To say that it was awkward the next morning would be an understatement. Rose was sitting at the Ravenclaw table for the first time that year, and Scorpius was sulking in his seat, staring longingly at Rose. I shot Al an confused look. I thought that he and Rose were going to be a thing!
"So," Al said in the silence. "Does anyone know where Ava is?"
I nodded. "Yeah. She sent me an owl earlier. Her mum went into labor last night and she and Alice got permission to leave school for the day."
"Lucky," Al muttered.
I rolled my eyes. "Stuff it, you prat. Her mum gave birth to a girl, by the way. Her name's Frankie."
"Cool," Scorp said monotonously. "So everyone has love in their life. Great. Joy to the world."
"Are you okay?" I asked, taking his hand.
"Yeah, I'm fantastic."
"Are you sure?" Al asked. "Are you and Tessa okay?" Al shot a glance at me. We knew what was wrong.
"Oh, that? It's over."
"But your curse!" C'mon Scorp, admit that you're in love with Rose already!
"Disappeared. Have no idea why. I'm gonna get in some Quidditch practice before Potions." His eyes were fixed on someone across the room, and I followed his gaze to Rose, who was walking at a hurried pace out the door. I grinned at Al.
I leaned against Al and watched as Scorp practically ran out of the Great Hall. "I hope that they get together. For real, you know?"
I felt Al's chest rumble with laughter. "Yeah." Al straightened. "Hey, that's Amor." I looked up and saw Victorie's little white owl floating around and dropping letters on random people's heads.
"Here," a little boy squeaked, handing Al his letter. I swear, that owl is... I don't know what, but it's not nice! I peered over Al's shoulder to read the letter with him.
Hey, Al!
It's Teddy! Tori's in labor! Well, she's in labor for a second time, kind of. She already gave birth to a beautiful baby girl named Janine Andromeda Lupin. The healer said that the other child is a boy. We're going to name him Remus Adrien Lupin. I heard that Neville and Hannah gave birth to a girl last night. We'll save loads spending their birthday's together!
(I laughed. Only Teddy would think about saving money on the day he's having his first children. Not to mention, he was already filthy rich. All the Wotters are.)
I gotta go. Tori's freaking out, but she said to write the family letters. I figured that you could tell Soph, Rosie, Scorp, and Ava (if she's at school) about this, since you guys are always together anyway. Speaking of telling people, you should talk to Sophia. You never know.
-Teddy
I looked at Al curiously. "What do you need to talk to me about?"
Al flushed red. "Nothing. Do you think that Headmistress Clearwater will let us visit Janine and Remus?"
I snorted. "Have your dad ask her, she can't say no. Or your Uncle Percy. I heard that she never quite stopped loving him."
Al rolled his eyes. "Whatever. I'll ask later. Or get James to pull a massive prank that would cancel classes for weeks."
"I love those!" I exclaimed. "Hey. Do you think that rely too much on the New Marauders? I mean, they aren't going to be here next year, and the last time that we pulled a prank didn't end so well." Al shuddered, recalling the time we had tried to get waterballoons to fall on unsuspecting students, which resulted in the five of us getting sent to the Hospital Wing because we couldn't stop vomiting up various shades of water that tasted of plastic. We never did get directly involved with a prank since then.
Al shrugged. "Nah. Plus, we'll still have Dylan next year. She seems promising."
"And painfully shy," I said. "But promising, yeah. Ready to go to class?" I stood up and held my hand out for Al.
"Sure." Al took my hand and we kept them clasped until Al saw James walking with Fred and Jessica, as well as Dylan. "Hey! James! Have you talked to Alice yet?"
James flipped around, looking confused. "No. Why would I have?" Dylan muttered something to James, and Fressica (I've decided to make a couple name for them. I mean, if they aren't already a couple, that's for sure the way they're headed) looked at each other awkwardly.
"Because she's your girlfriend," Al said.
"Right," James laughed nervously. "Yeah, I heard that her mom had a girl. That's great." He grabbed Dylan's hand and pushed Fred forward, with Jess in tow. "We gotta go. Awesome pranks to plan. See ya!"
I looked at Albus. "That was weird, right?"
He nodded. "It's like they all know something that we don't."
I rolled my eyes and started walking to class. "Yes. That's what I meant by weird Albus Severus Potter. Honestly, you're very thick today."
Nothing else really interesting happened until Halloween, almost a month later.
Scorpius and Rose still weren't dating, but they blushed a whole lot more, which was very entertaining, might I add. (But when I blushed over Albus, it was totally different. Totally.) Rose had broken up with Conner, who started dating this girl named Amanda Hormel, a Hufflepuff the year above us, within the next week.
