A/N Oh my gosh I am sooooo sorry! I got super busy but I will now consistently update this story. I have a lot of this pre-written so I might upload twice today. Enjoyyyyy! Also, this is long because a lot happens so sorry about the length!
The rest of the first month at Hogwarts went by quickly, and not much had happened. Rose had done well in her classes and spent her free time with Scorpius or Ellie and Abby. However, she found herself spending more and more time with Scorpius as Abby became closer to Albus and Ellie was spending all of her time flirting with Justin. The girls had eventually decided that they would meet up every Thursday after class for time to hang out, and they didn't usually meet up on any other days. Rose spent a lot of time studying quietly with Scorpius. They hardly talked if they talked at all, but something about having Scorpius there made Rose enjoy it more. However, she also made sure they had plenty of time to hang out when they weren't studying. Nothing exciting had happened around the school until the first Hogsmeade weekend.
"Hey," said Scorpius as he sat next to Rose on a Friday evening. She was reading a book written by Muggles called The Giver out by the lake. She shut the book and turned to Scorpius at the sound of his voice.
"Hi, what's up?" She had a big smile on her face, and Scorpius could tell she was excited about something.
"You're going to Hogsmeade tomorrow, right?" asked Scorpius, and Rose nodded. The truth was, she couldn't be more happy to go to Hogsmeade the next day. Rose loved Hogsmeade. "Well, then we should hang out there."
"That sounds amazing! Besides, Abby and Al are gonna spend the whole time snogging, and Ellie might spend the whole time with Justin. She is over there asking him out," said Rose, pointing over to a starstruck-looking Ellie fawning over Justin, who seemed to be enjoying it.
"Justin? As in, Karlie Lind and Justin Blackman Justin?"
"That's the one," said Rose with a sigh. Karlie Lind was a 7th-year girl who was perhaps the most gorgeous at Hogwarts. She had silvery blonde hair that fell into perfect ringlet curls. It was never frizzy, and Rose couldn't remember seeing her with a single stray hair. It went all the way down her back. Her eyes were a sharp light blue color, and she had pretty long eyelashes. Her lips were full but not too full, and her facial structure seemed like it was carved by a very talented statue artist. Her skin was like porcelain, fair and spotless and even-toned. Not to mention her perfect hourglass figure. With the way boys were attracted to her, Rose was convinced she was part veela. Her Aunt Fleur had similar beautiful looks, and she happened to also be a quarter-veela as well.
The problem with Karlie was not in her looks. It was in her personality. Karlie was never rude. She never bullied anyone directly, and she was polite to everyone to their faces. But despite this, her actions made most girls think she was awful (they didn't deter many boys, though). Karlie never dated any boys. She would only make out with boys that already had girlfriends secretly. If Karlie saw a boy that she thought looked unhappy in their relationship, she would cut in. Her intention was never to cause break-ups, but in most cases, she did. The only boy she had ever dated was Justin Blackman. They dated for two weeks, and they were the most talked about couple in the school, but after the two weeks in which they seemed inseparable, they were never spotted with each other again. People had many theories as to why they broke up, but nobody knew for sure.
"I told Ellie not to go after him. I think he is a jerk, dating someone awful as Karlie, but you know how Ellie is," said Rose with a shrug. "Besides, he isn't even that cute."
"You better not think so. And I would've said yes if Karlie asked me out too. Before I met you, of course. She's said to be part veela, I don't think it's easy to say no. You are prettier than her, though," said Scorpius.
"Yeah, right. She's literally perfect. Nobody is prettier than her," said Rose. She tucked her thick, wavy red hair behind her ear and looked out at the water. "And even without Karlie, I'm nowhere close to the prettiest girl at the school. Ellie gets asked out every day, or at least, she did before she became Justin's shadow, and Abby gets whispered about in the halls when I am walking with her. And then there's me. It's okay, though, because I have you, and I don't need anybody to ask me out or whisper about me because you are worth way more than that. So I'm not upset."
