A/N: Hi! It has been a long time and I thought I had finished it but then I thought of more ideas so there is another 9 chapters planned after this one!
Year 5
Lucy Marian Weasley was sat quite peacefully in the Library. That is until she heard Scorpius Malfoy's name being said by Bryony Parkinson-Nott. She peered through the bookshelves in time to see them kissing. She saw red. She flew round the corner and before she could stop herself punched him on the nose. She really saw red then, his blood spurting out of his nose. "HOW COULD YOU CHEAT ON ROSE? ESPECIALLY WITH THIS." She screamed at him.
Albus plonked himself on the arm of the chair Rose was currently curled up in, attempting to do her Transfiguration homework. "Are you upset?" Albus asked quietly.
"What? What would I be upset about? Tell me!" After this Albus scurried off and hid away in a corner surrounded by the eccentric clique of Gryffindor, knowing Rose wouldn't follow him there. But, unfortunately for him, she did.
"Albus Severus Potter, you tell me what I would be upset about. Or I'll tell Auntie Ginny that I saw you and Christian Boot come out of a closet together last week." Rose threatened. Albus steered her back to her chair and then broke the news to her. "I'm sure it was a misunderstanding Rose. He wouldn't cheat on you, I know it. The others, 'specially James, think he would, but I've spoken to him about you and he seemed very, very genuine…" Albus trailed off, seeing his cousin quietly crying. "Oi, Hugo! Little help here please," called Albus, "I'm not good with girls, particularly crying ones…"
Whilst Hugo was comforting his sister, Albus went to seek out Scorpius in the Hospital Wing.
Scorpius was sat in the furthest bed in the Hospital Wing which didn't help Albus. He was hoping that he could sneak in hear Scorpius's side of the story and sneak out without being seen. This didn't happen.
As soon as he walked through the door he was collared by Madam Pomfrey: "What are you doing young man?" Albus pointed to Scorpius, looked innocently at Madam Pomfrey and asked to simply talk to him. After promising not to hurt him anymore than Lucy already had, Albus was allowed over.
"So," Albus began, "Care to explain yourself."
"Okay, well as you and Rose know, I tutor people struggling in Potions, Astronomy, Care of Magical Creatures and History of Magic. Bryony asked for my help with Potions yesterday so I promised her I would. I was explaining the use of runespoor egg to her when she kissed me. I was so shocked but before I could push her away Lucy had punched me, I was bleeding, Lucy was screaming at me and then I woke up here. I didn't honestly do anything, it wasn't… I couldn't help it. This is all a misunderstanding. Honestly. Has Rose heard? She needs to know that it was a mistake. I didn't do anything and it certainly didn't mean anything." Scorpius pleaded.
Albus got up and walked off but before he left he promised Scorpius that he would talk to Rose for him.
Albus relayed the story to a now calm Rose. She looked at him disbelievingly. She got up suddenly and went in search of Bryony. When she located Bryony, it took a while because she was kissing John Belby – her boyfriend – Rose asked her for her side of the story. Naturally, her story didn't correspond to Scorpius's tale.
Rose decided there was only one way to decide if he was telling the truth, so she sought out Lyra-Alice. Luna and Neville's daughter was extremely good at telling if someone was lying. It was probably because Luna taught her daughter to harness lesser powers, specific to each individual person.
Lyra-Alice was sitting in the Owlery drafting a poem and talking to the owls. Her own short-eared owl, Adeline, was perched on her shoulder occasionally hooting gently. "Lyra, I need your help. I'm sure you've heard the rumours, so…" began Rose.
"You need me to see if Scorpius is telling the truth, right? Of course I will Rosie!" and with that Lyra-Alice bound her work, secured it to a shelf and then skipped out of the Owlery. Rose processed for a few seconds and then wheeled around and followed the sound of melodious humming.
Within minutes they arrived at the Hospital Wing and went inside.
As soon as they walked through the door they were collared by Madam Pomfrey. Lyra-Alice said something to her and then they went over to Scorpius's bed. He was resting when they entered but as soon as he saw Rose he sat up. A bit too quickly, so he felt extremely dizzy. Within seconds Madam Pomfrey was fussing over him and Rose and Lyra-Alice were sat patiently at his bedside.
When he recovered a minute later the interrogation began. If he thought talking to Albus was difficult, this was much more challenging. Lyra-Alice kept quiet during the grilling but she studied him with such intensity he thought he may explode.
Once both girls were satisfied with his answers they left.
The next day Scorpius was eating his lunch when Bryony came up to him. "Did you receive an extremely angry questioning from Rose and that Longbottom girl yesterday?" Scorpius didn't answer but simply got up and left. All the Weasleys noticed this so when Rose walked in accompanied by Lyra, they all informed her of what just happened.
"As it happens, thanks to Lyra, I know that he is telling the truth and Bryony Parkinson-Nott was trying to cause a rift between us to get back at his father for ditching her mother! Can you believe it?" Rose exclaimed.
When Rose found Scorpius later in the day, apologies ensued from both parties. Scorpius apologised for not telling Rose himself and Rose apologised for not believing him straight away. They decided to go for a walk around the Lake. As the sun set over the Hogwarts turrets the two of them sat under the shelter of the trees and simply and quietly watched the ripples of water caused by the Giant Squid. That is until Bryony stormed up to them and burst into tears because it was, like, so unfair that they were still together because he like totally kissed her and yeah. Rose and Scorpius laughed, got up and walked off, leaving Bryony on her own.
They promised each other that they would always tell each other the whole truth and that they would always be faithful to each other. And with that they kissed and went to their Common Rooms.
A/N: Hope you enjoyed it! Please review!
