Wow, I'm getting quicker. I hope I can update quickly ALL the time, but the likelihood of that happening is very low. Sorry about that.
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"Rose, do you understand how serious this is?" Headmaster Flitwick asked her.
"Yes, Professor. I really do."
"I know it was accidental, but it was the Cruciatus curse." She couldn't believe how much trouble she was in. She didn't it could get any worse.
"Professor, you wanted to see us?" It got worse.
Rose tried to cover her house crest on her cloak and the colour of her tie as best as she could as her mom and dad walked into the Headmaster's office. If her parents didn't know, she didn't want them to find out what house she was in. If they did, then they wouldn't want to be reminded.
"Miss Granger…"
"It's Mrs Weasley."
"Of course, of course. Mrs Weasley, I'm not your teacher anymore, so there's no need to call me Professor."
"Enough with the chit-chat. Why are we here? My Rosie hasn't done anything wrong has she?" Ron asked. He put his arm around his daughter's shoulders. Rose guessed that he didn't know what house she was in. She wasn't looking forward to when he found out.
"Actually, she has." Professor Flitwick looked sympathetically at her.
No need to feel sorry for me headmaster, you're the one telling them.
"Scorpius Malfoy…"
"Well, if she was defending herself, I wouldn't necessarily call that wrong."
"Mr Weasley, she wasn't defending hers…"
"Then she was obviously just playing a part in a bit of house rivalry. Happens all of the time Professor, there was really no need to call us both in. That sort of thing was pretty frequent when we were back at school and our parents were never called in."
"But Mr Weasley…"
"And anyway, what spell did you use Rosie? I didn't know they taught any defensive spells at this level. Then again, you are Hermione Weasley's daughter. Probably found the spell in the library didn't you. That's my girl."
"Ron!" Hermione looked furious. "Can't you tell that this is serious? Please, shut up and let Flitwick speak." Ron cowered away from his wife's glare. Rose had to stop herself laughing out loud.
"Thank you Mrs Weasley. I know that you both are probably very confused about what is going on, but please refrain from interrupting whilst myself and Miss Weasley recount what happened." He looked at Rose. "Go on then. Tell them."
"But…"
"Miss Weasley."
"Fine. I went to the stupid get together thing in Professor Longbottom's office and Malfoy was there…"
"WHAT?"
"Mr Weasley, please let your daughter speak."
"Anyway, I didn't think he belonged in there and wanted him to just…"
"Yes." Her mom looked at her. Rose couldn't bring herself to meet her mom's eyes.
"I don't know. All I know is that I hated him and then…"
"She performed an accidental Cruciatus curse."
"SHE WHAT?" Her dad's arm quickly withdrew from around her shoulders and her daddy's protection was gone. He was staring at her now as if he didn't even know her.
"Ron, calm down. It was accidental, so she didn't exactly point her wand at him and mean to cause him physical pain. But," her mom was looking at Rose again now, "to actual perform the curse; that would take unimaginable hate. Especially if it was accidental. Why do you hate him so much Rose? Why would you even want to cause him that much pain?" Rose forced herself to look her mom in the eye when she told her. Slowly, Rose's head turned towards her mother and when she saw the disappointment in her mother's brown eyes, she couldn't take it. All of her dad's rage and her mom's sadness rolled into one and forced onto her shoulders. A couple of tears were travelling down her cheeks, but that was all she'd let them see. Rose jumped up off her chair and ran out of the Headmaster's office.
Rose ran straight for the seventh floor and didn't stop running until she was safely in the Room of Requirement and she could safely let out all of the tears that had built up on the way there.
Why are you crying Rose? Can't handle consequences?
Shut up me.
Seriously, why are you crying? Scorpius is in the hospital wing and you've shoved the fact that you're not perfect right in your dad's face. This is what you've wanted since you came here.
But…
But what?
That was when she realised. Why she was crying wasn't because she had hurt Scorpius, or because her mom had been so disappointed. Rose Weasley was crying because her daddy wasn't going to protect her anymore. She'd been too busy hating him that she didn't realise how much she depended on him. He was always so proud of her, calling her 'daddy's little girl.' She hated it when he compared her to her mother, but at any other time, he was her hero. He was the man who would teach her about the old days; let her know she was special. And when he came into the Headmaster's office and put his arm around her shoulders, she felt like it didn't matter what she'd done because her daddy still loved her. But when his arm disappeared, so did his protection. Sure, he'd probably forgive her in a couple of weeks…wait a minute, no he wouldn't. He must've seen the Slytherin crest on her cloak when she ran out.
Why did she feel bad about that? How could she not have seen this before?
Because you're young and ignorant Rose. When he called you daddy's little girl, you didn't smile because you were happy, you were smiling because you had to. He was your only parent. Your mother only paid attention to you when she told you off. If your dad paid any less attention to you than she did, you'd have no one left to protect you and you can't cope with that. You've been too busy focusing on hating him because of the little things he does, but what you don't see is that, by showing him you're independent, you've been pushing the one person you rely on further and further away.
Rose hated it when she was right.
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