Otherwise I reckon I would've just kept on going. However, I want to thank all you lovely people who reviewed. I GOT FIFTY REVIEWS... CELEBRATION DANCE :) So keep reviewing, it makes me mega happy and spurs me on to write more. I'm so grateful to you all for sticking with this even though I didn't update for literally an age. So now I'm trying to make it up to you :)
Okay, so I'm anticipating, four or five more chapters. I'm not quite sure yet. Also, those of you who want Ron and Hermione back together, may.. be... well.. I won't spoil it. :P However, I feel I may get them back together before the end though.
This chapter was kinda fun to write, although, I don't think I included everything that would've happened in a Weasley/Potter Xmas day, but if I did, it would've literally been 20 pages. Which this nearly is. Anyway, Enjoy :)
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Chapter fourteen
It's weird to think about Christmas going any other way. All the silly things that occur that make it our Christmas… Uncle George always getting more drunk than is strictly necessary, Teddy and Victoire sneaking off into some corner somewhere, where they think no one can see them. The family quidditch match, the cousins getting into all sorts of ridiculous trouble…
"Fred, James, please tell me why Roxanne, Lily, Hugo, Louis, Albus and Molly are all locked in the broom cupboard?" Asked Uncle Harry.
"Well, you see…" the two boys chorus,
"We were trying…" starts James
"To see how many…" Fred interrupts
"People we…." James follows
"Could fit in the cupboard…." Fred raises his eyebrows as if this is the most obvious reason in the world.
"And just as we were about to get in…" James starts again.
"The door mysteriously slammed shut…" Fred says earnestly.
"And locked itself…" James looks aghast.
Fred shakes his head sadly at the news.
"And you thought it would be a good idea not to tell me straight away?" Harry asks.
"Well, we were just discussing what to do, when you came over here and started this enlightening conversation." James informs his father.
Harry, smirked amusedly at his son. Clearly trying not to laugh.
"Give me the key boys." He says, holding his hand out.
"Can't you just use magic to get them out?" Fred asks inquisitively
"Yes, but then when you two are found with the key, you'll be in big trouble, won't you… I'm just saving you from certain death from both you're mothers."
The two boys looked at each other in sudden realisation. Fred whips the key out of his pocket and hands it to his Uncle.
"Now make yourselves scarce, the pair of you!"
The two boys run into the next room as Harry turns, chuckling and walks back into the kitchen.
So many other things too, like Uncle Harry helping with the cooking for a change. Him and Dad laughing about 'the good ole days.' Sometimes when we were younger, if we asked really nicely, they'd tell us stories about when they were our age. We always thought it sounded so adventurous and exciting when we were little. We didn't really understand what our parents went through, what they did for the Wizarding world.
Each Christmas is always different, but at the same time, they're all the same too. But this year, things will be different. Things will be horribly different, because Dad won't be here.
Normally, Mum, Dad, Hugo and I, open our presents from each other at our house together with breakfast. Then we come to Uncle Harry's for lunch and stay the night. This year, dad is alone with his woman and Mum, Hugo and I sit together at the breakfast table in Godric's Hollow with the rest of the family.
Like I said, it's weird to think about Christmas going any other way.
"Lily pass the butter?" Albus shouts at his sister from the far end of the table.
Butter flies past my head, coming dangerously close to my hair. It flies past Albus' outstretched hand and…
"Oops, sorry Scorpius.." Lily says from beside me.
Scorpius looks up mutinously, butter in his hair…
"Lily Potter! How dare you throw things across the table?!"
"Sorry mum." Lily says, looking suitably abashed.
"Here, let me get that out for you Scorpius." Ginny says fussing over him, like he's some overgrown puppy.
His eyes catch with mine and I smirk at him, and he glares back rolling his eyes slightly. I stick my tongue out at him and he retaliates in kind.
"Do you two mind?" James whines. "I don't want to see you being all couplely whist I eat my breakfast. I'd like to keep it down."
"Oh, leave them alone James." Lily snaps at her brother.
James glares at her, raising one eyebrow slightly in question.
"One second Scorpius… I'm not very good at charms like this. I'll probably end up hexing your eyebrows off or something… MUM!"
Grams comes toddling into the kitchen.
"No need to shout Ginny dear, what do you want?" She asks her daughter.
Ginny gestures to Scorpius' hair.
