A/N: Thanks for the review, when I have more time I will name my reviewers personally. Warning - some uncomfortable topics in this chapter - be warned. Fic is rated M. Enjoy.
Chapter Twelve
Al being the weak man that he was, had ended up confessing to Natalie that he saw the list and that he knew he was number three.
"Al. Now the girls will know and we will be in for it" Scorpius complained. He really couldn't deal with the whole lot of sixth year girls whining in his ear.
"No. I told Nat not to tell anyone. I had to bribe her and tell her about our list and where she rated" he was pleading – hoping he was right.
Scorpius groaned, "Great now the girls are going to want to see our list, and then we will get it in the neck" Heaving his book bag back on his shoulder.
He was right of course, Rose had noticed something amiss with Natalie and she had managed to get Natalie to tell her everything. Rose sighed heavily, "Great now Scorpius knows that he is number one" she griped.
Natalie shrugged, "So, it was obvious anyway. It's not fair to me though, I am further down the list then what Al is. That means he can do better than me!" she sounded genuinely worried.
Rose laughed at her friend, "Nat, Al is head over heels for you. Besides I am above you, and I am his cousin. So that only leaves five girls above you and they are not Al's type – too um girly and clingy. Like Kelly, how the hell she got in the top five I'd never know" and then she laughed again, "Actually I do know how and no way do I recommend you work your way to the top!" Natalie laughed, she knew what Rose was implying.
Then Rose stopped abruptly causing Natalie to bump into her, "I bet that was what the boys were scheming about. And why Scorpius was flirting with Kelly, I bet she gave him the list" Rose was annoyed – stupid bint.
Outside the great hall Rose caught sight of Kelly, "Oi Kelly" the girl turned around, flicking her hair at the same time.
"What do you want Weasley. Come to get make-up tips, to try and salvage that face of yours?" she sneered.
Rose rolled her eyes, "No thank you. I don't want to look like a clown. You gave Scorpius our list of boys" she accused.
Kelly smirked, "I did. So what, what are you going to do about it? Besides I got to kiss Scorpius, so it was worth it." With that she strolled into the hall, leaving Rose gaping after her.
Natalie hoped that Rose would deal with this information well.
Scorpius and Al had just emerged from the direction of the dungeons and saw Rose standing outside the great hall, mouth hanging open.
They approached Natalie, Al giving her a small kiss, before asking, "What's up with Rose?" shaking his head.
Natalie winced, looked at Scorpius, "Um I told her that you know about the girls list and then she figured out that Kelly must have given it to you. She just had a little chat with Kelly and well….um" she looked away from Scorpius.
He raised an eyebrow, "Kelly? What did she say to Rose?" he hoped it wasn't what he thought it was, but his gut told him that it was.
Rose blinked and turned to Scorpius, She didn't want him to think she actually cared that he kissed Kelly, "Morning. Oh Kelly just enlightened us on what she got out of your little deal" ignoring Scorpius' pained expression she strode into the great hall and sat at her house table.
Kelly watched as Rose stomped in and Scorpius followed looking guilty and then she smiled, as Rose and Scorpius didn't sit together. She decided that she wanted Scorpius Malfoy and Rose Weasley better not stand in her way.
Al looked at his mate, "Ops! You can explain to Rose it meant nothing" he ventured.
Scorpius mumbled, "No. I don't want Rose thinking I care what she thinks about my love life. Otherwise she might realise that I do care what she thinks and why I care – I don't want her knowing I like her" he knew kissing Kelly was a stupid idea.
Over at the Ravenclaw table Natalie was trying to explain Scorpius behaviour, "Maybe he just did it to get the list. It didn't mean he enjoyed it" she tried.
Rose huffed, "What do I care. He can kiss who he likes, even bimbo Kelly" Natalie rolled her eyes, fed up with Rose denying her attraction to Scorpius. She lowered he voice and inched closer to her.
"Quit the act Rose. I am your best friend, you should be able to tell me – but I guessed anyway. You fancy Scorpius and you have it bad" she stared pointedly at her, daring Rose to deny it.
Rose's shoulders slumped, "Yeah. I fancy the prat. What am I going to do?" she whined.
