I believe this is the third update on this Challenge today :) I'm on a roll, and I'm loving it!

I've been meaning to get the ones I have finished typed up so I can post them, so I'm using today to do that.

Hope you all don't mind ;)

Disclaimer: The characters in this one-shot are not mine as I have yet to wake up and find myself in J.K. Rowling's body. (Sad, I know.)

'Thoughts are in itatlics.'

Prompt #6 Crying

'Get it together! You knew something like this would happen sooner or later. You said you could accept it when it did. Just because you love her more than anything in this world does not mean she feels the same way about you!' Scorpius Malfoy put his face in his hands as he sat outside the Slytherin common room. He couldn't stand everyone asking him where she was every. five. seconds. so he moved outside. Was he supposed to keep a planner of her every activity or something? The funny thing was, Scorpius did know where Rose was or what she was doing almost all the time, and right now she was- The thought brought back the anger inside of him, "You. Are. Not. Dating. Her. Idiot. Let. It. Go," his fist connected with the wall to punctuate each word. He sighed, tensing his fingers to get the feeling back.

If anyone else knew how shattered Scorpius was over Rose Weasley and Lorcan Scamander going out on one bloody date, he would never hear the end of it. Rose had been his best friend (Oh, how he hated the word 'friend' at the moment) since nappies. The two had done everything together; they got their Hogwarts letters together, they shopped for school necessities together, they spent holidays and birthdays together. They were never supposed to date.

"It would be too strange," people gossiped. "They're too much alike," from some or, "They're too different," from others. It appeared no one could make up their minds about Rose and Scorpius. No one else besides family knew them well enough to have an accurate guess.

Scorpius' and Rose's parents had not gotten along in school what so ever, but after the Second Wizarding War, things changed drastically. His dad never would tell him all the details, only that people matured a lot, and quickly, due to the stressful time. After realizing he wouldn't have Rose in his life otherwise, Scorpius decided not to question the matter further.

'Speak of the Devil,' he thought as Rose click-clacked down the cold, dungeon corridor in a simple green dress and short silver heels. She looked beautiful, as always, even if she didn't see it herself. A lot of guys at Hogwarts definitely saw how she had grown up over the years, much to Scorpius' disappointment.

"So… how was your date with Lorcan?" Scorpius fought hard to keep the jealous tone out of his voice and ended up sounding pissed off instead.

'That will have to work because I can't let her know that I like her. She would probably just laugh and dismiss it like she did with every other boy,' Scorpius thought as he rolled his eyes.

"Oh, like you care. You haven't even talked to me all week. Not since I told you about it. Why ask now?" she shot back, her voice was venom.

"I don't care, really. I simply wondered if it went well. If it did then you will be going on other dates," Scorpius had perfected his family's drawl long ago, "meaning I'm free to stay in the common room without having to suffer through the disgusting sight of you two shoving your tongues down each others throats," he regretted those words as soon as he spoke them. Scorpius never could deal with emotions well. Malfoys never showed when they were hurt, but instead channeled it into anger or scorn.

Rose, who had almost made it to the section of wall that lead to the common room, stopped dead in her tracks. "Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy! ('She sounds so much like her mother,' Scorpius couldn't help but think) How dare you insinuate that I am no better than a common slag! I thought you knew me better than that," she sounded hurt and disappointed when she said the last bit.

'Why does she have to be so bloody intimidating?' a faint blush crept into Scorpius' cheeks as he played with his family crest ring as per usual when being scolded.

He took a step backward, clenching his jaw to keep his lip from quivering. Malfoys never cry, he chanted in his head. Rose was the only person, besides his father, who had ever brought him anywhere close to tears. Scorpius mentally kicked himself for not choosing his words better before blurting them out without thought as his mother had often done when she was angry.

"What, no come back, Scorp?" she sneered before barking the password and stomping into the common room.

Once inside, her false bravado cracked. What Scorpius said kept playing in her head, over and over and over. 'Is he really that dense?' thought Rose, her vision blurry with tears.

He sank back down against the wall. He could not believe he had really been that stupid to blow the only chance he had to tell her how he felt. There was so much Scorpius wanted to say; how hurt he was by her date with Lorcan, how sorry he was for what he said, how much he loved her and always had. But he didn't have the courage.

'She doesn't feel the same way,' he gathered himself and trudged up the stairs to the dorms, preparing himself for a rough, sleepless night.

Rose ran to her room and threw herself on the bed, thankful that her roommates decided to be somewhere else. Only then did she let the tears come. Her mother always told her it was okay to cry, but Rose thought it was a sign of weakness. And she, for one, was not a weakling. She tried so hard to make Scorpius jealous that night, but it turned out her suspicions were true.

'Scorpius doesn't care about me the way I do for him,' Rose's heart was beginning to break at the realization.

Both young Slytherins went to sleep with tear stains on their cheeks. Would they ever be able to confess their love to each other? Or would their insecurities ruin everything? Only time would tell.

Well, there you have it.

This is not the last of these two, believe me. I will be continuing this one-shot in other prompts for this challenge :)

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xoxo Princess