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Testosterone
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"Good evening Father," Scorpius smiled as he entered the dining room. He had just arrived home and his mother was sitting at the dining table with a glass of chardonnay, indicating that dinner was to be soon.
"Scorpius darling, how was your day?" His mother asked. Immediately Scorpius knew that his mother and father had undertaken in an argument. His mother was always a little happier around him, thankyou to Mr. Jumbo Bottle of Chardonnay. Always a little rosier.
Rose…
"My day was fine Mother. I went for a walk down Diagon Alley with Wilhelm Zambini to make sure I had everything for school."
His mother's cheery smile turned to plastic and Scorpius knew he'd hit smack bang on the conversation topic. This expression pulled Scorpius from the beginning of another 'he and Rose' fantasy.
No Scorpius, this is not the time to daydream!
"Son, your mother and I have made a decision."
Oh crap… not a joint decision.
"We've decided that we'd like you to finish your education at Durmstrang."
Scorpius dropped the fork he had been examining. What ever horrible news he had expected, it for sure was not this.
"What?"
"Now son, your mother and I have looked into this and we feel that it is the best thing. The teachers are better informed on what they are teaching and the school has an almost impeccable reputation."
Scorpius shot up out of his chair. "But why? What did I do wrong? There is nothing overly horrible about Hogwarts! Why the change now?"
Draco placed his newspaper flat on the table. "I am your father Scorpius and what I say goes. Your mother bought your new robes and books today so you are all set. Now I suggest tomorrow you stay in the house and think about how you talk to your mother and me."
Scorpius threw a look of betrayal to his mother before pushing out his chair and storming off.
"Ahm, Scorpius darling, what about dinner?"
"I'M NOT HUNGRY!" Scorpius yelled back, already down the hall and half way up the first staircase.
"There you are Rose. Where have you been?" Grandma Weasley insisted, not happy at all.
"I'm sorry Gran, I went for a walk but then I met up with someone and we had hot-," Rose's eyes shot open and she was jerked from her daydream as she realised what she was about to say. "-fudge!" She recuperated. "We had hot fudge and we just lost track of time."
Grandma Weasley eyed Rose. "Rose Susan, I have raised many children, your father included. I know when someone is lying to me."
Rose forced a smile as she continued. "I'm being truthful Gran. I met up with Zara as I was passing the ice-cream parlour. She was supposed to be on her way to her piano lesson but she hates the piano so I suggested we have hot fudge. I just don't want her mother to find out that I was with her whilst she was bludging her piano lesson or I'll never be asked to baby-sit for them again." For a slight second Rose was not sure if her Gran would believe that she was eating ice-cream with a nine-year-old for three hours but then Grandma Weasley nodded.
"Well okay, but no more distracting Zara from her piano lessons. If she doesn't want to do them then it's up to her to break the news to her mother."
Rose nodded and then turned to head up the stairs.
"Tell everyone dinner's in twenty minutes and that Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione will be here in ten."
Rose opened the door to the first room that James had clamed only to find him lying on his bed outside of his pants.
"OH MY GOD!" Rose pulled the door shut and stood in front of it, trying to eliminate all images of her cousin's masturbation from her mind.
"What is it Rose?" Grandma Weasley yelled up the stairs.
"Nothing! It was just an, um, spider."
Rose knocked silently on the door and James spoke an awkward 'come in'. Rose however, did not. She stuck her head in and looked straight at a spot on one of the walls.
"Dinner will be ready in twenty minutes, Uncle Harry and Aunty Ginny will be here in ten. Where's Hugo?"
"In the spare room." James mumbled. "Hey Roe, I'm urm, sorry you had to se-,"
Rose squeezed her eyes shut, "NO! No, its okay… let's just, um, forget about it." Then she shut the door. Pressing her cool hands up to her burning cheeks she made her way up the hallway to the room Albus stayed in.
She took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
"Enter."
Rose opened to door. Hugo was sitting on his bed reading a book, feeding an occasional treat to his big tawny Éclatant.
"Hello Ecky." Rose patted Éclatant.
"Please Rose; you dumb him down when you call him Ecky. Éclatant means excellent." Victoire had spent the entire summer holidays teaching Albus fluent French. It had begun to get on everyone's nerves; all the spitting and gagging and chocking of pronunciation.
Rose smiled and passed on the same news to Albus that she had to James.
The next room was the spare room. Rose knocked twice and opened the door without delay only to find her brother on top of Mareeka Brown with his hand up her shirt.
"For Merlin's sake! Does no one lock the door? And besides, what is this, a brothel?" Rose yelled the instructions she'd been informed to give and slammed the door shut.
She knocked sharply on the door of the room she shared with Lily.
"I swear Lily, if you're in there having sex then that'll just be the cheese on the cake!" Lily pulled open the door half a smile on her face.
"Cheese on the cake?" She asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Shut up alright?" and Rose told the story to Lily.
"Well, you're having a good day aren't you?"
Rose shrugged, "not really."
There were a few minutes of silence as Rose pulled open the window.
"Sooooo. Whilst we're on the subject of sexually fuelled afternoons; what did you get up to this arvo?"
Rose's head shot up. "What do you mean? I went for a walk."
Lily laughed, "come on, I'm not stupid, besides, you're a sucky liar… what'd you do?"
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