2nd Year

"Albus!" Rosie yelled running up and embracing her cousin. The Potters and the Weasleys had each other and would always be family.

"Rosie!" Albus exclaimed returning the embrace and giving her a peck on the cheek. "Wanna sit with me on the train?"

Rosie shivered at the thought. Not because she would be sitting with Albus, but because Albus' best friend would probably sit with them too. However, she was convinced that this was just bad blood between her parents. Maybe she should make peace. "Sure." She responded happily. "How did you do on your exams last year?" she asked Albus.

"Pretty well. I mean I AM a Potter." He chuckled.

"Yes, well you do look like Uncle Harry." Rose responded. Albus with his tossed black hair and green eyes. He did not have to wear glasses like Harry did, but he definitely looked like him. Although his nose was Aunt Ginny's.

"Yes I get that all the time. I think Neville, I'm sorry, Professor Longbottom does a double take. How did you do on your exams?" He asked Rose knowing the answer.

"Hah! I passed with flying colors." Rosie responded enthusiastically.

"Yeah you inherited Aunt Hermione's brains, but your temper, 'specially round Scorp, screams Uncle Ron."

"I am nothing like my father!" Rosie exclaimed jokingly. She felt the air turn cool in the compartment as she noticed a figure leaning up against the door frame.

"I beg to differ." Scorpius said. Rosie shot him a glare. So much for making peace, Rose thought for a quick second.

"Oh come on you two!" Albus said. "Can't you make peace already? You guys are more alike than you like to admit."

Rose calmed down. "Fine. I am willing to make peace. For Albus's sake. I'm sorry Scorp."

"Me too Rose." The two of them smiled at each other.

"Good." Albus said smiling with glee. They heard the compartment open as Katie sat down.

"Another year." She smiled at Rose. "Rosie! It's been so long! I was in Romania all summer!"

"I know!" Rosie exclaimed. "Your owls took forever and a day." Katie shrugged and ran over to Rosie giving her a giant hug!

"Um Hello?" Albus said as he stood up with a cute little blush on his cheek. "You give my cousin a hug and didn't even say hello to me!"

"Albus!" Katie said as she pulled out of Rose's hug. She gave him an even bigger hug practically smothering him.

"Can't breathe." Albus said.

"Sorry!" Katie chuckled as she sat down next her best friends. Scorpius sat there eyeing Rose. Why was she being nice all of a sudden? Maybe she had something planned. Just shake off first year and forgive her.

"You know, Quidditch tryouts are coming up." Scorpius said changing the subject to one that everyone liked.

"Haha! Albus, you're going down. With James as captain this year, we'll be unstoppable Gryffindors." Rose chuckled.

"I wouldn't be so sure." Albus said back. "I'm trying out as seeker, and Scorpius is going for beater."

Rosie chuckled. "Yeah well I'm going for Chaser. Katie is going for the other Chaser too. James is a brilliant beater. We have a good team this year. Just remember, James will be humiliated if he's beaten by his little brother."

"Hah! I'd like to see that happen." Albus responded. The four of them laughed.

The train came to a complete halt as they stepped off and went around to the castle with all the other students excluding the first years. "Hey." Katie said. "James is having a little party in the Room of Requirement. I overheard him in a compartment talking to Victoire and Gabrielle. I thought the room didn't exist."

"The room exists." Scorpius said. "They say it was destroyed in the war, but I don't the a room that someone needs can be destroyed. I think it's still on the fifth floor."

"I wonder why James knows it exists." Albus chuckled knowing that James went somewhere at night with a different girl.

"Do you think James will let us go?" Rose asked.

"Not at all." Albus responded. "But my dad gave me this." He pulled out a cloak from his bag.

"What is it?" Katie asked.

"My dad said that it's a fun gadget that makes wizards invisible. He said he used it all the time." Albus responded.

"Will the four of us fit under there?" Scorpius asked.

"It's so big." Rosie said. "We shouldn't have a problem."

Rose, Scorpius, Albus, and Katie went to the party under the invisibility cloak. Carefully following everyone to the room of requirement attempting not to make any noise. They snuck behind a student opening the room to find music blaring loudly. Firewhiskey was being poured and James was already snogging some girl. "Ewww." Albus said commenting on his older brother's actions. "He's like so bloody weird sticking his tongue down her throat."

"I think it's a pride thing." Scorpius said. "He's just showing us all that he's the big man at Hogwarts."

"James is an arrogant prat." Rosie said jokingly. "How about we de-cloak?"

"What if James catches us?" Katie asked.

"I could write to Aunt Ginny saying that he was snogging some girl in the Room of Requirement." Rosie chuckled.

"Oooo blackmail!" Scorpius exclaimed. "Very Slytherin."

They agreed and decloaked having fun at the party. "All right, I'm done." Rosie said as she walked outside. Scorpius followed her out because he was bored too, and they were now best friends or something like that for Albus's sake.

Rose sat down and sighed knowing that this would never be to her liking. Albus and Katie seemed to like it alright and they would keep each other safe. "Rosie?" Scorpius asked sitting next to her.

"Hey Scorp." She said smiling kindly at him. "Whats going on?" she asked him.

"How come we hated each other in first year?" he asked.

"I think we both let our parent's ideas get to our heads." Rosie responded. "I'm sorry for calling you a death eater. I know your not like that at all." She smiled.

"Yeah I'm sorry for that day in Potions class." He said. "By the way Rose, James does not know how to throw a party." He said chuckling.

"We all know that." Rose giggled. "He just does it to snog people I think."

"Have you ever snogged someone?" Scorpius asked curiously not because he had feelings for her, but because his 12 year old curiosity was in the mix.

"No." Rose said. "I don't know what it's like at all. I mean is it like what they say it is? Magical? Messy? Slimy?"

"I dunno. I never snogged someone either." Malfoy replied.

"It's weird." Rose said.

"Agreed." Scorpius chuckled. "I like you Rose. I think you're my best friend."

"You too Scorp. You too." Rose replied. Ever since that night, they have been inseparable.