Life the Rose Way

Ch 1.

Essays

"Rose," I heard someone call my name.

I turned around, and there was Scorpius, Scorpius Malfoy. My heart skipped a beat. He was too perfect, too beautiful.

"Hey Scor," I smiled. I knew he hated the name.

"Hey Rosie," he smiled too; he knew I hated that name.

I glared at him, so he glared back. God, why does he mirror everything I do? It just makes it harder to resist.

Okay, lets backtrack.

I am Rose Weasley, I go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I am a sixth year Griffyndor prefect, along with my cousin, Albus Potter. I am fairly pretty and popular, well, according to my best friend, Dominique Weasley. I am also obsessed with my grades, which I have inherited from my mother, and I love Quidditch, playing as Keeper. That I have inherited from my father. Oh, and I have a hopeless crush on Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy, sixth year Slytherin prefect, amazingly gorgeous and popular.

Well, back to the story.

"What's up, Scorpius," I said sarcastically.

He smiled, "Well, I was just wondering if you were going on the trip to Hogsmeade, you know, before the Halloween Feast later tomorrow?"

I thought for a moment, I wasn't going to the feast, but what if he was? I mean, what if he asked me to have a butterbeer with him at The Three Broomsticks? A hundred different scenarios ran through my mind in the couple of seconds he waited for me to answer, oh, how desperate I am. I finally decided to just answer truthfully.

"Well, I don't really feel like going, because I went on the last trip, and Albus said he would get me some Honeydukes chocolate, so, I've decided to just stay and study a bit," I explained breathlessly.

Scorpius, looking amused at my apparent breathlessness, replied carefully, "I see. Well, I was actually planning on staying myself, I have an essay to write for Defence Against the Dark Arts, which is due soon, and hasn't been started."

I smirked. This was typical Scorpuis, so I replied "Cool, well may-"

"Would you be able to help me?"

I was confused by this, I mean, I thought DADA would be one of Scorpius' best subjects, considering his father was once a dark wizard. However, I didn't really care much for his father, I had met Mr Malfoy a few times, and had been told about about him by Mum, Dad and Uncle Harry.

Confident, either way, I replied, "Sure thing, meet me in the library, say, 10 a.m.?"

He looks at me questioningly, as if this was too late in the day for him, "10 a.m.?"

"Fine, 9 then, sheesh!" He really did get on my nerves at times.

The next morning, I woke, bright and early. Well, early for me. Ok it was 8:45. The Hogsmeade people had left a few minutes before, so the castle was nearly empty of the older grades. The Years 1 + 2 students couldn't go, but these days they mostly hung around the lake in massive groups on weekends.

So, I got up, and got ready quickly, avoiding makeup for today, and just putting on a simple tight floral shirt, and a black mini-skirt. I pouted my glossed lips in the mirror, god I can be stuck up at times, and decided I was ready too go.

I bounced down to the library, carrying a few books in one hand, and constantly fiddling with my hair and clothing with the other.

I finally made it to the library, and wondered if he would be there. I pondered over whether to go for a dramatic entry or not. After weighing all the pros and cons in my head in a matter of seconds, I decided to go with dramatic.

I'd like to say I swept into the room gracefully, and strutted over to Scorpius. However, I tripped over my own feet, and stumbled over to him.

He was stifling laughter at the table he chose in the corner. When I sat down, he turned to look at me.

"We are very, um, fresh this morning," he managed to say, still trying not to laugh.

"Why thankyou," I said sarcastically, not really understanding what he meant by his words.

After he managed to stop choking himself to stop his severe case of the giggles, we got to work. He really was very smart at DADA, but apparently he needed my help to actually string the words together in the essay, to make it sound right.

I thought that that was really load of crap, but I helped him anyway. We kept up a conversation, and it actually felt nice to be able to have just a normal conversation with him, something I realised I had never actually done before.

"So," Scorpius said as we were just finishing up, "Thanks heaps for that Rose, I will surely be better at all my essays now."

I smirked, and replied, "Well, I hope so, I mean, I could be at Hogsmeade right now!"

He put on an expression of mock hurt, "Gosh Rose, I didn't know you felt like that, it breaks my heart."

"Oh deal with it, honey," I smiled, and he grinned back.

"So, say we drop these books off and go for a little walk?"

My heart literally skipped a beat, "Sure, sounds fun," I smiled.

We walked for, well, a while… I think. The time passed quickly with Scorpius, both of us firing questions at one another, determined to know everything.

"This was nice, today," he said happily, as we sat in the grass, on the hill overlooking Hagrid's old hut, "I mean, it's been really nice getting to know you. I feel like I have never really gotten to know you, all these years we have been here. Yes, it has been nice, we really are friends now, and we don't just have to stare at each other when we are both hanging with Al.

I blushed and giggled, "I had a lot of fun too, it really is a beautiful day. And yeah, it's been great getting to know you more as well."

He suddenly looked straight into my eyes. The expression on his face was unreadable. I looked back at him, momentarily caught in his gaze.

We could have stared at each other for hours. Ok, I could have stared at him for hours. But suddenly, his head snapped up.

"Gosh, the Hogsmeade people will be back soon. I told Jay Zabini I would meet him in the common room. Sorry Rose, I have to go, but I really have had fun!" The look on his face was apologetic as he said this.

"It's ok Scor, we will catch up another time," I said, still a bit dazed from losing eye contact so quickly.

With this, Scorpius leapt up, and jogged away, waving at me over his shoulder. I smiled and waved back, and watched him jog away towards the castle.

Then, I got up myself, and walked towards the castle myself, completely happy after my day spent with Scorpius Malfoy.