A/N: Hello everyone! Back with the sequel, and a long first chapter at that! Just wanna address a couple of things:

Firstly, to those who haven't read Temptation, this is a sequel to that story. It's fine whether or not you choose to read it, I think this story will kinda make sense either way. But it'd be cool if you wanna check it out

Secondly, this story is set after Rose and Scorpius are done with Hogwarts.

Next, the rating is M for this story just in case, because I do foresee that I may be writing certain scenes that may be slightly more sexual in nature, but I can say now that I will not be writing too sexually explicit scenes, not really my kind of style. But the rating is just there because I may be writing more detailed scenes with implied sex.

And finally, the next chapter will come probably in another week and a half or so, but I will try to get it out as soon as possible!

Rose watched the Hogwarts castle fade into a tiny dot as the Hogwarts Express pulled away from the school. It was bittersweet as she smiled serenely, recalling her past seven years in Hogwarts. Prefect, Head Girl, perfect grades, her Hogwarts life was magical in so many ways. And best of all, she had fallen in love in Hogwarts, a love so strong she was sure it would last forever.

At that moment, she felt Scorpius's hand, his fingers intertwining with hers. She turned and smiled at him. Over the past seven years she had punched him, hexed him, screamed at him and bickered with him endlessly, and in the past year she had also spent equal amount of time snogging him in empty classrooms, sharing her deepest thoughts and feelings with him and just enjoying her time spent with him.

Scorpius lifted her hand to his lips and kissed it gently.

"Sad to leave?" he asked. They were alone in the carriage. Terra and Albus had gone off, and Rose highly suspected they were snogging somewhere else on the train. The rest of the clan were scattered in different carriages.

"A little," she murmured, glancing out of the window again for a moment. "It's just sad it had to end."

"It's not the end Red, this is the real beginning," Scorpius grinned.

"Well, at least I get to look forward to seeing you more this summer. Last year was just awful," she replied, turning back to him and circling her arms around his neck. Scorpius pulled her onto his lap and kissed her lightly on the lips.

The thing about their relationship was, none of their family knew. Not the clan in Hogwarts, of course they knew. They'd even filled Teddy and Victoire in about their relationship. But both their parents didn't know. Neither did Albus's parents. Or anyone else's parents in that large family. They had kept their one year relationship a secret, sneaking around all last summer just so they could steal some time with each other.

But Scorpius was right, this was the real beginning. It was time to tell everyone.

Scorpius scrunched up his nose before saying, "I still think your dad's gonna murder me. He looked like he had swallowed a puking pastille last year when he found out we had both gotten Head positions and were supposed to share a common room in seventh year."

"It'll be fine," Rose assured him, even though she was nervous as hell about her dad meeting Scorpius as well.

Ron had indeed kicked up quite a big fuss when he found out Scorpius was the Head Boy and his daughter had to share a common room with him. Despite Hermione's attempts to cajole him, he sulked for days. He even went so far as to write to McGonagall to ask if anything could be done about it, which Rose was rather appalled and embarrassed about. McGonagall had written back a kind but stern reply that it was tradition that the Heads would share a common room, and the issue was put to rest after Rose repeatedly assured Ron that nothing would change, and casually tried to hint that she didn't think Scorpius was that bad actually.

"Promise me you won't abandon me, even if your entire family hates the fact that we're dating," Scorpius teased, tucking a strand of her red hair behind her ears.

"I promise," she smiled, tightening her arms around his neck as she leaned into him, resting her head in the crook of his neck and shoulder.

The compartment door slid open and Albus and Terra entered hand in hand.

"Oh get a room guys," Albus grinned as he sat down with Terra. They both had disheveled looks and swollen lips, and still looked slightly dazed.

"We were just cuddling!" Rose said, as she slid off Scorpius's lap and settled herself into her seat again.

"Which is definitely much less than what you two have been doing," Scorpius mused.

Terra just rolled her eyes while Albus gave a satisfied grin. The trolley came about at that moment and everyone pooled together some money to get a bunch of candy off it.

"So, have you figured out how to tell everyone that Scorp is your plus one to Teddy and Victoire's wedding?" Albus asked, unwrapping a chocolate frog and tossing the card to one side as he popped the frog into his mouth – it was a card of Hermione Granger, but even Rose barely gave it a glance considering the hundred of chocolate frog cards they'd all seen of their parents.

