The rest of the weekend was what Rose needed. When they got back to the castle, Alice and her cousins were in the head common room, wondering how the weekend went. Rose couldn't hid her smile as she talked about the weekend. The weekend made Rose relax on studying and Scorpius would remind her when she got a little crazy. She was glad that he was in her life. He also would remind her that she had to talk to her mum when they went home for Easter. She didn't know how to tell him that she was nervous about talking to her mum.
February ended with a snowstorm and the days of March went fast for Rose when she wanted them to go a little slower. It was the night that before they were leaving that Rose decide to tell Scorpius about her feelings about talking to her mum. They were lying in his bed after kiss that lasted a little too long.
"Scorpius," Rose could tell that he was ready to go to sleep when he made a noise that Rose knew he was listening. It brought a smile to her face because she wondered if he was going to be like this when they were married. "I'm nervous about talking to my mum."
Scorpius turned to face her. "Why are you nervous?" He reached out and pulled her closer.
"I don't want to hurt her feelings. I have this picture of her eyes being sad." Rose moved a piece of his hair out of the way.
Scorpius nodded into his pillow. "I can see that happening, but it would make your relationship stronger. You are going to need your mum." Rose gave him a look that had Scorpius' smiling. "In less than five months, we are getting married and you know that we are going to get pregnant quickly. You are going to need her." Rose knew where he was coming from with this. It was time to be adult.
"Alright," Rose reached over, kissed him, ran a hand over his chest.
Scorpius narrowed his eyes at her. "Stop that." She ran a finger along his pajama bottoms. "I'm trying to sleep."
"Or what?" Rose smiled at him. "You can sleep on the train tomorrow."
Scorpius moved quickly, before Rose knew it Scorpius was on top of her and reaching under her shirt towards her breasts. He reached down, kissed her, and gave her breast a squeeze. "I lose sleep, so are you."
"Alright," Rose wrapped her arm around him. She reached up until their lips were almost touching. "I'll be sleeping in your arms right alongside you." Scorpius growled before taking her lips.
The next morning found them on the train, heading home for Easter. Scorpius and Rose took a nap for an hour before making a list of things they needed to get this week. There were still things for the wedding that they needed to get done, Scorpius wanted to show Rose something, and Rose needed to talk to her mum (Rose gave him a look when he put that on there). Rose also had her cousin bridal shower to go to. They hoped to get some studying done. After they were done, Scorpius closed his eyes and Rose opened a book to study, but she was wondering how to bring up the topic with her mum.
Scorpius' opened one eye and saw that Rose's mind was racing. He reached over and gave her hand a squeeze. "Everything is going to be alright. Your mum loves you," Rose smiled and nodded. "If you do this, I'll reward you later." Rose rolled her eyes.
The house was quiet with only Rose and Hermione in the house. Ron had gone to have drinks with Harry and George. Hugo had stayed at school to study for his OWLs. Rose sat on her bed with butterflies in her stomach because this was a perfect opportunity to talk to her mum. She knew she couldn't constraint on her book until she did this. She could hear Scorpius in her head saying, 'You are Gryffindor or not'. She took a breath before closing her book and writing to Scorpius to tell him that she was going to do it.
Rose made her way downstairs to the sitting room, where her mum was reading a book and enjoying a cup of tea. She stopped in the doorway to see that her mum was sitting in her chair with one lamp on. Her mum didn't notice that she was there. Rose took another breath.
"Mum," Rose said. Hermione didn't hear her. "Mum," Rose said a little bit louder. Hermione looked at her daughter and smiled. "Can we talk?" Hermione nodded and closed her book.
Rose walked in the room and took a seat in the chair that was next to her mum. "Is everything okay with Scorpius?" Rose smiled and thought about the kiss that he gave her when he brought her home earlier. Hermione saw a light in Rose's eyes when Scorpius' name was said. Hermione knew that her daughter was in love and wondered if she had told him.
"Everything is okay with Scorpius," Rose looked down at her hands and saw her engagement ring. "He's the one who told me to talk to you," Rose looked up from her ring to her mother.
"About what?" Hermione asked wondering what this was all about. She was glad that Scorpius was a good influence on Rose.
