RoseWeasley'sForbiddenLove

ChapterNine:

QuiditchTryouts

When Rose reached her dormitory, she flopped herself down on her bed, hugging her pillow. She felt stupid wearing her costume, so she quickly changed into her pajamas. Then she got a book, and started to read.

In the middle of her sentence, her three roommates, Gloria, Tiffany, and Anna, walked in, giggling.

"Hey Rose!" said Anna.

"Oh hi." said Rose, trying to smile.

"We heard about what happened to you and Eric." said Gloria, sitting next to Rose, and hugging her.

"Yeah, he is so stupid!" said Tiffany.

"Yeah, but Rose, we need details!" said Anna, coming out of the bathroom, drying her hands on a towel.

Rose sighed, and then told them what had happened.

"So he said 'I want to kiss you Rose', and he just started to kiss you?" asked Gloria, looking disgusted.

"That's like, gross, how did you get away?" asked Tiffany.

"Well, Scorpius helped me." said Rose, feeling herself going red.

"And talking about Scorpius, is it true you two are going out?" asked Gloria.

"No!" said Rose.

"Is is true that you two have gone to the Welcoming ball and the ball today, together?" asked Gloria.

"Yes but-" said Rose.

"And that you to have been meeting up secretly?" asked Tiffany.

"Yes." said Rose, growing more and more impatient.

"Rose and Scorpius are just friends for now." said Anna loyally.

"Thank you, Anna." said Rose.

"Don't you like him though?" asked Gloria. "He's so hot."

"He is only my friend for now." said Rose.

"For now." said Tiffany.

"You guys would make such a cute couple." said Gloria. Tiffany nodded her agreement.

"Not to interrupt your conversation, but I need to tell Rose something." it was Lily, she was standing in the door of the dormitory.

"Hey Lils." said Gloria.

"Hello, Gloria, hi Tiffany. Oh hi Anna!" said Lily.

"Well, what happened?" asked Rose, coming up to her cousin.

"Well, I need to tell you something." said Lily.

"What is it?" asked Rose.

"Well, tomorrow there are Quiditch tryouts right after lunch, and I thought you were interested in trying out for the team, you know, James is the team captain, and you've been dreaming about it for ages!" said Lily.

"Thank Lily! I can't wait! I'll be there! Can you tell James that?" asked Rose.

"Yeah, sure, see you all later!" said Lily, and with a flip of her hair, she was gone.

"Are you going to try out?" asked Gloria.

"Of course! I can't wait!" said Rose.

"What position are you going to try out for?" asked Gloria.

"Seeker for sure!" said Rose.

"I don't think that's a good idea." said Tiffany.

"Why not?" asked Rose.

"Because you'll have to play against Scorpius one day!" said Tiffany.

"So what?" asked Anna.

"So you guys might get mad at each other over the game." said Tiffany.

"No we won't, don't worry!" said Rose.

Rose looked at her watch, and gasped. It was one in the morning!

"I'm going to bed, so that I can go flying tomorrow!" said Rose, getting into bed.

The rest of the girls did the same.

"Good night!" said Rose.

"Night!" they all said, and they all fell asleep.

"Rose wake up!" said Anna.

"Huh?" asked Rose sleepily.

"Come on! It's 10:00! Get up, or you won't make it to Quiditch tryouts!" said Anna.

Rose was suddenly awake.

"Oh, and someone sent you something." said Anna, putting a long package on Rose's bed.

Rose opened it, and gasped. It was a Firebolt!

"Wow, they must have figured out that today was my first quiditch tryout!" said Rose, showing Anna her new broom.

"Oh my gosh! If you get on the team, Gryffindor will win every time! Is there a card?" asked Anna.

"Yes, it say: Dear Rose, we hope that you like our new present, and that you get onto the team. We know that you are a wonderful flyer, so use it well!

Love,

Mum and dad"

"Lets go and try it out!" said Rose, grabbing her new broom and running out to the Quiditch pitch, with Anna right behind her.

Rose got onto it, and soared up into the air. Anna cheered from underneath. Rose saw that someone else had walked onto the pitch, and it looked a lot like James, so she flew down, and ran up to him.

