Telling Al
Rose woke up, once again to her dorm mates almost constant chatter. Rose laid silently waiting for what they had in store for her to day.
"I'm taking my chance; I'm asking him out today." Emily said to the others.
"Who?" Margaret asked.
"Scorpius, of course." Emily said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Rose almost burst out and laughed, but she thought that a show later would be more fun. She stretched and pretended that she had just woken up. She ignored the girls and got her stuff and went to the bathroom to have a shower.
After a quick shower she dressed and left the dorm skipping. Rose skipped all the way down the spiral stair case and to the cushy blue couch facing the fire.
"Waiting for your 'just a friend'?" one of the girls said from behind her. Rose smirked but said nothing.
"Rosie!" Scorpius said as he came into the common room.
"Scor!" Rose said getting his attention. "I think you have a present for me, right?"
"Always." Scorpius said scooping her up and giving her a kiss without noticing Roses dorm mates. "Can we get breakfast now?"
"Guys and their stomachs. Let's go." Rose said then over her shoulder she said, "Sorry to ruin your plans Emily. But… you're a day too late."
Scorpius looked confused and gave a questioning look to Rose. "I'll tell you later, for right now, we have to tell Al."
Scorpius shuddered, "And James."
"H-hi A-al," Rose stuttered behind her cousin.
"Hey Rose, hi Scor. You eatin' here?" He asked with out looking up from his plate of eggs.
"Umm, sh-sure." Rose stuttered again sitting between Al and Scorpius.
"Rosie, why are you stuttering?" Al asked turning to his friend and cousin.
"We need t-to t-talk." She stuttered for a third time.
"You can tell me, Rose." He said getting concerned.
"Not here." Rose said with force that both Al and Scorpius were shocked; Rose had never talked like that. Al automatically stood and waited for his friends to do the same he walked out of the great hall. Rose quickly steered the group outside and down to the lake where she sat silently.
"Now, what is it Rose?" Al asked sitting down next to his cousin.
"Scorpius and I are- are dating, please don't be mad!" She whispered then hugged Al tightly.
A huge grin spred across Als' face, "'Bout time you two! I've known for years you two liked each other, I cant believe it took you this long to figure it out." Al laughed.
"Y-you knew. You knew. YOU KNEW! And you didn't try to push us into telling the other how we felt! Albus Severus Potter you have five seconds to start running." Rose screamed.
"N-now Rose, let's not be haisty." Al said.
"Five."
"Rosie,"
"Four."
"C'mon,"
"Three, this is your final warning, get running."
"Rose."
"Two."
"Scorpius?"
"Your on your own mate."
"One!" Rose shouted and Al booked it towards the school with Rose hot on his heels. "Your gonna get it Potter!"
"Rose! What are you doing!? Why in Merlin's name are you chasing my little prick of a brother?" James asked catching Rose on her way past him.
"I wont kill him, just put him in the hospital wing for a while." Rose said squirming trying to get out of her older cousins arms.
"Why?" James asked.
"Because he desirves it."
"Rose," James said in his Quiditch Captain voice that he uses when he wants everyone to listen.
"What?" She snapped at him.
"Tell me why you want to hurt Al."
"Let me go first."
"Fine," He said and he put her back on her feet.
"Scorpius can tell you I have a cousin to beat." She said running off before James could grab onto her again.
James turned to look at Scorpius, "Tell me."
"Well,…you see…umm, Rose and I are, uhh dating." The last word was barely above a whisper.
"'Bout time, too."
"Don't let Rose hear you say that, that's why she's chasing Al." Scorpius explained.
"Ahh, I see. We should probably find them before she really hurts him." James suggested as they started running in the same direction as Al and Rose.