In the previous chapter…

His head spun around as he heard a blood curdling scream from the door.

Rose ran to Scorpius' bedside and crumpled into her brother's arms. The tears flowed whilst Draco levitated the stretcher out of the room, and eventually her tears turned into anger. Who had done this to him?

Hugo carried Rose after the stretcher in search of the Potter children, who would help in consoling Rosie. But help found him much sooner in the form of Leo, who ran to his side.

"Hugo, I've just seen Scorp. What the hell happened?"

"Girl called Melody Partridge threw a curse at him and it's opened the wound on his head as well as creating a few more" Hugo explained in a hushed voice. "Unfortunately, Rose followed me up when I went to help Draco, so she's in a bit of a shock at the moment."

"Come here, Rosie" Leo said, taking the sobbing girl into his arms, "We'll go and find Dipsey, yeah, and get you some hot chocolate to warm you up a bit. Hugo, you wanna come too? You don't look the best either."

After a mug of hot chocolate, Rose fell asleep in Leo's lap.

"Poor girl, she shouldn't have had to see him hurt again" Leo said to Hugo.

"I know. How long do you reckon it'll take to heal?"

"Well it took a few days last time, but that was only one gash"

"He's got a massive one up his leg as well now"

"In which case we're looking at about a week for that one. Plus a re-opened wound will take a bit longer. We're looking at about 2 weeks in Mungo's"

"Ah crap"

"What?"

"Rose. She re-ages in just under 2 weeks. How the hell are we gonna explain it to her?"

Draco sat by his son's bedside and stared down at his son. How had the Partridge girl even gotten into the ball? And what were her motives behind hurting Scorpius? His thoughts diminished to nothing as the door opened, revealing Healer Bones, who walked up to Draco.

"He's in a stable condition, but considering this is a reopened wound plus a new wound, he's gonna be comatose for 10 days. He then has to stay inside Mungo's for at least another day so that we can run tests."

"Is there no way that the process can be shortened?"

"I'm afraid not. This is the only way his body can heal properly. I will keep you updated, Mr Malfoy, but for now, I think you should get some rest yourself."

Everyone but the Weasleys and Potters had left the Manor after Draco's Patronus had flown through the door, cancelling the ball due to Scorpius' condition. Harry and Ron had quickly got people home, then went to investigate Scorpius' bedroom to look for evidence. They took Melody's stunned form to the Ministry for questioning, leaving the Potter and Weasley children to look after Rose until they heard anything more from Draco.

"He'll be alright, Rosie" Lily said, hugging Rose. "He always is. He's been in so many accidents and he always pulls through"

"But what if he doesn't?"

"Don't say that, Rosie. Scorp will be fine, you'll see"

Scorpius' head hurt. As in, it really hurt. He tried to open his eyes, but the effort increased the pain. He had just woken from a strange dream. He was in the hospital wing, and for some reason, 17-year-old Rose Weasley was sat by his bedside, holding his hand and talking to him. She stroked little circles onto his palm whilst she spoke, and was looking down at him. She seemed to be crying, but he didn't know why.

But now, the dream was gone, and he couldn't be bothered to open his eyes. He just wanted to go back to sleep so he could go back to his dream to figure it all out.

Then he heard her voice.

"Scorp?"

It was a near whisper, and he was worried he'd imagined it at first.

"Scorp? Scorpius, can you hear me?" She said it louder this time, and with more urgency. He felt someone squeeze his hand. But hang on, was this all still a dream?

There was only one way to find out. Scorpius opened his eyes.

His vision, although blurred at first, slowly cleared. He slowly began to make out that he was in a bed, but was not in the Hospital Wing as he had thought, but was in a St Mungo's ward. He seemed to be the only one in there. His vision cleared more to reveal that a girl was sat on a chair next to him, his hand clutched in her own. A tear slipped from her eye as grey clashed with ocean-blue.

"Scorpius, say something…"

"Where am I, why are you 17 and not 5, why am I here and what day is it?"

"Thank merlin, you are actually awake this time! I've been worried sick!"

"Rose, can you just answer my questions please? I'm so confused"

"You're in Mungos, you got attacked at the New Years' Eve Ball and it's January the 14th…" she said, waiting for the clogs to tick over.

"I've been unconscious for 2 weeks?"

"Yeah. You missed me taking the re-aging potion. It was absolutely foul!" she laughed.

"You can remember it?"

"Oh yeah, I can remember everything from that very first night in September. Scorpius, don't freak, but we do need to talk"

"Ok, well…"

"Not now. You need some rest. That bitch reopened the scar on your head as well as creating a new one. The Healer said that if you woke up today, we can go back to school on Saturday. It's Wednesday today, so that gives us a few days to talk and sort a few things, alright?"

"Ok…" Scorpius started to say, but stopped midsentence as Rose swooped down a hugged her arms around him.

"I'm so glad you're awake" he heard from against his chest. He looked down and saw that Rose was crying. "I…it was hell, those last few days without you. No one would tell me what was happening or how long you'd be out for and I wasn't allowed to see you at all. I was so scared that…" She was crying.

"That what?"

"That you'd leave me. Forever. And you'd promised you'd never leave me"

"I never would have left you, Rose"

"But what if you had? I didn't know how you were doing! The first time I got to see you was Sunday! The potion took up the whole of Saturday, and I was only cleared to see you then next morning!"

"Rose, how much sleep have you had?" Scorpius asked, noticing the bags under her eyes.

"I haven't. I've been here for three days and haven't slept a wink, I was so worried about you that I just couldn't sleep. I sat up and talked to you instead. There was one time yesterday when you opened your eyes, but when you looked at me they were unfocused and you soon drifted back off to sleep. That's why I asked you to say something, so I could tell if you were really awake or if it was just your eyes."

"I think I'm awake, but I'd quite like some more sleep, and I think you would like some too. I know it's probably not allowed, but seeing as it's the middle of the night and we're the only ones here, come here and get some sleep" he smiled weakly, patting the bed beside him.

Rose hesitated, but after seeing the look in Scorpius' eye, she crawled onto the bed beside him. He pulled back the covers and let her wriggle in beside him. He felt her arm drape across his chest and her hand link with his. And then he let sleep engulf him, a smile forming on his face.

A/N: Hi y'all! I know that this was a very quick update, but i must say now that in cannot promise for the next chapter to be delivered so quickly! Thanks again for reviews and hope you are all enjoying CHG so far! This story is nearing it's end now (i think) but don;t get too sad, i may do a sequel yet! Keep up the good reading skills and reviews and you shall (eventually) be rewarded! -Rxx