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Robert Quillan
It was official, her cousin James was evil.
Not only did her entire body ache but Rose was made beater rather than her intended position as keeper. She was also certain to not be able to lift her arms for a week thanks to James' vigorous training regime, and she sort of needed her arms for the carrying out everyday tasks such as getting herself ready the remainder of the sighed in defeat before continuing to rearrange the clutter of the desk, most of it was the typical products that Witch Weekly insisted that every teenaged witch had to possess. Once it was pristine, the foundation placed in height order and the vast number of lotions color coded, Rose gave herself a mental pat on the back for in her opinion this was a job well done.
She smacked her hands together before reaching for the copy of Quidditch Weekly from her bed, the Wimbourne Wasps were prestigious team and Rose played her cards right she could get a chance at getting scouted for their junior team. For as long as she could remember, playing professional Quidditch had been a passion of hers. Though despite her mother's insistence that she had other paths to chose from, she aspires for it nonetheless.
It was rumoured that they were to be attending the final match of the school inter house games, so Rose was sure to play her best at each of her matches.
It was then that the door was swung open with such force, Rose worried that a permanent dent was going to left on the wall and a chorus of giggles echoed throughout the once silent room. Two of her roommates, Kaylee Thomas- a pretty girl with light brown skin with long braided hair, and Suzanne Jordan- a dark skinned girl with long dark locks walked in.
It wasn't that Rose disliked her room mates at all, she hardly ever saw them outside of their shared classes and bed times. It was just that like most of the girls in her year, they had little in common and there wasn't much to converse about other than the weather- which was a very boring topic when brought up in conversation.
"Rose you have a free period," Kaylee stated with a grin "Well good since we're heading down to the lake to meet Meara and Augusta" She said with excitement. Suzanne giggled as if unable to contain her excitement for much longer and proceeded to untie her hair from the confines of its ponytail.
"Maybe" Rose said, mirroring her answer to Meara from the previous day, however unlike the short Hufflepuff, Kaylee Thomas wasn't going to take that as an answer.
"That wasn't a question...now we'll give you five minutes to get ready and meet us" Kaylee demanded before reaching for her lipgloss placed on the desk. However in her haste to reach it, she knocked over one of the lotion bottles, which in turn started a domino effect and Rose's immaculate arrangement was ruined before you could say 'acromantula'
Rose stared at the now messy desktop as if trying to register in her mind what had just happened. At the redheads silence, both Kaylee and Suzanne exchanged worried glances since the both of them didn't want to experience her temper first hand.
"Maybe we should give you ten minutes to get ready…" Suzanne suggested before quickly pulling on Kaylee's arm. The dark skinned girl needed little encouragement in leaving and once the thud of the door signified that they had indeed left Rose was plunged into silence once more.
To her pleasure she wasn't bothered again since Kaylee and Suzanne gave her fifteen minutes to get ready.
The chilly october breeze ran through her thick hair and the bronze autumn leaves brushed against the ground as they were swept around by the wind. Rose folded her arms over her chest in displeasure as both Kaylee and Suzanne proceeded to pull her down towards the lake. Despite their smaller, more petite frames they had a large amount of strength that even had Rose surprised as they dragged her across the grounds. A few sixth and seventh years had taken the opportunity to study outside as the lakeside was littered with numerous amounts of parchment, quills and textbooks in an attempt to prepare for upcoming exams.
"Look there they are" Suzanne called out, as she pointed over to where Augusta and Meara were currently lying. The girls proceeded to pull her down towards them and Rose had little choice but to follow since they held a vice like grip on her arms.
As per usual, Mimi Finnegan had a large box of sweets next to her, however this time they appeared to be of a foreign origin as written on the box was a language which Rose failed to understand.
"Kiki!" She called out with excitement once she noticed Kaylee approaching, her arms were outstretched and a wide smile across her face.
"Mimi" Kaylee responded with as much enthusiasm and both girls embraced in what appeared to be a bone crushing hug. Kaylee Thomas and Meara Finnegan were as close as two best friends could be, despite their respective houses the girls managed to make their sister type bond work.
"Rose you came!" Mimi said excitedly before popping some of the unknown sweets into her mouth. Rose nodded and proceeded to take a seat on the slightly itchy grass with her legs outstretched in front of her and arms placed behind to hold herself upright
"I had little choice in that matter…" Rose muttered whilst giving both Kaylee and Suzanne glares that caused them to quickly avert their gaze to anywhere but her face. Mimi nodded before lying back down on her back and proceeded to pop the candy pieces into her mouth.
