A/N - Right so next chapter! And it is an extremely long one! Misspotter94 and I just couldn't stop thinking of ideas for it. I hope you enjoy it. Oh and just to warn you there is an M rated scene towards the end.
Disclaimer – I do not own Harry Potter
"As good as this is," Lysander murmured against my mouth; the two of us were in a compartment with my friends, Lily and Roxanne as we journeyed to London on the Hogwarts Express. Lysander had walked past my compartment three hours ago and ever since then, I had been distracting him.
My friends didn't mind; Ivy was sleeping with her head propped up against the window and Vinnie and Lily were doing the exact same as Lysander and I.
Roxanne and Scorpius were too...but I choose to ignore their presence.
"I really should go." He groaned and pulled my hands from round his neck.
"Why?" I sighed but let him go anyway; I don't know if my sudden bad mood spurted from Lysander leaving my just as we were enjoying ourselves, the fact that I could now have a full-frontal view of Roxanne and Scorpius groping each other as they made out or the fact that in under an hour I'd be in the same house as my mother and brother for two weeks.
"Because your brother, Albus and my brother will be wondering where their pasties have gone." Lysander chuckled and picked the pile of food he was carrying back up.
"Hugo could do with losing a few pounds and Albus and Lorcan are big boys, stay!" I smirked and looked at him through the tops of my eyelashes.
I knew it would do no good though; I couldn't wrap Lysander around my little finger as easy as other people...he had more of a spark about him.
"No. We're all going to the Burrow for dinner tonight, we'll sneak off somewhere." He promised me. "Maybe we'll sneak to your parents' bed in the attic." He winked before he left, shutting the door behind him.
I didn't register what he said after he mentioned we're going to the Burrow.
"What the hell was he talking about?" I threw a handful of Bertie Bott's beans at both my cousins, ignoring the glare Roxanne gave me, the fact Scorpius still wouldn't meet my eye and the annoyed sigh that Vinnie gave me. "We're going to Grandma's tonight?!" I asked the pair of them.
"Yeah," Lily sighed as she put her hand down her top to hook some beans out of her bra. "We're each going home and then around seven we're having dinner with Gran and Granddad." She explained.
"Why? What the hell is so different about this time? Normally we don't go to...to that place till the fourth or fifth night home!" I reminded the two of them.
"The parents have something they want to tell us all. If you bothered to even speak to your mother on her visits, you'll probably know." Roxanne shrugged before she turned back to Scorpius and forced his face to look back at her before she started necking on with him again.
I don't know what did it, but I just felt myself snap at that sight. I grabbed the full box of beans and tossed the beans over Roxanne and Scorpius, covering them both and making the beans fall all down their hair and down the tops.
I told myself it was because of the jibe about my mother - over the past three weeks she had been true to her word and arrived every Sunday. The first week she followed me around the castle; the second she sat with me in the Library and the third she watched me practice Quidditch.
Even though the jibe about my mother is a plausible excuse, I knew - and Ivy knew because she woke up, smirked and then went back to sleep when she heard the commotion, it was because Roxanne was kissing Scorpius when I felt like it should be me kissing Scorpius.
"I swear to Wizarding God if you two don't hurry the fuck up I will ram your trunks down your damn throats!" Ivy threatened Vinnie and Scorpius as they kissed their girlfriends passionately goodbye, taking advantage of the fact they didn't have protective parents, siblings or cousins around to see - I don't count because I, in Vinnie's word, 'couldn't give a damn if my cousins caught a sex disease or not.'
Instead of waiting like she normally did, Ivy grabbed her backpack, pulled her arms through it, pulled her hood up over her head and stormed off in search of her father.
"Ivy - wait!" Vinnie called after his twin, but she ignored him and carried on walking.
Roxanne stalked away, taking her trunk with her whereas Lily decided to walk up with the boys and I.
"She's a little stressed - first Christmas without Gran and all." Vinnie sighed, picking Ivy's trunk up and carrying it with his own.
Out of tradition, Scorpius took mine. When our hands brushed as he took it from my hand, the two of us looked up at each other - and I swear that he smiled faintly at me.
"I know, she's been snappy all week." I shrugged and went to walk beside Lily, eagerly looking forward to seeing my families' reaction to the two of us talking again. "It's not her fault. I guess we know now what it's like to be on the receiving end of Ivy's nastiness." I joked, making Vinnie, Lily and Scorpius laugh.
It was the four of us laughing that must have shocked the mass of people waiting for us; all the Weasley-Potter family as well as the Malfoy's and Greg Goyle.
"Scorpius!" Astoria Malfoy grinned at the sight of her only son. Scorpius dropped the two trunks and accepted the hug his mother wanted to give him.
"Mum, Dad...why are you here?" He asked as he pulled away.
I smiled slightly at my Dad, ignored my mother and didn't even look in the direction of the rest of my family.
"Well...we thought it would be best for you to say goodbye to your friends and Roxanne now instead of going back later." Draco cleared his throat and told his son awkwardly.
"Goodbye? What? No! You said we weren't going to Canada!" Scorpius' shoulders slumped, knowing he was fighting a lost battle.
"Canada?!" Roxanne hissed, glaring at her boyfriend as if he had planned the whole thing.
Lily snapped before Ivy or I did; "Leave of Foxy, it's not as if he planned it."
Even Lily herself looked surprised at that; Ivy and I grinned, or rather I grinned as Ivy inclined a smile in Lily's direction. I saw Albus whisper something to Aunt Ginny who closed her eyes for a second.
"Can't he stay with us Dad?" Vinnie asked Greg who looked uncomfortable for a couple of seconds.
"Well...normally you'd be more than welcome Scorp, it's just..."
"First Christmas just the three of you, we understand." Astoria smiled sadly at the huge man.
"What about Aunt Daph?" Scorpius suggested.
"After the prank you four pulled at Easter? Not a chance." Draco shook his head.
Scorpius sighed again and looked from Roxanne to Ivy, myself and Vinnie sadly.
He was just about to open his mouth when we all got a huge shock.
"He can stay with us." My own mother offered; which got every single person looking at her like she was a stranger.
Did Hermione Granger just invite the son of Draco Malfoy to stay over her house for two weeks?
"I mean, he and Rosie are friends, we can keep an eye on him, he'll get to see his friends and his girlfriends...if that's alright with you that is. The offers there." Mum sort of smiled at Draco and Astoria who looked at each other with astonishment evident on their faces.
Over the years, my mother mainly conversed with Astoria when she discussed the behaviour of me and their children with her and Greg - I always assumed Draco refused to speak to my mother, I didn't guess that Astoria genuinely liked my mother.
"Hermione are you sure? Three teenagers can be a handful and you've said yourself you have your hands full with your two -"
"I wouldn't have suggested it if I wasn't certain." Mum shook her head and smiled; I was still too astonished to say anything. I looked around to suddenly expecting dad to cut off his wife and downright refuse but I noticed he wasn't in the group nearby. He must be waiting at home. Watching mum explain this to dad would be entertaining to watch.
"There isn't any room." Scorpius pointed out in a tone that sounded disappointed.
"We have a camp bed; we'll put that in Hugo's room -"
"You will not!" The normally quiet Hugo spoke up, interrupting Mum who sighed and shook her head.
"We'll put that in Rose's room then. I'm sure the two of them won't mind sharing a room." Mum looked at Scorpius and me and obviously took our shocked and awkward silences as a way of saying we wouldn't mind.
"I'm sure Scorpius and Rose wouldn't mind sharing a room one bit." Ivy cackled smugly, but only so the two of us could hear her.
Scorpius Malfoy; the best damn make out I've ever had would be staying in my room for two weeks.
Scorpius Malfoy; my cousins' boyfriend would be in a bed several feet away from mine for two weeks.
Scorpius Malfoy...changing in my room...sleeping in my room.
Christmas suddenly seems very appealing.
We landed roughly outside the house with mum gripping both Hugo's and my hand still. I yanked my arm out of her grip and let go of my trunk with my left hand, letting it crunch loudly on the driveway gravel. Without looking back I walked off towards the large front door.