But, as I said, the real drama began on Halloween. It began, as most things do, with a shitload of alcohol. Now, where did we get the alcohol, you ask. Well, every year, there's a massive Halloween party in the Joint Common Room for the Forth Years and up the hosts being whoever feels like getting the booze and candy.
Anyway, it's a costume party and, for some weird reason, Rose decided to dress super slutty. I mean, Ava, I get. But Rose?
She was wearing a black leotard with sheer black tights and black boots. There were little cat ears poking out of her wild red curls, and her lips were painted a bright red with a black nose and whiskers striped onto her cheeks.
"What are you wearing?" I had screeched out when I saw her waiting in the Gryffindor Common Room, our decided meeting place. I was dressed as Professor Trelawney, so it was a fairly modest getup.
Rose had looked down at her outfit. "Oh, this? It's nothing."
"Exactly!"
Ava had come in humming, "What'd you thin- OH MY GOD, ROSE! WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?"
Rose had snorted at Ava. "Like you're one to talk." I had given Ava the once over. Rose did have a point, though. Ava was wearing a tight rubber dress that came just below her thigh, with red knee-high boots made from the same material. She had little devil horns in her hair, which was in a style similar to Rose's, and was holding a Satan spear.
"Satan?" I had questioned.
Ava had shrugged. "Why not? But- ROSE?!" Rose had rolled her eyes and leaned against the wall, waiting for the boys to come down. AAAAAAND that's where we are now. Awkwardly waiting for the boys to come down.
I heard a clomping on the stairs, and glanced up at the stairs, feeling my stomach clench. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Rose straighten up. So that's who she was dressed up for! You know, I probably should've seen that before.
My eyes widened as I took in Albus' appearance. He looked hot. Most of the boys didn't go in costume, so he was just wearing jeans and a light-blue button-down shirt that was rolled up to his elbows, showing off his muscles nicely. He laughed when he saw who I was dressed as. "Wow, Soph. I didn't realize that having a prophetic power took such a toll on you. You look just like Trelawney!"
I shoved him off, laughing, and he took my hand. I felt my face heat up and I couldn't focus on anything but his hand clenching mine. I was vaguely aware of Scorpius making a choking noise when he saw Rose, who blushed to the roots of her hair. I felt Al loosen his grip on my hand, and I buried it in my cloak, praying for my body temperature to return to normal.
"No way," Al said, narrowing his eyes. "To both of you. You guys look...you look like..." Rose was playing with her hair and Ava crossed her arms. You might want to get on with it Al. "You look ridiculous! You can't go looking like that! Scorpius, back me up here!"
Scorpius was ogling Rose. "Ugh..."
"Do you really want all the boys staring at them, walking up to them, touching-"
"You know what, I don't think you should wear that, Rose. Maybe you should wear something more like Sophia."
"Rude!" I cocked a hip and strutted past them, pretending to be a model. "I look beautiful and sexy, I'll have you know!" Al grinned at me before turning back to Rose and Ava. "Change," he demanded.
"No," Rose shot back. Scorpius whispered something in her ear and she turned to him, her blue eyes shining with emotion. Then, either not realizing or caring, she kissed him hard on the mouth. My eyes widened as I hit Al repeatedly and Ava squealed. Without another word, Rose went up to the Gryffindor Girls dormitory. "I'm borrowing a skirt, Soph," she called over her shoulder. Ava and I quickly exchanged glances before following her up the stairs.
Ava cleared her throat when we got up to my dormitory, ripping through my clothes. "Oh, hello," Rose acknowledged. "I'm just looking for that black tutu that you bought because you thought that you were going to be a cloud for Halloween."
Ava snorted. "Yeah, no way. What happened in there?! What's going on between you and Scorpius?"
"Yeah, I mean you did just kiss him for apparently no reason!" I exclaimed. Rose continued to ignore me, but I could see a faint blush rising on her cheeks. I could practically hear her cursing her Weasley genes. Oh. Wait. She actually is cursing her blushing genes aloud.
I hear a ripping sound and see that Ava drew her wand and made her dress into a shirt, slipping on a pair of muggle jeans. I shot her a look and she shrugged. "I figured that they wouldn't let me out looking like that."
I nodded, satisfied with her explanation, before turning back to Rose the Secretive. You know, that's a rather good detective name. "So, you're ignoring us, but we are your best friends, and I think that we deserve to know what's going on with you two, especially after that not-so-private scene in the common room. You know, if you don't start talking, I'm afraid that I won't stop, plus Aves and I won't let you out of this room until you tell us what's going on between you and Mr. Scorpius Malfoy, who, incidentally, is my cousin. Remind me to kill him later for not telling me about Rose, will you Ava?"
Ava nodded through her giggles, and I was about to continue with my rant when Rose blurted out, "Three and a half weeks."