"What sort of sweet is that?" Suzanne asked as she inspected the box, twirling it between her fingers and gently shaking its contents.
"My grandparents got it from India- they're pretty sweet" She said with a grin before eating more.
"You know eating on your back can result to choking, and if the Heimlich maneuver is not administered correctly can lead to death"Rose stated in a bored tone. The statement caused Mimi to bolt upright whilst violently coughing from a mixture of both shock and horror. Both Suzanne and Kaylee shook their heads in disbelief at Rose, whilst Augusta quickly patted at her friends back. In all fairness Rose didn't expect reaction and in her defense the smaller girl shouldn't have been eating in that position.
"I'm not doing that again…" Mimi muttered once she had overcome her coughing fit, however she proceeded to eat her sweets with caution.
"Any fit ones today?" Kaylee asked once she had stopped giving Rse a look of utter disapproval. Augusta nodded before gesturing to a group of boys messing around at the bottom of the lake by trying to push each other in. Of course the girls watched in interest as one of the boys- a seventh year hit the water with a splash which caused his wet shirt to cling to his body. this in Rose's opinion was utterly idiotic, for not only would he be at risk of getting cold, he would also get into trouble for swimming in the lake during school hours.
"Seventh years are so fit…" Suzanne drawled as she continued to watch the boys messing around.
"Yeah…" Augusta and Mimi sighed in agreement, though Mimi had her attention on her sweets.
Rose barely resisted an eye roll at their antics, drooling over boys like a bunch of- well girls. It was why she often preferred her own company to her peers, for not only did her appearance differ, but also their interests.
"Even Scorpius is fit- well for a Slytherin" Kaylee added in an almost dreamy tone. Rose quickly double blinked before glancing up, and sure enough sitting on the grass were a group of Slytherin sixth years and among them her cousin Al and Scorpius Malfoy.
"Mimi, isn't your sister a snake?" snake Suzanne asked off handedly. Meara Finnegan's younger sister, Saoirse, was a slightly broad fourth year who was dangerously close to being six feet tall. She wasn't one to get on the wrong side of- especially during a Quidditch match when she served as her house team's beater.
"Slytherin not snake" Mimi corrected with a hint of annoyance one wouldn't expect. Rose assumed that like herself, Mimi was protective of her siblings.
A chorus of giggles sounded and glancing over Rose noticed that the Slytherin boys were surrounded by a group of Slytherin girls. Rose shook her head in disbelief as Scorpius arrogantly smoothed back his pale blonde hair with his trademark smirk, whilst the girls practically squealed in delight.
Noticing her annoyed expression; Kaylee, Suzanne , Augusta and Mimi exchanged worried glances. As much as the Gryffindor girls dislikes Slytherin's, they didn't want a fight breaking out between the students who couldn't stand each other.
"Maybe we should go before...you know something happens" Augusta worriedly stated.
Mimi nodded in agreement before linking arms with the taller blonde, their friendship was almost comical- the tall blonde and the short brunette, yet they managed to stay together through thick and thin.
"Rose…" Said Kaylee in a tone one would use on a misbehaving child.
"Let's go, maybe we can go to the library or something" Suzanne suggested in an attempt to gain the redhead's attention. Of course at the mention of 'library' Rose was instantly hooked. Though as they left the lakeside, she was quick to spare a glance Scorpius' way, she instantly regretted it at the sight of a pretty brunette grasping a hold of his arm. The sight left an odd feeling in the pit of her stomach.
It had all been fine until his friend and roommate, Kai Zabini had pointed out the group of fit looking Hufflepuffs lying on the grass. Naturally of course he looked over, however Al instantly regretted it for his eyes became locked on hers. Meara Finnegan was something else entirely; bright sea blue eyes, small nose and thick chocolate brown curls that he was itching to run his hands through to see if they were as soft as it looked.
Her mustard yellow house scarf was wrapped tightly around her neck, the large rings dwarfing her small frame further and making her appear that more adorable.
His breath became hitched in his throat the moment she smiled at him- a wide infectious smile which always had him captivated from the first moment he saw it. He knew he was staring, he wanted to turn away- he really did, but he was hooked like a moth to a flame.
