I know it has probably been over a year now, but I am back and writing like crazy! After convincing from @athousandshadesofblue I have finally decided to post this chapter. Please refer to any of my earlier sets to see the older chapters.
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Chapter 6:
“Scorp!” Rose shouted, having trouble climbing through Scorpius's window. Scorpius laid in his bed, peacefully sleeping as Rose struggled to get through his window. “Damn it, Scorp help me through this window.”
The sleeping body did not show any sign of waking up.
With frustration arising in her, Rose took off her shoe and chucked it at Scorpius. It hit Scorpius's shoulder and he opened up his eyes immediately, clutching his
shoulder in pain. It was a good thing Rose had a very good aim and a lot of strength to go along with it.
“What the hell--” said Scorpius, looking at the shoe. He looked over at the window and saw the struggling Rose. “God damn it what the hell do you think you are doing?”
“Mind your language, Scorp!” hissed Rose. “And while you are at it, help me through this damn window. How in Merlin's name are you able to fit through this? It is twice my size.”
Scorpius sighed and climbed out of bed, only wearing black pajama bottoms. He let out a yawn, before going over to help Rose. He grabbed a hold of Rose's hands and helped her through the window, wordlessly.
“Gosh, you had to pick the worst room to have. It is impossible to even try to sneak out of your house with a window like that,” said Rose, pointing towards the small window.
Scorpius smirked and let out a low chuckle. “You are very dimwitted sometimes, Rosie. Haven't you ever heard of using a balcony?”
Rose flushed, when she realized that there was a balcony on the opposite end of the room. She looked away from Scorpius and found her shoe lying beside his bed. She slid it back on her foot and saw Scorpius staring at her.
“What?”
“Rose,” He said, “please explain to me why you decided to pay me a visit in the middle of the freaking night!”
She took off her backpack and threw it on top of his bed, before pulling out the enormous Weasley family history book. Rose handed the book to Scorpius, who gave her a confused expression.
Rose took a deep breath and started explaining. “It is quite obvious I don't look anything like my father. I don't have any freckles, red hair, or any other features. Hell, I don't even have his toes. I know there is no possible way that I am adopted, Scorp, because I share some of the same traits as my mother. I think that Mum cheated on Dad and that is how I came to be.”
“Are you sure it isn't some long lost trait, Rose?”
“No,” said Rose, not even pausing to think. She began pacing along the floor, trying to prove her point. She had been at this idea for days and knew that she was right. The problem was, how could she prove it? How could she find her possible real father? “I have read through the Weasley family history book for a couple of days now and none of the ancestors share any traits that are close to mine. Scorpius, Mum cheated on Dad and got pregnant. Ron Weasley is not my father.”
Scorpius stared at the history book, before returning eye contact with Rose. He knew that she was right in some way. There was no way she was actually blood related to her father, but how could she prove her point? It was nearly impossible to do so.
“Rose, maybe you should go and ask for your birth certificate. Your real father would of signed it.”
Rose shrugged. “I guess I could always do that.”
They sat down on the bed staring off at the wall not knowing how they would access such a thing. The birth certificates were held under a personal file at the Ministry of Magic. Of course it would nearly be impossible for a kid to go and access their personal file. Personal files could only be accessed by the guardians and by Ministry officials.
“Does your father have any connections?” Rose curiously asked. She knew that the Malfoy’s were one of the wealthiest wizarding families and were very high up in the Ministry.
“He would wonder why the hell I want your file and I don’t even think he has that sort of power, Rose. Why are you so curious of this? So what if Ron isn’t your father? The only thing that would result from that is hurt and drama. Do you know how much that would affect everyone here?”
She paused realizing that Scorp was right on some levels, but on some other levels he wasn’t. He hadn’t gone through life looking like an alien next to his father. He looked nearly identical to his father, when Rose had caught the glimpse of him in Diagon Alley.
“I know it would affect everyone if I did prove that, but I would also be able to find out who I really am. I know you don’t want me to go to that certain extent, but Scorp I need to do this.”
“Yeah I know that you need to do that, I understand. The problem is, Rose, how are we going to figure this all out?”
Rose bit her lip puzzling amongst the thought. She would have to get into the Ministry files. When the idea finally came into her head seconds later, she knew it would be super risky, but at the same time she knew it would bring her one step closer. She grinned at the brilliant plan she had come up.