"Ah yes. I see..." Grams says trailing off and eyeing Scorpius up and down like he's a vegetable at the greengrocers.
She waves her wand at him and the butter vanishes. Scorpius feels his head tentatively, smiling slightly.
"Thanks Mrs Weasley." He says gratefully, glairing at Lily across the table.
Grams smiles tensely at him and then trundles round to the head of the table and sits down flattening her apron as she does so.
I dig into my bacon and waffles with maple syrup. As I take my first mouthful, I feel Hugo's hand on my knee. I look at him curiously, and as he inclines his head slightly, I understand. I slip my left hand under that table and grasp onto my brothers fingers. I look up at him and smile encouragingly, I catch mums eye in the process and she gives us a worried look. I smile at her too. Knowing that if she sees us upset, she'll feel even worse that I know she already does.
By the time breakfast is over. Hermes, Uncle Percy's decrepit owl has managed to fall out of the window, causing Molly to scream and cry that he was dead, and then the retched bird proceeded to fly back in and perched on Grandpa Weasley's head. Roxanne had also already started yelling at Dom for taking a picture of her before ten o'clock.
The sound of "Get rid of it or else…" echoing in my ears, I turn around to get up, and am met with the sight of Albus, James and Fred attempting to look distinctly innocent. I eye them.
"What..." I start..
"Present time…" They shout, pulling Lily and me up and dragging us into the living room with Hugo trailing behind us. The rest of my cousin's trail in and we all sit in a big circle facing the Christmas tree and wait for 'the adults'. A group that Teddy and Victoire have recently joined, although I'm not sure they have really earned the right to be exempt from compulsory cousin participation events. But they (Victoire mainly) get sick of our 'immatureness'.
I look around, suddenly realising that my dear boyfriend hasn't joined us.
"Scorpius." I whisper to Lily, who roles her eyes slightly as I get up and go back into the kitchen. He's still sitting exactly where we left him surrounded 'the adults'. He looks sheepishly at me when he sees me.
"Come on." I say holding out my hand to him.
"You all just disappeared." He says.
"Yeah, you were supposed to follow." I say rolling my eyes.
"Well… y'know." He says shrugging slightly…
"Awh, is Scorpius Malfoy scared?" I ask grinning at him.
"Oh shut up." He says grabbing my hand and pulling me back to the living room. I laugh as I get dragged after him. He stops in the doorway and I crash into him, peering round him.
"Where do I go?" He asks nervously. Looking at the amassed cousins chatting away to each other.
"With me you muppet." I pull him round to where Lily is sitting and shove him down next to Al who was on the other side of me, then I squidge myself in-between my idiotic but rather cute boyfriend and Lily.
Soon after, everyone has filed into the room, and everyone is perched on some ledge or another, around our circle. Grams and Grandpa sit in the armchairs either side of the fire whilst their children and they're spouses all pile onto the sofas. Last in, is Teddy and Victoire, holding hands and looking soppily at each other.
Vic looks round at the very full room.
"Looks like you two are going to have to sit with us on the floor." James laughs at Vic. She huffs slightly whilst Teddy beams.
"Hope we're not too immature for you Vic." Dom says to her sister who scowls back.
Teddy's grin expands as plops down in between James and Al while Vic sits next to her brother.
Lucy, looks around questioningly. Being the youngest at only eight, she gets to give out the presents.
"Go on then Luce." Percy prompts his daughter, she grins and kneels down by the tree reaching under it. She pulls out one present.
"This one's for…" She reads the label. "Fred." She hops up and gives it to Fred.
She returns to the tree.
"This one's for…"
XX
After a monumentally slow start to present opening, eventually, Molly and Louis take pity on Lucy and help her out with the presents. When everyone is suitably over exclaimed ("Oh thats loverly, I always wanted to know how to prune the petunias to look like chihuahua's" and "Oh thank you, I love it..."), and Dom and I realised we'd got each other the same book (What can I say, great minds.) Everyone trails out to the garden to play annual Christmas family Quidditch game. As everyone troops out shouting about how their team was going to win, Scorpius grabs my hand holding me back.
"Wait, I want to give you your present." He whispers in my ear. When the room empties. Scor pulls a tiny wrapped box out of his pocket.
"Here." He passes me the small object.
"What is it?" I ask.
"Well, why don't you open it and see Weaselette?" He says laughing.
