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Amortentia	By : goldensnitch18 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Scorpius/Rose Views: 13221 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter List
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Story: Amortentia
Synopsis: In their sixth year, rivals Rose and Scorpius have a moment of terrifying clarity when they both inhale the sweet smell of Amortentia. One year later, Rose is finally single and Scorpius is determined to snog the crazy out of her.
Rating: M
Pairing: Scorpius/Rose
Chapter Eight
The morning of their second Hogsmeade visit, Rose was eating breakfast with her girlfriends, as she always did, when the post arrived. What she could only assume was a ministry owl, dropped a medium sized envelope marked with the official seal of the ministry of magic next to her plate and flew off.
“What is that?” Poppy asked.
“I don't know.” Rose told her and she picked up the envelope, eyeing it suspiciously. It was from the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. It took her half a heart beat to realize what Scorpius must have done. “It's probably from Uncle Harry. He must have sent it from work.” She pushed the envelope into her bag and tried to will her heart to stop racing and keep her eyes from shooting behind her to glare at Scorpius. She looked down at her breakfast instead and forced a bite of her cereal into her mouth and down her dry throat.
“Boring. Anyway … so you and Scorpius are going on a date today?!” Poppy wiggled her eyebrows at Rose who stared at her with wide eyes.
“What? No we aren’t.” Rose huffed and looked over at Alice who was staring down at her plate and very much avoiding Rose’s gaze.
“Well…” Poppy smirked. “Alice and Albus are going on a date and she said that you and Scorpius were tagging along. Sounds like a date to me.”
“Well...” Rose began, mocking Poppy. “It's not.”
“I don't know, Rose.” Tamsyn said sweetly. “I seem to recall the four of you ended up alone last time we went to Hogsmeade, didn't you? So, really this would your second date.” She smirked and Rose glared at her.
“And the two of you do spend an awful lot of time alone together. You never know when love will strike.” Poppy added and the two girls broke out in a fit of giggles at the idea of the Head Boy and Girl falling in love.
“Oh Merlin.” Rose stood and grabbed her bag. “I wouldn't go on a date with Scorpius if he was the last boy at Hogwarts.” She then turned to face Alice who was still avoiding her eyes. “Thank you for all this Alice. I'll meet you at the entrance in 20 minutes.”
Rose left the Great Hall and headed straight for the girls bathroom. She locked herself in one of the stalls and grabbed the envelope from her purse.
Dear Ms. Weasley,
I am so pleased to hear that you are interested in information about the Auror Office in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Please find enclosed materials that will surely answer any questions you may have.
Once you have read through these materials, if you are interested in joining our team, please complete the application included in this packet and return it to our offices.
If you have any questions that are not answered here, please contact me and I would be happy to answer them for you.
Also, as per your request for discretion I have not notified your Uncle of your request, but I do want to advise you that I will have to do so should you submit an application.
Sincerely,
Serena Pond
Senior Under Secretary to the Head of the Auror Office
“That sneaky little shit …” She muttered, as she briefly looked over the materials enclosed beyond the letter.
Rose stuffed the letter back in the envelope and shoved it back into her purse before falling down onto the seat and burying her head in her hands. She hadn't done anything more in her job search since she had spoken to Scorpius, but it seemed that he was now taking it into his own hands. What right did he have to tell her what job she should have or request information from the Auror Office for her? What if Harry’s assistant had told him and not kept her “request for discretion.” Gods she was going to kill that stupid prat.
XXX
Twenty minutes later, Scorpius was walking down to Hogsmeade with Alice and Albus, who were holding hands, and Rose, who seemed annoyed about something.
“Where should we start?” Albus asked the group.
“I don't care.” Rose said shortly and Scorpius glanced over at her confused. They had snogged just that morning against the portrait that led to her bedroom and she had definitely not been in a mood then. She had tried to distract him into making them both late for breakfast, but he had refused, knowing that they shouldn't both be late when they were already being forced to go on this pseudo date.
“Maybe Honeydukes?” Alice suggested and Albus looked over at Scorpius.
“Sure.” He told Albus, and then glanced over at Rose again. She was staring straight ahead as she walked, her arms crossed.