Scorpius knew that whatever Rose was thinking was a bad idea by the look etched across her face. He knew that she came up with a twisted plan that he would be dragged in to. Of course he wanted to help his best friend, but at the same time he didn’t want to risk anything either.
“Grandma’s reading has sure paid the hell off. I tend to forget lessons from previous years during the summer, but since I was rereading a potions book from a year or so ago I happened to come across this little potion. Polyjuice potion? I’m sure you have heard of that.”
Scorpius nodded, knowing exactly where this plan was leading to.
“I say that we brew up that potion, I steal some hairs from Mum and Dad, and we transform into them for an hour.”
“Rose,” said her best friend cautiously, “I believe this plan has many things that could go wrong in it. One, you are not even currently staying with your parents; two, we may run into your parents if we are disguised as them; three, what if we can’t pull off acting like bloody parents. We are fifteen years old, Rose. How the hell can we pull it off?”
“Uncle George told me Mum, Dad, and Uncle Harry once used a polyjuice potion in their second year at Hogwarts. They snuck into the Slytherin common room and interrogated your father. So if bloody twelve year olds can do it, so can we!”
He stared at her with the thought of the plan going through his head. He loved Rose to death, as a best friend, and knew that she wanted to figure this out more than anything. Scorpius finally agreed to the plan and Rose’s face immediately brightened.
“Who is going to brew the potion exactly? And how will you get your parents hairs? And how will we get there?”
Rose rolled her eyes listening to Scorpius’s worries. Did those questions honestly matter? She knew the plan and just wanted to do it and get it over with. It wasn’t very hard at all and hated to hear the little doubts and possible flaws in the plan. They just needed to do it and not take too many precautions. If too many precautions were taken they wouldn’t get the bloody thing done.
“Oh come on Rosie. Don’t tell me those thoughts didn’t cross your mind as you were developing this plan?”
“Of course they didn’t. I think and want to act. I don’t think of everything that could go wrong because I plan on nothing going wrong. I plan as I go,” stated Rose. She crossed her arms across her chest and gave Scorpius a look.
Scorpius ran a hand through his hair and stared at the ground. “We can brew the potion together here. Dad has a wide range of potion ingredients and books. I can nearly sneak anything under Mum or Dad’s nose.”
She beamed and finally was able to relax. This plan was going to work and no one was going to ruin it. Rose was very determined to figure this out and wouldn’t rest until she figured out the total truth.
Scorpius knew exactly what was going through her head. He always loved and admired how determined Rose could get when it came to certain matters. He wished that he had that much determination, but figured he would get more and more determined the longer he was close to Rose.
“Let’s go get the stuff now. We won’t have to be worried about getting caught. Mum and Dad have been in bed for hours. Don’t know if they are asleep or awake doing stuff, but they won’t leave their room till morning. House elves are asleep in the kitchen most likely.” He led her out of the room and they began walking down the long hallway.
Rose was amazed by how big the house was. It looked very large on the outside, but even larger inside of it. She saw various portraits of ancestors from the Greengrass and Malfoy family, which were sleeping peacefully. The hallway was dimly lit by lanterns hung on the wall with candles flickering inside of them, which guided them to the enormous staircase.
“Rose, come on now!” whispered Scorpius in a rather loud whisper.
Rose broke out of her trance she was in and quickly followed Scorpius down the staircase. She was a heavy footed walker and was a failure at tiptoeing, but she managed to be able to go down the stairs somewhat quietly.
They walked down many corridors and soon enough they reached their destination. Scorpius opened up the door and shut it rather loudly, not seeming to care if he woke up his parents.
Rose gave him a glare. “Are you a bloody idiot?”
“You’re one to talk. Dad and Mum are heavy sleepers. Plus we are all the way on the opposite end of the house. Learn to live a little, Rosie.”
She stuck her tongue at Scorpius and turned her attention to finding the potions book and the ingredients for the polyjuice potion. Once she found the proper book, she opened it up to the recipe for the potion. Her eyes skimmed through the recipe realizing it was quite doable, until she saw how long it took to brew.
“What are the ingredients?” said Scorpius, walking over to her and leaning over her left shoulder. He too skimmed over the page, before frowning when he saw how long it took to brew. “A whole bloody month?” He gawked at it, before peering at her.
