Summary : What are Rose's real reasons for being so mean to Scorpius Malfoy? And Scorpius, why is he acting so desperate around her?
Disclaimer : I don't own Harry Potter, only the plot's mine.
On the Platform 9 and 3/4
"Rose, you beat him in every test, you hear me?" said her father, Ronald Weasley, sternly.
"Yes, dad." answered she almost in a whisper.
"Don't you drill this nonsense into my daughter's head, do you hear me, Ronald Weasley? Whenever her mother called her husband by his first name, it wasn't to be taken lightly.
"But if that slimy git touches her, I'll..." his threats trailing off as his wife gave him a very strict look, as if saying : "don't you dare continue."
Rose was off to the Hogwarts' Express now, sick of listening to her 2 parents bicker. It was always like that for her : her dad starting off with the Slytherins and the Malfoys, her mum admonishing him. She heard it all so many times before. She was off to discover the word and she can do whatever she wanted at Hogwarts. But as of now, she was seeing a blond boy approaching her normally.
"Hi, I'm Scorpius Malfoy. You must be Rose Weasley, I could recognize you by the colour of your hair." said he as a greeting.
"Sod off, Malfoy, I don't have time for this, I've got to catch the Hogwarts Express and so do you."
"But-"
She ran off to the Hogwarts' Express, not even letting him finish what he was going to say to her, to find an empty compartment for her and her cousins, Hugo was too young to go to Hogwarts yet.
At Hogwarts, sorting ceremony 2 days later
"Look Weasley, you didn't even let me finish my self-introduction to you."
"Did it ever occur to you that I don't want to hear it, Malfoy? She almost spit out his last name, crushing the blond's spirit.
"No, but please listen. I just want to be friends?"
"Friends with you? After everything your family did to mine in school, I don't think so." She said that as she went away to escape him.
Despaired, disparaged Scorpius Malfoy was only half paying attention when the Sorting Hat called his name.
"Malfoy, Scorpius, Slytherin!"
and
"Weasley, Rose, Gryffindor."
"What a year it's going to be." thought he, after the Sorting had put them into 2 enemy houses.
But with homework and everything else, the year passed quickly for them. During the year, Rose never even glanced at him, just studying after studying. He tentatively and shyly said "Hello Weasley", only to get dark looks from her. Discouraged, he returned home with all "O", but without knowing why the girl he fell in love at first sight, hated him so much. He wanted to talk about it in the Summer with his 2 best friends, Zabini and Knott.