(A/N) And I'm back, as promised after a semi-hiatus. Ever since I watched the movie, 'Cruel Intentions', nearly a year ago, I've been wanting to write this story. Of course, I've changed it to fit Scorose, and you'll see some significant differences between this story and the movie, which you'll hopefully enjoy.
Just some quick background info: Scorpius is the Slytherin Bad Boy, and Rose is the new transfer student from Beauxbatons. The story is set in their 7th year.
Disclaimer: I don't own HP nor Cruel Intentions
The blond wizard lounged back on the sofa of his common room. Green and silver drapes surrounded him in the cold chambers below the Great Lake, with emerald lights glowing eerily in the background.
"Scorpius," a voice purred in the dark. It was past midnight, and tomorrow marked their first day of classes. All of the occupants of the house have gone to bed, except for him and the raven-haired girl standing before him.
"Katerina," he greeted, patting the seat beside him, "To what may I owe the pleasure," he smirked, knowing she was looking for trouble… or fun, or a little bit of both.
Katerina Rosier was a family friend of the Malfoys, someone he had known since his time before Hogwarts. Together, they've grown up to be quite the cunning and ambitious duo, the perfect embodiment of their house. Alongside her long, curly black hair, her lips were perfectly painted sinful red, and the way her makeup looked reminded him of her nickname, 'Kat'. They would've made quite the stunning pair, with their aristocratic upbringing and mannerism, but Scorpius was too busy chasing skirts, whilst Kat was always changing her flavour of the week.
"Tomorrow's the start of our seventh year," she began.
"Tell me something I don't know," he drawled, glancing at his nails nonchalantly, "Why're you here?"
"It's been a long while since we played a game," her eyes twinkling with mirth, "Did you hear about our newest Hogwarts resident?"
"I have a feeling you're just bursting to tell me, so why don't you quit the interrogation and cut to the chase" he replied swiftly. He knew exactly what kind of game she was talking about. Every year, he and Katerina would come up with an impossible bet for each other to complete within a specific time period. Neither players have ever succeeded in winning the game, but this was their final year, and it was all or nothing.
"Hogwarts rumour mill is churning wild tonight. My sources are telling me that the Golden Girl has finally decided to grace us with her Holy presence"
"What girl?" Scorpius enquired.
"Rose Weasley, Ron and Hermione Weasley's only daughter, has decided to spend her last year at Hogwarts," Kat explained, flipping her hair to the side, "Apparently, her Muggle grandfather is sick, and Beauxbatons is simply too far for Your Highness to visit him during the weekends and holidays"
"I don't recall being allowed to visit my grandfather during the weekends when he was dying, not that I wanted to," he muttered.
"Well, that's the difference between you and her. She's a Weasley, she could get away with anything. Anyway, Al Potter is already giving out warnings to the boys to stay away from little Miss Rosie. It seems that Beauxbatons holds high standards of decorum, and she's not used to the… 'rowdy behaviour' from our lowly Hogwarts students," she raised her eyebrows to indicate her sarcasm.
"Sounds like a proper prude," he chuckled. Whilst he was intrigued by the new girl's supposed innocence, he could already tell she would be uptight and prissy, a combination that irked him just by thinking about it.
"Well, that's where your challenge comes in," Kat put on an evil grin on her face.
"No… No way," Scorpius moved further away from her, startled, "There is no way I'm going to date that. She's a bloody Weasley, they hate me, she'll never fall for that"
"As much as I'm surprised at the fact that the majority of the Hogwarts female population would actually want to date you, your challenge is not to date her. All you have to do is sleep with her, that's all," she shrugged, mischief glimmering in her eyes.
When Scorpius didn't respond, she continued, "Think of the glory, think of the look on Al Potter's face and all those damn Weasleys when they find out that you're the one who took her innocence"
"As much as I would love to see Potter's reaction, why would I risk the wrath of the Potter-Weasley clan just for 'glory'?"
"I thought you might say that," Kat took out a photo from the pockets of her sleeping robes, "This might help you change your mind, I nicked this off James' wall the last time I was in his room." It was no secret that since their bet last year, she and James were friends with benefits, despite despising each other immensely in the presence of the public.
The moving photo was one of James Potter with his arms around the shoulder of a beautiful red hair girl. The splatter of freckles across her cheeks made her rather adorable, her smile was bright and cheerful, and the muggle clothes she donned accentuated her figure underneath. Her light presence was exactly the opposite of Scorpius' character, he would never admit it, but at that very moment, he was completely mesmerised by the sight of her.
"She's… interesting. Fine… I'll do it, given that you complete the same task that you failed last year," he smirked, bringing up the dare that he had made for her in sixth year to seduce both the Potter brothers. She had only succeeded in bringing the elder one to his knees, "And plus, this will be my revenge after Albus Potter used his dirty tricks on us in Quidditch last year"
Katerina rolled her eyes, of course he would blame it all on Quidditch. Despite knowing that the Gryffindors won fair and square, she wasn't bothered to correct her best friend.
"And the stakes will be the same as before. If you win, I'll give you the keys to the lake house to use whenever you want to impress your… lady friends…," she rolled her eyes again, knowing that the Rosier Lake House her father gave to her was the ultimate vacation home, "And if I win, I get your limited edition Firebolt"
He nodded in agreement, "That, and bragging rights," he added, still clutching the photo in his hands, something that she had not missed.
"Just remember, Scorp," she stood up, "Don't fall for her"
"Trust me, Katerina, I wouldn't worry about me," he said confidently.
"Well then… Game on, Malfoy"
(A/N) Did you like it? Hate it? Please leave a review as it would really help me out and motivate me to overcome my commitment phobia when it comes to fanfiction.
So it's clear that Sebastian in the movie is Scorpius, Annette is Rose, Kathryn is Katerina, and I decided to cut out some side characters like Cecile because tbh I found her quite boring and she served no purpose to main plot.
And what did you think of Kat and Scorp's relationship, and their bet? I prefer to write them as devious best friends rather than step-siblings with UST like they were in the movies. And do you think they'll win the bet?
Let the games begin.