Friday I'm In Love (Scorpius)

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About an hour after their last meeting, Rose was standing in Diagon Alley again awaiting Scorpius's arrival. They were going to go hiking and truth be told, Rose was ecstatic. She was tapping her foot and with her arms crossed, her fingers tapped against her elbows. It was both a nervous tick and a bit of an excited reaction to the fact that Scorp could just walk right up to her at any moment. She looked up and down the street for him, careful to also be on the lookout for her father or anyone else that may know her father.

Rose had felt guilt about Scorpius enough already. Both because of her father and Hugo. She was certain that her father would never approve of her being with Scorpius and she had a feeling that if Hugo knew she was hanging around Scorp, he would be disappointed in her. And Rose would not be able to even face Hugo if she disappointed him. In the back of her mind, as she waited, there was the vision that Hugo had told her about... how it was possibly dangerous to even be around Scorpius, but so much had happened for Rose to think the opposite. They had found matching wands, for Merlin's sake! That had to mean something!

The Ravenclaw continued to stand in place, waiting as patiently as she could. Then finally, she saw that familiar head of blonde hair make its way to her through the small crowd and she grinned.

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Scorp went home after talking with Rose and hurriedly got ready for a hike. He changed into jeans and a t-shirt, grabbed a backpack with some water bottles and snack. He showed up at the designated meeting spot in Diagon Alley a little after Rose did. She looked a bit impatient with the tapping and what not and Scorp smiled, approaching her. "Miss me?" he said with a goofy grin. He also was looking about for people who might wonder why they were meeting together as he walked over, but he quickly forgot about that problem when he reached her.

"Look at that smile," he said, waving a casual hand to gesture to her face, "you look ready for an adventure," he said. He held his hand out to her, "I know just the place. Ready?"

Rozalina Antonina Nightshade

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Rose's excitement was about to explode from within her just as Scorpius finally approached her. She looked at him with a sarcastic roll of the eyes at his goofy grin. She chose not to respond to whether or not she had missed the Slytherin. In all honesty, Rose had missed Scorpius all summer. And being separated from him again even for the very short time that they had been to change for their hike... she had found herself wishing to be right back near him. It was an odd yet freeing feeling.

Rose's smile automatically widened when Scorpius gestured to her face. Her chin rose with pride. "You bet!" She declared, looking him dead in the eye as if to challenge him. When Scorpius asked if she was ready and held out his hand, Rose felt her heart skip a beat. She could feel butterflies in her stomach. She knew that she shouldn't take a hold of his hand... not with what Hugo had told her. But... maybe she could fix that future that Hugo saw. So without hesitation she took a hold of Scorpius's hand. "Ready."

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Hiking with Rose. What a strange, ethereal idea. A part of him couldn't believe that he was actually here right now with this girl, that smile and those eyes. As she gave him that challenge he grinned, and that grin grew even wider as she took his hand. He pulled her forward, side along apprating until they arrived at one of his favorite trail heads. The place was luscious green, almost an unbelievable amount. There was an amazing waterfall at the end and he was excited to show her. "It's about three miles. Not far, but a bit hard in some parts," he kept hold of her hand as he led the way.

Rozalina Antonina Nightshade

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Apparating felt ten times more exhilerating than it normally did with Scorpius by her side. Still being fairly new to the phenomenon, Rose always got a little nervous when she Apparated but with Scorp holding onto her, she didn't even remember how nervous Apparating made her. When they arrived at the destination, she looked around and felt her mouth fall slightly open in awe. Everything was so... green. Rose was certain she had never seen so much green foliage in one place before. "Where are we?" She asked after a moment of looking around, admiring the view.

Scorpius began to lead the way down the trail for them. A three mile hike would normally frighten Rose a bit but, again, with Scorpius holding her hand along the way she felt like she could conquer anything. She watched the passing trees and bushes as they walked but as they continued along, her gaze found its way to the blonde's face and as she looked up at him she smiled. How did they get to where they were now? Rose certainly considered herself lucky.