"Three and a half weeks, what, Rosie Posie?" Ava asked softly.
"I've been secretly dating Scorpius for three and a half weeks." Rose collapsed onto the pile of clothes that she had so rudely ripped out of my closet. I hope that she realized that she was going to put that away. I wouldn't clean up somebody else's mess even if it meant hell freezing over. Which wouldn't be such a bad thing, I suppose. I hear that hell is rather hot. Anyway.
"Why is that so embarrassing," I asked. "We knew that you liked him."
Rose peered at me through her hands. "He told me that he loved me," she said quietly. "I was still with Conner and he was still with Tessa, but he said it anyway." She let out a shuddering breath. "I didn't say it back because I don't think that I realized that I loved him, but I do, and that scares me, especially with all of my stupid overprotective cousins." Rose seemed to relax. "I could tell that he was getting antsy, and I didn't want to lose him, so I dressed like Ava." Ava let out a small noise of protest at this, even though she knew that it was true. "But he told me he liked me better when I was just being me, so I kissed him. I didn't even mean to, but he makes me that way! He makes me feel less stressed and I don't feel like I need to prove anything to him. Well, not anymore," she finished sheepishly.
"Why did you hide it from us?"
"I don't know. I guess I liked the idea of having something to myself for once. I mean, everything that I do is plastered everywhere in the Wizarding World, and what isn't, I tell you guys. But I'm glad that I kissed him. I was getting tired of hiding too." I grinned at Ava and we both tackled Rose into a hug, laughing.
By the time we returned to the common room, Rose had added a black tutu to her ensemble and Ava ditched the pitchfork. Al nodded in approval when he saw Rose and Ava. "Much better. Ready to go?" I took his and Scorpius' arm, who was attached to Rose, who was attached to Ava.
"So, you and Rose, huh?" I muttered to Scorp.
He grinned goofily and squeezed Rose's hand who smiled back. "Yeah, me and Rose."
"You love her?" I asked, thinking of Albus. I wished he loved me the way Rose and Scorpius loved each other.
He nodded, untangling himself from me and taking Rose into the Joint Common Room, leading her to the dance floor, where they slow danced to even the fast paced songs. I grinned. They were so cheesy, yet so perfect for each other. "So," Al said, offering his hand. "Do you want to dance with me?"
I wanted to say yes, but there was a candy table stocked with all of my favorites that was beckoning to me. Al noticed where my gaze was and asked, "You want to take a candy break first?"
I nodded eagerly. "You are literally the best friend in the entire world!"
Once we were pumped with candy and sugar and soda, Al led me to the dance floor, just as a slow song came on. Al pulled me closer, and despite the sugar running through my veins, I don't think that that was the reason my heart was pounding right now. I buried my head in his shoulder and he put his chin on top of it. When the song was over, I swear I could hear his heart beating a bit too fast to be considered normal. "Albus," I said quietly, slipping my hand around his neck.
"Sophia," he repeated, just as quietly, hands gripping my waist. I could hear my heart pounding and my breath hitched and he was so close and- CRASH! We whipped around to see what the commotion was about.
Ava was standing with a broken bottle in her hand, her face stained with tears. I shifted my gaze to seen an alcohol covered Jonah who was tangled with Penny Reynolds, a seventh year Gryffindor. "You said exclusive friends with benefits," Ava choked out. "That doesn't look exclusive to me."
Jonah reached for Ava. "Ava, please!" Smack. Ava's hand flew across his face and she turned towards Penny and snarled, "I hope that you're happy together."
"I didn't know, honestly Ava," Penny said, moving away from Jonah. Ava shook her head tiredly before running out of the room. I locked eyes with Rose from across the room and turned to Al. "Listen, I-" I cut off, not knowing what to say. He gently kissed my cheek, which just about stopped my heart, I'll have you know, and said, "I understand. I would go too if I could get up the stairs." I nodded and turned to go when Al grabbed my arm. "Take care of her. We'll hex the bastard into oblivion, okay." I nodded again and ran with Rose to the Ravenclaw Girl dormitory.
We found Ava curled up on her bed, her body heaving with sobs, and Rose and I lay down on either side of her, holding her until she could say something. "I really liked him," Ava said in a hoarse voice before the tears reclaimed her. We hugged her and rubbed her back until she fell asleep, the three of us sharing a bed. A bed that Ava barely moved from in the next month.
AN: So, here it is! My next chapter, which isn't really that late, if you think about it! I've decided to skip to Christmas for the next chapter so that I can really get this story started, but until then, enjoy my fluffy Scorrose chapters. I figured that I needed to get their story out of the way, kind of, so I can focus more on Al and Sophia. Anyway!
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