“Oops,” muttered Rose. She felt her face beginning to grow red from embarrassment. She was the number one student in potions for her year. How could she be so stupid and forget how long it took to brew? In frustration, she slammed the book shut and ran her hand through her hair.
Scorpius took the book from her hands and reopened it to take a better look at the potion. “Maybe there is a way to speed up the potion and make it brew faster? I remember Professor—“
“There isn’t,” Rose said coldly.
“It was just a thought, Rose. No need to be bitter about it.” He saw the anger and sadness beneath Rose’s eyes as her master plan seemed to fall apart. He knew that she was embarrassed at the same time, just like she always was when a scheme failed. “Cheer up Rosie. There has got to be another way.”
“Scorp, there isn’t. In a few days we will be boarding the train and going to school for an entire year. We don’t have enough time to develop a good enough plan. . .a better plan.”
“And what will that be exactly?” He asked, letting out a yawn. He wondered if Rose was going to go mentally insane from all of this. He knew that she wouldn’t give up, but hell it annoyed him. He could be sound asleep dreaming of the beautiful girls prancing around.
Rose bit her nails for a few seconds letting thoughts fly throughout her head. She began pacing around the room muttering random stuff under her breathe while Scorpius sat there yawning and sporting a very impatient look.
Time passed and Scorpius had fallen asleep on the table and was softly snoring, while Rose kept pacing back and forth with no hint of tiredness. Nothing seemed to be interrupting her thoughts until she heard someone walking down the hallway. She immediately snapped out of her thoughts and raced over to Scorpius, shaking him awake.
Scorpius woke up startled and stared at Rose with fury spread across his face, until he heard the footsteps as well. Without a thought, he grabbed ahold of Rose’s hand and yanked her across the room.
“Who is it, Scorp?” Rose said with fear in her voice. She would be big trouble if his parents found her here and even in bigger trouble with her parents that were suspecting that she was sound asleep in the Weasley house.
Her best friend covered her mouth and with his free hand yanked on a misplaced book on the shelf and a door opened. Rose was soon shoved into the mysterious room and before she even had a chance to say another word to Scorpius the door slammed shut.
“Scorpius what on earth are you doing in here at this hour?” said a man’s voice faintly. Rose’s heart beat quickened wondering what Scorpius would do to cover her. She pressed her ear against the wall and tried to listen as best as she could.
She noticed a bit of light pouring in through the wall and moved over to it and saw a hole big enough to see what was going on.
A book slammed shut and Scorpius ran a hand through his hair shrugging. “Well, I couldn’t sleep so I decided to come here. Is there anything wrong with that, Father?”
Draco Malfoy stood in the doorway in clothes that did not appear to be his night clothes. It looked like he hadn’t been asleep at all and had been up late thinking from the looks of his bags underneath his eyes.
“If I may ask, what are you doing up at this hour?” asked Scorpius.
His father shrugged and walked closer to him, before sitting down on a comfy leather chair. Scorpius stood still not knowing what was going to happen and Rose could see sweat beginning to form around his hairline.
Scorpius was an excellent liar, almost too good. What was causing him to nearly break and ruining everything? His father didn’t look intimidating to her, but nearly no one did.
“I’m going to kill him if he screws this up,” Rose muttered.
Draco sighed and rubbed his face, before looking over at Scorpius. “Your mother and I aren’t doing very well, Scorpius.”
Scorpius’s expression dropped and he went over to his father to join him. Rose knew that Scorpius couldn’t form any words to say. After minutes passed Scorpius was finally able to say something. “What do you mean? A few nights ago you and Mum disappeared to your room and well—“
Draco raised his hand to stop Scorpius, obviously wanted to stop an awkward conversation coming up. “Can I trust you son?”
Scorpius nodded his head.
“Your mother wants another child, preferably a girl. I feel like I have enough and I don’t need any more to overwhelm me, but your mother is upset with me for not wanting another child.”
“Father, I—“
“Scorpius, I love your mother and your mother loves me. We are just going through a rough patch, but I fear it will last awhile. Your mother is the type that never gives up and will do anything to get what she wants.”
Rose stared at her best friend seeing the distress that he was feeling. She didn’t know how it felt to have parents who were going through a rough patch, considering that her parents were always on good terms with each other. She couldn’t bear to see Scorpius’s family torn apart and knew that once she found her father she would help out Scorpius as well.
“Why does Mother want a girl so much? Aren’t I good enough?” asked Scorpius.
