If your about to read this chapter, thank you for continuing with me, i know that the story line hasn't really matched yet, but this chapter starts to bring it out. Have fun.

Flatter her with compliments. Flatter her with compliments. The words repeated over and over again in his head as he looked from Victoire- the one who had issued him this advice- to Rose sitting on the couch facing away from him, clearly upset from their argument from yesterday.

Victories nodded her head towards Rose as if saying, 'go on.'

He nodded quickly and took a deep breath, but as soon as he stood up, so did she. She had a blanket wrapped around her and she was hurrying to the stairs, having seen him stand up.

Scorpius sighed, "What now?" He mouthed, trying to ignore that Grandama Molly was probably wondering what was going on, as he had heard them talking in the kitchen last night, and when asked what was wrong she answered with a very quick 'nothing'.

Victories rolled her eyes. Boys. "Go after her!" She mouthed back.

Scorpius sighed before he walked towards the stairs, knowing that no one else was up there and it would be increasingly awkward.

Once he was upstairs he saw the attic trapdoor shut and knew she'd probably locked herself up there. Scorpius needed to fix this and he needed to do it fast, their parents were going to arrive soon and Ron would never forgive him if he didn't apologise.

He began climbing up the ladder and winced as it creaked every few bars, cursing the loudness of everything in this house. She probably knew someone was coming by now.

He pushed the trapdoor up gently and saw she was lying on the couch starring dully at the wall to her left, refusing to look at him. He tried to ignore the evil thought that even when she was sad she looked beautiful.

Scorpius. Focus. He blushed at his own short attention span when he was around her.

"Hi." He said shortly.

No response. He was expecting that.

He swung the trapdoor back and climbed up so that he was standing on the wooden floor of the attic, or also known as girls central in the burrow. The attic took up the whole third level of the house, it was were Victoire, Roxanne, Molly, Lucy, Lily, Rose, And Lorcan slept. The room had three bunk beds and a bed on stilts with a desk underneath for Victoire. There was also bean bags throughout the room and a small fireplace. The attic wasn't just the girls room, it was also considered the kids room when the adults wanted to be alone downstairs.

He took a step towards her, but she arose from the bean bag and looked at the floor stiffly, her arms crossed as she was trying to be annoyed with him.

"Rose I just want to say- your not a nerd. I shouldn't have called you that, your smart and that's a good thing." He saw her face brighten by a tinge, but not much, "And your not out of my league, I'm out of yours- actually I'm not popular really, or if I am it's always been you...and Al."

Rose couldn't help but smile at the ground, wich made him smile. Just me and Al.

"I really am sorry." He said almost hopelessly. Rose shook her head, "I don't actually like anyone. That was a lie, I was complaining at Lily and Lucy because I thought you were a lousy cook. But your...not that bad." He smiled. "So are we good?" He asked. Rose nodded, "Yeah we're good."

She gave him one last glare before she kicked him in the shin swiftly. "Ow!" He yelped. "That's for saying it in the first place." Rose smiled defiantly.

She quickly mustered all of her Griffindore courage as she leant forward and kissed him on the cheek, wich made him suddenly forget about the pain. "That's for saying I'm not a nerd." She muttered quickly with a flushed face before she hurried past him and climbed down the ladder. Leaving a very red faced Scorpius Malfoy behind.

"She kissed me." He smiled, punching the air. "She kissed me!" He cried.

"I kissed him." She muttered.

"What?" Lily asked. Victories smirked from the kitchen, "I- Rose Granger-Weasley, kissed Scorpius Malfoy on the cheek."

"What do you think Lucy, Lily? Should we begin to plan the wedding?" Molly giggled. Rose turned to her cousins, "No! Scorpius is about to come down from the attic and I'm not gonna let you ruin the most blissful moment of my life, by embarrassing him."

Fred just looked at James amused, "We won't." Everyone in the room was giving each other smug looks. Rose turned to Victoire, who was sitting in Teddy's lap, "I'm begging you- I never did anything to ruin your realationship!"

"I'm sorry couz." Victoire said sympathetically.

"Just don't-"

"What's going on? You guys having a family meeting or something?" Scorpius asked, who had quite rashly appeared behind Rose.

"Nothing, just waiting for everyone's parents to arrive." Lucy said simply, starring pointedly at Rose.

"Their gonna be like two hours." Scorpius shrugged as he headed downstairs.

Once he was gone Rose peaked out the doorway. "Okay I need serious help, how the hell do I ask him out?" Suddenly the whole room looked up, and Rose became suddenly frightened with 14 pairs of eyes on her.

