The next morning at breakfast, Rose was exhausted. She'd barely gotten two hours of sleep last night. She was trying to focus on eating eggs even though she had no appetite, when Lysander sat next to her. "Hey Rosie, how bad was detention?" Rose gasped and choked on her eggs. "That bad, huh?" She'd completely forgotten about him, about even having a boyfriend. But he was still staring at her and then it occurred to her that he was waiting for an answer, so she gave a weak little nod.
"Rose, what the hell? I got nothing but crap all night last night because you told Malfoy that you were going to beat him up if he bothers me!"
"Al, not now," Rose said through gritted teeth. She glanced over at Malfoy who smirked and winked at her. She shuttered and turned back to her cousin.
"Rose, I don't need you fighting my battles for me! I can take care of myself!"
"Fine Al, I'm sorry! Whatever!"
"You don't sound very fucking sincere about it."
"I'm not in the mood, Albus!" She exclaimed, stood up and stalked out of the Great Hall. As she left, she could feel a pair of gray eyes on hers.
"Hey! Weasley! Wait up, Ginger!" Scorpius Malfoy called behind her. She sped up her pace, but so did he, and he had longer legs. In no time he was grabbing her shoulder and spinning her around. "We should talk."
"I have nothing to say to you."
"Oh, are you sure?" He waggled her eyebrows a bit and she rolled her eyes.
"Yes. Now, if you don't mind, I've got classes to go to," She said, shaking his hand off of her.
"But-"
She spun around and faced him. "But nothing! I've got a boyfriend, Malfoy. And you've shagged just about the entire school. Can we just leave it at that? I mean, I've got to admit, last night was…fun, but it's never going to happen again, got it?"
He looked from side to side, and then closed the distance between them, cupped her cheeks firmly and engulfed her in a passionate kiss. "Nope, don't got it," he said once he pulled away.
"What the hell are you playing at? This is a public corridor! Anyone could have passed by!"
"Whatever Weasley," he shrugged. "I'll see you later." And with a wink, he left.
She stayed in place, her legs shaking, until she heard footsteps down the hall. Lysander appeared around the corner a minute later.
"What are you still doing here, Rosie?" Lysander asked. He took her hand and together the two of them walked to Gryffindor Tower, Rose being in a complete daze.