Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
A/N: This is a story about Rose Weasley and Scorpius Malfoy through each year at Hogwarts, and maybe an epilogue after. Please review! I kind of have thoughts of what the characters would look like. I think Rose kind of looks like a smaller version of Janet Devil (From X Factor).
Year Three
"You have to sign my Hogsmeade permission slip!" Rose waved the piece of parchment around in the air furiously.
It was hectic getting ready this year, seeing as Hugo was starting at Hogwarts. Hermione was trying to smooth down Hugo's hair which was sticking up in odd clumps in the most unattractive manner.
"RON! SIGN ROSE'S PERMISSION SLIP!" Hermione yelled up the stairs, exhausted.
Ron came hurrying down, dragging the two trunks behind him.
"Get me a quill then, Rosie!" He heaved a sigh, pulling the trunks along with great effort.
"There aren't any quills here!" Rose yelled back.
There was a green glow from the fireplace in the kitchen. Someone was using the Floo Network. While Hermione, Ron and Hugo fussed about arguing in the living room, Rose rushed into the kitchen to see who it was. Uncle Harry was standing there, brushing soot from his jacket.
"Ah, Rosie!" He grinned and then laughed at the commotion coming from the living room.
"Do you want a drink?" Rose asked politely.
"No, no, I must be off soon… It's just as hectic back at home with Lily starting as well… Just came to see if you needed any help," Harry smiled down at his niece.
"Do you have a quill?" Rose practically demanded.
"Uh…" Harry fumbled inside his jacket pockets, finally producing a quill.
"Will you sign my Hogsmeade permission slip, please?" Rose passed him the piece of parchment.
Harry sat down at the dining table and scrawled his signature on the dotted line.
"Albus is looking forward to going to Hogsmeade… You'll enjoy it, Rosie. Your parents and I had lots of fun up there," Harry smiled as he reminisced the good times of his young life.
"Thanks. Are you going back home now? Shouldn't you go and say hi to mum and dad?" Rose frowned as her uncle threw some Floo Powder into the fireplace.
"I'll see them at the station. Tell them I popped by!" And with another flash of green light, he was gone.
Rose stood in the kitchen, smiling happily at her signed Hogsmeade permission slip, extremely grateful her uncle had decided to pay a visit at that moment in time.
"WE'RE GOING TO BE LATE!" Hermione shrieked, grabbing her bag and running outside to the Ministry car.
Ron tailed after her, towing Hugo behind him. Rose dashed out after them, closing the front door to the house. After quickly making sure the trunks had been packed, Ron started up the car and drove away. Merlin. When they arrived, it was just as hectic. Everyone pushed to get into the station, knocking poor Muggles left and right as they went. Ron's hair was now sticking up, after he had ran his hand through it so many times in a worried daze.
"Ok, everyone on the train," Hermione heaved a sigh of relief, pulling her children in for one last tight hug each.
Hugo followed his sister, sitting closely beside her.
"So, where do you want to be sorted, Hu?" Rose asked, wanting to fall asleep because of the early start, but not being able to as Hugo was so hyped up.
"Gryffindor, so I can be with you!" Hugo grinned up at Rose.
Rose smiled. Soon, Albus joined them, dragging Lily along behind him.
"Right, Lily, sit down and shut up," Albus snapped at his little sister.
Lily rolled her eyes and sat opposite Rose, a smile lighting up her petite features.
"Your friends are in the compartment across from us," Lily informed her.
"Oh, I'd better go and say hi," Rose slid out of the compartment and peered her head into the compartment where Alice and Aofie were sitting with Lorcan and Lysander, playing a game of Exploding Snap.
Alice looked up and smiled slightly.
"Hello Rose. How's your brother?" Alice placed her card down and jumped back quickly in case it exploded.
"Hyper… Have any of you seen Scorpius?" Rose leant against the compartment door, pretending to look uninterested.
"He's three compartments down… With Noah, Susie and Olivia… Why? Want to re-enact that summer kiss?" Aofie burst out laughing.
"Shut up, Aofie," Rose rolled her eyes and then went off on a hunt to find Scorpius.
Scorpius was sitting where Aofie had said. He was laughing in a care free manner, tossing his head back, his eyes lighting up. Rose's eyes widened, but she hastily tapped on the compartment door. Everyone turned to stare at her. Noah had gone a bit cold, considering she'd broken up with him after their childish relationship.
"You may enter, Weasley," Scorpius winked in her direction.
"Uh, thanks Malfoy… Uh, can I talk to you? Alone?" Rose opened the compartment door just a fraction.
Scorpius stood up and walked out into the corridor, pulling Rose with him, so they were out of sight.
