Rose stood quietly upon the Hogwarts Express, finding herself stranded alone qithout any friends or family. They had all abandoned her upon entering the train. She stepped up to one of the sliding doors as she began to gather herself again and knocked quietly.

"Come in." said a quiet voice from within the compartment.

She slid the door open and found herself staring at the boy her father had only just told her to stay away from. Rose frowned, deciding what to do as the boy stared at her with a rather blank expression.

Finally, she straitened and stared him in the eyes defiantly in a show of courage rather uncharacteristic of the one and only Rose Weasley.

"What is I were to sit in this compartment?" That wasn't exactly how she had meant to show her defiance, in fact she had planned on making a show of proving that she was brave enough to sit in the same compartment as her destined enemy but from the startled look on the boy's face, she guessed that her question had done the trick.

Scorpius blinked in surprise, when his father had told him that all Weasleys were strange and rightfully held grudges against their family he had expected to be harassed or at the very least to be treated rudely but he certainly hadn't expected for the bright red girl to knock on his compartment door and ask for a seat.

He began to smirk and as he did Rose immediately decided that she hated it. The smirk was annoying and had obviously been passed down if her parents stories were true.

"What if I were to say you couldn't? This is my compartment after all…"

Rose frowned deeply, "Well; what if I said I didn't care what you said?"

Scorpius frowned back as she plopped herself onto the seat across from him. He thought for a moment what he should do to get rid of her but as they sat he decieded it wasn't worth it really so he chose a different approach.

"What if I were to say my name was Scorpius Malfoy?" He hesitantly stretched out a hand, not really expecting her to take it but still deciding to try.

Rose stared at his hand as if it was some elaborate trick before looking back up at him and his smirk. Ugh, she already hated that smirk…

"What if I said my name was Rose Weasley?" Slowly she took his hand and shook it for the shortest time necessary before dropping it and pulling out a book.

"That doesn't make us friends though."

Scorpius smirked again as she spoke, "I didn't expect it to."