"Rose, can you –"My mother started from behind me but I cut her off quickly with a resounding no. I heard her sigh and the sound of her picking it up. The door was unlocked so I pushed my way in hesitating only slightly in the small foyer to kick off my shoes and drop my coat on the floor.
I didn't call out and let my dad know we were back. Instead I walked straight up the stairs and into my room. It was exactly how I left it after my exclusion back in October. Even the door was still missing from its hinges. I made a note to ask if they would be so kind to return my privacy.
I had just finished unpacking my trunk and was sat on my bed flicking through a quidditch magazine when I heard him.
"You did what!" My dad yelled so loud the house shook. Grinning I dropped the magazine and hurried down the stairs eager to catch what happened next.
I snuck through the foyer and stood behind the doorway that leads into the kitchen. I couldn't be seen but could hear everything.
"How on earth can you spin this as good Mione?" My dad spoke again sounding exasperated. "Our rebellious fifteen year old daughter sharing a room with a 16 year old boy who just happens to be a Malfoy!" I could imagine him tugging his red hair down over his red ears.
"Scorpius is one of Rose's closest friends and her cousins boyfriend I doubt anything will happen Ronald. I was just trying to do Astoria a favour." Mum replied calmly. Dad took a deep breath before he spoke again.
"Why can't he stay in Hugo's room?" he asked now sounding calmer.
"Hugo and Scorpius have nothing in common and if I'm being totally honest I think he is a bit intimidated by Scorpius." Mum stated plainly. I fought hard to hold back a laugh and my dad scoffed. They were silent for a bit longer before mum spoke again.
"Oh and earlier Rose actually asked nicely if she could have her door back." My mum added quickly. Her husband made a strained noise before replying.
"Fine but I'm keeping the lock."
We all arrived at The Burrow about seven. Scorpius had owled earlier saying his parents would drop him and his stuff there to be taken home with us later.
The house was alive with laughter, chatter and the smell of lasagne. I knew that every room would be filled with someone telling a story or joke. Gran ran over as we entered and hugged us all. She remarked on how much Hugo had grown and how my hair looked different. Once she had released me I smiled as nicely as I could before walking off in search of Scorpius or Lily. I had asked Ivy to come along but she and Vinnie were being taken out for dinner by Greg.
I walked into the front room where the majority of people seemed to be and instantly spotted Lily. She was sat on one of the smaller couches with Teddy laughing at something. I strolled into the room and fell into the free space next to her. She smiled at me before turning back to Uncle George who seemed to be explaining a new product he had just started selling at the shop.
James soon walked in carrying a large tray of drinks. He looked at me and scowled, I had obviously just sat in his seat. I smirked as he slid the tray on to the coffee table and retreated to sit on the arm of Louis' chair.
I sat silently not joining in. I started to think about where Scorpius was but then stopped when I realised he must be with Roxanne. Grimacing at the thought of them together I pulled myself back into reality just in time to see George exit the room.
James and Albus both jumped up and stood in front of all of us. Their audience included me, Lily, Teddy, Louis, Dominique, Lucy and Fred.
"Right some of you already know but James and I want to ask the adults if we can all have a party here the night before Christmas Eve." Albus explained to us. My eyes shot up from inspecting my nails at the sound of party and I was instantly taking notice.
"We are going to ask tonight at dinner so you guys play along and they will soon give in you will see." James ended with a wink before leaving the room in search of more kids.
It was after the main course and just before desert when the boys decided to execute their plan. Albus stood up and cleared his throat loudly. Everyone went silent and looked up at him.
"If I have everyone's attention I would like to ask something." No one stopped him to he carried on.
"myself, James and a few of the others have been discussing it and we came to the conclusion that we are now all old enough and responsible enough to have a party here at The Burrow and we were wondering whether we could have one next week the night before Christmas eve?" He finished glancing around the table before letting his eye settle back on his parents.
Harry and Ginny glanced at each other and did the strange thing when they seem to communicate without speaking before looking back at their son.
"You are right Albus, we believe that you are all old enough now so as long as it is okay with your Grandparents and everyone else you can have a party. Every young person at the table turned to look at the matriarch and patriarch of the family. Granddad Arthur let his wife speak.
"Well I suppose I have to yes now to make up for the amount of times I refused Fred and George's plea for a party back when they were young." Gran said laughing. A cheer rung out across the table and even I cracked a smile at the thought of a party here at The Burrow. I had always thought this was an excellent place for a party.
Looking down the table I caught Scorpius's gaze. He was sat with his arm around Roxanne but smiling lazily at me. The little gleam in his eye told me that he was looking forward to it just as much as I was.
"BUT!" Harry shouted over the chatter. "People we know only! No hard core partiers! I can imagine the crowd you guys would draw in." He announced making me frown.
"Relax, just a few friends Dad. You'll know them all anyway." Albus shrugged but then he looked in my direction. "We're quite a tame group of kids."
I rolled my eyes and scowled at the little dig about my friends.
"Something wrong Rosie?" Mum asked me.
"I'm just wondering which one of you will have the balls to say my friends aren't welcome at the party?" I caught each and every adult out; I knew what they were thinking, I just voiced their opinions.
"But before any of you do; can I just say it is incredibly unfair to ostracise me from this family event simply because I have a different group of friends than the majority?" I worked my hardest to keep my temper in check and decided to approach this in a sophisticated way - by using words that most of my cousins wouldn't understand.
"Rose, it's not that your friends aren't welcome," Aunt Angelina sighed and struggled how to phrase it.
"So we can invite her friends?" Lily came to my support straight away, surprising a few of the aunts and uncles, making Aunt Ginny sigh and her brothers frown.
"It's just that some of your friends are more...wild when they're at a party -" Uncle Bill tried to finish off for Aunt Angelina.
"That's rubbish. So you're telling me what? I'll have no choice but to go to a Gryffindor party? I'm assuming that I still cannot be trusted to stay home alone?" I turned to Mum and Dad who just sighed and shook their heads.
"I think that it's only fair Rose's friends come too." I was surprised by getting support from Teddy. "I had a ton of Slytherin friends in school - they party the best!" He winked at me.
Uncle Harry considered it for a moment before replying.
"Fine, Rose; since you're probably going to invite the twins and Scorpius is obviously invited you can invite your other friends too; but we want no fighting, no trouble and no alcohol. Ok?"
Harry compromised fairly and soon I was looking back at Scorpius smirking.
After desert all the adults left the table leaving their offspring to clean up for once. We used this time to start planning the party. We decided that to save the house we would have it in the giant garden and have someone cast a protection bubble around the land to protect us from cold and weather. Everyone was throwing in their ideas and it was starting to get hectic. I decided to put an end to that.
"Don't you worry your pretty little heads kids; we snakes know how to have a good time. You simply provide your guest list and we'll sort everything else." I winked at Scorpius who smirked and nodded once back.
"So you're going to sort out the food the drinks the music and the decorations?" Molly raised an eyebrow doubtfully.
"Don't you worry about the fine details, people don't care about that shit. They just want to turn up, have a drink and perhaps get laid." I smirked; Molly and Dominique scoffed whilst a few of the guys raised their eyebrows.
"Lysander, Scorpius can you two get some booze?" I asked the two of them. "Wait, didn't your parents take away your key for your vault?" I checked with Scorpius who chuckled as he put the clean dishes away in the rack.
"Yeah, the key my grandparents gave me for their trust fund however is in my trunk." Scorpius smirked at me and summoned his house-elf.
"Monty, I have a job for you. I want you to take this key," He instructed the elf quietly and quickly in case one of our parents came back in. "And take enough money to get...at least three crates of fire-whiskey, muggle stuff and food such as pizzas, burgers and crap. Take the booze too...er; my parents will have locked their house up." Scorpius looked at me puzzled.
"My room. Take them to my room." Lily offered. "I have a huge closet that has enough space to hide it until the party." She ignored the glares that her brothers were giving her and offered her room up to hide the, no doubt, stolen booze.
