Fifth year passed in a blur as students rushed to prepare for their O.W.L.s later in the week.
Rose had already had her career counseling with Professor Longbottom, the Head of House for Gryffindor. He suggested she pursue a career as a Healer or an Auror, but what she wanted most was a position on the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, like her mother. When Hermione heard that was Rose was interested in becoming a lawyer, she had fluttered around Rose like a bird muttering warnings and tips into her ears none stop.
She took a calming breath as she stared down at the Potions exam in front of her. Her quill was trembling and the ink pot shook as she tried to steady her hands. As she read, she realized she knew the answers and her panic subsided tremendously. She wrote with careful cursive as she explained why the potion needed newt's tail instead of flax seed.
The rest of her exams were completed with ease and her mum was extremely proud of her when her results came in.
Albus and Rose grabbed a train car and set their things inside on the rails above the seats. Once they were situated, Rose took out her snowy white kitten from the whicker basket beside her. She "meow"ed cutely and settled on Rose's lap with a satisfied purr.
"Why did your parents let you get a cat again?" Albus asked as her waved at some free flying white hairs near his face.
"I grew up with Crookshanks and I've always been fond of cats. So when Crookshanks died, mum let me get my own to take to school with me," Rose said with a rub down Snowy's nose. The kitten purred contently and snuggled deeper between her legs.
"Thats a nice pussy you've got there," Scorpius said as he entered the car. Her face flushed crimson as he smirked, happy with his ingenious pun.
"Thank you for speaking so highly of my cat," she growled.
Albus laughed from his seat by the window and shook his head at Scorpius. "Will it ever stop between you two?"
"Not likely," Scorpius said with a flip of his hair. He wore a lazy smile on his lips and his feet came to rest beside Rose's hip across from him. She frowned at him in disdain and pushed his feet farther away from her.
Snowy yawned and stretched in Rose's lap before hopping off and sniffing Malfoy's feet. She then climbed on top of his legs and walked up to his lap where she settled in with a light sigh. "Hello, Snowy," Scorpius cooed at the white kitten. His fingers traced the soft fur on her back and her spine contracted in pleasure.
Rose crossed her arms with a pout. "She's my cat," she grumbled.
"Well, she likes me better," Scorpius said with a grin as his hand continued to stroke the soft kitten. Her purr could be heard echoing off of the walls and Rose stewed with jealousy.
"Traitor," she glared at the fur ball.
Albus stood and grabbed his bag from overhead. "Well, I'm going to change out of my robes. Don't try to kill each other while I'm gone," he said smirking.
"I'll do my best," Rose said as her eyes squinted at Scorpius.
The car door shut and the tension in the room built to an uncomfortable level. Rose shifted toward the window so she didn't have to awkwardly look at Malfoy with nothing to say. Just looking at him made her think of his kiss in the fall. She had no idea why it still affected her when she thought of his lips pressed against her cheek. And she was sure he was going to kiss her outside of the locker rooms after the match.
So why did he turn cold after that?
Why do you want him to be anything other than that?
She chastised herself for think so foolishly. Of course Malfoy wouldn't kiss her on the lips. He was just trying to throw off her game before the match that day. Thats why he kissed her cheek. Not because he actually wanted to.
She felt slightly disappointed at the realization and wrapped her arms around herself. Ever since the match, Scorpius would purposefully avoid her and taunt her even worse. He started to become more perverted about his teasing too, she noticed. One time when she tried to approach him and Albus, who were laughing about something, Scorpius immediately tensed and waited until she was done talking before teasing her about her hair and walking away.
She huffed loudly in the car as the scenery started to change from wild forest to little towns.
Scorpius shuffled his legs to a better position and the kitten whined. "I know you are probably mad at me," he said and glanced up into Rose's shocked face.
"Why would I?" she said, but the undertone was clear that she was still mad.
"Rose, don't be stupid-"
"Stupid?!"
Okay, so maybe calling Weasley stupid was not the best thing Scorpius could have done.
"You're the one who's stupid! Kissing me just to throw me off and then turning around and ignoring me!" She was up on her feet now and looming over him with her hands on her hips. "Don't do that to me again!"
"Trust me, I don't intend to," Scorpius growled as he shoved the cat next to him and stood. He was only slightly taller than Rose, but that didn't stop him from feeling like a giant in front of her. "And it was only on the cheek! You are acting like I stole your virginity or something!"