I unwrap the red paper to reveal a small black box. Not a ring box, I hasten to add. It's rectangular and slim. I open it and there's a small silver heart, on a silver chain. The heart has one green emerald set in the top right of it.
"Scor. It's beautiful."
He beams. "You like it?"
"Of course I do you idiot." I say smiling up at him. "Put it on for me?"
He beams and takes the thin chain out my hands.
"Turn around."
I turn round and feel the cool silver slip around my neck as he does up the clasp.
"There."
He takes my shoulders and turns me round. He looks down at the charm resting on my very pale chest, an inch or so above the line where my cleavage starts. He runs his hands over it.
"I'm glad you like it."
I shake my head in slight indignation. "Why wouldn't I?" I ask.
But before he can answer, I stand up on my tiptoes and press my lips to his. He smiles into my mouth and our lips move together. His tongue brushes my bottom lip and I open my mouth slightly, pushing up into him. He pulls my body to his and wraps his arms around my back. I run my fingers through his hair letting my hands rest at the nape of his neck. His tongue runs over my lips again, then his tongue touches mine feather light. I sigh slightly and pull back. He pouts.
I smile and peck him lightly once more.
"They'll be waiting for us."
"I know, I wish they weren't."
"Me too." I say smiling cheekily up at him.
"So… Let's stay here."
"Come on Scor." I roll my eyes and turn to leave.
He wraps his arm round my waist and I slip my hand into his back pocket.
"So, green eh? Slytherin green?" I ask.
"Well, I thought I'd get it on you somehow." He says looking down at me smirking.
I laugh as we walk out the back door.
"Well, I love it, even if… it… is… Slytheriny..." I trail off, looking round. Everyone is standing in the yard, looking towards the gate, which I can't see from behind Fred.
"What's happening?" I whisper half to myself, half to Scorpius. I look up at him and see that his face has hardened.
I step round Fred, Scorpius still pressed to my side. Then I see him. My father. My jaw practically drops off my face. Mum and Hugo stand in front of me to the left. I look at dad and his eyes lock with mine. Then flick to Scorpius whose grip on my waist tightens slightly.
"Who's this Rosie?" He asks.
I don't reply.
"Explain what you're doing here first Ron." Harry says.
"I wanted to see my family."
"Well, you've seen them." James mutters under his breath.
"James!" Hisses Ginny.
"You can go talk in the living room." Harry says. "If that's alright with you 'Mione?"
"It's fine." Mum says curtly.
She turns walks into the house. She smiles grimly at me as she passes. Hugo follows her and stops when he reaches me. I kiss Scorpius on the cheek.
"I'll be fine." I whisper. He nods slightly, pulls me tight then lets me go. I take my brothers hand and we walk into the house after our mother.
XX
Mum stands looking out the window when we walk in. I sit on the sofa nearest the door and lean against the armrest.
Hugo sits next to me.
Dad stops in the doorway.
"Hello Mione."
"Ronald." She pauses. "You've left Lavender alone on Christmas day then?"
"No, we were at her families place."
"Oh, I see."
"Mione…"
"Don't call me that Ronald." Mum snaps turning around.
"Sorry… Hermione."
There's a pause, and it feels like the room is going to crack with tension.
"Hermione, why are you being like this? I thought we decided this was mutual? You're not letting me see my kids…"
"She's not, 'not letting you see us.' We didn't want to see you." Hugo interrupts.
Dad looks at my brother, "I'm sorry you feel like that Hugo."
"Yeah. Me too Dad, me too." Hugo spits and I grab his hand again.
"You think this ended mutually Ronald? Really? When I found you with her in our bed. Our bed Ronald."
Mum looks close to tears.
"We decided to separate before then. You know that."
"Yes. But I didn't realise you were already screwing someone else. I thought you'd at least wait until you'd moved out of the house. Or at least until we'd told our children…" She gestures to Hugo and I.
Dad looks shocked. Mum never uses words like screwing. But this means she's angry. Really angry.
"I'm sorry." Dad says quietly.
"Sorry won't cut it." Mum says.
I nervously clutch the heart around my neck with my free hand as there's silence once more.
"So, Rosie, who's the boy?" Dad asks, clearly trying to break the ice… he chose the wrong route to take.
"My boyfriend…" I inform him. "Scorpius Malfoy." I add. Just for the full effect.
