„Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy! You get down here! NOW!"
Scorpius winced. He knew his mother calling him by his full name and shouting like that doesn't really mean he did something right. The last time his mother shouted at him was after he accidentally set fire to the cat two years ago. So he knew, something bad must have happened.
But what he saw, when he got into the living room, was worse than expected. Actually, it was wonderful! But it made his heart sink.
"Can you tell me, Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy, how you could lie to us and especially, how you could lie to this young lady?" Astoria Malfoy pointed to Rose, who was sitting on the sofa next to her mum. Never has he seen her so full of fury, of anger and... Was that pain in her hazel eyes? He couldn't tell.
"You're a liar, Scorpius. A bloody liar! I can't even tell you how disappointed I am!"
Rose jumped off the sofa, storming towards her friend.
"You know, you could have at least told me that you don't wanna come over! You should have! Why didn't you ask your parents? Why? Why did you lie to me? You're such an asshole, Scorpius! I trusted you! What happened to being honest in our friendship? You didn't even ask them! My dad was so supportive! And it was damn hard to keep him from asking me all the time when you'd come over! What was I supposed to tell him, huh? Well, you see Daddy, Scorpius still hasn't written whether he'll come or not and you now, Daddy, I am really scared Scorp only played with me, but well, at least you tried to be nice to him."
Rose shook her head.
"I don't care if you feel intimidated by your parents! You told me they were nice, you told me they don't have a problem with anyone they don't know yet! You told me! But I guess you are the one having a problem with Weasleys! You suck, Scorpius, you really do and I am so done with you!"
She turned around to face his mother.
"I am very sorry to interrupt you, Mrs. Malfoy. I just wanted to pick up my friend to spend Easter with my family."
"Do not worry, sweetheart. I will talk to Scorpius later on. Have a nice holiday." Astoria hugged Rose and shook Hermione's hand, led both of them to the door.
Scorpius still stood where Rose had left him, in the middle of the living room. He couldn't move. He couldn't breathe. His heart was hardly beating. She was done with him. Done. And he didn't even stop her; he didn't even try to defend himself! What was he thinking? Why didn't he stop her? Just why?
"You like her, am I right?" Astoria smiled softly at her son, "you really like her."
"Of course I do. She is adorable." He shrugged and sat down in the living room, "but she is done with me now. And I cannot even be mad at her for it."
"But why did you not tell us? Of course you can go and visit your friends during the holidays."
"I was… I do not know. I was not afraid of you and Dad, of course not. But… I have no idea, Mum. Really."
"You were afraid of being alone with here, were you not?"
"No…" He raised his eyebrow, looking a bit confused at his mother, "I have been alone with her a lot of times."
"But you have never been alone with her outside of school, have you?"
"I have not been to Hogsmeade with her, if that is what you mean."
"Oh you know what I mean, Scorpy. You know."
She smiled at her son and cuddled him.
"You know what? As soon as your dad is home, I talk to him about going to the Weasleys for Easter. He will be fine with it, I promise. When he says yes, I will write a letter to Mrs. Weasley. And I am sure, she will be fine with it as well."

A few days later, all of the two families were quite nervous.
Hermione was nervous, because she hoped everyone would like her food and that the conversations wouldn't stop. Because no-one liked awkward silences.
Ron was nervous, because he was sure, Draco Malfoy would judge him, his house, the behavior of his children.
Draco was nervous, because he was sure, Ronald Weasley would judge him and the behavior of Scorpius.
Astoria was nervous, because she wanted all of them to get along nicely and because she hoped there wouldn't be any awkward silences.
Scorpius was nervous because of Rose.
And Rose? She didn't even know they were coming! Hermione didn't bother telling her. It was much more fun to let her discovered it herself.
"So, who's visiting us, Mum?" Rose hopped onto the counter, dangling her legs.
"'Cause only three plates?" She took a bite of her apple, "Harry is five persons. I don't know anyone with only one child. Are Teddy, Vic and Andromeda coming?"
"Guess again, love." Hermione kissed her daughter's cheek and continued preparing the fish for dinner.
"Oh no! Mum! You didn't… you wouldn't…"
"I didn't." Hermione shook her head and smiled at Rose. She carefully pushed one of Rose's auburn curls, which had loosened itself from her bun, behind her ear. "Astoria did."
Rose immediately choked on a bit of her apple.
"Yes, the Malofys are coming over for dinner and Scorpius is staying with us afterwards. But he doesn't know that by now."
"Mum! Fuck! What… why?"
"Stop swearing, darling. You are too much your dad's daughter sometimes."
"I love being Daddy's little girl", she protested, "It's nice!"
"I know it is", she smiled and cuddled her daughter. "Anyway, they are coming and Scorpius is staying. Ron is perfectly fine with it."

Rose spent the rest of the day deciding what to wear in the evening. She wanted to look good. Not too good, not too fancy, because it was only a casual dinner. But it was with the Malfoys! A family her family was not really befriended with. And, on top of that, they were Scorp's parents. She wanted to make a good first impression. Although yelling at her son in her own living room may not be the best first impression she could have made on Astoria Malfoy.
She wanted to look good for Scorpius. Because by now, she really was sorry for being so mean at him. Maybe, if she looked nice, he would accept her apology more easily. She didn't want to lose him as a friend, because he was the best one she has ever had! Besides Dominique and Albus, of course. But they were family and Scorpius wasn't. So he was something special. Very special, for her.
And it hurt her so much, that he wasn't honest with her. That he lied to her. But it hurt much more to see him being hurt. The pain in his eyes had been nearly unbearable. She didn't know she had the power to hurt him so much.