The elder Malfoy sighed and shook his head. “I honestly don’t understand either Scorpius. Anyways, you should get some sleep. Tomorrow we are going to practice quidditch, yes?”
Scorpius nodded and stood up and paused, before glancing at the door where Rose stood. He made eye contact with Rose through the tiny hole and Rose knew that he would come back for her as soon as his father was well into bed. He bid his father goodnight and left, closing the door quietly.
Draco Malfoy remained the same spot with evidence that he wasn’t going to move anytime soon. He kept fiddling with his hands and adjusting his position slightly, not seeming like he could sit down and relax.
Rose backed away from the hole and pulled out her wand. “Lumos,” She muttered, as the tip of her wand lit up. Inside the room there were drawers and dress mannequins with old Hogwarts uniforms on them, as well as textbooks stacked on top of one another.
She curiously looked at one of the mannequins, which had a quidditch robe on it and saw the name Malfoy written across the back of it. This must be Draco Malfoy’s. Rose thought in her head.
She decided to snoop because there was nothing better to do in her spare time. She knew she would be here for a while considering that the elder Malfoy was still sitting in the room not moving.
Rose opened up a drawer as careful and quiet as possible and noticed a stack of old letters tied together in a ribbon. She wondered whether or not she should read them, considering they were personal, but decided why not and pulled the stack out of the drawer.
The first letter she pulled out didn’t seem to be addressed to anyone. With curiosity, she pulled it out of the envelope—making sure there no tears formed—and opened it up.
There are no words to describe how much I miss you. There isn’t a day that goes by where the thought of you and your smile doesn’t cross my mind. I love you so much, which is why the reason I must let you go and live your normal life. You wouldn’t want to be with a guy like me and live with the family I have that would never accept you for who you are. With this reason I must marry Astoria, but please understand if things were different I would of married you within a heartbeat. I love you—
Rose was soon interrupted from reading the letter when she heard footsteps walking towards the door. She quickly slipped the letter back in the stack and shut the door to the dresser, but managed to grab a journal that was sitting beside the letter and stuff it in the inside of her jacket.
She turned off the light at the end of her wand and saw an old armoire and ducked in it. The door swung open, that soon flooded the room with light to reveal Draco Malfoy standing there.
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Chapter 5: http://www.polyvore.com/chapter/set?id=24129094
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Chapter 6:
“Scorp!” Rose shouted, having trouble climbing through Scorpius's window. Scorpius laid in his bed, peacefully sleeping as Rose struggled to get through his window. “Damn it, Scorp help me through this window.”
The sleeping body did not show any sign of waking up.
With frustration arising in her, Rose took off her shoe and chucked it at Scorpius. It hit Scorpius's shoulder and he opened up his eyes immediately, clutching his
shoulder in pain. It was a good thing Rose had a very good aim and a lot of strength to go along with it.
“What the hell--” said Scorpius, looking at the shoe. He looked over at the window and saw the struggling Rose. “God damn it what the hell do you think you are doing?”
“Mind your language, Scorp!” hissed Rose. “And while you are at it, help me through this damn window. How in Merlin's name are you able to fit through this? It is twice my size.”
Scorpius sighed and climbed out of bed, only wearing black pajama bottoms. He let out a yawn, before going over to help Rose. He grabbed a hold of Rose's hands and helped her through the window, wordlessly.
“Gosh, you had to pick the worst room to have. It is impossible to even try to sneak out of your house with a window like that,” said Rose, pointing towards the small window.
Scorpius smirked and let out a low chuckle. “You are very dimwitted sometimes, Rosie. Haven't you ever heard of using a balcony?”
Rose flushed, when she realized that there was a balcony on the opposite end of the room. She looked away from Scorpius and found her shoe lying beside his bed. She slid it back on her foot and saw Scorpius staring at her.
“What?”
“Rose,” He said, “please explain to me why you decided to pay me a visit in the middle of the freaking night!”
She took off her backpack and threw it on top of his bed, before pulling out the enormous Weasley family history book. Rose handed the book to Scorpius, who gave her a confused expression.
Rose took a deep breath and started explaining. “It is quite obvious I don't look anything like my father. I don't have any freckles, red hair, or any other features. Hell, I don't even have his toes. I know there is no possible way that I am adopted, Scorp, because I share some of the same traits as my mother. I think that Mum cheated on Dad and that is how I came to be.”
