CHAPTER 10! Wowey. Sorry I haven't updated in a couple of days. I just haven't been in the mood to write.

Now that the story is progressing the chapters will probably be shorter since I don't have to sum up a whole years of events, they won't be too short, they just won't be as long as chapter 5 (man that was a seriously long chapter).

To make it clear: the first bit is in Rose's POV and then after the dotted line it changes to Scorpius's POV.

Enjoy! Keep reviewing and thanks to everyone who already has.

Disclaimer: I owned Harry Potter once, and then I woke up from my dream.

The usual hustle and bustle that filled Platform 9 ¾ on the 1st of September was the same as ever, if not more husltey and bustley.

Owls hooted, cats meowed, there weren't any toads, but if there were I can bet there would have been some croaks.

I made my way to the prefect's carriage with Al for the second year in a row. Malfoy wasn't there yet, of course he had to be 'fashionably late' I secretly hoped (who I am I kidding, I openly hoped) he was late because then he would miss the train and maybe I wouldn't have to see his arrogant, if slightly handsome, face for a whole year. What joy!

We walked in and Al and I sat down opposite Janice Abbott and Liam Smith from Hufflepuff. They were both really nice, well Liam was a bit stuck up (nowhere near as much as Malfoy though) but that was okay once you got over it.

"Did you see Jeff Harrison on the cover of Witch Weekly?" Janice said a loving look in her eye as she gazed off in the distance.

"Did I ever!" I said excitedly. Jeff Harrison was one hot Auror. He pretty much had the whole witch population of the world in love with him.

"Did you see his abs on page 4?" She asked.

"YES!" I squealed.

"Okay ladies; let's start talking about something we would all like to talk about!" Al said in a mock serious tone.

"Yeah, like me!" Smith said. I sniggered, Janice did too. He really did think a lot of himself, that Liam Smith.

"Yeah because girls would like to talk about you rather than me!" Albus said jokingly, striking a pose. Janice and I cracked up in hysterics.

The compartment door slid open. I inwardly groaned, George Corner and Lila Patil were already in the compartment, which meant that Malfoy and Zabini were the only people left who would come in the compartment.

Stopping laughing immediately I turned my head to glare at Malfoy.

I couldn't.

He had seriously grown more attractive since last year. Yeah, I thought, that sucked a whole lot. My 'you're ugly Malfoy, no girl will ever find you attractive, and if they do I bet they are in St Mungo's now for permanent brain damage.' insult wasn't going to work anymore. Rats.

His hair, perfectly messy as always, looked absolutely amazing. The blondeness positively glowing. His grey eyes seemed to sparkle and glisten. He had grown taller, tall guys were cute. To top it all off, his muscley Quidditch body looked amazing in the outfit that he was wearing.

Golly I hate that boy.

Luckily for me, I'm half a Granger. We are good at keeping our emotions in. I mean it took my dad well over a year to work out that my mum was in love with him. In fact he practically had to wait until her lips were on his at the Battle of Hogwarts.

My face must have showed shock for only a second and then it flicked back to a smirk.

Janice and Lila, however, weren't the best at hiding their emotions. Lila's mouth was wide open and Janice's eyes were exactly the same as they had been a few moments ago when we had been talking about Jeff Harrison, except instead of looking longingly into the distance she was looking longingly at none other than Scorpius Malfoy. She needed to get some better taste.

Hold you hippogriff's there! Do not think I am being hypocritical here. I will admit to saying that he was more attractive than last year, I may even admit to saying he is attractive. BUT you will never see me looking longingly at Scorpius Malfoy. NEVER! Na uh! No way! NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!

"What do girls see in him?" Al muttered next to me "He's not even that good looking."

"Most horrible thing I have ever seen." I told him, wondering when I became such a good actress because Scorpius Malfoy is extremely far from the most horrible thing I have ever seen. Don't worry! I just said it, remember: NEVER! Na uh! No way! NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!