"Go up to him!" Lily snapped as she pushed her older cousin into the kitchen where Scorpius, Albus and James were currently tending to the gnome bite on Hugo's fingers. Rose turned back to her other cousin, "No I think he's busy- we could just come back-" Lily gave her a big shove in wich pushed her past the table and into Scorpius. Once realising their mistake Lily and Victoire dissapeared, leaving Scorpius to turn around and think she just ran into him.

"Uh, hello?" He said, confused. Rose smiled, "Hi." She said quickly before she pointed to the sink, "I just need some water." She grabbed a random cup from the drying rack and began filling it up with water, while looking away from him. "That's hot water-"

"I know." Rose said quickly.

Once the cup had filled halfway she turned off the tap and hurried out of the room, meeting up with a disappointed Lily and Victoire.

"Don't give me that look!" Rose snapped as she glared at the cup of water. Victorie took the cup from her, "Go back in there now!"

Rose sighed, "Okay, okay."

She turned towards the kitchen let out a deep breath before she walked over as quick as she could, pushing open the kitchen door and walking in and sitting on the wooden table, opposite from the boys. "Hello again." Scorpius muttered. She tried not to blush, Why was his voice so nice?

"What happened to Hugo?" She asked. James and Albus looked at Scorpius before he looked at them with an alarmed look on his face, "Got bit by a Gnome."

"Yes but how?" Rose asked. Hugo now looked at Scorpius too.

"Oh come on Scorp!" Hugo whined as he watched his older cousins and the blonde throw gnomes over the fence. "Just admit it."

Scorpius tried playing dumb like he had for twenty minutes, "Admit what?" He asked.

"That you like her."

"Who?" He asked plainly. "Rose, my sister."

"No that's ridiculous-"

"We all see the way you look at her."

"H-how do I...look at her?" He asked nervously. "Like a prince who's lost his Cinderella." Scorpius grimaced, "no James more like a prince who's afraid of his Cinderella!"

Scorpius had gone to throw the gnome over Hugo's head but instead he turned towards James and Albus horrified by what had just been said, resulting in the gnome to land in Hugo's lap, grabbing onto his finger and biting it before Hugo pulled it off and threw it away, "Ouch."

Scorpius realised what had just happened, "Oh sorry." He rushed over to help him down off of the fence.

"Hello?" Rose asked impatiently, "are you going to tell me?"

Hugo smiled at his sister, "I tried to nicely ask a gnome to leave and he bit me."

James and Albus nodded their heads eagerly, "That's right." Scorpius muttered.

Rose nodded slowly, "Sure."

Rose frowned, "You know what im gonna go-"

"No!" Scorpius said loudly. a little too loudly. Rose frowned at him as she was mid jump off of the table, "Uh sure?" She said sitting back on the table. James and Albus kept looking between the two. "No i meant dont go, i er- have something to tell you."

James, Albus and Hugo looked at him excitedly, "You know James and i have a game of wizards chess to finish." Albus said quickly. James frowned at Albus, "What?"

Albus shot him a death glare and James smiled, "Oh yeah we do." Then Albus grabbed James firmly by the arm and hurried out of the kitchen with him.

Hugo jumped off of the bench, smiling dearly at his bandaged finger, "Thanks Scorp!" He smiled as he bounded out of the kitchen.

Rose starred at the floor, "So what do you want to tell me?" First she thought of the worst, maybe he found out that she likes him and is disgusted? Maybe he's gay? Maybe he likes someone else?

"I like-" He stopped, choking on his own words as if his throat woukdnt allow him to speak the rest. Just tell her, just tell her, James said to tell her, just tell her- "I like the way our cake turned out." Scorpius said quickly. I am a complete idiot.

Rose's smile slightly faded, "Oh, uh yeah." She jumped off of the table and opened the fridge where she placed the chocolate cake, she slid it out and admired how perfectly square it turned out. "So are we gonna ice it?" Scorpius asked quickly trying to tear away the previous topic he was going to bring up. Rose sighed, "Sure."

Lily shut the trapdoor to the attic. "Okay- We have exactly four hours and one day- before Our parents arrive and we cant get Scorpius and Rose together."

Molly looked around the room, "I think everyone's here. Roxanne is outside with Rose, and James is with Scorpius in the kitchen," Molly began with the obvious. "Their not going to just straight up ask eachother out- their too worried that the other doesnt like them- or thats Rose's excuses." Molly said.

"No, Scorpius thinks she hates him." Fred added.

"Okay so we need to convince them that the other likes them back." Molly began. She turned to Victorie, "Have we tried looks?"

Victorie frowned as she turned away from Teddy for once, she stood up from the beanbag, "Well we cant really change anything with Scorpius.." Her face brightened, "Rose has been wanting to cut her hair for a long time,"

"We can use that." Albus said, "Lily- you could take her out tommorow and in the mean time we'll help Scorpius with asking her out- Rose will come back, Scorpius will tell her she's pretty then confess his feelings- and then were done!"