Teddy and Victoire were finally getting married this summer. They had opted for a long engagement considering Teddy had to do a year-long Auror mission in Bulgaria last year. It was a terrible year for Victoire who had wept all summer last year when Teddy left. She did travel to Bulgaria a couple of times to see him, but it was quite a hassle considering the security she had to go through with the Ministry each time to obtain portkeys.

"No," Rose muttered. "If I did, that would mean I've figured out how to tell everyone that I'm dating Scorpius Malfoy."

"Lucky you," Scorpius mused as he opened a box of Bertie Bott's beans, referring to the fact that they were dating. Rose just rolled her eyes at him.

"You could just come right out and say it…I mean, how bad can it be right? Your dad will probably just be in shock for a few days, but I'm sure the rest of the family would be fine," Terra said, reaching over to grab a few jelly beans from Scorpius and popping one into her mouth, cringing as she tasted pepper and spitting it out onto a napkin before popping in another one.

"I wouldn't put it past my dad to go straight to the Malfoy Manor and Avada the crap out of his whole family," Rose replied, sighing as she leaned her head on Scorpius's shoulder once more.

Albus nodded in agreement, "Uncle Ron would go nuts, although I must say Rosie the clan is looking forward to watching his reaction."

Rose glared at him, "Thanks for being such a supportive family, Al."

"Hey don't look at me, it's James and Lily who have been getting everyone hyped up about it. Even Teddy and Victoire think it'll be real funny, although Victoire has given strict instructions that you're not to surprise everyone at her wedding and upstage her on her big day," Albus replied.

"I know…" Rose mumbled.

The rest of the train ride was spent discussing their summer plans and the subject of telling the family about their relationship was dropped.

The Hogwarts Express pulled into King's Cross, and the excited chatter of students glad to be going home for the summer became louder as they spotted their parents through the windows of the train. Albus and Terra had disappeared off into another cabin again earlier. Rose and Scorpius got up to gather their things. Just as she was about the step out of the compartment, Scorpius pulled her back. Wrapping his arm around her waist, he kissed her again.

Rose smiled as they pulled away, "What was that for?"

"Nothing, I'm just gonna miss having you around all the time. I mean, we're not gonna see each other for two weeks at least, and that's eternity compared to all the time we had alone in the Heads common room," Scorpius replied, nuzzling her neck.

"I'm gonna miss you too Scorp," she said, stroking his platinum blonde hair.

Scorpius pulled away to look her in the eyes as he whispered, "Everything's going to be alright Red, you know that right?"

Rose summoned her bravest smile and nodded, "I know."

Giving him one last peck on the cheek, she stepped out of the cabin and off the train first, so as not to create suspicion if she appeared with Scorpius.

"Rosie!"

She whipped her head around and caught sight of Ron and Hermione waving at her. Hugo was already by their side, and so were about half the clan and their parents. Grinning widely, she made her way over to hug her parents.

"Oh sweetie, we've missed you," Hermione said, kissing her daughter on the cheek.

"Missed you too, Mum," Rose replied.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Scorpius giving his mother a peck on the cheek as Draco Malfoy clapped his son on the shoulder. Scorpius turned and caught her eye, giving her a wink and a smirk before he walked off in the opposite direction with his parents.

Family dinners at Nana Molly and Grampa Arthur's were always noisy and rowdy. It was hard to keep down a huge table of chattering adults and kids. There was usually more than one conversation going on around the table considering it was near impossible to engage all twenty over of them in one topic.

"So when do we get to meet this mystery boyfriend of yours Rose?" asked Nana Molly as she passed the mashed potatoes around.

Albus gave a loud cough and Lily smirked at Rose. Most of the chattering around the table stopped as all her cousins turned to listen to her reply, most of them mirroring Lily's expression. She glared at them in return.

"You'll meet him soon enough Nana," Rose replied, giving Albus and Lily warning glances as they grinned back at her. The rest of her cousins too were sniggering in the background. They certainly thought this summer was going to be an interesting one with the family given that Rose and Scorpius were going to announce that they were an item.

"Rose has been so secretive about him the whole time, we were shocked when she told us she had been dating him for such a long time!" Hermione said, sipping her glass of sherry.

"But Rosie says ee's one-nuf the smartest wirrards in their 'ear, one of the top of the class! We're all looging for'ard to meeting dish chap," Ron said with his mouth full of mash potatoes, gaining a very disapproving look from his wife as she passed him a napkin.

