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"But Dad! She's mad, crazy, loco!" I screamed while running around the room in circles, my dad sitting in the couch right in the middle of where I went around,
"Mphghg," was all he let out, while I ranted, so my dad wasn't the best listener in the world, he just sat there, eating eighty percent of the time nodding without really listening.
"DAD! ARE YOU LISTENING MUM IS MAKING MY 'WORK PARTNER' SCORPIUS MALFOY!" I smiled while I shouted, because I knew this would trigger him, he hated Malfoys guts, well at least his fathers but that didn't mean that he didn't want his son any close to me,
"What!" he said getting up the red of his hair getting to his eyes,
"Told you she was insane, dad," but he didn't answer, I was waiting for my heroic father to come up with some amazing idea to get me out of this whole mess, but no, instead he sat back down again and shrugged, shrugged, my face burned up red,
"I'm sorry Rosie Muffin, but I can't do much about, it's not like I enjoy the idea of you and Malfoy working together, but your mum has always had the power over me so there isn't much I can do about it, unfortunately," he said continuing to eat his cookie, I let out an annoying high-pitched squeak and was about to speak again but my father continued, "she must be doing it for a reason, for you two to get along probably, I don't know, have a cookie" he said handing me one, I slapped it off his hand he gave me a frown,
"Yeah dad, you don't seem to know much," I snapped, "I thought of all the people I hoped you would be against the idea, you know how much I hate him dad, but no you bow down to mums feet like everyone else, fuck you," okay so I said the fuck you part in my head but all the rest was said, I was angry alright, you can't blame me, today had gone disastrous and just thinking about going back to the Ministry to work with him made me burn up.
Today Morning
"Miss Weasley," she said turning to look at me as my eyes were opened up wide at the person standing right there, what the hell is he doing here? "meet your new work partner," she announced happily like it was some kind of ceremony.
"WHAT!" we both shouted at the same time which just about summed up all the things that we had in common, not much you can tell,
"HIM!" I exclaimed while at the same time he shouted, "HER?"
"Yes," my mother said sneakily putting a pile of papers on this small desk, one small desk, "you two will work here," she said pointing to the miniscule desk, how where we both supposed to fit in there? "I've got to go do some things, I'll be back in an hour, please fill in all these forms she said walking out of the office leaving us both their standing avoiding each others gaze, I sat down on the only chair at the desk and saw Malfoy open his mouth to say something but I spoke up instead,
"Don't talk to me, Malfoy," I grumbled angrily snatching the first paper of the huge pile of files.
We continued quietly for about seven minutes when Malfoy spoke up,
"So..." he said awkwardly my eyebrows furrowed,
"Are you actually trying to make conversation with me Malfoy? I don't and won't talk to you for the rest of the summer, or ever for that matter, so kindly bugger off," his eye brows raised,
"Calm down, Weasley, I just thought that if we had to spend all of summer together we could at least try to be civil," hmph, that was kind of smart of him, I blushed a bit out of embarrassment, I hated when someone won and it wasn't me, I looked the other way, "or not..." he drowned on ruffling his blond hair, I sneaked a look at him, it would sure be easier to hate him if he wasn't so bloody attractive, what? Don't look at me like that, anyway.
We kept working, and suddenly it felt like a competition on who could fill more forms, I know dumb right, well who cares if I got to win I did it, so my hands worked fast across the parchment, one by one, he kept glancing at me as he started to speed up his writing his eyes slanting towards me his eyebrows furrowing, I knew I was winning because I had started earlier and was a bit faster at writing I smiled to myself and suddenly he stopped putting everything down,
"What in the name of Merlin is wrong with you?" he asked, I suddenly stopped, looking at him with a confused look,
"Nothing," I replied sheepishly, woo great comeback, way to go, Rose, but really nothing was wrong with me, right? I was just a bit competitive, liked to win a lot, I never liked to lose, wanted everything to be perfect, got perfect grades, au contraire I'm perfect right? That's what I want to be anyway, flawless, perfect in every way, isn't it impossible though? No, not for me. I can do anything,
"Rose," Malfoy said, I shook by hearing him say my name, it was soft too, it was so weird, weirdly unfamiliar in a good way, "are you alright?" he said looking at me worriedly. What was this? Since when did we actually ask each other if we were 'alright' never, that's when, I didn't like how he was being friendly with me, not at all. So like with everything I don't like I decided to stop it, immediately,
"Malfoy, why do you care anyway? Can we just keep hating each other like always, it's much easier that way, and we know we would never get along anyway," I said calmly, perfect that should do,
"Fine," he spat, "sorry for trying to be nice," he said.
