Monday morning Rose had a free period before Herbology. But she still walked down to breakfast with Lisa, whom had Divination. Rose quickly ate her breakfast, then waved goodbye to Lisa, and made her way towards the Gryffindor table. A hand caught her arm.
"Rose!" Andrew said, and pulled her into an embrace. Rose closed her eyes and sighed.
"I heard about your father." Andrew mumbled into her hair. "Is he okay? Are you?"
Rose nodded and opened her eyes. Over the top of Andrews shoulder, Scorpius caught her eye. He send her a small smile and mouthed "hey there".
Rose smiled back, and then broke Andrews embrace.
"He was fine, there wasn't even a concussion. But I've got to go." Rose said.
Andrew nodded, and gave her a quick kiss.
"See you tonight then?" He asked.
Rose nodded, and continued towards the Gryffindor table. As she reached it, Fred rose.
"You ready?" Rose asked.
He nodded. "Everything for you Prefect." He answered with a grin and offered her an arm.
Rose smiled, and tucked her arm under his.
"Hello Rose, Fred. How yah both doin'?" Hagrids bearded face cracked with a grin.
Rose and Fred stepped inside the open door. Rose could smell fresh tea in the pot.
"Sit down, sit down." Hagrid mumbled. "Wanna cup of tea?"
Rose sat down next to Fred, and they both nodded.
Hagrid handed Fred the pot. "My lady?" He asked.
Rose rolled her eyes, and nodded.
As Fred poured the tea into the three giant cups, Hagrid placed a plate with cookies at the table, before he sat down and almost turned the table over in the process.
"So tell me. How's yah patrol with Malfoy goin' Rose?" Hagrid asked.
Rose didn't even get to answer before Fred cracked a grin.
"I fairly believe those two little Prefects almost got me last weekend." He said to Rose.
"That was you?" Rose exclaimed. "What the bloody hell where you doing near the Ravenclaw tower?" she asked.
Fred didn't answer, but Rose could swear that she saw him blush a little.
The week passed on quickly, and suddenly, Rose faced Friday again. She caught herself smiling as she walked out of the Ravenclaw Tower. She had actually grown quite fond of the nightly patrols with Scorpius. He was funny, and kind of cute. Rose grinned a little to herself.
As she reached the marble stairway, Scorpius caught her.
"Good evening miss Weasley." He said, grinning.
Rose winked at him. "Good evening mister Malfoy. I trust that your day has been pleasant?"
Scorpius winked back. "Well, it has just been improved." He offered her an arm. "Shall we?"
They walked, Rose's hand on Scorpius's arm, down through the dark halls in silence.
"So, you're ready for Hogsmeade tomorrow?" Scorpius asked, sounding almost nervous.
Rose nodded, and smiled at him.
"Of course. I've been looking forward to it. It was really nice of you to write me while I was away." She said.
Scorpius looked very pleased with himself.
"Everything for you, darling." He said.
They walked a little in silence, listening after students out of bed. But the castle just continued to be dark and silent.
"So how is your father doing?" Scorpius asked.
"He's going to be alright. There wasn't any concussion, which they originally suspected and that was the reason they kept him in the hospital. So now he only has to 'survive' a couple of bruises and cuts."
"Yeah, well, does he know it probably wouldn't have been an issue if he hadn't put a spell on his driving instructor?" Scorpius asked with a grin.
Rose looked at him with surprise.
"And how would you know about that?" She asked.
Rose could have sworn she saw Scorpius's ears turned red in the darkness, and he looked away, removing his arms from Rose's.
"Scorpius?" Rose's voice sounded a bit annoyed. She hated when there was something she didn't know.
"I heard it at King Cross." Scorpius said quietly. "At the beginning of our first year. Right before my dad pointed out your parents and uncle and aunt, and told me who they were."
Rose grinned at Scorpius.
"Oh, really? Well, my father also made sure to point you out." She continued grinning. "And made sure to tell me achieve better than you in every class."
A smile grew big on Scorpius's face. "Yeah? How would that ever be possible?" He grinned.
"He said, it was a good thing I had inherited my mother's bright head." Rose grinned.
"Oh. Is that so?" Scorpius grinned.
"Yeah." Rose's grin suddenly disappeared. "And right after he told me that I would be disinherited if I didn't make it into Gryffindor." Rose looked down.
Scorpius reached out for her. "Rose, I…"
At the exactly same time they both heard a noise down one of the corridors. They looked briefly at each other, then both changed their path down that corridor.
They almost ran in silence, both carefully not to make any noise. As they reached the corner of the corridor, they could both hear the easy recognizable sound of two persons making out. Scorpius send Rose a half smile before she stepped around the corner.
"Alright you two, you better report to…" Rose stopped midsentence. Stunned.
The two people, who had been quite intertwined, had hastily separated at the sound of her voice. It was a guy and a girl. Rose barely remembered seeing the girl at the Hufflepuff table. They boy, on the other hand, was easy recognizable. Painfully recognizable.
Rose widened her eyes, and her voice was no other than a painful whisper as she said his name. "Andrew…"