Ok, thanks for the reviews on the last chapter I put up and the favorites and follows. I'm sorry if this chapter is a little dramatic, I promise that the next one won't be as dramatic and it'll be wrapping up soon, so I'll try to post another Scorose fic soon! So please review and I apologize about this chapter being a little drawn out and dramatic. So enjoy!~ Bolts and Trees :D
The night before the second task Rose, Albus, and Scorpius were sitting in the library going over some last minute review until Professor Longbottom walked in, "Rose, Professor McGonagall would like to see you."
Rose looked over at Scorpius and Albus, "Can you two figure it out on your own?"
Scorpius and Albus nodded, "Go on."
Rose nodded and followed Professor Longbottom out of the library. Scorpius and Albus set to work looking books about dragons. It was tedious and frustrating work but they finally derived a way to get past a dragon.
"So, you and Rose?" Albus asked on their way back to the Slyterin Commons.
Scorpius nodded, "Yeah, we've been together since the Yule Ball."
Albus smiled, "Rose deserves happiness. Just don't hurt her, she's my cousin after all."
"I wasn't planning on hurting her." Scorpius said slightly defensively.
Albus shook his head, "I wasn't saying you were going to, I was just saying it for future reference. Rose, believe it or not, is very sensitive. She thought that your truce was some way to humiliate her, just don't make this thought come true."
Scorpius shook his head, "I'd never do anything to hurt her intentionally."
"I figured that much, you're a good guy Scorpius, but James and Hugo aren't exactly for their little Rosie dating a Malfoy." Albus chuckled.
"Well they've still gotten it in their heads that I'm like my father, that's their bloody problem." Scorpius rolled his eyes.
"Look, my mom, dad, and aunt really seem to like you Scorpius, and I think even Ron's beginning to warm up to you." Albus smiled.
Scorpius couldn't help but let his emotions betray him and he smiled, "You really think Mr. Weasley's starting to approve of me?"
Albus nodded, "I overheard Hugo and James talking about it in Hogsmede."
"I wonder what they wanted Rose for." Scorpius wondered.
Albus shrugged, "Probably something about Head duty."
"But I'm Head Boy, they would've called me in as well if it was about that." Scorpius shook his head.
"Well good luck with the task, I'll be cheering for you mate." Albus smiled before they finally went to bed.
The next morning Hermione and Krum were sitting in the Great Hall among all the professors enjoying their breakfasts and Scorpius and the other champions were getting a fair amount of attention. Scorpius scanned the Gryffindor table for Rose and didn't see her anywhere. That was unlike Rose to miss breakfast, she was a fairly early riser.
Scorpius had learned to ignore all of the stupid articles that Rita Skeeter was printing about the Hogwarts it couple. He reads them but didn't take them with a grain of salt. She had no idea how their relationship really was.
"Where's Rose?" he mouthed to Lilly.
"She's been MIA since last night." Lilly mouthed back and shrugged.
Scorpius nodded and went back to his breakfast. After breakfast all of the Champions were shuffled off to the the Champions' tent and the spectators were shuffled out to an arena.
"Good morning Champions." Krum greeted them.
"Good morning." Hermione smiled, she smiled warmly at Scorpius and then addressed the rest of them, "As you know today you will be completing the second task. If you figured out your clue, there are three different beasts, a dragon, a three headed dog, and lastly mermaids. You will be drawing for your creature and you will have half an hour to recover what was taken from you. You will all go at the same time because there will be monitors gauging every thing you do. Your task will be shown on screens. You're allowed your wand and that's it. Best of luck to all of you."
They went around and were able to draw. Joseph drew the three headed dog, Vivian, much to Scorpius's joy, drew the dragon, and lastly Scorpius ended up drawing the mermaids. He wouldn't complain, mermaids were going to be simple he was a strong swimmer and he knew how to execute a bubble head charm perfectly.
Scorpius was handed a suit and the others were handed their robes. Scorpius was ushered out to the lake. The cannons went and Scorpius jumped right in after using his charm. He swam for fifteen minutes when he came across a cave. He could hear music and singing, beguiling singing that could only belong to merpeople. He had already taken on some grindylows and he was prepared for the merpeople.