They made their way down to the village and headed for the sweets shop first. Once inside they all wandered apart and shopped, looking at different things. Scorpius wanted to find out what was bothering Rose so he grabbed a some Chocolate Cauldrons, Drooble’s Best Blowing Gun, and Liquorice Wands and stuck them in a bag and then made his way to the back of the store where she was standing.
“Want me to buy your sweets for you?” He teased her, using the crowd as an excuse to push his body against hers.
“Don't you dare.” She snapped. “Let's not add any more fuel to the fire.” She stepped away from him and towards Alice and he frowned. She hadn't even looked at him. What the hell could he have done? They hadn't even seen each other since they were snogging and she had been fine! And he had clearly been joking about buying her sweets.
“Are you ready?” Albus asked, coming up beside Scorpius with a bag of treats.
“Yea.” Scorpius held up his bag and they went to get the girls and stand in line. Albus paid for Alice’s bag and then they stood in the front of the store chatting and laughing while Rose and Scorpius paid for theirs.
“Are you okay?” Scorpius asked her when their friends were out of earshot.
“No.” She told him as she handed over her money.
“What's wrong?”
“Nothing.” Rose picked up her bag and walked away, leaving him to pay for his candy and fume.
They went to the Hogsmeade branch of Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes next and Rose’s sullen mood continued. Albus and Alice remained oblivious because they were clearly wrapped in each other as they shopped and snogged. Scorpius tried to joke with Rose again, this time about buying her a love potion, but she just glared at him and walked away again. This was some crazy last year crap she was pulling and Scorpius was not pleased. They were friends now. He wasn’t supposed to have to deal with cold shoulder, hex your balls off Rose. He got snog you in the library and be nice to you in the halls Rose now and he much preferred her that way.
By the time they were walking to the Three Broomsticks, Scorpius had had enough. Alice and Albus were walking hand in hand ahead of him and Rose, who was still walking with her arms crossed down the street, avoiding him. He held the door open for her as they walked into the crowded pub and then he leaned forward to tell Al, “Order me and Rose butterbeer.” He dropped a few coins in Al’s pocket and he nodded.
“Come on.” Scorpius grabbed Rose’s hand and she tried to resist, but the crowd was already pushing past her to stand in line behind Albus and Alice. Scorpius continued to pull on her, hoping that their coats and hats and the massive amount of students would keep anyone from realizing too easily that he was pulling Rose Weasley to the back room.
“Scorpius!” She hissed and he just kept walking. “What are you doing?!” She demanded.
They passed the bathrooms and then he shoved the storage room door open. He pulled Rose into the room and shut the door, locking it behind him.
“What is your problem?” He retorted. “You've been weird all morning.”
“You seriously have to ask me that?” She demanded.
“Clearly. What the hell could have happened between you shoving yourself on me this morning and giving me the shaft now?”
“Shoving myself on you? SHOVING? I'm sorry, I thought you liked snogging me, I guess I won't make that mistake again.” Her blue eyes were glinting and he swore he saw sparks in her hair.
“That's not what I meant!” He back pedaled.
“Really? Because that's what you said! I won't disgust you with my…” She was cut off with his lips on hers, his arms wrapped around her waist pulling her into him. She melted against him for half a second and then pushed him away.
“You know I bloody want you. Don't make this about something it isn't.”
“You want to know why I'm angry?” Rose hissed. She dropped her bags on the floor.
“Yes.” It took everything he had to not make a smart ass comment that would only get him in more trouble. He watched her fumble with the snaps on her purse in anger and then pull out an envelope.
She shoved it against his chest, much harder than necessary. “THIS is why I'm angry.”
Scorpius took the envelope from her and looked at the it. “Oh.” He said quietly. He pulled it open and took out the letter and read it. “See? I asked for discretion?”
“You wrote them pretending to be me asking for information!” She seethed.
“Well, we both know you weren't going to.” He shoved the letter back in the envelope.
“Of course I wasn’t!”
“But you were interested when I suggested it.”
“That doesn't matter! My parents would have a fit.”
“So?”
“And they will know I'm applying.”
“It's a confidential process in the first place and you ... I … asked for discretion. Harry can't tell them you've applied unless you tell him it's okay talk to them about it.”
“They are his best friends!” She waved her hands in the air as if this explained everything.
“So? This is his job that he takes very seriously.” Scorpius knew Rose wasn't dumb enough to think Harry would risk his job over something so stupid. “Plus, he loves you. He wouldn't do that to you.”
