A/N: I know I have other stories to work on but I've been reading a lot of ScorRose stories hence getting my own idea for one lol. I'll try to write this equally along with Are You Down? and I Thee Forcefully Wed. Hope you like it though, please give it a chance.
Summary: Rose is 16 and going through the usual teenage problems: boyfriends, jealous best friends, and a certain desire for one of the said best friends that she is denying irrevocably. She doesn't want to upset the balance of things but sometimes upsetting the balance of things is what the more Slytherin side of her likes to do. ^_~
Disclaimer: I do not own anything you recognize they all belong to the fabulous J.K. Rowling. I just own the plot and all the fun little situations Rose is found in from here on out. ;P
Pairings: RosexScorpius, AlbusxOC
I wrote this on July 31st but decided not to post it right away. So I'm just gonna say Happy Birthday to JK Rowling and Harry Potter! XD
Practice Makes Perfect
Chapter 1: Unconventional Weasley
Let me just start off by saying I'm probably the most unconventional Weasley in my entire family. My name is Rose Weasley and frankly I sometimes am more like a Slytherin than the Gryffindor that I am. I'll start of by telling you why I'm unconventional, it started in first year when my best friend and favorite cousin Albus Severus Potter got sorted into Slytherin. Most of my family sort of shunned him a bit after that I mean we were all still close but it put a tiny strain in everyone's relationship with Albus other than his parents who were proud regardless and of course me. Instead of distancing myself from him since I was sorted into Gryffindor, it brought us closer and made us even more best friends. I wanted him to know he wasn't alone and that I loved him regardless of house now you might be thinking that doesn't sound too bad and of course it's not because I'm probably the least prejudice member of my family which I learned from my favorite uncle. Harry Potter is my all time favorite uncle and not because he defeated Lord Voldemort though when I was younger it started my idolization of him. Anyway we've always been close and he's also my Godfather but I learned to be more accepting of others from him. He told me how he doesn't care about house rivalries at Hogwarts because it was a Slytherin that helped save his life on multiple occasions hence Albus' middle name. Also he helped get Narcissa Malfoy and his nemesis Draco Malfoy from school out of Azkaban at the end of the war and now him and Draco are actually pretty good friends though they'd never admit it.
Anywho so I still loved Al when he became a Slytherin and still hung out with him constantly which also ended in me ignoring my daddy's warning right before I got on the train. See Albus instantly became best friends with Scorpius Malfoy which in turn made him become mine as well and us three are inseparable. We are the new 'Golden Trio' we like to call ourselves, it's our own little joke and we chuckle about it everytime. Oh and yes even though I am at the sweet age of 16 still call my dad daddy because I'm probably the biggest daddy's girl in the world. The only times I do not call him daddy are when I'm a bit upset at him then he becomes dad and when I'm pissed at him he becomes father and then he knows he's in trouble and yes I'm chuckling darkly at that right now. Hence the being somewhat more Slytherin than Gryffindor sometimes and dare I say it I'm smirking at that idea right now, Scorpius rubs off on me too much sometimes. Well at first when Daddy found out about me being best friends with Scorpius he was pissed and even sent me a Howler, about how I shouldn't be friends with Death Eater Spawn and that he thought I had better judgement than that and of course that I should've listened to him when he warned me before I got on the train and a couple other nasty things, which happened to burst right at breakfast in the Great Hall after we had been at Hogwarts for a couple months. I was sitting down at the Slytherin table with Scorpius and Albus and everyone stared at me in shock and to see my reaction. I could tell my face was as red as my hair but not in embarassment more like in anger, well and a bit of embarassment.
Poor Scorpius' face was bright pink and he had a hurt look on his face. I turned to him and told him, "Don't worry Scorpius I'll send a Howler right back at that jerk father of mine and sort him out. He can't dictate who my best friends are." He smiled and it wasn't one of his smirks no it was actually an actual smile, Al also beamed when I said that since I hadn't really mentioned being Scorpius' best friend until then. Daddy had sent a letter of apology after I sent him a Howler back screaming at him for being a rude inconsiderate prat and that he should trust my judgement more than that to know what I'm doing. I also told him that if he ever tried to dictate who my best friends were again I was gonna tell mom about some of his secrets that he told me and refused to tell her. The Howler showed up right as he had gotten to work in the Auror department with Uncle Harry and the whole office heard. According to Uncle Harry his face turned bright red like a tomato and he looked terrified oh and I definitely used the word father that time around which he flinched at according to Uncle Harry, it made me laugh deviously when I got Uncle Harry's letter informing me. Anyway Daddy had sent me an apology letter telling me I was right and he should trust me more and basically reiterated everything I had screamed at him for. He even sent me a box of my favorite Honeyduke's Chocolates with his apology and told me to make sure to share it with my best friends which I did, the three of us stayed up late joking around and eating and eventually I fell asleep curled up next to Scorpius on his bed for the first time and no one really cared either. I spend half my time in the Slytherin boys dormitory with Scorp and Al well and their roommates Jeremy Nott and Zayne Zabini, Blaire Zabini also spends a lot of time in there with her twin brother. Zayne and Blaire were really close even though they fought like crazy sometimes. Back to what I was talking about though, yes I knew how to manipulate my Daddy and I was very good at it, he's wrapped around my little finger, see where I'm coming from about possibly being more Slytherin than Gryffindor? I was devious which definitely came in handy when Al, Scorp, and I played pranks on my family members.