Did the Head-Auror's daughter just offer to harbour stolen goods? Wow, maybe I am a bad influence.
"Ok, take it to Lily Potter's room - be discrete Monty. If my parents find out I'm dead. Leave no traces. That's all." Scorpius shook Monty's small hand before the elf apparated away.
"What the hell did you mean by no traces?" Molly hissed, looking at where the elf had been moments before.
"Telling you would be a trace." Scorpius smirked at Molly and sent her an obnoxious wink.
I looked over at Scorpius who was managing to grin and smirk at the same time. The others didn't know it yet, but this was going to be a Slytherin party and we would show those timid pussy cats how the partying is really done.
We floo'd home in turn and once Scorpius came out of the fire place I took him up to my room, pleased to see that I finally had my door back.
Dad had conjured up a bed for Scorpius to sleep in - my bed and his were separated by about two feet.
"There should be room in the closet for you." I pointed to my large walk-in-wardrobe that I added myself two years ago, halving the size of my mother's home-office in the process.
"Hugo and I have to share a bathroom; it's the only one on the landing. My parents have their own leading from their room." I explained as I fell down onto my bed and picked a magazine up.
"Their room on the other side of the staircase; the bathroom is the door to our left and Hugo's room is the door to the left of that. The room next door is Mum's office. Dad's office is downstairs, inbetween the living room and the dining room." I thought it best explain the layout of the house to him since he probably hasn't been in a muggle-designed building before.
Both he and the twins lived in huge manors with hundreds of rooms and Roxanne lived in a country house that Uncle George designed himself and all our other friends lived in houses like both of those.
My parents bought our house before I was born; Dad wanted privacy and Mum wanted comfort from her youth; so they settled on this muggle house in an affluent estate where sending your children to private boarding schools wasn't a big deal. Our neighbours were separated by at least five acres of land on both side and the fences around all of the houses were enormous - there was a few well-known muggle celebrities who lived in our street. The privacy enabled us to practice magic and fly our brooms in the garden without exposing our secret to the neighbourhood.
"Every third Saturday of the month my mother hosts a - whoah!" I threw a pillow at Scorpius when I saw him taking his top off.
The last time he exposed his chest to me we weren't doing much talking.
"I'm changing! You don't have to stay!" He pointed out, throwing the pillow back.
"It's my room." I snapped, trying to not make it obvious I was ogling him.
"It's our room for the next two weeks. My parents won't be back until after New Year." He smirked. "Besides...it's not as if you haven't seen it before." He reminded me with a huge wink.
I sat up straighter at the same time that he slowly made his way over to my bed. When he reached the foot of my bed I moved so I was kneeling on the mattress, only a couple of inches away from him.
"Rose!" We both jumped and blinked several times when we heard Hugo shout and knock on the door. "Mum and Dad want to speak to you downstairs. The bathrooms free if you want to shower Malfoy." He didn't say anything after that and we stayed looking at the door until we heard Hugo's bedroom door slam shut.
"Um...I should probably go see what they want." My voice sounded husky and for some reason it made Scorpius' smirk turn broader slightly. Without looking at him I pushed myself from the bed, climbed over his and left my bedroom, closing the door behind me.
For the first time since the summer before we went to Hogwarts; I floo'd into Aunt Ginny and Uncle Harry's kitchen; as expected the family of six were sitting around the breakfast table, all but one looking extremely shocked to see me fall out of their fireplace.
"What do you want?" Albus asked me, wincing when Harry obviously kicked him under the table.
"What he meant to say was, would you like some breakfast Rosie?" Aunt Ginny sent a small glare at her youngest son who just narrowed his eyes at me.
"Nah, I already ate." I shrugged and looked around the kitchen curiously; they redecorated since my last visit nearly six years ago.
"Can we help you with something?" Uncle Harry looked at me curiously.
"She came to hang out with me." Lily rolled her eyes and pushed her plate away. "Come on, we'll go to my room." She muttered and nodded to the staircase.
Sending an arrogant smirk in James and Albus' way I followed her up the stairs and all the way into her room.
Lily's bedroom had changed too; it was obviously a lot bigger than what it was.
"Mum and Dad knocked the wall down from the play room next door." Lily explained when she saw me looking at her now huge bedroom.
Instead of it being pink and white and covered in dolls; it was now a really nice light green colour with white furniture. Her bed, wardrobes and dresser all looked to be a part of set...a very ancient, expensive looking set.
As well as a wardrobe, I could see a set of double doors leading into a walk-in wardrobe that was bigger than mine. Lily waved me forwards into the closet which was big enough for a bedroom to fit comfortably in here.
"I thought we'd hide the crates behind my shoe racks, they come from the wall." Lily muttered and pulled her shoe racks from the wall; revealing a secret decent sized space that already had several items in there.
"Clothes and shoes my parents do not need to know about." Lily explained when she saw me looking.
"Didn't they design this and approve the building plan for it though?" I asked as Lily put the shoe rack back in place and led me from her closet.
"Nah, when you did something to your Mum's office it gave me inspiration. My parents don't even know the closet has been extended twice." Lily shrugged slightly.
Over the past five years, Lily Potter has grown into a pretty cool person; it didn't take me long to realise that she put on a front for our family, mainly her brothers.
"How did you know about that?" I asked her, walking around her new room and inspecting her photo frames. I rolled my eyes at the last one of the two of us before my sorting; I had my arms around her and we where both smiling up at the camera.
"Your mother came over here freaking out because her office was covered in dust and chipped paint. Your father said he was impressed you did a decent job." Lily muttered, sounding very bored.
"My mother freaks out every time I do something she doesn't like. I'm bored, what should we do?" I sighed as I threw myself into her desk chair, pushing a cushion onto the floor in the process.
"Diagon Alley?" Lily suggested.
"I'm not allowed to leave the house; my mother practically wet herself when I asked to come here." I rolled my eyes and snorted at the memory of my mother's ecstatic face when I told her I was going to hang out with a cousin.
"My parents are working from home, which probably means your Dad will be popping over too." Lily told me sympathetically.
"So we're basically getting spied on all day? Perfect."
Lily and I just stayed in her room for most of the day, mainly catching up on the last few years.
I learnt that she started to secretly rebel against her brothers in her second year - she hated not speaking to me and she didn't understand why the family ignored me for so long. She also said she was frightened to start talking to me because I was so withdrawn from the family and constantly had Ivy by my side.
She and Vinnie started dating in secret in August after meeting through a friend of a friend of a friend, a Gryffindor a Ravenclaw and a Slytherin, at somebody's birthday party. She said that because she was the oldest person in her year group with her birthday being the first of September, she didn't think much of the age difference with it technically being only a year and a few months, with the twins having been born in the summer holidays.
When I attacked Amy, she said she was one of the people who stuck up for me in my absence and intended to apologise when she met me in the Entrance Hall with our cousins; she didn't know that they would be there too.
"Scorpius knew about Vin and me." Lily told me quietly several hours after I arrived. "He said it's about time Vinnie acted on the crush he had on me." She blushed and giggled when I smirked and shook my head.
"What's Dominique's deal? I know she and Foxy have always been close and she was the quiet one but she wasn't as -"
"Timid? Dominique...she's grew up a lot. She fell in love last summer in France and he dumped her so she's turned very...cynical to everything and acts shy as a front. When she's arguing with someone she really lets rip. I'm surprised she didn't attack you for the incident with the ink pellet." Lily sniggered.
I'm actually really surprised the sorting hat didn't put her in Slytherin; everything she's told me reminded me of the girls in my house.
"You don't approve of Roxanne and Scorpius do you?" Lily asked as the two of us sat on her windowsill and looked out into the miserable stormy, rain. From Lily's window we could see the village of Godric's Hallow - where her parents owned several of the Houses and businesses, including the post office, the small local produce supermarket, the pub and even the little bed and breakfast inn.
I briefly looked at Lily to see her looking at me through neutral, calculating eyes.
"Not really. I think Scorpius can do miles better than her."
Scorpius has done miles better than her.