“Well, you shouldn't have done it. It's not your place to decide what I should be doing or get applications for me for jobs.”
“It was one job and I knew you wouldn't do it yourself and you should, because you would be amazing.”
“You're ridiculous.”
“I'm right, but I'm sorry I went behind your back.”
“Good.”
“Just look at the information and think about it.” He pulled on her hair. “Is that all that's bothering you.”
“No.” She leaned into him, resting her body against his. “The whole school thinks we're on a date.”
“So?”
“So, I don't really want my parents hearing that either.” She mumbled into his shirt.
“You're ashamed of your play toy?” He asked, kissing her head.
“No. Yes. I don't know. My dad would have a heart attack.”
“So would mine.” He laughed. “Ron Weasley's daughter.”
“Then no more fake forced double dates?”
“Deal.” He pulled her chin up and kissed her then and she responded eagerly, the memory of him holding her against the wall that morning rushed back into her mind.
Scorpius ran his hand under her jacket and sweater and felt the soft fabric of her bra under his hand. “Well, now I want you in this stupid storage room.” He muttered against her lips.
“I tried this morning.” She said back. She pushed his scarf down his shoulder and moved her lips to his neck.
“Tonight. After this stupidity. You’re mine.” He slid his hand out of her sweater.
“Something like that.” She smiled as she brushed her hands against the front of his jeans, stroking him.
“You are a very mean witch Rose Weasley.”
“But you still want me.”
“I am a very stupid wizard.” He snogged her one last time and let go of her so she could adjust her clothes and bags, and he could pick his scarf up.
He opened the door to the back room and left. Rose shut the door behind him and he knew she was going to wait a few minutes before following him. He found Albus and Alice sitting at a corner table. “Surprised you found a table.” He told them looking around at the crowd that had been brought in from the cold.
“I threatened to curse some third years. They suddenly decided standing sounded better.”
“Your Slytherin is showing, Potter.” Scorpius said with a laugh and he sat down in one of the empty chairs.
“Rose waiting so it doesn't seem like you were together?” Albus smirked.
“She is a neurotic little witch.” Scorpius lifted his butterbeer to his lips and took a drink.
“Is she going to stop being dreadful company?” Alice asked, wrinkling her nose.
“I'm not sure how you two even noticed that.” He rolled his eyes at the couple.
“We aren't idiots. She's clearly annoyed.”
“But it was only half MY fault.” Scorpius told Alice smugly. “YOU did the rest forcing us to join you on your date. Rose doesn't want Daddy to think she's dating me.”
Albus laughed at the thought of Ron Weasley getting that news. “Oh Merlin I wish we could tell him you two were dating just for fun.”
“He would curse Scorpius.” Rose said as she pulled off her jacket next to Scorpius. She hung it on the back of her chair and sat next to him.
“I'd like to see him try.”
She shook her head at his cocky attitude. “My dad was an Auror. Without a single N.E.W.T.”
“I'm not afraid.”
“You should be.” Rose smiled. “I've seen how he deals with boys he doesn't approve of. It isn't pretty.” Scorpius just looked at her, trying to decide if she was serious or not.
XXX
On Monday, the attention that Rose had been dreading and trying to avoid reared it’s ugly head. She saw several groups of girls giggling at her as she walked to the Great Hall for breakfast that morning. It was apparently all over the school that she and Scorpius had gone on a date.
“I just want you to know that even though we’ve been best friends our entire lives, I hate you.” She told Alice as they walked past two second year girls who were holding their hands in front of their mouths as they whispered to each other.
“I didn’t realize it would be this bad.” Alice told her. “I’m sorry.”
“I did.” Rose sighed as the walked into the Great Hall. Faces from all four tables turned to stare at her and then back at their friends to talk. “I shouldn’t have gone.”
“Is it really … I mean …”
“No.” Rose sighed again. “It's not that big of a deal. I just hope my Dad doesn't get wind of this and have a cow.” She sat down at the Ravenclaw table and Alice sat beside her. “Everyone wants us to be dating because it's good gossip, that's all.”
“Just ignore it. It will be pretty clear that you're not dating when nothing changes.”
“Yea. I guess.” Rose told her, sighing for a third time.