"About being in your shadow," Rose looked away from her mother to the mantle where there were family pictures.
"Oh," Hermione didn't know what else to say. "Explain, please." Rose turned to her mother to see the question in her mother's eyes. Rose told her mum about being compared to her by her professors. About the comments they would give her about not bring up to her mother's standard. Rose told her about how she had to prove to them that she wasn't her mother. Rose saw tears in her mother's eyes. "Why did you not tell me about this sooner? You are almost done with Hogwarts."
Rose took a breath to get pass the lump in her throat, she didn't like there were tears in her mother's eyes. "I didn't want you to tell my professor to leave me alone."
"Why now?" Hermione asked. There were only three months left of school.
"Scorpius didn't like that I was killing myself studying and wanted to know why. He told me that I should talk to you."
Hermione could only image want Rose was doing to herself. She remembers herself going crazy and was glad that Ginny was there to help her. Whenever Ron and Harry came for a visit, they would make her close her books and hang out with them and Ginny. "Scorpius is a wise man." Rose rolled her eyes like we will see about that. "I'm sorry that you had to live in my shadow. I never wanted that for you or brother," Hermione reached over and grabbed Rose's hand. "I only wanted you to be your own person and I think you did that. I don't think that I could have handle getting married at your age and becoming a mother soon after."
Rose smiled. "I'm nervous about getting married because I don't know how Scorpius feels about me," Rose glanced down at her ring. It suited them so well. They were to look for rings this week for the wedding. "I love him, Mum," Rose turned to look at her mother to see a smile on her mother's face. "He makes me want to be a better person. Even those we are getting married and are having a baby, he wants me to live my dream. He's incredibly supportive and I don't see myself marrying anyone else."
"I'm happy that you love him because I remember a girl who didn't believe it was possible to fall in love with him," Hermione said.
"I got to know him, and I remember you telling me that he was in the same boat as me," There was a sparkle in Rose's eyes.
Hermione wondered what was going on between her daughter and future son-in-law. She would have to wait and see but she had a feeling that Scorpius was in love with her the same way she was. She decided to leave that for later now she needed to know what dreams her daughter had. "What is this dream you have?"
Rose blushed. "I want to be a writer," Rose said softly.
Hermione leaned closer to her. "I didn't quite hear you," Hermione heard her, but she wanted Rose to say a little louder. Rose repeated herself louder. "I think that is a great dream and I can't see what you come up with."
There was a shock look on Rose's face. "You do," Hermione nodded. Rose started to tell her mum the plans that she had now that she didn't have to worry. They talked about what stories Rose wanted to write and how that was going to work while raising a family.
Rose left her mother to find that Scorpius was lying on her bed to see that everything was okay. Rose stood there for a moment because she didn't think that she could love him as much as she did now. She went in her room and told him that she had the conversation with her mother and she had him to thank for it. Rose felt closer to her mother.
Scorpius came through the fireplace to find the place quiet. He knew that Hermione and Ron had to work today. He made his way through the house to find Rose. He stopped in front of her closed door. He knocked on the door, but no one answered. Scorpius opened the door to find Rose dancing around her room with her music blaring. Scorpius leaned against the doorframe, watching Rose dance in her bra and jeans.
"Scorpius," Rose reached for a jumper. Scorpius wanted to reach for her jumper and take it from her, but they had an appointment to make for rings. He didn't say anything as Rose finished get ready.
"All ready," He said as he held out his hand for her. Rose nodded and took his hand.
They went downstairs to the fireplace and went to Diagon Ally. They came to the jeweler shop. They shop was filled with mantels and stones in a display case. There were sample of rings in the display cases too., The old man standing behind the counter smiled at the young couple. "Welcome to Smiths' Jewels. I'm Ian Smith. How may I help you?" Ian asked.
"We have an appointment under Malfoy," Scorpius said.
Ian eyes widen. He didn't think that they would be so young, but their wedding was going to be big. He was a Malfoy, and she was a Weasley. "What can we do for you?" He asked.
"We need wedding rings that match with this," Rose held out her hand.
"May I?" Ian asked for the ring. Rose nodded, took off her ring, and handed it to him.
