In the Previous Chapter…
"We're nearly here!?" she asked excitedly
"Yes, so you need to wake up a bit."
Minutes later, the train pulled up in Kings Cross Station. The Weasleys, Potters and Scorpius and Rose all walked out onto the platform together and soon spotted their parents. Scorpius hesitantly walked over with them, slightly lagging.
"It's good to see you, Scorpius" Harry grinned, standing with his arm around his wife's waist. "Right, everyone hold onto a parent! We'll apparate you all to the Burrow."
Scorpius' first impression of the Burrow was that it was definitely a family home. The house seemed to come alive the second people came into it. The crooked house was almost certainly held up by magic, as it now had a few extra floors added to it. As they all arrived in the snowy yard, a bumbling aging woman came out of the door, calling to them all.
"Ah, my dears! It's good to see you all got here alright!" she beamed. "You must be Draco Malfoy's boy! I've been hearing a lot of good things about you!" she said, walking up to Scorpius and giving him a motherly hug.
"Oh, you have?" he asked, surprised.
"Of course, Rosie talks about you a lot, and Harry's been telling me a bit about you considering you were coming to stay. So, where is my little Rosie?" she asked, before catching sight of Rose who was holding Scorpius' hand.
"Granny!" she said, hugging Mrs Weasley.
"Hello deary. Now, let's all get inside before we all freeze" she said, taking Rose's hand and helping her trek through the thick snow back to the house.
"Molly can be a bit head strong" Scorpius heard Harry whisper into his ear. "She's right you know, Rosie did use to talk quite a bit about you" he said, walking past Scorpius beaming.
Scorpius slightly lagged behind everyone as they walked inside. Rose really spoke about him to her family?
As he entered the Burrow, Scorpius felt Rose attach herself to his side again. She looked up at Scorpius, who subconsciously picked her up and balanced her on his waist. He then looked up as he heard the sound of 16 Weasley jaws hitting the ground. Ginny and James Potter, George, Angelina, Fred, Percy, Audrey, Molly, Charlie, Bill, Fleur, Victoire, Teddy, Dominique, Mr and Mrs Weasley were all staring at him with wide eyes and gaping mouths.
Teddy broke the silence by introducing himself. "You're Scorpius, yeah? I'm Teddy Lupin. I'm related to you in some way or another – I'm your dad's cousin" he said, scratching his head.
"So you're my second cousin then" Scorpius said, working out the family connections.
"Yeah, and this is my fiancé Victoire" he said as Victoire joined his side.
"It's great to meet you, Scorpius" she said before glancing at Rose. "She's very attached to you" she smiled.
"Doesn't leave me alone" he grinned before glancing down at Rose who was leaning into his chest. One by one, the rest of the Weasleys introduced themselves. Al told him that every Christmas the entire family stayed at the Burrow, which is why there were now at least 8 floors to the house.
Scorpius gulped slightly as Fred and James came over to him. "Well Malfoy, it seems Rosie quite likes you" Fred smirked.
"So I guess we'll try not to intentionally hurt you whilst you're here" James grinned.
"Oh yeah, and I guess I'm a bit sorry for smashing your face in that Quidditch game a few years ago" Fred said before the pair walked off, no doubt to cause trouble.
After all the introductions, Scorpius and Rose sat on the couch in front of the fire with Rose and the Weasley children who were still at Hogwarts talking and playing games until it was time for bed. Scorpius was going to sleep on the 7th floor with the boys, whilst Rose was sleeping the next floor down with all of the girls. Rose was slightly confused as to why she couldn't stay with Scorpius, but nevertheless joined the girls when Scorpius quietly said that it was only for a few days and that it would be like a sleepover. Scorpius and the guys stayed awake mucking around until about 1am when they crashed, and Scorpius actually started to think he was going to enjoy this Christmas.
Scorpius was shaken awake about 2 hours later by Lily, who was dressed in a dressing gown and slippers. "What's going on?" he muttered sleepily, sitting up.
"Rose woke up with a nightmare screaming. She won't stop crying" Lily said.
"Ah crap" he moaned.
"She kept telling us to come and get you, so after half an hour of crying I was sent to come and wake you up" she explained. "We really did try to get her to stop crying and go back to sleep as we knew the boys would keep you up" she glowered at the sleeping boys who were starting to drift awake at the talking, "But we really need you to comfort her."
"I'll come, just give me a second to wake up a bit" he nodded, slowly sitting up and standing. He then followed Lily down the stairs and opened the door to be faced with sobbing.
Rose looked up as the door opened and flung herself into Scorpius' arms, who immediately started comforting her. He sat down cross-legged on the floor and drew Rose into his lap, letting her cry into his chest.
