SORRY ABOUT THE DELAY.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything that J.K came up with.
In the weeks that followed that – that night I avoided Scorpius Malfoy like the plague, well as best as I could, because he followed me like a lost puppy. I stopped going to patrols, something the old Rose Weasley would have thought impossible, but now it seemed I was doomed to avoid anything Malfoy related, even if it meant dying in a cold dark cave somewhere in Norway.
My friends didn't really notice, I always avoided Malfoy, and going to the library instead of patrol ensured I didn't have to face the Spanish inquisition about why I wasn't going to it – something that was bound to happen if they found out.
Unfortunately, my dearest cousin Victoire, being head girl and all, made it her duty to notice, I was taking the long route back to the common room after dinner when she cornered me.
"Rose" she looked at me seriously.
"Uh huh" I squeaked, knowing what was coming but hoping against it all the same.
"You haven't been turning up for patrols and because you are my cousin I gave you some extra time to show up but this is beyond excusable, if you don't turn up tonight then I will have to remove you from your position as prefect, understand?"
"Yes" I muttered miserably, now I was going to have to face him, after all the time I spent avoiding him.
"Great!" Victoire was all smiles and happiness as she walked off, oblivious to the fact she had just ruined my life once again.
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I dragged my feet as I walked down the hall in silence; he was behind me.
"Rose" he sighed and I turned round.
"Malfoy" I acknowledged him.
"No" he sighed again "it's Scorpius"
"Well I'm still rooting for Malfoy" I snapped.
"Fine" he snapped back.
I started walking again, not thinking about the thing he was going to force me into talking about.
"Rose?" his voice was hesitant, but I kept walking.
"Rose!" he called "please!"
"Since when did the almighty Scorpius use manners?" I spun round.
"I see the Malfoy flags have disappeared" he said sarcastically.
"Yeah, um, well" I hadn't realised that I had called him by his first name, he smirked, "what do you want?" I said bluntly.
"Yeah" he was suddenly uncomfortable, 'uh, listen I want to talk about the other night…'
'Oh.' I turned a bright scarlet, 'Malfoy I don't want to-'
'Well you're gonna have to 'cause otherwise you're gonna lose your prefect badge, and I know you well enough to know that it is way to precious to you.' He snapped.
'All right then.' I sighed and lent against the wall in defeat, 'Fire away.'
He stood awkwardly in front of me, 'I kinda need to tell you something, that, well, if I don't, I'll never be able too.'
'And that is…?'
'I kinda really like you.' He blurted out all in one go.
I felt the blush leave my cheeks as I turned as white as a ghost.
'Here's the place you say something.' He said after a few minutes.
'I'm gonna have to think about this.' I mumbled.
He nodded, expecting that answer, 'You can go, I'll cover for you.'
I nodded as a silent thanks and left, leaving him in the corridor to finish the patrol all on his own.
Not that I felt bad or anything.
Not at all.
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We set up a routine, I went to patrol one night, Scorpius the next, he made sure that I never had to be with him, probably because he didn't want to pressure me into saying yes.
Not that I was going to.
Not at all.
It was all going well until Victoria seemed to work out what was going on, and she cornered Scorpius and me and screamed at us to sort it out, so we had no way of escaping it, we were going to have to patrol together.
Oh sweet Merlin.
The end of the world was here.
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Actually it wasn't that bad. We didn't talk. At all. It wasn't bad at all, he didn't say a word, nor did I, not a word about the whole incident, nor about what he said.
Not that I minded.
I didn't.
Before I knew it, the Christmas holidays had arrived and I was home, with a Burrow packed full of Weasly's and Potters, no-one who would snog me without warning and then confess their feelings for me.
It was gonna be heaven.
It really was.
I didn't like it.
I didn't.
I am SO sorry about the delay! I had a complete block on what to write but it's all sorted, I should be able to update soon!
R&R please.