Sadly though even though he gave me his blessing or rather I forced it out of him, again I smirk, he wouldn't call Scorpius by his name until Christmas night of our third year even though Scorp would spend a quarter to a half of each holiday over at the Burrow with all of us, he won over Nana Weasley easily because he complimented her cooking and always took seconds and sometimes even thirds even when he felt about to bust, he soon won over everyone else for being such a nice kid. In fact when Daddy did call Scorp by his first name it surprised everyone especially Scorp and Daddy himself. Everyone sat there and listened too "Scorpius come over here for a second," Daddy had said and both of them had a look of surprise on their faces which looked quite comical. Of course Daddy was pretty drunk right now so I didn't expect anything good to come out of this and I was right, sometimes I hated being right. "Scorpius you're about 13 now right?" Ron asked.
Scorpius nodded, "Yes Mr. Weasley I turn 13 on March 2nd," Scorpius said looking nervous.
Daddy nodded, "Well Scorpius I'm about to say something and you better listen, at 13 you start to notice girls more and start to get feelings and urges," he had began and I already started blushing, why was he giving Scorpius "The Sex Talk" as mom called it? Scorpius' face began to get a bit pink too. "Anyways I'm gonna be honest with you, Rosie here is my baby girl and if you so much as dream about getting feelings for her or get the urge to do something with her you better wake up and bloody apologize! If I find out you so much as lay a finger on her in anyway other than friendly, I will blast off your small manly bits and ensure your daddy's precious bloodline doesn't get past you, do you understand?" Daddy finished and both Scorpius and I are bright red and I hate to admit it but he looks adorable when he blushes.
Aunt Ginny is my favorite aunt because she cracks me up the most and it stayed true when she smacked the back of daddy's head. "Ronald you better apologize, that is very rude to threaten poor Scorp of blasting off his manly bits," Aunt Ginny also gets scary when she's angry. Daddy instantly paled a little, Aunt Ginny's temper was renowned in the Weasley family, hers was probably the worst.
Daddy looked at Scorpius and glared and apologized even though it was clear he didn't mean it and Scorpius just gulped and nodded.
This all would've been fine if Aunt Ginny who had had a bit too much wine hadn't continued. "Besides Ronald if Rose and Scorpius get together they'd make the cutest babies in the world!" She beamed at us and him and I blushed even worse and all but avoided each other's eyes at that point. I heard Daddy and Mom splutter indignantly at that and for a second I thought they were both speechless...for a second.
Daddy went past regular red and his face landed on a very nastly looking puce and he bellowed, "No daughter of mine will Ever and I mean EVER get with a Malfoy, I don't need any Ex-Deatheaters in my family and I'll be damned if I ever let that little shit near my Rosie!"
"Ginny that is very inappropriate!" was all mom could shout out.
I had narrowed my eyes at him after his outburst and I came to defense of my best friend, "Father..." I seethed and he paled a bit and stared at me in horror, everyone knew I was pissed when I used the word father. I continued, "What did I tell you about calling my best friend anything remotely smilar to Deatheater Spawn?!" I said in an angry voice, it was quiet but no one had a problem hearing it because they had all gone silent. Dad didn't reply he spluttered a little and I narrowed my eyes at him more. "I am in control of who I am friends with or who I have urges or feelings for, not you, I will not allow you to terrorize my friend because you assume him and I want each other or whatever which news flash, we are 12 almost 13 we aren't thinking about that stuff yet! And when we finally do have those feelings and urges it isn't up to you who we have them for, not saying us two will have them for each other because ew, he's like a cousin like Albus is, but it'll be up to us who we choose," I had started yelling at one point and both Scorpius and I were still blushing horribly but I stood my ground.
Everyone waited for Daddy's reaction, he chugged the rest of his firewhiskey and puffed up. "Rose I am your father and you will not speak to me with such rudeness in your voice," he said trying and failing to be calm.
"I'll stop being rude when you do," I said defiantly and lifted my chin proudly which of course a few of my family members chuckled at, particularly Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny.
"Alright enough all of you whoever the children decide to be with far, far in the future is up to them, and it doesn't do to try to control them, now Ronald apologize to Rose and Scorpius, and Rose apologize to your father for being rude," Nana Weasley said in her no nonsense voice.
I at least had the decency to look ashamed for Nana Weasley's benefit but dad spluttered for a second before looking resigned but listening to his mother anyways. "Rose and Scorpius I'm sorry for losing my temper," is all he said only managing to sound less than pleased.
"Sorry for losing mine," I had replied but that was all she was getting out of us, neither of us would apologize for what we said though. That had put a damper on our relationship until I got back from Hogwarts at the end of the year. In which he just began acting like it never happened and I allowed him to and we got our close relationship back.
As for Scorpius and I we avoided each other for the rest of the holiday mostly because we were so embarassed. Once we got back to Hogwarts we were still friends but when I slept in the boys dorm I'd cuddle with Albus more rather than Scorpius, and I wouldn't sleep in Scorpius' bed again. When we were still skirting around each other a bit a couple months later, it started to get annoying. I missed our close relationship that made us more best friends than Al and I sometimes. Scorpius turned 13 and I decided to at least try to act like we weren't sort of avoiding each other. I had gotten him a broom polishing kit because his was running low and he was a Chaser for the Slytherin team, so was I but for Gryffindor, Albus was Seeker for Slytherin and James was of course Seeker for Gryffindor. You could see where the Rivalry would get to us all.
