The Drawing Room

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The Drawing Room by

drcjsnider

Category: Harry Potter

Genre: Humor, Romance

Language: English

Characters: Rose W., Scorpius M.Status: Completed

Published: 2010-04-14

Updated: 2010-04-14

Packaged: 2013-03-11 19:57:13

Rating: K+

Chapters: 1

Words: 4,354Publisher: www.fanfiction.net

Summary: Three New Years Eves spenn the Malfoy's drawing room change

everything for Rose and Scorpius.


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The Drawing Room

Title: The Drawing Room

Rating: PG-13

Word Count: 4042

Pairing: Rose/Scorpius

Warnings: Mention of Hermione's torturn Deathly Hallows. Language.

Summary: Three New Years Eves spenn the Malfoy's drawing room change

everything for Rose and Scorpius.A/N: Written as a pinch-hit for the L

spring_fling. kate0404 asked for detailed plot line, fluff, gradua

development of feelings, a surpris

ending, and comedy. I think I hit all o

hem, but the surprise ending. Her prompt

were: A Place: Malfoy Manor, An Item


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Celestina Warbeck concert tickets,

Prompt: Three holiday dinners goncompletely wrong. I got the thre

holidays no dinners though. Also, stole some next gen 'supporting character

names from fics by queensb23more an

a_respite. A BIG Spring Fling thankgoes out to my cute and sexy beta

hondagirrl, who looked at this under very unreasonable timeline, and to th

awesome kalina_blue for letting me mismy deadline without giving me a supersized helping of grief.

When Scorpius Malfoy was sixteen he puhis foot down. He didn't stomp it down

because that would have looked poncy

He just put it down and left it there an

refused to move it no matter what hi


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father threatened.

"I am NOT going to Morocco for New

Years to visit Grandfather andGrandmother."

"I'll take away your broom," Draco state

coldly.

"Then I'll borrow Potter's."

"I'll cut off your allowance."

"There is nothing I need to purchase."

"You're going to end up sending me to anearly grave."

Good, Scorpius thought but was smar

enough not to say it out loud.


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"Draco, maybe we should let him stay. H

can always spend an extra week with you

parents this summer," Astoria entreated

rying to keep the peace between hehusband and son.

"If we let him stay you know he'll jus

spend the time carousing with his friends,Draco replied with a frown.

"And what's so wrong with that?" Astori

asked.

"It's a wasteful, it's pointless, and i

doesn't accomplish anything worthwhile."

Astoria smiled and patted Draco on th

arm. "That sounds heavenly to me. Don

you wish you'd had a bit more time t


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carouse when you were sixteen?"

"Fine," Draco replied, scowling a

Astoria. He turned toward Scorpius"There will be no liquor, no girls, and no

one sleeping in our bedroom."

Scorpius nodded. "Of course, Father. ust want to spend some time with m

friends. We'll do nothing immoral

dangerous, or scandalous."

"Now, now, dear," Astoria said with a

wink at Scorpius as her husband stalke

out of the room. "We want you to have

some fun."

New Years Eve 2023

Rose knew she shouldn't be here. It wa


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supposed to be a boy's night for the sixt

year Slytherins. They were going to tal

about the girls they wanted to shag, rea

old copies ofPlaywizard Magazine, andrink copious amounts of Firewhiskey

Although Rose had no intention i

engaging in any of those activities and sh

hanked Merlin during every sortinceremony that she wasn't a Slytherin, sh

had still forced her cousin Al to bring he

o the party. Al had agreed reluctantly onl

after she promised to arrive covered b

his father's invisibility cloak and leave a

soon as she had looked around Malfo

Manor.

"I don't see why you are so blood

nterested in the place," he had said as sh

sat on his bed watching him get ready. "It'


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ust a house. It isn't that much differen

from Number twelve, Grimmauld Place

except the style is a bit more ornate an

t's in the country rather than town, but stilt is just a house."

"I'm a Ravenclaw. I'm curious. Sue me."

"What?"

"Muggle expression."

Al shook his head. "I wish you would sto

doing that. People think you are strang

enough with your weird study habits an

your even weirder causes. Talking like Muggle just makes it worse."

Rose rolled her eyes. "What? Are yo

mortified to be related to me?"


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"Of course not, I'm mortified to be relate

o James. I'm only embarrassed to b

related to you."

