nice to you? My girl usually doesn't fare well with strangers" Mum says with a confused look.

"So Rose said"

Madam Pomfrey continues to tap Rose's stomach and writing things down on the paper, "Good, good"

"Can you show Astoria the baby now?" Hermione asked.

The mediwitch snapped her head up to look at her, "Oh alright"

She started moving her wand around Rose's inflated stomach and I noticed that my heart was beating so hard against my chest that it was hurting.

Since when did Scorpius Malfoy get nervous about this? I'd seen the hologram before, I shouldn't be nervous.

Fuck me, I'm nervous.

Then I see it, amongst the blue, a very obvious shape of a baby, and it was a boy, "Oh, I can see it" I say stupidly.

Hermione looks at me, "You can? I can't"

Mum nods, "He looks just like you did" she gushes.

Dad laughs, "Lesath looked just like that too, every kid looks that same when it's just the hologram" he says sourly.

Ron looks from Rose's sleeping face to the hologram and then to me, a tear streams down, "Bloody hell" he says with a smile.

I can see its hands and its arms and its head.

His hands and arms and head.

It's a boy.

Madam Pomfrey removes her wand from Rose's stomach and starts tapping her head, "I think she's ok now. The baby is fine, she may experience a bit of bleeding, but she should be alright. I'll keep her here for the next couple of days and she should be good to go by the time Easter rolls around"

"Easter is next week!" Ron says.

And she nods, "Yes it is, she'll be ready in time to go home"

Hermione's eyes widen, "Oh my poor baby" she says.

I sigh and mum comes up to me and puts a hand on my shoulder before kissing my head, "You need to get a haircut" she whispers.

I roll my eyes, "So I've heard"

"I think Rose should come and spend the second week of the holidays with us"

I nod, "Good luck convincing those two to let it happen" I mutter.

She laughs, "You're just like your father"

I sit there and wait for Madam Pomfrey to fucking speed up and do this, how long did it take to write shit on parchment?

She's finally finished.

She nods, "It's time" she says dramatically.

"Get it done will you?" Ron says.

She shushes him, "Now, she'll be a bit groggy and may not know where she is or what's happened, so just be aware, she may be a bit intimidated"

I start to worry now, what if she didn't remember telling me about Ashley and Flint? What if she thinks we're still fighting? What if she still doesn't want to fucking be with me? What about that one!

Dad notices that I'm freaking out and he bends down, "What's wrong Scorp?"

I shake my head, "I've fucked up bad dad" I tell him and he nods.

"Astoria will stay here while you wake Rose up, Scorp and I are just going to be in the corridor" he says while chucking his hand in mum's direction and he helps me out of my chair and we walk out.

I lean with my back against the stone wall and dad does the same next to me, it's hard to think that a lot of the shit I do is like him, I didn't want to have to be like him. I would never be able to rise from the ashes and be reborn again just like him.

I'll just never be that great.

"Talk to me" he says.

I shrug, "about what?"

Oh good one Scorpius, why did I say that? It'll either end up in A: him going on and on about how careless I am, or, B: me word vomiting all over him and not having a filter to clear the bullshit out.

He shakes his head, "Come on Scorpius, I've brought you up better than this haven't I?"

Yes, "I don't know"

He laughs without humour, "A girl you care about very much is lying there about to wake up from a very long sleep… do you feel nothing?"

No, I fucking feel too much, "I'm worried is all"

"About what?"

I sigh, what's not to fucking worry about? "That she might not remember that we made up before she started bleeding"

He shakes his head again, "Well if she doesn't you'll just have to explain it to her, I'm sure she'll believe you"

I snort, "Bullshit, I had been trying to tell her the truth about this whole thing and she didn't believe me until she found out the hard way"

"Well I don't bloody blame her, things like that, you can't just run wand first into it; she had to be sure"

I think for a bit, I guess when you see something that shitty; you're not going to listen to some feeble excuse as to why your boyfriend was in a compromising position.

"It was my fault dad, I made her stressed"

He nods, "Yeah, I figured," great father he is, "But at the same time, Lesath had told us that Rose was supposed to relax but had her mind set on doing all of her OWL's homework, it wasn't a good mix"

"I had been getting pissed off at her because she wouldn't calm down and relax and it made me go crazy. All she had to do was stop studying but she wouldn't because she was doing my work and James' and Al's and then it was too late! How can somebody so fucking irritating turn me into this dad?"

He looks at me like he's just had a brain explosion, I had overloaded him with information, "All you can do is see what happens, but the thing with her being irritating, that's life son. That's women"

I take a breath, just not so long ago my father wanted to kill me, "Why did you go so crazy when you got here?" I ask.

Dad runs his fingers through his hair and I immediatly know where I get it from, "I just don't like you giving them reasons not to trust us Scorp, we've moved up in the world. They'll take any reason to bring us back down. I just want you to be the man I wasn't when I was your age"

I nod with understanding, merlin, this guy was good at making me feel bad.

Dad looks around uncomfortably at the walls and the floor, "What's wrong?" I ask him.

He shrugs, "I haven't been in here since the war. Lots of people laid dead on these floors" he said quietly.

I look at him out the corner of my eyes and I don't know what to say, "Thanks for coming" I mumble.

Dad looks at me, "Of course I'd come"

Really? "You never came here before when I needed you"

He shakes his head, "This was important, you really needed me. I'm always here when you need me son. I love you"

I sigh, "I love you too dad"

He smiles, "Now let's go before our balls drop off from being so damn nice. Malfoy's don't talk about love, we talk about wealth" he says with a lazy grin.

