I Can't Give Up On Him

Chapter 4

"You look really happy, Scorp. Whom did you smell?" asked Albus. "Lily" Scorpius replied with a wink. Rose was shocked as she heard the name 'Lily'. She knew that Scorpius trained Lily for Quidditch. But, didn't expect that he would fall in love with her. Now, she knew why they were holding hands on the platform. She tried not to cry. Mavis tried to comfort her.

"Are you sure, it was Lily?" asked Albus looking amazed. Albus knew that Rose was in love with Scorpius since the 4th year. Rose told him. And, he couldn't see her heart break. Scorpius nodded and said," I smelt flowers and broomstick". Albus thought for a moment then said," It's not Lily! Okay, I understand for flowers. But, broomstick? No, it's not her". Scorpius sighed and replied," I know Luka was a bit better but, it doesn't mean that Lily can't fly a broom". Albus didn't say anything. He didn't want to argue about it.

Scorpius, full of joy hurried out of the room as he saw Slughorn moving out. Rose quickly packed her stuff and was about to move out of the room but, Albus stopped her. "Rose, I-I am sorry" he said. "It's not your fault. Who would love someone ugly as me? With full of these stupid freckles" she replied trying to hide her tears. "No, you are not ugly. You are the most beautiful flower of the garden" said Albus. Rose didn't say anything else but, just walked off.

On the other hand, Scorpius was busy thinking about how to impress Lily. And, he bumped into someone. It was Hugo. He was looking a bit sad. "I am sorry, Scorpius" he replied. "Don't worry, I wasn't looking where I was going. And... what is it with you?" asked Scorpius. To his horror, Hugo started crying. Scorpius didn't know how to comfort him but, still he tried his best. After a minute, Hugo stopped crying.

"Can i know what happened, exactly?" asked Scorpius. Hugo nodded and gave him a letter from his pocket. "Read it" Hugo added. Scorpius opened the envelope and started reading the letter. It said:

Dear Hugo,

It's me Ron. I didn't expect that Rose would lie. I got to know that you were not in London. And yes, I am very angry. Rose just got attacked by that death eater so, I didn't want to write to her. But, you. Why did you join her in lying? Do you know what? Accidently Harry read your maternal grandmother's letter which said that you were not with her. Do you even know how embarrassed I was? I can't look in his eyes straight now. I didn't expect that from you two. Write me back!
Dad

"Oh it's that- don't worry. Rose will find a solution to it. I will ask her to write a letter back" said Scorpius. Hugo nodded and thanked him. Then, both of them headed to their respective classes. Rose wasn't there in Defence Against the Dark Arts. "Do you know where Rose is?" asked Scorpius. "I-I don't" replied Mavis and moved ahead. After the class, Scorpius decided to see her in the Gryffindor common room.

"Ahh! Slytherin, what are you doing here?" asked the fat lady. "Quidditch" said Scorpius ignoring her words. "I don't know why they always tell you the password? Anyways, go ahead" said the fat lady. Scorpius moved inside and saw a crowd of 6th around someone he wasn't able to see. Then, he heard Luka saying,"It's okay". He moved towards the crowd to see what was happening. Rose was sitting on a chair crying and Luka was trying to comfort her.

"What happened, Rose?" asked Scorpius. All eyes went on him. "What the- are you doing in Gryffindor common room?" asked a male voice. "I-I just came to see my friend. What happened, Rose? asked Scorpius again. Luka pressed Rose's hand and mouthed her something Scorpius didn't understand. And top of that, why was Luka there with Rose? A strange feeling. Scorpius felt a strange feeling covering him. "I-It's n-nothing, Malfoy. You should go in your common r-room since you are not a G-Gryffindor" Rose said. Scorpius was shocked. Rose never asked him to leave. Then, why today? Was it something really serious that he couldn't even hear what was happening? And, Malfoy. Rose never called him that. So, why today?

Scorpius didn't know what to say. He just sighed and handed Rose the letter and left. Rose stared as he left the common room and then opened the envelope. To everyone's horror, she started crying again. And it was hard to stop her from doing so.

"What happened to Rose?" asked Polly. Scorpius stopped on the way to listen the two. "Uhmm.... She was crying in the washroom when I found her and took her to the common room. I had Divination. So, I couldn't comfort her. But, there was L-Luka-" before Mavis could finish Polly asked," I know that already. I asked why she was crying all of a sudden?".
Mavis bit her lips and said,"It's her crush". Polly looked a bit shocked but, then I knew it expression got on her face. "Oh- Let's check on her then" replied Polly. Scorpius hid back so, that the two wouldn't notice him.

Rose had a crush? What? Why didn't she tell him about that? And, who is her crush? Numerous thoughts flew in Scorpius's mind. A hand. Someone touched his shoulder. It was Hugo. He was looking quite happy. "You k-know, mother sent me a letter and told that she handled that thing. And, father is no longer angry, Scorpius. It is so good" told Hugo and hugged Scorpius tightly. Hugo never showed such affection for Scorpius. He didn't actually talked to him much. It was the first time.

Scorpius hugged him back and said," It's good. And, do you know about who is R-Rose's crush?" asked Scorpius. Hugo's face suddenly turned pink. Of course, he knew it was Scorpius. He felt that Scorpius would break his sister's heart. So, he kept a distance with Scorpius. But, he found out that he was actually nice. He didn't know what to say.

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