As the day progressed, it didn't get any better. In fact, it really just got worse. After Charms, Potions, and Lunch, Rose hid from the gossip in her bedroom. She tried to read a book, but every few minutes her eyes would flick to the envelope on her desk. About an hour into her break, Scorpius knocked from the library.
She swung the portrait open and he was smiling at her. “So, you're my girlfriend now?”
She rolled her eyes. “I'm pretty sure that is furthest thing from what you want from me.”
“True.” He told her. “Well, really I just don't want a girlfriend at all. Way too much work. And I can't mess around with you if I have a girlfriend.”
“Great …”
“Oh please, you feel the same way.”
“True.” She smiled and looked at him for a minute. “You want to try to come in here?” She asked and it took him about half a second to cross the portrait opening.
“This school trusts us way too much.” Scorpius said as he looked around at her room.
“I'm convinced this library is the reason my Uncle Harry’s Mum finally gave his Dad a chance.” Rose laughed.
“I wonder what it was like for our parents. Like did they just not use it or do they really just dislike each other so much that it didn't matter that they were basically living together?”
“I don't know. I’m definitely going to ask my Mum about it.”
“I'll ask my Dad and we can compare notes.” He joked as he picked up the letter from the Auror Office, looked at it for a minute, and set it back down. “Did you decide yet?”
“No.” She sat back down on her bed and put her book on the nightstand as she watched him look over the pictures on the back of her door. “Are you just going to stare at my room for the next thirty minutes?” She asked with a grin and he laughed and turned to walk towards the bed.
“We're you hoping I would do something in particular?”
“Distract me from thinking about that application or the rumors that we’re dating.”
“I would love to.” He moved over her and lowered his lips to hers.
XXX
A little under an hour later, they were both in Ancient Runes when Colin walked in. He made his way to sit next to Rose like he always did. He was smiling brightly when he said “Hey, Rose.”
“Hey, Colin.” She said back as she pulled out her book. “How was your weekend?” She asked and he nodded.
“Really good. I loaded up on treats at Hogsmeade so I'm set.”
“I think we all did.” She said with a grin.
Colin glanced back where Scorpius was sitting behind them staring down at his book and doing his best to ignore the pair chatting in front of him. He lowered his voice and asked. “So … are you two … really …”
“Oh, Scorpius and I? No! Alice wanted us both to go shopping with her and Albus. It's just a bad rumor. I'm not seeing anyone.” Collin visibly relaxed and Scorpius resisted the urge to punch him in the face.
“Oh, good. Well my offer still stands if you ever want a date.”
“Thanks, Colin. Maybe next visit.” She smiled at him again and grabbed his hand. Scorpius could feel his blood boiling. She was flirting or whatever with this stupid sod right in front of him. Scorpius was pretty sure it was some sort of ploy to get it around that she wasn't dating Scorpius, but that didn't make it any easier to watch. She was HIS until the end of the year and he didn't like the way Colin was resting his arm on the back of her chair, or that she was basically holding hands with him.
He was just about to try to say something to the pair when Professor Babbling walked in and the lesson began. Scorpius was forced to watch Colin paw at Rose all lesson as they worked together. Paw was probably a strong word, but he was touching her way more than was necessary for an Ancient Runes lesson and Rose was letting him.
What if she really liked Colin? What if she genuinely wanted to try dating him? What if the rumors were just too much for her and she wanted to end all of this? Wouldn't she have told him before class instead of snogging him on her bed? Scorpius grabbed his wand and mumbled a charm while holding it to his parchment and then wrote, “Broom Closet” at the place he had touched.
After class, Scorpius waited for most of the students to leave and then grabbed his own bag and walked out of the classroom. When he was sure that he was alone in the hallway he opened the door to the broom closet and stepped in, shutting it behind him. He waited a few minutes and then Rose opened the door and came in after him.
“This is insane.” She told him, crossing her arms. “You are the most ridiculous …”
“Do you want to date Colin Creevey?” Scorpius asked, cutting her off.
“No, Scorpius.” She rolled her eyes. “I don't want to date Colin, just like I don't want to date anyone else.”
“Well, then why we're you letting him maul you during class.”
“He was NOT mauling me.” Rose told him, actually laughing at his words.
“And YOU … you were leading him on. Making him think you wanted to shag him.”
Rose blushed and looked down at her shoes. “Ok, I did not make him think I wanted to shag him, but I might have …”
“Majorly led him on.” Scorpius insisted.
