SNAKE'S GAME
CHAPTER ONE 1
Dear Mom and Dad,
My report card should be arriving home soon. As usual, all O's. That last paper in potions almost brought it down, but I got Professor to let me redo it. Didn't you say you had Professor Slughorn, too? He's the best! I'm so bad at potions, but he really helps me through it. All the other classes are so easy! I wish they had honors classes like at muggle schools.
You should have seen Albus today! Scorpius and I almost got into a duel again... (I know I know, I shouldn't fight anyone. I shouldn't waste my time with him. He's just so irritating!) He made some comment about how I was finally growing into myself so I snapped at him. He laughed at me! Can you believe it?! He laughed at me! What a git! So I pulled my wand. And the second before a teacher came around the corner, Albus stepped in front of me and jinxed him! Professor McGonagall saw it and gave him a detention. I told him I could handle myself but he said that he saw a teacher coming and didn't want me to ruin my perfect record. He said the detention was worth it. That's why he's my best mate! Always looking out for me.
I still think Ginger thinks she's a tiger, not a kitten. You should have seen her try to attack Scorpius earlier! It was so funny watching him try to shake her claws out of him. I was dying of laughter!
On a darker note... Stephen broke up with me. ON THE NIGHT OF THE DANCE! I cried forever! Lily held me the entire night while Albus tried persuading us to let him kill him. I wouldn't let him. I hear he's already moved on to Mary Parkinson. Can you believe it! He broke up with me for a Slytherin!
I cannot wait for Christmas! Just one week until I see you again!
With Love,
Rose
Rose got up from the desk in the library and headed out into the cold afternoon. No body was outside. It was way too cold for that. She wrapped her scarlet scarf tighter around her neck. Fifth year was so much harder than all the other years, she barely had time for anything other than homework and studying.
Walking up to the owlery (almost slipping on the top stair) she found Albus' owl. He said she could use it whenever she wanted. He usually used James' owl anyways (it was much faster). A piece of her red-orange hair fell out of her hood and she blew it away. She tied the letter to the owl and sent it on its way.
She walked back to the stairs and, of course, slipped on the top stair. Then she felt hands on her waist, steadying her.
"Watch yourself, babe." The angelic voice came from the Slytherin devil himself.
"Don't call me babe!" I snapped back. He tucked that piece of my hair that fell out back into my hood. I jerked away. "Don't touch me." He only laughed, his angular jaw loosening.
"Relax, Weasley. You need to relax."
"I do not need to relax! You just need to keep away from me!"
"Or what?" he asked, then passed her, going into the owlery. She huffed and walked back down. Time to go back to the library to study...