A/N: Given the amazing feedback, how could I not continue this story?! I'll keep working at it and you-all keep the ideas/suggestions/encouragements coming and we'll see where we end up, yea?

Alright, here we go!

Madam Pomfrey is notorious for keeping students in the Hospital Wing for longer that necessary. Mia claims it is because she gets lonely and needs students to constantly boss around to keep her job. I think it has more to do with the fact that she can lose her job if her patients don't heal properly but Mia's theory can be right too... I guess.

Anyway, Pomfrey kept me in the Wing for a full week! Seven whole days just because I may have suffered some minor brain damage and because I had one or two "serious" gashes on my head. It's absolute madness.

But, there is some good news! Rose actually brings my homework to me everyday after dinner. This is probably because she feels a little guilty about me sprinting into a tree but Mia never said love by guilt trip is against the rules. On days when Rose does not have to rush off to some club meeting, she sits on the edge of my bed and talks to me. I usually learn some interesting tidbit about Rose or her family. For example:

1. Hugo, her brother, is apparently insanely good at Wizard's Chess. I already knew of him because he's the Keeper for the Ravenclaw team. He's actually pretty good at quidditch too.

2. She's not that close with Dom but wishes they were closer. I wasn't surprised by that. Dom's a bit... cold.

3. The first time she really "rebelled" against her dad is when she told him she didn't want to try-out for the quidditch team when she was 12. He took it "fairly well."

4. She has no idea what she wants to do after graduating. Her mum tries not to meddle but Rose is fairly certain that her lack of plan drives her mum insane.

5. She's apparently the mastermind behind half of the pranks that Fred Weasley and James Potter pull. This one really shocked me. I had no idea Rose was not so... dork-like.

It's actually easy to talk to her when I'm not trying to flirt with her. Not that I'm interested in this stuff… at all. This is all about getting her to fall in love with me so I can win season tickets. She still won't tell me where her other tattoo or tattoos are but as I keep telling Mia and Zabini, this is a slow burn and I think I'm doing pretty damn good...

September 30, 2022

So damn good that I have a plan. Today is my last day in the Hospital Wing and tonight when Rose visits me, she's going to agree to a date with me by the time she leaves. My master plan for today entails… asking her out on a date with me. Bet you didn't see that coming. But seriously, no girl has ever turned me down before so I'm not too worried about it. We'll chat for a little bit like we normally do. I'll suavely suggest that we go on a date. She'll swoon and say yes. Then, she'll be well on her way to falling in love with me. Boom.

She walks into the Hospital Wing after dinner with a stack of papers and books. I sigh and frown at the sight.

She smiles back at me. "Is seeing me really that bad?" she quips as she takes the seat by my bed.

I laugh. "When you're holding a stack of papers the size of a mountain, yes, it sucks to see you."

"It's not that bad," she presses. "In Muggle Studies, we get to write a few inches on a Muggle singer or band of our choice!"

"Hmmm… maybe I'll write mine on Journey. I like Journey and it's my mum's favorite…"

She gasps and her eyes widen. "You listen to Muggle music? You listen to Journey?"

I chuckle. "Surprised that a Malfoy would like Muggle music?"

She smirks and starts singing, "Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world."

My jaw drops. Her voice is amazing. It's velvety. It's smooth. It's... breath-taking. She looks at me expectantly and motions for me to continue.

I gape at her for a few moments and then say, "There's no… no way I'm following that up."

She crosses her arms and squints at me. "If you were a true Journey fan, you'd be willing to belt it out no matter what."

I sigh and clear my throat. I close my eyes and belt out, "She took the midnight train, goin' anywhere."

"Malfoy!" she exclaims.

I wrinkle my nose and I feel my face heating up. "That bad, huh?"

"What? No," she says while shaking her head. "You can sing!"

My face heats up more. "You don't have to lie to me, Rose."

She laughs. I decide I kinda like it. When she laughs, her head falls back slightly and she lets out a fruity and silvery sound. "No, seriously," she assures me. "It's really good… for an amateur," she adds with a wink.

I groan. "That's the last time I ever sing for you," I say while pouting.

She laughs again and I can't help but smile. "I was just messing around. Seriously, you have a nice voice."

"Fine, you've twisted my arm. I'll take the compliment," I respond with a smug grin.

"Oh thank goodness," she says while putting a hand over her heart. "What ever would I have done if you didn't take my compliment?"

"Die of heartache, obviously," I deadpan.

"You're quite cocky, aren't you Malfoy?"

"Not cocky, confident," I retort giving her my best smirk.

She rolls her eyes while looking down at the stack. "Okay, Mr. Confidence, let's go over the rest of your assignments."

She looks down at a parchment and purses her lips as she reads over something. Her eyebrows furrow as she concentrates.

She pushes a strand of her hair behind her ear before speaking, "For Herbology, we have to…"

"Go on a date with me?" I blurt out. Shit. Did I really just say that out loud?

She drops the parchment she's holding and looks up at me quickly with her blue eyes the size of golfballs.

"What?" she croaks out in response.

A/N: Song lyrics are from Journey - Don't Stop Believin'