My Red Rose

by beccasophX

'Forbidden Love'. Scorpius never thought he could fall in love properly. He was a Malfoy, after all. But then Rose comes along. Could it be Scorpius has finally found his match?

6. Chapter 6

Could this be better?

You write me letters

So you see me everyday

You tend to treat me like

My name is up in lights

It really blows me away

-This Is Really Happening; Taylor Swift

CHAPTER 6

ROSE WEASLEY

Neither Dom nor Albus are speaking to me. James was telling me that Dominique's always crying now. I noticed when she walked in the dorm room that her eyes were puffy.

Attention-seeking bitch.

Looking at her made my face burn with anger, my jaw was clenched. I sat upright; my arms crossed tightly, determinedly looking everywhere but at Dominique. I could see her staring at me out of the corner of my eye. I turned my head sharply and my eyes locked with hers. She glared at me, her face stony.

"Oh, if looks could kill." I said, sarcastically. She burst into tears, Fate running to her side. I would've happily killed both of them before Dominique could let out another overly-done snivel. I knew I had to get out of the room before I punched one of them – as appealing as it sounded – so I threw the covers off me and walked out the room. "Fuck you." I said, just loud enough for her to hear me, while slamming the door behind me.

I don't even know where I was going, I was just walking. I was seething. How dare she? How fucking dare she? I didn't even do anything! I didn't do anything to her either! Even James knows that, and he wasn't even there! I could feel my eyes well up, so I shut them tightly, willing the tears to disappear. That's when I fell. I tripped over something – it felt like a leg – and I couldn't stop myself from falling. But something caught me. Someone caught me. I felt strong hands pull me up and I realised my eyes were still shut. I opened them and saw the familiar white blonde hair. Scorpius.

"Rose, we have to stop meeting like this." He grinned. I blushed, but I quickly regained my composure.

"I thought you were always up for seeing a girl after-hours?" I grinned back. My mind tuned in to something warm on my shoulder, and I realised his hand was still there. He realised it too and released me, his cheeks going slightly pink.

"Ah but I wouldn't want to corrupt pretty little Rose Weasley." He winked at me, recalling what he'd said last time we'd met. He stared at me for a moment, his eyes raking my face. "Rose, have you been crying?" He looked concerned.

"No, I…" I trailed off at the sight of his face; his eyebrow was raised and his expression told me he wasn't buying it. I looked into his pale grey eyes, they were full of concern, full of worry, and slowly I nodded. My lip started to quiver and before I knew it I was crying. Full on crying. I barely noticed my knees giving way, and I sank to the floor. He kneeled beside me and looked at me as if to say "what happened?" I told him everything, and he listened. When I'd finished, I'd realised I couldn't stop. I just cried, heavier and heavier, and he held me to his chest. I could feel his heartbeat pounding in my ear.

Thump thump. Thump thump.

Or was that mine? I'd suddenly felt my heart race, and I had a funny twisted feeling in my stomach. I shook it off and I managed to regain my self-control. I dried my eyes and I stood up. He stood up with me, not fully letting go of me.

"Can I go hit her?" He said, only half a smirk playing on his lips, telling me he was partly serious. I laughed and shook my head, although I would've liked nothing better than for him to punch her. "Okay fine, but listen Rose, if anything else happens, or if you need anyone to talk to, you can talk to me you know. I know you probably don't want to, but if you ever need anyone not related you to talk to, I'm here, okay?" I nodded but I was caught completely off guard. I wasn't expecting that. This wasn't like the Scorpius Malfoy I knew – although I guess I didn't really know him. He was right though, I only really hung out with people related to me – which, now that I thought about it, was a bit depressing really.

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I woke up in the morning with a smile on my face; a certain blonde Slytherin had sneaked into my dreams. My smile vanished when I saw who was standing at the foot of my bed.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" She shouted at me. I wasn't used to being yelled at just as I woke up; I was very tempted just to throw the covers over my head and ignore her. I didn't though. I sat up in bed and sighed.