"You are so pathetic. I don't see why you

care so much what your stupid housemate

hink. They are all a bunch of wankers.

expect the lot of you will sit arounfooling yourselves into thinking that yo

are hot shit at Hogwarts and making list

of all the birds who want to shag you."

"How did you get a copy of our evening'

agenda?" Al exclaimed in mock surprise

which caused Rose to laugh.

When he sat down next to her on the bed

she linked an arm around his shoulder

and gave him a tight squeeze. "Thanks fo


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putting up with me in spite of my weir

habits and lack of fashion sense."

"Well, I kind of have no choice since youare the favorite girl of my acquaintanc

and the only reason I am not failin

potions and charms class. However, if yo

get caught tonight I'm tell everyone yocasted anImperio on me."

"Yes, yes, fine. Let's go."

Five minutes later, Rose stood quietly in

front of the Floo in the dining room a

Scorpius led Al and the other Slytherins to

kitchen so they could load up on food andrinks. As soon as everyone was out o

ear shot, she began to explore. Sh

checked out the library, the musi


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conservatory, and the entrance hall befor

she found the room she'd had really com

o see the drawing room. The roo

where Bellatrix Lestrange had tortureRose's mother twenty-five years ago whil

Scorpius' father and grandparents ha

watched. She had expected the room t

feel evil or have some mark upon it tndicate that horrific events had onc

occurred in it, but it was a perfectl

normal room.

The invisibility cloak fell from Rose'

head as she looked up at the large crysta

chandelier that hung from the ceiling. Sh

wondered if it was the same one that ha

fallen on her mother or if it had bee

replaced with something that didn't carr

he same wicked memories for the Malfo


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family.

Rose began to walk around the roo

rying to imagine where her mother habeen standing when her father and Uncl

Harry had rushed in to save her. He

concentration was so intense that Malfoy'

entrance through a side door didn't evecause her to glance in his direction unti

he spoke.

"What in the fuck are you doing hereWeasley?"

Rose turned her head in his direction an

t immediately occurred to her thaScorpius was just about the same age a

his father would have been when he

mother was tortured. Would he have been


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able to stand in this room and watch a

nnocent person being Cruciated? Would

he have spoken out on her behalf eve

hough it went against family's allegianceRose didn't know him well enough t

udge, but surely Al wouldn't be friend

with Malfoy if he held the same bloo

views as his ancestors.

Scorpius took several steps toward her

"I'm serious, Weasley. Just what in the

world do you think that you're doing hereMy father will kill me if he finds out tha

girls snuck into my gathering."

Rose blinked rapidly. "Girl."

"What?"


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"Girl, not girls. I think I'm the only gir

here."

"I'm not in the mood for a grammaesson," Scorpius stated angrily. "I wan

you to leave now. I've got a good mind to

hrow your good-for-nothing cousin out o

he Manor, too. I can't believe he broughyou with him.

"Don't blame, Al. I begged him to let m

come. I figured it might be my onlchance."

"You're only chance for what?" Scorpiu

asked, looking at her suspiciously. "Youaren't going to make a play for Zabini ar

you? Because believe me, the two of yo

would never suit. He's much to


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egotistical and conceited to out with a gir

who won't fawn over him night and day."

"I didn't come here to see Zabini, buhanks for the warning," she smiled.

"So why are you here? What possibl

nterest could you have in my home? Or ihis like those barmy wartime anniversar

ours that start every May when bus load

of pilgrims line up at the gates to catch o

a glimpse of Voldemort's oldheadquarters. I expected better of yo

Weasley, than to treat my family and my

residence as some sort of freak show."

Rose couldn't help but wonder why in th

world he would expect better of her. Afte

all, they didn't know each other that wel


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They never spent time together. Sure, h

was friends with Al, but she had a hard

ime believing that her cousin spent a lo

of time talking to Mafoy about her.

"I did want to look around," she admitted.

"Figures," Scorpius said. "I don't knowwhy I expected you to be different... bette

han the rest."

"I'm not here out of some idle curiosityMalfoy. I wanted... needed to see thi

room."

"Why in the hell did you need to see thiroom?"

"Did you know my parents were brough

here by snatchers during the war?" sh


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asked him quietly.

Scorpius nodded curtly. "Everyone know

hat. It's in the fifth year history of magiextbook. They were brought here b

snatchers, but managed to escape befor

Voldemort returned."

"Yeah," Rose said looking around the

room. "But do you know what happene

before they escaped?"