Dad's face goes slack.
"What?" He whispers, his voice deadly quiet.
"You heard." I say. He looks from me, to mum and then back again, shaking his head.
"No. You stay away from him Rosie. You stay away." His voice gets louder as he repeats himself.
"Why Dad? Because you don't like him?" I ask, keeping my voice level.
"Yes. He'll hurt you Rose. He'll use you. His family is bad blood. I've told you that before. I thought you listened."
"Well Dad." I spit the word out. "He makes me happy. Happier than you would believe, happier than you've made me recently, and no, he won't hurt me. So whatever you say, whatever you think about him, your wrong."
"Hermione. You can't possibly agree with her?" Dad asks Mum.
"Actually Ronald, I do. But don't you think it's a little inappropriate to be lecturing her now?"
Dad shakes his head slightly, like a wet dog, trying to get water out of its ears.
"Fine. But I'm not happy about this."
"You don't have to be. It's none of your business." I say.
I stand up.
"It was nice to see you Dad."
"Wait, Rose, are you going to come and visit before you go back to school?"
I look at him for a moment.
"I don't know. I'll talk to Hugo about it later." I say. Then brush past him to leave the room. I wait in the kitchen for Hugo, knowing he won't stay in the living room long, with just Mum and Dad. The tension is too painful. Sure enough, a minute later, Hugo walks through the door, scowling.
"He told me to make sure you stopped seeing Scorpius and that he hoped I was more sensible than you when it came to my life."
"What did you say?"
"I told him to stuff it." He says grinning at me, and starting to laugh.
His grin is infectious and I start laughing too. We link arms and go outside.
XX
Due to the constant rowing over teams on Christmas day two years ago it was agreed that the teams would be the same every year.
They consist of: Harry, Al, Angelina, Fred, Audrey, Molly, Charlie, Mum, Hugo, Fleur, Teddy and Dom
And: Ginny, James, Lily, George, Rox, Percy, Lucy, Me, Dad, Bill, Vic and Louis.
But this year, Scorpius will be playing instead of Dad.
To be honest, the teams never really go quite as planned. Mum and Audrey always help Grams make lunch while Gramps referee's and Percy and Lucy sometimes don't play because Lucy's too young and we tend to get violent… But obviously that's a rare occurrence.
"Rosie, Malfoy, hurry up! We've already started." James shouts from high above us hovering in the field opposite the house. We both grab our brooms from the cupboard.
"You're with me." I inform him as I conjure purple jerseys that match the rest of our team.
The others wear orange.
"Beautiful colours. Who thought of these?" Scorpius remarks as we reach playing level.
"James." I roll my eyes. "When he must've been like eight. They've just kind of stuck. And plus, they're not house colours, so there's no rivalry."
Scorpius looks around at the mayhem surrounding him?
"Um, Rosie? This is NOT how you play Quidditch."
"Yeah I know, everyone plays every position, except one keeper and one seeker on each team. Oh and there's still only two beaters bats." I tell him.
"Oi, Malfoy, you can stay chaser if you like." James yells from across the field.
"So you don't have to worry about anything. Except doing what you're good at." I tell him.
"Admitting I'm a good chaser Weasley?" His trademark smirk spreading across his face…
"Might be." I say cheekily before grinning at him and flying away grabbing a bat from Lily as I pass her.
"George?" I shout to my Uncle.
"Left Rosie."
And with that I swoop towards the bludger that's nearest to me and thwack it towards Al.
…
"Go Ginny go." I scream at my aunt as she pelts down the pitch side-by-side with her husband. Both with their arms outstretched pursuing the small golden snitch.
Then her fist closes around it.
"Yes!" Comes the shout around the pitch from those clad in purple.
We all accelerate to where Ginny caught the snitch and envelop her in a group hug. When we land I hear Uncle Harry explaining to his team…
"I let her get it, I can't beat my wife."
"Rubbish Potter. I won, fair and square." Aunt Ginny says grinning at Harry.
Harry rolls his eyes.
"Obviously dear." He says.
"Exactly." Ginny replies smirking.
Harry wraps his arms around her waist and kisses her.
"Eugh, do you have to do that here…"
"Mum, Dad…"
"Seriously, your children are present, not even a good fifty metres away."
Come the disgruntled outcries of their children.