“Are you sure it isn't some long lost trait, Rose?”
“No,” said Rose, not even pausing to think. She began pacing along the floor, trying to prove her point. She had been at this idea for days and knew that she was right. The problem was, how could she prove it? How could she find her possible real father? “I have read through the Weasley family history book for a couple of days now and none of the ancestors share any traits that are close to mine. Scorpius, Mum cheated on Dad and got pregnant. Ron Weasley is not my father.”
Scorpius stared at the history book, before returning eye contact with Rose. He knew that she was right in some way. There was no way she was actually blood related to her father, but how could she prove her point? It was nearly impossible to do so.
“Rose, maybe you should go and ask for your birth certificate. Your real father would of signed it.”
Rose shrugged. “I guess I could always do that.”
They sat down on the bed staring off at the wall not knowing how they would access such a thing. The birth certificates were held under a personal file at the Ministry of Magic. Of course it would nearly be impossible for a kid to go and access their personal file. Personal files could only be accessed by the guardians and by Ministry officials.
“Does your father have any connections?” Rose curiously asked. She knew that the Malfoy’s were one of the wealthiest wizarding families and were very high up in the Ministry.
“He would wonder why the hell I want your file and I don’t even think he has that sort of power, Rose. Why are you so curious of this? So what if Ron isn’t your father? The only thing that would result from that is hurt and drama. Do you know how much that would affect everyone here?”
She paused realizing that Scorp was right on some levels, but on some other levels he wasn’t. He hadn’t gone through life looking like an alien next to his father. He looked nearly identical to his father, when Rose had caught the glimpse of him in Diagon Alley.
“I know it would affect everyone if I did prove that, but I would also be able to find out who I really am. I know you don’t want me to go to that certain extent, but Scorp I need to do this.”
“Yeah I know that you need to do that, I understand. The problem is, Rose, how are we going to figure this all out?”
Rose bit her lip puzzling amongst the thought. She would have to get into the Ministry files. When the idea finally came into her head seconds later, she knew it would be super risky, but at the same time she knew it would bring her one step closer. She grinned at the brilliant plan she had come up.
Scorpius knew that whatever Rose was thinking was a bad idea by the look etched across her face. He knew that she came up with a twisted plan that he would be dragged in to. Of course he wanted to help his best friend, but at the same time he didn’t want to risk anything either.
“Grandma’s reading has sure paid the hell off. I tend to forget lessons from previous years during the summer, but since I was rereading a potions book from a year or so ago I happened to come across this little potion. Polyjuice potion? I’m sure you have heard of that.”
Scorpius nodded, knowing exactly where this plan was leading to.
“I say that we brew up that potion, I steal some hairs from Mum and Dad, and we transform into them for an hour.”
“Rose,” said her best friend cautiously, “I believe this plan has many things that could go wrong in it. One, you are not even currently staying with your parents; two, we may run into your parents if we are disguised as them; three, what if we can’t pull off acting like bloody parents. We are fifteen years old, Rose. How the hell can we pull it off?”
“Uncle George told me Mum, Dad, and Uncle Harry once used a polyjuice potion in their second year at Hogwarts. They snuck into the Slytherin common room and interrogated your father. So if bloody twelve year olds can do it, so can we!”
He stared at her with the thought of the plan going through his head. He loved Rose to death, as a best friend, and knew that she wanted to figure this out more than anything. Scorpius finally agreed to the plan and Rose’s face immediately brightened.
“Who is going to brew the potion exactly? And how will you get your parents hairs? And how will we get there?”
Rose rolled her eyes listening to Scorpius’s worries. Did those questions honestly matter? She knew the plan and just wanted to do it and get it over with. It wasn’t very hard at all and hated to hear the little doubts and possible flaws in the plan. They just needed to do it and not take too many precautions. If too many precautions were taken they wouldn’t get the bloody thing done.
“Oh come on Rosie. Don’t tell me those thoughts didn’t cross your mind as you were developing this plan?”
“Of course they didn’t. I think and want to act. I don’t think of everything that could go wrong because I plan on nothing going wrong. I plan as I go,” stated Rose. She crossed her arms across her chest and gave Scorpius a look.
Scorpius ran a hand through his hair and stared at the ground. “We can brew the potion together here. Dad has a wide range of potion ingredients and books. I can nearly sneak anything under Mum or Dad’s nose.”
