Rose walked into her house immediately feeling at home. She took her things up to her room and then came across a package in her backpack. It was the present from Scorpius! She ripped off the tag and opened it reading,

Rose,

Here is your Christmas present but knowing you your going to open this the second you can.

I really hope you like it, I thought of you when I saw it. Know that I do care about you and I do believe things will work out. You can tell them, use that Gryffindor courage! I hope to hear from you.

Love,

Scorpius

Rose grinned madly as she stuffed the note into her muggle jeans pocket. She unwrapped the small package revealing a small red and green mixed stone pendant. Rose took a spare silver chain from her jewelry box and attached it to the pendant. She then stood in front of her mirror and put on the necklace admiring the way the sun caught the pendant making the colors even more stunning.

She turned to her bedroom door as she saw her mother walk in after shutting the door behind her.

"Oh Rose, that's lovely," Hermione whispered as she sat on her daughter's bed.

Rose smiled and turned to her mother, her hand placed over the pendant.

"It was an early Christmas gift," Rose replied

Hermione looked at her daughter with a knowing smile saying, "Who gave it to you?"

Rose held her breath without even noticing. Should she tell her mother now? Was it too soon?

"Easier that telling dad first." Her mind argued with her

"What if mum hated me for it?"

"Just get it over with!"

"Rose?" he mother asked again stealing Rose from her argument.

"Well, actually there's something, well, rather someone I wanted to talk to you about."

"A boy I'm guessing? Well go on then, what's his name?" Hermione asked excitedly

Rose took a deep breath before replying, "His name is Sc-"

"HERMIONE!!!!!" Ron's voice interrupted in an angry raise.

Rose smirked as she watched her mother looked at her apologetically before walking out the bedroom door mumbling something like, "Stupid Ronald…".

" I was so close!" Rose thought as she fell on to her bed frustrated.

"I wonder if Scorpius has told his father yet…."

Scorpius lay on his bed staring at the ceiling. It felt wonderful to be home. Seeing his mum and Bella again put a smile to his face. His thoughts then drifted off to Rose. He wondered if she had yet told her family about them. He looked over at his cock and saw it was exactly seven o'clock. With a sigh he got up and went down stair to dinner.

Dinner at the Malfoys was very nice indeed. They always had the best food served by waiters at a beautiful table. Draco sat at the head of the table with his wife on his right side. Bella sat on the left and Scorpius at the other end of the table. Dinner started in silence but that was interrupted when Scorpius mother asked how school was going.

"Fine really," Scorpius had replied.

"You beat that Weasley girl on tests?" Draco asked his son with a playful smirk on his lips.

"Actually we get around the same grades, but she occasionally beats me. She's a very smart witch."

Draco's smirk fell a little as he added, "Well it is bloody Granger's kid after all."

Scorpius decided now was a time better than any to talk about his father's past with Rose's parents.

"What's wrong with Rose's mum father?"

Draco watched his son curiously.

"She's bloody Hermione Granger and she's married to that dim witted Ronald Weasley that's what's wrong."

Scorpius's mum looked at the two and gently put a hand on top of Draco's before adding to Scorpius, " Nothing is wrong with the Weasleys dear, your father was a just never really good friend with them."

Scorpius watched as his father snorted before turning his attention back to his son.

"I don't like them, they don't like me, that's the end of it. Now lets drop it."

Scorpius watched his father bring his fork to his mouth and stated very clearly, "Actually, no I can't drop it."

Draco pulled the fork from his mouth with a very amused look on his face, " Why ever not Scorpius?"

Scorpius looked his father in the eyes showing no trace of fear before replying, " I'm dating Rose Weasley."

Draco's fork dropped to the table with a loud clang. Scorpius then realized that he was scared. It was not because his mother gasped in horror, or that the room was filled with a deathly silence. It was because he could not identify the emotion sketched upon his father's very pale face.