"Come on you lot." Harry says pulling away from Ginny looking at his watch. "It's nearly 2.30, which means.." He grabs Lily around the waist. "...Lunch." Lily squeals as her father carries her inside.
We all pile through the front door coming to an abrupt halt just inside, I'm still standing on the doormat and I practically fall over Al as he stops just ahead of me. Scorp grabs the back of my robes pulling me upright. I shoot him a thankful smile.
I stand on tiptoes craning my head to see over my family, I mean who decided that it would be a good idea to stop in the middle of the doorway. Honestly. I nearly pass out at the sight that greets my eyes.
Dad's lips are pressed to mums, not in the way Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny were kissing. His hands pull her shoulders tight and she's pushing hard against his chest, trying to get away.
"Oi, Ronald." Uncle George shouts.
Dad looks round abruptly and then, Mum slaps him. Hard. His eyes flash.
"Don't ever do that to me again." She shouts and storms into the kitchen.
Uncle George walks over to his brother.
"Leave."
Dad scowls. "Who are you to tell me..."
"Now." Uncle Harry scowls, putting Lily down, interrupting his best friend.
Dad looks shocked that Uncle Harry has spoken. He looks, betrayed.
He barges past us towards the door; he stops looking at Scorpius and me. Whose arms wrapped around my waist when Dad started to storm towards us.
"You stay away from her Malfoy. You hear me?" He says threateningly.
"I'm sorry sir, I can't do that." Scorpius says quietly back.
"You will boy. You will, or you'll have all hell to pay."
"Leave Ronald." I say to my father. "Leave right now."
"I hope you'll think on what I said Rose." He says before walking out of the door.
I turn round and bury my head in Scorpius' chest. I feel Hugo hug me from behind and Al wrapping his arms around me from the side.
"Lunch is ready everyone." Auntie Ange says in a forced voice pulling everyone else into the kitchen with her. Leaving the four of us standing in the hallway.
"I'm sorry Scor." I mumble into his chest.
He chuckles slightly and I feel it rumbling through his chest. I feel Al and Hugo letting go of me and I look up at Scor curiously.
"It's not your fault baby. Don't be sorry." He kisses my forehead.
"But…"
"Rosie. Not. Your. Fault." He says.
"Now shut up, and come eat." Hugo says, pulling me round and dragging me into to kitchen, with Al and Scorpius trailing behind us.
"I'm fine." I mouth to mum when her eyes flick to mine smiling broadly at her and sit down next to Scorpius and Hugo. I look at the food piled in front of me and practically start salivating it on the spot.
"Hungry sis?" Hugo asks.
"Is it that obvious?" I ask grinning.
"Well you're practically eating it with you're eyes." He says. "By the way, Scorp mate, get in there quick when Nan says we can start."
"It's like lions at the watering hole." I inform him.
Grams sits down at the head of the table and counts everyone.
"Merry Christmas everyone." She smiles at us.
"Merry Christmas Grams." We all chorus back.
She puts food on her plate, very, very slowly, deliberately making us wait. When she's done, she chuckles slightly, knowing the chaos that is about to ensue.
"Do start." She says, and everyone dives for the food.
XX
Several hours later and I'm lying next to Dom and Lily half asleep in the midst of a food coma. Al, Fred, Louis and James are playing the slowest game of team Wizards chess on the floor next to the Christmas tree, Scorpius is entertaining Molly and Lucy and Gramps is sleeping in the chair next to the fire. My dear brother is immersed in the book I got him for Christmas (huge surprise there! He actually likes it, or he's just trying really hard to be interested).
And as per usual, Vic and Teddy have disappeared off somewhere together. Its Rox's turn to do the dishes, I can hear her complaining through the open door. The adults keep coming in and checking on us, to make sure we haven't started anything they wouldn't approve off (Like we would!). Actually, like we could, we're all to sleepy after Christmas lunch. (I genuinely think I may never get up, I feel drunk with food.)
"So Rosie, what did Malfoy get you for Christmas?" Dom asks hauling herself up into a sitting position.
"Yeah, Rosie, what did Malfoy get you?" Lily asks pulling herself up too. I resign myself for a 'boyfriend gossip conversation'.
"This.." I say sitting up and showing them the little silver heart.
"Seriously?" Lily asks staring with awe.
