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The days passed by in monotonous blurs that were quick and yet unbearably slow at the same time. Rose couldn't keep track of the days. Sometimes she would wake up early on the weekends to get ready for class, only to have Dom push her back into bed. Rose tried her best to act normal after she left Scorpius for the last time, but it took much more energy than she had. She wasn't quite a zombie...at least she didn't think she was a zombie. But her heart wasn't in any of her witty little comebacks, or any new topic of gossip. Her heart was somewhere else.

"Alright, Red." Dom spoke up on their way to Herbology. "It's been weeks. What is the deal?"

"I told you, Dom." Rose started, only half paying attention. They had the same conversation nearly every day. "There's nothing wrong with me, I'm just tired."

"Of what?" Rose blinked.

"Nothing...I'm just sleepy."

"Rose!" Dom exclaimed, getting frustrated, "You sleep all the time! You can't possibly be tired!"

"Well I am." Rose snapped, her voice still level. Dom sighed.

"It's about Scorpius, isn't it?" She asked, quietly. Rose stopped suddenly, wheeling to face her cousin.

"Why the hell would it have anything to do with him?" She glared.

"Geez, Red, bipolar much?" Dom scowled and continued to walk, "I was just asking. Neither of you have been yourselves lately."

"Why do you care about Malfoy?" She hoped that the informality would help her seperate herself more from the boy.

"I don't." The blonde shrugged, "But if he has something to do with why you've been acting like this, I'd like to know."

"Well he doesn't, so you can just -- "

"Yeah?" Dom interrupted, "So, why haven't you two been fighting like always?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Rose asked, clearly stalling for time.

"Apparently not." She mused, raising her brow at the redhead.

"Whenever I'm around him, people spread rumors. Now I'm just...trying the opposite."

"That's stupid and you know it, Rose. Now, I know -- "

"What?" Rose hissed, "You know what, Dom? Don't act like you know what's going on, because you don't! Okay?" Without another word, the girl raced off to the Greenhouses.

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She was sitting in class, tuning out Professor Longbottom's droaning voice. What did Dom know? Rose had been in love with Scorpius Malfoy since she was five years old. Sure Rose didn't even realize it until a couple of months ago, but --

"Rose?" Professor Longbottom broke into her thoughts, "Are you paying attention?"

"Yes, Professor." She said in a dull, uninterested tone. That moron. It had been his fault that their parents found out about the possibility of she and Scorpius to begin with! They might've been able to avoid this entire mess if he hadn't stuck his big, ugly nose in to begin with! And to think, Rose had known him her whole life. He was practically part of the family. She thought that she could trust him with anything. Apparently he was just her mother's spy.

"Then can you tell me where the Spectorus plant is usually found?" She couldn't stop herself.

"Up your ass?"

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Rose Weasley sat in her ever familiar seat in the ever familiar room that was ever familiar detention. She didn't know what to think of herself. She wasn't herself. Earlier she had snapped at Dom, then she was completely disrespectful to Professor Longbottom. The comment was uncalled for, she knew it. He was only doing what he thought was right. She was just being incredibly immature, and really pretty selfish. Sure, she had her own problems, but so did everyone. Of course, other's problems probably didn't include a forbidden romance...but she couldn't continue acting the way she was. Wandering around, trying to get her mind off of Scorpius, but failing entirely. She had become disinterested in anything that her friends and family were going through. The only thing she was really focusing on was school and studying, and even that only went so far. Rose wasn't really the type to have to read things over again. Blame it on her mother. So, she was left with a lot of time just to feel sorry for herself, and try to avoid thinking of a way out of her situation, because she knew of only one. To get over it.

Needless to say, easier said than done.

"You can go now, Rose, it's getting late." Professor Crisswell said, not looking up from the assignments he was grading.

"Thank you, Professor." She said quietly and politely. She would be on her best behavoir from now on. The teacher looked up from his desk, with one eyebrow raised at her tone, but didn't say anything. At a normal pace, she gathered her things and shoved them into the bag that she's had since First Year.

The air outside the classroom was warmer than usual, though it couldn't be rightly called warm. She couldn't hear any chatter around, so she assumed that dinner had long since been over. Rose hadn't gone, opting instead to snag something quick from the Kitchens. Which really is no small feat, being the daughter of Hermione Weasley -- the woman who improved house elf rights or something. Rose didn't really know what she did, all she knew was that the house elves were now extremely enthusiastic fans of the Weasley clan. Rose had managed to make it out of there with only a roast beef sandwich and an apple -- it was a miracle. Her vision blurred, and Rose tried to blink it away, then just reached her hand up to wipe her eyes. She really was tired all the time nowadays. A sudden loud rip and the feeling of something moving in her bag suddenly woke Rose from her sleepy state.