"She's alright, better than Molly anyway. She's less of a gossip than Lucy, more of a laugh than Dominique and not as up tight as Victoire." Lily assured me.
"I don't approve of you and Vinnie either." I told her, smiling slightly. "I'll admit I like your relationship more than Ivy does, but I still don't approve."
Lily frowned instead of asking why not so I just laughed at her. "Can we go get some lunch? I can hear your brothers laughing so I'm guessing that means food is ready." I teased her, smirking when she rolled her eyes.
"They need to grow up. I swear I act older than they do - I bet they get wasted at this party and try to bone some girl." Lily shuddered as she made her way out of her room and down the staircase that led into the kitchen.
I laughed at that, knowing she was probably right.
I got a huge shock when I walked into the kitchen; sat round the table while my father, Harry and Ginny made a load of sandwiches, was Lily's brothers, Dominique, Amy Wilson, my brother, Roxanne, Fred and Scorpius.
"Blimey, is seeing my face at three o'clock in the morning not enough for you? You have to stalk me all day too!" I teased Scorpius as Lily and I slid into two empty seats, directly opposite Roxanne and Scorpius.
"You know what, I was thinking that you've gone without seeing all of this," Scorpius waved his hand in front of his face as he spoke, "for a few hours, so I figured you'd be getting withdrawal symptoms."
"Ah, and you thought you'd give me my addiction?" I laughed, accepting the sandwich from my Dad.
"Sure did baby, I'm all heart." Scorpius teased through a mouthful of ham and cheese and bread.
I giggled unintentionally - which is not like me! I do not giggle!
"Alright Grandma, I'll see you in a few days. Night, love you." I said goodbye to my Grandmother Granger and hung the phone up. Her and Granddad Granger were going to the Burrow to spend Christmas with us all but wouldn't be arriving until late Christmas Eve since their dental practice stayed open until early evening on Christmas Eve.
I loved all my Grandparents and they were some of the few people that I could actually stand to be nice to.
"Grandma says that she'll ring you tomorrow to discuss Hugo's gifts." I told my mother who was sat watching the television as my father read the newspaper. Hugo was in his room doing whatever it is he does and Scorpius was in the shower.
"Did you ask for anything specific this year?" Mum asked me, seeming pleased I was conversing with her voluntarily.
"An envelope full of money." I told her honestly, smiling a little bit when they both laughed.
"Nah, Granddad said they have me a few bits to open but he probably will just give me money. They also said they have a little something for the others; Gran said she'd feel guilty not getting them anything." I rolled my eyes.
I may have inherited my flawless skin, hair colour and several other traits from my Granger relatives, but I did not inherit their weak conscience.
"I'm going to sleep. We're going to set things up for the party tomorrow." I reminded my parents and left the room without saying goodnight, ignoring the slight feeling of happiness that I had just had practically a full civil conversation with my parents.
I didn't think to knock on my own bedroom door; the shower was still running so I just assumed that Scorpius was still in there.
I should have knocked.
I walked in my room to see Scorpius stood without a stitch of clothing on, completely naked as the day he was born. He was stood holding a t-shirt up, clearly in the process of dressing for bed.
"Rose!" He jumped when he saw me stood gaping at him.
I couldn't help but look at him; no wonder he was so damn cocky all the time!
"Are you finished?" Scorpius smirked when I shut the bedroom door but then fell back against it.
It was obvious that we were both attracted to one another; we had both been caught staring.
"You know, you're going to have to return the favour." Scorpius smirked, pulling a pair of extremely tight white boxers on, when the elastic snapped against his skin, I felt myself jump and straight away felt angry with myself for blushing.
I stormed into my closet, flicked the light on in there and pulled the door closed so he couldn't see me changing for bed. For good measure I locked the door.
I quickly changed out of my jeans and jumper and into a vest top and a pair of shorts - the tightest vest top and shortest shorts I owned.
I silently unlocked the door and pushed it open, walking out and combing my fingers through my hair at the same time.
"You'll freeze in those. It is December." Scorpius mentioned; I looked over to see him sat up in his bed, watching me with a smirk on his face.
"I don't plan on going outside in these." I quipped back, going over to my dresser and sitting on the chair there. I grabbed a hair brush and proceeded to brush every knot and tatter out of my hair.
"My mother used to sit and brush Ivy's hair for hours on end; the two of them would curl up on the sofa and just sit there, running the brush through her hair." Scorpius told me softly; I looked through the mirror to see him looking sad for a minute.
"I hope she's alright. She was saying she's not looking forward to spending Christmas with her brother and Dad, what with no female company." I muttered; thinking back to Ivy's letter she sent me this morning.
Her father thought it would be best if the three of them spent their first Christmas with just each other for company; normally they went to Malfoy Manor and spent the Holidays with the man Greg classed as his brother. Ivy loved having Astoria around and Astoria always classed Ivy as the daughter she never had. Scorpius and Vinnie usually got up to trouble together so everybody was happy. Christmas Day they usually went to Italy for the rest of the holidays to spend it with Eileen.
"She'll be fine. Ivy really does love spending time with her father and brother, she just pushes people away. She's always the same around her birthday isn't she?" He reminded me.
A couple of times, Ivy point-blank refused to celebrate her birthday because it's also the day her mother died - but Vinnie usually persuaded her to at least have a little fun on the day.
"I suppose." I sighed and went back to brushing my hair until it hung completely straight. "At least they're coming to the party tomorrow." I added as I walked to the light switch and flicked it off.
"I know, that might cheer her up a little bit - ouch!" He groaned suddenly when I accidently stood on the part of his body he had on display fifteen minutes ago.
"Sorry! I can't see where I'm going!" I struggled to stay upright and fell down on the bed beside Scorpius.
"Why on earth did you decide to climb over my bed? Most people would just walk around it!" He hissed his face a mere inch away from mine. Even in the dark I could sense that he was looking directly into my eyes.
A couple of seconds passed but we were so close together that I could feel his reaction to me being in the same bed as him.
"Would Roxanne have walked around the bed?" I asked him quietly.
"Would Lysander have minded you being in the bed?" He asked me back, just as quietly.
Even though our respective partners had been mentioned, within seconds we were kissing.
I don't know about him, but all thoughts of Roxanne and Lysander got pushed out of my mind when Scorpius moved over in the bed so I could lay more comfortable beside him.
"Rose, Scorpius! Breakfast is getting cold!" Mum's voice woke me up; I made to rub my eye with my hand, but my arms were trapped under something.
It took me a couple of seconds to remember that I wasn't in my own bed. Scorpius had fell asleep cradling me into his chest, his arms wrapped around me.
It's a good job that my mother seemed to accept that teenagers need privacy and didn't come to wake us up personally, because somehow in our make-out session last night our pyjama's had been discarded.
I could feel Scorpius private parts sticking into my back through the fabric of his boxers.
"Scorpius!" I hissed, using my foot to nudge him awake.
"Scorpius! Come on, wake up!" I hissed again, rolling my eyes when his arms slacked. As soon as I could, I pulled myself free out of his arms and climbed out of bed, not even bothering to worry about my state of partial undress - what's the point? He's already seen me in my underwear twice now.
"My mother has shouted us once, she'll come knock on the door next, get up." I whispered, crouching down so I was face to face with him.
I sighed in frustration, but then got an idea when I saw his morning greeting again.
Leaning in closer to him, I gently pressed my lips against his and put one hand in his hair, twisting the blonde locks around my fingers and pulling lightly, remembering just how that caused a reaction last night from him.
I felt his arms move and wrap around me the same time he started kissing back; but just as he was ready to pull me back into bed, I pulled away and pulled on his arms to move him into a sitting position.
"Come on, get some clothes on!" I hissed, turning and hunting for my shorts and vest. "Where the hell did you throw my clothes when you pulled them off?" I asked him, bending over to look under his bed.
"Rose...why did last night happen? Again?" He groaned, he pushed the duvet away from him and pulled my shorts and vest from under the duvet.