"If you're going to ask me about that kiss, it didn't happen, okay?" Scorpius raised his eyebrows meaningfully.
"Right… What kiss?" Rose pursed her lips.
"Very good. See you around, Weasley… Maybe we could go to Hogsmeade together one weekend?"
"As friends, right?"
"If that's what you want it to be," Scorpius winked, leaning close so Rose could smell his peppermint breath before he quickly departed.
Was it Rose's imagination, or had he gotten much taller and muscular over the holidays? Maybe Rose was just shrinking… Yes, that had to be it. She reluctantly made her way back to where he brother and cousins were sitting and slumped down on the seat. So what had happened over summer?
Lessons whizzed by, and soon enough, the first Hogsmeade trip had approached. Rose had been avoiding Scorpius for the majority of the time they had been back, and hadn't bothered to take him up on his offer. Rose hurried downstairs and waited in the Entrance Hall to get her form checked by Argus Filch, looking around for Alice and Aofie. They shouldn't be too long… Alice appeared with Albus, an apologetic smile on her face. Well, it looked like they were going together. Not long after, Aofie approached with Noah. So Rose was going to be alone. Great, just great.
"Scorpius was waiting for you, Rosie," Albus didn't seem very bothered, scuffing his trainers along the floor.
"Why?" Rose snapped.
"He told me that you said that you'd go with him… Can't turn a man down on an offer like that."
Rose rolled her eyes. Typical that Scorpius would have told the whole school about it before she even knew about it herself.
"He might be around the Slytherin common room," Noah offered.
She nodded and hurried down to the dungeons, really not wanting to be wandering around Hogsmeade by herself. Just as she was creeping down the dark, dingy corridors, Scorpius poked his head out from the Slytherin common room. He smirked when he saw Rose.
"Couldn't stay away, huh?" He walked towards her, hands in pockets, looking naturally handsome.
Get it out of your head.
"I just needed someone to go with. You weren't my first option, trust me," Rose grimaced.
Scorpius shrugged and then walked back up to the Entrance Hall. Once they'd been checked, the two walked to Hogsmeade together in stony silence.
"I never categorized you as the quiet type," Scorpius commented, smirking wider than before.
"I never thought you'd be the type to take Gryffindor girls out," Rose retorted.
"You're an exception."
"I'm a Weasley, remember?"
"Yes, I remember. I haven't hit the amnesia stage quite yet."
"Oh, very funny, Malfoy."
"I suppose we'll never be on first name terms, then?"
"You suppose quite right."
Scorpius still wasn't going to let a stroppy Rose spoil his cheery mood. He practically skipped round the shops, a grin plastered on his face.
"Can we go to The Three Broomsticks?" Rose frowned, poking at a liquorice wand in her bag of sweets from Honeydukes.
"If you want… Won't your many family members be gathered in there, though?" Scorpius frowned; he didn't really want anyone to see him with Rose if he was perfectly honest.
"So? This was your idea," Rose took off towards the pub, smiling happily as she walked into the warmth.
Hannah Longbottom was positioned behind the bar, pouring glasses of Butterbeer. She looked up and smiled at Rose, her face hesitating on Scorpius for longer than it should have.
"What do you fancy, Rosie?" Hannah asked.
"Can I have two Butterbeers please?" Rose reached forwards and took the glasses Hannah was about to hand her, reaching in her pocket for some change.
"On the house," Hannah shook her head and turned back to her work.
Scorpius was scanning the pub for a table where he and Rose could sit without being seen, even if they were here as 'friends'. But it seemed that the vast majority of tables had been taken up by the Weasley/Potter family.
"Your family breed like sheep," Scorpius snorted as Rose returned to him.
She glared as she passed him his Butterbeer. However, he was very right indeed. ALL of the Weasley/Potter children were there. Including all of Rose's friends. Ugh, this was going to be a great trip. One of Rose's favourite cousins, Lucy, who was in her fifth year, glanced up and spotted her. Lucy had the famous red hair which swished down her back, and navy eyes. She was sitting with about five friends. They all gaped when they saw who Rose was standing with.
"Rosie!" Lucy called out, waving her forwards.
Rose dragged Scorpius with her, not wanting to face this alone.
"First time in Hogsmeade, is it?" Lucy smiled slightly, registering Scorpius.
"Mm…" Rose shrugged.
"Who's this charming young gentleman?" Lucy nodded at Scorpius, although she already knew who it was.
"Scorpius Malfoy," Rose muttered reluctantly.
Scorpius bobbed his head in a greeting and then spotted an empty table. Without any excuses, he grabbed Rose's hand and dragged her towards it, pulling her into the booth next to him. She sipped her Butterbeer, raising her eyebrows at him.