Natalie wanted to tell her that Scorpius liked her back, but it wasn't her place to say. Scorpius had to tell Rose himself. "Well do you want to try and get over it or do you want to try and get under it?" she joked.
Rose frowned, "What, that made no sense?"
Natalie giggled, "You can try and get over your crush on him OR you can embrace it and try and get under him" and she laughed as Rose's face flamed and turned bright red.
Rose elbowed her but laughed. It felt nice to talk to someone about her crush, helped relieve the stress of it.
Natalie scrunched up her nose, "Either way, even if you don't act on it. We CANNOT let that bitch Kelly get her claws into him" and Rose agreed.
By the end of breakfast the whole of Hogwarts knew that Kelly and Scorpius had kissed. Kelly taking the opportunity to rub it in to her friends – talking loudly so others heard.
"Oh Kelly you are so lucky. Almost every girl wants to kiss him – what was it like?" Kelly's sidekick asked. Voice dreamy.
Kelly gave a dramatic romantic sigh, "It was amazing. He is such a good kisser".
Scorpius ate quickly and left to wait outside the classroom of his first class. He had heard the whispers and gossip spreading and he didn't want to be asked by half the Hogwarts population, whether it was true that he kissed Kelly.
Al frowned, Scorpius left without waiting for anyone. Al finished his breakfast and went over to Rose and Natalie. "Ladies" he said in a cheeky way.
Natalie smiled and made room for him to sit next to her. "You know Scorpius told me about the kiss" he casually dropped into the conversation. Rose looked up, intrigued, she couldn't help it.
"Yeah, what did he say? Natalie asked, knowing Rose would want to know.
Al tried to remain casual, but he knew Rose was hanging on every word. "He told me that he didn't want to really do it, but he wanted the list. He said it was meaningless and that he didn't enjoy it. He sounded disgusted actually." Al hid his smile as Rose suddenly brightened. Natalie kissed Al on the cheek and whispered "Thank you" as he had made Rose feel better.
The three of them wandered to their first class, joining Scorpius. Who was casually leaning against the wall and looking like a perfectly carved statue of a sex god. Okay – bit of an overkill Rose. But he does look hot and so effortless too. She thought as they approached him.
Rose smiled warmly at him and he released a sigh of relief – pleased she wasn't angry at him. "I hear that you boys have your own list" she accused, eyebrows raising, She knew that they did but she wanted Scorpius to admit it.
"We do, it's a very complicated and difficult grading system. We spent many nights getting it right, it had to be agreed by all of us. I personally feel that some adjustments should be made" he smoothly replied.
She looked at him, "Oh and what adjustments would that be?"
"I feel that Kelly should be demoted, no way is she a top five. Not to mention her kiss was worse than a Dementors" he drawled.
Al laughed and Rose beamed, happy that Scorpius openly admitted he didn't enjoy his kiss with Kelly. They entered the class room and sat together.
Al whispered to Scorpius, "Smooth. Nice save buddy – you're not number one for nothing" and then he turned his attention to his girlfriend.
Scorpius was once again thankful that he had the famous Malfoy charm and would maybe thank his dad – but probably not.
Later that day the four of them were chilling in the shared common room, when Kelly came in.
She went straight for Scorpius and sat on the arm of his chair, smiling and batting her eyelashes.
He continued doing his homework, with a bored and casual manner – ignore the girl sat next to him.
She huffed, "Scorpius, stop doing boring homework and talk to me" she whined.
He turned and looked at her, "What can we possibly talk about Kelly" his voice calm and level.
She giggled, "If you don't want to talk, we can always do something else with our mouths" she flirted and flicked her hair.
Now Scorpius was generally a nice guy and didn't like to hurt anyone's feelings, but he was a Malfoy and he had a nasty spiteful streak in him, so he sneered, "I wouldn't kiss you again, it took me ages to recover from that excuse for a kiss. It was sloppy and boring – I won't be wasting my time on you" and then her returned to his homework.
She stood, glared down at him, "You can be such a hateful bastard, just like your fucking dad. You get pleasure out of humiliating and upsetting people – you're a big headed arrogant tosser" and she hurried out, with her friends in hot pursuit.
