"We hold our hate too choice a thing. For light and careless lavishing." -Sir William Watson
Scorpius's POV;;
I reluctantly let go of her face and Rose instantly turned away. "Do you have a place to stay?"
I half-expected her to slap me. Not make small talk. "No. We've just been bouncing around. Hotels and things."
"Why are you here?" Rose asked quietly. She still refused to look at me.
'To see you' bubbled up in my throat. Despite it being the truth, I didn't believe she would accept it. "Get another firewhiskey before they toss me and Em into Azkaban."
"Why would they throw Emilie into Azkaban?" Rose asked. Seemed like I had her interest now.
"She is accused of killing Muggles in France and America." I replied, "Its not true though. She would never kill Muggles."
"Ah. Well, for the time being You and Emilie can bunk at my place. I just need to get my things from the Burrow." Rose said before she walked off to serve other tables.
Narrator;;
Emilie returned after a while, sipping another firewhiskey.
"That is your....?" Scorpius prompted, "I think James is trying to get you drunk."
"He is not trying to get me drunk. He drank as much as I did and now has gone to work. And plus, /Scorpius/ it is my ninth." Emilie replied tartly. She put down the drink and crossed her arms, looking at Scorpius. "What are we going to do? /Obviously/, Rose doesn't exactly like you."
"We're staying with Rose for a bit." Scorpius stated. "That's all we have right now."
Emilie nodded as Rose came back to the table. "We can go now.
~Later
"This is your building?" Emilie asked as she and Scorpius followed Rose down the streets of London.
"Yes. We couldn't floo because no one would let you in and plus my fire isn't up." Rose said. She unlocked the door and led them upstairs.
"Rose? Is that you? I've been waiting for hours."
"Who's that?" Emilie whispered to Scorpius as a slightly taller guy walked out of Rose's kitchen.
"What are you doing here Ivan?" Scorpius asked.
"I'm seeing Rose. And you Scorpius? Rose, go call James, your father, your uncle, or any other auror. He should be in Azkaban." Ivan said dully.
"Why are you seeing Rose?" Emilie asked, "Obviously something is slightly off...."
"Katie and I broke up at the end of seventh year. She's on the Holyhead Harpies with Rose and very well knows that Rose and I are seeing each other. For at least two and a half years." Ivan said as he put an arm around Rose's waist. "Now leave."
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Broken Down (Desert Rose Sequel)
Fiksi PenggemarA sequel to Desert Rose. A few years after the end of Desert Rose, we find ourselves with Rose once more as she still struggles with that happened just a few years before. She's been healing but her life is about to change...again.