"I think he's drooling…" Mat Goyle, a burly boy in his year sniggered in an attempt to bring humor to the situation. Ignoring Mat he found himself smiling as Meara delicately waved her fingers at him, her captivating smile still present.
"She is fit" Kai stated in a matter of fact tone and Al was quickly snapped from his thoughts the moment his friends all hummed in agreement. Since when were they allowed to oogle the girl he fancied, then it suddenly occurred to him that she was indeed surrounded by hormone driven boys each of them mentally undressing her from her thick scarf and oversized robes.
"Don't worry, Al no one here is making a move on Finnegan" Scorpius stated before quickly sending a glare towards the large group of hormonal teenage boys.
"You better make a move before someone else does.." Mat pointed out as he gestured to the students dotted around with blue and red house scarves.
Albus sighed, though it was true that he fancied Meara Finnegan, there was the issue that every time he talked to her his words would fail him as if someone had engorged his tongue. He sometimes wished that he had his brothers Gryffindor courage to just go straight over to the girl and ask her out, though he knew that it wasn't going to happen. He wasn't his father and he wasn't James. He was just Al.
"That doesn't matter, she's off limits" Scorpius stated in a 'that's final' tone, which had everyone nodding in agreement.
"you're going to have to ask her out sooner or later" Scorpius pointed out.
"I think I saw Vodden with his eye on her earlier" He added off handedly. Albus groaned, Ruaridh Vodden was a seventh year Ravenclaw with perfect hair, perfect teeth and downright perfect everything. If Vodden had his sights set on Meara then Albus knew that his own chances with her were slim.
"Y-you don't think she'll go out with him, do you?" He asked Scorpius, almost pleadingly. Scorpius shrugged before shifting his emerald green tie, something that had always irritated Al to no end.
"Do Hippogriffs shit in woods?" Scorpius asked in a bored tone. Al groaned, it seemed that if he wanted to get with Meara Finnegan he had to make a move and soon.
Her arms were still aching her by the time they had potions class that afternoon, at least with the added heat from the cauldron fire Rose was allowed to escape the chilly autumn breeze. After many incidents with Mimi and fire, Rose was sure to keep a close eye on the cauldron, and that left the brunette on cutting duty. The class was a mixture of all the sixth year students since advanced potions was a difficult class to get into, it wasn't popular among her peers.
"So about the lake.." Mimi started as the thud of the knife hitting the chopping board echoed throughout the room, "I'm sorry if we were a little um much" She apologized.
Rose sighed before tucking a stray curl behind her ear and out of her eyes, though her wild curls were tied into a ponytail for the class, one strand always managed to escape in an attempt to present itself as an inconvenience.
"Mimi, there's no need- you like your stuff and I like mine" Rose stated, her eyes focused on the bubbling brew in the cauldron. Mimi nodded before silently adding the now diced porcupine quills.
With Professor Slughorn stepping out with Augusta for a brief moment most of the class carried on with their potions- well most.
"That's probably your best potion yet, Weasley pity you had Finnegan doing the work" Scorpius teased as he sauntered over to where the two girls were stationed. Mimi kept her head down in an attempt to avoid the impending confrontation, Rose however accepted the challenge.
"Piss off Malfoy" Rose spat, her back now turned away from the potion. Scorpius smirked at the reaction he had received from her, however Rose was far from impressed.
"Language, Weasley" He lightly scolded in a tone one would use on a child, which caused Rse to glare daggers at the pale blonde. Unknown to the bickering teens, the potion was starting to bubble the liquid flowing dangerously close to the rim...
"Umm Rose..we have a situation-" Mimi called out as she noticed the potion starting to steam.
"Not now Mimi" Rose hissed before turning her attention back to Scorpius "You can't tell me what to do" She snapped at the blonde. Mimi quickly started firing spells in an attempt to calm the potion, however her attempts were in vain and the potion continued to flow, clouds of steam rising dangerously into the air.
"You obviously need some sort of direction with language like that" Scorpius remark earned him sniggers of approval from his housemates.
"Well you obviously-" Rose started before turning towards the potion with a horrified look, there was little time to react as the potion suddenly exploded with a bang, its contents drenching the desk, floor and an unfortunate Mimi.