Scorpius stared for a moment and then drawled, "I didn't know she knew so many big words" and he acted as if her little outburst had no effect on him. However it did, he didn't like being mean, he just was sometimes – he always regretted it.
(Time skip)
October and November passed by quickly, Scorpius and Rose continued as normal. One would watch the other, when they weren't looking. They would flirt, smile and laugh together, both excusing their behaviour – saying they were just acting as best friends do.
It was now December and the Hogwarts population had started excitedly discussing the up-in-coming Christmas party. The first and second years were disappointed but knew that, this was now going to be a tradition, and when they reached third year they would get to experience the joint common room party.
The heads of houses spoke to the separate houses, telling them that they would allow the party but no rules were to be broken and if they were, then the party would be stopped and banned from taking place in the future.
Rose had organised secret Santa, she had worked it so that each year had only their own class mates to pick from. So each year had their own secret Santa, the sixth years names were written onto a piece of parchment, folded and placed in a goblet. Then they took it in turns to pick out a name.
"No telling anyone who you have, no swapping with anyone, no dangerous gifts and there is a spending limit of two galleons– to make it fair" Rose told the sixth years.
"I have written out everyone's name on a gift tag – so when we hand the presents out, people won't know who got them their present, by recognising the handwriting" she sounded smug, pleased with her work.
"At the party we will exchange gifts – oh it's going to be so much fun"
Scorpius rolled his eyes. He reached in the goblet and pulled out a small folded piece of parchment and opened it carefully, so no one could see. He had picked a fellow Slytherin, who was in his dorm, he smiled – easy enough, he will get him something quidditch related, he was a beater for the Slytherin team.
Al picked next and groaned, Scorpius wondered if he had picked Rich – but the likelihood of that was slim to none. Al turned to Scorpius and mouthed 'Fucking Hufflepuff' and Scorpius laughed.
Rose was the last to get her name – picking out the last piece of parchment in the goblet. She opened it and thought it could be worse. She had picked one of Kelly's silly giggling cronies, at least it want Kelly herself.
After everyone left, Al started to whine, "I'm stuck already. I have no idea what to get my secret Santa!" running his hand through his hair, in the exact same manner that Harry does.
"Is it a boy or girl?" Scorpius asked
"Oi no telling it is called SECRET Santa" Rose warned
Scorpius chuckled, "You know full well that people will be telling and swapping – I'm not asking Al to tell me the name, just a clue so I can help him choose a present" he reasoned.
She sighed in defeat, "Fine but don't tell him the person's name"
Al grinned, "It's a bloody female – I find it hard enough choosing presents for females I know well, let alone a bloody stranger"
Scorpius ran all the sixth year Hufflepuff's through his head, "Is she a girly girl or you know normal" he asked and Rose laughed, as Scorpius was saying overly girly girls weren't normal.
Al scrunched up his nose in concentration, "Normal, bit girly I suppose. Like Nat"
"Hey, are you saying I'm not even a bit girly, even though I am a girl" Rose moaned
Al shook his head, "No you are I guess. But as you are my cousin I don't think of you as a girl, just my cousin and friend" he tried to explain
"Sure Al – twat" she scoffed
"Anyway she's alright I guess" Al added
Scorpius caught Al's attention and he mouthed, "Gemma" and Al shook his head 'no', hmm "Anita" Al shook his head 'no' again, hmm not many sixth year Hufflepuff's left, "Sophie" and Al shook his head 'yes'.
Scorpius beamed, he had managed to get Al to reveal his secret Santa – Al was rubbish at keeping secrets.
Later that night in the Slytherin dorm room, Scorpius was thinking over Al's secret Santa dilemma.
"I know, Sophie loves chocolate and her favourite is chocolate brownies. Get the elves to make a big batch of homemade ones and wrap them in fancy packaging. Being a Hufflepuff she would prefer the homemade and handmade side of it, much rather than a bar of chocolate form a shop with no thought behind it" he smiled at his own genius.