For the rest of the day we kept glaring at each other and he muttered little bad words, that I really shall not enlighten you with, but I smiled, everything back to normal. I know I seem a bit weird liking that he hates me, but I got used to it, its normal to me and anything that isn't normal gets me off my perfect little world, and when things aren't the way I want them to be, well, I don't know what happens when that happens, because it has never happened before, and never will.
When mum came back, she informed me that she would take me home and then would come back and keep working, I was so relieved to get out of there that I pretty much leaped off my seat when she said it, not even muttering a goodbye to Malfoy, pff, I didn't even glance back I just snatched my mums arm so she could apparate me back home, anywhere, but here.
Now
I woke up the next day stretching making loud groaning sounds, I was wearing a bra and short shorts, that's what I sleep with, problem? I usually put on an oversized before going downstairs but today out of all the days to choose of the year I decided to go downstairs without it, it was seven thirty anyway and my family never woke up so early, at least dad and Hugo.
I quietly took each step of the stairs making my way to the kitchen when,
"SURPRISE!" A choir of voices sang, fuck, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" my whole family screamed, and this time it was my whole family, so not only mum, dad, and Hugo, but grandmas Molly, and Jane, grandpas Arthur, and John, uncles Harry, George, Percy, Bill, Charlie aunts Ginny, Angelina, Audrey, Fleur, and my cousins James, Albus, Lily, Fred, Roxanne, Molly, Lucy, Victoire, Dominique, Louis, and Ted who though isn't my cousin feels like one and Victoire and him will get engaged soon enough anyway. Yeah small family I've got not to mention that James' best friend was there some bloke named Adan Jackson, and Albus' best friend was there too, and guess who it is, none other than Scorpius Malfoy ladies and gentlemen, and I'm only wearing these short shorts and a bra, woopee.
There was a very awkward silence that followed as Adan and Scorpius scanned my body with their eyes, uncomfortable, I am uncomfortable, I need to leave, now.
"Er," I started and then made a run for it back to my room, damn they can see half my arse with these stupid shorts.
Well this sums it up, best birthday ever!
Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday Rose Weasley, happy birthday to me...
When I had finally put some clothes on Dom came upstairs giving me a reassuring hug,
"Hey, it was no big deal, it was our family... and Adan and Scorpius," she suddenly burst out laughing, thanks Dom, I love you too, "did you see how they were looking at you? They were drooling, it was bloody hilarious," I stayed quiet her face suddenly turned grave, "oh, sorry, it's no biggie Rose, come downstairs now," and before I could respond she pulled me downstairs where my family waited, no one mentioned the er, situation. I was plastered with hugs and kisses from my family not to mention a pile a presents, when you have a big family you get a lot of presents, they're not all that great but as long as I get at least one new book I'm content.
I got this weird 'iPod' thing from my grandparents from Dad's side, said to use a 'cable' to put it in my Muggle computer, yeah grandpa Arthur obliged the whole family to get one so we could communicate, I got pretty good at it actually I can 'surf' the internet, 'research' and of course 'send e-mails' and 'chat' but the rest of my family, yeah they are pretty useless at using the weird contraption.
Jane and John gave me an 'iTunes gift card' which apparently went along with this 'iPod' thing, interesting. Harry and Ginny gave me the new Quidditch broom 'Lightning 2000' which made me squeal with happiness, George and Angelina rewarded me with a bunch of joke toys, Percy and Audrey a bunch of books, I like books, just so you know. Bill and Fleur this weird box thing to put jewelry, I don't wear jewelry, that when you open plays french music, okay. James and Al got me a Quidditch broom cleaning kit, Lily another 'iTunes gift card' she was a bit obsessed with Muggle things just like grandpa, so now I have 150 euros summed up of 'iTunes money'. Fred more joke toys, Roxanne make-up, I don't use make-up, Molly a book for fifth years, I'm going to sixth year, Lucy another book for fifth years, alright then. Victoire more make-up, Dom this really cool bag thing that you can put all your pencils, notebooks, and textbooks in, in an organized matter, it also tells you the time each time you open it and what class you have next since you can incorporate it into its system, awesome! Dom knows me so well. Louis, gave me some joke toys, Adam gave me a card that said 'Happy Birthday' and sang this Muggle song, yeah he's Muggle-born, it was nice nonetheless, Scorpius sat in the back of the room chatting with Al, he had no present for me of course, not like I wanted one, not from him.
Then, finally, my parents gave me a new bookshelf that already had five books in it, all very interesting ones, and Hugo, my dearest brother, gave me, tun, tun, tun, socks.
"To go with your short shorts and bra," he said while handing them to me, the whole family heard, they all burst out laughing, except for mum who slapped his head, but then chuckled a bit too.
I love how my family is always there for me.
Aw, poor Rose.
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