A.N. Ah well didn't make it to review 15 *cries in corner* but I did get more than the previous average of 3 reviews per chapter which helps. So let's try this again. I would love in the next week to reach up to 20 reviews, that's only 8 more reviews, about 1 or 2 a day! Also one of my reviewers thought Rose was being a bit over dramatic about hiding in her room all day. Well, yes Rose is a bit of a drama queen, but it also reflects just how thrown she is by Scorpius' sudden anger at her, I know personally, I tend to take a day and cry it out and then I go out and confront the person even if I know I didn't do anything wrong. Normally however when Rose and Scorpius fight she does fight back, it's just more of a case where it was so sudden that threw her off and she needed a day to figure things out. So thanks for reviewing and alerting etc.

Rose woke up the next day with a strange taste in her mouth. Her mind took her to the day before. Scorpius. Still lying in her bed she lifted her freckled fingers to her face, feeling the dried tear tracks. Swallowing heavy she sat up, her long tangled hair gently brushing her back, knocking the used tissues from the night before onto the floor. She slowly made her way to the bathroom with her brush where she began the long process of getting the tangles out of her dark hair. A look in the mirror reflected the pain in her eyes of not speaking with Scorpius. Somehow this time seemed worse than any other. Rose didn't look up when her roommates began piling into the bathroom to prepare for the day. She remained focused on erasing the signs of her pain.

"Hey Rosie are you okay?" called out Charlotte, a petite blond as she washed her hands in the sink next to Rose's. Rose kept her head down. She wasn't that close with her roommates, mostly because she spent all her time either with Scorpius or her family, but she was friendly with them.

"Fine," Rose said softly. Charlotte hesitated looking in concern at the girl, then shrugged as she left with the other girls. Rose gulped back a sob as she rested her head against the cool mirror. She shook her head, before the tears began trickling down her cheeks again.

Scorpius hesitated as he reached the door leading out of the Hufflepuff Common room. There were only a few times in the past that he had gone to breakfast without Rose, but those had been after loud arguments where they both knew why the other was not speaking to them. Scorpius knew why he was angry with Rose, but he also knew that Rose did not know why Scorpius was mad at her; if she did she would have pulled him aside and yelled at him for being a git, instead of skipping all their classes. Rose only skipped classes, when she had too much on her mind to be able to concentrate. Scorpius remembered the one other time that Rose had skipped classes.

It was fourth year and Scorpius had discovered Rose hiding in their common room after dumping her then boyfriend. She had taken one look at him, than collapsed in his arms. He had gone back to classes and gotten the day's work for her.

Scorpius debated on what he should do as his classmates passed him giving him weird looks for standing in the doorway. The boy sighed as he made his decision.

Rose slowly made her way down the hall her limbs being strangely sore and heavy and her head felt like it was under water, breaths coming out in quick little gasps. She stopped halfway down the hallways leaning against the wall as she felt a wave of depression hit her. She willed the tears to go away. A few moments passed and the hysteria slowly left her, leaving her feeling even more exhausted than before. She breathed heavily, debating whether or not she should just stay in her room and sleep all day before reminding herself she had missed classes the day before, than continued on her way. Finally, she arrived in the common room. The very empty common room. She shoved her hand into her mouth to stop the hysteria.

"Rose," the soft hesitant voice floated into her ears. Rose turned slowly. Scorpius' eyes roved over his best friend before he held open his arms. Rose flew into them sobbing. Scorpius held her tight in his arms.

"Wh-what d-did I d-do?" Rose sobbed out. Scorpius felt the anger consume him, directed at himself. He pulled away and looked at Rose who had lifted her head to meet his eyes looking almost afraid, of him? Scorpius had never known Rose to be so dependent on someone else's opinion. She was normally very strong and independent. Scorpius cleared his throat.

"Well, um" he stopped, his mind awhirl trying to figure out what he should say to Rose. "To be honest with you, I feel like you're keeping something from me, and well, I don't like not knowing what's been bothering you. You're my best friend and we should trust each other with everything," Rose had to strain her ears to hear the words Scorpius mumbled after "and well". He looked at Rose from under his pale eyelashes. His very long, rather pretty eyelashes Rose noted. She had never noticed that before. It was a couple of minutes before she realized she hadn't responded. Rose bit her lip.

"It's just during my walk a couple of nights ago I overheard some girls say some stuff, um, about me and I was just distracted by what they said," Rose said being partially honest which pained her, especially after what Scorpius had just said about trust. Scorpius looked at her.

"Why didn't you just tell me?" he demanded.

"It was just some stupid stuff. Things that weren't true really," Rose said. The two stood in silence.

"I'm sorry." Rose looked up. Scorpius smiled at her. "I'm sorry I just got angry at you and everything. I should have just asked you." The boy admitted.

"It's okay" Rose smiled at him. Scorpius moved closer and pulled her back into his arms. Rose put her arms around him and relaxed. Her eyes drifted shut and she became aware of the smell of soap and something else she couldn't name. She smiled faintly as she snuggled in closer to her best friend. Scorpius smells good floated through her mind. Why had she not noticed that before? She breathed in his scent now aware that his head was resting on top of hers. She really liked it when Scorpius held her like this. She felt safe and loved… her eye flew open. What?

A.N. Thanks for reading, remember reviews are love!