"This can't keep happening, Rose." Scorpius took my hand and pulled me back down to the bed beside him. "I'm with your cousin and you're with Lysander -"
"You tell me that Roxanne gets you like that." I arched an eye brow at him. "Come on, Mum has breakfast ready." Just wanting to get out of the room, I took a chance and left my bedroom still in my panties and bra. I knew Hugo and Dad would be in the kitchen with Mum so as I walked along the landing, I pulled my shorts on and hurriedly put my vest on as I was coming down the stairs.
"Scorpius is just using the bathroom." I lied easily, sliding into the bench opposite the one my parents and brother were sitting in.
I caught my mother's eye and could have sworn she was looking at me with a strange expression, but when I looked back she just smiled at me and handed me a plate with breakfast on.
I grabbed my overnight bag from the floor near my door and lugged it down the hall. After a bit of begging I had finally convinced my mum to let me floo to Ivy's and get ready for the party there. We would floo back over to The Burrow when we were ready. Scorpius was coming as well to hang out with Vinnie before they headed over with us.
Scorpius was stood waiting for me in the front room. He had somehow managed to fit all his overnight belongings in a small backpack which I knew didn't have an extension spell on it. I had a small extension spell on my bag and had still struggled to fit everything.
"You ready?" He asked me impatiently.
"No I'm just stood here admiring the furniture." I told him sarcastically. "What do you think?"
He laughed and raised his eyebrows and my sarcasm before calling out.
"Bye Mr and Mrs Weasley! See you later." Malfoy called out to my parents. He pushed me towards the fireplace, his hand slightly lower than a friend should be. I ignored it grabbing a handful of powder and calling out the twin's address. The flames swirled and I spun away just as my dad replied.
"Goodbye guys. Stay out of trouble please Rosie!"
We arrived in the Goyle's giant living room. The first thing I saw was a giant Christmas tree from their land outback decorated with the familiar decorations I often helped Ivy put up. Greg Goyle was spread across one of the black leather sofas reading a thick book. He looked up at the sound of the fireplace spitting us out.
"Scorpius, Rose! Merry Christmas!" He grinned at us "Ivy is in her room and Vinnie is either in the kitchen or the games room" He explained before turning back to his book.
We glanced at each other before heading in different directions, Scorpius in search of his best friend and me in search of mine.
I stepped out the living room into the grand foyer making my way towards the familiar double staircase. I climbed two floors and then went right down the hallway, the route to Ivy's room permanently marked in my brain.
I reached the door with the 'I' carved into it and knocked once quickly before entering the room. Everything was the same and it was about as familiar as my own room. The wall straight ahead was painted emerald green with the other three plain white. Her furniture was all white with green and emerald accessories. All carved so elegantly to perfection. The wall to my left was entirely filled with a long wardrobe with mirrors built into the sliding doors. There was a door that leads to her own bathroom on the opposite wall. Her desk was hidden behind the door and covered in sheets of paper and pens. The huge set of bookshelves to her right was overflowing with an array of new and old books.
Her king size four poster bed was set against the emerald wall with the white drapes pulled back. A gorgeous white vanity table sat beside the bed. There was makeup and other girly stuff littered across the top. There was a mirror at the back of the table with the edges covered in photos. I knew them all by heart. There was a few of me and her, her and Vinnie, me her and Vinnie. A couple of her and her dad. Some of her and her grandma Eileen and the last one was her beloved picture of her mother looking huge and pregnant with her and Vinnie but still beautiful.
After taking in the room I stepped inside and shut the door. Ivy was sat at her desk drawing intently. She looked up and grinned.
"I thought you were dad." She said jumping up and hugging me. I hugged her back before letting go and retreating to her bed that I had spent so many nights in. I dumped my bag on the floor by the wardrobe.
"What you drawing?" I asked her laying back and staring at the top of her bed canopy.
"Nothing important." She replied casually chucking down her pen and crossing the room to join me.
"Right what time is it? How much time do we have?" she questioned lying next to me and copying what I was doing.
"Well it's about four now and the party is starting at seven so we have about three hours." I told her.
She made her thinking noise as she decided the plan of action.
"Hmm right you shower in here and I will take Vinnie's bathroom. I can't risk you running into Mr. Tall blonde and handsome in nothing but a towel. Don't get me wrong I'd love for him to break up with Foxy but I really don't want to be held responsible, I get enough grief from your relatives already." She joked smirking and winking at me. I grinned back but inside I was worried as I thought back to last night. Did I really want to break them up and give my family another reason to hate me? It was starting to get better.
I stepped out of Ivy's bathroom dressed in my bra, panties and thin dressing gown, towel drying my hair. Ivy was already back, her dark hair wrapped up in her own towel whilst she stood half in her wardrobe wearing nothing but her underwear.
I heard a muffled cry of yes as she obviously found what she was looking for. Seconds later she emerged clutching a dark blue dress. In her other hand she clutched a pair of killer black heels.
She grinned victoriously and chucked the items onto her bed.
I laughed at her and took a seat at the vanity. Not being of age yet sucked when it came to getting ready since we could only really use muggle methods for hair and makeup when out of school.
I took her brush and ran it through my dark auburn hair deciding to let it to dry the rest of the way naturally before attempting to do anything. I then moved on to my outfit pulling my dress from my bag. It was black lace and tight so it hugged all the right curves. It stopped mid thigh and I knew it would give my father a heart attack. To go with it I had a pair of killer heels like Ivy's but in a deep red colour. Along with some red accessories and a red clutch to hold my wand and makeup.
After I dressed I sat back at the table to apply makeup. I left my skin clear since it was flawless most of the time. I applied a little makeup to my eyes to make them look bigger. I finished with some lipstick the same shade as my shoes.
I turned back to my hair which was pretty much dry by now. It still hung straight instead of its natural curls due to the potion I took back into September to change it. Looking at it again I noticed how much sharper it made my features look. I frowned.
"Ivy, do you have the reverse of that hair straightening potion I used?" I asked my friend who was laying back on the bed slithering into her skin tight dress.
"Yeah, there should be one in the drawer to the right." She replied quickly. I murmured my thanks and delved into that drawer. After finding what I was searching for I quickly took the recommended amount and watched in amazement as one by one my natural curls reappeared. I finished the look by pinning some bits back and then I was done.
I vacated the seat and swapped places with Ivy. I know sat on the bed whilst she applied her makeup.
"So I heard your cousin invited Christian Everdeen tonight." Ivy spoke sounding funny trying to keep her mouth open as she applied eyeliner.
"Yeah I think he did." I replied. "Why? You're not still interested in him are you Ive? He's useless, he's supposed to be a Ravenclaw but I bet you my brother is above him with test scores. "I told her. She pouted.
"But he is so incredibly hot Rosie!" She pleaded her case.
"Yeah I supposed he is." I laughed.
"And anyways you're dating Lysander who is also a Ravenclaw who is also failing potions." She reminded me now drying her thicker hair using a muggle contraption.
"We are not dating, just occasionally hooking up." I smirked at her in the mirror.
"Well whatever it is, are you going to be seeing him tonight." She spoke again sending me a not so subtle wink. I shook my head.
"I probably will but it's all physical Ive, there are no emotions there." I told her. She frowned.
"And since when does Rose Weasley care about emotions?"
I bit my bottom lip like I always did when I was nervous and Ivy noticed. Her mouth fell open.
"Since you made out with Malfoy!" She almost shouted at me.
"Merlin Ivy keep your voice down, he could be down the hall! He doesn't know you know." I explained.
"It happened again didn't it!?" she squealed leaving her vanity and sitting next to me.
I smirked and explained what had happened last night as she finished getting ready. After I had finished Ivy only said one thing.
"Jeez Rose you really do have a thing for blondes!" She said winking before picking up her bags and walking out her room. I quickly did the same and followed her out switching off the light as I did.
We walked down the stairs together laughing and met the boys in the foyer. They were both looking very smart. Vinnie in a pair of light brown jeans and deep blue long sleeved shirt. His messy brown hair tamed for once. Scorpius stood beside him in a pair of dark blue tight jeans, a black shirt with all the buttons done up and a light grey sweater with brown patched on the shoulders and elbows over the top. His blonde hair was just as messy as ever and he was already smirking.
