The next morning Rose walked into the great hall with Albus and Lily. They were her best friends, always around to chat and have fun. As they headed to their usual spot, she glanced over at the Slytherin table to see if Scorpius would be studying for their Transfiguration test. What she saw shocked her. Instead of sitting alone with his head buried in his book, Scorpius was chatting it up with the Slytherin quidditch captain. He had the whole team around him laughing at a joke. He looked like a typical popular guy, and based on the Ravenclaw girls drooling over him, she wasn't the only one to notice his change.

"Hmm, so Malfoy's finally acting like a Malfoy eh?" Al said, looking over to see what Rose was looking at.

"Yea, I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later," Rose said, disappointed. She had hoped that even as a pathetic student, Malfoy would still be able to make his family name respectable once more.

"Well good! He's way hotter now." Said Lily, and Rose snorted. There was only one thing her little cousin worried about, and it wasn't grades. By second year she had started dating, and she had more ex's than Rose could remember. She was already a bigger heartbreak than Victoire.

Al looked less than impressed. "Eyes back in your head little sis, he's a Malfoy. Arrogant prat Malfoy. Potters and Malfoys don't belong anywhere near each other."

Rose took one last glance at Scorpius, just to see him smirking at her. She gave him a nasty look and then followed her cousins to the table.

Scorpius snickered as he watched Rose head towards the Gryffindor table. This was what he needed; a distraction from his solitude. He could try to be happy and still remain respectable. "So you after Weasley?" Nott, his new captain, asked.

"In a different way than you're suggesting, but yes." Scorpius had decided to take the Seeker position that had been offered to him after tryouts the last two years. Playing seeker opposite of Rose on Gryffindor would be the final kicker of his plan. He'd beat her on every test between now and the first match, and the Slytherin would demolish Gryffindor on the pitch. The plan didn't necessarily go beyond that; he'd have to wing it, but that would be fun as well.

He sauntered up to Transfiguration in a very Malfoyish way, winking at Rose as he passed her. Rose turned her back on him and sighed. "Whats different about Malfoy today?" her friend Megan Thomas asked.

"Other than being more annoying than ever?" Rose responded viciously. They entered the classroom and scrambled off to find seats. Megan sat with her sisters, and Rose got the table next to them. Scorpius, not sure if this was the best idea, took the seat next to Rose so that they were sharing a table. "What the hell are you doing Malfoy?"

"What on Earth do you mean Weasley?" Malfoy asked, feigning innocence. Rose glared at him but before she could respond Professor Creevey had begun speaking.

"So this test should take you the entire hour but if you finish early just place your parchment on my desk and you are dismissed. Any questions? Good, you may begin."

Rose glanced down at her paper. The test wasn't easy, but she was prepared. Malfoy on the other hand would probably be drowning by the second question. She gracefully covered her work as she began to write. Every once in a while she would glance towards Malfoy and to her dismay he seemed calm and confident, he even smirked at her when he caught her looking at him. He looked devious with his blonde hair falling in his face, turning away right before his silver-grey eyes. Eyes that had sparkled with more intelligence than she had ever given him credit for.

She turned back to her work. She shouldn't be staring at him or thinking about his gorgeous eyes. He was a nuisance, a monster, someone who was so rude that she was disgusted she had to share a table with him. Sure he was decent looking, but that couldn't make up for his crappy personality. She felt over-heated, as if she was blushing. Her head was down, and she tried with all her might to focus on the test, but her mind kept rushing back to the boy next to her. Finally she gave up and asked to go to the loo. By the time she had cooled off enough to return, Scorpius was gone and she was able to finish her test in peace.

By the time class was officially over, Scorpius had already returned to his dorm and written to his father. He needed a new broom for quidditch, and he also wanted to let his mother know that his grades were improving.

He thought about telling them of his interest in Rose, but decided against it. She was a Weasley after all, and he doubted his parents would understand that his only intent was to make her as flustere and frustrated as possible. The anger in her eyes when he took the seat next to her gave them a sparkle that he had never seen before. She wasn't just a Weasley, or the top of the class, she was a girl. The more nervous and flustered he made her, the hotter she was. He was on a mission to see how far he could push her, and this was just the beginning.

He gave the letter to his owl Cadmus, and leaned back in his chair. Changing from the quiet loner to the devious clever Malfoy was a lot easier than he had expected. Probably because he had always been clever, he had just hid that side of him to avoid attention. Maybe people wouldn't just see him as a Malfoy; maybe he could be Scorpius, and not have to worry about his family. If letting that side of him become known meant that he could drive Rose crazy, then he would do it in a heartbeat. Too bad she was a Weasley and he could never actually befriend her. Instead of worrying about life, he decided to head down to lunch early.

Rose was not amused by any of this. How dare he sit next to her when he knew that she hated him? Why would he suddenly start to be smart? How much harder will she have to work to remain number one? And why on Earth did she think she may have feeling for him? He was slime; worse than slime. He was Slytherin. He was a Malfoy!

Even if, IF she may possibly have a tiny little soft spot for him, it didn't matter. Rose Weasley would never let Scorpius Malfoy best her at anything.

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