"That is literally the cutest thing in the entire world." Dom gushes. "I didn't know he had it in him."
I shove my shoulder into her, rolling my eyes.
"He has indeed just gained many brownie points. I must congratulate you Rosie on gaining such a sterling young man." Lily agrees putting on a posh accent.
"Two minutes ago you were calling him 'Malfoy' and now he's a 'sterling young man.' Who knew jewellery could get men so far with you two?"
"Well… now you know the truth Rosie." Dom sighs as if she's just revealed a huge secret.
"I've always known the truth about you Dommie." I inform her winking and leaning into her.
"And what truth would that be?" Dom asks, raising her eyebrows suggestively.
"I think it would be best if we keep it on the 'DL'" I say raising my eyebrows back at her.
"Always got my best interests at heart haven't you Rosie." She says as Lily laughs.
"Always Dom, always." I say throwing my arm around her shoulders.
"Right children. Mince pie time." Uncle Charlie says coming into the room holding a massive plate of mince pies.
"I don't think I can eat anything else, I'll explode." Lily says stretching.
"Has anyone seen my daughter?" Uncle Bill comes in after his brother stretching.
"I'm right here Daddy." Dom puts on a simpering Barbie voice and jumps up to greet her father.
"The other one." Bill says grinning. "Not that I don't love you too Dommie."
"She's off on a 'walk' somewhere with Teddy." Dom informs her father, grinning.
"She's gonna kill you." Louis sing-songs at her.
"Eugh, come on, its not like we didn't all know anyway." Dom rolls her eyes at her little brother.
"True story bro." James calls from the other side of the room. He rolls over on his back stretching and knocking over all the chess pieces.
"Whoops." He says.
"Don't you 'bro' me James Potter." Dom says, walking across the room and sitting on James' now exposed stomach.
He groans. "Dear Merlin woman, how much did you eat?" He asks jokingly.
"Potter, you complete prat." She says, pinching his sides. He squeals like a girl.
"Honestly Jamsie, you should never insult a woman about her weight." I say getting up and sitting on him next to Dom.
"Really 'bro', I thought you might have learned your lesson." Lily says also joining us and sitting on top of her brother.
"Can't… breathe. Lily… you… traitor. Al…Fred… help me." He gasps.
Suddenly I'm being lifted up by Fred and hoisted over his shoulder, he drops me on the floor and starts tickling me..
"Fred no… stop it… please…" I gasp through laughter.
"Promise to be nice?"
"I'm…always... nice."
He raises an eyebrow at me.
"Fine... fine, I promise..."
He lets me up.
"For today." I finish, jumping out of his reach.
"Ah, my missing child." Uncle Bill cries out as Vic and Teddy come in hands entwined, Vic giggling at something Teddy's whispering to her.
"Good 'walk' you two?" He asks winking.
Vic glares round, trying to find out who sold her out.
"Oh come on Vic, you don't think I'm that stupid not to realise after around three Christmas', where you two go on Christmas day? I mean, you are dating."
"Dad." Vic hisses scandalised.
"Vic." Bill hisses back. "I married your mother."
Vic rolls her eyes resignedly, still glaring at us all, she pulls Teddy over to the sofa that Dom, Lily and I just vacated, sitting down Teddy wraps his arms around Vic who cuddles into him, smiling like a fool.
Dom and James make retching noises and receive glares for their efforts.
"Molly, Lucy, bed." Percy announces. "Its almost eleven o'clock."
His daughters moan as he chivvy's them upstairs.
"I'm going up too, Lily, you coming?" I ask.
"Yeah, in a sec." She says.
"Night everyone." I say, after hearing a chorus of replies and hugging my cousin's goodnight, even managing Teddy and Vic whilst they were still somewhat entwined (something that only occurs on Christmas, I assure you.) I head up the stairs and close the door to Lily's room behind me. I pull on my pyjama bottoms, which have cute little cats on brooms on them and a vest top. Switching of the light, I go over to the window open it wide and lean out into the cold night, wondering if Connor was going to come and see Lily this evening. I hear the door open and shut behind me.
"Hey, Lily." I say. "You can switch the light on if you need it."
There's no reply, but the light flicks on. I lean back into the room at the same time as a familiar pair of arms encircles around my waist.
"Lily is staying with Al tonight."
"Oh." Is all I can manage as I pull the window closed, shutting out the cold.