Ian took out his wand and ran it over the ring. It told him everything about the ring. He smiled when he knew the history of ring. When he was done, he handed it back to Rose, who put it on. Ian went in the back and brought out several rings. He took out two rings and handed them to Rose and Scorpius. "How about these one?"
Rose and Scorpius put the rings on and somehow didn't feel right. They took off the rings and handed them back. They tried several rings before Ian smiled. He took the rings and took back to the back. He came back with only two rings. "Please try these two," He handed them the rings. Rose looked at the ring and looked right with her engagement ring. Rose looked at Scorpius' ring and it looked right on his finger.
The rings seemed simple with their silver bands, but something felt right about them. They took off the rings and were ready to hand them to jeweler when Rose saw something inside of the ring. She looked inside and saw something in an old language, that was hard to read. "What does it say?" She asked.
There was a twinkle in Ian's eyes. "No one knows, but my family has had those rings for hundreds of years," Rose looked at ring and it looked new.
Rose looked at Scorpius, who shrugged his shoulders. Rose didn't know what to make of the rings, but they felt right for them. "We'll take them," She said. Ian nodded. He took the rings from them.
"I'll have these ready before the wedding day," Ian put them in a cloth bag. They talked about the price and when the wedding day was before Scorpius and Rose left.
They stopped to have lunch at the Leaky Cauldron. "There is one more place I would like to take you," Scorpius said as their food appeared. Rose nodded. "Since we have time right now, where would you like to go on our honeymoon?"
Rose had to think, she looked at Scorpius. She had a feeling that they could go anywhere they wanted. They could go to Greece or somewhere on the Mediterranean Sea. They could even go to Paris. There was only one place that she wanted to go. "The cabin," She reached for his hand.
"Are you sure? We could go anywhere in the world," Scorpius said before taking a bite of his fish.
"Yes, I just want to be us for the first couple of weeks," Scorpius nodded.
They finished their lunch before going. Scorpius took Rose's hand and took her to an ally. He held her close as he disappeared. They appeared in front of a house but Scorpius had Rose's eyes covered. "At Christmas, your grandmother asked where we were going to live after we are married." Scorpius whispered in her ear. "I thought that I would show you," He took off his hand.
Rose saw white stone house in front of them. Above of her was baloney. There was a door in front of them. There were two windows that were next to the door. Under one of the windows was a bench. Scorpius reached out and opened the door. He let Rose walk in first.
Rose walked right into the kitchen. On the left was a counter with a sink in there and on the right side was a wall. Across from the door was a big bay window. In the center of the room was a table. Rose made her way into the kitchen and saw that the counter space ran along the left wall. She thought that she could see herself sitting at the table in the morning, watching the sunrise. There was a stove and fridge on that side. Rose went to the right and saw a small bathroom. She continued to the opening that led to the sitting room.
On the far wall was a big fireplace. There will be many fires in that place. Across from the fireplace was a couch in front of row of windows. In front of the couch was a coffee table. At the ends of coffee table were two chairs. On the other side of the fireplace was a staircase leading upstairs. There was also a door leading to the outside, Rose had a feeling that they wouldn't be using that one too often. Rose loved the downstairs and headed for the stairs that would lead upstairs. She knew that Scorpius was following her.
Rose made her way upstairs to find a hallway with windows along it. On the right side of the hall were three doors and at the end of the hall was another door. Rose opened the first to see that it was a bedroom. The next door was a bathroom, and the last door was another bathroom. Rose knew that one of the bedrooms would make a great nursery.
"I would like to make one of the bedrooms an office," Scorpius said from behind her. Rose nodded and made her way to the door at the end of the hall.
Rose opened the door and walked into the master bedroom. There was a bed in the center of the room. There was a set of doors that led to the baloney. Across from the bed were two doors, one that led to master bathroom and the other was a walk-in closet. Across the baloney, was another bay window, that would be a good sitting area.
"What do you think?" Scorpius stepped had stepped in the room after she did.
Rose turned to see Scorpius was standing there with his pockets. He was nervous about Rose liking the house. "I love it. It is a good house to start our married life in," Rose smiled, made her way over to him, and kissed him.