"Right lets go." Ivy spoke to everyone. I smirked thinking about the look on the adults' faces they would have when they saw the type of party they had allowed in their back garden.
The majority of the partiers were Slytherins - Scorpius and I did a great job of inviting our 'friends', we just didn't tell my family that we'd also told our friends to invite their own friends.
"You know all these people?" Uncle Bill asked me as we stood in the kitchen, looking at all the guests making their way into the field; since a lot of them were older than us, they apparated and side-alonged a lot of people but a few others got off the Knight Bus and there was even some who flew their broom sticks.
"Yeah." I lied and turned to face my aunts and uncles, including Neville, his wife Hannah, Luna and her husband Rolf. "I'm a very popular girl." I smirked.
The reason why I was sat in the kitchen with Ivy, Vinnie, Scorpius and Lily came through the fire place a second later
"I see I'm not the only father who isn't pleased with what his daughter is wearing tonight." My Dad mentioned when Roxanne walked out of the green flames, closely followed by a glaring George.
Roxanne was wearing a very low-cut red dress.
It pained me to admit that she looked hot; with her dark features, she looked incredible in red.
"Oh wow, you're both wearing red?" Ivy smirked when she saw what Roxy was wearing.
Roxanne looked at me sharply and narrowed her eyes when she saw my outfit; they were practically the same, where my dress was black and red, hers was red and black. She teamed hers with black shoes and accessories whereas I teamed mine with red.
"I'm struggling to think who looks hotter." Ivy joked; I glanced at her to see that wicked gleam in her eye.
"What do you think Scorpius? Rosie or Foxy?" She smirked right at me when I rolled my eyes and stood up.
"Wait!" Dad stopped me from leaving; I turned back round to roll my eyes at him.
"You are not going anywhere with that dress and those heels!" He insisted and got his wand out to make my dress longer.
"If you make it longer, I'll make it a lot shorter." I threatened him.
"I think Rose and Roxanne look fine." Lily sighed and shook her head; I turned to look at her, she was standing in her own dress, which was a lot more modest and suitable than anything Ivy, I, Roxanne or most of our guests were wearing.
She was wearing an emerald green dress with black heels, not as high as mine but still relatively high. Uncle Harry wasn't creating a fuss so at least she was parent-approved.
"Can we go now?" She moaned to us; she was waiting for Vinnie who was waiting for Scorpius who was waiting for Roxanne.
"Yes - Christian Everdeen has arrived!" Ivy grinned when she looked out of the kitchen window. Before anybody could do anything she was out of her chair and practically jogging into the field; she pushed past James roughly as he walked through the door with some of his friends.
"Since when was Poison Ivy so hot?" He turned his head to stare after Ivy; her legs looked like they were never ending in her short dress and high heels. Since she was strutting deliberately, her bum was wobbling a little bit too; judging from the barbaric expressions on James and his friends' faces and the glares on Scorpius and Vinnie's', that was very appealing to men.
"Don't even think about it Potter!" Vinnie snarled, glaring at James.
"What? Go after your sister? Says my sister's boyfriend." James smirked and winked at Vinnie before he followed after Ivy.
Scorpius and I laughed, knowing full well that James would probably end up either physically abused or mentally scarred after Ivy finishes with him.
"She'll eat him alive!" Scorpius laughed, shaking his head. Our laughter made our parents laugh, which also made them forget about mine and Roxanne's outfit.
Several hours later the party was in full swing; I was tipsy but not too drunk. I really didn't fancy throwing up all over my dress.
Lysander and I found each other after a couple of hours; he was completely wasted and he seemed to enjoy letting his hands to whatever they liked, normally that would have pissed me off but since it was a known fact throughout the partiers that the men in my family were glaring out the windows, trying to see what their daughters were up to, I let him grope what he liked.
Serve my Dad right for spying on me.
The atmosphere in the party was great; there was way more Slytherins in attendance than Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs or Ravenclaws so it was actually a Slytherin party.
Ivy and Danny had at first taken over the music; Danny had brought his music system, an actual muggle DJ set that his parents got for him last year. He added to it with magic so it was improved; Ivy was way better with music and how it worked than he was, but then she stopped dealing with the music and seemed content with getting drunk.
Every time I saw her she was dancing with a different boy, and had a different drink in her hands.
It wasn't just me who noticed, on my way back from the bathroom, Scorpius and Roxanne asked if I'd seen her, and then when I went for a drink, Vinnie was pouring Ivy a soft drink, which she threw away and grabbed a bottle of muggle beer.
"Let her be!" I insisted as Vinnie and Scorpius came over to me when they saw Ivy dancing with a boy from seventh year. "She's fine! She is just - practically having sex with that guy!" I gasped and stopped mid-sentence when I saw Ivy practically being dry-humped in the middle of the 'dance floor.'
"You two go get that guy out of here, I'll get Ivy." Vinnie and Scorpius left Roxanne and Lily by the drinks table, where I was stood with Lysander, and the three of us made our way over into the dance floor.
"Hey! Summerby!" Vinnie called out, over the music. When Brandon Summerby looked up from Ivy with a daft grin on his face, he paled and took both hands from Vinnie's twin sister.
Vinnie punched him square in the face though and then dragged him by the collar away from the dance floor.
"Our sister is off-limits!" Scorpius snarled to the guys who were looking at Ivy with greedy eyes.
"Come on, Ivy. Let's get you some water and some food." I rubbed her back and helped her over to the drinks table. Lily had quickly conjured a chair - brilliant for a third year, and Roxanne had grabbed a bottle of water from the house.
"Leave me alone!" Ivy snapped, pushing Roxanne's hand away from her face.
I felt a hand trail down by back and over my bum; looking up I scowled to see Lysander stood smirking down at me. From the stench and the fact he was staggering, not standing, I could tell he was completely wasted.
"Lysander go away for a minute!" I turned back to Ivy and practically forced the water down her throat.
"Lysander, seriously - go!" I pushed his chest and sent him moving back a couple of steps.
"Lily, go see if there's some food in the kitchen for her please." I told Lily who nodded and went straight away. I saw Roxanne look down at Ivy with disgust on her face.
"She's going through a hard time, Foxy. Don't you dare judge her." I snapped at Roxanne who just rolled her eyes and walked away, muttering something under her breath.
"Next time why don't you try opening your damn mouth?" I called after her; wanting to say a whole lot worse.
"Is she going to be alright?" I looked back up to see James stood by the table, where Lysander previously was, he was clutching a bottle of beer and was looking down at Ivy through concerned eyes.
"She's just had a little too much to drink and nothing to line her stomach." I shrugged, biting down the bit that wanted to snap at him and tell him to mind his own business. "Lily went to get her some food but I don't know what's taking her so long." I looked back to the house and groaned when I saw Lily through the kitchen window, standing with her back to the window as she was getting cornered by three girls.
Imogen Fenton, Roberta Wiley and Paullette Montague; the three of them graduated last June.
Three of the biggest bitches Hogwarts have ever seen. All three of them were lucky enough to not get kicked out of school after they got caught out to be bullying over half of the school - most of them girls, but not all of them.
"Just keep an eye on her for a minute? Make sure she doesn't go walk about." I asked James who nodded straight away.
I headed for the kitchen, moving in and out of dancing people and groups, ignoring if anybody shouted my name.
I knew the parents were all in the sitting room so I wondered why they didn't go see who was in the kitchen; Fenton, Wiley and Montague weren't exactly being quiet.
"Look at you, precious Princess Potter trying to get stuck into Vinnie Goyle? How funny!" Roberta sniggered; the three of them were stood with their backs to the door so they didn't see or hear me walk in the kitchen.
"It's pathetic really - I mean, shouldn't you be developing about now? Nobody likes an iron board honey - " Imogen started but I interrupted her.
"Nobody likes a pack of bitches who find it acceptable to attack a fourteen year old by herself. How funny!" I mocked, surprising the three of them.