She beamed and finally was able to relax. This plan was going to work and no one was going to ruin it. Rose was very determined to figure this out and wouldn’t rest until she figured out the total truth.
Scorpius knew exactly what was going through her head. He always loved and admired how determined Rose could get when it came to certain matters. He wished that he had that much determination, but figured he would get more and more determined the longer he was close to Rose.
“Let’s go get the stuff now. We won’t have to be worried about getting caught. Mum and Dad have been in bed for hours. Don’t know if they are asleep or awake doing stuff, but they won’t leave their room till morning. House elves are asleep in the kitchen most likely.” He led her out of the room and they began walking down the long hallway.
Rose was amazed by how big the house was. It looked very large on the outside, but even larger inside of it. She saw various portraits of ancestors from the Greengrass and Malfoy family, which were sleeping peacefully. The hallway was dimly lit by lanterns hung on the wall with candles flickering inside of them, which guided them to the enormous staircase.
“Rose, come on now!” whispered Scorpius in a rather loud whisper.
Rose broke out of her trance she was in and quickly followed Scorpius down the staircase. She was a heavy footed walker and was a failure at tiptoeing, but she managed to be able to go down the stairs somewhat quietly.
They walked down many corridors and soon enough they reached their destination. Scorpius opened up the door and shut it rather loudly, not seeming to care if he woke up his parents.
Rose gave him a glare. “Are you a bloody idiot?”
“You’re one to talk. Dad and Mum are heavy sleepers. Plus we are all the way on the opposite end of the house. Learn to live a little, Rosie.”
She stuck her tongue at Scorpius and turned her attention to finding the potions book and the ingredients for the polyjuice potion. Once she found the proper book, she opened it up to the recipe for the potion. Her eyes skimmed through the recipe realizing it was quite doable, until she saw how long it took to brew.
“What are the ingredients?” said Scorpius, walking over to her and leaning over her left shoulder. He too skimmed over the page, before frowning when he saw how long it took to brew. “A whole bloody month?” He gawked at it, before peering at her.
“Oops,” muttered Rose. She felt her face beginning to grow red from embarrassment. She was the number one student in potions for her year. How could she be so stupid and forget how long it took to brew? In frustration, she slammed the book shut and ran her hand through her hair.
Scorpius took the book from her hands and reopened it to take a better look at the potion. “Maybe there is a way to speed up the potion and make it brew faster? I remember Professor—“
“There isn’t,” Rose said coldly.
“It was just a thought, Rose. No need to be bitter about it.” He saw the anger and sadness beneath Rose’s eyes as her master plan seemed to fall apart. He knew that she was embarrassed at the same time, just like she always was when a scheme failed. “Cheer up Rosie. There has got to be another way.”
“Scorp, there isn’t. In a few days we will be boarding the train and going to school for an entire year. We don’t have enough time to develop a good enough plan. . .a better plan.”
“And what will that be exactly?” He asked, letting out a yawn. He wondered if Rose was going to go mentally insane from all of this. He knew that she wouldn’t give up, but hell it annoyed him. He could be sound asleep dreaming of the beautiful girls prancing around.
Rose bit her nails for a few seconds letting thoughts fly throughout her head. She began pacing around the room muttering random stuff under her breathe while Scorpius sat there yawning and sporting a very impatient look.
Time passed and Scorpius had fallen asleep on the table and was softly snoring, while Rose kept pacing back and forth with no hint of tiredness. Nothing seemed to be interrupting her thoughts until she heard someone walking down the hallway. She immediately snapped out of her thoughts and raced over to Scorpius, shaking him awake.
Scorpius woke up startled and stared at Rose with fury spread across his face, until he heard the footsteps as well. Without a thought, he grabbed ahold of Rose’s hand and yanked her across the room.
“Who is it, Scorp?” Rose said with fear in her voice. She would be big trouble if his parents found her here and even in bigger trouble with her parents that were suspecting that she was sound asleep in the Weasley house.
Her best friend covered her mouth and with his free hand yanked on a misplaced book on the shelf and a door opened. Rose was soon shoved into the mysterious room and before she even had a chance to say another word to Scorpius the door slammed shut.
“Scorpius what on earth are you doing in here at this hour?” said a man’s voice faintly. Rose’s heart beat quickened wondering what Scorpius would do to cover her. She pressed her ear against the wall and tried to listen as best as she could.