"What did I do now?" I said calmly, noticing the bored tone in my voice.

"You're being such a bitch! You know I have stuff going on! Doesn't that mean anything to you?" She yelled at me.

"No." I said simply, her angry expression being replaced by a look of shock.

"What?" She screamed.

"I said no. You don't have stuff going on, your sister is getting married to someone you used to have a crush on. Big fucking deal. And I'm the one being a bitch? All I did was talk to Scorpius, and you started to ignore me! What the fuck?" I'd finally snapped. It was at this point I noticed Fate Brown sat up in her bed, not even trying to hide that she was eavesdropping on our argument. Her eyes widened when I spoke about Scorpius, evidently pissed that I'd spoken to him when he was 'hers'.

"You didn't tell me!"

"So? I spoke to him last night as well! There, I told you, are you fucking happy now?" I yelled, noticing Fate's angry expression and resisting the urge to laugh. I'd gotten up now, and I stormed angrily towards the door. Before I could open it, I felt Dominique's nails break my skin. That was it. I grabbed her hand and bent it backwards. I released her and she looked at me with pure fury in her eyes. I saw her fist come towards me and I felt a smash on my eye. Ignoring the pain, I turned at walked out of the dorm, into the common room, and out into the corridor. I didn't know where I was going, but I knew I'd started to run. I turned corners and I dodged Peeves. Everyone was down at breakfast, so I had no danger of running into anyone. I ran and ran until I saw where I was going. I hadn't realised where my feet were taking me. I had run to the library. I hadn't even noticed. I ran in, and I ran straight to my favourite chair, and I sat and cried. I held my knees to my chest and I rocked in my chair, crying and crying until breakfast was over. I had DADA now. With Dominique. I realised when I got up that I was still in my pyjamas.

"Shit." I swore, fumbling around for my wand. I'd grabbed it when Dominique woke me up. I scolded myself for not cursing her there and then. My hands found my wand and I pointed it at myself, whispering a spell. I looked down and I saw I was dressed in my uniform. In my head I thanked my mother for teaching me that spell. I pulled out the mirror that I kept stowed away in my robes and looked at my eye.

Great. That bitch gave me a fucking black eye.

I groaned. I looked at my watch and realised I only had five minutes to get to DADA. I scurried out of the library and I dashed to the classroom. I made it with a minute to spare, which I was quite proud of. As I approached the classroom where everyone was standing, some people turned to stare at me.

"Oh my god, look at that!"

"What happened?"

"Who did it?"

I caught snatches of people's conversations as they looked at me and then turned back to their friends to discuss what they thought had happened. I looked around for Albus. He was leaning against the wall coolly, but I could practically see the conflict in his head. On the one hand, he was angry at me and was giving me the silent treatment, but on the other hand I was his cousin and his best friend. I think he was just about to walk up to me when Dominique walked up to him and immediately started whispering to him, throwing the occasional dark glance at me. I knew she was telling him her version of what happened; probably saying that Scorpius and I were eloping or something…

My jaw clenched and I willed myself not to lose control, because I knew that I would punch her back if I lost my self-restraint. I turned my back to them, and pretended I was interested in the notices on the wall.

"Jesus Christ, Weasley, what happened to you?" I heard from behind me. I noted the mixture of laughter and concern in Scorpius' voice, and turned to face him.

"Oh, just my dear old cousin decided to give me a black eye. The usual." I said, grinning. He laughed, and I noticed how lovely his laugh was.

"Now can I hit her?" He smirked, the half-seriousness there again. I glanced at Dominique, who was still whispering furiously to Albus, whose eyes were getting narrower with every sentence she spoke.

"I'll get back to you on that one." I laughed, and I realised that this was the first time we'd spoken to each other in public. I risked a look at Fate and, as I thought, she was glowering at me so much it wouldn't have surprised me if she was never able to open her eyes properly again. Scorpius followed my gaze and laughed.