"Bullocks." She muttered, looking down at her ripped bag still hanging on her shoulder while the previous contents lay on the floor underneath. With a deep sigh and a roll of her eyes, the redhead squatted down and began to retrieve her belongings.

"Let me help you." A voice said from in front of her, she noticed that they were already reaching down for one of her books.

"No, thanks, I -- " Then she stopped, her eyes growing wide. She knew that voice.

"Scorpius?!" She whispered, suddenly worried. "What are you doing? Someone will see us -- go!"

"I don't care, Rose -- "

"Scorpius." She held out her hand for a moment before pulling her wand out and fixing her bag with a simple charm. "We've already been over this." Her voice was calm, but her insides were anything but. Every fiber of her being was on fire, clearly trying to express how much she wanted to close the distance between them, and to kiss him, and just have him hold her. But her mind was set. She wasn't going to be the reason his family fell apart. He waited and watched her begin to shove her belongings into her newly repaired bag.

"I know we have, believe me. I haven't forgotten." The blonde replied grimly, "But I can't stand this anymore, Rose."

"It's going to be hard, Scorpius, you just have to give it time." She continued to brush him off as she shoved the rest of her books into her bag and threw the strap over her shoulder.

"It's been long enough, Rose, and it's only gotten harder." His hand reached out and caught her wrist and she turned to leave. She stopped herself from running back to him, and just stood there, trying to ignore his skin on her's. "Don't tell me it isn't hard for you, I've seen you."

"I never said it wasn't hard for me."

"Then I don't see the problem." He said simply, taking a step closer to her. She yanked her hand out of his grasp and took a small step forward, but didn't run.

"We can't get caught again, Scorpius. Our parents were upset when we were just a rumor. Imagine what would happen if we were caught red handed?"

"Then let's not get caught." He suggested, a little too quickly. Rose scoffed.

"If it were that easy, we wouldn't have gotten caught the first time. The castle has eyes everywhere." Someone could be watching them now, for all they knew.

"So lets go outside the castle." Rose was turned around before she knew it, her brow furrowed, looking up at him.

"What?" He grinned, and she had to look away. "What's outside of the castle?"

"The Forbidden Forest." Rose laughed and shook her head.

"And here I was, getting my hopes up. Why don't we just go tell the Headmistress that we were planning on assasinating her before we ran off to elope and form a crime fighting duo?" Scorpius didn't seem to be affected by the crazy notion. Instead, he took both of her hands in his. She hesitantly looked down at them, but didn't pull away like she knew she should.

"Rose." He spoke softly before taking another tiny step towards her, so that the only space between them was just big enough for their hands. "If you're sure that you can live without me, walk away now. I won't stop you, and I won't ever bother you again. You'll never see me." Her heart felt like it was being squeezed by body builders. "But, if it's the opposite...just follow me." He let her hands slip out of his and took a step back, giving her room to think. It took her all of five seconds.

"Let's go."

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"I so did not look like a zombie." Rose objected, sitting up and half-heartedly glaring at the blonde. Scorpius rolled his eyes and pulled her back down.

"You're right, Rose."

It was well past midnight, and the two were laying on the cold ground beside each other, his arm wrapped around her. They hadn't done much besides kiss, neither really wanting to talk about the past weeks, or even the weeks to come. But they knew that time was lurking, that they would have to talk about it. They couldn't just keep finding different places to hide. It was a long time before they spoke again, each wrapped up in their own thoughts and trying to keep the happiness they both felt inside them.

"So," Rose sighed, but waited a minute before actually completing her thought, "What now?"

"Well," Scorpius blinked, sleepily, "We could always go with your earlier plan. I was never very fond of that woman." Rose intended to slap him with some sort of significance, but ended up just letting her hand fall on his chest.

"Seriously. We can't just keep hiding in the woods."

"You're right, we're graduating soon. Someone would catch on if a couple of alumni creep into the woods to make out."

"Be serious!" Rose said, poking him, but laughing in spite of her words.

"I dunno." He shrugged, letting his eyes close. "Sneaking around will probably be easier after we've graduated."

"How is it easier?" She asked, looking up at him as best she could. "There are more people at my house that care about where I am. Not like here where you can apparently sneak out of school and into the Forbidden Forest completely undetected."

"Hey." He objected, "Stumbling around in the dark so that the portraits can't see you is not a task that can be accomplished easily."

"I bow to your greatness." Rose yawned, her voice dripping with sarcasm. He chuckled, disrupting Rose slightly from her resting spot on his chest. When he stopped, she snuggled in closer to him, ignoring the sensible part of her mind screaming at her to go back to the castle.

"I can't imagine it would be that hard sneaking out of your house. Just make something up." Rose pursed her lips.

