A.N. So thank you for reviewing, alerting etc. Just so people know this story will be updated about once a week, usually around Sunday or Monday.
Scorpius stood in the common room holding tightly onto his best friend. A bunch of girl talk had upset her? He felt really foolish for the way he had treated Rose the day before, his best friend had been upset about some stuff that had been said about her, and he had been a git to her, because she hadn't felt like sharing. Scorpius felt like a giant inconsiderate idiot. The girl sighed against his chest as she tightened her arms around him. Scorpius smiled in contentment then rested his head on top of hers, enjoying the feel of her soft dark hair against his neck. A few minutes later he felt Rose stiffen in his arms. He looked down in concern; Rose looked up slowly and smiled at him not quite hiding the panic in her eyes.
"We should go to breakfast." Rose pulled away as Scorpius glanced at his watch wondering what she was panicking about now.
"Oh shite. We really should," Scorpius said, seeing the time had temporarily shoved the new concern from his mind. The two ran out of the room and up the stairs to the Great Hall which was slowly emptying out as students left for classes. After a rushed breakfast, somehow in which Rose still managed to shove a ton of food down, the two then went to Defense against the Dark Arts. The two friends had most of their classes together only separating for Ancient Runes (Scorpius) and Care of Magical Creatures (Rose).
Before Rose knew it, it was suppertime once again. Rose laughed ruefully to herself. Probably because for once she hadn't been focused on classes, instead her thoughts had been consumed with Scorpius. The way she had felt in his arms, what the girls had said, what James had said, the way Scorpius smelled…. It all swirled together and left Rose feeling more confused than ever before. Which was remarkable since half the stuff that came out of Rose's mother's mouth confused the hell out of her. She sat down at the Gryffindor table where her family welcomed her with smiles. Rose glanced over at the Hufflepuff table where Scorpius also graced her with a smile (which made her heart flutter) knowing that from time to time Rose liked to join her family to help her feel more connected with them.
"Welcome little bumblebee" James joked to Rose, reminding her of the conversation they'd had a couple of nights before.
"Bumblebee?" Lily looked at her brother confused; James winked at Rose as he went to explain the yellow/ black Hufflepuff colors to his baby sister. Rose giggled a bit as Hugo sat down shoving Al off the bench.
"Hey!" Al protested at his cousin as he shoved his way back onto the bench knocking into a third year boy who glared at him, before realizing who it was he was glaring at, then turning red and turning away in fright. Nobody noticed except Scorpius who loved to watch the interaction between the members of the Weasley family. He chuckled to himself, wishing he had a big family like Rose did before his thoughts turned to the memory of seeing panic in Rose's eyes that morning. He frowned to himself; he wasn't going to get angry at her again for something that was probably nothing. He turned back to his dinner.
"Hey kiddies," Fred sat down then turned to face Rose and James. He pretended to be startled by Rose's presence and put his hand to his heart in mock fright. Rose laughed and hit Fred on the shoulder. Fred grinned.
"So what brings you to our table fair Hufflepuff?" Fred asked. Rose felt a pang when Fred said Hufflepuff. Fred didn't realize he was highlighting what made Rose feel separate from her family members. She looked up at her older cousin and forced a smile. It hurt even worse when Fred turned away not noticing that her smile wasn't genuine. Rose knew that if it had been Lily or Hugo or any other cousin he would have picked up on it right away, but no, not for her. She felt herself glance towards the Hufflepuff table where Scorpius was eating by himself. (Rose envied the fact that Scorpius didn't always need to have other people around to be content.) Scorpius would have seen through it, in fact he had only yesterday thus leading to their short separation. Pain ran through Rose at the remembrance of not speaking to Scorpius. She pulled her mind away from the day before and turned back towards the table.
"And remember last night, when Al…" Hugo stopped too busy laughing along with all of the other members of the Weasley/Potter family who all seemed to know what Hugo was talking about. Rose looked from person to person hoping for an explanation ignoring the pang of jealousy and fighting back the tears pricking at the corner of her eyes.
Rose walked along the hall heading back to the Hufflepuff Common room by herself. She had gotten an explanation about what Al had done, but somehow it just wasn't that funny to her. The thoughts that had been lurking at the corner of her mind during dinner with the family flooded full force into her thoughts now. Scorpius… The boy that had been her best friend for nearly six years now, the one who understood her, who saw through her when she wasn't being truthful, who could make her feel better when she was upset, the boy in whose arms she felt safe where she went to for… "comfort". Rose stopped just outside the door to the Hufflepuff room. She laughed, she was so foolish, how had she not noticed? She was falling for her best friend, Scorpius Malfoy.
A.N. So she finally figures it out. Review please.