Fifth Year

"But Rosie!" Lily whined. It was her 3rd year and Rose's 5th. The two of them were close, but not as close as her and Al. "I promise you I didn't snog him." Rose rolled her eyes.

"I'm still going to tell Aunt Ginny that you snogged Sean Thomas." Rose said threatening blackmail. How very Slytherin again. Scorpius' influence has gotten the best of her. It has been a summer since she's been apart from him. After their kiss, she doesn't know what to think or how to feel.

"I'm sure you snogged someone in your 3rd Year Rosie!" Lily exclaimed. "Not fair!"

"Not my 3rd Year! In my 3rd Year, I wasn't thinking about boys." Rose responded ruffling Lily's hair. "Fine, I'll show some mercy and not tell Aunt Ginny about this."

"Thank you Rosie! I owe you one!" Lily replied. Rose sighed as she went downstairs from her room that she still shared with Katie smiling as she walked down the stairs. She opened the closet door to get something and saw what she should not have seen.

"Oh Rosie!" Katie exclaimed fuming red. Albus was next to Katie but fell over. Rose looked shocked. "It's not what it… looks…"

"Seriously? The closet? Albus, Katie… find a room." Rose chuckled. "How long?"

"3 months." Albus replied holding Katie's hand.

"3 months?!" Rose exclaimed. "You didn't even tell me!"

"Well Rose we wanted to wait until the right time to tell you." Katie said. Rose sighed in relief knowing that at least her cousin and her best friend would be cute together and they've liked each other since they were younger.

"Carry on then." Rose said shrugging as she shut the door giggling slightly going through the Fat Lady Door. She went upstairs to the Prefects compartments to get herself situated.

"Rose." Scorpius said smiling.

"Scorp!" She exclaimed running up and giving him a hug. "You were away all summer."

"I was with my family in Paris." Scorpius replied. Rose smiled. Of course the Malfoys would go to Paris. They were wealthy enough to do anything. She smiled wondering what she would do with all those riches. Yet there was something different about Malfoy. His body bulked up receiving more tone and he stopped growing. The acne stopped coming in. He was actually hot.

"I missed you." Rose said looking up at him. Scorpius sat down pulling Rose into his lap. He wrapped his arms around her.

"I missed you more than you know it, Rosie." Scorpius said giving her a small peck on the head.

They sat there in silence for a long moment until Scorpius broke it. "Rose." He said.

"Yeah?" Rose responded still in Scorpius's embrace.

"I was going to ask you this, but it all happened so fast. I want to take you out with me as my best friend, but also as my girlfriend too." He said. "I have strong feelings for you Rosie. I think I always had even when we were 11 and first years."

Rosie blushed. "Yes." Was all she could muster up to say. Scorpius was a romantic, one of the few men who were. His parents surely taught him how to be a gentleman.

Scoripus smiled and kissed her intensely. Rose kissed him back with the same amount of intensity. She then wrapped her legs around his hips as he rubbed her back. "Scorpius." She said. "I… I'm not ready."

"Ssh." Scorpius said. "I know. I'm just kissing you. Only with your permission."

Rose replied flirtaciously. "Permission granted." He pressed her up against the wall and ran his fingers through her hair kissing her lips, her cheeks, her neck giving her a small bite. His kisses made Rose ravenous. She wanted more, craved more. Rosie smiled as he pulled away. "We should probably find the others." She offered up.

"Good idea." Scorpius said giving her a chaste kiss. The two were inseparable as friends and partners ever since 5th Year.