Hey guys! Welcome to chapter 10. Hope the last chapter didn't depress you too much. But to make it up to you I am actually posting this during my free at school when I could be eating lunch now. Dedication guys, dedication. Anyway Bronnie is next to me right now on cleverbot, and to distract her from cursing out the poor machine I'm going to have her drop you guys a line.
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Chapter 10:
Rosalind rubbed her eyes hard the next morning as she awoke, trying to rub the stiff feeling from crying herself to sleep out of her eyes. It'd had been getting worse and worse between her and Al. Last night was the worst it's ever been. She flinched as she recalled the cold way he had called her a slut and dismissed her so easily. He was such a different person since his parent's death. It had been a little over two months and he had only gotten more distant. He didn't want help nor did he want to talk. Rosalind felt so helpless.
She moaned as she sat up and was hit with a wave of nausea. She'd been having these random bouts of nausea since right after the Potter's funeral. She assumed it was because of all the stress and grief that came with the whole situation.
She threw her hands over her face and winced as Celia threw open the curtains to her bed and said "Again?"
Rosalind sighed as she slowly lowered her hands from her face "Depends. What are you referring to?"
Celia's frown deepened and said "You're nauseous again. You should go see Madame Pomfrey."
Rosalind waved her friend off and slid out of bed slowly trying to not upset her stomach further. She wandered into the bathroom and splashed some water onto her face. She heard Celia calling after her.
"I heard you guys fighting last night."
Rosalind gave a heavy sigh as she walked out of the bathroom and laid against the doorframe. "Yea…it got pretty bad last night."
"Are you kidding me?! It was horrible!" Celia yelled as she threw a pillow at Rosalind. The pillow hit her square in the chest and Rosalind yelped in pain.
Celia rolled her eyes and said "Drama queen. It was just a pillow."
Rosalind held her chest and said "I don't know. They've been…hurting lately. I don't know why. Probably has something to do with all the weight I've gained."
Celia gave a small smile and said "You can't blame everything on the fact that you've gained a bit of weight."
"I can try." She sighed and sat next to Celia. She looked at Celia with a look of desperation "I don't know how to help him. I just want to make him happy again. I was only talking to Teddy because I wanted to know if he had any ideas to help him." With a sob she added "The more I try to help him, the more I lose him."
Celia frowned and hugged her friend tightly, trying to comfort her.
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Scorpius continued to hurriedly pack his books as Al tried to wish him a Good Morning.
"What's your problem?" he heard Al say in the background. Scorpius gritted his teeth as he bit back all of the responses he wanted to shout back at his friend.
"I'm sorry. I try not to associate with idiots." He threw back at Al.
Al's eyes narrowed as he said "Excuse me?"
"You heard me. I understand that it's been rough losing your parents and all, especially the way you did." Scorpius swiveled around to face Al, his eyes full of annoyance and anger.
"But you've been such an ass these past two months! Rosalind, as much as I dislike her, has only been trying to help you because for some odd reason she seems to like you. And all you've done is be a bastard to her. And I've stood here and watched it but last night you crossed a line. So please don't talk to me until you've stopped being such a fucking idiot."
With that he turned on his heel and slammed the door behind him as he left the room. Al just sat, dumbfounded, as he let Scorpius' words settle in. He had sat there for about ten minutes before he muttered 'Crap.' and rushed to get his bag and run down to the common room.
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Rosalind shuffled down the stairs to the common room carefully, her stomach still not completely settled. She noticed that no one was in the common room except for Al, looking thoughtfully into the crackling fire. Rosalind frowned and tried to quietly leave the room but was stopped by hearing Al say "I've been so stupid." quietly.
Rosalind turned her head slightly towards him slightly, not quite completely turning around.
"I've let my grief consume me. I basically told my brothers to fuck off. I've completely stopped talking to my sister. I've shut my best friend out of everything having to do with me. But worst of all, I've treated you like crap. All you've done is try to help me and I've been a prick in return."
Rosalind completely turned around and observed Al, who continued to look unseeingly into the fire. "I just…I don't know what to do. I have all these emotions swimming around. All this anger and pain and frustration and I don't know where to put it, so I've taken it out on people I love."
Rosalind slowly walked over towards where Al was sitting. She didn't dare make a sound, afraid that a noise would stop this epiphany she had been waiting for Al to have for weeks. She sat soundlessly down on a leg rest next to him.
He ran a hand threw his hair nervously. "I love you…so, so much." He whispered harshly his eyes reflecting a raw horrible sense of sorrow. And all I've done is treat you like dirt. I'm so sorry. I can never dream that you'll forgive me but I really don't want to lose you." He let out a very un-Albus sob before saying "Especially not after everything I've already lost."
Rosalind felt a few tears roll down her cheeks as she launched herself into Al's arms. She felt his arms wrap around her impossibly tight. She could barely breathe but she didn't dare move. She felt his continue to sob into her shoulder as he said "I'm so, so sorry." over and over again.
When he finally loosened his grip on her she brought her hand to his face and wiped away whatever was left of his tears. "We need to talk." she said quietly. "We have a lot to sort out. But I do forgive you."
He smiled and leant over to give her a chaste kiss. "Thank you." He said as he squeezed her hands reassuringly. "I'll meet you here tonight, once everyone's gone to bed. We can talk then."
Rosalind nodded and said "Tonight, then."
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"WHAT?!" Celia yelled.
"Shhh!" Rosalind shushed her friend. "Moaning Myrtle will come if you're any louder." She said as she headed towards the bathroom stalls.
"Do you think I care right now? You just told me that the guy who's been treating you like crap for the past two months apologized! And where are you going?"
Rosalind rolled her eyes and said "The bathroom. We do happen to in a lavatory."
Celia gave a harsh annoyed sigh as she waited for her friend. After a few moments Celia heard Rosalind's shaky voice come from behind her stall door. "Cee, what day is it?"
Celia's eyebrows furrowed in confusion as she said "The twelfth, I think. Why?"
She heard the toilet flush and heard the door to the stall creak open. When she saw Rosalind she gasped. She was deathly white and shaking as she said. "We need to go to Madame Pomfrey…I think…I think I know why I've been sick."
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Rosalind spent the rest of the day out by the lake, Madame Pomfrey's shocked face and harsh words still floating around in her head. She frowned as she looked at her watch. It was time to meet Al now. She had no clue how she could face him and talk about what they needed to talk about with this new, huge thing consuming her thoughts.
She slowly made her way to the common room, frowning in deep thought the whole way. When she entered the common room she saw Al pacing fiercely, a look of pure anger in his eyes. Rosalind rushed towards him and said "What's the matter?"
"They dropped the case!"
"What?" she asked, confused.
"The Auror Department dropped the case due to lack of evidence! They're just fucking giving up. If it was up to them whoever did this to my family will never be caught. That's why I'm going to do something about it."
"What do you mean?" Rosalind asked, her voice shaking. She was about to vomit from all of the emotion swirling in her chest.
"I'm going to go to the Auror department to petition the re-opening of the case. And if that doesn't work I'm investigating it myself."
"That's crazy! You can't go after them yourself."
"I have to Rosalind." He said with a firm voice. "I'm leaving tonight. My brother said he'd help me start the petition. I'll be back as soon as possible."
With that he threw his bag over his shoulder and sprinted out of the common room before Rosalind could say anything. As she watched him leave the room, not sure when he would come back she let out a sob and fell into the chair behind her. She let out another sob as she whispered. "You can't leave me. Not now."
She continued to sob before whispering. "I'm pregnant."
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