"The stuff about you not being pretty is not true! Karlie is just a living Barbie doll, and maybe her veela tricks work on people, but she is too inhuman. Your so-called 'flaws' are my favorite things about you. Abby is nice, but she isn't as fun and adorable as you. She is great for Albus, but not for me. And Ellie can't settle down and do homework by the lake peacefully with me like you do. I like it when we kiss and have flirty conversations, but it's nice to have someone like you who can just sit there and do homework and read with me. It sounds ridiculous, but I mean, it was just last year that I was the bookworm that nobody noticed, and it's relaxing to not be 'one of the popular kids' sometimes. Plus, I'm not into blondes. And the other people at this school who spend their time whispering about girls in the hallway instead of getting to know them? Their relationships aren't real and they aren't gonna last," said Scorpius. He started to braid a small piece of Rose's hair, which was something he did a lot.
"You are a blonde," said Rose with a giggle. "And like I said, I'm not upset, because whether I'm the prettiest girl or not, I have you, so I feel like a winner anyway."
"I'm a blonde but I'm not usually into other blondes. And if you think you're a winner, I have an even better thing, and it's you," said Scorpius. He laughed a little bit as he gave Rose a kiss on the cheek.
"We both know you're better, no arguments. But anyway, I can't wait to go to Hogsmeade with you," said Rose, standing up and brushing herself off. She picked up her book from the ground.
"I can't wait either. A whole uninterrupted day with you in one of the most amazing wizarding towns around," said Scorpius. He stood up and held her hand. Rose smiled as their fingers intertwined with each other.
"Any day with you is awesome, anyway," said Rose, wrapping her arms around him and standing as close to his body as she could get. Before he could answer, she started to kiss him, which he didn't resist at all. They shared a long, passionate kiss with tongue. Rose thought about how she could just stay there forever. She hoped that their relationship would never end. They eventually had to stop kissing, so they reluctantly pulled away from each other after a short while.
After they had stopped kissing, Rose and Scorpius went inside and walked up to the common room. They had been out 10 minutes past curfew, but somehow, they hadn't gotten caught. Rose was very grateful, as she took being a Prefect very seriously.
"Goodnight, Rosie," said Scorpius, giving her one last hug. Rose returned the gesture.
"Goodnight, Scorp." The two of them both parted ways and headed to bed.
The next morning, Rose showered, got dressed, and did her hair and makeup quickly. She was excited to go back to Hogsmeade and spend the day with Scorpius. She rushed downstairs and saw no sign of him, but she saw Albus.
"Hey Al!" exclaimed Rose cheerfully. Albus smiled at her.
"Hey, Rosie. Scorpius told me to tell you he already left for breakfast. He is too eager for Hogsmeade," said Albus with a chuckle. Rose roller her eyes and laughed.
"Of course he did. What are you doing waiting here?" Rose looked at him curiously. Albus wasn't usually one to wait around for people.
"If I leave at the right time, I'll catch Abby in the hallway. It's sort of become a routine. I'll talk to you at breakfast, I'm sure you'll wanna find Scorp," said Albus. Rose nodded and left for the Great Hall, but she was stopped.
"Oh, hey Rosie. I bet you're happy. You're popular and you have a boyfriend. You know that won't last, right? I can already see it happening. You two are so clingy to each other that you'll want to hang out over the holidays, and Scorpius will ask his parents if you can hang out at their house. I bet that'll put a stop to all this. It shouldn't even have happened in the first place. Once Mr. Malfoy finds out what scum his son is dating, he'll be appalled, and Scorpius will have no choice but to find a nice, pretty pureblood Slytherin girl like me. You're not that cute, anyway. I don't know what Scorpius was thinking. You didn't ever think about him before he was a Prefect, did you? It's not like you actually care about him. You just think he is hot. Well if he was my boyfriend, I'd actually treat him like he deserves to be treated." Rose was now facing a girl with straight blonde hair that brushed her shoulders, a tan skin tone, and amber eyes. The girl was very skinny and she was slightly shorter than Rose. Rose recognized this girl as Myla Fawley.
