Chapter 8 Dead
"Scorpius what are you doing here" Rose said answering the door to a very windswept Scorpius who pushed past her slamming the door.
"Why didn't you tell me?" he said turning on her angrily.
"Tell you what" she said laughing slightly"
"Why didn't you tell me your a Weasley?" her confused look continued though.
"A Weasel do I look like an animal" Rose said getting worried she had never seen him angry.
"No a Weasley a part of a family who...who..."Scorpius trailed off.
"I don't know who this family is I told you I don't remember anything before I came here" Rose was angry now but also close to tears.
"Rose I'm sorry I just..." Scorpius began seeing a tear roll down her cheek.
"Out get out" she shouted grabbing his arm and steering him towards the door.
"Rose I'm sorry ok just let me in we need to talk" Scorpius said but to no avail he had been sitting outside the door for 10 minutes now but Rose was stubborn and refused to open the door having locked it using a spell he taught her. It was their first proper argument as well but the shock of it all had got to him.
"Malfoy" a voice said just ahead of him behind the barrier jumping with shock he quickly got up gripping his wand.
"Oh calm down Zabini you didn't have to scare him" Heidi Parkinson stepped out from behind a tree followed by Aaron Zabini and twins Cameron and Katherine Flint.
"What do you want?" Scorpius asked as calmly as he could.
"Nothing just wondered if you were alright" Heidi said in a sickly way. Scorpius refused to reply though and Zabini butted in impatiently.
"So this is where the Weasley girl is then your family may redeem itself yet"
"What are you talking about Weasley was declared dead three years ago" Scorpius said trying t make his voice seem disbelieving.
"So what is this place then" Katherine asked seeing his eye flick back and forwards over all four of them.
"Just...just somewhere I like to come to be alone" he said quickly.
"I don't..." Heidi started but was stopped by Zabini.
"Well we believe you so back to normal of you being a disgusting traitor to the pureblood race" Zabini unknown to Scorpius had seen the window of the hut go black as a face of a girl with red hair pressed her face against the glass looking outside. The rest of them had caught on at this point seeing Rose's face in the window.
"Yeah Malfoy your nothing your family betrayed the dark lord and because of this you'll never be anything your worthless" Heidi said cruelly seeing the boy she was speaking of visibly sag at the blow to his self confidence.
"Malfoy such a..." Cameron started laughing at the same time but was cut off by the sound of a door slamming open.
"SHUT UP, JUST SHUT UP" Rose stood in front of Scorpius brandishing her wand.
"YOU'RE WRONG WHATEVER SCORPIUS' FAMILY DID DOESN'T MATTER HE'S A COMPLETLEY DIFFERENT PERSON!" her appearance instead of scaring them which is what she intended made all four smiles triumphantly.
"Rose, Rose" Scorpius whispered trying to steer her behind him but she wouldn't move.
"You should be ashamed Scorpius is not worthless he's kind and thoughtful and my friend" Rose said not shouting anymore but her voice was still quite strong as if daring any of them to try anything.
"Ok Weasley we get it" Flint said glancing at her wand the family were known good duellers.
"Weasley who are the Weasley's my names Rose this is my home and I don't want you here so leave" after that she refused to say anything Scorpius convinced them all to leave which they did after he promised them answers later.
"What did you mean dead?" Rose said once they were all gone.
"Oh talking again" Scorpius said laughing a little trying desperately to make light of the situation but to no avail.
"Tell me Scorpius who are the Weasley's and what have they got to do with me?" Scorpius sighed and walked into the hut followed by Rose. They talked for most of the night Scorpius answering Rose's questions as best he could eventually she broke down into tears she thought she was alone but apparently she had a whole family out there who believed she was dead.
"Hey sleepy head" It was the next morning and Rose had opened her eyes to see Scorpius's face just next to hers.
"You still here" she said jokingly smiling they were both lying on the bed her in her nightie and him in the clothes he wore yesterday having both falling asleep after talking for hours.
"What time is it" Rose said groggily bring her hand to her face to rub the sleep from her eyes.
"About 11 in the morning" Scorpius said lazily stretching his arms behind his head.
"Wait shouldn't you be at school Scorpius you have to..." Rose said sitting up and fretting something she did often once he had been in a quidditch accident Madame Pomfrey had fixed him up but there was still a big bruise left on his head so when he visited Rose had noticed and fussed over him for a while.
"Calm down its Sunday no lessons" Scorpius said pulling her down to lie next to him again.
"Oh" Rose said she lay there for a few more minutes then said.
"Scorpius about me being this girl Rose Weasley what if I'm not, how do you know?" Scorpius had been waiting for this though and replied almost instantly.
"I know because one you look like a Weasley with your red hair and blue eyes and two you were spotted briefly on the map your family have" Scorpius had already explained the map to Rose so she understood.
"So I'm a Weasley with the famous mother, father and uncle..." Rose said but Scorpius cut in.
"Yes a Weasley with the temper and the good aim when it comes to hexes" Rose laughed hitting him on the chest.
"Oh now you've done it" he said mock angrily and then sitting up started to tickle her making both of them collapse into laughter.
"So Malfoy your saying you don't want us to tell" Heidi said leaning back in the armchair it was only the five of them in there.
"Yes please Rose knows who she is now but hasn't decided whether she wants to see her family yet because she can't remember we think something must have happened when she was kidnapped" Scorpius looked pleadingly at all of them.
"Being alone all those years must have been hard" Katherine said receiving a glare from her brother but Scorpius clung onto this small piece of sympathy.
"Yes Rose was scared of me to start with and waited for me to talk every time I saw her but now she's fine please I know you never liked me but..." he trailed off at the end he didn't know what else to say.
"Malfoy I..." Zabini started then stopped looking at the other three for help Katherine was the one to speak up again though.
"Scorpius we'll think about it but guys you think about this, what would our families' reputations be like if we just blurted out that we knew where Rose Weasley is would they really think we're innocent" Katherine then stood up and walked off leaving them all to think about what she had said.