Scorpius shrugged. "They were put in th

cellar right?"

Rose shook her head. "My dad and UnclHarry were locked up. But my mum wa

kept upstairs in this room while Bellatri

Lestrange tortured her with the Cruciatu


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Curse."

Scorpius eyes grew large and he looke

around the room intently. "Here?"

"Yeah."

"No wonder my dad refuses to ever use italways thought it was a bit strang

because it is one of the nicest rooms in th

house and he isn't one to hide the famil

wealth under a bushel. Whenever I askemum, she claimed that it was just one o

dad's little quirks."

"Maybe it gives him nightmareremembering what he saw happen here."

Scorpius shook his head. "He couldn

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hat your folks and Mr. Potter helped brin

down Voldemort."

Rose looked at him intently, but didnrespond.

"Rose he wasn't here."

"It was during Easter holiday. He wa

home."

"Fuck," Scorpius muttered sitting dowheavily in a nearby armchair. "You're

sure?"

She nodded.

"I always knew that my grandparents wer

pureblood fanatics and that dad had bee

raised that way. I just assumed since h


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hadn't left school when the war ended, h

hadn't been too involved... I mean beside

rying to kill Albus Dumbledore," h

chuckled weakly. "Wishful thinking, suppose."

Rose smiled sympathetically. "Anyways,

didn't come to gawk or to tell you abouany of this. I just wanted to see where i

happened. Try to imagine what it mus

have been like for them."

"Do you feel better having seen it?

Scorpius asked. He looked tired

frustrated, and ashamed.

"Not really. But maybe I will after

process it."


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"Right, let me know how that goes."

Rose bent down and picked up th

nvisibility cloak. "I'm really sorry I snucn, Scorpius. I won't do it again."

He nodded, but didn't meet her eyes.

Rose flung the cloak over her head an

made her way back to the Floo in th

dining room.

New Years Eve 2024

Scorpius had convinced his parents t

allow him to again stay home for the NewYears holiday and to host a party for both

Slytherin wizards and witches. That hadn

been thrilled with the idea, but he wa

responsible and an adult and determine


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so they had eventually consented

evertheless, before they left fo

Morocco dire consequences had bee

promised should any furniture end ustained or any glassware broken.

The party was a smashing success. Almos

all of the sixth and seventh year Slytherinhad come bringing with them dates fro

he other houses. Al had brought Rose. "

can't be your date!" she'd exclaimed whe

he first mentioned it. "It is too creepyPeople will get the wrong idea."

"You are just worried about losing you

good girl image and tarnishing your Hea

Girl badge."

"I don't think it will be any fun. I'm no


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really friends with any of people in you

house but you and Will Decker. And I'm

only friends with him because w

patrolled together in fifth year. BesidesDominique and I have tickets to th

Celestina Warbeck reunion tour."

"Well, then you should be thanking me fosaving you from that. Besides Malfo

made me promise to bring you."

"He did?"

Al nodded. "Don't ask me what he's up to

He's plays his cards too close to his ches

for me to catch on."

When the pair stepped out of the Floo the

had followed the sound of music an


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alking down the hall and into the drawin

room. Al walked in unconcerned and

began greeting his friends, but Rose stoo

frozen in the doorway. How couldScorpius have had a party in this of al

rooms? Did he want her here to punish he

n some way? Maybe he was showing he

hat he didn't care about what hahappened to her mother, that he would us

he room in anyway he wanted withou

consideration of what it might mean to he

and her family.

As the shock started to wear off sh

glanced around and saw Scorpius standin

by a table covered with snacks and drinks

There were two sixth year Slytherin girl

on either side of him, who appeared to b

flirting. He laughed and seemed to b


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enjoying the attention, although his eye

constantly scanned the room as if he wer

ooking for something. They eventuall

anded on her.

Rose wanted to turn around and leave, bu

was rooted to the spot by the door. Sh

watched Scorpius excuse himself from thgirls before coming to her side.

"So what do you think?" he asked, a larg

smile on this face.

"What do I think?"

"Yeah. Isn't this great? I would have lovedo invite more people but Mom put he

foot down. They've got some sort o

maximum capacity charm on the house t


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nsure that I didn't go too crazy."

Rose nodded jerkily. She could feel tear

welling up in her eyes, which was stupidWhy did she care if Scorpius Malfoy wa

a big jerk?

"Are you upset?" he asked staring into heface. "I thought you'd be impressed."

