Flourish and Blotts: 1 - Hermione Granger
I can't believe my Rose, my Rosie would do this. Clever, very intelligent - Ron always said she had my brains but at the moment she's acting like him. I mean, sure - it could work in later years, when both families have time to process it, but at the moment I completely disapprove! If this had to happen, I would've hoped the other party was someone other than him, of all people.
In the middle of her O.W.L year! By the time she has to sit them, all her brains would've been drained out and replaced by a consciousness that so many young girls have. I thought she could fend it off! My Ravenclaw, my clever, clever Rosie.
I'm hoping to see her at Easter, where we can have a nice, long chat about all this. And perhaps ban her from Hogsmeade.
I'm in shock. First, this, secondly - well, who knows? This time next year she could be married with a kid!
And the "other party" - Scorpius Malfoy, who Ron, his brothers, Harry, and Teddy are all trying to murder (I almost feel sorry for him. Almost), not the best kid around. He's Ravenclaw, like my Rose - he and Al have the same dorm room - but not as bright as Rosie. And he certainly can't control his lusts, either. Poor judgement, I think the Sorting hat has displayed, although really, who can tell the future? (Trelawney was a hag and a hoax).
And Rose - oh, what did Rosie do? She must've played some part of it - it was consensual, I've been assured (although Madam Pomfrey did look I little confused when I wanted to know). But I really thought she had brains. She's only fifteen! Much too young for all this rubbish.
(Yes, point taken, I was fifteen when I was in a relationship with Viktor, but something like this, it only happened once, and it wasn't even properly.)
I swallow hard, and grip my desk tightly. I'm at work, my daughter's mistakes shouldn't be worrying me right now. I should be more worried about a case of a House Elf found in Zabini House without pay.
(perhaps I'm a bit over-protective; she's clever, she'll manage this reasonably, and no-one was worrying when Viktor and I went out - but she's my baby girl, my only girl, and it feels like a kick in the neck for this to happen. Like, 'you didn't teach her well enough')
What if I have done something wrong? What if it was a fluke of her being smart all these years, and she really has no common sense? Am I a bad parent? I would certainly think not - I've read every parenting book and scrolled through every muggle parenting forum and I've had the help and guidance of the best mother in the world - Molly Weasley.
No, I'm a good parent. I've read every book there is on the topic - I can tell you eighteen strategies on how to get your kid to turn the heater on. It's just - hormones, it must be. Teenage hormones affecting her thought process. Making her do irrational things. Yes - how could I be so stupid? Of course it's hormones.
(that's what I'm telling myself)
There's simply no other logical reason why Rose, at only fifteen, would kiss someone, particularly Scorpius Malfoy. I mean, she's only been a teenager for two years! Much too young to be kissing any boy. She should wait until she's at least of age. Or maybe until she's thirty - yes, that sounds reasonable. I really don't approve of her kissing people right now. She needs to focus on O. .
Oh dear, what has my daughter gotten herself into?