"I-" Before Rose could speak, another voice chimed in, and Rose saw Scorpius standing there, fury burning in his gray eyes.
"First of all, I'm not into blondes. Second of all, talking like that to another student isn't acceptable, and I think that deserves a detention and 10 points from Slytherin. In fact, you'll be lucky if I don't kick you in your flat little ass-"
"Scorpius! That is quite enough," said Rose. "We'll let her off with a warning for now, so let's-"
"You're gonna let that bitch off with a warning?" Scorpius stared at her as if she was out of her mind.
"She's all talk anyway. Let's just go," said Rose, pulling on Scorpius's hand, but he wouldn't budge.
"Fine. But mark my words," said Scorpius, his eyes burning into Myla. "If I hear you say anything else to Rose, you'll be lucky if you get off with a week of detention because I will kick your ass and you will be sorry you pathetic little bit-"
"Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy! I think you have said quite enough for now. Now let's go to breakfast," said Rose. Scorpius gave Myla a slight shove out of the way even though there was plenty of room for him to get through. She walked away, clearly humiliated.
"Myla has been after me since first year and at first she was just annoying, but she can't talk to you like that just because she is jealous. Nothing but scum hiding behind her pureblood family as an excuse to behave like she does. Disgusting," said Scorpius. He was still cooling down. Rose had never seen him get angry before, which is something that she was thankful for because he was terrifying when he was angry.
"She is gonna get you in so much trouble, do you know how she is? She's hated me for years. Snives took a liking to her, so she believes everything Myla says," Rose sighed. She didn't want Scorpius to get in trouble for sticking up for her, and she knew it wasn't directly her fault, but she felt bad anyways. "I would have been fine without your interference, now you're gonna get in trouble because of me." Scorpius grabbed her arm to stop her from walking, and she almost fell, but he caught her and brought her face close to his.
"Now you listen here," Scorpius said softly but stubbornly. Rose could feel his breath their faces were so close. "I don't care about getting in trouble. I don't care if this means I lose my duty as prefect. All I did was stick up for you. Myla deserves an ass-kicking, and if I'm the only one brave enough to do it, then so be it, I'll do it. But don't think this is your fault because it's not. You did nothing wrong, and you have nothing to be sorry for. Nobody can ever talk to you like that while I'm around. If you hadn't told me to leave her alone, then she would be in the Hospital Wing right now. Everything she said was wrong, and I would never date an awful girl like her. Now let's go to breakfast." Scorpius slowly let go of Rose.
"I'm not hungry," said Rose. "Besides, why were you even coming this way? Al told me you were already at breakfast."
"Well, I finished, and I felt bad that I was too excited to wait for you earlier, so I went back to find you, and I am glad I did. Are you sure you're not hungry?" Scorpius looked slightly concerned at Rose's lack of appetite.
"Not after that, so let's just go back to the common room. We'll have the place to ourselves," said Rose.
"But you have to eat something. I'll go get you some toast and then we'll head back. One second," said Scorpius.
"I don't want-" But Scorpius had already left towards the Great Hall, so Rose stood there patiently, waiting for him to come back. He came back with a couple of pieces of toast in a napkin.
"Here," said Scorpius, handing them to her. They then walked all the way back up to the common room.
"I really wasn't hungry," said Rose with a small giggle as they entered the now empty common room. She usually didn't eat much breakfast, since breakfast was a meal she often skipped at home. She just didn't find it important.
"Well you can't just not eat breakfast," said Scorpius. "You have to eat something."
"Who are you, my mum? For someone who has called me uptight at least 50 times, you seem to be awfully uptight yourself," said Rose teasingly with a giggle.
"But it's important," said Scorpius. He grabbed Rose's arm for the second time that morning, and for the second time, she almost fell, but Scorpius anticipated this considering the last time he had done this and caught her before she fell far. "Besides, I'm not uptight, just worried about you. I didn't mean to upset you with the whole Myla thing."