"James! James! Look what I got!" said Rose, showing her his new broom.

He looked at it, and gasped.

"Wow, is it yours?" asked James, holding the broom up to the sun to have a better look.

"Yup!" said Rose.

"Can I try it out Rose?" asked Anna eagerly.

Rose passed it over to Anna, and she flew a few inches into the air, and laughed.

"Can I try it next?" asked james, when Anna had gotten off.

"Here you go!" said Rose, passing it to James.

He took off around the goal posts, and then flew back, at top speed.

"This is some broom, Rose." said James, handing it back to her.

"Thanks, I'm going to try out for the team today." said Rose.

"Oh, did I tell you?" asked James. "The tryouts have been changed, they are supposed to be in half an hour."

"Why didn't anyone tell me?" asked Rose.

"I thought you knew!" said James.

"Oh well, at least I came down early!" said Rose, before getting back on the broom, and taking off.

People were starting to get here, so Rose and Anna went to sit in the stands, where the rest of them were going. Once everyone was seated, James began.

"Attention everyone." yelled James.

"I want you all to divide into groups. All the people trying out for a Keepers stand here, all the Beaters here, Chaser here, and Seeker here." said James, showing everyone where to stand.

Rose stood next to all of the people that wanted to be Seekers, and waited for James to talk again.

"Okay, I will start off with asking you all to fly around the pitch in groups. The people that fall off are out. First the Keepers." the keepers got up, and flew around the pitch. Three of them fell off, leaving only two people in the group.

"Right, the people that stayed on their brooms, may sit back down in their old spaces, and the people that fell, may sit anywhere they like." said James.

Rose waited patiently, until her group was called.

"Right, Seekers, please fly around." said James.

Rose got an her broom, and flew faster then everyone in her group, and reached James faster than everyone.

James looked impressed.

"Okay! Good job everyone!" said James.

James began to pick one person out of each group, to play a mini match. Rose was chosen last, so she got up, and flew around, looking for the Snitch. She finally found it, and caught it several times. Then flew down to James, and gave him the small, golden ball.

"Okay! Very good! I have decided who to choose." said James.

Everyone stared at him anxiously.

"Okay, to begin with, the three chasers will be me, Jacob Park, and Olivia Moor. Congratulations! The keeper will be Emily Finnagen, and the beaters will stay the same as last year. And people, the new seeker of Gryffindor will be, ROSE WEASLEY! Thank you, have a great day!" said James.

Rose gasped. She couldn't believe it! She had just been made seeker of Gryffindor!

"This is so cool Rose!" said Anna, coming over to her.

"I can't wait for the first match!" said Rose, hugging her best friend.

"Rose!" called James, coming up to her.

"You were really great out there, and I just want to tell you that there's practice tomorrow evening." said James, walking up to Anna, and kissed her.

"Gross." said Rose in an undertone, she looked at her watch, and saw that it was 4:30. She gasped. At two she was supposed to meet Scorpius!

Rose raced across the grounds, and found the tree empty.

How could I have been so stupid? asked Rose to herself.

She walked slowly up to the castle. In the great hall, she found herself with Tiffany and Gloria, who had appeared looking happy.

"Hey Rose." said Gloria.

"Hi guys." said Rose.

"Should we go up to the common room then?" asked Tiffany.

"Okay, I need to finish my essay for Potions." said Gloria.

"Hey I forgot to ask, did you get onto the team?" asked Tiffany.

"Yup! I'm now the new Gryffindor seeker!" said Rose, feeling a bit happier.

"Cool! I can't wait for the first game!" said Gloria.

On the way up to their dormitory, Rose bumped into someone.

"Oh, sorry." said Rose, picking up the persons fallen papers.

"It's okay, I guess you have very important things on your mind, even to forget about a meeting with a friend." said the person coldly. It was a voice she knew very well. Scorpius.

"Scorpius please-" said Rose, but he just stalked off.

"What's up with him?" asked Gloria.

"Long story, and I don't really know." said Rose sadly.

It seemed that Scorpius was very mad at her. And he has a point, thought Rose.

All that night, Rose thought of ways to approach Scorpius, and say her apologies. She really hated fighting with Scorpius.