"She said that we were not under any circumstances allowed to do anything in her bed."
I laugh.
"And Al is alright with this?"
"He figured you might want some time alone with me."
I turn round to face Scorpius, looking up into his grey eyes.
"Did he now?" I ask, suggestively.
"Yeah, he did." Scorpius smirks and kisses my forehead.
"Oh, I never gave you my present." I say, remembering all of a sudden.
"Stay here." I tell him sternly, I go and get it from under my bed. Walking back round Lily's bed to where Scorpius has remained statue like.
I had the parcel to him, he feels it through the paper.
"Did you get me a book Rosie?" He asks. I roll my eyes.
"It's not just any book."
He rips the paper off and holds the bound leather book in his hands. It's quite small, and square. He opens the front page, and smiles. On every page, I've put a picture, or written something. The first one is of him and me when we kissed for the first time in front of everyone.
"Is it all of us?" He asks staring at the picture.
"No. Not all of it."
He flicks through the book, chuckling at a few of the ridiculous pictures I found of him and the boys from earlier down the school. There are a few of Al and me as well.
"I love it Rosie."
"You do?"
"Of course."
And with that he lowers his mouth to mine, kissing me hard. He puts his present on the windowsill behind him. His tongue slides between my lips, eagerly and without hesitation. His hands glide over my body and I run mine down his back and up underneath his shirt, so they rest on the skin of his lower back. Suddenly he lifts me up spinning me round so my back is against the wall. I instinctively wrap my legs round him. He moans slightly into my mouth at my action. Pushing deeper into the kiss, he pushes me harder against the wall and we are plunged into sudden darkness as I lean against the light switch. I feel his weight against me and I gasp slightly as I feel him lean into me. Suddenly he pulls away from my lips, I frown but almost instantly his lips are against the skin on my neck, just below my ear. As his mouth moves down my neck, I tip my head back; I gasp slightly when he sucks gently on my pulse point.
"You better not give me a hickey Malfoy." I warn him rather pathetically, my voice only comes out in a whisper.
He chuckles lightly into my neck. His lips make a path down the chain of my necklace. He dips right down to just between my breasts and then presses his lips to mine once more. I sigh. He walks backwards, my legs still wrapped tight around his waist and he sits down on Lily's bed.
"Don't tell Lily." He whispers.
"Never."
He kisses me again as I move my hands to his chest, under his shirt and dear Merlin am I glad this boy plays Quidditch. I remove my hands from his shirt, running them down his body as I do, he moans slightly into my mouth. I undo the buttons and pulling his shirt off I press myself against him. My legs squeezing him of their own accord. He breaks away, dipping his head on my shoulder.
"Rosie. Please, don't let me do something I'll regret." He mutters into my shoulder.
"I won't baby. I won't." I tell him. I can feel him through my pyjamas now, pressing against me. It's hard to describe how much I want him. But I know I can't do it and he can't either.
Scorpius growls. I smirk.
"Like it when I call you baby?"
"You have no idea what you do to me Rosie. No idea." He pressed his forehead down on my shoulder.
He kisses me lightly on my nose and I giggle, looking down at him, I see his eyes flash and a smile appear at the sound, and in that moment as the smile flashes across his face, I know.
I know that I love him.
I suddenly kiss him hard, trying to convey my thoughts to him. He eventually pulls away looking up at me confusedly.
"Come on you. Bed." He says. I pout. He picks me up and we get in my bed. He takes his jeans off before climbing in.
I raise my eyebrows.
"Well I can't exactly sleep in jeans, can I?"
"Okay, fair." I reply laughing at him.
I curl into his side. His arms wrap around me and the smell of his cologne envelops me. I breathe in deeply.
"Are you smelling me?" Comes his amused voice from above.
"So what if I was Malfoy?" I ask, smirking.
"No reason." He replies, but I can practically feel the smugness rolling off him in waves.
"Night Rosie."
"Night Scor." I reply, my fingers curling round the charm around my neck.
As I fall asleep, I faintly hear him whisper into my hair.
"I think I love you Rosie."
But I'm almost unconscious and my brain has shut off any coherent thought of what I've just heard.
When I wake up in the morning it's still dark. The boy next to me is still fast asleep. His chest slowly rising and falling in sleep.
"I think I love you too." I whisper.
Then I shut my eyes and go back to sleep.
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