Al beamed, "Brilliant – Scorpius Malfoy you are one clever fucker. How do you know she likes chocolate brownies so much?" he asked
He smirked, "Well she eats them enough, and I can't help it, if it is rather tantalising watching the way she eats them, does funny things to man" he laughed.
Al laughed too, he knew what Scorpius meant, any foods really, if a good looking girl was eating in such away, it could be enough to cause an unexpected hard on.
Al groaned, "I know. Bloody girls don't know what they do to us boys"
"So who do you have as your secret Santa?" Al knew Scorpius would tell him, they told each other everything.
"No one interesting, just Mark" and he pointed to Mark's empty bed, so Al would know he meant Mark from their dorm.
"Oh that's boring. You could always swap" Al suggested
Shrugging his shoulder, "Nah, it may be boring but it's easy. I'll get him a broom polishing kit or something" and Al nodded, knowing Mark would like that.
(Time skip)
It was now the final week of term and the student would be going home for the Christmas holidays soon. The excitement over the Christmas party was reaching a fever pitch. People were organising the music and decorations, food and drink – most likely alcohol will be snuck in.
George had given Rose lots of Weasley products to use at the party, to promote business and for her to make the party more fun.
Boys were discussing all the kissing and other things that would be going on and girls we gushing over the party games planned. They had spin the bottle, seven minutes in haven and truth and dare. You didn't have to participate if you didn't want to.
The party was to be on the last Friday of term, most people would be tired when going home the day after, but at least they had the train ride to sleep and not lessons. Rose had been excused from her last class of the day, along with some other girls and they set about decorating and getting the shared common room ready. As there was going to be food, the students didn't need to worry about getting dinner first. The party was due to start at 7pm, secret Santa gifts being exchanged first.
Rose had cleared all the tables and other things, pushing them all to the side of the room. She left an area with sofas, chairs and cushions so guest can sit and relax. The main floor area would be for standing and talking and dancing. The food was along the far side wall, there was lots of it – spread over several tables. They set up a wizard wireless and Rose had spelled it so the volume was louder than normal. It was decorated in the Christmas theme, with mistletoe and other Christmassy things.
It wasn't a formal party, students could wear what they wanted, casual jeans – whatever. However most girls made the effort as they all had someone they wanted to impress. Besides you don't get a chance to dress up in front of the school that often.
Scorpius and Al joined her after classes and helped put the finishing touches, it was now six and Rose said she needed to get ready. Muttering that she didn't have enough time to tame her stupid hair.
Al and Scorpius also left, but they would get ready in about twenty minuets, even less for Al.
Scorpius and Al often wore muggle clothes, they were good and could make you stand out amongst the sea of people wearing wizarding clothes. Both wore muggle jeans, Al wore a smart shirt, jeans and smart shoes and managed to look like he spent ages getting ready when it took him ten minutes.
Scorpius also wore muggle jeans - dark blue muggle jeans, a light grey shirt and a black blazer/suit jacket, left open. No tie and top few shirt buttons undone – ultimate smart casual. He looked as if he stepped out of a man's fashion magazine – groomed to perfection.
"Right, just gonna put on some aftershave, then we can go" Scorpius told Al.
"Cool, oh don't forget your secret Santa present. Rose would flip if we did" Al warned.
They grabbed the presents and headed to the joint common room, it was just after seven, but there were already lots of students there.
They added their presents to the pile marked 'sixth years' , with other piles in row from 3rd-7th year.
Al grabbed a drink and handed one to Scorpius, it was homemade punch – it definitely had a punch to it. Someone had probably added alcohol. Most likely Finnegan – he was the type to do that.
Rose and Natalie came over and joined them, wishing them a happy Christmas and smiling at the obvious good job done on the party.
Scorpius smiled, it was nice seeing Rose out of her school uniform and in something that showed more flesh. She looked pretty and sexy, he wanted to grab her and keep her away from everyone else.
She wore a short strapless dark green dress, it came to mid-thigh and the top of the dress clung to her figure, exenterating her bosom. It tapered in just below the breasts and then flared out slightly. It was very faltering and it suited her very well. She wore black high heels and had her hair loose and part straightened and part curly, but not her usual wild curls – big smooth ringlets. She wore make-up but it was natural and subtle, it highlighted her true beauty. She didn't wear tights and he legs were long and shapely. Scorpius wanted to pick her up and wrap those legs around his waist.