"Oh, Rose - we thought it was somebody else -"
"Who else would it be? You're in my grandparents' house, cornering my cousin." I shrugged and stepped closer to them.
"Is there a problem here?" I looked at Lily who didn't say anything.
"Any problem with her is no concern of yours -" Roberta started, but I interrupted again.
"Any problem anybody has with her they have with me. So I'll ask again, is there a problem here?" I didn't back down from the three of them and it paid off; they each shook their heads before they muttered about how this party sucked and they were leaving for a party that had no children.
"Next time they say anything to you, or anybody for that matter, give me a shout." I muttered before I took the sandwich from her hand and headed back outside. I walked past a table full of Hugo's third year friends, when his friends saw me pass them they snatched the bottle of Firewhiskey from the table but Hugo just shrugged when I passed them.
I rolled my eyes at the thought of Golden Boy getting drunk at thirteen; and my parents thought I was the fucked up child.
"Lysander, seriously!" I snapped at Lysander again and shoved him away from me. "I am not in the mood to deal with you being pissed!" I hissed, trying not to embarrass him in front of his brother, my cousins and his friends.
Ivy had sobered up a little; but she was still extremely drunk and intending on dancing with every hot guy here - I had lost track of her dancing with some Hufflepuff sixth year because Lysander had dragged me over to his table.
"You're my girlfriend!" He slurred, looking at me with a raised eyebrow.
"No I'm not. We're just a bit of fun." I shook my head and tried not to look in Scorpius' direction as I said this. I could feel his intense gaze on me.
"You need to make your mind up - oh shit!" He made to walk away but he tripped over a discarded plastic cup and ended up covering me head to foot in his full pint of spiked Butterbeer.
"You fucking idiot!" I wiped the liquid from my face, not caring that I smudged my makeup. "You absolute fucking idiot!" I spat at him, turning on my heel and walking away before I ended up standing on his head in my very high heels.
I forced my way through the crowd, not caring if I pushed people over or into people. I slammed the kitchen door open and stormed over to the fireplace, kicking chairs out of my way as I did so.
As soon as I recognised my parents' kitchen I jumped out of the flames and made my way up the stairs. I headed straight for my bedroom where I pulled my dressing gown out of my closet, kicked my shoes off and peeled my dress from my body, leaving me stood in just my panties and bra - somehow both of them had ended up covered in spiked Butterbeer also.
"I need a bath!" I scowled at myself in the mirror and headed for the bathroom I shared with my brother, not bothering to dress since it was only me in the house; Hugo was currently getting smashed, Scorpius was probably getting laid and my parents were trying not to interrupt the party.
I lay in the bath as it filled right to the top. I didn't even bother using my make-up remover to wash the make up from my face; I just stayed under the water until it washed off naturally.
I stayed in the bath until all the anger had vented out of me; anger over Ivy for making me take care of her, anger for Lysander for showing us both up, anger for them bitches for trying to intimidate Lily, anger for my mother for inviting Scorpius to stay with us for two weeks and anger for Scorpius for making me feel so...so attracted to him!
Last Christmas my Grandmother Granger bought me a range of beauty products from the muggle world, including a device that blew hot air out so you could dry your hair quicker. I normally didn't trust it, but since it was nearing three a.m., I was a little drunk and extremely tired; I used that to dry my hair. It was a loud device though, so I didn't hear when my bedroom door opened.
"Oh shit!" I jumped when I heard Scorpius' voice though; I turned around, dropped the hair dryer and used my hands to cover my naked body. I was killing to Hippogriffs with one curse and drying my body and my hair with the hair dryer, so I was completely naked.
"Well I guess that's the favour repaid, in full." Scorpius smirked as he leant against the wall and took a swig from a bottle of Firewhiskey.
"You're not supposed to be here." I sighed and positioned myself so I could grab my dressing gown without giving him a sneaky peak.
"Neither are you; we're all supposed to be staying at the Burrow tonight." Scorpius shrugged and staggered over to his bed, putting the bottle of Firewhiskey on the bedside table that separated our beds.
"Vinnie's telling everybody I went back to his; I think he told Lily to tell your parents you went too." He explained as he pulled his sweater off and began unbuttoning his buttons on his shirt.
Since he was busying himself with getting dressed for bed, I quickly slipped my underwear on under my dressing gown. Once my bra and panties were firmly in place, I took my dressing gown off and went over to the clean hamper of washing my mother had put in my room this morning.
I found a pair of long pyjama bottoms and a vest top; I pulled those on and went over to my dresser and sat down, attempting to smooth my hair down or else I'd wake up with an afro in the morning.
"Why are you back anyway?" I asked Scorpius, peaking at his reflection; he was stood with his back to me but I could tell he had no clothes on.
His bottom was on full display.
"You're cousins a bitch." He spat, leaning over his bed to get the bottle.
"Oh fuck!" He yelled, the bottle had slipped out of his fingers and landed on his bed, soaking the duvet, pillows and soaking through to his sheet.
I finished smoothing my hair down so I walked over to my bed, climbed in but moved over so there was room for another person.
"Come on, you might as well sleep in here." I yawned and watched him as he just threw his shorts away after deciding it was too much hard work to put them on.
"Are you sure?" He asked me.
I looked him up and down once; he was standing right in front of me in nothing but a very tight pair of black boxers.
"You've already slept in the same bed as me once." I pointed out and pulled the duvet back; he nodded, pointed my wand at the light switch and climbed in with me.
I don't really know if I got much sleep; I woke up a few times every couple of hours.
I woke up for good though at ten o'clock. I knew Scorpius was awake too because I could feel his chest breathing to quickly for him to be asleep. I was lying with my head on his chest, he had one arm around me and the other under his head.
Last night, we had yet another steamy make out session and once again - I ended up in my underwear.
I could feel his reaction to being in bed with me again.
"Is that there every morning?" I teased Scorpius when I saw him lift his arm up to check his watch.
"Every morning I have a hot girl on top of me." He teased back, not missing a beat.
Rolling my eyes I positioned myself so I was supporting myself on my elbow, smirking down at him.
"Good morning to you too." I giggled, reaching down to give him a light kiss.
Well...it intended to be a light kiss. Within seconds I felt him kiss me back and then I felt him lightly nibble my lips so I opened my mouth and let his tongue take dominance. He sat himself up while we were still kissing, and moved so I was lying down and he was keeping himself propped up by his elbows.
Insinct told me to open my legs so he could kneel too, to keep himself steady; only Scorpius' instincts apparently told him to do something else. He moved on top of me - so I could feel his reaction to our kiss, which was getting extremely steamy with every passing second.
I could feel his reaction right on the most sensitive and secretive part of my body.
Instead of feeling intimidated, I brought my arms up to wrap around his neck; I wanted him to stay like this.
I like it.
He pulled away for some air, panting as he looked down at me; the gaze in his eyes was so strong I could practically feel it setting my skin on fire.
"Don't stop." I whispered, moving my hands to his shoulders and squeezing lightly.
For a quick second nothing was said, we just looked at each other, we had one of those freaky silent conversations that my parents could have, that my aunt Ginny could have with uncle Harry.
Are you sure, Rose?
Yes. Please don't stop.
Then his lips were on me again, my face, my neck, my shoulders.
His hands were on me too, on my stomach, playing with the elastic on my panties, snaking round my sides, up my back until they reached my bra and the clasp there.
"Take it off," I panted, finding myself out of breath for some reason.
I ignored the sensible part of my head that was reminding me that I had never gone farther with a boy; never at all.
"Take my bra off!" I panted again; Scorpius didn't need telling a third time.
He didn't hesitate in unclipping it and then slowly pulling it from me until I was loose; he didn't seem nervous but I knew that this was the farthest he'd ever been too.
Scorpius moved back so he was on his knees above me, looking down at my fully exposed chest intensely.
Before he could say anything, I put my hands back on his shoulders and pulled myself up so that I was pressed against his chest and my lips were against his neck, kissing but careful not to leave a mark.
He pushed me back down so that I was once again on my back but he was still pressed against me.
