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It's been a few weeks since the start of term feast, when I had last seen her. I haven't really seen much of anyone lately since classes started, what with all the assignments that have been given to us in preparations for N.E.W.T.S. next year.
Excited that this period of Charms is finally over after being assigned a rather large essay on the Aguamenti spell, I begin to make my way down the moving staircases towards the Great Hall. My stomach hasn't stopped gurgling all through class, and all I want to do right now is sit down and eat.
As I round the corner about to enter the Great Hall I collide with someone, scattering both of our belongings over the stone floor. I look up and realisation dawns on me. I just bumped into Rose, and she's not alone.
"Oh, I'm so sorry about that. I wasn't really w-watching where I was going," I apologise. I bend over quickly trying to sort out whose notes belong to whom.
"It's ok. I wasn't really paying attention either; I was too busy talking to my cousin here," she replies, before bending low to help me, her cousin watching us intently.
In the scramble of our hands hastily grabbing each other's assignments and books, our hands touched briefly when we both made to grab her copy ofFlesh-Eating Trees of the World. Surprisingly again, she didn't flinch or try to retract her hand quickly, but merely looked up at me and smiled, our eyes meeting in a silent connection.
"Oh, sorry," I say, not really knowing what to say to her. I finally pick up the book and hand it to her along with her notes that I had managed to pick up.
"Why are you apologising? You know you didn't do anything wrong, right?" she asks.
"Force of habit, I guess," I reply quietly, staring down at my feet.
"Well don't," she says with a small grin.
"Well, I'll let you go I guess," I say, beginning to make my way over to the Hall.
"Wait. Scorpius?"
I turn around, wondering what she could possibly want.
"Listen, I was wondering, we're on our way to the library to start on our mountain of assignments, and I was wondering if maybe you would like to join us. I figure you can get some work done as well, but at least you won't have to sit alone."
I'm taken aback at her offer. Why would she want to be around me? The boy with her is looking at her curiously. Obviously he doesn't know her intentions either.
"Sure," I finally decide, feeling the gurgling in my stomach begin to grow.
She now is smiling more broadly than I've ever seen her smile. She actually is quite pretty, now that I think of it. But there would be absolutely no way anything would develop. After all, I'm a Slytherin and never has Slytherin mingled with Gryffindors. Even more so, I'm a Malfoy, and as long as I've known, no one wants to associate with a Malfoy. It should be shocking that we are even going somewhere together.
We began to ascend the stairs, making our way to the Library on the fourth floor. The walk up is fairly quiet until Rose breaks the silence.
"Scorpius, this is Albus by the way. I don't think you two have met."
"No, we haven't." I look at him, noticing at first his untidy black hair. "It's nice to meet you."
He looks at me, his green eyes meeting mine. "Nice to meet you, too", he says quickly, before looking away.
Another lapse of silence started until we at last reach the doors of the dark mahogany doors of the Library. Opening the door, we walked into a vast room filled with bookshelves from floor to ceiling, laden with books. The only sounds were those of hushed voices from other students studying with their friends, and the turning of pages. In the centre of the room behind a large wood desk sat the librarian, glaring at students whose hushed whispers were becoming too loud.
We walked to the northeast corner of the room to a large empty table and sat, each of us retrieving quills, parchment and the necessary books we would need, and began to work.
After about half an hour, I finished my Charms essay and began to crack open my Potions textbook, working on another essay.
"Anymore work and I don't know what I'm going to do with myself," Albus says, frustrated.
"I agree. I thought studying for O.W.L.S. was hectic," says Rose.
I nod in agreement.
"Listen, how about we make this a regular thing? You know, studying up here on our free period?" Rose offers.
Albus looks at her wonderingly. "Yeah, I guess we could do that," he says quietly.
"What about you?" She looks at me. "Do you want to study with us, or would you rather be alone?" she asks teasingly, a grin on her pale face.
"Yeah, sure. Sounds fun," I agree.
"Good, then it's set then," she says excitedly. A loud shushing sound is heard from the librarian's desk. Looking up, I realise that it was us she was telling to be quiet by the glaring stare she is giving me. I mouth an apology, and hastily return to my textbook.
We sat there, the three of us, studying and poring over our notes for what seemed like hours. The only sound permeating the silence was that of the bells ringing, indicating that it was now time for supper.
"Oh man," Albus says through a yawn. "Have we really been here this long?"
"No kidding," I reply. "I could really use something to eat right now." My stomach groaned almost excitedly at the thought finally eating.
"Me too," Rose agrees.
After packing up our things and returning any used books to the shelves, we exited the library and made our way hurriedly down the stone staircase towards the ground floor.
Approaching the Great Hall, I think of how much it's a shame that we are in different houses. At least if we were in the same house I'd have someone to talk to.
"What are you thinking about, Scorpius?" Rose asks, watching my face inquisitively.
"Nothing," I lie. "Just hungry that's all."
"Oh, ok then. Well, Albus and I are over here, so I guess we'll see you later then?"
"Yeah, for sure. I'll see you guys later."
They both wave as they leave, making their way towards the Gryffindor table.
Definitely a shame, I think to myself as I make my way over to the other side of the room to a table full of staring Slytherins. Ignoring them, I take a seat and fill my plate with food and begin to eat.
My stomach finally satisfied, I stand up and start to leave the Great Hall. Glancing towards the Gryffindor table, I see that it is almost cleared but for a few slow-eaters, and a pair at the other end of the table playing a game of Wizards Chess. Both Rose and Albus have already left, I guess.
Leaving the Great Hall and navigating my way through the hallways, I make my way to the Slytherin dormitories in the dungeons of the castle. Upon entering, I notice immediately that the dormitory is empty, so I remove my school robes and climb into my four-poster bed, closing the green velvet curtains around me. Lifting the silk emerald and silver sheets over my body, I lie down and immediately relax.
I close my eyes and sleep instantly overtakes me.
I began to dream about the events that happened earlier today; meeting up with Rose and her cousin, seeing how sweet her face looked when she smiled. The dream starts to change, showing me talking to Rose, alone, in the library. Albus is no where around. We are laughing, ignoring the constant glares from the librarian. We stare and look at each other, getting closer until eventually our lips touched in a soft kiss. Breaking the kiss, our eyes meet again, and we resume kissing, her sweet lips touching mine.
I begin to feel a stirring in my trousers and stop abruptly, trying to avoid embarrassment. She looks down at the growing bulge in my pants and suppresses a little giggle.
"It's okay, Scorpius." She was barely able to finish what she was saying before her lips were touching mine again, more passionately, her hands touching me everywhere.
The dream begins to fade and I notice that I am in fact awake, staring at the ceiling between the posts on my bed. I'm covered in sweat. I begin to remove the bed sheets and notice at once that I wasn't just stirring in my trousers in the dream. Shocked, I see that my pants and underwear are soaked with cum.
I quickly murmur a spell to clean myself and change my clothes.
Did I just get off on a dream of Rose?
A/N: Well, what do you think? Again, I'm sorry if this may be going to slow, but as stated before I am trying to do a longer fic, so please bear with me. Reviews are always appreciated.