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Scorp smiled as she asked where they were, "it's not far from London, actually. Seder Mountain," he said, gesturing to the trees around them, "my dad and I have come here for hiking before," he explained. it was a little strange bringing Rose somewhere that he spent time with his father, considering the awkward history between their parents... but hey, if he was going to hell, may as well enjoy the ride right?

Scorp didn't talk much as they hiked. He just held her hand, occasionally catching her elbow or offering his arm when there was a difficult section of rock to climb up. They made eye contact many times, every time causing Scorps stomach to somersault.

Not far from the water fall, he started to trip and caught her arm for support. Sadly, he still managed to scrape his hand on a rock on the way down. He sharply sucked in air through his teeth, looking up at her, "what's a hike without a few battle scars, right?" he chuckled.

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Even though Scorpius explained that this placw he had brought them was a place that his father used to bring him, Rose smiled. It was a beautiful place; and far too beautiful to harp on the relationship their last names doomed them to. "This place isn't far out of London? Wow..." She let out an awed sigh as she looked around at all of the green.

The two hiked along the path, holding hands. Every time that there was a slippery spot and Rose lost her footing, Scorp was there to catch her. Every time their eyes happened to meet, Rose could feel the butterflies in her stomach fluttering all around. She didn't see Scorpius almost fall until it was nearly too late, but luckily he had grabbed a hold of her arm. She tense her arm to help him stand up and her eyes widened as she saw him scrape his hand. "Scorp," she breathed, gently grabbing the hand he scraped. "Battle scars?" She looked at him with a raised eyebrow, fighting to hide the smile on her face.

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Scorp loved the way she was in awe of the green around them. He was in awe of it too, though he was a bit distracted by her. He was so distracted that that little scrape happened and he didn't even notice the stinging pain, due to the fact that she gently took his hand to look at it before raising an eyebrow an questioning his choice of the words 'battle scars'. He nodded, leaning forward just slightly, his voice lowering, "yeah, battle scars. I know we could heal it up pretty quickly but then I wouldn't have it to remember this. I mean, sometimes I think our use of magic causes us to cover up too much. We don't leave things flawed... often enough," he knew he was rambling and he bit his lip quickly to stop himself.

After a moment, he raised his own eyebrow, "I like that worried look. And that you're trying not to smile," he lifted his free hand and gently touched the corner of her lip with one finger, "no need to hide it, Rose," he muttered.

Rozalina Antonina Nightshade

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Rose's eyes seemed to meet Scorpius's as he leaned in. She watched him as he spoke about how their magic often times concealed certain aspects of life. Growing up in a halfblooded home, this was something Rose was very familiar with. Her mother had been a muggleborn, after all, so it was natural for some of those muggle tendencies to stick. Rose knew too well how true that was. She was surprised, however, that Scorpius thought that. "You never struck me as one to believe in that," she said honestly. There was a brief moment her eyes glanced at Scorp's biting his lip and she felt the urge to want to kiss him but she suppressed that feeling immediately.

The Ravenclaw's eyes widened slightly at Scorpius's next words, for they surprised her. So often she believed her constant worrying to be a flawed trait. His words, though, caused her smile to spread wider after a moment. She dropped his hand, kind of gently throwing it away from her playfully. "Don't be ridiculous," she said through her smile. Though, she really was a little glad he was saying that stuff. But she couldn't be. Why was she even on this hike right now?

Oh, yeah. Because she just so happened to be in love with him.

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"You never struck me as one to believe in that," she said, and Scorp gave a small shrug. "Well, I never struck you as more than a self-righteous prick until recently, right?" he grinned. Really, though, he was glad that things were different. That they were seeing each other differently. The way things were before... well, it kind of made sense that he would eventually fall for her. He had paid so much attention to her as an arch nemesis or sorts that it was now strange to think that it took him this long to realize.

She smiled widely at his words about her worried look but he frowned a bit when she tossed his hand aside. "Don't be ridiculous." He laughed as she said this, shaking his head at the sheer unbelievable nature of the fact that he was here, with Rose Weasley, falling in love with her.

He bit his lip again, his eyes narrowing, "are you trying to hide from me, Weasley?" he muttered, reverting back to saying her last name for humors sake.

