Chapter 6
Rose and Scorpius flooed into the nearly empty living room, which was occupied by Hermione and Albus. "Hi, how were your parents?" Hermione asked, putting her new book down.
"Parent, my mum died when I was 7," Scorpius replied quietly, "And not too well."
"Oh I'm sorry. And what happened?" Hermione said.
"Scorpius' dad got really mad" Rose muttered.
"Why?"
"Because I'm staying here. And even talking to Rose and you and everyone. Oh and he's still annoyed that I'm Gryffindor too" Scorpius said looking at Rose's hand that was still in his.
"What? He'll never change! Well you can talk it over in the summer" Hermione told the young boy before her.
"That's a little hard..." Rose started looking at Scorpius.
"My dad said I was no son of his. Then threw me out his office" Scorpius sighed.
"No!" Hermione gasped. "Ginny! Harry!"
The two adults came through, wearing puzzled looks. "Everything alright?"
"I'm going to give Malfoy a piece of my mind, look after these three will you?" Hermione said through gritted teeth, standing up abruptly.
"NO!" Rose and Scorpius chorused, as Harry and Ginny gently pushed their friend back into her chair.
"What's happened?" Harry asked. Hermione, Rose and Scorpius spent the next 15 minutes retelling what had happened fully. "Hermione you can't reason with him. You know what he's like."
"What about Scorpius? What's he going to do?" Albus spoke for the first time since Rose and Scorpius had entered.
"What do you mean?" Scorpius said, confused.
"Well, if your dad won't let you go back to the Manor or you need somewhere to go to get away for a while we can't just let you be on your own can we?" Rose smiled slightly.
"Of course not. You're good friends with Rose and Albus right? Just come to ours or Hermione and Ron's house or here. There's always someone here and if it's just mum she'll take you to Rose or Albus or make them come over" Ginny said.
"Family's more than just blood. It's the people in your life that care enough to be there when you need them most." Hermione added.
"Thank you" Scorpius grinned. It was one of those few moments in his life where he felt truly happy. These moments had happened more and more since Rose and the Weasley's/Potter's and Teddy had come into his life.