"Sounds easy- Rose can go out after lunch, but before then we need to up the flirting." Lucy frowned until she spotted Rose's hairbrush laying on one of the bean bags, "I have an idea."

Albus walked into his room, Scorpius shortly behind him. "Do you want the first shower?" Albus said gesturing towards their shared bathroom. Scorpius ruffled his short blonde hair before he shook his head, "Nah, you can go first, its your bathroom."

Albus sighed, "No im going back downstairs- im hungry- You go first."

Scorpius shrugged as Albus left the room, shutting the door behind him. Then he stopped at the sight of a pink hairbrush on Albus's bed. He smirked "Okay then." He laughed as he headed into the bathroom.

Rose lifted pillows and she chdcked the kitchen- she even checked for her hairbrush all over the attic where she had left it. But she couldn't find it.

"Victorie!" She called out from the bathroom. The silver haired girl entered the room moments later, "Yes?"

"I know you like using my hair brush- where is it?" Rose asked.

"Oh." Victorie let out a short laugh, "Lucy took it from me because i was annoying her- she hid it in Albus's bedroom."

Rose nodded, "Is anyone getting changed in there or-"

"No, no, Albus and Scorp are downstairs." She smiled. Rose smiled, "Thanks."

And moments later, as planned, Rose appeared at Albus's bedroom door. "Why is the door closed if no ones inside?" She shrugged before she opened the door and walked into the dim room. She frowned as she spotted her hairbrush on Albus's bed.

She strolled over and picked it up, but then she stopped just before she turned to leave. Oh god. The room smelt like him. Like Scorpius. There was a pile of his shirts ontop of his bed. She frowned, Why, oh why did he always smell so good?Thats when the bathroom door opened and a very wet Scorpius walked out with tracksuit pants on...But no shirt.

Rose whipped her head up, but as soon as she caught sight of him her face turned red and she knew instantly that Victorie had lied on purpose.

She just starred at his abbed stomach, not able to move, her arms had grown stiff and she felt as if she had turned to stone.

"My eyes are up here Rose." She looked up at him and nodded quickly, "I know." She smiled before she hurried out of the room, eager to get awag from him. Once out she slammed the door shut and pressed her self against the door. "Oh my god."

Once those words escaped her mouth she heard very loud laughing and she looked up and saw half of her family standing there. Victorie, Teddy, Albus, Fred, Roxanne and Lucy were practically falling over laughing.

"Shut up- you did that on purpose!" Rose hissed. Then the door behind her opened and she turned around to see him again- with a shirt on- but red faced, "You forgot your hairbrush." He said as he handed her the pink hairbrush. Then he walked away.

Rose groaned. Why did she have such a girly hairbrush? The last question left her questioning herself, And why does Scorpius Malfoy look so good without a shirt on?

Victorie smiled, "Now we begin the real plan- faze one, looks and flirting is a go!"

"This is the perfect plan." Lily smiled at the sheet of paper Victorie had handed her.

"First step is clothes- think, we know Rose's weakness towards Scorpius, its no shirt... what could make Scorpius fall for Rose.."

Roxanne sat up, "I know!"

Rose frowned the second she opened her draws. Brown skirt, Purple skirt, Blue skirt, Navy blue skirt, Yellow skirt, Green skirt, Orange skirt- where are all of her shorts?

She dug through all of her clothes but all she could find was jumpers and skirts. Her tracksuit pants were no where to be seen either.

"So im supposed to freeze?" She asked bitterly.

She picked up a maroon skirt, "Like hell."

Scorpius always hated how Rose looked so perfect in everything- meaning there was never a reason not to look at her. Her hair was always perfect, her clothes are always perfect-He stopped his mental rambling as Rose entered the room. His eyes sprung to her wondering what she would wear today. He frowned, his stomach fluttered as he looked at her legs. Oh my god.

Rose was wearing a skirt. A skirt. Rose never wore a skirt- never. Even at school, she got picked on for wearing boys shorts.

This skirt wasnt really short- it fell around three quarters down her thigh, exposing her soft legs. She was wearing a cropped t-shirt wich just exposed her stomach. He bit his lip as she walked past him. They've done this on purpose.

And sure enough- He spotted Victorie smirking at him in the corner of the room,

He hurried over, "Very funny- Are you trying to give me more reasons to stare at her?" He snapped.

"Yes because if you stare at her she might get that you like her!" Victorie smiled proudly. He glarred at her, "I swear if your forcing her to wear skirts-"

"Aww, just admit it- you like her in a skirt." She smirked. Scorpius turned red, "I do not!"

"Its okay- she likes you without a shirt on, i think we can call it even." Victorie smiled. He groaned, "Ive noticed you and the others are up to something, and what ever it is- i dont like it."