"You didn't! Of course you didn't. You didn't do anything wrong. It's just… isn't what she said… well, she isn't wrong about some stuff. Once your father finds out about us, he might not… like it… I don't want to lose you," said Rose with a sigh. So far she had been distracting herself from the truth, but in the back of her mind, she wondered if she could ever be with Scorpius outside of Hogwarts.
"But you don't understand. I don't care what he thinks. I love him, but I don't care about what he thinks of you. I don't care if he disowns me because I will still have you," said Scorpius, tightening his grip on her arm and gently pulling her closer. "What we have is special, and I know it hasn't been long since we started dating, but it just feels like it's going to be forever."
"You don't mean all that, though. He is your father," said Rose with a sigh. "He is important to you."
"He is, but he's not important if he doesn't see the good in you. You don't want me to be someone, you just let me be who I want to be, and not everyone is that amazing. You are special," said Scorpius, looking into her eyes with a look of passion. "I am not worried about him right now, so you shouldn't be either. I will deal with him later."
"I just don't want you to get hurt over me because we have only been dating for a month and I am so selfish and-"
"You don't need to worry about anything. I promise you that this is what I want and if anything happens to me because of it then it's my fault," said Scorpius, wrapping his arms tightly around Rose. "I wish I did kick Myla's ass for getting you all upset." Flicks of his previous anger reappeared in his eyes but faded as quickly as they had appeared.
"I don't want anything to be your fault, and I don't want you to harm Myla either. All I want is to be here at Hogwarts with you," said Myla, leaning into the hug from Scorpius. She loved the way it felt to have her body against his. Even when Rose couldn't even get any physically closer to his body in the hug, she still felt as if she wasn't close enough.
"Just… I have to know… I am ready to be with you, but are you sure you want to deal with my problems? Because I understand if you aren't. Things with my family can be pretty broken at times and I understand if you don't want to be part of it," said Scorpius, holding her tighter as if he was a kid and she was his teddy bear that he never wanted to share with anyone else.
"I want to be a part of it and be with you as long as you trust me," said Rose. It took a few seconds to get a response, but he eventually squeezed her so tight that it hurt and then released her enough to give her a small kiss on the lips. He smiled, looking into her eyes before slowly releasing her from the hug.
"I trust you with my life because I love you," said Scorpius. He looked down at his hands after he said that, turning slightly pink as he waited for a reaction. Rose loved the way it sounded when he said those words to her.
"I love you too," said Rose. She sat down on the couch and Scorpius sat next to her, and she leaned in for a kiss, and as the kiss became more passionate than the night before, Rose ended up on top of Scorpius as they kissed. He had his arms around her, and they didn't pull away from each other until Rose heard the slightest noise, causing her to spring up and quickly fix her hair, robes, and lip gloss. She did the same to Scorpius as a couple of Gryffindor students walked in, including Albus.
"What the hell are you two doing here, missing out on breakfast?" Albus put his hands on his hips bossily. "I swear, if I find out any clothes were removed, Rose's parents will know." Scorpius turned very red and Rose scoffed angrily.
"That is disgusting that your mind immediately jumped to that, Albus. We were just talking," said Rose. To be fair, Rose thought, most of that isn't a lie. The only untrue word in the sentence was 'just'.
"Why weren't you just talking in the Great Hall? And Scorpius has a trace of your lip gloss on his cheek," said Albus as Scorpius quickly wiped it off. Damn it, thought Rose.
"Because I met Myla in the hallway and she was taunting me and she called me scum and Scorpius overheard and defended me, and I wanted to come back here after it happened and he went back and got me some toast-"
"I didn't see him in the Great Hall getting toast," said Albus, almost as if he was hoping he could catch them lying.
