A/N Hello everyone. Sorry for the delay. I have been sick for two weeks and I have been busy trying to catch up on school. I am very sorry about the delay, but I hope this chapter is worth it. Enjoy!

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RPOV

Once we were back in school after break, things between Scorpius and I were beginning to return back to normal. Things between Scorpius, Max and I were awkward to say the least. At first Max was really angry that I was talking to Scorpius because Scorpius didn't like him, but after a few weeks he got around to understanding that we were just friends.

Around the beginning of February, on one especially cold morning at Hogwarts, I walked down to breakfast in the Great Hall with Scorpius. We were talking together, when I noticed someone lurking in the shadows watching us. At first I thought that it looked like Max, but then I remembered that he had gone home at the beginning of this week to visit with his family that was in from America. I shook off the feeling that I was being watched and continued talking to Scorpius even though it felt like someone really was standing and watching us.

"Scorpius?" I asked, my voice quivering a little.

"Yes, Rose?" he replied, not catching the quiver.

"Do you ever get the feeling that you are being watched?" I asked, nervously looking around the halls.

"Sometimes, but I usually just shrug it off as myself being paranoid. Why?" I inquired, looking at me seriously.

"Oh, nothing, just wondering," I stammered trying to come up with a good excuse.

"Rose?" he looked at me sternly, knowing that I was lying to him.

"Okay, I just feel like someone it watching me from the shadows of the school. I know that no one is actually there you know, it just feels creepy," I sighed, shivering.

"Don't worry Rosie, I will protect," he smiled brightly, pulling me in close with one of his arms.

"Thanks Scorp!" I laughed, pretending that I didn't have the feeling.

I didn't say anything else to anyone about my thought of being watched, instead I shrugged it off and tried to pretend that nothing was wrong. All day I tried, but it felt like nothing, not even Quidditch could get my mind, or my eyes away from the shadows of the school.

After dinner that day, the six of us, not including Fred or James walked to defense against the dark arts. We were having a make-up class after dinner, since our professor had been ill the class before. Our teacher was an odd little man who wasn't really sure what he wanted to act like. On some days he was the happiest person you could ever meet, then the next day he was a miserable old hat. Today, thankfully, was one of his nicer days meaning that we wouldn't spend the whole class writing an essay.

"Hey Rosie," Liz smiled, sitting down to the left of me while Al and Scorpius talked in the row behind us.

"Hello Liz. How are you doing?" I asked smiling at her.

"I am doing great, just great. And what about you Rose you looked really skittish and worried all morning, even around Scorpius?" she replied, noticing what I had tried to hide.

"Oh, that's nothing," I sighed, coming up with a believable excuse, "I am just tired, and busy."

"Trust me Rose, I understand," she laughed.

"Get out of my seat Elizabeth!" Scorpius joked.

"Aye, aye, Captain Scorpius, sir!" she teased right back.

"Nice, you're catching on Liz," he chuckled, taking his seat next to me.

"And what were you ladies talking about?" Scorpius asked.

"Life," I answered, trying to annoy him.

"What about life?" he pried.

"Well, if you must know, she was wondering why I had been so skittish this morning," I rolled my eyes.

"And what did you tell her?" he asked.

"That I was tired," I shrugged my shoulders.

"It's not a very good idea to lie," he looked at me sternly as a teacher came running into the room.

"Excuse me professor, but I am afraid I must take half of your class with me," Headmaster Longbottom said running down the aisle.

"And for what may I ask sir?" our professor asked.

"I must not say here, but I need any Weasley/Potter to come with me," he answered, beginning to run out of the room.

No one was sure what was going on, but the six of us, since none of our friends wanted to stay in class, walked silently towards the headmasters office.

Since Scorpius and I began talking, we hadn't began to grow as close as we were before. But walking next to Scorpius on the way to Neville's office, I felt the urge to grab a hold of his hand so he could ease my nerves. I knew that it would be inappropriate seeing as I had a boyfriend, but I couldn't help myself and I grabbed his hand. His body stiffened at my touch at first, but after a few seconds of walking he loosened up and began to feel natural as we weaved through the numerous halls of Hogwarts to Neville's office.

"What are you thinking Rosie?" Scorpius asked, smiling brightly at me.

"Everything and nothing," I answered, not looking at him.

"Seriously Rosie. What's wrong with you?" he asked begging me to answer him, "Please tell me!"

"It just that everything is so messed up in my brain right now Scorp. Everything going on in my life right now just feels wrong. After we started talking again, it just felt like I had to try everything possible to make my life as perfect as I could get it. And it feels like everything I try to do just makes my life worse. The other thing is that I can't get this feeling out of the back of my brain that it telling me that something bad is about to happen," I answered, tears streaming down my face.

"I'm sorry Rosie," he smiled sadly at me, pulling me closer.

"You know what the worse part is?" I asked, "The worst is the nightmares that I keep having. I always see Max, but he is never the nice Max that I met the first day. He is always associated with violence and fire, and it scares me so badly. No matter what I try to do I can't get rid of the nightmares. Sometimes I am afraid to go to sleep at night because I don't want to dream."

