Miss Invisible: A Rose/ Scorpius Story
A/N: A short songfic. A bit OC, but I love the song and it seems to fit Rose/Scorpius. Song is Miss Invisible by Marie Digby. A beautiful song. If you haven't heard it, you should. Characters are JK Rowlings. Enjoy!
Rose Weasley was invisible to her family. Not surprising in a family her size. Someone was bound to be forgotten. It was Rose. Her parents and brother remembered her on her birthday and Christmas, but that was it. Her cousins, except for Albus, ignored her. Her aunts and uncles except Audrey ignored her.
Rose was not only invisible at home, but at school. Her dorm mates were civil enough, but Rose never clicked with any of them. The other girls had all been friends before starting school, so they were already a group. They had all offered to let Rose join them, but Rose didn't want to feel like a third wheel.
Albus would sit with Rose in class and talk to her in the halls, but he had friends and a girlfriend. So Rose ate her meals and studied alone rather than imposing on Albus or her dorm mates. The rest of the class teased and sneered at Rose. On Rose's first day of class of first year, she had fallen two flights of stairs. She walked away unscathed, but everyone who had seen her had started laughing at her. Rose had yet to live it down, six years later.
Rose would smile so that the others would not have more reason to mock her. She always had her nose in a notebook, sketching. Rose ate every meal under the Quidditch Stadium bleachers. Her aunt Audrey would come to visit the kids once a month and she would eat with Rose under the bleachers. Other than her aunt's monthly visits, Rose ate alone. She liked it better that way.
There's a girl Take a little look at the life of Miss Always Invisible
Who sits under the bleachers
Just another day eating alone
And though she smiles
There is something just hiding
And she can't find a way to relate
She just goes unnoticed
As the crowd passes by
And she'll pretend to be busy
When inside she just wants to cry
And she'll say...
Look a little harder, I really really want you to put yourself in her shoes
Take another look at the face of Miss Always Invisible
Look a little closer and maybe then you will see why she waits for the day
When you'll ask her her name
Scorpius Malfoy was handsome, popular, and hated by his family. Scorpius had broken his family's tradition by being sorted into Gryffindor, not Slytherin. His family had been LIVID when he had told them and they had yet to forgive him. Scorpius didn't mind, he hated them right back. So Scorpius spent every holiday at his best friend, Albus Severus Potter's, house. More like castle.
Harry's ancestors had been living in England and Ireland for centuries before Harry was born. Once a Potter finished his education and their parents had passed away, the house was theirs. After the final battle, Harry had returned to Hogwarts to finish his final year. Once he graduated, the house was his, Potter Hall. When Harry and Ginny died, James Sirius, Albus, and Lily would inherit it. For now they all lived in it, Scorpius included. Scorpius even had his own private chambers with a bathroom, bedroom, library/study, and drawing room. All of the chambers had the same. Scorpius was hoping that Harry and Ginny would adopt him any day now.
The other Weasleys had not been happy when Harry and Ginny had allowed Draco Malfoy's son into their home when he came home with Albus for Christmas in his first year. But Harry, who had spent ten years of his childhood without anyone caring about him, overrode them. So Scorpius was welcome anytime. Scorpius had floo'ed back to Malfoy Manor to get the rest of his belongings one Friday afternoon back in his first year.
Scorpius had noticed that Rose didn't get noticed by her family much. He knew the signs because his biological family hadn't paid him much attention. Scorpius noticed Rose even with her large family. He secretly thought that Rose was the prettiest in her family. But he couldn't tell her that. She most likely saw him as family. And it was wrong to feel the way Scorpius felt about Rose if that person was your family. But Scorpius hoped anyway that Rose would notice him as more then her cousin's best friend.
One morning, in late October, Scorpius noticed Rose walking outside with a plate of food twords the Quidditch Pitch. Scorpius turned to Albus, who was sitting beside him.
"Where is Rose going? Why doesn't she ever eat with us?" Scorpius asked staring after Rose. Albus turned away from his girlfriend, Alice Longbottom, to stare after Rose too.
"She eats under the Quidditch Stadium bleachers. She has since first year. Rose tripped and fell down two flights of stairs on our first day. Half the school saw her and started cackling. The other half knew by the next day. Rose tries every year to start over. But the others won't let her forget what happened. I've told her that she is welcome to sit with us. I know that her dorm mates have done the same. She told me that she doesn't want to intrude. So that is what she does. When Aunt Audrey comes to visit, she sits with Rose under the bleachers. Other than that, Rose eats by herself. Audrey comes from a big family and knows how Rose feels.
"Aunt Audrey thinks Rose is depressed because none of our prats of classmates will allow Rose to forget that she was a bit of a klutz on the first day of first year. Rose is different as it is. She doesn't want to be a Healer, a Auror, or a Quidditch player. She wants to be a fashion designer, a artist. That notebook she is always sketching in? Full of designs and drawings. Rose makes her own outfits. That's why her clothes never match. I think she is fantastic at what she does. But the school will never allow her to forget about her first day. She can't wait to graduate, to get away from all these people who all know about the incedent, even the people in lower years have heard now. I don't blame her. I am the only person she talks to. She is beyond ready to start over in a new place. All the students here are jerks to her. Except for a select few, you, me, and her dorm mates. Rose is the sweetest person on the planet. She has feelings like everyone else. She wants what we all do. She wants someone to love her." Albus said quietly so the people around them wouldn't hear him.