"I went to the Ravenclaw table because I told Rose I would be quick and I knew you would be Detective Albus if you saw me sneaking out of the Great Hall with toast," said Scorpius defensively. Albus squinted at Scorpius and decided he was telling the truth, so he turned to Rose and gestured for her to keep talking.
"So we came back here and we sat and we talked," said Rose. "That's all."
"What's with the lip gloss, then?" Albus stood a little closer to Rose.
"I hugged him a couple of times, maybe kissed him on the cheek once or twice. But you know we have been kissing anyway, so why is that an issue?" Rose looked at Albus with a nonchalant expression, trying to hide the fact that they had been making out, which he would not like he if he heard about.
"It wasn't in the shape of your lips, and kissing on the lips doesn't end up like that. It seems as if you were making out. Both of you look a little ruffled since this morning," said Albus, taking yet another step closer to Rose and Scorpius.
"Why do you care, anyway? I don't care about what you are doing with Abby, you two can go be as dirty as you want and I won't even care or tell on you," said Rose, trying to get Albus to go away. "But once again, we were just hugging a lot because our conversation was sort of deep, and we got a little messy."
This answer seemed to please Albus enough because his facial expression lightened a little bit and he nodded and walked away. Rose finished fixing herself and Scorpius up since Albus was right that they hadn't completely cleaned themselves up.
"What's his problem?" asked Scorpius quietly as he brushed off his robe.
"Not sure, Albus is super protective. Always has been. Gets very annoying when you are trying to do stuff," said Rose. "Now that we had the most eventful morning ever, are you ready to go to Hogsmeade?"
"One more thing," said Scorpius, taking her hand in his. "When you said you love me… well, you meant it, right?"
"Absolutely. I know it's early to say that to each other, but I have never felt love like this before," said Rose, squeezing his hand. "Sometimes you know when something feels right, and this feels right."
"I don't deserve you," said Scorpius with a smile as if he had just won the lottery. "So, what do you want to do at Hogsmeade?"
"Well, I love sugar quills, so I'll have to grab a few of those, and then we can hang out at the Three Broomsticks," said Rose. She then continued in a more hushed voice, "And if that gets boring, we can find somewhere a little quieter." Scorpius smiled and nodded.
After an hour or so, all of the older students were off to Hogsmeade for the day. Once they arrived, Rose and Scorpius went off to Honeydukes. Rose picked out a few sugar quills, and Scorpius picked out some different types of chocolate. After they paid, they decided to go to an area that was more quiet, as neither of them were really thirsty or hungry, and they didn't need to buy anything else. Once they lost sight of everybody, they sat next to each other on the ground. Rose put everything she was carrying aside and wrapped her arm around Scorpius, leaning into him.
"Now this is perfect," said Rose dreamily. "We are finally all alone. It's like there are always other people around at Hogwarts."
"Yeah," said Scorpius with a smile. "Especially with Al on our necks. He is a great friend, but he also has so many rules he could pass for your father."
"Yeah," said Rose with a giggle. She rested her head on his shoulder. "This morning was worth Al getting suspicious though. How are you such a good kisser?"
"I dunno, you were my first kiss on that day in the owlery," said Scorpius. Rose could hardly believe this.
"Well, I will also be your last if I can help it," said Rose, and both she and Scorpius laughed.
"This morning was good, though," said Scorpius with a smile. Rose giggled.
"Ugh, it's hot out here in these robes, which is strange since it's October," said Rose, taking off her robe so that all she had on was her button-down shirt, tie, skirt, shoes, and socks (as well as her underwear underneath, of course). She noticed this showed off the shape of her body more than when she had her robes on, but she didn't care much. Scorpius already liked her for her, so she didn't feel too self-conscious.
Scorpius took his robe off too, and Rose tried not to think about how much more muscular he looked without his robe on, but she couldn't help but giggle a little.
"Like what you see Weasley?" Scorpius asked teasingly, gently lifting her up onto his lap and playing with her hair. She turned a little bit red, causing Scorpius to laugh.
"If you want, I don't have to like it, I mean, I've seen better muscles," Rose teased back.
