It happened in a flash. She didn't even realize it was going to happen until it did. Until he was knocked off his broom and hurtling to the ground. When he hit, the crowd gasped in awe at what they had just witnissed at the Ravenclaw-Slytherin Quidditch match. Both teams flew back down to the pitch to see if Scorpius Malfoy was okay.
"Out of the way! Out of the way, everybody!" Madam Pomfrey exclaimed. The woman who was normally calm in the face of danger had a look on her face that told everybody that it was sirius. The crowd seperated to let the nurse in and work her magic on Scorpius. She took him on a stretcher and brought him to the Hospital Wing to be treated by the experienced healers. Rose didn't care what others thought. She raced right behind them and tried to get in to see him. She didn't like him much, but he was her team mate, she had to know if he was going to be okay. She got to the Hospital Wing and began pounding on the closed doors.
They were locked.
Three long, long hours later, they opened. There he was. He was unconcience and all bandaged up. She walked over to his bed and looked down at him.
"Scorpius... I am so... so sorry that this had to happen." She whispered into his ear. His eyes fluttered open and he stared up at her. A small smile played on his lips.
"Hey Weasley." He said groggily.
"Hey Malfoy." She said to him.
"Did you see that fall? Pretty intense, huh?"
"Pretty Intense? Scorpius! You nearly died!"
"Nah. I broke a leg and a few ribs, but other than that I'm okay."
Rose sighed. "Just promise me that you won't do anything that could damage yourself or anyone else, please?"
"Fine. I promise." And with that Rose turned around and started walking to the other end of the Hospital Wing.
"Hold on Weasley! Come back!" He shouted at her. She stopped dead in her tracks and turned sround on her heals. Now what does he want? She thought.
She walked over to his bed and sat down on the side of it that wasn't occupied by any part of his injured body.
"What's up Malfoy?" She asked.
"I just wanted to know. Are we friends now? I mean we're on the same Quidditch team. We live in the same house and all... So?" He asked. He looked slightly nervous to Rose. A whole lot different than the Scorpius Malfoy everyone else thought that they knew.
"Yeah Mal- uh... Scorpius. We are." She got up to leave one last time and started walking to the double doors that led to the hallway.
"Thanks Rose..." Scorpius called to her as she left.
You're welcome Malfoy. She thought. Little did Rose know that soon, she'd be falling for him. Just like he was falling for her.