"Nightmares again?" he asked softly. Rose nodded. Scorpius gently stroked her hair and hushed "It's alright hun, I'm here, nothing can get you, you're safe" into her ear. All of the girls in the bedroom quietly watched as Rose promptly fell asleep in Scorpius' lap.
"Is she gonna wake up again?" Lily asked.
"She might" he said. "Look, this sounds weird, but she always ends up in my bed after nightmares, so she might wake up again."
"How often does she have nightmares?" Lily asked curiously.
"Every night, really. In the end I gave up putting her into her own bed and just stuck her in with me" he sheepishly confessed.
"Doesn't she wake you up screaming?"
"No actually. I guess she's stopped having them since I let her share my bed" Scorpius thought aloud.
"Right, you're staying here then" Lily said, walking over to him with a pillow and a sleeping bag. "If she doesn't wake up screaming when she's with you, then you can stay here for the night" she said. "I'll talk to Aunt Hermione and see if she'll agree to letting Rose camp upstairs with you and the boys tomorrow" she said before grabbing her own pillow and sleeping bag and dragging it over to where Scorpius was sat.
"Thanks Lily, you don't have to let me stay. Are you sure Rose's dad won't castrate me in the morning if he find out?" Scorpius asked, paling slightly at the thought.
"Not if I can help it. Rose woke us all up and these girls love their beauty sleep" she laughed. A chorus of 'piss of, lils', 'shut up lily' and 'go to bloody bed' echoed around the room from the girls who were still awake after being woken by Rose. Both Lily and Scorpius laughed quietly as they settled down next to each other to go back to sleep. Rose curled up next to Scorpius and soon enough was lying completely on top of him, hugging him in her sleep. Lil smiled as Scorpius laid back, put one arm under his head and wrapped the other around Rose before falling asleep. Malfoy might have been a pain, but he sure can be nice, she thought as she drifted to sleep.
The next morning, Scorpius woke up to find that all of the girls were awake and staring down at him. He was a bit surprised to have Lily, Roxy, Dominique, Victoire, Molly and Lucy staring down at him, but was completely shocked as Rose leapt on top of him. His gasp turned into a groan as he adjusted to having Rose throw her whole body onto his stomach.
"Good morning to you too" he said, rubbing his chest groggily.
"Morning, Scorp'us!" Rose cried. "Lily said she'll take us down to the pond later. It's covered in ice and she thinks we can skate on it!" she babbled excitedly.
"That'll be nice" he smiled. "Rosie, can you let me up please? I need to go and get dressed if we're going outside" he grinned. Rose gently climbed off of him and let him stand. He shook the sleep out of him and began walking towards the door when Lily suddenly called him back.
"Scorp, we don't have anything for Rose to wear…you've still got all her clothes" she said.
"Oh. Do you want me to take her and get her dressed? You guys probably wouldn't mind getting some more sleep. Don't worry, I'll keep her inside until everyone's up" he promised. Rose didn't even wait for Lily to answer before grabbing Scorpius' hand and dragging him out of the room, crying "let's go, Scorp'us!" The 6 girls giggled as they watched the tall blonde boy stumble out of the room and heard him trip on the stairs.
"He's so sweet" Dom commented. "Is he normally like this?"
"I've never noticed it, but yes" Lucy said.
"I think he had a crush on Rose when she was 17" Victoire said. Everyone turned to her.
"It's in his eyes. You can tell" Lily nodded. "And I'd say it's not a crush, I'd say he's totally in love with her" she smiled.
"We've got to figure out a way to get them together when Rose is aged again" Roxy agreed.
"That'll be easy, Rosie's had a crush on Scorp for years" Lily giggled. "No one else noticed this?" Evidently they had not, as they tilted their heads to the side and stared at her quizzically. "She was always talking about him, and when she went back she wasn't worried about him sharing a dorm with her, she actually looked like she was looking forward to it" she said. "Also, she is always watching him"
"Who wouldn't when he's got such a fine arse?" Roxy interupted, grinning. "I bet they'll be together by Valentine's Day" she said.
"When's she getting aged again?" Victoire asked.
"1st February" Lily said. "two weeks though…I reckon they'll be together by the end of the day on February the 1st!" she smirked.
"I dunno about you guys, but that fine piece of arse has taken Rose off our hands for an hour or two, so who fancies catching up on sleep?" Dom laughed before curling up in her sleeping bag again. The girls all nodded in agreement and were soon huddled together in their sleeping bags.
"Sweet Dreams, everyone" Victoire said, "just focus on Scorpius' amazing arse and you'll sleep well" she giggled, and was soon joined by the rest of the girls in laughter.
A/N: Nawwwwh I love writing this... keep reviewing! Let's try and get this up to 50 reviews, huh? The more reviews this gets the faster i can update, and that's a promise! - Rxx