This is totally not allowed.
I'm totally gonna get busted.
The things I do for love.
And it's not even my love!
It's love of others!
Well just call me cupid.
Although I suppose it wouldn't be wise to give me a bow and arrow.
Or anything pointy, really…
But that is not the matter at hand.
The matter at hand is…
I'm going to be caught!
You see, what I have done here is invited many people from different houses and told them to meet in the Room of Requirements, which no teachers would suspect because they put a special charm on it so that nobody could use it for mischief but my good friend Fred Weasley found the loophole and told me and its been very convenient for me ever since.
It is especially convenient now, because I've invited them to play truth or dare, and because both Rose and Scorpius are going to be here.
And let me tell you, I've got some real mischief planned…
Everyone's shown up. We've already started the game. I'm anxious for my turn.
They're going to fall in love.
This is going to work.
Almost my turn…
Just up after Lysander Lovegood…
"I dare Paige to kiss Scorpius."
WHOA.
STOP THE BLEEDING CLOCK.
EXCUSE ME?
NO!
NO NO NO!
THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING!
Scorpius looks away.
Rose looks at Scorpius.
Scorpius looks at Rose.
Rose looks at me.
Scorpius looks at me.
Everybody looks at me.
"Ummm…"
Rob Chambers looks at Scorpius.
I look at Lysander.
Lysander, well, he just looks clueless.
"Or not…?" Lysander says awkwardly.
"No!" Marissa Cline says. "It's a dare, you have to do it!"
I cough awkwardly.
Scorpius coughs awkwardly.
Rose coughs awkwardly.
Rob coughs awkwardly.
Madison coughs awkwardly.
Scorpius smirks.
Whoaaaa there.
When did the awkward coughing end at the smirking begin?
When did Scorpius start leaning in?
Why is this happening?
Why is-
Well this is awkward.
Still awkward…
Stiiiill awkward.
And then the awkwardness goes away, and I just start thinking.
And then I start thinking about today.
And then I start thinking about Rob.
And then I'm kissing Rob.
And then I realize I am definitely not kissing Rob.
And then the kiss ends.
And I remember why I'm here.
"I dare Scorpius to kiss Rose." I squeak out.
"Two in a row?" He chuckles.
And then it becomes a full on glaring contest.
"Scared Weasley?"
"Am I ever Malfoy?"
And they kiss angrily and you can feel the tension in the air.
And you can feel when the kiss shifts from proving a point to a moment of pure passion and they break apart immediately.
And I can feel that my job just got a whooole lot easier.
Rose and Scorpius have realized that they have feelings for each other.
It is now that we reach the denial stage.
I can tell you now that it will involve storming away, a lot of yelling, a big scene in the great hall, a duel, a detention or two or three or four with Professor Gerber, a game of truth, maybe even a little firewhiskey and some serious spying on my part…
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"I can't believe I got a detention!" Rose complains to Louis.
"Well you did start a screaming match with Scorpius across the Great Hall. And then you cursed each other back and forth. And you pushed Professor Sprout out of your way. And she's like the eldest most fragile person I've ever seen. She's like a zillion years old. She taught my dad." I butt in.
"He started it!"
"And he has detention too."
"I hate him…" She mumbles.
"Well it sure didn't seem like that during your ki-" She glares daggers at me and I seriously begin to fear for my life, so I leave.
Mwahahahaha! My plan is going magnificently…
I go over and sit down in between Scorpius and Luke.
"Hello there."
"Hey mate." Luke nods at me.
Might as well just get to the point.
"Are you excited for your detention with Rose?"
"Ecstatic."
"Oh now Scorpius. You really need to stop it with the sarcasm, it completely ruins your otherwise sugary-sweet personality."
I roll my eyes.
"Well I suppose I should listen the expert about what sarcasm does to a person's character."
He smirks at me.
I can't think of anything to say so I just stick out my tongue.
"No thanks, I think we did enough kissing on the night of truth or dare."
I blush a little but roll my eyes.
Luke looks intrigued.
"Well it wasn't nearly as passionate as you and Rose's kiss, was it?" I counter.
Now he blushes, but just for a second.
"That was disgusting." He wrinkles his nose, like he's reliving some horrid memory.
"Well that's not the way it looked when you were kissing."
"Shut up…" He mumbles.
"I thought you were gonna pull a crappy romance novel. Oh Scorpius! Oh Rose! How could I have lived without you for so long? I never really hated you; I was just trying to hide my feelings! Oh me too! Oh Rose! Oh Scorpius!" I make kissy noises. Luke is in hysterics.
Scorpius diverts his eyes and I smirk.
"Someone likes Rosie Weasley." I smile at him.
"Come on, admit it." Luke is smirking too.
"Stop it! I do NOT!" He yells at us.
"Well sorryyyy, mister testy!"
On the inside I'm smiling. Stage Denial of Plan Cupid is in motion.
The wheels of my magnificent plan are slowly (but surely) turning.
And things are just about to get very interesting…