Anyhow that day a guy in our year named Obediah Smith, Zacharias Smith's son, from Ravenclaw had decided that was the day to make fun of me for my hair deciding to frizz up like a tumbleweed because it rained while we were at Care of Magical Creatures and I got drenched and then when my hair dried it poofed horribly, damn my mom's genes sometimes. He had said something along the lines of "No one in their right mind would ever get the hots for you because you're way too damn smart for your own good," smartest in my year, one gene I loved getting from my mom, and then continued to say, "That and your hair is so disgusting and frizzy that it could scare a clowns hair into submission," I began to tear up because 1. I hated clowns cuz they scared me and 2. I was pretty sensitive about my hair for obvious reasons, I was just about 13 so my emotions started acting up, AKA Puberty was starting to hit, and so I cried. Scorpius got a pissed off look on his face and punched Obediah so hard in the face that he broke his nose and told him that if he ever said something like that to me again, he'd have to answer to him. Albus stepped up after him and scowled just like Scorpius before punching him in the gut before adding that he'd also have to answer to Albus. Needless to say I stopped crying and giggled and instantly Scorpius and I were back to normal, I gave him a hug and kissed his cheek as thanks. Obediah sneered which looked hilarious with blood dripping down his face which we all laughed at before he went running to the Hospital Wing, Obediah got Scorpius and Albus in trouble until I told Headmistress McGonagall exactly what happened. Obediah lost his housee 20 points and so did Albus and Scorpius each but the she turned around and gave them 10 points each for sticking up for me, yep I loved how Headmistress McGonagall is practically an older aunt figure to the family.
Well for Scorpius' birthday after that the three of us snuck off campus using the Invisibility cloak Uncle Harry had given Albus using the secret passageway into the cellar of Honeydukes. The three of us each bought our favorite kinds before sneaking back, Carl Honeyduke, the son of the original owner knew the three of us by name and he knew we used the passageway into his cellar frequently but we were his three favorite customers because we were there at least once a month. We never stole anything and we always told him we were there and bought from him and sometimes we'd even stay and chat for awhile before sneaking back. After the three of us snuck back to the Slytherin Common room we went up to their room and all shared the three different kinds of chocolate happily. We even shared some with Jeremy, Zayne and Blaire. Afterwards I took up my favorite spot right next to Scorpius on his bed which he was ecstatic about he had even told me he was happy to have me back and that he had missed this, I agreed with a smile of course because truth be told I had missed it a whole hell of a lot and we cuddled up like usual. I'd lay on my left side, he'd cuddle up behind me and put one of his arms around my waist. Now I know you must be thinking something about that but when we first started trying to sleep next to each other we tried a bunch of different positions but none of them were comfortable but that one or at least it was the most comfortable. The only other one we could manage comfortably was us facing towards each other and me cuddling into his chest with his arms around me but it was too intimate and awkward for two 11 year olds so we stuck with this position. Albus was ticked at first but he got over it when he realized that it was just us being friendly and trying to be comfortable.
I still remember Albus' response to us after we made up, "It's about time you two start acting like yourselves again, I was starting to think Uncle Ron had gotten it correct when he assumed you two had a thing for each other." That's when the three of us burst out laughing, "Yeah like that'll ever happen," I had said and Scorpius still chuckling agreed. Before we had all gone to sleep Albus and I had wished Scorpius a happy birthday again and he thanked us and then we all passed out, it had been a crazy Saturday.
I'm pretty sure I've convinced you by now I'm unconventional so I'm going to keep going. So I got my first boyfriend in 4th year it was pretty weird because I hadn't expected it at all. Daddy and Uncle Harry's friend Seamus Finnegan had a son with his Hogwarts Sweetheart Parvati Patil after they got married, I've seen them a few times at get togethers that Uncle Harry holds being Head of the Auror office and all and he invites everyone he knows even if they aren't Aurors. Trust me they are pretty cute when they think no one is watching so can Dean Thomas and his wife Padma who happens to be Parvati's twin, how cool is that? Best friends married twins so they'd be in the same family. As I was saying though Seamus and Parvati's son Liam who's a Gryffindor in my year, asked me out one day when I was tutoring him in Charms since I'm top of my class just like my mom was. I was really surprised and stared at him for a few moments before I blushed and agreed. Liam is interesting he has an accent, it kind of switches between Irish like his father's and Indian like his mother's, he's a sweet heart really and can be quite rambunctious at times thanks to his Irish heritage. His skin is kind of a caramelly color, he's got soft hazel eyes that tend to switch between brown and blue most of the time which is ironic since those are the colors of his parents eyes. When he's happy or cheerful or mischievous they are blue but when he's mad, sad, or moody in anyform they are brown. He's got dark chocolate brown hair that he likes to keep short and spiked, it looks pretty good and when I agreed he grinned widely and his eyes sparkled warmly brown but changed slowly to blue.
