Scorpius looked as his watch anxiously for the tenth time in the past five minutes. It had been a month since he had asked Rose for help in potions. They met whenever they could but it still wasn't enough for him. There was no question in his mind now that he liked her. Plus, his grade in Potions was up to an O.

"What, do you have a date or something?" Albus looked at him suspiciously.

Scorpius looked up from where he was attempting to make it look like he wasn't pacing. For a fraction of a second he looked nervous, but just as quickly he returned to his normal cool and collected demeanor. However fast the nervous look was, his best friend did not miss it. "No. Not tonight."

Albus scoffed. "The way you and Rose try to pretend like I don't notice something is up insults my intelligence."

Scorpius ignored him, took one last glace around the common room in which he was currently not pacing and grabbed his bag. "I'm going to the library."

"Scorpy," Albus whined, "It's seven o'clock on a Saturday night! What'll I do without my wing man?"

"I don't know? Not get a girl?" He smirked and threw a noncommittal wave over his shoulder as he walked out.

Albus narrowed his eyes and sneaked upstairs to find his cloak, obviously forgetting that he didn't have to sneak through his own house's common room.

Scorpius scanned the library, looking for Rose. He spotted her familiar curly auburn hair at a table near the restricted section. He sighed relieved that she hadn't stood him up.

'Stand me up? Where did that come from? It's not like this is a date or something. Right?' He questioned his own conscious. 'I'm getting as barmy as Al. Besides why would she stand me up? I'm awesome.' Ahh yes, there was that self-confidence flooding back to him. He felt a little better as he took a seat next to her. 'Good thing I stole Al's cloak though. Don't want him getting any ideas.'

Rose's head went up as he sat down. She closed her book a bit reluctantly. It wasn't that she wasn't glad to see him; she was just getting to the good part. As she always seemed to do when she was interrupted.

"Did you look up all that stuff I told you to?"

"Yes professor." He smirked, but then smiled for real. "Professor Mathis told me I have improved drastically."

"Great!" Rose smiled back. "But you still have a lot to learn. No ma'am we will not be shouting today."

Of course that last part wasn't directed to Scorpius but at Miss. Pince. Who, even after a month of calm visits, still treated Scorpius as a time bomb about to go off. Miss. Pince narrowed her eyes and returned to shelving her books. She couldn't help but wonder why Rose was with that Malfoy boy. She didn't like him at all. She bet he wrote in all his books. In INK.

Scorpius' shoulders had visibly drooped when Rose had said that he had a lot more to learn.

"A lot?" He questioned praying that she was joking.

"Yes. I'm sorry, but you're atrocious at potions. How did you not fail out of it before?"

"Al was always in my class. He whispered directions to me when the professor wasn't looking."

"My mother did the same thing with Professor Longbottom when they were in school." She laughed.

"Well that can't be so bad. He's a professor now!"

Rose shook her head. "Professor of Herbology. You don't need potions for that and he quit Potions as soon as he could." She paused a moment. "You can't be so bad, you're very smart."

"And adorable."

"And modest too." She laughed not realizing he was quoting her when she broke down in the library not that long ago. However Rose very much realized he was flirting with her, so that explained her blush.

Albus stormed up to the Gryffindor tower.

"The bloody wanker! He stole my cloak! MINE! My own best friend."

He continued muttering until he reached the portrait hole and knocked until someone answered.

"Hey there stranger!" Cried Lily after she had flung the door open.

"Hey there Lily-kins!" Al smiled at his younger sister. "I need to talk to James. Its urgent."

"Alright. Just one question though, have you seen Rose? I thought she was with you, but I guess not."

"Uh. Err. Library?" He hoped she wouldn't go looking for her. He didn't want anyone else to catch them in the act. It might be messy.

She nodded her head. "Yeah I guess. She's been there a lot lately though."

He smiled at her weakly. "Lily, any other time I would love to converse about the oddity that is Rose, but I really need to talk to James."

"Alight." She sighed. "He's over there." She pointed at a chair by the fire. James had that girl on his lap again. "If you need me I'm going to the Library to read."

"Don't stay too long!" He yelled over his shoulder before walking over to his older brother. "We need to talk."

"Albus!" James beamed. "How are you?"

"Lovely. Really. NOW."

James took one look at his younger brother and knew that he meant business. He sighed and got up out of his chair and with a wink told the girl he'd be right back.