AN: Alright I apologize in advance for another chapter with Nick. Believe me they aren't much fun to write either. But there is some Scorpius and Rose at the end of this one. Well sort of. So Please just read through it... And Review? :)

Rose tried to smile as Nick pulled her across the grounds. A week into summer vacation and it was muddy and rainy, but he had insisted they go out. She didn't understand why, what could be so special that he needed to drag her out through this. When they finally reached it, Rose was disappointed.

It was a tree house. She didn't understand how Nick didn't remember her hatred of tree houses. When she was 7, James had tricked her into going up into his tree house to 'play a game of exploding snap.' She had been up there for less than 5 minutes, looking everywhere for the cards, when the house had plummeted to the ground. It had stopped less than a centimeter above the ground leaving Rose flat on the floor, terrified.

Apparently Nick had forgotten though. He smiled and told her to go up the ladder first. Rose held her breath she couldn't do this. She just had to tell him and he wouldn't make her. But then Scorpius' face came to her mind. When he had found out about her fear of tree houses he had found every possible way to tease her. She had been tormented for months, and even now the occasional tree house joke came up. Of course that was more of a fun argument. Scorpius had only been teasing, but still it had hurt.

She smirked as she put her foot on the first rung of the ladder. She would prove him wrong. With his face in mind she climbed the stairs a satisfied little smile playing around her place the whole time. When she finally reached the top the first thing she thought was how much she was going to enjoy rubbing it into Scorpius' face.

Rose forced herself not to think of Scorpius as Nick came up behind her. Nick liked her. What was the point of pining over Scorpius when Nick was there and nice and Rose saw no reason not to like him. She did like him. He wasn't the same as Scorpius, but maybe that was a good thing. She chided herself mentally. No more thinking of Scorpius!

Nick took Rose's hand again, leading her to sit at a small wooden table.

"Look Rose, I had a reason for taking you up here, away from everyone else. I wanted to ask you something."

Rose tried to smile encouragingly at him, but he seemed so formal. It was quite awkward.

"Rose, will you be my girlfriend?"

Immediately Scorpius came back to mind. Rose tried to tell herself it wasn't because she wanted to be his girlfriend. She had thought of him because when they were in fourth year he had teased her for not having a boyfriend. Yes that was it. She would prove him wrong for that old comment. All she had to do was accept Nick. That put a smile on her face.

Rose wrapped her arms around Nick's neck, her face alight. "Yes."

He smiled, maybe a little too happy, but Rose ignored it, she was going to have so much fun proving Scorpius wrong this summer. Nick pulled her to her feet and wrapped his arms around her waist, kissing her hard on the mouth. Damn he was a good kisser.

Their snog was getting more heated, Nick's hands travelling further downward. Rose wasn't sure what to do. She had snogged before, but this was uncharted territory. His hands were on her ass when she pulled away instinctively.

"Oh, Rose, sorry. That wasn't okay was it? I should have stopped. I'm so sorry." Nick sounded so sincere that Rose stood dumbfounded for a moment. Finally she came to her senses.

"Yeah, of course Nick, don't worry about it, I just wasn't expecting that is all."

"Of course, Rose. I'll let you make the first move from now on, I promise. I'm so sorry about that." Nick smiled again, being sure to stay out of Rose's personal space.

Rose forced herself to smile at him, "It's okay, Nick, really. Maybe we should just go back before it starts raining again."

"Of course."

They walked back, Nick holding Rose's hand and talking about quidditch and his school friends. Rose nodded and laughed every once and a while, telling her own stories about friends and school. They were nearly at the house when Rose moved her hand away from Nick's. She was thinking about Scorpius again and it felt wrong to hold his hand while thinking about that.

"Rose, you're going to be okay with people knowing about us right?" Nick's anxious expression brought Rose back to reality.

"Of course. Sorry I got distracted." Rose fitted her hand back in Nick's.

The car was pulled out to the street when Rose and Nick arrived. Curious, they moved forward, and Rose spotted Scorpius' blonde head. Before she could walk away, Albus caught sight of her and called her over. The moment he saw her and Nick's hands he nearly chocked.

Scorpius turned at the sound and then stopped. He couldn't move. He had heard the locker room talk, and the summer dare. But he refused to believe that Rose was going to be Nick's. No, Rose was not that stupid. That angry green monster was in his stomach again. Rose was not stupid enough for that. He might have called her stupid a few times, but she was way to smart to be with Nick.

"Cat got your tongue, Malfoy?" Rose smirked; glad to have gotten the desired reaction out of Scorpius. She hadn't meant to argue when she saw him, but somehow the comment had jumped from her lips.

"Hardly, Rosie. I'm just surprised Nick is daring to touch you. Has he promised that you're going to be his super special girlfriend?" The last words were soaked in sarcasm, and Scorpius took on a high-pitched childlike voice as he spoke them.

Scorpius had no idea where that insult had come from. He liked teasing Rose, but arguments, like this one, he really didn't like. Why could he just go back to teasing her, and kissing her at parties? No, that last bit wouldn't do. She had a boyfriend, besides, why would he want to kiss his sister?

Rose hid a wince. His comment had hurt more than she cared to admit. "Jealous Malfoy? Why don't you go find one of your slags?" Rose forced herself not to apologize after that last comment. It was true that Scorpius had experience, and there were a lot of people who liked him, but he didn't have any slags.

"What, like you were at the party?" Scorpius stopped the moment he had spoke. That was too far, and everyone except Nick knew that. He hadn't been at the party that night, so he was just curious, hoping to find out more about what Rose had done. But no one spoke. Rose was standing stock still, and everyone expected an explosion at any second.

But she didn't. Rose had been insulted beyond belief. She hardly thought that one snog would make her a slut, but the fact that he would think of her in that way hurt. Rose felt her eyes pricking with tears; she couldn't do this. Nick was watching, and she couldn't even look Scorpius in the eye to know what he though. Trying not to give away how she felt, Rose stalked off in the direction of her house.

Scorpius watched her go, his eyes full of remorse. Nick hurried off as well, saying something about needing to be home for dinner and checking on Rose later. Scorpius turned slowly to Albus.

"Shit."

"You think, mate? Rose is not going to move on from that any time soon. And I've got the rest of the summer to deal with her." Albus sighed, Scorpius didn't argue unless he was upset. He probably deserved some slack.

"Sorry, Al."

"Never mind. No harm done really. I'll see you end of summer for the party though aight?"

Just as Scorpius nodded in response, Harry appeared to take him to Malfoy Mannor.

AN: So there we go :) See a bit of Rose and Scorpius at the end. I promise there will be more of them in the next chapters. :) I even threw in a bit of Scorpius starting to see how he feels about her? Although I'm curious what you think about Nick.

What do you think the summer dare is? If enough people guess I'll reveal it in the next chapter.

Also, does anybody recognize where the green monster reference comes from? (It's at the part in the chapter where Scorpius sees Nick and Rose together)

Please Review :)

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