Rose entered the common room to find all of her cousins sitting in front of the fire.
"Oh, how freaking fantastic it is that all of you are in here tonight!" Rose said, trying to hide her puffy face from her cousins.
"Rosie? What happened?" She heard her brother's voice ask.
"Nothing, I'm fine, I'm just going to bed." Rose said, hurrying up the stairs to the girls' dormitories.
"Rose, wait! We're not stupid, you know. We can see that something's wrong." Albus said, getting up and following her.
"Can't you just leave me alone? I don't want to talk about it right now!" She yelled, turning and running up the stairs, leaving a confused Albus in her wake.
Rose threw open the door to her dormitory, slamming it shut after she had entered. She crossed the room to her bed and sat down on it, pulling her knees to her chest. She was so absorbed in herself that she didn't hear the door softly open and close.
She felt someone sit down on the bed next to her. She knew it had to be Lily, because who else would Albus have sent up? "Go away, Lily, I don't want to talk about it."
"It's not Lily, it's me." Rose looked up to see her best friend, Scarlett, sitting beside her. She threw her arms around Scarlett, finally letting her guard down and sobbing on her friend's shoulder.
"I'm so stupid, Scarlett. How could I have been so stupid?" She cried, her voice muffled by Scarlett's shoulder.
"Was it Scorpius?" Scarlett almost whispered, not knowing quite what to make of her best friend's breakdown.
"They were all right. Everyone down in that common room. I couldn't stand to tell them what happened and look at their faces as they try not to tell me that they told me so." Rose said, pulling back from Scarlett.
"What happened?" Scarlett asked, grasping Rose's hand.
"He cheated on me. Slept with Violet Flint and now he's taking her to the freaking Christmas Ball and I'm just supposed to go by myself. Now how pathetic does that look?" Rose cried, shaking her head.
"Get a new date." Scarlett told her. Rose laughed. That was easy for her to say; Scarlett had boys lining up to take her to the Ball.
"I have a week until the Christmas Ball. How am I supposed to get a new date in a week?" Rose asked.
"That's true...Rosie, just tell me how I can help you. Do you want to break Violet Flint's pretty nose? Because I can do that. Or I can just kill them both and make it look like an accident." Scarlett asked, making Rose laugh.
"I don't think murder is really the answer here, Scarlett." Rose told her.
"Just a suggestion. But what do we do then? You have to get revenge on him somehow. Do you know how long his thing with Violet Flint went on?" Scarlett asked.
"I assumed it was just once...do you think it was more often?" Rose asked, almost in a whisper.
"I don't know, Rose. Does it matter? I'm sorry I mentioned it." Scarlett said, trying to cover her mistake.
"No, no. I want to know. What if he was cheating on me the whole two years? He deserves something awful." Rose said, her need for revenge coming through her tone.
Scarlett thought for a moment, and then her face lit up.
"What? I know that face, you had an idea. What?" Rose asked.
"Why not show him what he can't have?" Scarlett suggested.
"What are you on about? What can't he have?"
"You. Everything about you."
"Me? He cheated on me, I don't think he even wants me, let alone can't have me. He told me he cheated on me because Violet was prettier than me. Why would he want me when he can have her?" Rose asked, on the verge of tears again.
"How about a makeover? Make you so irresistible that Scorpius wants nothing more than to be with you again and you just toss him to the side like the slimy little rag doll that he is." Scarlett told her.
"Scarlett...this is risky. What if I do this whole big makeover and he doesn't even notice? Or he notices but doesn't care?" Rose asked.
"Trust me, Rosie, he'll notice. I know Scorpius Malfoy, and there is nothing more that he likes than a pretty girl who looks easy to get. And nothing will drive him crazier than a gorgeous girl that he can look at but can't touch." Scarlett said.
"I just want him to hurt as much as I do right now. Oh, what the hell! Why not?" Rose said.
"Yes! Oh, Rose, we have to get started now! You'll need a new dress, a new haircut, new makeup...this is going to be so much fun!" Scarlett squeaked, hugging Rose.
"I guess. But I can just sew the dress that I've already bought, I can send Victoire an owl asking what she thinks. Scarlett, I hope this works, so when he comes back to me, I can just throw it back in his face." Rose said.
"It will work. I promise it will work." Scarlett said, standing up and walking out of the room.
A/N: Hopefully this isn't that cliché of a plot line. Reviews still appreciated!