"I would never let that happen, Malfoy! Not with you."
"Oh really? So you didn't almost kiss me by the lockers that day? You don't find me attractive?"
Rose's face flushed in anger. "YOU are the one who almost kissed ME! I didn't do that!"
"You would have let me though!"
"No I wouldn't have!"
"Yes, Rose! You would have!"
"Prove it!"
Her words snapped something in him and he lowered his mouth roughly onto hers. He heard her gasp and grabbed her face into his hands, feeling her soft lips slide along with his. His fingers curled into her thick locks and squeezed her closer. She melted against him, her legs turning to jelly, as one of his hands smoothed up the spine of her back. Her fingers tangled into his shaggy blonde hair and tugged, making Scorpius hiss and his fingers dig into her hip deliciously.
Rose moaned into his mouth and his tongue swept against her bottom lip. He tasted like peppermint and his smell was like being surrounded by a forest; all woods and damp earth with a musky, manly scent that was purely his.
He could hear how rough her breathing was becoming, pressing them closer together so he could feel the outline of her breasts pressed against his chest.
Then just like that, he let her go.
He stepped out of her arms and waited as her eyes slowly opened again. Her hands lowered to her sides and balled into fists as she started to realize what just happened.
"Why did you do that?" she asked breathlessly.
"To prove that I was right," he said.
"You just took away...my first kiss...to prove a point?" Her voice shuddered as her loathing reached a new point. She reached for the nearest object, one of Malfoy's numerous bags, and chunked it at his head. He dodged effortlessly, but the fear was clear as day on his face.
"You git! You complete arse! How-AHH-could you!?" she yelled as she threw something else at him. At this point Scorpius was realizing he really fucked up. His hands went in front of him in a sort of surrender, but Rose was having none of it. Another object hurled passed Scorpius' head as the door opened.
"What's going on here? Oh," Albus yelled as he came in with his arms full of his robes and a few Cauldron Cakes. Rose gathered her things, placed Snowy into her basket, and turned toward the door. Albus moved aside from her, knowing better than to deal with a rampaging Weasley.
"Don't speak to me ever again, Malfoy!"
Tears were building in her eyes as she slammed the door shut with a loud slam and ran toward the cargo of the train.
She heard Albus yell, "What did you do now?!" But she couldn't even find the pleasure in Malfoy getting yelled at by his best friend.
Her eyes were bleary and they stung, but she held them back until she was pressed against the back of the cargo door. Loud sobs echoed through the car, bouncing off of the luggage and crashing back into her. It only made everything worse.
Her head slammed back against the metal door as she slid down the surface. Why was he so awful to her, she thought. She curled into her legs and cradled her head against them as the tears dripped down onto her clothes.
The door behind moved slightly and Rose pushed back. "Go away!" she yelled to the intruder.
"Rose, it's me," her brother's voice said through the crack.
She opened the door instantly and hugged him to her. "Oh Hugo," she mumbled into his shoulder as another sob wracked through her body. He held her tight and waited until she was ready to talk.
"Who was it?" Hugo asked. He looked so distraught that she didn't know if she wanted to tell him or not.
"Malfoy," she finally mumbled. His reaction was instant. His hands tightened around her and his face squished up into a snarl. "What did he do to you?" His voice was ice cold and threatening. Rose didn't like it one bit.
"I'll be fine, Hugo. He was just being insensitive like always and I let it get to me," she said with a watery smile. He still didn't look convinced but he let the issue drop.
"You know, you made quite the commotion out there."
Rose blushed. She hadn't thought about the other people on the train. They had probably heard everything she had said and worse! Her hands raised to cool her cheeks.
"How bad?" she said through her hands.
"Well, the prefects came to see what all the noise was and then someone said they had seen a girl with red hair rush toward the end of the train. You should have seen Malfoy. He looked like complete shit."
"Good," Rose said. She wanted him to feel bad for what he did to her. True, it was incredibly enjoyable and wonderful, but it wasn't real. He had no feelings toward her and kissed her just to do it. Her thoughts brought a new batch of tears with them, filling her eyes and overflowing onto her cheeks.
"Apparently Albus really let him have it," Hugo said as he wiped a stray tear from her cheek. "You can come sit with me in my cabin if you want. I'm sure no one else would mind."
