Chapter 3: Two Years Later "Rose! Can you please go check the post." Hermione Weasley called out from her bedroom
"Make Hugo do it! Mum, I'm straightening my hair." Rose called from the bathroom.
"I don't care if you were Cinderella and getting ready for her ball, go check the mail." said Ron Weasley as he walked past the bathroom.
"Argh fine." Rose put her straightener down and ran down the stairs to check the owl post that had just arrived. She saw the familiar Hogwarts crest and felt a pang in her stomach, realising this was one of the last letters she would ever receive from her beloved school. "Hugo, get your butt down here, your Hogwarts letter has arrived."
"I'm here Rosie, calm down." Hugo opened his letter and spotted something that he had seen his sister and a few of his cousins wear. "Hey! I'm going to be a Prefect! This is so cool! What about you sis? Get anything special with your letter?"
Rose had actually sat down at the kitchen table as she was in shock with what she had just read. "I - I'm Head Girl. I can't believe it."
"What's this? Our son made Prefect and our daughter is Head Girl? This is incredible!" Hermione walked into the kitchen picking up her children's letters.
"I should go let Harry know, I bet he'll be jealous because James never made prefect." Ron said smiling widely whilst helping himself to the cookie jar.
"I honestly don't think Uncle Harry will care. James was trouble when he got to Hogwarts and did not make Prefect or Head Boy" Hugo said thoughtfully.
"Neither was his namesake but to be fair, James Snr did become Head Boy" Hermione replied smiling.
"Just think 'Mione, our kids the prefect and Head Girl, it's all we could've asked for" Ron said, wrapping his arms around his wife's waist.
"I know, I'm so proud." Hermione wrapped her arms around Ron's neck and pulled him close.
Rose and Hugo looked at eachother with the same look of disgust. "They're doing it again sis, mum and dad getting all mushy lovey dovey." Hugo whispered.
"We should get out of here before they do anything we might we regret watching or hearing." Rose whispered back slowly making her way out of the kitchen.
"Care to cast the Muffliato spell?"
"Already done" and the siblings ran upstairs so they wouldn't have to witness...well whatever their parents were about to do.
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A few weeks later it was time to board the Hogwarts Express and Rose still didn't know who the Head Boy was. In her letter it had instructions to meet in the first carriage at 11am and the prefects would join them at 11.30.
"Bye kids, be careful." Ron said hugging both his children in turn.
"I don't know about you dad, but compared to when you were at Hogwarts, our time has been relatively uneventful." Rose said as she hugged her mother goodbye.
"She has a point Ron." Hermione smiled.
"Regardless, no trouble from either of you. Just because you have some power amongst the students, do not take advantage of it." Ron looked at his children sternly.
"Dad, I'm sorry but I can't take that seriously with knowing the amount of trouble you got into" Hugo started laughing.
Rose started giggling too. "Yeah dad, we've heard the stories BUT don't worry we'll be fine. No trouble from either of us." Rose concluded glaring at her brother.
"Good, that's settled then. No trouble." Ron looked pleased with himself whilst Hermione looked amused.
"You two make me laugh. The train is going to leave soon. You better get on."
Hugo quickly hugged his parents one more time before getting on the train to find Lily plus his two best friends Cal Patil-Mansur (son of Parvati Patil) and Nick Henderson. Rose, however lingered.
"You'll be fine Rose." said Hermione sensing the nervousness in her daughter.
"But how did -"
"I was the same going to Hogwarts for my 7th year. I was nervous because I was without your father and Uncle Harry. You have other reasons but the feeling is the same."
Rose smiled. "Thanks mum." she walked to the train, and with one final glance at her parents, she got on and walked to the first carriage to meet the Head Boy.
"Oh no, seriously?" she exclaimed.
***
"So you're the Head Girl, expected no-one else to be honest." Scorpius Malfoy was standing by the window of the carriage.
Rose was silently fuming, the boy who she had had an on and off crush for the past 3 years was Head Boy, they would be sharing a common room (individual bedrooms though). He would see her in her worst because when Rose went on one of her crazy study moods, it wasn't pretty. "I did not expect you to be Head Boy." Rose replied after composing herself a minute later.
"Expect the unexpected Weasley, I thought growing up in a family like yours that would be the case."
"Not always. You realise that the prefects will be here in about 15 minutes and we don't know what we're going to say to them."
"How about 'Fifth years, welcome. Everyone else, welcome back.' and then create some awesome secret handshake that only the prefects will know." Scorpius grinned.
"No secret handshake, growing up in a family like mine there were different clubs and each club had a handshake as elaborate as the next." Rose shuddered at the memory of when she was 6. "Next idea and keep it a good one."
"Actually that is all I've got. I didn't think of anything else." said Scorpius, cocky attitude aside.
"I guess then, we can improvise. Everyone of the Prefects can contribute ideas."
"Sounds like a bloody good plan."
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Rose walked towards the Head Boy and Girl commons after the dinner. It had gone well and she really pleased with the new group of Gryffindors, now all she wanted to do was have a shower, unpack and go to bed. Walking in she saw exactly what her cousin Dominque had described; light brown wooded walls, a few couches (including one by a window overlooking the school grounds), a fireplace, a large table where Rose knew she would be doing a lot of studying at, huge bookcases and through an archway led the bedrooms and bathrooms. It was small, cosy and she would miss her room mates in the Gryffindor tower but she had plenty of privacy when she wanted it.
"This is amazing." Rose quietly said to herself.
"I know right? All to ourselves." a voice from the archway said.
Rose jumped. "Sheesh Malfoy! Way to scare the crap out of me."
Scorpius grinned. "Sorry Weasley, I was just checking out the place myself. You got a good room."
"You went into my room? Isn't that an invasion of privacy?" Rose started fuming.
Holding up his hands in defence. "Hey, I was just seeing where my stuff had been delivered to. Don't get your knickers in a twist. I looked inside and that is it. Anyway I'm off to bed, see you in the morning." Scorpius smiled and retreated back to his room.
"Well that's ok then. Good night" Rose called and made her way to her own room.