"I am so sorry Rosie! That's horrible. Don't worry though Rosie, I will protect you," he smiled brightly pulling me closer as we walked to the door to Neville's office.

We walked into the office, and as we did I realized that every other member of my family that went to school was waiting in the office.

"Thank you to everyone for coming, not that I gave you much of a choice. Now I need to talk to Rose and Hugo especially but everyone else will be going with them," Neville gave us a few answers.

"Please don't let go," I begged Scorpius, pulling him forward with me.

"Now Rose, hugo, I am afraid that I have some terrible news for you," Neville, sighed looking at us, "I was just notified that tonight your parents were involved in an accident. Someone set their house on fire, they were badly injured were believed to be dead when they were first discovered by their closest neighbors. I am sorry to have to tell you this, but I have arranged a portkey for you and the rest of your family to go see them now. You will be granted up to two weeks out of school if need be, and your work will be owled to you. Please, follow me and I will get you to the portkey."

Nothing had registered about my parents yet because it was so shocking that I didn't have time to even think about it. Scorpius hadn't let go of my hand though and I wasn't going to do anything about it because the moment that it finally registered I was going to need his hand. The moment that we arrived at the portkey I realized everything that was going on. I fell to my knees sobbing when I realized that they had thought my parents were dead. They thought my parents were dead, someone had tried to kill my parents. Why?

"Why?" I sobbed, into my hands as I felt someone rubbing my back.

"I don't know Rosie, I just don't know," someone whispered. Scorpius was still holding on to my hand as he pulled me into his arms and allowed me to sob uncontrollably into his chest. Sometime as I was crying he had picked me up off the cold ground and carried me to the portkey so I could make it to see my family.

He grabbed on to the portkey with the hand that was still holding mine and we were twirled around in circles. It made me dizzy and I felt like I could be sick, but the only thing on my mind at that moment was being able to see my family.

"Oh Rose!" Aunt Ginny exclaimed as she threw her arms around me.

"How are they?" I asked worried about what she was going to say.

"They aren't good Rosie. They have… they have," she sobbed unable to go on with what was wrong with them. It was horrible to see her like that, and I knew that if she was unable to say what was wrong, it was bad.

"Rose, they have third degree burns covering the majority of their bodies and doctors are unsure if your dad is going to be able to make it through the night. I am so sorry Rose. Everything is so messed up right now, but I promise that whoever did this will be punished," Uncle Harry sobbed, holding tightly to Aunt Ginny.

"Oh, my God!" I sobbed sliding down the wall nearest my family's room at St. Mungos.

"It will be okay Rosie, everything will be fine. I promise." Scorpius held on to me tightly as I cried for my family.

"He has to live Scorpius, he has to! He's my dad! I am only fifteen, I can't lose my dad already!" I sobbed.

"Don't worry Rose, I will be right next to you every step of the way. I will protect you, and I won't let anyone hurt you Rose, because I love you," he whispered in my ear. I hadn't really realized that he had said he loved me until later. By the time I realized what he had said it was too late to say anything to him.

I changed my clothes quickly, only letting go of Scorpius to go into the bathroom, and walk back out. The doctor had been out to talk to us a few times, but they had encouraged us not to go in and see them until the morning. I just wish that I could have been able to talk to them, but even if I had gone in there they wouldn't have heard me anyway. Instead of talking to my parents and being able to tell them how much I loved them, I talked to Scorpius. He was good to talk to and he allowed me to cry into his chest if I needed to or just use him as my own personal pillow. It was a tough night, but I think that the rest of the night is going to be tougher considering my family and I won't know if my dad was going to survive until the morning.

"Excuse me, I am looking for Rose and Hugo Weasley?" a female doctor with long hair asked walking out of my parents room.

"I'm Rose, Hugo is asleep. How can I help you?" I asked, nervous about the answer.

"I am afraid that I have bad news for you," the doctor looked at me sadly.

"Oh, God! No! No!" I cried, leaning against Scorpius.

"Rose?" the doctor asked, trying to get my attention.

"I'm sorry. What's the news?" I asked bracing myself for the news that my father had passed away.

"I am sorry to tell you that the baby didn't make it," the doctor looked at me sadly.

"The baby?" I asked confused.

"Yes the baby. You didn't know that your mum was going to have a baby?" the doctor asked.

"No I wasn't aware," I shook my head confused.

"Well, I'm sorry anyways. I figured that the bad news should come from someone she loves. You can talk to her in the morning once your father has made it through the night," the doctor smiled politely before walking away.

"Thank you," I answered. My head was still in a daze from the information that I had just learned, my mum had been pregnant and she hadn't told anyone. Why wouldn't she have told anyone?

A/N Hello again! This was a really difficult chapter to write because there are so many emotions involved in this chapter. Thank you to everyone for reading my story, and I really hope that you review and let me know that you liked my story!

This chapter's question is… who do you think set Hermione and Ron's house on fire?

Thanks again to everyone for all that you've done for me! It means the world!

Megan :)