"If I were you, I'd think I'm hot too, so no worries," interrupted Scorpius. This made Rose giggle and blush even more. "But since I can't marry myself, I have to settle for you."
"Hmm, I think I'm hotter than you. Redheads are trendy," said Rose. "And another trend is for you to be kissing me right now."
"Is it? I'd better be keeping up with the times then," said Scorpius, turning Rose on his lap so she was facing him and giving her a kiss. Rose loved the fireworks that went off inside of her every time that they kissed. When the kiss ended after a minute, Scorpius turned Rose back around so he could play with her hair some more.
They stayed there for another couple of hours, talking and flirting and hugging and a little bit of kissing. It was a little while until they went to the Three Broomsticks for drinks. Before they left, they fixed their robes and cleaned themselves off to not look suspicious. They each got butterbeers and they got a small table in the corner, where they chatted for the whole time.
"By the way, are you coming to the Quidditch game tomorrow? Gryffindor against Slytherin. Al likes it when I come to his games, so-"
"Sure, I'll go with you," said Scorpius. "But wasn't tomorrow afternoon gonna be quiet studying time?"
"Indeed it was, but Al is the captain, so I can't get out of it, so I'm sorry. If you don't want to come-"
"No need to be sorry, I do want to come! I'm just surprised something like Quidditch has interrupted Rose Weasley's Study Time," Scorpius teased, smirking at her.
"If you really don't believe I have no choice, Myla plays for the Slytherin team, so I'm clearly not that eager to go," said Rose, finishing off her butterbeer.
"Not her," said Scorpius annoyedly. "She is the worst."
"Don't do so much as give her a papercut tomorrow, Scorpius, or I am using your middle name," said Rose with a giggle, but Scorpius frowned at the comment.
"I hate my middle name and you know that. It's so awful," said Scorpius with a sigh. Rose giggled teasingly. "My first name is bad enough."
"Oh, come on, it's not that bad. It's kind of cute," said Rose with another giggle. Scorpius rolled his eyes.
"Of course you think it's cute, you're my girlfriend and you have a pretty normal middle name," groaned Scorpius. "Do you know how hard it is for people to take you seriously when you introduce yourself as Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy?"
"Nymphadora's not a normal middle name either," said Rose, holding back her giggles. "And I take you seriously! Like I said, it'd be less bad if you didn't say it so dramatically."
"Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy," said Scorpius in a very overly dramatic voice, causing Rose to laugh who was joined by Scorpius after a few seconds.
"Ok, it's a little bad, but it doesn't matter. I like it," said Rose with a smile and a small laugh. "Anyway, just don't do anything funny to Myla tomorrow. She is annoying and rude, but hurting her won't make it better, it'll get us in more trouble."
"I really hate her though. Surely just one punch in the nose will do," said Scorpius, clenching his fists.
"No! Do you know how badly you'd be punished if you, a Prefect, land a mostly innocent student in the Hospital Wing? Good grief," said Rose. "I'm ready to go, let's head out of here. Everyone seems to be heading back anyway." Rose offered her hand to Scorpius which he graciously held as they followed everyone out to get back to the train to Hogwarts. "And besides, she would run straight to Snives, and you know how Snives is."
"I'm not afraid of Snives," said Scorpius crossing his arms stubbornly.
"You aren't afraid of a lot of things that you should be," said Rose as they both stepped on the train and entered a compartment with their friends. She noticed that next to Albus was Abby and next to Ellie was Justin.
"Justin and I started dating last night," Ellie announced excitedly. Rose give her a congratulating smile and told her that she thought it was awesome, but she was secretly worried as she didn't want Ellie to get hurt by a guy like Justin. "He looks even better with his shirt off." Justin smirked at this comment and kissed Ellie on the forehead. Rose was repulsed, but she didn't show this on her face. She forgot how fast Ellie moved in relationships.
When the Hogwarts Express arrived at Hogwarts, Rose waved goodbye to her friends and brought Scorpius to their usual spot at the lake where they sat down.