His hands trailed from my stomach to my legs and he pulled them so my knees were up next to his arms.
I felt my stomach jolt when I felt his hand trailing up my inner leg and then his thumb ran over my panties.
"Most people wear dry panties, Rose." He whispered teasingly.
"Most guys don't check." I whispered against his chest.
As a pay back, Scorpius chuckled once and then tucked his thumb under my panties and gently ran it over the flesh there.
Nobody had ever touched me there; not even above panties or trousers or skirt. Lysander had ventured to the top of my leg a few times and even Logan had felt my bum dozens of times - but nobody had ever, ever touched my most private parts before.
"Scorpius!" I gasped, feeling completely out of breath.
Instead of stopping or anything, Scorpius just moved so that he was trailing kisses down my chest, my stomach and stopped right at my panties line.
Smirking up at me, he didn't look away from my eyes as he peeled the last item of clothing away from me.
When they reached my feet, I kicked them off, not really caring for where they landed.
Like a few minutes ago, Scorpius sat back to look my naked body over properly.
"You're beautiful." He whispered.
"And you're over dressed." I pointed out.
Scorpius laughed once before he reached down to peel his boxers off.
I'd seen it before so I wasn't really as intimidated or as nervous as I should have been - but any time a girl see's Scorpius Malfoy completely naked, they will always be impressed.
At the same time we both looked the other person over, I felt his eyes trail over me slowly at the same time that his trailed over me.
At the same time, we both moved to meet each other with our lips. I let my hand trail down to his private parts. I felt him jump a little when I touched it, and I smirked into our kiss at the same time I wrapped my hand around it and gently pulled on it.
After I had pumped it a couple of times, Scorpius pulled my hand away, took one of my hands in one of his and pinned them to my sides.
"Are you sure?" He whispered against my mouth, his forehead resting on mine.
"I'm sure." I whispered back.
Even though we hadn't said anything, it was clear we were going to sleep together.
I'd heard stories from the older girls about how it hurts having sex for the first time, so I braced myself when I felt Scorpius' tip down there.
He gave me a soft gentle peck on the lips before thrusting into me.
"Oh!" I gasped, digging my fingers into Scorpius' hands tightly.
It hurt, it hurt a lot - but there was also a bittersweet pleasure feeling there with it.
"We can stop -"
"Don't you dare!" I hissed into his ear, ripping my hands free I wrapped them around his neck and forced my legs to wrap around him, my ankles crossing over his back. "Keep going!" I panted into his ear.
He started thrusting again, and along with the pain, I could also feel something warm and wet - I was bleeding.
The pain and the blood wasn't enough to take away the pleasure though.
With every thrust that Scorpius made, I brought my hips up to match him, thrust per thrust.
It felt like an elastic band; he was stretching and stretching it - with every stretch I was getting more and more anxious, nervous, excited, out of breath - impatient.
"Scorpius! Scorpius! Now! Now!" I used to laugh whenever Ivy and I would hear people having sex at parties - but now I completely understood why girls often called out.
I wanted him to go faster, to go harder, to definitely not stop.
He built up a heavy, fast pace and he got faster and faster. I could feel that elastic band stretching and stretching until -
"Yes!"
- Until it snapped.
I sagged a little as I relaxed into the euphoric atmosphere. I still kept my arms and legs wrapped against Scorpius - that was how I still knew he was continuing to thrust into me.
"Rose - Rose, I'm - oh fuck!" He moaned before I felt something fill me.
I turned bright red when I felt him cum in me - that was another, final tug at the elastic band before his elbows give out and he practically collapsed on top of me, panting and trying to catch his breath.
It took all of his strength to turn himself so we were both on our backs, panting for air, covered in a sheen of sweat...and other substances.
For nearly ten minutes we lay beside each other, in silence, catching our breath but then we turned to each other, kissed one last time and pulled away.
"Oh Scorpius...what have we done?"
Scorpius showered and left - which I was grateful for. I didn't want to deal with him staying around and having to have the inevitable conversation we would have to have.
As he showered, I went into my parents' bedroom and used their bath to wash myself clean. I ignored the continuing pain from down there and scrubbed every trace of Scorpius from me; I didn't get out of the tub until I heard him go down the staircase and the roar of the fire.
I towelled off and wrapped my dressing gown around myself, grateful that I could actually walk in a straight line. I had a feeling that most of the stories I had heard over the years from older girls were a tad exaggerated.
I hurried into my bedroom, grabbed a loose pair of sweatpants and one of Scorpius' zip up hoodies. After what we have just done, I don't think he'd mind me borrowing one of his jumpers.
I felt my own eyes widen when I looked to my bed and saw the clear mess on the black sheets.
My mother would have a heart attack if she saw that on my sheets.
I quickly stripped my bed and ran down the stairs, ignoring the aching feeling, and loaded the muggle washing machine up. I had no clue how to work it so I just pressed some random buttons until it made the loud vibrating noise that it made for Mum.
I went back up the stairs and grabbed a set of fresh bedding from the closet on the landing, made my bed and collapsed back into the clean bed. I think I was asleep before my head hit the pillow.
By the time I got back out of bed it was gone one o'clock. I hadn't heard anyone come home so I guessed the house was still empty. I walked slowly down the stairs blinking against the bright December light.
The kitchen floor was cold and I instantly regretted not putting on some socks. I stepped up onto my tiptoes and headed straight for the muggle coffee machine. Flicking it on I pulled out a mug and sat down at the breakfast bar to wait. The machine bleeped twice and I quickly poured the steaming liquid into the mug. Adding a bit of sugar to it I pulled out a spoon and stirred. I wrapped my hands around the mug willing the small ceramic cylinder to make me feel better. I realised this was the first time I had been in this house alone for over a year. It was peaceful.
I don't know how long I stayed like that, hands cradling the cup, occasionally bringing it up to my mouth to sip. I stared at the wall thinking about everything and nothing at the same time.
The sound of the fireplace whirring into action brought me back. I looked in the direction of the door waiting for my parents to emerge and to shout at me for being here alone. But instead a shorter version of my father appeared. Hugo stopped where he was startled when he saw me.
"Oh hey, you're here." He said confused. "Mum thought you had gone back with Ivy.
My thirteen year old brother was wearing a hoody and a pair of sweat pants, there were rings under his eyes and his voice was rough. I remembered seeing him sneaking some fire whiskey shots last night but being too pissed off to stop him. He dropped his bag onto the table and sat down so he was looking at me.
"Nope, I didn't feel that well last night so I came home and got some sleep." I lied easily thankful that he hadn't come home a couple of hours earlier. He nodded in reply and started to study the table.
"Where are mum and dad?" I asked breaking the awkward silence.
"Oh they stayed behind to help clear up. They place was pretty trashed." He laughed "They said I should go home and get something to eat."
"Oh, do you want me to make you something?" I asked. The words felt strange coming out of my mouth. Hugo looked surprised as well but nodded anyways.
"What do you want?" I murmured as I rummaged through the nearest cupboard to see what we had.
"Umm could you make a cheese toasty the way Grandma Granger makes?" My brother replied hesitantly.
"If that's what you want. I quite fancy one too." I told him smiling at my brother for what felt like the first time in years.
I went about my task, fetching the cheese from the fridge and bread from the cupboard next to it. I searched on top of the fridge for the muggle contraption Grandpa and Grandma Granger had bought us a couple of years ago.
All you had to do was plug it into the wall, put some bread and cheese in, close it and then after a couple of minutes you had toasted cheese sandwiches.
After switching it on, I grated the cheese, put it on top of four pieces of bread and then covered those with another piece. 4 minutes later the machine pinged and our lunch was ready.
Being careful not to burn myself I pulled them onto a plate, cut them both in half and set them on the table beside Hugo. After clearing up quickly I sat down next to my brother and tucked into my first slice just as he finished his second.
"Thanks Rose." He muttered through a mouthful.
"That's okay squirt." I replied using my old nickname for him without even thinking.
We ate the rest of our lunch in silence. But it wasn't a awkward silence, it was a nice one.
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