In the previous chapter…

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.

Scorpius woke up to the familiar feeling of someone else sharing his bed. Instinctively, he begun to run his hands gently through the red waves he was so used to stroking in the morning. What was different this time was the soft moan that followed.

"Rose? Are you awake?" Scorpius asked, stopping his hand and opening his eyes to look down on the girl draped over him.

"Yeah, I'm getting there. You know I'm not very good at waking up. Why'd you stop?"

"I can carry on if you want"

"Please. It felt really nice" Rose laughed softly. Scorpius resumed stroking her hair, which was a lot longer and thicker now compared with when Rose was 5. Which reminded him...

"Rose, you said last night we need to talk about everything"

"Mmhmm, but can we get up first? Now I know you're alright I think I can bear to leave you for 20 minutes so I can shower and change my clothes. And a shower wouldn't hurt you either" she giggled.

"Yes Miss Weasley, I think Mr Malfoy would benefit from a shower. And considering that you are both awake and well rested, I think that it is time that you both ate something" came the voice of McGonagall from the door. Both students turned to face her. "Rose, now that Scorpius is definitely awake, I think it would be wise for you to return to school this evening to update the pupils at dinner. You may return here if you wish, seeing as Scorpius must stay here for a few more days and I am sure that you have lots to discuss."

"Yes, Professor. Scorp, I'll run down and grab us something to eat. What would you like?"

"Just a small bit of toast will be alright for me, thanks."

"Okay. I'll be right back" she said, hugging him then getting out of the bed and walking out of the door.

"So how are you feeling, my boy, now that Rose isn't here to hear the worst of it?" McGonagall asked, walking up to him and settling herself in the chair by his bed.

"Well, my head hurts and my leg hurts and I can't remember why I'm here, but Rose said something about me being attacked at the ball"

"That is true. You will probably recognise the name Melody Partridge. She entered the Manor and ambushed you whilst you were waiting for Rose to arrive. She apparated you to your bedroom and attacked you with a curse when your dad found you screaming in pain from the first of the two curses to create the wounds. You were transported here to Mungo's and since then have been unconscious."

"Well, that was definitely not the party I promised Rose then" Scorpius joked.

"No. I will tell you now, her family and your friends ha a very hard time with her for the remainder of her time as a small child. Her parents thought it best that she was not allowed to see you whilst you were still injured as they didn't want her further traumatised."

"Rose said she couldn't see me. She said she hasn't left my side in 3 days, so has she not technically been back to school?"

"No. Rose refused to come back. She said that at this time, you were more of a priority, and that the two of you would make up on lost school time together when you returned. The school has not seen her since she re-aged, so I think that a reappearance at school will be good for everyone. Plus I think that it would be fitting for her to announce your recovery"

"She really said I was a priority?"

"Yes. Now, as Rose said, eat, shower, and then talk. I am going to talk to your Healer about getting you transferred to the hospital wing now that you are awake"

"That would be great, Professor. Thanks for letting her out of school to stay with me, it was nice waking up to hearing her voice."

"I couldn't have forced her back into Hogwarts if I had tried" McGonagall smiled. "I shall leave you now to go and find that Healer. I shall hopefully speak to you again very soon, Scorpius"

"Thanks, Professor" Scorpius said as the Headmistress walked out of the ward, leaving him to his thoughts.

15 minutes later, Rose walked back in carrying a tray of toast, pumpkin juice and a few croissants. "I just walked into McGonagall and she said that you can be transferred to the hospital wing tomorrow if you feel up to it. She said that even if you're on school turf, I don't have to go back into lessons until you do."

"That's great, we can go back to school! But can we talk everything over now?"

"Ok, well I wanted to apologise for you having to put up with me being half your height and also being completely impossible to work around and putting your NEWTs at risk because you spent so much time playing with me" Rosie laughed as she buttered a piece of toast.

"It's fine, it was fun having you around, I had an excuse to act like a child" Scorpius joked as Rose handed him the toast.

"I want to thank you for letting me share your bed as well. Not many people would do that"

"It was that or have you wake me up at 3am screaming" Scorpius said offhandedly.

"Well, I wanted to talk about that as well…I didn't have any nightmares last night. And that's the first time I haven't besides the other nights I spent with you, and well…as awkward as this is asking…"

"You're welcome in my bed any time" Scorpius winked as she blushed.

"I don't think there's much else for us to talk about really then"

"Why? I had loads of things I need to apologise for"

"No you don't! You had a small girl thrown into your care for 5 months and ended up treating her as if I was your own child! Why would you need to apologise?"

"I just…I don't know, I guess I feel I should apologise for having me as your carer when you could have done a lot better with your family or someone else"

"I wouldn't have picked anyone else, Scorp, you were perfect for me. You still are"

"Rose, what do you smell in your amortentia? As a 17-year-old, I mean"

"Well, it's not much different. Chocolate, new books and something else that I could never figure out"

"Still not figured it out?"

"Oh, I figured it the second I smelled it at 5 years old; it's you, and always has been. I guess I've just always loved you, but never known it" she ducked her head to try and hide the ferocious blush creeping up her face.

"Can you remember what I said I could smell?"

"New books, soup and something you couldn't figure as well"

"That something's your perfume. I could smell it lingering on you when you slept next to me last night. I think I love you, Rose Weasley"

"Well, that's lucky isn't it, because I'm absolutely certain I love you too" she smiled, before leaning down to kiss his cheek.

"Call that a kiss?" Scorpius smirked, before gently pulling her lips to his.

A/N: Awwwwwwwh this has been so long coming, but A KISS! Thank you so much to everyone who has reviewed, they really make this story worth writing! Keep reviewing! - Rxx