"I told her I didn't like her a few weeks ago. She still follows me around though. I guess my sexiness is just a burden I'll have to bear…" He mock sighed, and I hit him playfully. It took me a moment to realise that we were acting like… friends. I looked at him and I could tell he thought the same thing.

"So, Rose Weasley, are we friends now?" I looked into his pale grey eyes and he looked into my brown ones, and I nodded.

"Yes, Scorpius Malfoy, friends." He held out his hand and I shook it, both of us laughing.

When we were called into class we walked in together, still laughing, and I noticed Adrian Zabini throw us a knowing look and I got the feeling he could see right through me. That he knew that I liked Scorpius. And he probably did. But now that he'd said 'friends' I know that I don't want to be friends with him. I really like him and it's taken six years to realise it. That burning of emotions I felt in the Three Broomsticks, I felt all that for a reason and looking at him I knew what the reason was. He was beautiful, and he was funny, and he was nice to me. He wasn't overbearing like Lysander Scamander was, and he seemed like he would look out for me. I knew I liked him, but I also knew he wouldn't feel the same way. He's Scorpius Malfoy. He could get any girl in school, so why would he go for boring old Rose Weasley?

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SCORPIUS MALFOY

I like Rose. Goddamn it! What the fuck is wrong with me? I'm a Malfoy, I'm not meant to feel stuff! But I look at her and I just want to protect her. I want to protect her from anyone who might hurt her, I want to run my fingers through her strawberry-scented hair, I want to feel her soft pink lips on mine… I want her. I really do.

We've been hanging out a lot for the past few weeks, as none of her cousins are really talking to her. We walked around the grounds a lot now. It'd snowed, and Rose told me how much she loved the snow. I thought it was amazing how she still looked beautiful when she was all snuggled up in her hoodie, hat, gloves and scarf. It made me laugh how people reacted when they saw us together, especially when I was wearing my Slytherin scarf and she was wearing her Gryffindor one. Adrian had told me that we'd become the gossip of the school now. It surprised me how little I cared. He'd said that and I decided I'll tell him that I liked her. I mean, he knew anyway and he wouldn't hide anything from me, would he?

"I think I like her." I'd said, sitting up straight on my bed. He glanced up at me and grinned.

"Yeah I know, but it's good to hear you admit it." He smiled. "So what are going to do?"

"What do you mean?" My brow furrowed.

"Are you going to ask her out or are you going to just be 'friends' with her which will slowly drive you to suicide and I tell you now, I am not going to be the one scraping Scorpius off the Astronomy tower." He raised his eyebrows at me, and I couldn't help but laugh.

"She doesn't like me like that. Plus her cousins would freak."

"Since when do you care what the Potter-Weasley clan thinks?" He blushed slightly when he said 'Potter' but it faded quickly so I ignored it. "And wake up, Scorp, she loves you. You can see it when she looks at you, she goes all gooey. And so do you. It's sickeningly cute to watch you." He grimaced jokingly. I laughed and threw a magazine at him and it soon turned into a 'throw anything you can' fight.

Rose and I sat on a wooden fence, and I noticed her shivering even with her many layers. She wasn't wearing her hoodie, but just a thick sweater. It pained me to see her suffer, even if it was just cold. I took of my hoodie, revealing my short-sleeved black t-shirt, and I gave it to her. She looked at me like I was insane.

"Are you insane? You'll freeze!" She cried, half laughing.

"I'm fine, but look at you, you're already freezing. But it's not that cold." I said, trying to ignore the fact that I was now frozen. She laughed at me in disbelief. "I'm fine, look!" I jumped off the fence and made a snow angel, making my arms like icicles but I didn't care. She smiled. I was making her smile and that was all that mattered. She jumped off too and made her own snow angel. I helped her up and we admired our imprints. I grabbed my wand and engraved 'Rose' under her angel and 'Scorpius' under mine. She looked up at me and smiled. I had the sudden urge to kiss her, but I thought better of it. Instead I rested my fingers gently on her eye. It had healed a lot, it was just a bit purple in places now, but she still winced.