Rose smiled at him appreciatively. "Okay," she said with a sad smile.
She didn't see Scorpius the rest of the train ride and practically the entire summer before sixth year, yet the memory was burned into her mind.
It was a hot day in the Burrow and the fans were in full swing. Rose stood by the window of her father's old room and sighed as the cool breeze blew through her hair. She could hear her grandparents bickering about something down below and footsteps trudged up the steps as Albus and James went into Ginny's old room.
"Why do we have to stay here for a whole week?" said James.
"Because we don't get to see our grandparents that much and this is the closest stop to the train station," replied Albus. James sighed and pushed the door shut behind them so she couldn't hear anymore of their conversation. Looking out into the abyss anxiously she waited for the Potter's to come back with their guest.
Unfortunately the Malfoys were going to be out of town and weren't going to be able to take Scorpius to the train station, so Uncle Harry decided to help out his friend and take him to the train station himself. Rose's father was still uneasy with the Malfoys, even though everything happened over twenty years ago, but he tolerated their son enough to hang with his children.
Which meant he was coming to the Burrow.
Her face curled as she thought of the number of people residing in the cramped house for an entire week. Lucy and Lily were staying in Percy's room, Albus and James were staying in Ginny's, and Rose and Hugo were staying in Ron's room. Roxanne and Fred were sharing a room with Louis, who was scared because it was going to be his first year, in Fred and George's old room. Louis was worried about being bullied by the rest of the students because he was a male with Veela blood, but Roxanne put him straight.
A car drove into the view from the fields of wheat and a few garden gnomes rushed back to their holes. Rose's breath caught in her throat as she watched the Muggle car pull to a stop in front of the house. Her fingers tightened on the window frame as his car door opened and sunlight glinted off of his blond locks. She bit her lip in nervousness as she felt a tightening in her stomach. His fingers raked through his hair, which had gotten longer, out of his eyes and surveyed the house.
She had to admit. She liked his hair. It wasn't just a mop anymore on top of his head. It was longer in the front and swept across his forehead, but the back was cut and sleek. Her throat tightened and she mentally kicked herself. She was getting all rowelled up by his hair. She looked down at him again and squeaked when his grey eyes smirked into hers.
She still felt his kiss, the way his hands locked in her hair. Chills crawled up her spine as the memory seized her again. She turned from the window and busied herself with packing her trunk for school. Grabbing her robes she stuffed them into the large box and sifted through her books until she found the new ones she had just bought last week in Diagon Alley.
You're not going to think of him. You're mad at him.
"You're not going to think of him," she mumbled aloud.
"Think of who?"
Books spilled out of her hands as she whirled toward the door. Hugo stood with a confused expression and stepped into the room to grab a jacket.
"Oh! Hugo. It's just you," Rose said putting a hand to her heart. She felt the strong thud underneath her palm as her breathing started to slow. "What are you doing here?"
He stared at her for a minute. "Um...this is my room?"
"Oh...right."
"Its starting to get chilly outside 'cause of the wind. Just thought I'd let you know," he said and left the room with worried eyes.
"Thanks," Rose shouted through the closed door. She sat down on her bed before lying on it with a huff. How was she going to last an entire week with the prick before school?
She grabbed a pillow and screamed her nerves and emotions into it before staring at the ceiling above her. It banged loudly as the ghoul above giggled and threw another pipe at the floor of the ceiling.
How was she going to last the week knowing that she was attracted to Malfoy? She didn't know.
Hello everyone! Thanks for reading :) Just wanted to give a warm thank you to everyone who reviewed and read my stories. It brings me great bliss. Now for a Weasley Family lesson!
Oldest - Youngest
Fred Weasley (7th Year), Roxanne Weasley (5th Year) - George and Angelica Weasley
Victorie Weasley (Grad), Dominique Weasley (Grad), Louis Weasley (1st Year) - Bill and Fleur Weasley
James Potter (7th Year), Albus Potter (6th Year), Lily Potter (4th Year) - Harry and Ginny Potter
Rose Weasley (6th Year), Hugo Weasley (4th Year) - Ron and Hermione Weasley
Molly Weasley (Grad), Lucy Weasley (3rd Year) - Percy and Audrey Weasley
I hope that clears things up a bit. Hope you liked it!