He leaned down and whispered in her ear, "You look very nice 'red', by far the prettiest girl here" and then he pulled away and greeted Natalie. Rose blushed, she knew Scorpius was good at complimenting girls and he will probably say the same to most girls here tonight. She liked that he called her 'red', she often called him 'Blondie', and it was a type of flirting between them. She couldn't help the smile that spread across her face or the warm happy feeling in her stomach.
Once it looked like everyone was here, Rose had arranged for the secret Santa presents to be handed out, all the students standing in groups of their year, by the pile of presents relating to them. Rose picked a present giver and they were in charge of handing out the presents to their class mates.
Rose was the sixth years' present giver of course, she liked being in charge and bossy.
She picked a present, read the label, called out the name and handed it to the relevant person. This went on for some time, with the students excited about their gifts and how their ones would be received. Sophie had loved the brownies and squealed in delight. Mark was pleased with his gift and said he would have the best looking broom on the quidditch team.
Al received a red fluffy handcuffs and a note that said – meet me later, he blushed and declared that whoever it was can fuck off, as he has a girlfriend. Natalie beamed at him and Al looked smug. Rose received a pretty hair clip and Scorpius received a small round red tin, it had a picture of Santa on. When he opened it he found a lump of coal – the note read 'A lump of coal as you have been a naughty boy' Scorpius laughed, it was meant as a joke and he thought it was good. After all, what can you buy him that he doesn't already have or that his dads won't get him?
"One day of receiving coal, 364 other days of fun – id take my chances, it's worth it" he said to the group of students.
Once the present giving was over, they put the presents on a table to collect later and went to socialise. They ate, drank and danced, mingled with various other students and were having a really good time. Scorpius was avoiding Kelly, she had come dressed in fancy dress – Mrs Santa Clause. She looked very slutty.
Rose had made sure that the younger students were kept an eye on, not wanting them to drink. Hugo was having fun, laughing and messing around with Jack.
Rose smiled, looked up at the gorgeous face of Scorpius, "I think Hugo might be gay. Don't say anything as I'm not 100% sure. But he seems to act differently around Jack, not like you and Al – more intimate. I dunno – but it's something that might come to light in the future. Maybe Hugo isn't aware of it right now" she summarised.
Scorpius had thought a similar thing himself, but as Hugo was only fourteen he had plenty of time to discover himself.
"Let's hope Nott doesn't figure it out, what with Higo and Jack being in Gryffindor with him – he would cause trouble" Scorpius hated Rich so much, homophobic bastard.
The upper years were getting tipsy and small groups had formed, as inhibitions fell away with each drink consumed. Students were snogging, dancing erotically and some were playing party games – such as spin the bottle and truth and dare.
Al was currently sucking Natalie's face off, up against the wall. Scorpius saw Kelly heading towards him and he darted out from under the mistletoe and headed for the buffet table.
She was stopped half way by a seventh year and she stayed to flirt with him instead. He was an older boy after all and he held more promise than Scorpius at the moment.
"Phew- that was close" he exhaled.
He had danced with Rose earlier and he was pushed up close to her, the common room wasn't as big as the great hall, and it had many students dancing, crammed in. He almost confessed his feelings, but stopped himself – she would think he didn't mean it because he was drunk. He was now stood scanning the room for Rose, thinking back to how her warm body felt nice pressed against his own, how she was the perfect height (She switched to flat shoes, complaining that the heals she wore, were a torture device) and he could smell her perfume and feel her breath against his neck – it sent shivers down his spine.
He couldn't see Rose anywhere, that red hair was unmistakable. Out of the corner of his eye he caught Hugo kissing a girl – he was playing spin the bottle and had obviously been told to kiss her. He also noticed Jack looking rather put out and slightly jealous. Hmm maybe Rose was right about Hugo and Jack.
He went to Al and kicked his shin, causing him to detach himself from Natalie and cry out in pain, "Oi you wanker – what did you do that for" he complained.