“Okay, yes, BUT,” she held up a finger. “I might date Colin if I wanted to date, so it's not really leading him on. I will probably want to date one day and maybe I'll let Colin take me out and see what happens.”
Scorpius growled and pushed her back against the wall. He buried his hands in her curly red hair and pressed his lips hard against hers. She moaned as his tongue slid into her mouth and his leg moved between hers, pressing against that sweet center of hers he loved so much. He didn't want her going on a bloody date with Colin Bloody Creevey and he didn't want to listen to her talk about it.
MINE. He screamed inside of his head, not daring to say the word out loud, not wanting to face the realities of what it meant. MINE. As long as you will have me. Mine.
Instead of claiming her with his words, Scorpius moved one hand down from her hair to rest on her thigh and pushed her skirt up. The feel of her skin under his hand made him groan into her mouth. He moved his lips down her to her jaw and trailed kisses to her neck where he sucked softly at her skin. “Red…” He whispered, trying to put everything he was feeling into that one word, knowing that if she really knew what he was thinking she would run as fast and as far as her feet could take her because Rowan Fucking Wood had damaged this perfect, beautiful, fiery red goddess and Scorpius would never forgive him for it. Ever.
“Scor…” She responded softly, her voice hitched in between and she rolled his r in a way that sounded more delicious than anything he had ever heard. Merlin he fucking wanted her forever. He wanted her saying his name like that as long as he lived.
He fucking loved her and there was going to be hell to pay for it, probably sooner than later, but he didn't care. For now, he was going to bury himself in her red hair and smell the perfect scent of her lavender shampoo and forget that she wasn't really his.
MINE, his brain roared again as she scratched her nails down his back.
XXX
Three nights later, Scorpius was at his Thursday night Quidditch Practice, and Rose sat in front of the fire. She had brought down her quilt, the one her Grandma Granger had made once she had retired and learned to sew. It was full of memories from her mother, her father, and her own childhood. It felt right that she had it laying on her lap as she stared at the application.
‘Every year the Auror Office receives nearly thirty applications to begin Auror training. On average we accept one to two candidates a year, but many years we accept none.’
Was it worth even applying? Scorpius seemed so sure she was perfect and the more she looked into it, she had to agree. She was actually … excited. But if she applied, Harry would know. She wasn't sure if that would be good or bad. She was terrified that he would reject her as not good enough, or worse let her in because she was family. She knew that he would never really do that second one, but her nerves and her crazy over thinking had convinced her it was a possibility.
‘Aurors are highly trained, specialists responsible for the protection of our society. The training is extremely difficult and applicants who are accepted into the training may fail to pass the rigorous process.’
What if she got in? Would she be to pass character tests? And aptitude tests? And the THREE year training process? She would be twenty-one years old before she actually had the job.
‘Any current students accepted into the Auror Training program will not be eligible to begin training until they receive the result of their N.E.W.T exams. Aurors are required to earn Outstanding or Exceeds Expectation N.E.W.T scores in at least five areas. We highly recommend that applicants achieve these in Potions, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Herbology, and Charms.’
What if she didn't get a N.E.W.T in the areas she needed?
What if she was accepted and then they had to turn her away because she failed something?
What would her parents think?
What would they say?
Would they be proud?
Or angry?
Or disappointed?
Or … what?
She tried to imagine telling them she had been accepted into the Auror Training program and she couldn't figure what would come next.
Rose sighed and lifted her quill. Okay. She put the quill down on the paper. By name, she wrote Rose Minerva Weasley, and she kept on going, trying to control the tremors running down her arm.
When it was done an hour later, she walked back to her room and put the finished application back on her desk. Sending it would be a battle for another day.
XXX
The Hogwarts Express was set to take the students back to King’s Cross Station on Wednesday, December 20th. It was agreed at the beginning of the month that Rose and Scorpius were not making any plans the previous Saturday except locking themselves in one of their bedrooms and attempting to get enough of each other to tide them over until they were back at Hogwarts over two weeks later.
It had been a fast and furious December, as most of their Professors seemed to be attempting to bog them down with as much work as possible to ensure no one actually enjoyed their break. Scorpius and Rose were both planning on enjoying their break, and thus filled every moment of their free time doing their extra homework that was meant for the time they would be with their families.