"Sorry." I mumbled. "Does it still hurt?"

"Not as much, but still a hell of a lot." She tried to laugh it off but I knew that this was killing her. Not the black eye, but that it was her cousin who gave it to her. I made a mental note to kill Dominique and then I started walking her back to the castle.

She was still shivering, so I wrapped my arm around her and held her close to me. I loved how her body fit so well into mine, how her head fit perfectly into my shoulder. It was like I was a jigsaw puzzle and she completed me.

I can't believe you just thought that. How corny are you?

I smiled to myself, thinking that, corny as it was, it was true. I looked down at Rose, and she looked up at me, and I realised that I loved her.

I love her.

"What? You're looking at me funny." She said, looking confused. My eyes drifted from her eyes to her lips. She was still looking puzzled. I smiled and leaned down and I kissed her gently on the lips. Just a small kiss, but enough to make her look shocked. Then she smiled, and kissed me back. I responded back with more force, and I ran my fingers through her beautiful red hair. We broke apart, our faces still touching, and my one hand caressed her face, the other on the small of her back.

"I've wanted to do that for a while." I breathed.

"Next time, don't wait." She breathed back, her face glowing. I smiled and gave her another quick kiss. I wrapped my arm around her shoulders and we started walking back to the castle again, with a smile etched on both of our faces. When we separated to go to our common rooms, I gave her another quick kiss and I bade her goodnight.

"Ooh aren't you all smiley?" Was the first thing I heard when I walked into my dorm. Adrian had his signature 'raised eyebrow' look on his face. "So did you tell her you like her or am I stuck scraping Scorpius off the Astronomy tower?"

"I kissed her." I said, still smiling, getting undressed.

"Ooh big step up for Scorpius, and for me. Now I don't have to start learning how to scrape…" I threw a pillow at him. "No but seriously Scorp, I'm happy for you. But I'm about to steal your thunder." He grinned.

"Who did you fuck?" I sighed, and he wore a look of mock offence.

"No one!" I raised my eyebrow at him. "No seriously, no one. But I did make out with Little Potter."

"What?"

"Told you I'd steal your thunder."

"When?"

"Few weeks ago, and we've been meeting up since then."

"How did I not know this?"

"Because you've been busy with Weasley. Or do I have to call her Rose seeing as we're practically cousins now?" He grinned in pretend thought.

"You like her then?"

"She's cute. But I don't know whether I like her properly or not, some people aren't as lucky as you Scorp." He winked, and I laughed.

"Hold on, isn't she a fourth year?"

"Yeah."

"So isn't that a bit young for you?"

"Only two years."

"Actually, yeah, it is you. You'd get with a three year old if it had the right body." I laughed. "And now I'm getting that image and it's very disturbing…" Adrian nodded in agreement and we both shuddered.

"No, I do like her, but I don't think I 'love' her or whatever. I mean, I've only been sort of seeing her for like a few weeks."

"Fair enough. I'm shattered mate."

"Me too."

"Night."

"Night cuz!" He practically yelled, accidentally falling out of his bed, which made me almost fall out of my bed laughing.

"Night cuz." I grinned, still laughing a little bit.

Today was good. I thought as I turned over and shut my eyes. We should have today again.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

i can't believe this. That was seven pages on word and it still looks like nothing. Grrrrr...
my finger's gone weird just from writing all this aswell. awkward.

i know it probably seems like i'm rushing things as we're only six chapters in, but this took place about a month after the events of chapter 5, and a few weeks after the events of the Rose POV of this chapter. But i thought it was cute, and i loved the Adrian 'night cuz' thing, i just couldn't help myself, haha.

well i know i won't post another chapter before new year so happy new year! chapter 7 will be up sometime after the 2nd, but maybe not too soon because i go back to school on the 4th or something (yaaay...) and i'll be busy revising and crap, got my chemistry exam on the 18th and i haven't even picked up my revision guide. i'm so going to fail.

so yea, happy new year, i hope you like this chapter,

thanks

beccasophX