She noticed a bit of light pouring in through the wall and moved over to it and saw a hole big enough to see what was going on.
A book slammed shut and Scorpius ran a hand through his hair shrugging. “Well, I couldn’t sleep so I decided to come here. Is there anything wrong with that, Father?”
Draco Malfoy stood in the doorway in clothes that did not appear to be his night clothes. It looked like he hadn’t been asleep at all and had been up late thinking from the looks of his bags underneath his eyes.
“If I may ask, what are you doing up at this hour?” asked Scorpius.
His father shrugged and walked closer to him, before sitting down on a comfy leather chair. Scorpius stood still not knowing what was going to happen and Rose could see sweat beginning to form around his hairline.
Scorpius was an excellent liar, almost too good. What was causing him to nearly break and ruining everything? His father didn’t look intimidating to her, but nearly no one did.
“I’m going to kill him if he screws this up,” Rose muttered.
Draco sighed and rubbed his face, before looking over at Scorpius. “Your mother and I aren’t doing very well, Scorpius.”
Scorpius’s expression dropped and he went over to his father to join him. Rose knew that Scorpius couldn’t form any words to say. After minutes passed Scorpius was finally able to say something. “What do you mean? A few nights ago you and Mum disappeared to your room and well—“
Draco raised his hand to stop Scorpius, obviously wanted to stop an awkward conversation coming up. “Can I trust you son?”
Scorpius nodded his head.
“Your mother wants another child, preferably a girl. I feel like I have enough and I don’t need any more to overwhelm me, but your mother is upset with me for not wanting another child.”
“Father, I—“
“Scorpius, I love your mother and your mother loves me. We are just going through a rough patch, but I fear it will last awhile. Your mother is the type that never gives up and will do anything to get what she wants.”
Rose stared at her best friend seeing the distress that he was feeling. She didn’t know how it felt to have parents who were going through a rough patch, considering that her parents were always on good terms with each other. She couldn’t bear to see Scorpius’s family torn apart and knew that once she found her father she would help out Scorpius as well.
“Why does Mother want a girl so much? Aren’t I good enough?” asked Scorpius.
The elder Malfoy sighed and shook his head. “I honestly don’t understand either Scorpius. Anyways, you should get some sleep. Tomorrow we are going to practice quidditch, yes?”
Scorpius nodded and stood up and paused, before glancing at the door where Rose stood. He made eye contact with Rose through the tiny hole and Rose knew that he would come back for her as soon as his father was well into bed. He bid his father goodnight and left, closing the door quietly.
Draco Malfoy remained the same spot with evidence that he wasn’t going to move anytime soon. He kept fiddling with his hands and adjusting his position slightly, not seeming like he could sit down and relax.
Rose backed away from the hole and pulled out her wand. “Lumos,” She muttered, as the tip of her wand lit up. Inside the room there were drawers and dress mannequins with old Hogwarts uniforms on them, as well as textbooks stacked on top of one another.
She curiously looked at one of the mannequins, which had a quidditch robe on it and saw the name Malfoy written across the back of it. This must be Draco Malfoy’s. Rose thought in her head.
She decided to snoop because there was nothing better to do in her spare time. She knew she would be here for a while considering that the elder Malfoy was still sitting in the room not moving.
Rose opened up a drawer as careful and quiet as possible and noticed a stack of old letters tied together in a ribbon. She wondered whether or not she should read them, considering they were personal, but decided why not and pulled the stack out of the drawer.
The first letter she pulled out didn’t seem to be addressed to anyone. With curiosity, she pulled it out of the envelope—making sure there no tears formed—and opened it up.
There are no words to describe how much I miss you. There isn’t a day that goes by where the thought of you and your smile doesn’t cross my mind. I love you so much, which is why the reason I must let you go and live your normal life. You wouldn’t want to be with a guy like me and live with the family I have that would never accept you for who you are. With this reason I must marry Astoria, but please understand if things were different I would of married you within a heartbeat. I love you—
Rose was soon interrupted from reading the letter when she heard footsteps walking towards the door. She quickly slipped the letter back in the stack and shut the door to the dresser, but managed to grab a journal that was sitting beside the letter and stuff it in the inside of her jacket.
She turned off the light at the end of her wand and saw an old armoire and ducked in it. The door swung open, that soon flooded the room with light to reveal Draco Malfoy standing there.
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