Scorose - New Year's Eve

Chapter 6

Chapter 6 \\ New Year's Eve \\ WICELA

Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter series nor everything that comes with it. The rights go to J.K. Rowling. The only things I own are the holes in her stories that I filled with my fantasies.

Updated: December 6 (2015)

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Love wasn't something you'd learn by living in Malfoy Manor. His mother did say it very often to him - whenever he went to Hogwarts or any other time he went away - but he'd only heard the word leave her mouth once when it wasn't meant for him. His grandmother Greengrass had passed away and his mother whispered in tears: "I love you," to his father, like he was the only one she'd left. The fact that they didn't use the word that much, didn't mean that they were cold. No, not in the slightest was the Malfoy family cold. They had really cozy and funny Friday evenings together. They visited museums or important cities together and had all the fun. Mostly, their money showed their love as both those things were equally meaningless. Money was something nobody wanted to touch, even though there was so much of it. The money almost was a curse. It was almost fake. To be fair, part of the money really was fake, because his grandfather Malfoy hadn't earned it in a rightful manner. Regardless, they used the money. To buy a house – and for his father: a new life.

Scorpius never particularly liked his own house or family. It was big - way too big for only three people - and his family could be a bit emotionless or severe. The war left scars all over them and Scorpius knew that his father had a debt he was never able to fully repay. It was a harsh life and a harsh world. Until the moment came he met a new family. Teddy Lupin came into his life and thereby the son of his godparents, Albus Potter. Albus had been the most amazing kid Scorpius knew. The only kids he'd known were the children of his parents's friend and the children he'd met at the primary school his mother wanted him to go to. Since he incurred fear in most children, they became his minions to manipulate and toy with until he got his way, but Albus was different. He wasn't afraid of him and just told him 'No' whenever he didn't want to do something. He just played with him and accepted him.

The next wonder came a second later. The second that Rose Weasley came to join them. Nowadays he realized that perhaps her father had whispered his name into her ears since her birth and that would be why she hated him, but back then it looked like she'd never heard of him either. It had been weird. Weird and random. She stood there and looked at him. He did the same. They looked at each other and it was immediately over. She decided to talk and it had been the worst decision she ever made. Their first fight had begun and they had never really stopped.

Why did she hate him so much? Was it because of her father? Was it because of his father? At least his father didn't begin to talk about Albus's and her family until he got his Hogwarts letter and then he realized he'd met the most extraordinary family in the whole wizard world.

Why did he hate her so much? It wasn't because of his father - or hers, for that matter. It had been because it was the most natural thing to feel around her. Every time she came into a room, so many feelings exploded in his head. His only way to express himself was by...hate.

Those feelings weren't love per se. Those feelings were strong and now it was obvious for Scorpius that no matter what would happen in the future, one without Rose wouldn't be possible. He would either hate her so much that he would plan every single move to make her beg for mercy - like he did at Hogwarts - or love her that it would hurt so much to be even one inch away from her. It destroyed him. She destroyed him. Those feelings were much more complicated than he'd ever thought they were.

Scorpius Malfoy didn't believe in 'The One' or 'Meant To Be,' but he did believe this.

Rose Weasley was a very special girl.