He kicked it into hyperdrive and swam a little faster. He entered the cave and then he saw her, floating in what looked like a deep sleep. Rose's auburn hair was fanned out around her, her outfit was the same as what she wore from the previous night. Scorpius started forward only to have something poke him in the abdomen.
He looked down to find two merpeople wielding tridents, "Recover what was taken."
Scorpius moved forward and grabbed ahold of Rose, breaking the strand of seaweed that kept her from floating away. He was about to get to the gridylows and then they all attacked at once. Scorpius managed to get past them by using a charm and making it back to the surface with thirty seconds left to complete the task. It made him the last to finish the task.
Rose gasped for air, "Where am I?"
Scorpius guided her to the platform and helped her up, "You've been underwater for the past twelve hours."
Rose's eyes widened, "I've been where?!"
"I had to recover you. You were what was taken from me." Scorpius chuckled as he wrapped a blanket around her and then himself.
"You were the last to finish?" she asked.
Scorpius nodded, "However I'm still in the lead, Vivian's just barely trailing me."
"Then you have to make sure you're prepared for the third task." she whispered.
"Don't worry about me love." he whispered. Rose shivered and pulled the blanket even tighter around her.
Rose and Scorpius sat in the library working on their Charms essays together. It was pretty late and neither of them could concentrate on anything at the moment.
"How's your essay coming along?" Scorpius asked her.
"Nowhere near finished and it's already ten." Rose muttered, "We're going to get kicked out of here before we can even finish the first six inches."
Scorpius chuckled and grabbed her hand, rubbing his thumb along to back, "Relax Rosie, we'll finish, besides it's not due for another few days."
Rose looked over at him and sighed, "How are you not worried, we still have to take our N.E.W.T.S. and we've barely been in proper classes to learn what we need."
Scorpius smiled, "Rose you're stressing yourself out again. I think you need to take a break and we need to relax."
"How do you think we're going to relax?" Rose challenged him raising her eyebrows.
"Well why don't we sneak down to the kitchens and nick some snacks." Scorpius whispered.
Rose sighed and gathered up her things because she knew that he was going to make her do it despite what she wanted. He kept his hand on the small of her back as they walked down to the kitchens where they were greeted by the little house elves in the kitchen.
"What do you need Master Scorpius?" one of the elves asked.
"Are there any desserts left?" Scorpius asked.
Soon enough plates of pastries, cakes, and puddings were flying at him. Scorpius and Rose grabbed what they wanted, ate them quickly with some Pumpkin Juice and then Scorpius walked her up to her dorm.
"Goodnight love." he whispered as he drew her into a hug.
Rose pulled away and kissed him softly, "Thank you Scorpius."
"It's no problem, you need to relax sometimes." he whispered before kissing her once more.
"Goodnight Scorpius." Rose whispered before walking through the open portal.
Scorpius walked back down to the Slytherin Commons and walked past Thomas who was waiting to harass him about his relationship with Rose and didn't even think about talking to Melanie who was also sitting there with Thomas.
Albus was still up when Scorpius walked into his dorm, "Evening Scorpius."
"Albus." Scorpius smiled.
"Everyone's talking about you and Rose." Albus said.
"I know, I've tried to ignore it." Scorpius said.
"Do you care what they're saying?" Albus asked, "It's mainly Thomas and Melanie."
"They're prats. I don't listen to anything they say in the first place." Scorpius muttered.
School was flying by, the seventh years took their N.E.W.T.S. and the third task was approaching. It was about two weeks away. Scorpius walked into breakfast to be greeted by Rose's warm smile. She was always greeting him with smiles. He still hadn't told either of his parents about his girlfriend and he was sort of reluctant to tell them that it was a Weasley. His mother probably wouldn't care however his father would.
The morning Post came and Scorpius received his Daily Prophet and his Quibbler. The first thing he sees when he unfolds the Prophet is an article about Hogwarts's it couple.
