A/N: Written for the first challenge in the Miss Leaky Cauldron 2012 Challenge.
"Hello," I said politely to the boy sitting in front of me. "My name is—"
"Rose Weasley. Yeah, I know." The boy narrowed his cool grey eyes at me. "You seem a bit spoiled."
Immediately, my temper sky-rocketed and my smile became considerably more strained.
"Better to be spoiled than to be rude." I snapped back, struggling to keep the irritation out of my voice.
In the silence that followed both of our statements, we regarded each other warily. Then, suddenly, he smiled slightly. It wasn't much… just the slightest curve on the tips of his mouth, but it gave his face a much younger look.
Slowly, he offered his hand to me. "Scorpius Malfoy," he introduced, although it wasn't necessary since his family was infamous through the Wizarding World.
In that moment, it occurred to me that he couldn't have possibly had a lot of friends growing up. I didn't either.
Smiling slightly back at him, I reached over to grasp his hand. His hand was warm in mine. The cold, defensive look on his face was gone, I had made a new friend, and I couldn't be happier.