A/n- I'm truly sorry for the delay, but I find it extremely difficult to write in Rose's POV. I was planning on skipping what happens in this chapter completely, but a reviewer asked about it and I can never deny a reviewer. You all are too important. So it took me a few days to figure out what I was going to write, and then I got caught up with school work. I hope everyone knows how that is. But without further delay, here's the newest chapter.

Mama said I never should have done it

Should have ended us before we ever started

Daddy knew about my pride

So he stood there and he smiled inside

And I pretended that I didn't notice

A little tear that fell when I said I was going

New Strings; Miranda Lambert

Rose's POV

Grandma Molly had ushered everyone out of the living room after awkward sex talk. I guess it was because all the women had stolen their husband's wands and silenced them. Dad looked absolutely horrified as I confirmed Lily's accusations. Lily didn't notice when mum took dad's wand out of his pocket and cast the silencing charm on him.

As my cousins, aunts, and uncles walked out the room, I silently begged Al to save me. He gave me the look that clearly said it was my death sentence and he couldn't help me if he wanted to. Granddad Arthur's face was completely devastated as he walked towards the kitchen. I had a feeling he would be upset with me for quite some time.

Grandma Molly was the last to exit, closing the doors behind her and casting a silencing charm around the room to prevent the others from listening to my lecture that was sure to come. Before mum took her spell off dad, she casted a few more charms. Once she was satisfied with her handwork, she took the spell off dad.

"Sit," Mum commanded, motioning to the couches that had abandoned during our argument. By the tone in her voice, I could determine that it wasn't a request. As I took my seat, she added, "Both of you." Hugo sat down on the couch beside me. "Explain, now."

"What is there to explain?" I ask sweetly, trying to get on mum's good side. When mum's angry, she could destroy the world. It was quite nerve racking.

"Why both of you think that it's okay to have sex before marriage," Mum put her hand on her hip. Dad just stared at me, which was worse than him being completely angry at me. This way, I knew I had utterly disappointed him, so much he was at a loss for words.

Hugo hung his head shamefully, like he always did when mum lectured us. Mum always went easier on him when he pretended to shameful of himself. He wasn't ashamed; I could always differentiate when he was manipulating mum or not. "I never meant too, it just happened," Hugo muttered.

Mum must have been satisfied with his reply because she turned towards me. She raised her eyebrow, and I shrugged. "Everyone was doing it. I wanted to what all the rave was about, I guess," I replied.

"I'm ashamed of both of you," Mum had finally said, after pondering our replies. "I thought we had this discussion before third and fourth year. Don't you know how dangerous it is to have multiple sex partners?"

Of course we both knew. Mum was right, before our third and fourth years mum and dad had set us down and had the sex talk. "I know that Voldemort was during your time at Hogwarts, but sex is what most kids do at Hogwarts nowadays," I noted, lazily.

"I thought you were smarter than that, Rosie," Dad belatedly muttered. Now he truly made me feel horrible. His disappointment with me was the worse punishment I could get. Being a daddy's girl before Hogwarts, I could always get away with things. I knew that was now changed. I was no longer that innocent girl my dad loved. I was his girl, sleeping with his enemy's son.

"I guess I'm not as smart as you think I am," I snarled. "But I'm not completely stupid, I know about protection. I taught all of children how to do it, just in case. I was always looking out for my family. I wouldn't leave anyone unprotected."

"You were basically telling them it was okay to have sex, Rose," Mum started to tap her foot, like she did when she tried not to lose her patience and yell at us. "If they wanted to have sex, they needed to talk to their parents about it."

"I was telling them that I supported whatever choice they made, and that I wanted them protected if they wanted to have sex. I wasn't telling them to go out and have sex with the first person they met," I rolled my eyes. I can't believe mum accused me of telling the younger kids to have sex.

"Rose Alinn, you're only 16 years old, you shouldn't even be having sex, much less teaching your younger cousins a protection spell," Mum's voice became very stony. Her patience's with me was clearly dissipated. "Honestly, what was crossing your mind when you agreed to have sex with Malfoy?"

"I'm nearly 17. I'm old enough to know the consequences of my choices, mum. In fact, I am completely aware of the consequences of my actions, and if I didn't think I couldn't handle them, I wouldn't be having sex," I remark, choosing not to answer the question about sleeping with Scorpius. I couldn't wait until I turn 17 in two weeks. Scorpius, Al, and Lily have been planning a birthday bash in our common room for it. It's not very often that a person turns of age.

"You may be nearly 17, but you are still a child, Rose Alinn. You need to understand that. You wouldn't be ready to deal with a child if you were to get pregnant. You're not out of Hogwarts. Where would you work? How would you provide for this child? Would the father of the child even be in the baby's life?" Mum demanded. I knew she wanted me to make the right decision. "Have you even thought about those questions?"

I have honestly, but I had no answers to them. "You're not as prepared as you think," Dad interjected himself into the conversation. He was right, I knew he was.