"Oh Merlin, are you alright?!" Rose exclaimed as she ran over to where Mimi was hunched over clutching her arm in pain. Half of the students had formed a circle around the three students, all pushing pat each other to gain a glimpse of what had happened.
"Mmnm fine.." Mimi groaned before gingerly outstretched her arm only to wince in pain as her singed robes touched her burnt skin. Rose found herself grimacing at the bright reddish-pink wound, Mimi definitely was not fine and she was definitely in trouble.
"Ew thats disgusting, it's all pink!" Haven Rosier, a curly haired blonde exclaimed with disgust.
The classroom door was swung open and Professor Slughorn and Augusta Longbottom walked back inside, both wearing identical looks of confusion as the class were out of their seats and a student was crouched on the floor in pain.
"Students back to your seats and Albus take Meara to the hospital wing" Professor Slughorn ordered once he had assessed the situation. Rose offered Mimi an apologetic glance as she was escorted out of the class, and the brunette offered her a thumbs up with her uninjured arm. However it appeared that Rose wasn't in the clear since Professor Slughorn needed an explanation, and her and Scorpius looked very guilty stood in the middle of the 'crime scene' The pair both glanced at each other and it was then that they knew that they were in trouble.
The hospital wing always reminded him of all those failed attempts of practicing for the Quidditch team, Al would spend endless hours of the first few weeks of term just practicing for the tryouts. Of course no one but Scorpius knew, his friend had been the one to train him and trying to keep the latter secret proved easier said than done when one had a family as large as his. Every visit to the hospital wing after falling he would've came up with some bogus excuse as to how he had a fractured wrist, or as to why he was bruised. He hated lying but he hated being a disappointment even more.
"You still home?" Meara asked, her sapphire blue orbs searching his emerald green ones. A few of her chocolate brown curls had fallen to frame her face and Albus felt the sudden urge to brush them back and run his hand through them, however he kept his hands by his side, bunching them up with handfuls of the sheets to ensure that they remained there. He suddenly found himself smiling, her smiles were just too infectious for him to resist and combined with those wide blue eyes he was hopeless.
His brother James had always talked about a girls bust- the larger the better he had always said; and his friends had often described a girls arse. Though Albus wasn't a saint, he had looked when his friends pointed, he had stared when a pretty Ravenclaw girl had bent over to retrieve her quill- he was a teenage boy after all. Though at the very moment he had found himself entrance only by Meara Finnegan's eyes, a bright sapphire blue like a vast waters of an ocean, and Albus was drowning in them.
"Yeah. Still home" He said whilst running a hand through his unruly hair. He glanced up and noticed her eyes watching him intently while her lips formed a small smile. He glanced down at his own appearance, wondering if perhaps there was something on his face or maybe she was laughing at him internally.
"You do that thing with your hair" She stated after the short silence. He quickly glanced up, too fast for he instantly regretted it.
"What thing?" He asked, his hand unconsciously moving to his hair which surprisingly caused her to smile.
"That thing" She stated as she started running her hands through her own hair, an action that he found oddly erotic and he was forced to look away as she slowly ran her fingers through her thick chocolate brown curls.
"You do that- you run your hand through your hair. It's really distracting- oops um never mind what I said" She added answered- almost too quickly for most of the words were muttered and placed together with little but a breath in between. He smiled at the hint of pink which had graced her cheeks, before his focus landed on the white bandages wrapped around her arm.
"Does is hurt?" He asked, his hands moving to gingerly grasp her wrist as he inspected the bandages wrapped around her forearm. She shook her head silently, though her eyes were downcast and Al was suddenly aware that his fingers were still wrapped around her slim wrist. His eyes suddenly widened and he quickly released his hold of her, his hands retreating back to his lap, his head lowered for he couldn't face her- not with a stunt like that.
"Oh..sorry. I didn't mean to" He quickly muttered, unaware of how Meara had placed the slender fingers of her hand over his own.
"Al…" She whispered, and he slowly glanced up upon hearing his name though he didn't miss the way her fingers were subtly placed over his own.
"Its okay, you don't have to be nervous around me" She told him with a wide infectious smile and he instantly knew that he was gone.
So what did you think of that?
Poor Rosie-posie not having anything in common with the 'normal' girls.
I burnt my OC but it was essential to allow Al to have some time with her.
What punishment will Rose and Scorpius face, will Al make his move. find out next time on Thorns.
JustAnotherFairy :)