He grinned, "Quickest way to get you two to stop sucking face. Have either of you seen Rose?" he knew that they probably hadn't.
Al shook his head and Natalie piped up, "She told me she was going to the bathroom, that was some time ago now" she frowned and sounded worried.
Scorpius was worried too, he hoped that she wasn't really drunk and gone and passed out or something.
"I'll go look for her" then Natalie grabbed his arm, "I'll come too, I need the loo anyway and I can go into the girl's toilets".
They both headed for the nearest toilets, Natalie went in and came out. "Nope she's not in there" they decided to head back and maybe ask around, when they heard a scream.
Scorpius froze and Natalie looked frightened, it came from a nearby classroom. They ran to the classroom – neither had their wands with them. Scorpius felt stupid now, Harry had drilled it into him to always carry you wand on you.
Just outside the closed door, they heard a voice – very clearly Rose's, "No, get off. Don't touch me. No stop it" she sounded frantic and scared.
Scorpius bolted for the door, pushed it open and stared in surprise, Rich had pinned Rose between the wall and his body. He had one hand gripping her wrists tight and his other hand was grouping her, his hand up and under her dress. Scorpius saw red and flew at him.
He shoved him to the floor and began beating the hell out of him. Rose slumped to the floor and started crying and Natalie ran to get help – a professor or something.
Natalie returned with the headmistress and a few professors, who stayed up expecting some trouble from the party and were on hand. She had explained to them on the way that, Rich was molesting Rose against her will and Scorpius found them and was now hitting him. The headmistress had told a professor to get the school nurse, and another to break up the party – sending the students in the opposite direction to this classroom.
Natalie entered and saw Rose was still crumpled on the floor, hair a mess, make up smudged and tears flowing and she was shaking. Natalie went to her and comforted her.
Scorpius was still beating the crap out of Rich and the headmistress had to stupefy him and drag him off. The nurse came in and gasped, the headmistress quietly explained and told her to run some tests on Rose, to see if there were any signs of rape.
Natalie gasped and Rose started crying again. The nurse ran some tests and declared that no sexual intercourse had taken place but Rose looked very shaken and she was certain if Scorpius hadn't stopped Rich, Rose would have been raped.
The headmistress was furious and she and two other professors escorted Rich to her office. The remaining professors and the school nurse levitated Scorpius to the hospital wing and Natalie followed them with a hysterical Rose.
The nurse gave Rose a calming draught and called the respective parents from her office.
Rose hadn't spoken and just stared ahead. They stayed like that, sat in silence. Scorpius stupefied led on a bed and Rose and Natalie sat on another bed next to each other.
Al came bursting in some time later, with Harry, Draco, Ron, Hermione and Hugo. Draco looked at Rose, sadly smiled and went to Scorpius side. He wanted to Rennervate him, but would wait until Rose was seen to first.
Rose saw her mum and dad and started sobbing. Ron looked like he was going to murder Rich and Hermione looked stricken – she grabbed Rose and hugged her. Rocking her gently and stroking her hair.
No one said anything until the headmistress arrived.
"Rose you need to tell us what happened" the headmistress gently and softy asked, treading carefully.
She sniffed and took a few breaths, "I-I w-went to the bathroom and was on my way back to the party. Rich came out of nowhere and grabbed me from behind. He had one arm around me pinning my arms down and the other hand clamped over my mouth" she released a sob.
"He was calling me horrible names and saying awful things. He said what he planned on doing to me, he said I deserved it for teasing him. H-he…" then she started crying again, after calming down she continued.
"Forced me up against the wall and he was too strong I couldn't push him off. He gripped my wrists and held them above my head. I was so scared, I froze, and I didn't know what to do. He started touching me…" Everyone just stared at the crying girl, the seriousness of the situation weighing on them.
"He was really rough and he kissed me and grouped me. He…. Do I have to say it?" she asked
Headmistress nodded, "I'm afraid so, we need to know your side of the story, so Mr Nott can be suitably punished"
Ron was pissed, "Punished – he will be expelled surely. You cannot put Rose and any other girls at risk, he may attack again and next time he might actually rape someone" he yelled.