I remember he had tried to kiss me but seeing as I hadn't had my first kiss yet I leaned away and told him I wasn't ready, he had smiled and said he'd wait until I was. You see my issue was though I spent more time with Scorpius and Albus than I did with Liam half the time and he didn't like that too much. So he'd question me about what was going on and if I was with Scorpius too since we were always together. I had laughed at his face and told him no we were just best friends and any feelings we had towards each other were as cousin like me and Albus. He had accepted that and apologized and I told him it's ok, then he tried to kiss me again. We'd only been together for a couple months and I still wasn't ready but I was thinking about it. I had told him as much and he nodded his understanding but I could tell he was a little put out. A month later I still hadn't kissed him and even I was getting annoyed at myself, I wasn't sure why I hadn't kissed him yet. As I thought hard about it I realized the reason, I was afraid of making a fool of myself so I did the only thing I could think of I asked a friend for help. This is how it all happened.
I had just finished my Potions essay and I was done with my homework for the day and so I sighed and decided now was the best time to put my very horrible plan into action though it was the only one I had. So I left the Gryffindor commonroom, yes I actually was there sometimes, I moved past people heading towards the Slytherin Common room. When I got there I headed to the boys room to find Scorpius and Al in there talking about Quidditch, surprise, surprise. It had made me chuckle and they looked up and smiled.
"Hey Rosie, done with your homework already?" Albus asked.
"Of course, it's not like it was hard," I grinned.
"Only you would think a twelve inch parchment scroll on Moonstone and it's properties would be easy," Scorp laughed.
"Of course I have a Potion and Potion Ingredient Encyclopedia that I got from Uncle Neville," I had said cheekily and stuck my tongue out.
"So what's up Rosie you look a bit tense?" Albus asked, only he of course would notice since he knew me so well.
"Yeah I was seeing that too, got something you wanna talk about?" Scorp asked actually paying more attention now, I felt my cheeks flame a bit under their scrutiny. Ok scratch that apparently both of them know me so well that they'd notice when I'm tense.
"Um yeah it's nothing big but Albus can I talk to Scorp alone really quick?" I asked.
Albus and Scorpius raised their eyebrows in surprise and then suspicion. "Is it something I probably won't approve of?" Albus asked.
"Um it's about Liam and seeing as you are related and will probably blow something out of proportion I'd rather it be just Scorpius, I need a guys opinion," I had said mostly truthfully.
"Alright but if I need to beat his ass you better tell me," Albus said.
"Oh it's nothing like that," Rose smiled.
"Ok I'll be in the common room, come get me when you are done," he said and looked at me suspiciously again before leaving.
When he did I whipped out my wand and locked the door so only I could unlock it and used a silencing charm and turned back around. Scorpius was looking at me in confusion now with the precations I took. "Um hey Scorp," I said nervously.
"Hey Rose," he said still confused.
I cleared my throat, "Um well you know I've been seeing Liam for 3 months now," I started and made my way and sat down on his bed at the end and he sat up and beckoned me closer.
"Yeah has he done something you aren't ready for?" Scorpius asked tensely and quite protectively I might add which made my stomach flop weirdly a little.
"No, it's just he keeps trying to kiss me and I haven't been able to kiss him yet," I said.
Scorpius raised his eyebrow, "Ok?" Scorpius asked.
"I haven't had my first kiss yet so I want it to be special but I also don't want to make a fool of myself," I said.
"Alright and why are you telling me this?" he asked.
I cleared my throat again as it had gone dry, "I was wondering if you could help me," I said and blushed.
I looked at him and Scorpius was blushing his adorable light blush and his eye brows were raised high in surprise. "Um Rose why would I help you kiss a guy who apparently can't wait for you to be ready?" Scorpius asked.
"No I mean, will you kiss me to teach me how so I don't make a fool of myself? I mean it won't be like a real kiss, but it will help me," I said.
He had blushed deeper and raised his eyebrows again, "You want me to practice kissing with you?" he asked and smirked.
"Um yes, would you?" I asked no more like pleaded.
"Well I guess practice makes perfect," he smirked before he pulled me to him and kissed me. It was more than a peck on the lips, and his lips began moving against mine and my heart sped up and my stomach did a definite flip flop. I was a bit confused but I was kissing my best friend and it definitely didn't seem like he was my cousin like I'd always said he was like and it confused me. His lips were warm and soft and he was a good kisser. Then he broke the kiss and both of us seemed to be a little breathless.
"So how was that?" I asked.
He smirked which led me to believe he was probably about to lie to me, "It was terrible let's try that again," was it just me or did his voice seem a little deeper?
"If you insist, you're the master I suppose," I said and then almost slapped myself about how that sounded.
"Yep and practice makes perfect," he grinned and kissed me again. This time the kiss seemed a little bit more needy but maybe my mind was going into hyper drive in my confusion and overall embarassment that I had to ask my best friend to help me learn to kiss. He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me until I was completely in front of him and so we didn't have to stretch so far and it made kissing him easier but he also didn't move his hands from my waist and I didn't protest, I was used to it by now I mean we usually cuddle when we sleep next to each other though I stopped sleeping next to him when I started dating Liam and stuck next to Albus. Then the kiss was broken and we were both breathless again.
"And that?" I asked not liking the way my voice sounded winded.
"Better Weasley," he winked at me and I snorted and rolled my eyes.
"Ok thanks Scorpius, I'll try that out next time I see Liam," I said.
"I'm not done teaching you yet," he smirked and his eyes twinkled mischieviously. I didn't like that, not one bit.
"You taught me to kiss what more do you need to teach me?" I asked.