This left them both frustrated and by the time the 17th of December rolled around Scorpius was dying to have Rose naked again. Life had taken an unexpected and harsh turn for Scorpius when he realized that he was in love with Rose. He knew that their days together were numbered and as easy as it was to pretend that what they had was real when they were locked in their library, or his room, it only took one walk out his bedroom door for him to remember that in the real world, Rose didn't love him back. In fact, Rose didn't really want to love anyone back. She seemed bound and determined to skate through 7th year without thinking about love at all and then keep on skating for a long while on her own.
Scorpius on the other hand now felt like a love sick puppy any time he was around her. He wanted to worship her body and whisper sweet words of adoration to her, but instead he had to settle for repeating those words over and over inside his head as he pawed her like a proper teenage boy driven by pure lust.
On the 17th of December, Scorpius hadn't been alone with Rose when they weren't working on homework in nearly a week. He was wanting her so damn bad that he couldn't keep himself from staring at her during lunch.
“Scorpius.” Al had said about four times, and then finally flung bits of beans at him to get his attention. “What the hell mate?”
“I'm sorry.” Scorpius had flicked the beans off his collar and sighed as he pushed his food around with his fork. “What do you need?”
“To know what's wrong with you.”
Scorpius looked down the table and sighed again. “Not here.” He told Al and he stood up, leaving his uneaten lunch behind. Al followed him, grabbing a roll to shove in his mouth as they walked. Scorpius led the way to the dungeons because he didn't know where else to go.
“I fucked up.” Scorpius said as he moved down an empty corridor and Albus stopped.
“What did you do to her?” He asked and Scorpius laughed.
“Nothing. I swear.” He held his hands up.
“Then what …” Albus just looked at him confused.
“I fell for her.” Scorpius told him and Al just stared.
“Like you … you …”
“Love her.” Scorpius said out loud for the first time. He fell back against the wall of the empty corridor.
“Uh …” Al just kept staring and Scorpius shook his head.
“Thanks for the help mate.”
“Are you sure?”
“What?” Scorpius laughed at him. “Am I sure? Yes, I'm fucking sure.”
“Oh.” Al shoved his hands in his pockets and looked down the hall back towards the Great Hall. “Have you told her?”
“Hell no.” Scorpius hissed. “She would be gone so fast I wouldn't even see her running.”
“Really? I mean … maybe …”
“Even if she does have feelings back for me, Rowan did a good number on her Al. She doesn't want to date right now. At all. Anyone.”
“She’s basically already dating you! I mean I don't have the details but I'm pretty sure you guys have progressed far enough from the way Alice talks and you're always together. You study together and hang out on your breaks and from the way I’ve seen you look at her you can't keep your hands off each other when you're alone. That's dating in my book.”
“Yea, well, your book doesn't really matter.” Scorpius ran a hand through his hair. “There's also your Aunt and Uncle and my Dad. She's convinced they would all lose their shit if they heard we were together in any way.”
“Yea … Well … probably.”
“Can you just pretend for five seconds this is any other girl?” Scorpius asked, clearly frustrated. “What would you say?”
“If this was any other girl? I would say go for it. Give her time, keep doing what you’re doing and she will come around, but Scor,” He shook his head and continued, “this isn’t any other girl. This is Rose and the ramifications of you two together … it could really blow up our families a bit.”
“So what are you saying? I should cut my losses? Stop messing around with her and go after some other skirt?” Scorpius knew that was probably the end game here, but he didn’t want that. He wanted any other option than that.
Albus sighed and shook his head again. “Give her time, keep doing what you’re doing and she will come around. Get in good with Mione. She’ll take care of Ron.”
“Really?” Scorpius looked at his best friend with wide eyes.
“Really. Our dad’s manage to sort of get along somehow. I’m sure you guys will all figure it out.” Scorpius knew his smiled was forced, but he appreciated the effort.
“Oh, and Scor,” Al chuckled. “You better brush up on your wizard’s chess, mate. Rose’s family is crazy about that shit. Rowan was awful at it. Drove Ron crazy.”
XXX
Fifteen minutes later, Scorpius was in his room waiting for Rose. He knew that she had still been sitting at the Ravenclaw table when he had gotten up with Albus and she was probably actually eating her lunch and not just shoving it around her plate. He figured she would still be awhile, but to his surprise he heard her approaching shortly after he had arrived and propped his portrait to the library open for her.