"Today was fun," said Rose with a dreamy smile. "You're so cute when you smile, you know." She looked at his smile and then kissed his cheek.
"You're so cute no matter what," said Scorpius, scooping Rose up into his lap and wrapping his arms around her.
"You have always been cute no matter what and you always will be," said Rose, who felt warm and fuzzy inside while in Scorpius's arms.
"You haven't even known me for my whole life, so how do you know?" asked Scorpius teasingly.
"Because it feels like I have known you my whole life," said Rose. Scorpius tightened his grip on her and kissed her on the cheek.
"I love you," said Scorpius.
"I love you too," said Rose, turning her face to look into his eyes and kissing him passionately on the lips. The kiss lasted for a minute before it gradually ended. "It's still hot out here." She made Scorpius let go of her for a second. Then, Rose took off her robe once again and she was now only wearing her button down as a shirt. After she was done, she let Scorpius hold her again.
"It is unusually hot for October," said Scorpius, letting go of Rose for a few seconds and taking off his robe as well.
"After today, it'll be getting colder though," said Rose, trying not to stare at him. She knew he was hot and all, but without his robes on, his muscles were more visible, and even after a month of dating, Rose couldn't believe someone as good-looking as him would even take a second glance at her. She didn't hate her looks, but her hair was always a little bit frizzier than she wanted, her eyes were brown which she didn't think was as special as blue or green, and she had so many freckles across her nose and her cheeks that you could hardly see her skin color through them, which she didn't like. Her body was also not as much of an hourglass shape as girls like Karlie, and she always thought she looked more like a stick.
And then there was Scorpius. Rose didn't think boys got much hotter than Scorpius. His white-blonde hair was slightly wavy but not exactly curly, and his blueish-gray eyes were sharp but also soft at the same time in a way Rose couldn't explain. His skin was a pale color, and Rose assumed he took good care of it because she had never seen him with acne before. It was clear that he worked out often enough because he was strong enough to carry Rose easily and though his muscles were barely visible under his robes, once they were off, she could clearly see them even with his button-down on.
"Will it be getting colder? Guess I will have to keep you in my arms, then," said Scorpius, hugging her once again as tightly as he was before. A few minutes went by before either of them talked.
"It's such a pretty night tonight," said Rose, looking up at the stars. "I might be blocking your vision a little bit, though." She giggled.
"You blocking my vision makes it more pretty," Scorpius replied as he played with a tiny section of her hair.
"With the way you like to play with my hair, maybe you should work at a salon," teased Rose. "You'd be popular with the ladies there."
"If you really want me to be popular with girls that aren't you, then I understand," Scorpius teased back with a small laugh.
"I guess I don't," said Rose with a small giggle. "I hope Albus wins his first game as captain tomorrow."
"Same, he has been a good friend to me," said Scorpius, picking up a different section of Rose's hair.
"Really? I didn't know you two were that close," replied Rose. She hadn't exactly known how close they were, but she was still lying a little bit, since she did know about the one conversation Albus and Scorpius had before they were dating that she had eavesdropped on.
"Yeah, I mean, I can't talk to only girls all the time," said Scorpius with a shrug. "Albus understands things."
"I guess that is true. He is usually pretty chill to talk to, except when it comes to me dating people, he is overprotective," said Rose.
"Why does he care so much, anyway? Isn't he serious with Abby?" asked Scorpius.
"Well… Albus just hates the idea of me getting hurt, and he doesn't trust anyone once they are dating me," Rose explained as Scorpius let go of her hair and wrapped his arms around her again. "He can be ridiculous, though. And I fully trust you."
"I'm glad he feels that way. Means he cares about you. Won't stop me from doing things he won't like though," said Scorpius with a small laugh. "But I will never do anything to hurt you. Now let's go inside, it's getting late." Scorpius reluctantly let go of Rose and they both put back on their robes. They headed back to the common room and went to bed.