Haven't I already stated that Weasleys and Malfoys just don't mix, no matter how attractive the Malfoy is?

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I was running a bit late. It takes time to perfect my look okay. Plus my Dad woke up late and he had to take me to the station, I have to wait until next year before I am allowed to apparate. It's a real pain.

We made our way to Kings Cross and I easily made my way to the barrier between Platform's nine and ten. I was no longer 11; I wasn't scared of going through it.

On the other side of the barrier I spotted Vincent (with Bella of course) and I waved. Being a prefect and all meant I wouldn't be able to see him until most of the way through the train ride.

I saw a long train of blonde hair in front of me. Recognising it immediately I called out "LISA!"

Lisa Zabini turned around, spotted me and made her way over.

"Hey Scorp! How've your holidays been?" she asked me. Her blue eyes, almost a head shorter than mine, looking at me with interest.

"It was good." I told her. "Mum and Dad were really pleased with my OWL results. Grandpa Lucius wasn't but I can handle him. What about yours?"

"Only got an E in Transfiguration then?" she laughed.

"Something like that." I muttered.

"Nice one Scorp. Well my holidays were good, we went to France. I had the most amazing chocolate dessert"

"Nice one and YUM. Should we go into the prefect's carriage now?" I asked her.

"Sure, let's go."

We walked along the Platform, chatting, until we reached the prefects compartment. We hopped on the train and I reached my hand out to open the carriage door.

I knew Weasley was going to be there. I had my smirk all set up and ready to go once I saw her.

I couldn't do it, I just couldn't smirk.

Weasley looked so much more beautiful than last year. I had opened the door when she was laughing. I had never truly appreciated how beautiful her laugh was, along with her smile. Mind you, I thought to myself, I rarely saw her laugh or smile since we were always angry or annoyed at each other when we interacted.

Trust me on this one. She has one of the most amazing smiles I have ever seen. Not one of those fake smiles, a nice, real, genuine smile. Her laugh? It was like a wave of sunshine. Stop looking at me like that! Malfoys are allowed to be poetic, even if only in the comfort of their own mind.

Her hair looked amazing too. It had gone redder in the holidays. Not so much the bright orange that most Weasleys had, a redder colour, mixed with brown of course (sorry if it's hard to imagine, I just can't describe it). It was wavy and shoulder length, her fringe perfect. She looked amazing. Her brown eyes looked stunning as the surveyed me with interest and shock, not the usual smirk. That only lasted a second though. Her body looked stunning to, she wasn't one of those skinny little girls who looked as though she had never eaten.

The guys in the carriage seemed to have noticed as well. Well obviously not Potter (that would be disturbing, not to mention awkward) but Smith and Corner were both looking at her like she was some goddess or something. Corner had his mouth kind of gapping and Smith was just gazing at her, looking quickly away when she looked at him.

It was so stupid that these guys liked her.

Don't you dare call me a hypocrite! I'm not. Like I said: She is much more beautiful than last year and her hair is amazing, her laugh is truly beautiful. But beauty is only skin deep and I am NEVER going to have my mouth gapping at Rose Weasley. Nor am I going to be caught gazing at her.

Haven't you been listening? Well then I'll repeat what I've been saying all along: Weasleys and Malfoys just don't mix, even if the Weasley in question is insanely beautiful.

Author's Note: Wow 10 chapters. I hope you all liked this chapter. I did.

Sorry if you think that it is being a bit repetitive but tough luck for you; they are basically thinking the same things in this chapter! It's just how it is.

Looks are the start of their relationship, I know it's what on the inside that counts (and so do Rose and Scorpius or else they'd be together by now) but relationships do have something to do with looks. Rose and Scorpius find each other attractive which is going to prove a problem (well for them, it's great for us) for them later on.

Let's just say that it can get pretty obvious if you start staring at people. Especially people you are supposed to hate.

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