"Why in the world would I be impresse

with this?" she asked astounded at hieffrontery. "It's disrespectful to throw

stupid party in here and treat this roo

ust like any other place in the house whe

you know about the horror perpetratehere."

"I suppose that is one way to look at it,


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Scorpius admitted, shifting on his fee

slightly.

"Is there really any other way to see it?"

"Of course," he told her with a tiny smile

"We are clearing all of those old dreadfu

memories out of this room and replacinhem with better ones. I refused to give th

actions of an insane woman twenty-fiv

years ago the power to define how I liv

my life today. What better way todemonstrate that Voldemort lost, than to

have this room serve as the location for

group of young pure-bloods, half-bloods

and Muggle-borns to socialize? Thin

about it Rose, could anything demonstrat

more contempt for that old pure-bloo

deology, than for the grandson of Luciu


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Malfoy to spend the night dancing with th

daughter of Ron and Hermione Weasley

on the exact spot your mum was torture

for her blood status all those years ago?"

Rose remained silent for several second

and thought about what Scorpius had said

Was he right? Was it better to treat theMalfoy's drawing room as some sort o

mausoleum to what her parents ha

suffered during the war or to cover th

memories of that confrontation witexperiences that demonstrated just how fa

he wizarding world had moved awa

from the elitist ideology of the past? Sh

finally smiled at Scorpius. "Who said

wanted to spend the evening dancing wit

you?"


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"It doesn't matter if you want to or not," h

said with a smirk, "you need to dance wit

me. Good memories covering the bad an

all that."

Rose shook her head, but smiled up a

him. "Is this some plot you've develope

o get me into your arms?"

Although a slight blush rose over Scorpiu

cheeks, his mouth quirked up in response

"You've discovered my deep, dark secretRose. I've been carrying at torch for yo

for years and this was the only way

could convince you to give me a go.

figure after dancing with me for severa

hours, you'll eventually cave in and agre

o accompany me on a date."


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"You think I'm the type of girl who would

be swayed by a talented dancing?"

"Dancing, witty conversation, and mpretty face."

Rose giggled. "Don't push your luck

Scorpius. You can have two dances. Thashould be enough for you to char

yourself past my defenses."

Scorpius shook his head at her resistancebut nevertheless led her into the middle o

he drawing room to join the others wh

were dancing. Afterwards, Rose grabbed

a glass of Firewhiskey and mingled withe other Hogwarts students at the party.

She danced a couple of times with othe


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blokes, but her eyes continued to seek ou

Scorpius and watch him play host. H

moved easily round the room refillin

drinks, urging couples to dance, andancing himself with several unattache

witches. This last situation tended to mak

Rose clench her teeth in annoyance.

As it neared midnight, the guests a

Malfoy's party began to pair up. No on

wanted to be left without someone to kis

when the clock struck 12. Rose glancearound the room at the single wizards

There was no one remotely attractive; n

one who made her heart beat faster

Rather, she had to quickly glance awa

from Ethan Flint in order to not make ey

contact.


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She rose and decided that the only way t

avoid the embarrassment of being alon

when the New Year arrived was to slip

off to the loo. Before she made it out ohe room, however, Malfoy grabbed he

by the wrist. "You aren't taking off now?

he asked.

She shook her head. "No, I just need to us

he ladies room."

"It's going to have to wait," he told her"It's almost midnight."

"It's an emergency," she said wit

exasperation.

"No way." Scorpius refused to let go o

her wrist and gently pulled her away fro


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he door.

"60 Seconds to Midnight," someone calle

out with the aid of a Sonorus.

"Hadn't you better run off to Charlotte o

Judith so you can snog one of them whe

he clock strikes 12?" Rose asked iexasperation, hoping that her tone did no

convey any of the jealousy she wa

feeling.

"Nope," he replied with a smile. "I'm wit

he girl I want to kiss at midnight."

Rose's eyes opened wide in shock"You're lying!"

"I'm offended. Why in the world would

ie about something so potentiall


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mportant?"

Rose bit her lip. "Why do you think this i

potentially important?"

"Because not only do I suspect that kis

from you would go a long way in crushin

any of this room's lingering evimemories, but I wasn't lying before when

old you that I'd fancied you for years. I'

ike us to date so I could discover if w

could be as great a couple as I suspect."

"A couple of what?" Rose replied, he

mind fuzzy and unable to process wha

Scorpius had told her.

