AN: Alright so people still like this story at least a bit so I'll keep updating for a while, and then a bit less regularly as I have to start writing new chapters. Anyway I hope you like this next bit :)

Jen and Albus had gone off to do something together; Liam and Carmen had finally stopped flirting when Carmen fell asleep on Liam's shoulder and he dozed off shortly after. Rose and Scorpius were sitting silently across from each other, pointedly looking at anything other than the other person. Finally Scorpius spoke, simply because he couldn't stand the silence anymore.

"I have a game of chess in my bag, and this silence is getting extremely boring." He looked at Rose as he spoke, and she let herself look back at him. Was he asking her to play a game with him? She hadn't played chess in years, and she sorely missed it.

"Are you asking me to play?" Of course he was asking her to play. Why would she even say something that stupid?

"No, I'm asking the snoring couple to play; of course I'm asking you to play, Weasley. I thought you were smart."

"Oh, yah, okay." The way he was looking at her was very distracting. And the way his hair fell after he ran one of his hands through it, and the muscles moving through the thin fabric of his shirt...

"You really aren't as smart as they all say. Or maybe I'm just so attractive that you can't speak in my presence." Scorpius really hoped that it was the later. Wait, no he didn't! Rose was like a sister to him, there was no way that he could feel that way about her.

Rose collected herself, "Prepare to be beaten, you'll have no idea what hit you." she got up and went to sit on the seat closest to the window, turning towards Scorpius and crossing her legs.

"We'll see about that." Scorpius smiled to himself as stood and got the game from his trunk. This was the brotherly/sisterly relationship that he had always had with Rose.

Rose admired Scorpius as he reached up to get the game from his trunk, his shirt was stretched over his shoulder muscles, and she could help but gawk at them. At least they were playing a game, not just sitting awkwardly. This was definitely a step in the right direction of getting him to like her.

Rose snapped her mouth shut as Scorpius returned to his seat, turning himself towards Rose and setting the chess board on the seat between them.

Not long later, Rose found herself ready to move into checkmate.

"Bishop to E5," she smiled up at Scorpius as he realized what had just been done, "Checkmate!" she cried triumphantly.

"Gloat all you want, Weasley, " Scorpius smirked at her, refusing to be affected by her brilliant smile, "But I let you win." Rose's shocked expression was so adorable; it was worth the lie he had just told.

"No, you didn't. You were trying your hardest, I know you were," she denied it hurriedly, he couldn't have let her win. She had been trying her hardest, and he had thwarted her several times.

"I let my sister win all the time, it's the nice thing to do. Besides, I didn't think you could take it if I beat you." Scorpius expanded on his lie, desperate to make it more believable.

Rose was having trouble breathing; her body had stopped functioning as soon as he compared her to his sister. Her heart gave a painful wrench as she realized that he didn't care about her that way. He just thought of her as a sister. She had the strong urge to simply sit and wallow in self pity for a while, but her own name brought her back to reality.

"Rose? Rose? Rosie? Rosie Posie?" Her name sounded so right on his lips.

"Do not call me that." She heard the words coming out of her mouth without really paying attention; it was her immediate reaction to being called Rosie.

Scorpius smirked, she looked so sexy when she was angry, and it was better than the hurt look she had worn when he told her she wouldn't have taken it well if he beat her.

"Don't call you what, Rosie?" he goaded her happily.

"Rosie. Don't call me Rosie."

An idea popped into Scorpius' head as she spoke; a way to try his luck at beating her again. "I'll play you for it. I win, and I get to call you Rosie."

"What do I get if I win?" Rose was confident that she could win, Scorpius hadn't let her win this time, no matter what he said.

"You won't win." There was so much smugness in his voice that Rose had the strong urge to reach across the space between the and slap his grin right off his face, but at the same time his grin was very attractive... She decided that she would prefer to look at the grin than slap him.

At least an hour later, Scorpius made the final move.

"Check mate, Rosie," She let loose a string of curses strong enough for Albus to cringe when he and Jen walked into the compartment.

"Wow, my cousin has a foul mouth. I would never have thought." He smiled at Rose and closed the door behind him. Liam woke with a start at the bang, jostling Carmen enough to wake her up.

"Oh, wow.. Sorry Liam, I didn't mean to fall asleep, I was just tired and the compartment is warm, and..." Carmen trailed off, blushing slightly.

"It's fine, my dear; I fell asleep almost as soon as you did, so I didn't notice at all." Liam winked at her, not helping her blush.

"You snore did you know that." Rose decided it was time to draw the attention away from Carmen.

"Yes I did, and it's nice to know that you were paying attention to me, Rosie-belle. I always knew you had a thing for me." Liam grinned irritably, and Carmen elbowed him in the side for Rose.

"I can move if you like, Al, Jen." Rose had just become aware that Albus and Jen were still standing in the door.

"Don't bother Rose," Al said happily, moving to sit next to Liam. Scorpius got up and put the chess board away. While he was stowing it in his bag, Jen took his seat across from Albus, leaving the seat next to Rose the only one still open.

Scorpius' smirk had returned to his face as he sat down, "Looks like I'm going to be stuck next to you for a little while longer, Rosie."

"Rosie? What, pet names already? I know you two got cozy when we were asleep, but I didn't think you had gotten that far," Liam stopped as everyone turned to glare at him, "I'll shut up now, it's obvious the rest of you aren't ready for Rose and Scorpius the cutest coupl– ow!"

Carmen had elbowed him hard in the stomach, and after a moment, Liam sat back, disgruntled. The rest of the cabin remained silent, Rose staring determinedly out the window; Scorpius refusing to look at her, choosing instead to admire his perfectly polished shoes.

After several minutes, Liam attempted to break the silence, "So, how 'bout them, Chudley Cannons?" His words were met with more silence and an awkward half giggle from Carmen.

AN: SO I hope you liked it. Do you guys like Carmen and Liam, should I include more about them in the later chapters? (Cause I like them :) ) Review? :)
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