A/N: I know I said in the beginning of this story that there might not be many chapters. But I think there will be many chapters. Hopefully though, not as many as 20 chapters. Anyway I finally wrote this chapter after a month of being absent. It sometimes gets difficult in thinking and portraying what the characters should say/do. Well, enjoy!

Disclaimer: Every character belongs to JK Rowling.

CHAPTER 6

That night Scorpius couldn't sleep properly. All he could think about was what he and the Potter brothers had discussed about his 'role' when becoming a secret admirer to Rose. At first he rejected the idea. But as he thought more about it, it made more sense. The only problem was: where to get a rose in Hogwarts?

He thought of asking his friends or maybe some of his professors about it, but it might be a little too suspicious for a bloke like him asking where to find a rose. James and Albus weren't much of a help either. They just told him to find it himself.

What to do?

Usually when he's confused or needed help for his homework, he would always go to that one person since she was one of the best students around. But unfortunately the person he wanted to go to was the same person he would have to give a rose to.

Maybe I can ask for her help? But will she find out that it's me?

Finally after a few more turns and tosses on his bed, he could close his eyes to start sleeping.

In the morning, Scorpius suddenly woke up to the sound of people walking around the room he was sharing with his roommates. He mumbled, "Could you please do whatever you're doing silently?" and rolled to the side without even opening his eyes to see who the intruder was.

His roommate laughed and suddenly poked his head. "You have to wake up anyway. It's almost noon."

He groaned and buried his face into his pillows. "Shut up," he replied. "I'm still very sleepy. Couldn't sleep properly last night."

"Why not? We all went to bed quite early last night, seeing that you went back from your date earlier than expected."

Scorpius lifted his arm to make the move to shove his friend. But unfortunately Albus was now standing too far for his arm to reach, causing Albus to laugh again.

"It wasn't a date so shut up, Al."

Albus snickered. "Okay fine, it wasn't a date. She was just helping you do your extra work in the library where it was almost empty because it was a Saturday evening."

Suddenly a pillow flew into Albus' head.

"I told you to shut up, didn't I?"

Albus stood up from his seat on his own bed and walked to Scorpius', the pillow on his hand. "Sorry, mate. But you still have to wake up," he said, placing the pillow on the bed. "You still have three more pages to do, remember?"

Scorpius groaned.

An hour passed and Scorpius was finally properly dressed. He went down to the Great Hall by himself as Albus already left him upstairs.

As it was a Sunday afternoon, not many people were downstairs. They were most probably playing outside, or still sleeping.

But not that one person. And of course Albus.

"Hey, sleepyhead," Rose greeted him as he took a seat across from her. "Good sleep, I suppose."

Scorpius snorted. "Not really," he replied, gathering some food into his plate. He thanked Merlin or whoever it was that still left some food for him to eat. "It was actually the opposite. I couldn't really sleep."

"Why?" she asked. "Didn't you all go to sleep earlier than me?"

"We did," answered Albus. "But I don't know why he couldn't sleep."

Albus and Rose turned to Scorpius almost simultaneously.

"I had a lot in mind."

Albus quietly snorted but Scorpius could hear it.

"Were you thinking about that extra work you have left?" asked Rose. "You still have ... how many pages do you still need to do?"

"Around three."

"Need help?"

Both Albus and Scorpius lifted their eyes to see the girl sitting in front of them.

"I'm free today, anyway."

"You don't mind?" asked Scorpius.

Rose smiled. "No."

"Really? Why?" asked Albus.

Rose turned to her cousin. "Because I'm a great friend to him, and you're not," she answered. "I'd rather spend time with him doing work than watching him 'die' excruciatingly slow later should he not finish the said work."

Scorpius was confused whether he should be happy because she volunteered to help him or insulted for she somehow thought that he might not finish it by the end of the day by himself. Nevertheless, he smiled as he saw her turn her face towards him. "Thank you."

Rose smiled again. "So what time do you want to start?"

"Right after I finish my brunch."

One hour later, both Rose and Scorpius found themselves in the library. Just like yesterday, it was almost empty; only a few people were sitting inside and doing their own work. Nonetheless, the librarian was still walking around the area just in case any of them tried to disturb the peace and quiet of the library.

"Why do you want to help me, Rose?" asked Scorpius, in the middle of writing the essay. "You should have been outside, having fun."

Rose sighed and looked up from her book. "I thought we've talked about this," she said. "I'd rather be here with you in a library than be outside. The weather's quite hot today anyway."

"You could have stayed in the Common Room too," he replied. "At least it's not quiet there."

"Maybe I want some peace and quiet."

She spoke so softly that Scorpius almost couldn't hear what she said. He looked up to confirm that she did say the sentence, but unfortunately she's already hiding behind her book. Fortunately for him though, he could somehow see her ears that had turned red. He smiled before continuing his deserted work.

Finally the three pages were done. Scorpius then packed up his things. Seeing that Rose was still reading her book, he sat still, looking at her.

"Do you have something to ask me?" asked Rose so sudden that he almost jumped out of his chair. She looked up from her book.

Scorpius cleared his throat. "Err, well I do have something to ask you." What am I doing?

"Okay, what's the question?"

"I have to look for a ... an item. But I don't know where to find it."

Rose paused. "This ... item; can't you tell me what it is?"

"No," he answered, shaking his head. "It's a secret."

"Why do you want to look for this item?"

"It's still a secret."

Rose sighed. "Okay, fine. Is it school-related?" As soon as she got a shake of his head as an answer, she continued, "Well, that's really easy to answer," with a roll of her eyes. Sighing, she asked again, "Is this item important to you?"

"Well I have to find it, so yes."

"Did you lose this item?"

"It's not mine, but I have to find it. The problem is: I don't know how to."

Rose leaned closer. "Is it someone else's and you lost it?"

"No."

She leaned back and crossed her arms. "Well, my parents usually use Accio," she said, nodding her head. "But if you do, the item will fly from wherever the location is before coming to you. If it's really huge, you would draw the whole school's attention and you might end up having a detention because I assume the item is illegal."

"It's not."

"Good," said Rose. "Then again, you come to me instead of our Professors." Her eyes were now narrowed.

"It's not illegal, I'm serious."

She sighed. "Since you're not telling me what it is," she paused, thinking of what to ask him. "Oh, how big is it?"

"It's quite small actually."

She nodded again. "Hmm, then maybe if you Accio it, it wouldn't draw as much attention."

"Yes, but it'll be quite weird seeing this item flying around the school," said Scorpius. "And I don't want people to know that it's me." He suddenly widened his eyes as he came to a realisation. "What if someone else in Hogwarts has this item and when I Accio it, they'll follow wherever this item flies to and find out it's me?" His eyes were now even wider, if that's possible. "Or worse: what if this someone else is one of the Professors?

"Calm down, Scor. I'm sure whatever reason you have for looking for it is reasonable. Maybe they won't tell anyone about it." She paused. "Well, I hope it is reasonable."

Scorpius just stayed silent as he himself didn't know whether his reason was ... well, reasonable.

"Do you have any more questions?"

"No," he answered, smiling as he did so, "Thank you for everything though."

"You're welcome," she replied with a smile on her face too. "Shall we go back? You've finished everything, haven't you?"

A/N: As usual, don't forget to review. ;]

P.S: Hopefully by next chapter, everything will start to kick off. I know that the pace of this story is really slow. And I apologise for that.