The article practically accused Scorpius of using Rose to help him figure out his tasks and there were some rather unflattering personal things said by close friends of the young champion. Scorpius looked over at Rose who was reading the Prophet with an unreadable expression. Then after a couple moments of monitoring her Rose stood and ran out of the Great Hall covering her face with her arm.
Scorpius ran out after her. He caught up to her in the courtyard. He stopped her by wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her close to his body, "Rose come on, you can't really believe that article."
"No Scorpius, it all adds up. You've never shown any interest in me. All you've ever done since we were eleven. Reading that just makes sense." She whispered pulling away from him.
Scorpius pulled her back and spun her around to face him, "Rose that's not why I called a truce or asked you to be my girlfriend..."
"Save it Scorpius, you were a really convincing actor but I'm not going to be played." Rose whispered before running off towards Hagrid's hut. Scorpius decided to give her some space and he walked back down to his dorm. He didn't really want to talk to anyone at the moment.
Rose hadn't accounted for something like this hurting so much. She ran down to the lake and sat there with her face buried in her knees sobbing her eyes out. For a moment she had allowed Scorpius to fool her. She should have known that he wasn't being sincere the whole time. He was doing it for his own benefit, he wasn't interested in a relationship. She should have seen this coming, no instead she allowed herself to be fooled.
"Are you alright Rose?"
She turned to find Professor Longbottom walking towards her. She quickly dried her eyes and nodded, "I'm fine Professor."
"Would you like to join me in finding some herbs?" he asked her holding up his bucket that was filled with sprigs of wild herbs and leaves.
Rose nodded, "Sure, what exactly are we looking for?"
"Just find whatever you need. I promised Professor Slughorn that I would help restock his potions supplies." the Professor smiled.
Rose set to work with Professor Longbottom and kept her mind from traveling. She knew he had probably read the article but then again she didn't remember seeing him at breakfast that morning. She couldn't believe that she had allowed herself to be played the way Scorpius had the whole year and she had ignored the tiny voice in the back of her head that screamed it wasn't a good idea.
"What class do you have right now?" Professor Longbottom asked.
"Transfiguration, we're just reviewing for exams." Rose shrugged.
"Would you mind helping me around the greenhouses then? I can send a note excusing you from classes." Professor Longbottom asked, "Helena should be coming down soon."
Rose nodded, "Sure thing Professor."
He smiled, "Thanks, I'll award twenty points to Gryffindor and that'll put you in the lead for the House Cup."
Rose smiled, "Thanks Professor Longbottom."
She continued to help Professor Longbottom throughout the day with Helena who joined them awhile later and Rose had to admit she had a good time considering that neither of them read the Prophet because Mrs. Longbottom was the owner of the Quibbler. So the article wasn't mentioned and Rose got to escape all of the issues that she would have to return to tomorrow.
"Oh and Professor McGonagall made an announcement that we're excused from exams this year." Helena smiled.
Rose sighed, she could breathe better, she was positive that she had passed her N.E.W.T.S. So she allowed herself to relax. The end of the year was almost a week and a half away. The third task of the Triwizard Tournament was on the second to last day before school ended at sun down and Rose agreed to go with Helena just for the fun of it.
"Thanks for the help girls!" Professor Longbottom called as the girls headed back to the castle.
"It's no problem dad!" Helena called.
Rose ignored the stares she was getting as she and Helena made the trek up to the Gryffindor Portal. They decided to play a quick game of Exploding Snaps and then they headed down to dinner together where Rose could hear whispers and snickers once again. She ignored it. enjoyed her dinner.
She spent the night chilling with her cousins and best friends who didn't bring up the article or Scorpius. She knew that maybe she'd make it through this. She also decided that maybe she would try to talk to him and try to get the truth now that she was thinking rationally. So she excused herself from the game of Exploding Snaps that was being played and she decided to go talk to Scorpius considering that she had Head Duty anyway.
She got to the third floor corridor and couldn't believe what she saw. Scorpius was kissing Melanie Walcott. Rose took a deep breath and then ran off back to the Gryffindor Common Room. She ignored all of Scorpius's frantic calls and ran straight to her dorm. She figured Scorpius could handle this all by himself. She cried herself to sleep that night, something she had never done once in her life.