"So what do you think Al? Think Rosie's secret boyfriend is anything good?" Ginny asked, turning to her son.

"Oh he's something alright…" Albus laughed, earning him another look from Rose.

"Come on Rose, tell us something about this guy," Teddy chipped in, a glint in his eye. Rose groaned inwardly. Even Teddy, who was supposedly the most mature and sensible one of the younger generation, was making fun of the situation she's in right now.

"Yeah! Like, how did he ask you out? What was your first date like?" Victoire asked, smiling mischievously at her as she flipped her blonde mane behind her shoulder and touched Teddy's arm lightly.

Victoire had always taken pride in the fact that she was the only one out of all the Weasley-Potter girls who had blonde hair. It was like gold cascading down her back. Her sister Dominique had gotten stuck with the Weasley gene and inherited the red hair. Louis too had blonde hair, but it was a much darker shade, more dirty blonde. Everyone used to call Victoire 'Vicky', but she decided in her fifth year that she was 'too old for childish nicknames' and insisted that everyone called her by her full name instead since it was 'meant to sound sophisticated'.

Everyone around the table was encouraging her to answer Victoire's questions now. Rose sighed and gave in, seeing as to how she had no way out of it anyways.

"Uh…well we've been spending time studying together and it all just kinda started from there I guess," Rose said, satisfied that she wasn't exactly lying. It was true that she and Scorpius had gotten to know each other better because they had spent more time in the library together in sixth year…amongst other things.

"Oh please tell me your first date with him wasn't in the library Rosie," Victoire said, clutching her heart and widening her eyes. She could be so dramatic sometimes, Rose just wanted to roll her eyes.

"No…our first date was a picnic," she said, smiling vaguely at the memory and not wanting to go into too much detail with her family.

Rose had on one of Scorpius's old Slytherin Quidditch jerseys, green and silver with 'MALFOY' in bold silver letters on the back, and his number 15, which was his birthdate. It was large on her, like all of Scorpius's clothes were, and hung down to mid-thigh. She had pulled her hair up into a messy bun, and her feet were bare on the stone floor.

Shivering slightly as she hastily made her way to the lake, she cursed herself silently for agreeing to this in the first place. Scorpius had insisted they had their 'first official date' that night, and that he would plan the whole thing, she just had to turn up. She could see so many things wrong with it. Firstly, she was out of bed past curfew, and she and Scorpius were prefects, so they shouldn't be breaking the rules. Secondly, she had to be up early the next day so she could stick to her study schedule and finish revising Vanishing Spells for Transfiguration.

Scorpius was already by the lake, clad in a simple black t-shirt and shorts, broom in one hand. He smiled when he spotted her and instinctively reached out to hug her when she was close enough, breathing in her scent and landing a kiss on her cheek. And Rose felt all her inhibitions before fade away at that moment.

"Was afraid you were gonna change your mind," he said, stroking her cheek. Rose couldn't help but notice how his grey eyes seemed so bright under the pale moonlight.

"Yeah I was this close to not turning up," Rose replied, indicating with her index finger and thumb.

"Well you came anyways," Scorpius smirked, whispering in her ear and sending another shiver down her spine. Then he mounted his broom and beckoned to her. "Come on Red."

Rose found herself hesitating only slightly before she got on the broom behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist.

"Don't worry," he assured, patting her hand.

"I'm not worrying," she said, knowing Scorpius will never let her fall. And then they took off, flying over the lake and towards the Quidditch stadium. This reminded Rose very much of the first time she had flown with Scorpius, but she found herself much more relaxed now than she did then.

When they finally landed in the middle of the Quidditch pitch, Rose gasped at what she saw. In the middle of the pitch was a picnic mat, with candles glowing softly and a huge spread of dessert.

She turned to Scorpius and grinned, "Who knew Scorpius Malfoy could do romantic huh?"

Scorpius rolled his eyes in return, "Only for you, Red."

"Oh come on, is that all the detail you're gonna give?" Teddy snorted.

"Yes, that's all I'm saying," Rose replied, shoveling a large spoonful of mash potatoes into her mouth to indicate the end of the discussion.

"Well whatever it is, we're all looking forward to meeting him dear," Grampa Arthur said, smiling kindly at her.

Rose smiled weakly back at him.

This summer was going to be one hell of a ride.