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Night time in the 7th year Gryffindor girl's dormitory was rarely uneventful, but I just wasn't feeling up to the chaos and excitement that usually ensued after lights out. Five teenage girls in one room never made for much peace or quiet, it wasn't that bad usually, we were all very good friends having lived together for 6 years. If it weren't for being forced to live together like this, the 5 of us probably wouldn't be friends at all, we were just so different. Molly was the bossy one of the group, she loved to be in charge and she could be a big fat know it all at times, she was exceedingly smart and responsible and did her best to keep everyone in line. Being that Uncle Percy and Aunt Audrey were her parents it was no wonder she was so uptight, they weren't exactly the most laid back people you'd ever met. Anne was the exact opposite of Molly, doing everything she could to create havoc and although she was undeniably hilarious, sometimes her ambitious pranks got a little out of hand. Addy was a drama queen, she was absolutely stunning too. No one understood how her skin could be quite so flawless or her light brown hair so unconditionally shiny. She definitely took after her Mom, Lavender Finnigan, who was the author of the Beauty section in Witch Weekly. As for Alice, well, she was definitely my favourite of our little group. No one could hate Alice, she was pretty in a subtle, innocent way and there wasn't a mean bone in her body. She could be a little absent-minded at times, but she wasn't half as bad as her Mother.

And then there was me. I always thought of myself as the boring, plain, one of the group. Aside from my red hair I didn't really have any other unique or particularly admirable qualities. I was stubborn, and although I did well in school, both of my parents put a lot of pressure on me to do better, and I always felt like I fell short of their expectations. I was a good student, but I wasn't quite as outstanding or dedicated as my Mother was during her school years. I was infuriatingly impulsive and quite stubborn at times, on top of all that, I'd somehow managed to have inherited my Dad's quick temper. I sighed, lying back on my four-poster bed. If my parents weren't disappointed with me already, they certainly would be when they found out my latest news.

My Mother and I never openly spoke about sex or relationships really. She'd only sat me down once or twice to talk to me about responsibility and making the right choices when I'd started dating Elliot Thomas in my 5th year. Needless to say, the relationship did not last long as I was probably a bit too responsible for his liking. That was the only relationship I'd ever been in, unless you count Scorpius, but I'd describe that as more of a hopeless crush, strained friendship and one-night-stand all coming together to form god knows what. My brooding was interrupted by Addy, who as always made a rather dramatic entrance.

"Oh my goodness, Rose, you'll never guess what I just heard." She exclaimed dramatically, widening her big green eyes as she usually did when she was about to let us in on a particularly juicy piece of gossip.

"Do tell." I responded dryly, sitting up to face her. Addy could be quite entertaining with her wild stories and mindless gossiping but I was tired and annoyed, so I just wanted her to get it out of her system as quickly as was possible.

"Well, apparently Elena told Suzie that you and Scorpius were getting it on in the hallway", Addy wiggled her well plucked eyebrows as she said this, giggling.

"That isn't funny Adelaide! I exclaimed loudly, fuming, "We were most definitely not 'getting it on'."

"Nothing to be ashamed of Rosie, I would too if I had the chance" She joked, plopping down on her own bed in a fake swooning motion.

I rolled my eyes, Addy talked the talk, but she rarely walked the walk. She was much less promiscuous than you'd guess just by looking at her, or listening to her.

"I haven't even gotten to the good part yet", she said grinning widely, "Suzie was FURIOUS, I mean like furious. I didn't see it of course but apparently she went bonkers at Scorpius and forbid him from talking to you. Can you believe it?"

I stared at Addy like she'd gone mad.

"And who did you hear all this from?" I inquired, a hint of disdain in my voice.

"Paula Parkinson, we have Divination together and she's good friends with Suzie." She stated, almost like she was stating her sources for the references page of one of Professor Trillum's essays.

"Oh... And what did Scorpius do?" I asked looking down at my hands and attempting to appear as nonchalant and as un-emotionally invested in her answer as possible.

"Paula didn't really say anything about it, just that Suzie was pretty pissed and that she doesn't believe Scorpius ... she thinks you're out to snatch her boyfriend or something like that." She said laughing loudly. It was then that Molly piped up.

"It's our designated quiet time, that generally means you need to be quiet." She said, raising the large book she was in the process of reading as though demonstrating how our time could be better spent.

As much as I loved Molly, I couldn't say that I'd go out of my way to spend time with her if it weren't for her being my cousin.

Addy, however, did not have the same required patience for Molly as I did, she scowled at her and muttered some less than kind words under her breath before retiring to her own four-poster.

I decided to call it a night, closing my bed curtains to block out any arguments that may break out, it was a rare evening when their wasn't at least one falling out, usually involving Addy. Even if sleep eluded me, at least it'd be quiet.

