Chapter 3: Summer Days

    The first two months of the summer holidays flew by. Before anyone knew it, it was already the first week of August. For Scorpius Malfoy though, this time was exciting, yet nerve-wrecking. He was very excited to go stay with his best mate, after two months of basically being alone everyday. But, this almost meant he would see Rose soon. What would she think about him now?

    Scorpius had spent the summer working out everyday. He had got a book on muggle exercise from Flourish & Blots, and transfigured a few Knuts into weights. He now had biceps and abs. But, he always transfigured the weights back before his father came home. He was the last person that needed to know that his son was trying to impress a Granger-Weasley.

    About an hour after Draco left for work, a black owl came swooping into the main room with a letter addressed to Scorpius Malfoy in its beak. This owl belonged to the Potters.

    "Thanks Wigdon." Scorpius said to the owl before feeding him a treat.

    The letter said:

    Dear Scorpius,

    One more week till you come and stay! I'm excited. I bet you're going house-crazy! Anyway, can't wait to see you!

    Your mate, Albus

    Scorpius and Albus's letters were always short like this. Scorpius always like to write a lot, and lets face it, Albus would get lazy and not read all that. And, of course, Albus didn't like to write in the first place.

    Albus and Scorpius had wrote to each other about once a week over the summer. At this point, they were all caught up in each others news, so there wasn't much to write about, except for Scorpius coming to stay next week. But, little did Albus know about his friend's physical transformation. Not only was he strong now, he had grown another four inches over the past two months. Scorpius wanted to see if Albus noticed. He thought maybe if his oblivious best mate would notice, maybe Rose would too.

    After Wigdon took off, another owl flew into the house.

    "Ooh, this must be my Hogwarts letter for this year." Scorpius thought.

    Then Scorpius took the letter from the brown owl, and read it.

    Scorpius Malfoy,

    Here is a list of the following books you will need for next term:

    Seeing the Future, by Sybil Treylawney     Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, by Newt Scamander     Pre-Advanced Potion Making, by various authors     Transfiguration Volume 5, by various authors     Charms Volume 5, by various authors     Pre-Advanced Arthrimancy, by various authors     History of Magic Grade 5, by Bathlida Bagshot     Astronomy: Guide to the Stars and how it Connects Us, by Ferenzie     Guide to the Muggle World, by various authors

    Scorpius took all nine subjects that he could. He was one out of two students that did that in his year. You could definitely bet that the other was no other than Rose Weasley.

    Then something else fell out of the envelope. It was a tiny green badge that had a P on it. Scorpius then furiously flipped the piece of parchment over.

    You have also been selected as the Fifth-Year Slytherin Boy's Prefect.

    Congratulations,     Headmistress Minerva McGonagall     Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

    "Sweet!" Scorpius thought to himself. But this wasn't a surprise though. Him and Al always knew he would be selected to be a prefect in his fifth year.

    He then took the little badge, looked and payed with it in his hands for a minute, and went up and set it on his desk.

    Draco wasn't home at the moment, but Scorpius didn't want to bug him and owl him, so he would just wait to tell him when he got home.

***

    Meanwhile at the Granger-Weasley household, something similar had happened.

    "You got mail." Hermione had said to her daughter as she trudged down the stairs. It was 11:15 am, Roses had stayed up late, (or early?) reading Romeo and Juliet. Rose couldn't put it down. It got her mind thinking even more. Two lovers. Both from opposite sides. Betraying their sides, for love. Though she didn't want to admit it, it made her think of Scorpius.

    "Mmmhm?" Rose asked. She wasn't listening to her mum, she was still contemplating the plot of Romeo and Juliet.

    "I said you got mail." Hermione said.

    "Oh, it must be my letter for this year!" Rose responded, now feeling awake.

    The piece had parchment had all the same books listed on it that Scorpius's had.

    "Ooh!" Rose shouted.

    "What!" Hermione said.

    "I've been made a Prefect!" Rose responded, holding up the little P badge in her hand.

    "Oh, Rosie! I'm so proud of you!" Hermione said, going to hug her daughter.

    "We have to tell your father!" Then, Hermione had yelled out into the yard for Ron and Hugo to come in. They had been practicing different Quidditch drills.

    "What is it?" Ron had asked as he came in the house.

    "Our daughter's been made a Prefect!" Hermione said.

    "That's wonderful Rosie!" Ron beamed.

    Rose then had brunch, (since it was to late for breakfast, but too early for lunch), and went on with the rest of her day.

***

Another week of the summer had passed by, and Scorpius was up in his room packing his stuff for the week coming up where he would go stay with the Potters.

