Best Laid Plans
Author: admiralsab
Rating:PG
Author's Notes: A story I've had in my head for awhile. It's a Rose/Scorpius story overall, but R/Hr are featured along with Trio moments. Thanks to lavendar-ia for the beta help:) Hope you enjoy, please read and review.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, JKR does. She rules the Potterverse.
Hermione Weasley thought she knew her daughter pretty well. Rose never missed an opportunity to show up her cousins in a Quidditch match. She got her study habits from her mum, but she also had a love of all things Quidditch from her dad's side of the family. So, it was with great surprise that she went out to the makeshift Quidditch pitch in their backyard and found Rose absent.
"Where's Rose?" Hermione asked her husband, Ron.
"I dunno." He seemed almost annoyed that Hermione had interrupted him watching the game. He finally glanced at her, noticed her worry, and gave her hand a squeeze. "She's getting older, Hermione. She's getting kinda girly now, she may be up in her room doing her hair. Or maybe she's decided since she's a sixth year now, she might want to study more, for her NEWTs. You did."
"I didn't care for Quidditch. Plus, I was upset with you our sixth year, remember?"
"Yeah, and you got kinda girly." He was grinning at her now and he actually managed to make her grin also.
"Prat." She rolled her eyes and walked off toward the house to find Rose.
Rose was indeed in her room, but she wasn't studying. She had intended to study, her book was even open to the right page, but her mind wouldn't allow her to concentrate on the words. They just blurred together as she thought back to the day before at King's Cross.
"Rosie, watch where you're going!" Albus had saved Rose from running straight into Scorpius Malfoy. Someone she was not too keen on seeing at the moment. Thanks to Albus, instead of smacking into him she merely stopped in front of him. She didn't dare make eye contact because that would only encourage him to be friendly. Something Rose wasn't in the mood for.
"Sorry," she mumbled, looking at the sky, and then began to walk again. Scorpius was right on her heels. "Um, Rose, can we talk?" She didn't answer him, hoping he would take that as a no. "Look Rose, I'm sorry I told Al, okay? I didn't mean to." This got her attention, she madequickly turned around "Oh, you didn't mean to, so that makes up for it, right? Like I'm just supposed to forget that you broke my trust and you told Al something I told you in private! We're supposed to be friends, Scorpius. But now I know who your true friend is." She spun back around and continued walking toward her family, who were looking on with puzzlement. "Come on, Rose, that's not true and you know it. Will you just let me explain?" "There's nothing to explain," she called out, not even looking back. He walked faster to catch up with her and grabbed her arm, making her turn around. "Please, Rose. I won't make it through the holidays knowing you're mad at me." "Oh, well then, please explain, I wouldn't want you to have a bad holiday," she smirked at him and folded her arms over her chest. She really didn't want to hear his explanation, but he was a friend, so she'd hear him out. "Albus was concerned about you. He asked if I knew what was wrong with you and I told him I couldn't say. Then he thought there was something medically wrong that I had an obligation to tell, which I didn't confirm or deny. I just kept my mouth shut. But then he started wondering if it was a guy that was bothering you, or someone you were dating that he didn't know about." "Ok, so what's this got to do with you breaking my trust? Is there an end to this story cause my parents are over there and they aren't looking too pleased right now."
Okay, so it was her dad in particular that didn't look too happy, but still, her point was made.
"Right, sorry. Okay, so he thought it was a guy and I told him it wasn't. You didn't have a boyfriend. Then he starts in on me about you. Asking me if I'm the one bothering you and I get all defensive and it just popped out about that last exam. I regretted it immediately, but the damage was done." "Yeah, because he owled Uncle Harry right away, who Apparated straight over to my parents and told them that I didn't pass my last Charms exam. So naturally I get an owl about how concerned my family is for me. You really put me in a bad place, Scorpius. Now I have to deal with them worrying about my studies over the holidays. And of course now they see us fighting, so you'll be the topic of many a late night conversation, believe me." "Oh, yeah, sorry about that." He looked around, now suddenly embarrassed and noticing the eyes of the Weasley-Potter clan trained in their direction. He also saw his own father looking in his direction, and he wasn't happy.
"Okay, well I want to make it up to you. I'm sending you an owl tomorrow. Read my letter, and if you still hate me I'll understand. But I think you'll forgive me after this."
"Fine, I'll give you a chance. Now I really have to go. I'll see after the holidays." She turned back toward her family and started walking, a grin noticeable on her face. "Bye, Rose!" He shouted after her. Then he turned and walked toward his dad. It would be an interesting ride home for both of them.
It had been an interesting ride. Her dad had spent the entire way home talking about the Malfoys and their many transgressions. Rose tuned him out, having heard the story of how Scorpius' father called her mum a mud-blood in second year before. She smiled to herself, thinking of her father coughing up slugs. The last thing she heard before they pulled up into the drive was "Don't you see, Rose?" She didn't see, because she didn't know what he was talking about, but replied "Yes, dad, thanks" anyway. It would keep him from furthering the conversation into the house.
She had spent her morning avoiding her family, her dad in particular. She didn't go down to breakfast and she wasn't outside now with them playing Quidditch. She really wanted to play too, but that would mean being around her parents and having to listen to them lecture her more. For now, she would stay in her room until she was sure they were over yesterday's event and wait on the owl from Scorpius.