"You what?!" Rose was shocked. Her younger cousin had just admitted into liking Scorpius, Rose's best friend. Her brother Albus's best friend too. 'How cliché.' She thought to herself, 'Liking your brother's best friend. '
"I was thinking, well since you're his best friend and all that you could talk to him for me. I would but I thought I would stand more of a chance if you talked to him." Lily looked Rose right in the eye.
"I'm sorry, I can't do that for you Lily." It was out of Rose's mouth before she even had the chance to think it through.
Lily's face dropped. "What? Why not?"
Yeah, why not? Rose thought to herself. Rose didn't know why not. She just didn't want Lily dating Scorpius. "Umm Scorpius likes someone. He told me the other day! So I can't tell him! It wouldn't matter if I did!"
Rose was good at many things. But lying wasn't one of them. Most people could see right through her. Lily wasn't an exception. "Rosie, you know I can tell when you lie. Rose. Do you like him?"
"No! I don't know! I have to go Lily, go back to Al. I have homework to catch up on." With that she spun around on her heal and took off in a brisk walk towards the castle.
That night Rose didn't sleep very well. She didn't understand what possessed her to make her behave like that. She wasn't jealous. Was she? "No, of course not." She thought aloud to herself. He was her best friend for crying out loud. Just her best friend. But then why did she act like she? Was it just a possessive best friend thing? Yeah, that's it. Just a possessive best friend thing. But a nagging voice inside her head was telling her something different. She drifted off to sleep with Scorpius playing in her head like a CD.
The next thing Rose knew she was being shaken awake. "Rose! Rose! Wake up or you'll be late for class!" At the word "Late for class" Rose sat upright straight away. She was never late for class. Never. Not even in her first year. She had made sure she had plenty of time before each class just in case she had gotten lost. All though she never did. "That got you up." Rose finally registered who it was that had woken her up; Alice Longbottom. Alice was the daughter of her Herbology Professor and family friend, Neville.
Rose reached over to grab her watch of the table near her bed. "Crap!" She cussed loudly. It was a habit she had gained of her father. But she only cussed when she was stressed. And right now she was stressed. Class was due to begin any minute. "Why didn't you wake me?!" She demanded.
"I thought you would be awake! I went down to breakfast and only just got back now. I'm sorry Rose. Do you want me to wait with you while you get ready?" One thing that my parents said about Alice was that she gained her father's loyalty to friends. It clearly showed in times like these.
Rose just simply waved her on. "No that's okay Alice, just tell Teddy that I'm running late but I'll be at class soon?"
Once Alice left Rose frantically ran around trying to get ready in as limited time as possible. She didn't even stop to think how off it was for her to wake up so late. She was always an early riser and Rose Weasley was never late. She quickly yanked on her schools robes and threw her red hair into a pony tail and sprinted off to class. There was no time for breakfast. She was already running late.
She pushed open the doors to the Defence Against the Dark Arts Classroom to see the whole class already in their seats reading from their texts books. Teddy was sitting at his desk in the front of the class marking papers. "Sorry I'm late Teddy oops Professor Lupin ." All of the Weasley and Potter children had trouble remembering to call him Professor instead of just Teddy in class time. They had grown up looking to Teddy like an older cousin or even like a brother. It wasn't easy getting used to calling him Professor.
"That's okay. Just take a seat Rose." Rose took her usual seat in between Albus and Scorpius. They both looked at her strangely.
"What?!" She hissed at them.
"Why are you so late?" Albus asked her.
"I overslept. Now keep your voice down!" She opened her text book and begun to read what was stated on the board.
"Who are you and what have you done with Rose Weasley? Rose you never oversleep." Scorpius said prodding her as if to check if it was really her.
Rose flinched automatically under his touch. Luckily the two boys didn't seem to notice it. What was wrong with her?! She had no idea what possessed her to act like this. Waking up late? Late for class? Flinching under Scorpius's touch? And oh merlin. Her ears are going red two. "Stupid Weasley genes." She muttered under her breathe.
"What did you say Rose?" Albus said looking at her questioningly.
"Nothing. Nothing at all. Just reading aloud." Crap. He had noticed something. But what was it that he was noticing? Could she really like her best friend?