AN - Hello again, here you go! And longer, as promised!

Rose walked slowly into the great hall, her head pounding. She could remember snap shots from the night before, and what she remembered she didn't like. She winced as someone shouted her name, before slowly turning to face them.

"Heya, Rose! How you doing this morning? Oh not so well, I second part was in response to seeing Rose's grimace and tired eyes. Albus held out a cup of pumpkin juice and a small tablet. Take this, it'll clear you up in no time. Get rid of your headache too.

Rose held a finger to her lips before relieving Albus of the tablet and glass. She gulped them down at the same time, taking a deep breath afterwards to calm her spinning head. Sure enough, by the time she sat down at the Gryffindor table, her head had stopped aching, and the world had stopped moving unnaturally. Rose had just finished eating her toast when she saw Liam entering the hall.

Grabbing a tablet and a glass of pumpkin juice from Albus, she went to meet up with him. Without saying a word she handed him the two items, and he tipped them back thankfully. As soon as Liam had set the goblet down on the nearest table, Rose yanked him out of the great hall, ignoring his protests.

When they were safely out of sight and ear shot of the rest of the school, Rose pulled Liam to a stop and glared at him angrily.

"Rose, you just pulled me away from food. You had better have a good reason!he stood there sulkily, obviously not remembering the night before.

"You don't remember a certain game of truth or dare from last night? Involving some of the cruelest dares ever?

Liam blinked down at Rose, confused. I sorta remember something like that. Was one of the dares anything to do with Carmen dancing around half naked?"

"I don't know!" Rose just needed to know whether or not she had actually snogged Scorpius Malfoy, "I'm thinking something more along the lines of you being a complete dick and daring me to snog Malfoy!" Liam's half chuckle was rewarded with a push. Nearly falling over, he began his hasty apologies.

"Wow, Rose, look I'm sorry! It's just that you've liked him for so long, something had to happen. And I have a foggy memory of him kissing you back, so it was a good thing; wasn't it?"

"Oh shit! Liam, if you remember that, then he must remember it. And that is not good, especially because I'm pretty sure he apologized for taking so long, but I was a good snogger. That is not good!"

"Why isn't that good? At least he likes how you snog. How is that not good?Liam was still confused, and Rose was sure that any second he would start scratching his head.

"Liam, I don't want Malfoy to like me because I can snog. I want him to like me because of me. And besides, how can I look at him after that? How can I talk to him when the whole time I know he'll be thinking about how drunk I was at the party, or about how embarrassing it is that he kissed me?

"But maybe he wont be thinking that. Maybe he wont even took a step back fearfully, almost as though he expected Rose to lash out.

"What? So now the best thing I can hope for is that I wasn't even memorable enough for him?" Rose knew she was being slightly ridiculous, but Liam deserved it, and she was still freaking out on the inside.

"Well, actually- oh, hey Carmen! Why don't you come sit with us at breakfast, Albus has some stuff to help with your hangover." Liam jumped at the opportunity to get out from under Rose's eye.

Carmen smiled ruefully at the two of them, wincing slightly at Liam's voice, even though he was only speaking at a normal volume. Slowly the three of them made their way into the great hall, looking around for Albus as they went. Unluckily for Rose, he had gone back to sit among his friends at the Slytherin table.

The three approached Albus and his group of friends, accompanied by wolf whistles and applause from the older students. Carmen winced and turned anxiously to Rose.

"I did something stupid last night didn't I?"

"Liam says that you danced around half naked for a dare. If it makes you feel any better, he seemed pretty appreciative, so I'm thinking you weren't that bad." Rose smiled hopefully at her friend, but Carmen just scrunched up her face and gritted her teeth.

"At least we get to go home tomorrow." By this point they had reached Al, and he handed Carmen a tablet, which she swallowed dry. "Thank you, Albus!"

"You sure you don't want to show him how thankful you are?" One of Albus' perverted friends called. Rose looked disdainfully at the group, refusing to let her eyes linger on any one of them, least of all Scorpius.

"Thanks, Al. As long as these idiots aren't sitting with us on the train ride back, I owe you one." Rose forced herself not to look at Albus' friends.

"What about Scorpius, here. We can't leave him alone among these rascals!" Albus shoved one of his friends in the arm while looking sadly at Scorpius.

"Whatever, Al." Rose couldn't resist any longer. She cast Scorpius a quick glance. He was fiddling with his fork, as though he couldn't care less. His hair was perfectly messy, his lips light pink, his arms toned and tanned.

"This is going to be a nice little cabin. You three," Scorpius didn't even look up at them as he spoke, "myself, Al, and, of course, Jen." he pointed out himself and Albus, gesturing down the table to where Albus' girlfriend was chatting with her younger brother.

"We all know why Scorpius is excited for that cabin!" Another one of Al and Scorpius' friends called out, although whether he was gesturing to herself or Carmen, Rose couldn't tell. Scorpius didn't react in any way to the comment, and Albus was too busy stuffing his face with scrambled eggs to say anything.

Rose felt her heart skip painfully as Scorpius opened his mouth, and she was sure he was about to say something. But then she realized his goblet was in his hand, and he simply began drinking from it. For a moment they stood there, and then Liam, always blunt, spoke.

"So, this has been awkward. I'm going to go eat some food before Rose pulls me away again. Its been unpleasant seeing you as always, I look forward to spending the summer away from most of you." And with that, he turned and walked away, leaving Rose and Carmen to follow along behind.

AN - More coming shortly, I hope you liked this chapter because I'm really proud of it! :) Anyway, Review? Follow? Favourite? :)