Disclaimer : I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters…
A/n: Written for the 'poetry for prompt challenge'. Will be a multi chaptered fic.
Chapter 1: Play boy alert
"Sorry, Mel. I don't think it'll work out between us. We'd be better off without each other. What do you say?"
"Sure. I never expected it to last this long any way. See you around, Al" and she walked away.
A figure appeared out of the tapestry behind him and said, "What was she? Number 312?"
"314. You're losing count, Scor. Let's go"
"Why do you do this, Al? Don't you think that this play boy thing has gone for too long?"
"'Thing'? This is just how I am, Scorpius. I am seventeen, for Merlin's sake! Too young to be planning for picket fences don't you think?"
"At least date a girl for more than a week! Don't you think it might break their hearts to be used this way?"
"They don't seem to mind. Where as it's you that girls tend to avoid"
"It's just that I respect women too much too use them the way you do"
"Scor! You know that's not true! I revere them as much as you do. I'd be dead meat if I didn't, having Mum and Lily for family"
"Not to mention Rose and Iris"
"She's the worst of them all, Iris. And Rose is too immersed in her books most of the time"
"Not any longer. Iris has finally convinced your cousin to get a make over. Iris sure is talented. Weasley looked better than she ever had"
"Are you sure you don't fancy her?" Al asked him, not for the first time in the past seven years.
"Sheer indifference is all I feel for her, Al. There's no hidden intent in this one. The same, though, cannot be said for you"
"Me? What about me?"
"You think I don't know what this cassanova game is all about?"
"Do tell, oh wise one!"
"Iris, of course. Though acting like a fool isn't going to win her"
"I'm not acting like a fool. And it doesn't matter to me whether she tickles the giant squid or throws herself off the astronomy tower"
"Whatever makes you sleep at night, Al. I'm off to the library"
"Tell Rose that I have a date today and that I'm very sorry that I couldn't study with her"
Scorpius headed off to the library, knowing that Rose would be there, even though it was fifteen minutes early.
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Scorpius had just finished explaining to Rose when Iris skipped into the library, waving to Madame Pince, who waved back at her.
Seeing her approach, Scorpius rose from the seat, his manners impeccably in place.
"Still living in the medieval days, Monsieur?"
"As you please, Mademoiselle" he bowed mockingly before leaving the library.
"When will you guys stop being this way?"
"When either of us gets tired of pleasantries. Now, where's that cousin of yours?"
"On a date"
"With Melanie?"
"No. He broke up with her it seems. Scorpius was just telling me all about it"
"As if I expected any thing else! The number of times your cousin has kept an appointment with us could be counted on one fisted hand"
"Let's not waste time, Iris. Al or no Al, we have a lot to study"
"You need to step in one day, Rose. If only he were my cousin"
"He's still your friend, yet, you don't even object to this behavior of his" Rose said as she browsed through the pages of a book titled 'Muggles and their myths about magic'.
"As if that'll make a difference!" Iris complained before she took out a parchment and began taking down notes for her Potions essay.
It had been half an hour since they had started when there was a commotion by the door and Al emerged, seemingly running away from some one.
"Violent date?" Iris asked as he flopped down in the chair beside her.
"Madame Pince doesn't seem to like me" Al commented and immediately dived under the table upon seeing the librarian approaching.
"Did you two see Albus Potter come this way?"
"Shouldn't you be searching under the tables, Madame Pince? People who are running away tend to try and hide"
"Of course Iris! Thank you! And there you are, Mr Potter" she said as she pounced on him.
"You were banned from the library for a month just yesterday"
"I just couldn't keep away from the pull of knowledge, Madame Pince"
"Nice try Mr Potter. Please let yourself out before I'm forced to do so"
"Let him be, Madame Pince. We'll keep an eye on him" Iris assured and only then did the librarian leave.
As soon as she had left, "What did you do, Potter? What was the ban for?"
"Oh, just things that she considered to be 'inappropriate behavior in a place as sacred as the library'"
"Means you were snogging some random girl, right?"
"Not some random girl! Just my girl friend"
"Whom you broke up with an hour back"
"News travels fast in here"
"Gossip. Your love life isn't important enough to be called news Potter"
They continued bickering and Rose continued studying obliviously, until,
"Al!"
"Gotta go meet my date! See ya guys!" he said before kissing both their cheeks and leaving.
"Your cousin is a hopeless cause"
"Good to know" Rose replied before going back to her studying.
"And yet, nothing's impossible" she muttered to herself.
A/n: So, what do you guys think? Do you think the characterization of Al was okay? Was my OC good?
R&R!