"There's something I haven't taught you yet," he smirked.
"What?" I asked confused.
"How to kiss with tongue," he said simply and that mischievous glimmer in his eyes magnified and he smiled.
"Oh," I said blushing brightly. "I think I can try that later," I said.
"You wanted me to teach you so I'm teaching you, you might as well learn all at once since I don't think you'll be able to try that little, I wanna talk to Scorpius alone thing again since Albus was already suspicious," he said smirking and his eyes shimmering with mirth.
"You're probably right, ok fine but don't make fun of me if I do it wrong," I said blushing again.
"This is just between you and I Rose, Albus won't have to know besides I like my dick where's it's at I don't plan on getting it hexed off by telling your closest cousin that I took your first kisses," he said and looking at me as if I was daft.
"Ok I like that it's between just you and me," I said trying to calm myself down.
"Alright are you ready Rosie?" he murmered.
I shuddered at how low his voice was and nodded taking one more deep breath.
"Remember practice makes perfect," he said and winked and I rolled my eyes. Then he grabbed my face and pulled me to him softly, again the kiss was warm and nice like the others and sent my stomach flip flopping, I liked kissing I decided and sighed into the kiss. Scorpius made a weird shuddering movement I couldn't see because my eyes were closed and then I felt his soft tongue tickle my bottom lip. I opened my mouth and he stuck his tongue in and it lightly brushed mine and both of our breaths hitched as we began rubbing our tongues together trying to get a feel for each other. This kiss was definitely special, I just couldn't explain why but I liked it even more than the last. He tasted like spearmint which happened to be my favorite mint. Then Scorpius wrapped his arms around my waist more and pulled me into his lap and one of his hands tangled in my hair as he held me there to deepen the kiss and then both of us made a noise that sounded like a moan and we broked apart breathing hard. Both of our cheeks were enflamed in a deep blush and we smiled at each other a little awkwardly.
"That was good right?" I asked breathlessly.
"It was perfect Rosie, congratulations you passed Kissing 101," he said equally as breathlessly and then we both chuckled.
"Ok great, thanks Scorp I owe you one," I smiled.
"You do and I intend to collect eventually," he smirked.
"You do that," I smiled and undid my charms and opened the door. Albus came tumbling in and fell right to the floor, Scorpius and I both burst out laughing. "Serves you right for trying to eavesdrop Albus," I smirked.
"Well you guys were taking a long time so I wanted to see what was up," Albus scowled and stood up quickly.
Scorpius quirked his eyebrow, "Right," he said with a snort and rolled his eyes, we both know Albus was probably there the whole time.
"I couldn't hear anything though," he muttered.
"That would be because I had a feeling you'd try to eavesdrop so I put up a silencing charm," I giggled.
"Bitch," he scowled.
"Nosy ass," I laughed back.
"Was he trying to force himself on you?" Al asked murderously.
"No! Jeez, don't worry about it. Scorp gave me some good advice and now I'm going to go put it to use, see you guys later," I said and winked. Was that hurt I saw flicker across Scorp's eyes? And is that anger? I looked at him funny and his expression turned back to normal and so I just shrugged and walked off. When I got the the Common room Liam was on the arm chair on the left side of the fireplace reading a celtic book. Yes he could speak it thanks to his dad and it makes me melt when he says words from it no matter what it is. I sat on the arm and he looked up and smiled before he moved the book and offered me his lap, I smiled and sat on his lap and leaned back. I had only done this once before and that was last time we hung out in the common room together. I had been getting sleepy and so since he was in an arm chair I sat on his lap and cuddle up to him, he was pleasantly surprised to say the least. He had kissed my head and let me fall asleep cuddled in his lap. When I woke up I was sleeping on the couch with a pillow and a blanket covering me up, it was sweet and I had smiled and when he came down I had smiled and kissed his cheek which he grinned at. I had almost kissed him then but I didn't want him smelling my morning breath since I hadn't had the chance to get ready yet.
Anyway I was sitting on his lap and leaning back on him, he was warm and smelled of curry and clovers. It was definitely his unique scent and I kind of liked it. He wrapped his arms around me and began reading again this time out loud since he knew I liked to hear him talking in celtic. I sighed happily and smiled up at him.
He looked back at me and smiled, "Rose I mo thuairimse, grà agam duit," he said.
I shuddered in pleasure, "What does that mean?" I asked.
"It means Rose, I think I love you," he said.
I blushed bright red, "Oh well I like you a lot too Liam," I smiled.
He realized that was the best he was getting out of me and smiled, "Now can I kiss you?" he asked with a smile.
I giggled and nodded before he pulled me close and kissed me gently. It was soft and warm like Scorpius' and even made my stomach flutter a little. He didn't try to use his tongue which I was happy about since I didn't think I was ready for that. but he did grip my waist which made my tummy flip. It was a sweet kiss and when we broke apart we both smiled.
"That was a kiss worth waiting for," he said quietly with a smile and his eyes twinkling blue.
"Mmhm," I smiled and hoped the light blush I felt spreading wasn't noticeable. He was never to know I asked for help.
