Hello: I decided I couldn't wait, I'm gonna upload a bunch of this fic tonight, just to see if its interesting enough for people to want to read.
Rose hurried towards the train, tugging her trunk along behind her. She knew that Liam and Albus would save her a seat, but she needed to get to the compartment before Scorpius did so that she could ask Al if his friend remembered their game of truth or dare.
Someone bumped into Rose, and her trunk slid out of her hand, landing with a loud thump on the ground. Her handbag went cascading down with her trunk, its contents emptying themselves on the ground.
"Sorry!" Rose cried over her shoulder as she bent to shove her books and magazines back into her bag.
"That was entirely my fault. Here, let me help you." Rose would have know that silken voice anywhere. As he bent down to help her pick up the spill of items, Rose noticed a pad peeking out from underneath her copy of The Quibbler. Just as she noticed the two awkward items, Scorpius' hand fell on them.
Rose cursed herself mentally, before shoving the rest of books into her bag and standing up to face him. Scorpius was smirking down at her as he passed over the rest of the items he had collected. Slowly, and in full view of everyone else, he handed her back the last two items.
Rose snatched the objects quickly, trying to avoid staring at Scorpius for too long as she bent to pick up her trunk. She could feel her face flushing a blotchy red, and she cursed her heritage. They kept up the silence as the two headed to their compartment, Rose staring straight ahead to avoid gazing at Scorpius' godlike profile.
The awkward silence persisted until they entered the compartment and were blessed with people to talk to. Jen was sitting next to the window, and Albus had his arm around her. Liam was sprawled across the three seats on the other side, sleeping. Scorpius helped Rose lift her trunk over Liam and into the luggage rack before sitting down next to Jen and leaving Rose to clear a seat for herself.
She debated between shoving Liam's legs off, rolling him off, or just sitting on him. By the time Carmen came, Rose was still deciding. Carmen didn't look twice at the situation before walking towards the window and sitting on Liam's legs.
Liam mumbled something incomprehensible and rolled over, onto the floor. He landed with a smack, and opened his eyes to see Rose's feet, while Carmen stood behind him, laughing. Having jumped up just in time to avoid being squashed, she found the situation hilarious. Liam grunted in disgust at the guffawing bunch before settling himself in the middle seat and patting the seats next to him for Rose and Carmen to take.
"Aw, it's okay Liam. At least you weren't having a wet dream. Imagine how embarrassing that would be." Rose grinned at her friend innocently. But Liam wasn't to be deceived. He turned sharply away from Rose, looking up at Carmen as though she were a goddess.
"So, Carmen..." Before he could continue, Carmen plopped herself on the seat next to the window and turned Liam around to face Rose. "Fine." Rose beamed at him and sat down.
"Well, I can see this ride will be entertaining, if not enjoyable." Scorpius' calm voice floated on the gentle breeze coming from the window. Rose realized with a jolt that she was sitting across from him in the cabin. She cursed her bad luck, wishing that she could switch places with Carmen.
"Malfoy, if you don't watch it, I might have to plop you right here between these two and see who dies first." Liam was grinning as he said it, but Rose could tell that if Scorpius took it too far, he would follow through on his threat.
"Oh, right, Thomas. Because you could actually move me." Scorpius' voice was friendly even through the challenge.
"I managed to get you moving two nights ago, during a game of truth or dare." The words slipped out of Liam's mouth, and Rose felt her head crack as she whipped it around to see Scorpius' reaction. His face betrayed nothing for a moment, before a smirk slid across it as he thought of an appropriate come back.
"No, I think your memory is failing you. It was your girlfriend, Carmen, who you got to move. Unless you meant to dare me to dance around the room topless." Scorpius smirked at Carmen as she blushed a bright crimson. Liam blinked in shock, and Rose thought that for a moment he didn't have a comeback.
"She's not my girlfriend, Malfoy, and that isn't what I meant. I was referring to a dare involving R–" Rose elbowed him hard in the stomach before he could say the rest of his sentence, and after barely a second's pause, Liam continued, "Unless you want to dance around topless for me, Malfoy? I'm sure that some people here," He made a general gesture encompassing everyone but himself, "would enjoy the show."
Rose glanced quickly at Scorpius to see if he had noted the pause, but he simply cast her a curious look before rising slowly and undoing the top button of his shirt. Rose tore her eyes away from his toned body, choosing instead to look pleadingly at Albus.
He was busy in quiet conversation with Jen, but the two had looked up when Scorpius rose, and after looking at Rose for half a second, Albus got up. Holding out his hands to announce his presence, he gestured Scorpius back to his seat.
"Hold up, whatever is happening here, lets not take things too far. We don't want a riot breaking out." Al grinned at Rose before turning to the rest of the group. Jen beamed up at her boyfriend, giggling slightly at his commanding tone.
"But you were about to see Scorpion strip." Liam whined quietly, forcing Rose, Carmen, Jen and Scorpius into uncontrollable laughter, while Albus simply shook his head, smiling.
"Okay I have to use the ladies room, Rose or Jen, you want to come?" Carmen bounded up, nearly falling onto Liam as the train lurched to a start, the whistle blowing.
"Right behind you." Jen stood up more slowly, giving Albus a quick kiss on the cheek before standing up to follow Carmen. Rose sat there for a second, waiting for Carmen and Jen to step into the corridor before getting up herself.
"Yah, I've got to go to the washroom too." She grabbed her bag before stepping towards the door, thinking uncomfortably of the pad that Scorpius had seen.
"Why are you bringing your bag, Rosie?" Liam asked in the most innocent voice. Rose couldn't tell if he was being serious or not, so she chose to ignore him. As the door slid closed behind her, she heard Scorpius speak.
"I know why she brought her bag, Thomas."
"If it's a pregnancy test in there, I'm going to kill you, Scorpius." The second voice was Albus, laughing even as he said it. Rose heard Scorpius' laughter join her cousin's, followed by Liam's.
Rose gritted her teeth as she followed Jen and Carmen, trying to ignore her growing irritation at Albus and Liam.
AN: Hey again review comment all that, and I won't update past chapter 6 (that's what I have written now) if people don't take interest in it.