"No were just helping you get the girl." Fred had joined the conversation now, Lily by his side. "Its after lunch time- you should take Rose out." Victorie said to Lily.

"Oh okay." Lily hopped away.

"Wait, Rose is going where?" Scorpius asked. "Out." Victorie replied. "What for?" He asked. Victorie shrugged, pretending as if she didnt know why.

"You cant dress Rose like.." He struglled for words, "Like- like...That and then take her out of the house and im not allowed to come." He whined.

Roxanne laughed, "Its cute how your all soft with her-"

"Im not soft!" He scowled. "Malfoy's arent...Soft."

Roxanne giggled, "The look on your face when you see her- if thats not soft, i dont know what is."

"Malfoy's arent- im not soft." He said defiantly. "Sure." Roxanne smiled. "Rose! Come here!"

"No can we not-"

"Softie." Vicyorie snapped. Rose joined them and leaned against the wall by Victorie's side. "Mmm?" She asked suggestively.

Scorpius felt his eyes wonder down her legs. "Scorp?" Victorie waved at him. Scorpius looked up glaring at her knowing she was trying to make it obvious. "Yes." He replied dryly. "Please look at me for a moment instead of Rose for once- thanks- So Rose is going to buy some books to read over the holidays, and wich one would you like?"

At that very moment Hugo joined them and began talking very heartfeltly about the book he wanted, giving Scorpius some time to stare at Rose again. He tore his eyes away from her legs and looked at her face this time. Her long red curls were out and spread all over her shoulders as she wrote down Hugo's massive book list on her forearm. Her brown freckles were all screwed up at her facial expression in trying to write neatly. She had this hard look on her face that he admired, and somehow she always looked adorable.

"Scorpius?" Victorie asked again. He looked up at the silver haired girl, "Yes?"

"Stop starring at Rose- what book would you like?"

He knew Rose was starring at him now.

"Uh..." He glanced at her and noticed she was blushing at him. He wanted to burry his face in his hands to avoid looking at her, but now a bright red blush had appeared on his own face to match hers. "I- I...i d- ...uh its-" He looked away from her, "Its this book called Rose- i mean, No! I- i mean yes, its a-" Now they were both looking at him like he was mental, "Its this book about Rose's and its called Rose." Good job Scorpius. Best in the whole bloody world.

"And another book would be.." he exhaled deeply, "How to ask a girl out. Or any book about romance tips." He said extremely quickly. He only noticed now, that while saying such, he had been looking Rose in the eyes. "C-can i care to ask..why?" Rose said quietly. "For James." He smiled at her dreamily. Victorie frowned, "What!?"

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!" Scorpius muttered quickly, "Im asking you for James, not that its for James." He rubbed the back of his neck with his hand. Rose nodded a small smile on her face, "Oh okay." She smiked to herself as she walked off, scribbling his book requests down.

"Scorpius?" Victorie said. He turned to her, "Yes." He said sheepishly. "That was horrible." She snapped Rashly. The blonde nodded, "I know." He sighed.

"You cant confuse a girl that much! You dont stare at her like she's the first meal your about to eat after weeks and then accidentally say that you want to get a romance book because your in love with James!"

Scorpius had burried his face in his hands now. "I know!"

"And you asked for a book about Rose's-"

"I know!"

"And you stuttered a little too much for conversations sake-"

"I know!"

"And you werent even listening to me you were starring at-"

"Rose! I know- i get it! I suck at Romance!" He cried. Victorie put her hand on his shoulder, "You dont suck i mean..She likes you without a shirt on- thats a start?"

He glarred at her. "I need to smooth it out before she goes-"

"You cant,"

"Why not?"

"She just left."

Scorpius groaned, "I need to fix this-"

"You dont really need to fix anything, in the end once you explained that you werent a gay lover for James, she walked off smiling. That has to mean something right?"

"Why cant you just tell Rose i like her?" Scorpius whined, "Because its more fun to watch you struggle," Victorie laughed. She saw the look on his face, "-And because its more genuine and cute and loving for you to tell her yourself."

"Yeah well incase you haven't noticed, im never going to tell her." He sighed. "Yeah well- when she gets back you might think differently." He frowned at her. "What does that mean?"

"You'll see."

"So what do you want to do?" Lily asked, looking around the busy streets of London.

Rose took one of her long red curls in her hand as they stopped outside of the hairdressers. She turned to Lily, "You know exactly what i want to do."

Lily smiled, "Yes!"

Now you'll begin to see the story falling into line with its Title, i might make a sequel to this because how i want to end it i know people are going to get mad at me. Anyways im trying to get The other characters more involved in every scene, its just hard to keep up with Scorpius, Rose and her fourteen cousins and potray their personalities in every scene. Anyways, i hope you enjoyed this chapter and ill see you in the next one!