The bell rang at ten to nine. Albus took his and Alice's bags and left the table, clapping Scorpius on the shoulder as her pulled Alice behind him. Scorpius rose too and started towards his first class. He saw Rose come back into the Great Hall and set the plate she had with her on the table closest to the door. It disappeared and Rose hurried to get to class with cat calls and jeering following her. Scorpius saw tears as she ran past him. Scorpius looked after her sadly and followed her up the stairs.
The beginning, in the first weeks of class
She did everything to try and fit in
But the others they couldn't seem to get past all the things that mismatched on the surface
And she would close her eyes when they left and she fell down the stairs
And the more that they joked
And the more that they screamed
She retreated to where she is now
And she'll sing...
Rose walked out of her last class of the day in late March and was tripped up by one of her sneering classmates.
"Watch where you're going, klutz!" The girl sneered.
Scorpius, who had been at the end of the hall hurried to help Rose pick up her belongings. Rose looked up and back down quickly as Scorpius started to gather paper and books. Rose stood up and ducked her head, wincing at the laughter from behind her.
"Come on, Rose." Scorpius took Rose's arm and steered her away, glaring at the laughing students, who now looked shocked at Scorpius help Rose.
Rose kept her face hidden as the two walked back to the common room. Scorpius looked over at Rose as the two reached the portrait hole. He put the books and papers on the floor and pulled Rose into a hug. Rose stiffened in shock as Scorpius hugged her tightly.
"I'm so sorry, Rose. Forget them. They mean nothing, They are all stuck up snobs and don't deserve your tears. I'll walk you to and from class now, if you want." Scorpius said looking down at Rose.
"Don't bother. Just leave me be. I'm not worth losing your popularity for." Rose said quietly as she gathered her papers and books and rushed up to her dorm. Scorpius stared after her.
"Yes, you are. I'll fight for you, Rose."Scorpius said as he left the common room.
Take a little look at the life of Miss Always Invisible
Look a little harder, I really really want you to put yourself in her shoes
Take another look at the face of Miss Always Invisible
Look a little closer and maybe then you will see why she waits for the day
When you'll ask her her name
Whoa…
One day in late May, Rose did her normal routine of grabbing a plate and filling it with food before walking outside with it. Scorpius stared after her sadly. Suddenly a blonde girl was blocking his view. She giggled and leaned forward, closer to Scorpius.
"Diane. Hi, how can I help you?" Scorpius asked as he put food on his plate.
"I wanted to give you my address. I was thinking that maybe we could get together this summer." Diane batted her lashes at him.
"Why would we do that?" Scorpius asked Diane. Diane was one of the girls who teased Rose the most.
"Well, so we could go on a date. I like you. I want you to be my boyfriend." Diane purred. Scorpius shuttered inwardly.
"No, Diane. I don't like you as a person, let alone that way." Scorpius said coolly.
"Why not? I'm attractive. Much more so then the klutz you were staring after when I arrived to rescue you. She's not normal. She doesn't belong in our world. She's not one of us." Diane said sneering.
"That's your oppinon. Now if you will excuse me…" Scorpius said as he stood up from the table, taking his food and his plate with him.
"She's a nobody! If you leave this hall, you will lose all the respect that the students have for you! You will lose all of your popularity!" Diane screeched as Scorpius left the hall.
"I don't care. If this is what I have to do to be with Rose, this is what I'll do!" Scorpius called as the door shut behind him.
Scorpius walked down to the Quidditch Pitch and started looking under the bleachers. He found Rose easily. She was looking at her notebook. Scorpius slipped in behind her and smiled at her. Rose turned to look and turned quickly back to her notebook. Scorpius started to eat quietly.
"You can come sit by me… if you want." Rose whispered. Scorpius quickly moved to sit beside Rose. The two ate quietly.
"Why are you here?" Rose asked quietly.
"I'm eating with you." Scorpius said looking over at her.
"Why?" Rose asked.
Scorpius moved to push a strand of hair out of Rose's face.
"Because I love you." Scorpius said turning back to his lunch.
"I'm not someone to loose your popularity over…" Rose said.
"Let me decide that." Scorpius said taking Rose's hand in his.
"I love you, too. I have for years. But I never thought you would see me. I'm invisible to everyone else." Rose said quietly.
"I see you. I've seen you for years, Rose. I love you so much." Scorpius said before he kissed her.
The next day, as predicted, Scorpius was shunned as well. But Scorpius didn't mind as he walked down the hall holding Rose's hand.
And one day just the same as the last
Just the days been in counting the time
Came a boy that sat under the bleachers just a little bit further behind...