Hurt.
Somehow that was the only word in her mind, while she got dressed. And it clearly wasn't a nice one.
It was the only word in her mind while she waited for her mother to call her. While she waited for Scorpius to arrive. Rose sat on her bed, her fingers were running over her flowery skirt again and again. She was damn nervous. Even more than the seconds before the Sorting Hat had touched her head to tell her which house she will be sorted in. This was way worse.
As soon as she heard someone popping through the fire, she jumped off her bed and sprinted down the stairs. Right in time.
When she arrived, Scorpius had just appeared in the fire, the sparkles of Floo Powder still around him.
Without thinking about it, Rose ran towards him, flinging her arms around his neck.
"I am so sorry, Scorpius! So sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you or to yell at you or to be mean at you or…"
"It is alright, Rose. It is alright." He cuddled her und smiled softly. "I am not mad at you. You were right, I should have told you. I am sorry."
"Yes, you have to be sorry! Because you promised to be honest! But you weren't."
"I know. And I am sorry. It will never ever happen again, I promise, Rose. I promise." He gave her a light kiss on the forehead before letting go of her.
"May I introduce you to my parents? This is my mother, Astoria Malfoy, who you already know, and this is my father, Draco Malfoy, of whom you might have heard before."
Rose smiled politely and shook hands with Astoria.
"I am very sorry for yelling in your living room. That wasn't particularly nice of my…"
"It was perfectly fine for the situation you have been in, sweetheart", Astoria smiled.
Blushing, Rose turned towards Draco and hold out his hand to him. To her surprise, he really took it.
"Welcome to our house, Mr. Malfoy. Again, I am very sorry for yelling in your living room."
Behind her, Rose could feel her dad tensing. He surely wasn't comfortable with all of this, but he kept calm and let her daughter handle Draco on her own.
"Well, Miss Weasley, I am glad you yelled at him rather than my wife. It was the perfect punishment for Scorpius' inacceptable behavior towards a friend of his."
Draco smiled at her and greeted Rose's parents.
All in all, the evening went by uneventfully. Nevertheless, it was an awkward situation for all of them to be in. Rose was just glad that her brother Hugo spent the evening with Albus and Lily at the Potters'.
After dinner, Rose insisted in showing Scorpius around the house. She showed him the kitchen, the living room, the barn with the chickens and the two horses and at the end, her own room.
"So, this is Rose Weasley's room… I never thought I would end up here one day", he grinned at her.
"Do you like it?"
"Let us just say that it is you. Completely you. I like it, yes."
"Shall I show you the room you will be sleeping in tonight?"
"I am what?" Shocked, he turned his head away from the books in her bookshelf.
"You're staying here tonight. Mum and your mum thought it would be a nice surprise for you. Are you mad?"
"No, I am not. Just a little surprised… But you do not need to show me the room. I will see it eventually."
"Alright. I can show you the piano room, if you want to."
"You have a piano room?", he asked surprised.
"Yes. And I can actually play quite well. Mum taught me. Can you play an instrument?"
"No, I cannot. But I would love to hear you play, Rosie."
"Okay! Come!" She smiled at him widely. Scorpius smiled back, shyly, putting his arm around her shoulder. It was a nice feeling. He was only wearing a tee-shirt, she what-ever-it-was-called-when-a-shirt-did-not-have-any-straps. Scorpius wasn't familiar with those words. But the point was, he was touching her bare shoulder with the bare skin of his arm.
It prickled. A very nice and soft prickle. Scorpius was actually a bit disappointed when Rose sat down on the bench in front of the piano. He had to take away his arm.
The room was really nice. A big glass door led the way to the beautiful garden, full of blooming flowers. A few tiny balls of light were flying through the night, illuminating some of the beauty.
"Do you have roses in your garden?"
"No, we don't. And we don't have any lilies."
"Because you are called Rose and your cousin is called Lily?"
"Yes. Because Mum thinks, it is really stupid to have her daughter and her niece in her garden", she giggled.
"But why did she name you Rose then?"
"I don't know… I have never asked her? Why did I never ask her? Weird. I can be weird sometimes. You know, chocolate chips cookies were made by mistake, because the chocolate didn't melt properly. I have no idea why my parents named me after a flower. I'll ask them at some point in time."
Scorpius looked at her, confused. Random facts in the middle of a conversation still threw him off.
"I start playing?"
"Yes, please…"
Rose smiled at him and began to play one of her favorite songs. She didn't know the name of it, but she still liked it. The tune was soft and fresh. Like a warm Summer breeze on a lazy Sunday evening. Scorpius seemed to enjoy it as well. His eyes were closed and he was smiling dreamingly.
A knock on the doorframe dragged both of them out of their dream world.
"Scorpius, darling, we just wanted to say that we are heading of now. We are leaving you with Rose."
"You are leaving me with her?" He raised an eyebrow. "Sounds as if she would be my babysitter. Just like when I was younger and you told me, you would leave me with Gran and Gramps to have some Mummy-Daddy-time."
Astoria chuckled and kissed her son on the cheek, hugged Rose.
"Have fun you two. All you need is in the guest's bed room. We will see you again on the platform, darling." She kissed him again, before she left the pair of them.
"On the platform? So… You're staying here for the rest of the holidays!" Rose smiled at him enthusiastically. "That's so fantastic! I know exactly what we will do! We're gonna have so much fun! Al and I, we will continue teaching how to enjoy yourself."
Scorpius smiled at her. "I hope so."