"I can't lie to my parents." She paused, "Okay, maybe my mum, but not my dad. I always feel so...guilty." She said the last word like she had a bad taste in her mouth.

"Well...maybe you don't have to lie? Just tell him you're going to study with a friend. I'll help you study." His offer was so innocent, it made Rose smile as she closed her eyes.

"Thanks..." Then her tone changed, "This is so stupid. We shouldn't have to sneak around!" Rose's words were meant to be harsh, but her fatigue dulled them. Scorpius absentmindedly started stroking her hair, and she settled down again. "I love you."

"I love you too, Freckles." She wrinkled her nose, but smiled at the name.

"Maybe we should just get married." The half-asleep redhead joked, "They couldn't ban a married couple from seeing each other."

Scorpius didn't say anything, but continued stroking her hair.

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The sound of a hippogryff screeching is what woke them. Rose found herself curled on her side, with both of Scorpius' arms wrapped around her. It took her a moment to realize what had happened, and she bolted upright.

"Oh merlin," She groaned, suddenly realizing that she sat up too fast. Scorpius stretched out a hand to steady her as his eyes focused in the brightness of the forest. "We fell asleep!"

"Oh...good." Scorpius muttered grimly, rubbing his eye.

"We have to go -- what time is it even?" Rose stood up in the most graceful way that she could manage. Scorpius was slower to react as he looked at his watch.

"It's...noon." Rose stared at him, her face void of emotion.

"We are so dead." Scorpius shrugged and slowly stood up, grabbing Rose's hand in excuse to steady himself.

"Not yet." He smirked and pulled him close to her for a kiss. When they pulled away, she couldn't help but grin herself.

"Um.." He started, suddenly focused on something just above her head.

"What?"

"You have a few leaves in your hair." He made a face as he tried not to laugh, and began to pluck out the few leaves that he saw. It took Rose half of a second to start laughing, and for Scorpius to join in.

"No, but really, we're about to be killed." Rose said, her tone not nearly serious enough for the situation. Scorpius shrugged.

"Maybe they haven't noticed yet?" He suggested, "I know Al wouldn't rat me out, and I'm pretty sure the rest wouldn't care enough."

"Well, he might since you've missed what, three classes already?" Scorpius raised an eyebrow.

"Rose, it's Saturday." Her mouth opened to protest, but closed again as she blinked. She really should get a calender or something.

"Well...here's to chance." Rose muttered, pulling Scorpius' face down and capturing his lips in a kiss. He grinned as they started to walk back through the forest. Each of them knew that the chances of them getting away with their night out was fleeting, but neither really thought about it. The opening to the forest was just a few feet away when they really started to listen. They didn't hear a thing.

"We should probably split up." Rose whispered, squinting into the sunlight. Scorpius nodded in agreement. They had barely taken a step out of the forest when they heard a voice they could never forget.

"I hope you two enjoyed your little adventure." Headmistress Stroulger spoke from a few feet away, "It will be your last." The couple's eyes widened as they saw a few professors coming up behind her.

"Well, this isn't so bad." Scorpius whispered so low that only Rose could hear. She looked up at him, incredulous, then looked back at the approaching professors.

"Neville's getting them." They heard Professor Ravenwood tell the intimidating woman staring at them. Rose didn't pay attention to the words, she just tried to sort out the faces in the small crowd. Professor Crisswell was there, trying to hide his amusement. When their eyes met, he gave Rose a small grin and a nod. Yes, he was definitely a little too amused by the situation. She gave him a tentative half smile, just to be polite, though she really had bigger things to focus on. Though the temperature outside wasn't sweltering, Rose felt a clammy sweat coming on.

"Calm down just a little!" Rose heard her mother's voice coming from around the small gamekeeping hut that was close by. Rose's muted expression turned into that of complete horror.

"Get out of my way, Weasleys!" A nasty voice she recognized as Scorpius' dad shouted. Her heart froze. Did he just say..?

"Ron, please!" Her mother yelled, just as Rose saw her father round the corner. His expression was angry -- furious. Angrier than Rose ever thought him capable of being, but he wasn't looking at her just yet. His eyes were set on Scorpius as he stalked forwad at a rapid pace.

Quickly, Rose stepped in front of the blonde, fearing for his life. Her hands wrapped around Scorpius' forearms, behind her, securing him to some extent. Draco's eyes narrowed into slits, while Ron stopped a few feet from the couple, his expression painfully unreadable. Her mother was behind him, looking at him at first, then at her daughter. Rose couldn't understand her expression at first, either, but she thought she saw a small bit of remorse. For what, she didn't know. The air was frighteningly still, everyone's eyes on Rose, including Scorpius'. With a deep, shaky breath, Rose finally spoke.

"Dad...I can explain."

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