So that's the story of my first kiss(es?) I know it probably wasn't right to ask my best friend to kiss me when I had a boyfriend and yeah you are probably right but I didn't want to mess up my first real kiss with Liam. Naturally though Liam ended up getting jealous of Scorpius and my relationship when one day about 4 month later and him and I had progressed to snogging rather frequently which Scorpius and Albus didn't like when they saw it. But anyways he walked into the Gryffindor common room and I had dragged Albus and Scorpius in here so we could hang out since Jeremy Nott got himself a new girlfriend and they kept walking in on those to kissing and stuff all the time which naturally got very tiring so I brought them up here with me. Anyway Albus was sitting in an armchair with his little sister Lily who is a year younger than us. They were talking about the theory of how owls know exactly where to deliever letters to which Scorp and I were pretty interested in also though him and I were also having our own conversation about our Transfiguration essay that was due on Monday and seeing as it was Saturday we should really be working on it but we didn't yet. Scorpius was lounging on one of the comfy couches and I was laying on it with my head on his lap. He had been stroking my hair which I loved when he did and when he found that out he did it whenever he could and sometimes even subconsciously.
That's how Liam found us when he walked in from his detention with Professor Longbottom because during Herbology the day before Obediah Smith who hadn't given up on being a pain in my ass decided to use the worms we were using to feed our carnivorous plants to tease his plant. He threw a couple worms on my head and when they began falling his plant snapped at the worms and caught them right as they were towards the bottom of my hair and I was now missing four inches of my usually waist length curly red hair. I was pissed and I screamed and I cried unfortunately in front of the entire class because I was very attached to my hair. Well Liam who had been my partner socked Obediah in the face and gave him a black eye which I stopped crying long enough to laugh at. Uncle Neville was less than pleased by the disturbance in his lecture so he assigned both Liam and Obediah detention from 10 AM until 2 PM today so they'd have to give up part of their weekend. They had to degrub a decaying flobberworm carcus so that Hagrid could use the grubs in his Care of Magical Creatures class when he was teaching about Bowtruckles the next week. When I found out it disgusted me and I told him he wasn't allowed to touch me until he showered. Uncle Neville also took 15 points of both boys for being rude. He had patted me on the shoulder and gave me a smile which I of course gave back because I loved Uncle Neville he always had an interesting Herbology story to tell me when we weren't posing as Professor and student.
Needless to say though Liam wasn't thrilled to find his girlfriend laying on her best friend and said best friend stroking my hair when him and I hadn't laid like that yet. This is how that went.
"Rose, what the fuck?!" he had yelled and I jumped since I hadn't noticed him come in.
"Hey Liam what's got your wand in a knot?" I asked as I sat up frustrated that he had scared the crap out of me and Scorpius who was staying quiet for now though I could see the irritation in his eyes too. That and I heard him make a noise in the back of his throat when I removed my head from his lap, I wasn't sure what was up with that.
"Maybe it's the fact that you are lounging on your best friend like you would a boyfriend but yet you haven't laid on me like that," Liam said.
Both Scorpius and I looked at each other and arched our eyesbrows at him confused on why it mattered. "So?" I asked.
"So?! Rose you're my girlfriend, you are supposed to want to hang out with me more and yet you still hang out with him more. You lay on him like you are more comfortable with him than you are with me, and you let him stroke your hair which you seemed to be enjoying and I didn't even know that about you. See where I'm getting at?" he said angrily.
"Whoa there Finnegan I don't like what you are insinuating between me and Rosie here," Scorpius said with narrowed eyes.
"Was I talking to you Malfoy?" Liam spat.
Scorpius raised his eyebrows but shook his head and stayed quietly though he kept the brooding look on his face.
"Look Liam I like you a lot but Scorpius and I are best friends and we have been since 1st year that over 3 years of knowing each other and being comfortable around each other, just because I got with you didn't mean all of a sudden we'd stop being best friends and act like mere aquaintences to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside!" I yelled irritably.
"I never said to stop being best friends I just meant I'd like it better if you would do those things with your boyfriend rather than your best friend," Liam shouted.
At this point a small crowd was gathering, mostly of my family members who were looking on either really surprised by what was going on or angry that Liam was yelling at me. "Liam you and I have only been going out for 6 months so I'm not completely 100 percent comfortable with you just yet, these things take time. It doesn't happen all at once like you'd like you can either deal with that and my being more comfortable with my best friend and stay with me or we are through because I'm not gonna deal with your petty jealousy," I seethed.
"You would seriously throw us away over him?" Liam asked shocked and more than a little hurt.
"If you don't stop being a jerk yeah because I love him as a friend more than I like you as a boyfriend at the moment," I said blushing a little.
Liam looked shocked and completley hurt at once in fact it almsot looked like he teared up which made me feel bad. I happened to glance around everyone was in a stunned silence though my cousin Dominique who's one of my roommates when I actually sleep in the girls dorm here looked positively pleased at that since she was convinced Scorp and I were secretly in love but denying it, psh dumb bint though I loved her like crazy because she was my best girlfriend. Scorpius was smirking at Liam and winked at me when he caught my eye which made my stomach flutter a little. When I looked back at Liam he was pissed, I'm guessing he had seen the little exchange between Scorp and I. "I love you Rose but I can't compete with him for your affection anymore," he said a bit sadly.
"I'm sorry you feel that way and I care about you and hopefully we can stay friends but looks like we are over," I said also a bit sadly. "I wasn't kidding when I said I like you a lot though," I said getting a little embarassed that everyone was listening still.
