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Lonely this Christmas

The Manor was quiet. Too quiet for Scorpius. Had it always been this quiet? Or was he only just noticing it now? After having returned from the bustling corridors of Hogwarts with it's warm and laughter-filled common rooms and the chatter of the Great hall and the whisperings in classrooms and the shrieks on the Quidditch Pitch. There was always some form of noise and now that he was away from it all he realised just how much he missed it.

He missed his best friends most however. Rose, with her obsessive study habits and her equally fanatic Quidditch behaviour, her wild, bushy red hair and the frown she so often wore at the mention of trouble. And Albus with his quiet cheeky humour and the terrible puns he could pull out of anything along with his quiet intelligence and determination to create his own path, even accepting a Malfoy into his fold.

And along with those two had come many. When Scorpius had arrived at the platform with his parents warning ringing in his head about things long past but not forgotten he hadn't believed he would make a single friend. Yet here he was with not just a friend but two best friends along with their insane family who had accepted him without question. He wished they were here now. He could just imagine his grandfather's expression if they were to rock up. The loud, boisterous, cheerful and funny Weasley-Potter clan versus the quiet, dignified and uptight Malfoy's. Though his mother was much more relaxed and gentle and his grandmother and father merely quiet to avoid attention his grandfather was still very malicious and vindictive. The Manor most likely wouldn't be standing, he thought as he stared at his ceiling from his position on the bed.

Albus and Rose wouldn't cause much trouble but the fact that she a Weasley and he a Potter would set teeth on edge. Dominique and Roxanne would cause a ruckus either in the form of their appearance (wild and rebellious-y beautiful and sinfully gorgeous respectively) or in their behaviour (rash and wild and tactless). Molly would be calm and collected until the eventual duel of wits began between Lucius and her family and she would leap into the front line. James and Fred would cause trouble the moment they set foot in the Manor by setting of a dozen or so pranks and just generally causing chaos. Victoire would be polite and beautiful until the verbal swords were drawn and she, like Molly, would leap in front of the others. Louis would charm everyone and would try to be pleasant and keep his cousins in line but would eventually give in with that familiar mischievous gleam in his eyes. Alice would bounce around and probably cause offence with her brisk attitude.

It would all probably go to ruins though he would no longer be bored. Or alone. Scorpius sighed before sitting up and ruffling his hair. He missed all of them quite a bit but it was definitely Rose and Albus he missed the most. He'd sent them both their presents a couple of days ago but hadn't received anything in return. Not that he was surprised. They had their entire family to spend time with. Why should they miss him?

He sat there for a while before sighing once more and climbing to his feet. His surveyed his room which was messy already. He smiled thinking of what his mother was saying that morning about the state of his room.

A tap on the window attracted his attention and he was startled to see an owl sitting there watching him. He didn't recognise the owl but rushed over when he noticed the package attached to it's feet. He opened the window and quickly untied the package, his heart racing as he recognised Rose's writing on it. He ripped open the package and found two brightly wrapped presents inside, one from Rose and the other from Al. There were three cards, two from Al and Rose with letters exclaiming about what they'd been doing and how excited they were about Christmas and how much they missed him. He couldn't help but smile at that. So he wasn't alone in this miserable feeling. Sure they had distractions but they still thought of him. The last card was from all of their cousins wishing him a happy Christmas.

With a large smile on his face Scorpius picked up the presents and bounded down the stairs to put the presents under the tree.

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