Here is the first chatper, a brief introduction to the story, and I hope you'll enjoy it.
The first time she had looked at Scorpius Malfoy had been with idle curiosity - hearing her father say, "So that's little Scorpius. Make sure you beat him in every test, Rosie. Thank God you inherited your mother's brains." Her mother had then protested, "Ron, for heaven's sake, don't try to turn them against each other before they've even started school!"
"You're right, sorry," said Dad, before adding, "Don't get too friendly with him, though, Rosie. Granddad Weasley would never forgive you if you married a pure-blood."
That was shortly before James announced the discovery of Teddy and Victoire (the discovery of them snogging, to be thorough). By the time she boarded the train, the Malfoy boy had left her head as quick and unassuming as he had entered. It would seem safe to assume that Hogwarts would have events of much greater impact than a Slytherin with whom she had the vaguest of associations.
That level of association only varied slightly by second year, when they were partnered in Herbology. Professor Longbottom in fact looked as though he didn't approve of this (in truth, very few professors seemed to approve of Scorpius), but Rose allowed herself to be a somewhat apathetic victim of circumstances. Albus wanted to work with his friend, Alex Chang, and well, no one wanted to work with Scorpius, not even those in his house. It appeared, though, that a brief nod would be the extent of their conversation before they put on the ear muffs - they were working with Mandrakes.
He was a skinny boy with thin blonde hair, who made little eye-contact, working efficiently and with concentration. In truth, the whole procedure was a little awkward, and she was glad for the excuse of their mutual silence, as they wrestled with the premature plant.
She didn't expect anything else to come of that when class finished with the announcement for lunch break, and she, one of the last remaining students, was putting away her things, when a quiet voice behind her said, "Do you hate me?"
She turned to look at him, surprised. She couldn't read emotion in his grey eyes.
"What?" she said blankly.
"Do you hate me?"
"No…" she said a little quietly, feeling disarmed by this question.
He just nodded, then looked down at his book bag. "Everyone else does."
"My family doesn't, if that's what you think," she quickly replied.
He slowly nodded his head, but then contradicted this gesture by saying, "No offence, but I don't believe you."
She frowned. "How would you know, anyway?"
"I don't. I just believe."
"That's just…stupid," she finished lamely.
He looked up and eyed her thoughtfully. Then he just shrugged, and walked right past her.
Rose didn't have a proper interaction with him again until fifth year.
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