She crossed library to his room and climbed up next to him on his bed. “You okay?”
He put the book he’d been reading, one of the many that Ollivander had sent him to read that year, on the bedside table and put an arm around her. “Yea, why?”
“I saw you leave with Al. You didn’t eat anything.”
“I’m fine. I just needed to talk to him.” Scorpius leaned down and brushed his lips against hers softly, feeling a soft flame settle in his stomach.
“Aren’t you still hungry?” She asked, resting one hand on his chest.
“Not for my lunch.” He teased, kissed her again, just as softly.
“Oh, well …” Rose moved to climb into his lap, facing him. “What are you hungry for?”
“Do I really have to answer that?” He ran his hands up her hips, up her sides, and to her back.
“Yes.” She smirked as she undid one of the buttons on his shirt. “I want to make sure you get exactly what you need.”
“I’m hungry for these.” He pulled her down to him and tasted her lips. “And these.” He pulled back, just enough to be able to whisper against her mouth as one hand moved to cup one of her breasts. He squeezed it softly and then abandoned it to slide the same hand down and unbutton her jeans. His hand moved under the fabric there and his finger found her wet and waiting. “And this.” He moved his fingers inside of her and she rocked against them. Scorpius moved his mouth to her ear as his fingers made her breath grow faster. “I’m so hungry for you Rose Weasley,” He whispered in her ear. “all of you.” He knew that she would think he meant her body, and he did, and he was, but he was hungry for so much more that that also.
“Well …” She replied, her voice just as soft as his. “It’s a good thing we have all day.”
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On Tuesday night, Rose could hardly believe that she was packing to go home for Christmas. It felt like her Seventh Year had just begun and it was nearly half over. As she decided what to take home and what to leave, the application for Auror Training stared at her. She had filled it out twelve days ago and there it sat, waiting, staring at her, judging her.
She knew Scorpius had noticed it sitting there, addressed and ready to go, but he hadn’t mention it, and she appreciated that. She knew that she wanted to send it. She knew that if she didn’t send it she would regret it, but every time she walked over to the desk to grab it and take it to the owlery she chickened out and left it there to stare some more.
As Rose packed her clothes, and then her books that she had read and would leave at home, and then a few books that she would try to finish over break, and then her chess set, and then her homework, the letter stared and did not relent. It’s time, Rose. It seemed to say, over and over calling her, pushing her to be brave, to find the Gryffindor that must be lurking behind her intelligence and wit.
When Scorpius came to get her for their Heads Rounds that night, her bag was packed and the letter was still staring.
“Ready?” He asked and she looked over at the letter and sighed.
“Yea … but … will you help me with something?” Rose walked over to her desk and picked up the envelope. “Go to the owlery with me to send this?”
Scorpius’ stammered before saying, “Sure,” while Rose smiled.
“You seem as nervous as I am.” She teased him, and he smiled back.
“I just know it’s a big decision and I’m happy for you.” He walked over to her desk and pulled her in to kiss her. She ran and hand up his chest and behind his neck to pull him deeper into her.
“I wouldn’t have done it if you hadn’t ordered the information for me.” She told him, staring at the clip on his tie. “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.” He led the way out of her room and out of the library and she followed, clutching the envelope tightly. They walked in silence, both of them lost in thoughts that they couldn’t share with the other. When they finally reached the owlery, Rose called down her owl and handed him a few treats. She then tried to tie her letter to his leg, but her hands were shaking badly.
She felt Scorpius come up behind her and then his hands slide down her arms. “I got it.” He took the string from her to finish knotting it.
“Serena at Uncle Harry’s Office.” Rose told her owl. He hooted softly and took off, leaving Rose standing being with Scorpius hoping that she had done the right thing.
Scorpius took her hand again and pulled her into him. “You need to calm down.” He told her, and kissed the corner of her mouth. “You are very tense.” He kissed the other side. “I don’t like seeing you like this.” He pressed his mouth against hers and she wrapped her arms around him and let herself be distracted from her owl flying away with her future by the sexy Slytherin who was properly snogging her.
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A/N: I would love to hear your thoughts on this chapter! Please review and share them with me. Thank you for continuing on this ride with me and for enjoying this story as I write it.
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