Not a Normal Day
August
Rose POV
Today was a day like no other. I'm sorry. Let me rephrase that. That makes it sound like some special day that I'm really excited about. It was actually the exact opposite. This day royally sucked.
I woke up that morning, just a week before my seventh year of school at Hogwarts. It was supposed to be the best year of my life. I was supposed to become head girl, with a hard-working, dedicated person, who appreciated the art of diligence and perseverance as my partner.
Instead, I ended up with stupid Scorpius Malfoy, the person who has been consistently tormenting me since we were eleven. (Although I do admit that I torment him right back.)
How. Fun.
Scorpius POV
I was head boy, obviously. I got the letter in the mail earlier today. That's not what I'm surprised about. What I'm surprised about is the fact that I had not yet received an angry letter from my partner, Rose Weasley, describing the exact reasons why I was not fit to be head boy alongside her.
Albus POV
Rose found out who the head boy was three days ago. Which means, for three days I have been hearing nothing but, "Malfoy almost killed me in second year!" or "Malfoy is completely unreliable, he never turns his homework in on time! And the ever constant, "UUGHGHHHH he's just so aggravating!" To which I replied: "First of all, just because he didn't feed the blast-ended skrewts doesn't mean it's his fault you failed to realize that it was hungry when you tried petting it; also, you know he does his homework, because that one time you forgot yours he didn't let you hear the end of it for a whole year; and finally, I don't care if he's aggravating, you still have to tolerate him at Diagon Alley tomorrow.
She practically exploded. "WHAT?! I completely forgot about that! Oh Merlin, I have to shop with him. Merlin Al why did you have to befriend HIM?! Oh my gods Al I don't think that I can do it. I would rather die."
"Rose. Calm. Down. You're not going to die, in fact, it may be good for you to try to tolerate him before you have to share a common room."
Obviously I hadn't chosen the right words, as she exploded again, "A COMMON ROOM Al! A Common Room! A. Common. Room. I have to share a Common Room with the git! Oh my gods."
After that I gave up.
Rose POV
We arrived at the Leaky Cauldron at around 5:30 the next morning. Any idea that I might have had about why Al had decided that this was a reasonable time to awaken me completely escapes me, because it is officially the worst mood I've been in in ages. I'm tired, and hungry, and then it got even worse. I bet you can guess why. Yup, Scorpius Malfoy was walking towards us with his normal stupid gait.
"Al why on Earth have you called us here at this extremely ungodly hour?" he exclaims. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I completely agree with the git.
Al replies with a simple shrug and we continue on our way to gather school supplies.
We wandered down the street, and came to a stop in front of Madam Malkin's when I halted in front of the boys, causing them both to bump into me, "The ball!" I cried, "I saw it in my letter. The Halloween Ball! We need dress robes," I said as I grabbed Albus's hand and dragged him into the shop with Scorpius following directly behind us.
I'm not one for dressing up on an every day basis, but when you have the excuse to look like a literal freaking princess, why the heck wouldn't you take the opportunity? Therefore, we tried on robes for about half an hour. Correction, I tried on robes for about half an hour. Al and Malfoy were finished about two minutes after trying the first ones that they chose on. I suppose they didn't look bad though, Scorpius's robes actually complemented him very well. They brought out his broad shoulders and you could really see his captivating, silver eyes. Wait. No. Nope Nope Nope. Scorpius's eyes were not captivating. Sure he was attractive, but that's just coming from the viewpoint of an average teenage girl. It's not like I was attracted to him or anything. Not at all. Whaaaaat?
Anyways, I tried on dresses for almost half an hour. Albus was bored out of his mind, but Scorpius looked like he didn't actually mind, which I found surprising.
The first dress was red. A horrible choice, I don't even know why I picked it in the first place. It clashed horribly with my hair.
The second was green, emerald green to be exact. Malfoy gave a whistle, which earned him a disapproving glare from both me and Albus. I discarded it right away, even though it was one of my house colors.
The third was purple. Also a bad choice. My hair just had to ruin everything didn't it?
The fourth was silver, Malfoy didn't whistle this time, but gave an approving glance, which I could tolerate, seeing as it was one of my house colors, and much more subtle than the green. However, I decided to try on a couple more, just in case.
One gold, three black, one brown (which was awful) and a pure white (which made me look like I was getting married.) Finally I elected to choose the silver one. A short sparkly dress, with an open back, and only three small black ribbons crossing the empty space. The moderately deep V-neck definitely stood out, but overall, it was it was pretty modest.
Scorpius POV
Merlin, she looked amazing in that dress. Obviously I couldn't tell her that though, because then there was no way she would ever wear it. So I elected to go down the trustworthy ole route of insults when we were making our purchases, "Weasley that dress looks like a disco ball. Are you sure you wouldn't want the green one, you little snake?"
To which she replied with a smile, "Well I guess if you don't like it Malfoy, it must be good then."
Albus sighed.
Albus POV
New record! An hour and a half is how long they got along for this time. Not a rude word from either of them. Then Scorpius has to go and insult her dress, and they're off.
In Honeydukes: "Malfoy I swear if you buy one more piece of candy you'll be fatter than you already are." -Rose
In Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes: "Oh Rosie I'm Uncle George and you're absolutely brilliant and amazing and would you like the whole store for free?"
-Scorpius
In Rosa Lee Teabag: "Malfoy If you don't stop ordering more tea, you're going to piss all over, and that would be fairly embarrassing for all of us." –Rose
In Quality Quidditch Supplies: "Weasley I don't understand why you need this stuff anyways, they're obviously replacing you on the team this year." To which she replied, "Well you must be off your team for sure, because I beat you in every match last year. Also, for your information, I resigned from the team to have more time for my duties as head girl. Not that I'd expect you to understand responsibility of course."
In Flourish and Botts: "Malfoy if you choose one more book you'll have a grand total of four! For the entire year! Wow. Such dedication."
And the list goes on.
They finally stopped when we reached The Leaky Cauldron again, but that was probably only because I shoved a steak and kidney pie in front of both of their faces.