The headmistress looked grim. "Mr Weasley try and calm down, yes he will be expelled, he has already been suspended previously and we cannot allow him to stay at this school. But you may wish to press charges against him for his attack"
Rose looked at her dad, "Dad I don't want to press charges, I can't face telling the ministry about this and it being in the paper – please dad" she begged, he didn't agree but he didn't argue either.
"Carry on Rose" the headmistress prompted
"He fondled me all over, his hands touching everywhere. I tried to break free I couldn't, I screamed and shouted but he hit me. He was all sweaty and gross, he was panting in my ear and he pressed himself against me" All the adult knew she was referring to Rich's erection.
"He said I was a prick tease and I was getting what I deserved and that I would enjoy it. He put his hand under my dress, and touched me down there" she flamed red and fresh tears had sprung in her eyes.
Harry had to pull Ron away and sort him out before he murdered someone, his little girl had been touched against her will.
"I started begging him to stop and that's when Scorpius came in. He took one look at Rich and went mad – he pulled him off of me and started hitting him, over and over. Then the headmistress showed dup and stunned him"
Natalie had fetched some pyjamas and handed them to Hermione, she led Rose to the bathroom and she washed up and changed into the pyjamas.
When they came back out Ron was telling the headmistress that Rose and Hugo were coming home with them tonight – no arguments.
Rose had calmed down now that her family were around her and the retelling of what happened was over. She walked up to her dad a snuggled against him. She had always been daddies little girl and she wanted nothing more that have her dads protective arms around her.
Draco's cool voice broke the silence, "I think maybe we should wake my son now" his voice firm.
The headmistress had forgotten about Scorpius, "Right yes. Mr Malfoy you may Rennervate him" she answered.
Everyone turned to the blonde on the bed, as Draco cast the spell and Scorpius' eyes flew open. The first thing he said was, "Rose" and she smiled against her dad's chest.
Draco leaned over him, "Son, Rose is safe. She's over there with her dad" Scorpius had sat bolt upright and was frantically scanning the room for her.
Draco placed a hand on his shoulder, "Calm down, she's fine. She's safe" he firmly told him.
Rose stepped away from the comfort of her dads arms and walked to Scorpius' bedside. Everyone saw that he physically relaxed and calmed down the moment he saw her. He reached for her hand and rubbed it, "Rose – I'm so sorry. I should have found you sooner. I should have kept an eye on you. I should have killed that bastard when I had the chance" Rose smiled at him.
"It's okay Scorpius, you got to me just in time. Thank you" and she placed a tender kiss to his cheek, before returning to her dad's arms.
The headmistress came forwards, "What happened?" she need everyone's story.
His face morphed into pure anger and hatred, and everyone flinched. He was very intimidating and scary. "I couldn't see Rose at the party, Natalie said she went to the bathroom. I went with Natalie to look for her, she wasn't in the bathroom. Then we heard a scream and Rose begging someone to stop. I opened the classroom door and saw fucking Nott, he had her pinned against the wall, wrists held in a death grip. The bastard was forcing himself on her. She was crying and he had his fucking hand up her dress. Well that was it, no one touches Rose without her permission. I don't care if I should be fighting, I dint have my wand on me, so I went for him. I was so angry I couldn't stop hitting him, then I guess someone stupefied me" his voice dripped hatred and was as cold as ice.
He narrowed his eyes, "Where is Nott" he demanded, swinging his legs off the bed.
Draco stopped him, "Scorpius you cannot go after him. You hear me. He will be expelled and everyone is going home for the holidays, just leave it" and he gave Scorpius and equally intimidating glare and both Malfoys stared at each other, both fighting a battle of wills.
Eventually Scorpius caved, "Okay dad, I won't go after him" and he looked away.
Scorpius had said he wanted to go home tonight too, as Rose and Hugo were leaving early. But Draco and Harry refused, saying that they were going to Ron and Hermione's and the boys could come home tomorrow, the usual way.
They returned to the dungeons and Al and Scorpius went to bed, in silence. Both scared about tonight's events, just a few moments later and Rose could have been raped.