A/N: I'm back to this too now I know it's been a while, but the RPG this started out as went really, really, really slow for a while, but now it's back on top and I have to write a lot to catch up. Which means more for you guys to read!

This is another chapter with only small amounts of Rose/Scorpius action, but I promise, it'll come in a chapter or two ;)

"But at least you have friends," Scorpius said slowly. He was really lonely, sure, he had Patches. And f course he had the paintings and the ghosts to talk to also, but it wasn't all the same. "And if she only tells your secrets, you shouldn't tell them to her," he told her wisely.

"I know," Dominique told him in a low voice. "I haven't told her any since I found out who told the whole school about my fear of flying. I don't actually talk much with her anymore." She suddenly found a loose thread in her sweater, not wanting to look Scorpius in the eyes. "Is it lonely? Having no one to talk to?"

"A bit, but you know. I have Patches, and I have my cousin Teddy too. But you probably knew that, since he's almost more a part of your family than he is mine."

"Yeah, I saw him not too long ago, at a family gathering at the Burrow, where my grandparents live," she told him with a small smile. Remembering the last time, she couldn't get the thought of Fred giving James a canary cream out of her head.

"You know, my dad really changed after the war. He moved me and my mum to the muggle world. I never knew I was magical until I turned 11. Even though I met Teddy, I never knew. He always managed to control his hair whenever he was around me. When I started school someone broke my leg, my first day." Scorpius suddenly stopped, having realised he had just told her his life story. "I'm not going to bother you anymore," he told her in a shy voice.

"No, please go on. If you let me rant about my lousy friends, I'll let you talk about your life and family," she told him with a consoling smile. It did feel kind of nice to her, having someone to talk to. She had walked in on Scorpius in a coincident, and now they were talking like they had known each other for ages.

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(Skipping a few hours ahead)

Scorpius looked out of the window in the train compartment. In the distance he could just barely spot the spires and towers of Hogwarts. He let out a low sight. He wasn't sure why Dominique was still talking to her. He was sure she wouldn't talk to him again after this, she hadn't before, so why would she begin now? Maybe this was all just a bet.

"Are we friends?" he suddenly asked her. It had slipped out before he could stop it.

"I think we are. At least I'd like us to be."Dominique smiled at Scorpius. She saw no reason for not being his friend, he was nice and easy to talk to, and no one should be judged because of their parents. She too looked out the window and saw the castle.

Scorpius smiled at her, it wasn't too often he did that at all. "So, what will your family say now?"

"Well, my uncle and aunts I don't really know about. Or, uncle Ron will probably flip if he got to know. My cousins, they'll probably take it nice. James is probably the one who'll be worst. But I think Rose and Roxanne will understand, probably." Dominique looked out the window. "I bet you Rose would make friends with you too, only to hack of her father, she loves doing that."

At the mention of Rose Scorpius instantly blushed.

"But I better be off changing soon." Dominique got up from her seat and looked back. "I'll see you at the dinner, save me a seat next to you." She gave him a smile before she left the compartment and went to change into her robes.

A/N: I know this is shorter than the last chapter, but it's a lot of important stuff that will be crucial to the story onwards. I know it may be a lot to take in at once, but I'll get to the slightly happier stuff in the next chapter. And I'll let you know that we have actually come to some Rose/Scorpius parts in the RPG, and it's getting really exiting so hold onto your hats and don't stop reaing if you want the juicy and fluffy bits.