I push dad's shoulder, "You started it priss and you call yourself a Malfoy"

He laughs, "Come on, she'll be awake now"

"You didn't kill him did you? Don't tell me you did, because if you did, I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to name the baby after him and I'm talking the full name. Scorpius. Hyperion. Malfoy. Yes, you heard me, the whole name!" I hear Rose croak, her voice was quiet and weak, but it still held that "Don't fuck with me" attitude.

Ron shook his head, "No, he's coming, he was just in here, I didn't bloody kill him Bud, I wouldn't do that!" Ron argued back.

"Oh you wouldn't?" Hermione said with a snigger.

I get to the curtain and stand in her view.

A few things run through my mind here.

Should I turn round and leave her here with her mum and dad? Seems to me like I'm nothing but I guy who causes too much trouble. Or do I go up to her and beg for her to forgive me? I was the reason why she was fucking bleeding. It was all me. Or do I go up to her and just look after her; I don't want to have to leave her. If I could I'd stay by her forever even if she was in this bed and we'd never have to move or leave or anything. Just stay here all day and all night.

Dad nudges my shoulder and mum grabs my hand and gives it a quick squeeze, "Go on" she whispers. They step back and walk towards the door and I see Hermione smile as she walks towards me too. It's only Ron who stays next to Rose, "You have to go too now Mr Weasley, let the love birds make up" says Madam Pomfrey.

I start wringing my hands and I step towards Rose's bed. For a guy who's been sleeping here since she's been here I feel nervous.

She looks at me and pouts, "I wanted to see you when I woke up, not my dad's tears" she said and I laughed.

"Fuck Rose, I've missed you"

She snorts, "You want me to say I missed you?"

I shrug, "No, it doesn't matter. What matters is that I've been a git"

She nods, "You have. But I have too"

I smile at her and I walk over to the chair next to her bed and sit down, pressure instantly off my shoulders and I feel as though I could float into the air, she was fine; our son was fine, me and her? We're fine I think, and it's fucking awesome, "We both have" I conclude.

"I'm sorry for not believing you" she whispers.

"I'm sorry for making you stressed" I sigh.

She tries to lift herself up but she can't, she gives up instead and pats her stomach, "Give me your hand" she says and I do as she says I move closer and she presses my hand hard against her stomach. "That's his foot"

I laugh, "You remember it's a boy? I thought you would have been so fucked that you didn't remember"

She laughs but it turns into a cough, "How can I forget? All I could fucking think about when you told me was you and him riding around on those stupid toy brooms"

I roll my eyes, "Those things are crap"

"They're not when you're a kid. They're the best things ever. Hugo broke mine" she says and she frowns at the memory.

I shrug, "Lee and I had proper kids brooms"

She rolls her eyes, "So what?" She was back to normal, "You think he'll have blonde hair?" she asks.

And I laugh, "Well I hope he doesn't have red hair"

"We'll just have to see. What about eyes? Grey or brown?"

I shrug, "Your dad has blue…"

Her eyes widen, "You know what colour my dad's eyes are? Weird!" she says in teasing tone.

"I love you Rose, you know that aye?" I ask her.

Her eyes lower and she smiles, "Where did that come from?"

"Does it have to come from somewhere?"

She shakes her head, "No, I guess not"

I nod, "Good"

"I love you too Scorp"

I sigh, "Yay" I say.

I get up off the chair and I run my fingers through her hair before I lower my lips to hers and beg for entrance by sliding my tongue along her lips, she opens her mouth and everything about this moment is familiar in a good way, our tongues sliding against each other's makes me fucking happy and it ends all too quickly.

Thank you Ron Weasley.

"Erm, Bud, we've ah, decided that, Erm, after you spend a couple days with us at Easter, you can go stay with the ummm, Erm, Malfoy's" he says in a fluster.

Mustn't be used to seeing his daughter snogging while in a hospital bed.

Her eyes grow big again, "Oh hell" she mutters.

"What?" I ask.

She sighs, "I have to meet your family"

Yes she did.

(A/N)

You have no idea how bloody hard it was to write this chapter while people sitting around you are watching the Jersey Shore marathon!

All I could hear was the sitch. And then whenever I was trying to imagine how Scorpius and Rose would sound in my head all I could hear was Pauly D and Snookie instead.

They don't make a very good Scorpius and Rose, that's for sure.

Anyways, I know there wasn't much to this chapter and i'm sorry, I'm not well at the moment and i've been pretty slack with my typing since i've been on holiday...

BUT! Update will be on the 24th of June 2011 so yay!

P-p-preview yo'

His hands roamed my back and started rubbing the sides of my huge stomach, "Are you happy that we're having a boy?"

I was happy regardless, I would have loved a girl, I girl I could dress up in little frilly dresses so at the end she looked like a huge serving of candy floss, but at the same time, I liked that I was having a boy. A kid that would follow Scorpius around and copy his every move, copy his sayings—hopefully not his need to swear—but learn from him.

A little boy flying around on a toy broomstick, "Yeah. Hell yeah"

Naww, she's happy.

Next chapter is just a whole bunch of cute stuff, yes, they're cute again! naww.

kiss kiss.

Review my precious angels and i'll love you forever... possible even update on the 22nd while i'm at work... hintity hint hint. ;)