"Don't you like Lucy?" She smirked.
"Well…" Scorpius shrugged a bit.
"She's alright once you get to know her… She's a prefect for Gryffindor. But on the other hand, she's probably the one to go to for gossip."
"Yeah, I gathered."
"Aren't your friends in here?"
The two of them looked around The Three Broomsticks. A few of Scorpius's friends were sitting not far away, laughing over a magazine or something. The group was made up of Olivia Zabini, Susie Nott, Elsie Smith, Jeremy Wood, Charles Goyle, and Thomas Kintley.
"Look away," Scorpius practically commanded, ducking his head down so they wouldn't look up and recognize him.
A note suddenly flew across the room and landed on the table in front of Rose. She opened it curiously.
Family meeting; table at the back.
Rose recognized James's handwriting. She scribbled back a note.
Just me?
Preferably, it is a family meeting, after all.
I'm in the middle of drinks if you hadn't noticed.
What, with Malfoy? Don't kid yourself Rose.
Annoyed, Rose turned back to Scorpius. He seemed to be finding this little note exchange very amusing.
"Something occurred?" He asked.
"I have to go for a family meeting," Rose rolled her eyes.
"I'll meet you back at Hogwarts then, I'm heading back with the others," Scorpius nodded at his group of friends.
Rose smiled slightly before getting up and walking over to the usual meeting table. And there they were, crammed around the table like there was no tomorrow. Victoire, Dominique, Louis, Lucy, Molly II, Fred II, Roxanne, Hugo, James, Lily and Albus. Rose also noticed that Victoire's steady boyfriend, Teddy Lupin, was among them. Then again, he was practically counted as family. Neither Alice nor Aofie were there, so they must have been shunned back to Hogwarts. Oh well, Aofie would sure make herself comfortable with Noah. As comfortable as it could get with Alice moaning on in her ear. Rose sat down reluctantly.
"What is it?" She asked, a weary tone overcoming her voice.
James stood up, apparently the leader of this little meeting.
"We saw you sitting with Malfoy," He spat out, as if the words were poison.
"Yup… That's what I was doing," Rose narrowed her eyes at him.
Everyone looked around at each other.
"You can't hang around with Malfoy!" James snapped.
"What's wrong with that?" Albus piped up, taking his favourite cousins side, seeing as Malfoy was his best friend.
"You can be friends with him, Al, sure… But Rose going out with him? No, this is against the Potter/Weasley code!" James pursed his lips.
"Actually, it's the Weasley/Potter code…" Fred corrected.
"Oh, shut up."
Rose met the eye of each of her relatives. They all seemed to be in agreement, except Albus.
"So… You're saying I can't even be friends with him?" Rose said slowly.
"Well… Albus can be friends with him, but we'd rather you not… You're out little cousin, Rosie! We don't want you to get hurt," James smiled as if the answer had been clear all along.
"You're… protecting me from him?"
"Exactly! I'm glad you see it that way too."
The group seemed to nod in appreciation. Rose stood up, knocking her chair over. James hastily retrieved it.
"You can't tell me what to do," Rose glared at James before turning on her heel and marching out of The Three Broomsticks.
Albus got up and followed her, hurrying to keep up with her pace.
"Jeez, Rosie… Who knew you had such a temper?"
"Gryffindor vs. Slytherin…" The Gryffindor Quidditch team was huddled together, preparing for their last match of the year.
Rose left the team, mainly made up of her family, and went to sit in one of the front rows in the stand. Alice sat down on one side of her, Aofie on the other. The two of them were rather stuck; Albus and Noah, the boys they liked, were both on the Slytherin Quidditch team. They really had no idea what to do about it.
"What team are you supporting, Rose?" Alice asked.
"I'm not sure… Albus is on Slytherin, and he's my favourite cousin, but the majority of my family are on Gryffindor…" Rose shrugged.
"Don't you mean; Albus and Scorpius are on Slytherin?" Aofie smirked.
Rose whacked her friend lightly, causing the three of them to erupt in giggles.
"Finnigan, get it into your head! I do not like Malfoy!" Rose shook her head, curls bouncing in denial.
"Whatever you say, Weasley," Aofie raised her eyebrows, leaning around Rose to grin at Alice, who returned it knowingly.
"How did that Hogsmeade trip with Scorpius go, by the way?" Alice stood up to see whether Madam Hooch had arrived yet.
"We went as friends, before you say anything else, Aofie… And it was fine. Interrupted by a family meeting, but you know," Rose shrugged, joining her to look over onto the Quidditch pitch.
"Yeah, that family meeting kind of put me off too…" Alice grumbled.