Scorpius laughed and released her wris

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waist. "A couple of school mates..."

"10!" voices shouted.

"A couple of friends..."

"9!"

"A couple of partners..."

"8!"

"Companions"

"7!"

"Flames"

"6!"


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"Sweethearts"

"5!"

"Lovers."

"4!"

Rose couldn't breath.

"3!"

She couldn't move.

"2!"

She couldn't see straight.

"1!"


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And then his lips were on hers and sh

was clutching his shoulders and it was s

bloody amazing that she couldn't thin

about anything but how right it felt to be iScorpius' arms. The party, thoughts of A

and her parents, and even her reputation a

Head Girl faded to insignificanc

compared to the intensity of his kiss.

New Years Eve 2025

Rose stepped out of the Floo in MalfoManor and was met by silence. Ther

were no loud party noises in background

no male laughter floating down th

hallway. There was just silence.

"Scorpius?" she called softly.


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They were supposed to meet here befor

heading to the Leaky Cauldron t

celebrate the New Year with Al and his

girlfriend. Scorpius was probably stilgetting dressed. Rose had been amused t

discover how long it took him to get read

o leave the house. He made a Muggl

prom queen seem careless about heappearance.

Tapping her fingers against the banister

Rose considered going up to his room thurry him along. It didn't take her long

however, to reject that idea. Should she g

upstairs and catch him undressed or eve

partly undressed, there was a good chanc

hat they wouldn't make it out of the Mano

at all that evening.


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nstead, she decided to wander down th

hall toward the drawing room. The roo

had been used a couple of times since las

year's New Year's Eve party. It hadalways been at Scorpius' insistence an

always over the protests of his father. Bu

for every event held there, Rose felt th

power of the room and the shockinevilness of the memories it contained

ittle less horrifying.

Rose had asked her mum whether or noshe minded that Scorpius tried to drive th

wickedness out of the Manor by using th

drawing room for parties and gathering

hat hopefully sent Voldemort spinning in

his grave. Her mum had just smiled an

given Rose a big hug before explainin

hat the room wasn't responsible for wha


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had occurred on that night and that sh

would be a poor excuse for a war hero i

she let a mere 'location' cripple her.

Rose could admit now that Scorpius ha

been right using the Malfoy's drawin

room for cheerful events was freeing. I

had pushed away the ghosts and seeminglsettled old grudges. In fact, when Ros

walked into the room these days it wasn

houghts about her mum's torture that cam

o mind, but Rose's own memory of ibeing the location of her and Scorpius

first kiss.

As she stood in the doorway surveying th

room, Scorpius stepped behind her an

wrapped his arms around her waist

Pressing a kiss against her neck, h


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murmured something so softly it got lost i

her hair.

"What?"

"What are you thinking about?

"I was thinking that you take longer to geready to go out than a group of thirtee

year old Hufflepuffs."

"Ha, ha... seriously, what are you thinkinabout?"

Rose turned around to look at him in th

face. "I'm thinking about last New Year'Eve and how you swept me off my feet."

Scorpius grinned. "It was definitely

difficult maneuver. You had too much


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common sense to just fall for one of m

ines. I had to go for sincerity an

earnestness."

"Quite a risk," Rose teased, twining he

arms around his neck.

"Definitely not my strong points," hagreed, bending his head down to kiss he

ips lightly. "You ready to get going?"

"In a moment," she replied. "First tell msomething. What is the first thing you thin

about when you walk into this room?"

He shrugged.

"Scorpius?"

"I get mad. It's just a flash, but its stil


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here. Mad at how stupid pure-bloo

beliefs used to be... mad that it is part o

my family history and that it taints so man

of my interactions."

"Not ours."

"Maybe not now, but the first time I caughyou in this room it did. We were both

suspicious of each other, both offended b

what we assumed the other perso

believed. It's not a good way to go througife."

Rose nodded. "What do you think abou

after the anger passes?"

"You."

Rose blushed. "Really?"


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"Yeah. I think about how lucky I am to

have you in my life and just how much

ove you."

t was the first time he'd ever said it to he

and Rose's heart pounded in her chest. Sh

gasped and pressed her face into hi

shoulder, holding on to him tightly.

When she hadn't moved or responded fo

several seconds Scorpius began to ge

nervous."Rose? Are you alright?"

"Yes," she smiled, despite the tears tha

ran down her face. "It's just that you'vnow given me another wonderful memor

o think about when I enter this room.


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