"I get out of Hogwarts in less than three months, mum," I reminded her. "I could find work before the baby came, if I was pregnant. I talk to the head healer in a month's time to discuss if I had a future in the Healing field."

"I'm glad you're getting your future on track, Rose, but you knew to focus on what you want. Not some boy that you have a silly infatuation with," Mum's tone had changed, thankfully. She wasn't as dissatisfied with me as she was before, probably because I was pondering my future.

"I'm not infatuated with Malfoy. He's a good person, despite what you think, and is an even better friend. He's helping me get my future on track by teaching me what I'm doing wrong in potions; at least now I have a future to ponder, mum. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have a future in the only place I would want to work at," I noted.

"He should want sex for helping you though, Rose. Don't you see what I'm trying to get at?" Mum sighed, impatiently. Honestly, I admit that I knew what she was trying to say. She was trying to discourage me from sleeping with Malfoy. He was really good in bed, and as much as she saw it as sex for help, it wasn't. The first time was, but since the debt had been repaid, the other times were just for pure pleasure.

"I thought I told you to stay away from him, Rosie," Dad found interest in his shoes. I sighed. Didn't dad understand I was no longer that innocent girl that did everything he asked?

"You did," I shrugged. "He was just too fascinating to stay away from. And as much as you want to think, Malfoy isn't anything like the father you described in your stories, Dad. From what Malfoy says, his father isn't like that anymore. Not since his grandmother died in Azkaban."

Dad shook his head. "You both need to understand that you are both still children. You're only 15 and 16. You still need to obey us. I don't want either of you to have sex. Sex is for marriage only, because those two people are ready to face the consequences of their actions," Mum tried to scare us. "I understand that I can't make you swear, but I don't want to hear anything else about you two sleeping with anyone before marriage. Am I clear?"

We nod our heads, "Good. You're both grounded until the end of the school year, or whenever you turn 17. Whichever comes first," Dad clapped happily. Punishing us must have been the highlight of his day.

As we joined the rest of our cousins in the backyard, I notice that all the children wore the same look. They knew they had disappointed their parents, just as I had disappointed my dad. Once Lily and Al spotted me walking towards them, they meet me halfway. "Didn't hear yelling, I took it as a good sign," Lily was the first to speak.

"You wouldn't have even if dad did yell. Grandma Molly had put a silencing charm on the living room, as mum did," I sighed.

"So, Uncle Ron didn't yell?" Al raised his eyebrow.

"No, surprisingly he didn't. Mum, in fact, had done all the talking. She told Hugo and I that she was disappointed with us. I got grounded for teaching all our younger cousins that sex protection charm. Oh and mum demanded to know if I had a plan if I was to get pregnant," I informed them, rolling my eyes.

"We got basically the same talk. We did confess that you taught us the charm. You know how hard it is to lie when mum gives you her infamous look," Lily shrugged. "But I'm sorry I got everyone into this mess."

"Don't worry about it, Lil," I replied, looking around. Everyone had gone off in the groups we formed at Hogwarts. Hugo, Roxanne, Molly, and Dom were probably talking about Quidditch. Lucy and Louis were sitting on the grass, playing exploding snaps. James and Fred were glaring in Lily's general direction.

Victoire and Teddy had joined all the kids out in the yard. We greeted them warmly. One by one, Teddy and Victoire had taken us away to talk to us privately. The girls usually went with Victoire and the guys joined Teddy. But when it came to my turn, Victoire still wasn't back from talking to her sister. Teddy turned to me, "Looks like it's just you and me, kiddo."

As they finished their talks, all the kids disappeared inside. "Teddy, how are you?" I attempted at small talk.

"I would be better if I wasn't having this conversation with you," Teddy sighed. His hair was turning from blue to a dark brown, and his eyes changed from blue to a stony gray. He was serious, just from him changing his appearance, I could tell.

"What are you talking to me about?" I asked, cutting to the chase. I wasn't very patient when it came down to it.

"By the argument that happened inside, Victoire and I can tell that you all aren't as close as you could be," Teddy nodded towards me. "Fighting among yourselves leaves you vulnerable to outside forces crashing your relationship with your cousins completely. I want to understand why you seem to form groups amongst yourselves instead of mingling like you usually do when you come home."

I hated heart to hearts. Honestly, they make me feel like I'm doing everything wrong. So, slowly I explained to Teddy that since Lily, Al, Lucy, Louis, and I were sorted into different houses, which is why the others thought we were very different. I told him the truth when I said that we faked our friendships when we come home, so we don't upset our parents.

But Teddy had a point; we were destroying ourselves from our broken relationships. If we were going to fix our problems, we needed to fix our friendships with each other. But that was easier said the done.

A/n- Okay, so I do realize that the characters last chapter seemed a little OOC, compared to how I usually write them. Look at it this way, everyone has their breaking points and that was the final straw for Lily. That's why she was out of character. But next chapter is going to be fun to write ;)

Reviews make the meeting of Scorpius and Rose at the train station fun ;)