A/N: Okay, so each of these chapters are going to be Albus or James, or both of them, overhearing a conversation that pertains to Rose's and Scorius's relationship. Again, I wrote this in like no time (Don't worry, I'm better now! But I'm still a little bit hazy) so sorry about grammar, sentence stuff, and whatever. This story is just a bit of fun for me, and I find grammar a complete and utter pain, (Well, only in English class…I adore writing, but hate English. WTH?), so I only try on more serious projects. I'm in the middle of writing a JamesxOC story, and I've been told that it's really good, so I'm going to write more of that, and then publish it. I also have plans for a JamesXLilly, SiriusXOC, and some other neat ships, but for now, enjoy this story!
Chapter One Recap: James' mind was spinning. He knew, from Albus, that Scorpius had fancied Rose ever since that day in first year. If Rose had just admitted that she didn't hate him – what would happen?
He peeked out once more, only to see Rose sprinting away from Scorpius, the tears in her eyes evident.
"What just happened?"
Chapter Two:
One month later:
Albus was hiding behind a tapestry, because he had just seen Rose and her best friend, Elaina walking by. Elaina was Albus's lifelong crush, and he was constantly stammering and embarrassing himself in her presence. She was a gorgeous, dainty girl, with long caramel hair, and soft brown eyes. She contrasted sharply to Rose, with her fire-colored hair, and pale complexion. Even though Albus and Rose were the best of friends, they still had other friends of their own gender.
For Rose, that person was Elaina. For Albus, it was Scorpius.
So it wasn't surprising for Albus to see the two of them together, but at the moment, he was feeling too nervous to talk to either one of them.
The two girls stopped suddenly in the middle of the hallway.
"So you've been avoiding him since? But I though you two couldn't go a day without fighting!" Elaina questioned.
"Well…I've been too embarrassed. Besides, he probably really does hate me, and he's enjoying the fact that I don't really hate him!"
"Rose darling, I don't think he hates you! Remember when I kept telling you in Third year that he liked you? It's true still!"
"But that was two years ago! And besides, he most definitely DOES hate me!" Rose wailed.
"Why do you think that?"
"Because he would've talked to me by now! He would've said something, anything, even if it was just to ask me to pass him something! Even and insult would be better than this awkward silence! And besides, this makes it really hard to talk to Al, because he's with Scorpius all the time. And I really miss Al!" Rose said, sniffling a bit at the end.
Elaina put her arm around Rose, soothing her with quiet words that Albus couldn't over hear, even though he was in close vicinity to the pair. Rose looked up slowly, her face looking much more relaxed than it had a minute ago.
"Rosie, trust me when I say this: Scorpius doesn't hate you. He's scared of your reaction, doesn't know if you actually don't hate him or were just playing with him, and he's a boy. It's a well known fact that boy's can't understand girls, and get confused very easily. So he probably just doesn't know what to think. I still think he's in love with you though."
"Wha- well…no! What are you going on about? Maybe he doesn't hate me; but he certainly doesn't like me as anything other than – possibly – somebody to yell at!"
"Talking about me Weasly?" Al's eyes couldn't possibly have bugged further out of his head as he noticed the sudden arrival of Scorpius.
He saw movement, and noticed that Elaina was slowly backing away, giving the two frenemies space and privacy. Besides, if this meeting went the way that there's always did; there would be yelling within twenty seconds. It was just the way the two of them were, always at odds, always loving to hate each other.
"Hey wait a second…they love to hate each other, so technically they also hate to love each other…" Al thought. He brightened up, struck by the sudden epiphany.
Meanwhile, Scorpius was leaning on a wall, looking intensely at Rose.
"Are you such an arrogant git that everything has to be about you?" she asked him.
"No, but…in this case I think you were." Scorpius said, a typical Malfoy smirk lighting his face.
"I wasn't Malfoy!" Rose replied, stepping towards him in anger.
"Denial, Rosie? Really? And I thought you were above that…" He challenged.
"You…You - " The signature Weasely blush was showing itself now, and Rose sputtered, barely able to control herself.
"Darling, I know I render you speechless, but I'm not that amazing, seriously."
Albus knew immediately that this wasn't the real Scorpius, that he just wanted to anger Rose. "But why?" He asked himself. Usually, when Scorp fought with Rose, it was with really anger, not just insults insinuating that she liked him. Al just stood, deep in thought for a second, all thoughts of Elaina gone from his mind, and all that was left was confusion.
And then it hit him. He wanted her to get mad so that he could push her to her limits, and then do something to her. "Oh, God." He thought.
And that was when all Hell broke loose.
A/N: I'd also like to point out that this didn't turn out at all like I expected. The story was originally going to have something else happen entirely, so I'm going to write a different oneshot about that. Even though I hate oneshots.
Anyway, this story wasn't supposed to be like this, but it ended up this way. Actually, this chapter was supposed to be totally different as well. Whatever.
So what'd you think? Good plot? Bad? More detail? Less? Because I'm not doing this in first person, there are a ton less thoughts and more dialogue, but I think it flowed pretty well.
Also, is it progressing too fast? I don't really know, because I've never posted before!
Thanks a ton!
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