Rozalina Antonina Nightshade

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Rose smiled at Scorpius and gave a firm nod. "That's true," she said, half joking of course. Things were certainly different now. They had told one another they loved each other for Merlin's sake. Rose had no doubt, though, that things may feel awkward once they got back to school. With Ondina, and all... but right now, there was no reason at all that the two of them couldn't act like they actually had feelings from one another. It would be nice to not hide anything for a while.

The Ravenclaw stopped to look at the Slytherin right in the eye. Out here, surrounded by all the green and no other living person that they could see, why would she want to hide? Rose was tired of hiding. All summer, all she could think about was him and the things they had said to one another during the kidnappings... Rose loved him. And there was no point in hidng anymore. Rose stared at Scorpius for a moment, her eyes blinking a few times. Then she took a step toward him and met his lips with her own.

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Her eye contact knocked the breath right out of him. It was as if she pressed against his chest, right over his heart, and his lungs gave up all air he had left. He wanted to know what she was thinking. He could guess... if she was thinking the same as he was. About that night in that cupboard.

When she took that step forward he leaned in, his hands finding her back quickly as their lips touched. He kissed her, his hands flattening against her back as he pressed her closer. He realized somewhere in his mind that they were completely alone and he kissed her even more passionately, stumbling back two steps because he tried to hold her as close as possible. "Rose," he muttered in between kissing her. Rose Weasley. It was so strange, being here with her of all people. And yet... it wasn't strange at all. It absolutely made sense. "I," he kissed her, "love," he kissed her again, "you." He kissed her even more. He wasn't really sure if he'd ever be able to stop kissing her, unless she instigated it.

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(he's a little excitable.)

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When she felt Scorpius's hands on her back, Rose's heart felt like it was suddenly going to soar out of her chest. She had almost forgotten how right it felt kissing him, which was odd, considering she could not stop replaying that night in the cupboard over and over again in her head all summer. Kissing him in the cupboard had been amazing. Like something inside of her was waking up for the first time. But here, surrounded by all the green of the trees and bushes; this was like a dream. A dream she never wanted to wake up from.

Hearing Scorpius say her name sent her heart into a beating frenzy. She didn't think she could ever get tired of him saying her name. Suddenly, he was saying those little words again in between kisses that she happily returned through a smile. Rose let her lips linger on his a moment longer until she broke away (albeit a little reluctantly.) "I love you, too, Scorpius," she said smiling softly at him. "And... I really want us to... be together." The words had surprised her. This was not what they had agreed upon, and was certainly not where she thought the evening was going to go. "I want us to be together but I understand that... we have to tell certain people before we tell others." Her voice was slightly unsure, though her eyes didn't break contact with his own. "I just want you to know that... however long it takes, I'm... okay with waiting." It wasn't as tough a realization as she thought it was going to be... she thought having to wait was going to be a grueling process that she wanted no part of, but being here on his hiking trail... she realized that as long as she was with him, or heck, even near him... that wouldn't be so hard after all.

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Those words, even though they broke the kissing, were music to his ears. But then the serious part came, the part about wanting to be together. He nodded, gently stroking her arm absentmindedly with the back of his hand as she went on. She spoke of how they had to be careful who they told when and he, of course, agreed with that. This was complicated enough without it getting back to their parents through the grape vine. Then she said that she would wait however long it took, she was okay with waiting.

He waited a moment, taking in a deep breath, carefully considering what he was going to say to her. "Okay," he started with a released breath, "how about this. We tell our parents by Christmas Break. That way we can spend time together over the break and not... worry, much," he suggested slowly.

Rozalina Antonina Nightshade

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Scorpius stroking her arm was calming, and the nerves she had felt only moments ago seemed to have fizzled away. Rose bit her lip as she thought for a moment. Perhaps telling their parents around the holidays would be a good thing. There would be more distractions for them around then, perhaps. That way maybe their parents would be too preoccupied to care... too much. After a moment, Rose smiled again and nodded. "Deal," she said as her hands found his and intertwined her fingers with his own. "We can do this." She nodded once. She was sure of it.

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