The three of them cheered as the Gryffindor team out, and then faked reluctant clapping for the Slytherin team. Albus and Noah waved up at them, apparent grins on their faces. Madam Hooch blew the whistle and the teams were soaring in the air, passing the Quaffle, shooting the Bludgers back and forth, and searching for the Snitch. As Scorpius flew past on his broom, he shot Rose a slight wink. She smiled back, clapping as one of the Gryffindor Chasers scored another 20 points. Gryffindor were in the lead with 160 – 150. The Seeker just had to catch the Snitch. There was a lot of jostling in the stand they were sitting at, as Lorcan and Lysander came shoving along. Both of them were wearing matching lion hats… which roared? They were receiving lots of weird stares as they rammed themselves either side of Rose, shoving Alice and Aofie along a space each.
"We came to support Gryffindor," They announced in unison, although it was really unnecessary to make the statement.
"That's… Mm," Rose nodded, glancing back and forth between the hats.
"Our mum made them for us. She had one just like them when she was in school," Lorcan explained.
"Do you like them?" Lysander asked.
"Uh, yes, they're really something!" Rose nodded enthusiastically.
The twins smiled and then settled back to watch the last few minutes of the game. James was reaching for the Snitch… reaching… reaching…
"FAIL!" The commentator yelled, as Scorpius, the Slytherin Seeker, had knocked James clear off his broom.
Madam Hooch blew her whistle.
"10 point penalty to Gryffindor!" She yelled.
The Gryffindors reasonably stopped their boos and went back to watch the game. That's not what James had in mind, however. He flew after Scorpius, ready for attack. Everyone continued playing, only the Weasley/Potter family seeming to notice this exchange. James was hot on Scorpius's tail and Scorpius was hurtling closer to the stands…
"He's going to crash!" Alice screamed, jumping up and attempting to move out of the way before the collision happened.
Aofie ducked her head, Lorcan copied, and Lysander took off after Alice. Just as Rose was about to pull out of a deep thinking stupor, Scorpius slammed straight into her, knocking her off of her feet. She clutched her nose, which was dripping scarlet blood down the front of her top.
"You'll pay for that Malfoy!" James yelled behind, receiving many echoes from the Gryffindor Quidditch team and the Weasley/Potter boys.
Scorpius pulled himself up, just caring about getting away from James, knocking Rose once more so she smashed her head against the front of the stands.
"Malfoy!" Rose wailed, rubbing her head.
"Move out of the way next time, Weasley!" Scorpius snapped, no time for apologies as he sprinted down to the safety of Madam Hooch.
He must have spotted the Snitch then, because he was off on his broom again, chasing something in the hair. His hands enclosed around a glint of gold. Many 'boos' filled the stands.
"Slytherin win the match… A lot of nasty cheating there on Malfoy's side however! I've never seen such foul play and – Sorry, Professor, I'll stop now," The commentator did not seem happy at all.
Rose wandered off to the Hospital Wing before she could witness anything else. Madam Pompfrey cleaned her up, tutting at the foul antics of Quidditch.
"They really should put a stop to the game… So dangerous… That's how most of the injuries are caused in this school!" She shook her head, briskly sorting out the array of potions on Rose's bedside table, before instructing her to sit still for a bit while she went to get some ice for her head.
Rose lay back, closing her eyes and sighing. The Hospital Wing doors swung open, and she opened her eyes, expecting it to be Madam Pompfrey back already. Scorpius was standing in the doorway, sporting a black eye and split lip.
"What happened to you?" Rose pushed herself up into a sitting position.
"Your cousins just ganged up on me about this little incident," Scorpius waved his hand dismissively at Rose.
"Oh… Sorry about that."
"Shouldn't I be the one saying sorry? I did land you in the Hospital Wing after all."
"Go on and say it then."
"Sorry."
"I accept your apology… However, I'm not so sure my family are going to jump to the same conclusion. I really am sorry that they did this."
"It's fine. I deserved it. I didn't mean to hurt you Rose, honestly. It was all your stupid cousins fault in the first place!"
"Hey, don't take this out on James. He is my cousin, after all."
Scorpius raised his eyebrows, but nodded reluctantly.
"I feel really bad… I'll make it up to you next year," Scorpius smiled to himself.
"I'll be waiting for it," Rose leant back and closed her eyes again, just wanting to relax.
Scorpius watched her, breathing steadily, looking peaceful and innocent. He really hadn't meant it, no matter what everyone else said. The Gryffindors were furious by the fact that the Slytherins had been practically bursting with pride talking about what he had done to the 'Weasley prat'. Scorpius was going to have to put everything right, deny everything that was said, or she'd never properly forgive him.
