When they were closer, Scorpius recognized his father. His expression lost all hints of carefreeness to become a hard shell of hostility. However, he didn't stop hugging Rose, who, seeing him change mood, must have asked him what had happened. She also looked at the road and met Draco's gaze. She was so similar to his son that he couldn't have any doubts about who she was, admitting that he had never met her before. Instead, they had already seen each other in London, though briefly, even if neither of them had ever been interested in the other, one too young and the other too old to look for each other.