    "Lets see; clothes, swim trunks, a book, (Albus always fell asleep first, so Scorpius would do some reading before he went to sleep too.), and my broom." Scorpius checked off in his mind. Time at the Potters usually consisted of many Quidditch matches against Albus's siblings. Even though Al and Scorp weren't the best at Quidditch, they still participated. Besides, it would be good practice for Scorpius.

Scorpius had awoken at 7:00 am that morning, even though he was 15, he still got excited about going to his friend's house.

"Someone's up early," Draco said to his son as he came down the stairs. Draco was usually gone before Scorpius got up.

"Well, I'm excited." Scorpius responded as he asked one of the payed house elves for a bowl of cereal.

"I can see that." Draco said back. It made him glad to see his son happy about something. Both he and Scorpius struggled greatly after the death of Astoria.

Scorpius then ate breakfast, and Draco left for work.

Later that morning, at about 11:30, Scorpius had gathered his things and set them by the fireplace. He grabbed a handful of Floo Powder, took his things, and said "Potter House." Within seconds, he landed into the Potter's living room fireplace.

"Hello Scorpius." Ginny said as Scorpius fell through the fireplace.

"Oh, hello Mrs. Potter." Scorpius said in response. Scorpius had been taught the importance of manners from a very young age. 

"You are so polite. You can call me Ginny you know." Ginny said in response to Scorpius's greeting.

"Where's Albus?" Scorpius asked.

Then Ginny yelled "ALBUS, SCORPIUS IS HERE," up the stairs.

"Hey mate," Albus said as he came down the stairs, looking as if he just got up and got dressed.

Then, Albus noticed something different abut Scorpius.

"What happened to you?" Albus asked. He had noticed that Scorpius now had muscles.

"Oh, you noticed." Scorpius said. But, Scorpius thought in his head; "Well sweet! If Mr. Oblivious noticed, maybe Rose will too."

"Answer me." Albus said as they both claimed upped the satires, so Scorpius could set his stuff in Albus's room.

"Well, if you must know the truth, I started working out." Scorpius said in response to Albus's question, as he settled his stuff down.

"Oh no, don't tell me!" Albus said rolling his eyes.

And at the same time, both boys said "ROSE." Albus then rolled his eyes again. Albus thought to himself, "Geez. My nerd best friend is now more attractive than me." To tell the truth, a lot of girls had crushes on Albus. I mean, he was The Chosen One's son after all.

"Well, this year I'm taking a new approach on her! Mark my words, by the end of this school year, Rose Weasley won't hate me anymore." Scorpius had said in response to Albus's eye roll.

"Whatever you say. Anyway, anything else happen this summer that I don't know about?" Albus asked.

"Oh yea, I forgot to write, I'm going to be a Prefect this year." Scorpius said.

"That's good. We knew that you would always be one." Albus responded.

"Did you?" Scorpius asked.

"Merlin's Beard no! I've gotten too many detentions for that! But, I am the Quidditch commentator this year." Albus said.

"That's cool." Scorpius responded.

"It's just going to be awkward for Slytherin vs. Gryffindor this year. Are you still planning on trying out this year?" Albus questioned.

"Yup. Besides, I'll get to see Rose more that way." Scorpius had response to Albus's question.

Albus then rolled his eyes for the third time.

The week went by pretty fast. Like Scorpius thought, days consisted of playing Quidditch against Albus's  siblings. He didn't mind though. It was good practice. Of course, him and Albus didn't win. Not even once. James and Lily were both really good at Quidditch. And they had no mercy on Scorpius and Albus. Soon enough it was Saturday. As Scorpius and Albus walked downstairs for breakfast, Ginny reminded them that they had to go to The Burrow for the afternoon.

Then Scorpius's insides were doing backflips. He would see Rose today. All the work he did these past few weeks would finally show. His imagine then went into overdrive again. He imagined the scene with him and Rose again. He didn't realize how loony he looked though.

"You okay mate," Albus said as he punched Scorpius's arm to snap him back to reality.

"Oh, yea." Scorpius responded.

Scorpius insides continued to do backflips. He was really going to see Rose today.

AUTHOR'S NOTES:

I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! I'm really looking forward to writing the next one! Let me know what you guys think of the story so far! I'm trying to write everyday, but that's not a guarantee that a chapter will be released everyday. I'm planning on the story to continue through Scorpius and Rose's fifth, sixth, and seventh year. So, I don't know how long this going to be yet. Just stick with me for the ride, I promise you won't regret it! Again, stay safe and healthy guys!

-christinahpfan12