"Like isn't good enough when I love you," he said and now I definitely saw tears start to well at the corner of his eyes that were a depressing shade of dark brown almost black signifying just how sad he was. Liam began walking through the crowd and they parted for him to go up to the boys dorm. My heart felt like it was breaking though since I really did like the kid but I knew it wasn't enough for him and his last sentence cute me deep. I began walking through the crowd who also parted though some of my family members tried to mob me to ask me if I was ok. I just waved them off and kept walking not wanting to cry in front of everyone there. They gave me the space I wanted and when I got out of the common room I took off running not even caring where I ran to and I almost knocked a few people over in my rush to get somewhere where I could be alone to cry. I ran up the the Astronomy tower and when I burst through the door at the very top I crumbled on the floor and cried. Why was I so much more willing to allow Scorpius close to me than my own boyfriend? Well ex-boyfriend? I didn't know the answer only that I had known Scorpius longer and so that was the reason I stuck with but still my heart hurt just thinking about how much I probably hurt Liam today, he really was a sweet heart when he wasn't be a jealous prat.
That's when the door creaked open and someone came out and sat next to me and pulled me onto their lap. I wrapped my arms around them and squeezed tight needing the comfort they were offering though I couldn't see who they were through the tears though I had a really good idea. I could smell the spearmint on his breath and the scent of his Ocean Surf scented Speedstick deodorant from my head being so close to his arms while being on his lap and the way he smelled of Citrus and Green Apples. It was Scorpius, I had memorized his scent back in 1st year. He moved me so I was craddled against his chest more and my head could rest in the crook of his neck. My arms were still around his chest and his arms were wrapped up around me snugly. He used one of them to rub my back and I could vaguely hear him muttering things like, "Don't worry about Finnegan, we were friends first," I'm here for you so you can cry all you want, I've got you," "I'm sorry about how you two ended, I never meant to get in the way," after that one I shook my head as if to say don't worry about it because really he was right Scorpius was in my life way before Liam was. Scorpius also said some other things I don't quite remember but hearing him constantly talk soothingly to me and rubbing my back was calming me down little by little. Finally after I had soaked his right shoulder thoroughly with my tears I began to just sniffle and hiccup but the tears had stopped and Scorpius stopped muttering things to me but he had continued rubbing my back in soothing circles.
When I was done finally I looked up at him, "Sorry about your shirt," I had said.
Scorpius laughed and said, "Don't worry about it Rosie you are more improtant that a stupid shirt."
I giggled a little in my hoarse voice from crying too much and then I tried clearing my throat, "Thanks for being there for me Scorp," I had said with a smile.
"You know I've always got your back Rose, here have a hankerchief," he smiled and handed me his white hankerchief that had a silver M stitched on it.
"Thanks," I said and blew my nose clearing my nose as well as I could afterwards I looked at it not so sure what to do with it.
"Just keep it for now in case you need it later and when you get it washed you can give it back," he said.
"Ok," I said surprised he could practically read my thoughts.
"Don't worry I can't read your thoughts just your facial expressions like an open book," he grinned cheekily.
"Stalker much?" I joked and both of us laughed.
"Only for you Rosie," he said and winked. I knew he was joking but I still blushed and laughed weirdly.
We stayed with him just holding me in his lap for a while in silence just wrapped up in an embrace. I was perfectly content like this weirdly enough but finally the silence had stretched on too long and so I broke it. "Scorpius?" I asked.
He hummed to show me he was listening before saying "Yes Rose?"
I lifted my head out from under his cheek since he had set his head on the top of my head and looked at him. His eyes were questioning but he was giving me his full attention. "Thanks for coming to comfort me," I said quietly.
His eyes glistened in humor since he had thought I had something way more important to say, I could tell just by looking at his eyes. "Your welcome, it's the least I could do after accidently ruining your relationship," he said and we both chuckled.
"I don't blame you, if he was going to get all jealous for me having a guy best friend than it was his loss," I said.
"Very true, you deserve more than a jealous turd," he said and we both chuckled.
"Yeah I guess I owe you one for this too huh?" I asked.
"Hey practice makes perfect right?" he had said his eyes glittering with humor and I couldn't help but laugh with him and nod.
"Just name it when I have to pay you back ok?" I asked.
"No problem, I'm gonna save it for sometime good," he chuckled darkly and his eyes were mischievous and I didn't trust that one bit. Damn Slytherins and their cunning.
"I'll be waiting," I had said and he smirked.
"Are you better now Rose?" he asked softly when we kept staring at each other in the eyes.
"Much, thanks Scorpius," I smiled and he nodded before we got up and stretched. Something came over me then like I felt like I needed to do something to pay him back even though he was planning something devious no doubt in that blonde head of his. So I leaned up and hugged him around the neck and he wrapped his arms around my waist again and I did the first thing that popped into my head I kissed him. I put some emotion into it to show how grateful I was for him and even though I never stuck my tongue in his mouth I could taste the spearmint on my lips. I pulled away gently and he was looking at me a bit dumbfounded and I giggled. "That's for making me feel better, I'll see you at dinner Scorp," and then I had unwrapped myself from him and walked back to the door and turned back around at it to see him looking after me with an unreadable expression so I smiled again and walked back to Gryffindor Tower. I never knew how long he stayed up there but when he walked into the Great Hall for dinner he was acting like nothing happened like me so him and I threw ourselves into conversation with Albus about the next Quidditch game which was going to be the following week, it was Gryffindor versus Slytherin and I was bragging about how many more goals than Scorp I was going to get while he disagreed and bragged about himself, just like it was before every game between our two houses. Albus just chuckled and said it wouldn't matter how many goals we scored because he was going to catch the Snitch and beat the game anyways. Ah life with my best friends, at that I had to laugh and they joined in.