My breathing evened out as I slowly drifted into a somewhat fitful sleep. I wasn't asleep for long when I was awoken by the sound of someone whispering my name in my ear. I rubbed my eyes blearily and sat straight up in bed, frantically searching around for the source of the sound, but there was no one to be seen. It was then that I heard Scorpius' distinctive snicker. "Scorpius" I whispered forcefully, "What the hell are you doing here?" I crossed my arms over my chest, attempting to cover up my less than clothed body, my nightgown was skimpy to say the least.

"Calm down Rose", he said taking off the invisibility cloak that he'd been hiding under, "It's not like I haven't seen it all already." He winked at me and offered me his arm, making it clear that he intended to escort me out of my dorm.

"You must be delusional Scorpius, I'm not going anywhere with you at this time of the night, what if we got caught?" I rarely went out at night, and only when I was in the company of Anne, she was seriously the master of after-curfew wandering and knew all of the castle's secrets. A lot of people thought that boarding schools like Hogwarts had little to no discipline, but I assure you that was not the case. It was all too easy to get out of your dorms, but not quite so simple to get back in unnoticed. Being caught out of bed during night hours, 11:00pm - 6:00 am, was a punishable offense, and being caught out repeatedly could result in expulsion.

He held up the invisibility cloak wordlessly and I could identify the beginnings of a smirk through the darkness. It was, after all, nearly impossible to be caught while having a highly effective invisibility cloak in your possession. Well it wasn't exactly his. It was Albus', I was actually pretty surprised that Albus had let him borrow it. See, the cloak used to belong to Albus' older brother, James, but seeing as James was out of school now he didn't have much use for it. Albus literally begged James to let him use it for the school year, and for some odd reason James agreed without much fuss. Albus was pretty protective over the cloak and even though him and Scorpius were best friends, I doubted that he'd trust him enough to let him use it.

"I'm not leaving without you." he whispered stubbornly.

I sighed, looking down at my comfortable bed and then back up at Scorpius' determined gaze and strong stance. When Scorpius got like this there really was no saying no. Being the Slytherin that he was, he could be extremely manipulative and didn't always play nice. I slid off of my bed and stalked out of the room, he grinned triumphantly.

Scorpius quickly took the lead, guiding me out of the dormitories and through the portrait of the Fat Lady, who scowled at Scorpius ... she hated letting non-gryffindor's into the common, but as long as they could figure out the password she was forced to let them through.

"I have to say Rose, I thought you were going to put up more of a fight." He said looking back at me.

I shrugged my shoulders and avoided his piercing grey eyes, looking instead at the floor.

"I'm really tired, Scorpius, could we please make this quick." I said still staring at my bare feet.

For once Scorpius looked uncomfortable too.

"Look, Rose, I just want you to know, that you're not just - you're not just a one-night stand. What happened, I'm sorry that it happened the way it did, but I don't regret it. I really like you, and I really want you to know that I don't plan on giving up on this, I want to be with you." He finished huskily, staring at me with those gorgeous grey eyes of his. I felt myself melt into a puddle of quivering goo. Despite my exhaustion and worry all I wanted to do was kiss him just like I did 2 months ago, until my head spun and everything else just faded away, despite the fact that I knew it wouldn't help my current situation. At that moment, I didn't really care about anything except the way Scorpius was looking at me. His hands made their way to my waist applying subtle pressure, and my response was immediate and uncontrolled. My hips bucked against his, and my heart began to beat faster. He pressed me against the wall that I hadn't even noticed we'd been moving towards. His lips found mine and I moaned as his hips rolled slowly against my own. I felt as though my whole body was tingling with a dangerous electricity and I just couldn't get enough. His lips moved away from mine as he slowly kissed his way down my neck and along my shoulders, leaving me gasping for breath. Suddenly he moved away from me and I groaned my disapproval, he smirked at my disheveled appearance. My hair was a mess and my nightgown, already quite compromising, had ridden up revealing most of my thighs. Scorpius really did make me crazy and I felt guilty for letting him distract me from my problems so easily.

I must have looked distressed, because he looked at me with concern, "Rosie, what's wrong." I felt like that was all people had been asking me lately, and my honest answer would've been: everything.

I sighed, staring at him and feeling tears well up in my eyes for what must have been the fourth time that day. He moved closer to me, brushing his hand across my cheek.

"It's OK Rosie, whatever it is, you can tell me. I may be a goddess in bed", he chuckled at this, "but I am also your friend and you can trust me."

He was wrong though, I really couldn't bring myself to tell him. Saying it would make it real. Me, pregnant at the tender age of 17, without any money or any hope for a bright future. I didn't even know anything about how to take care of a kid, let alone call one my own. Tears trickled down my cheeks silently and he immediately moved to comfort me.

"How can I help you when I don't know what's wrong" He muttered mostly to himself, his grey eyes searching my tear filled blue ones for answers. That's when I gave in, leaning against his comforting body.

"Scorp", I whispered brokenly through my tears, "I'm pregnant"

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