That's how my first relationship ended and I had dated a few other guys during my 4th and 5th year I dated at least one person in each house except Slytherin so far , Dean and Padma Thomas' son also a Gryffindor was my second boyfriend before I tried other houses. His name was Ryan and he was pretty similar to Liam which is why I liked him so much until he too got jealous of Scorp. So I have had 4 boyfriends so far and of course they ended strangely in a pretty similar way they got jealous about Scorp and I eventually and since I wasn't going to tolerate that shit I broke it off, had a good cry on top of the Astronomy Tower wrapped up in Scorp's arms again, yes it was a really weird pattern that just kept happening including the kiss after all was said and done. That had somehow become my way of thanks to him and everytime he'd look after me with that unreadble expression and then at dinner that night it would be back to normal and neither of us would say anything. Scorpius of course had had girlfriends too, he was attractive so not surprising there. I was not above mentioning how hot my best friend had become but that didn't change anything between us, we were still like cousins or so we said at least. Anyways Scorpius had also had girlfriends and strangely they ended for roundabout the same reason, his girls who I didn't seem to like any of them by the end of their relationships anyways because there was always something wrong with them always seemed to get jealous of me. Ann Parkinson his first girlfriend and him began dating a week after Liam and I broke up, she had this really annoying habit of draping herself over Scorpius whenever any other girl was around, that just shouted out possessive and jealous bitch which I wasn't cool with because Scorp was not an item she could just claim he was a human being and not to mention he's MY best friend and I liked to hug him sometimes but she'd get all pissy if we hugged. Hell I even saw her scowl at me after I accidently bumped his shoulder after we left Defense Against The Dark Arts one day after class. Eventually Scorp got pissed of her always trying to shove her way between us so I couldn't even stand next to him so he dumped her and I gleefully pounced on him with the biggest hug I could muster right afterwards and told her that was for being such a possessive and jealous bitch which made her cry and Scorpius, Albus and I laugh our asses off.
His second girlfriend Mia Davis wasn't much better, he got with her two weeks after I dumped Ryan. Like I said she wasn't much better but she didn't try to throw herself between us every chance she got so I tolerated her a little longer before I convinced Scorp to kick her ass to the curb. In October of last year aka 5th year I got with Charlie Bones-MacMillan who was a Hufflepuff, why his parents decided to hyphenate his name I don't know but Susan and Ernie seemed to be crazy about each other and they loved their son to death. Anywho right around the same time Scorp got with Phoebe Chang, Cho Chang's daughter, she was a Ravenclaw and she was pretty for sure and she was actually pretty nice for the most part. Anyway the four of us and Albus and his girlfriend Blaire Zabini, yeah they had started going out and Zayne was relatively ok with it. So technically the six of us hung out all the time and you might wonder what my problem with her was? Well her and Charlie would flirt when they didn't think Scorp and I were paying attention but they seemed to be so smitten to us that we didn't do anything about it. Well after a couple of months I sadly got very bored with Charlie because he just didn't have the spark I wanted. I talked to him and tried to get us to do more fun things together and he tried for a while but then he noticed I had more fun when we were hanging out with Scorp and Phoebe so he just gave up and we broke up. You can probably see where this is going but I'll continue anyways, Scorp and I did our usual routine after a break up so naturally that means when we kissed he technically was cheating on his girlfriend and he thought about it after the fact and didn't really give a damn so he broke up with her and she accused him of sleeping with me for some unfathomable reason. Not even a week later Charlie and Phoebe got together and made quite a big show of it to us, we just laughed it off with Albus and Blaire. So they got butthurt but they stayed together and are still together now, whatever.
I don't really need to go over the details of the last of our relationships because you get the big ideal, Scorpius and I apparently attracted jealous people and still remain the best of friends. I can understand where they are coming from really I can but seriously neither of us are gonna cheat on our boyfriend/girlfriend other than that once and we feel terrible about that really we do but it's not like he was really that into Phoebe anymore anyways, she was practically salivating over my boyfriend their whole relationship so they are pretty much equal. Now that I have given you a basic overview of things this is where the tale really begins.
A/N: Phew that was a lot of writing but the ideas for this chapter just kept coming. Also I wanted to give you guys a bit of history before I start so I'm not mad rushing it all in somewhere. So this is for that purpose, next chapter I'm going to start writing as things are happening not a summary of what happened in the past like I did here. What Liam said was Irish, I google translated it, just wanted to point that out. So anyways thoughts on this chapter? Good? Bad? Too much? Too Little? Review and let me know guys I appreciate it! ^-^ Oh and I don't have this completely mapped out so ideas are welcome, anything you wanna see happen let me know and I might put it in. XD Oh and little bits here and there were inspired by another story I read. Like the asking a friend for help with kissing was inspired by Priori Incantatum by Reading-Between-The-Lines18 and I was also helped influenced a little bit by Take The Tumble by Kittenshift17. They are awesome, you should read them! XD