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10
Lily's POV (first person)
"OOH, Rosie! Please, please, please, please let me see the letter now!!"
"Stop whining, you big baby! I need to finish my charms homework," Rose answered in an annoyed tone. I crossed my arms across my chest and glared at her as she silently wrote her essay. I saw a blush creep up to her cheeks as she realized that I was watching her. Finally, Rose groaned as her insecurity became too much for her. "You are the devil in disguise…"
I clapped my hands and bounced up and down as she reached into her pocket and thrust the letter into my waiting hands. I unfolded it and read through the response as quickly as I could, rocking back and forth on the balls of my feet.
WHAT?? You have a boyfriend! Rosie, who is that boy?! I need to have a talk with him before he dates my little girl! Who is he? Why won't you
Sorry, Rosie, that I let your father ramble on like that. I locked him in the hallway closet, so I'm going to write this quickly before he realizes that he has a wand. Why didn't you tell me sooner that you had a boyfriend? I can't wait to meet him! I'm sure he is a nice and decent boy. Don't worry about your father. I'll talk some sense into him (again). How is Scorpius, sweetie? You didn't mention him at all in your letter. Tell him I said 'Hello' and tell your boyfriend the same thing. See you soon!
Love,
Mum
I burst out laughing and Rose grinned at me proudly. "Wow, I didn't know Auntie Hermy was like that! She could've at least stunned him or something, though."
Rose started to giggle at that, and I looked at her as if she had grown another head. "What?" I asked.
"Oh, nothing…actually, if you stick around for Christmas, you might just find out."
My brown eyes widened. "So…so you are taking him to the Burrow?!"
I watched as she nodded her head slowly, and I squealed so loud that Rose actually covered her ears. "OhmygoshIcan'tbelieveyou'regoingtointroducehim! DidyoutellhimthatheneededsomesortofprotectionbecauseIreallythinkhe—"
Rose put her hands on both of my shoulders and shook me. "Lily!! Slow down!!"
I took a deep breath and then I replied, "I'm calm. I'm cool."
"Good. What the hell did you eat today??" Rose asked.
"I don't know…some leftover candy from that trip to Hogsmeade…stuff from Honeydukes…but that doesn't matter! What matters is that Scorpius needs to go out and buy a cup or something, because I think he'll need all the protection he can get when you unleash the wrath of the Potters and Weasleys on him! He'll need that protection everywhere," I said, stressing the word on "everywhere".
Rose looked repulsed. "Ew…I just got mental images…"
I clapped my hand on her back. "That's what I'm here for."
Rose made a face. "To give me scarring mental images of my boyfriend?"
"You're getting way off topic! Stop distracting me! We need to plan what you're going to do when you take Scorpius to the Burrow!"
"But I wasn't getting off topic, Lily! I was just—"
"Shut it, Rosie Posie! I'm going to make this sound as simple as I can: I am here to help you get Scorpius accepted by our psychopath, prejudice relatives. Okay?"
"Lily…you have successfully given me a headache…" Rose wailed, clutching her forehead.
I gave her a kiss on the cheek and then started to bounce up the stairs which led to the girl's dormitory. "That's what I'm here for!"
I heard Rose groan and then I saw her light body fall onto the couch with a quiet 'thud'.
Albus' POV (first person)
I came in through the portrait hole exhausted and slightly frustrated. James had bombarded me with Quidditch "strategies" and comments on my flying just after my potion's test…
"Really, Al, your flying is…well, a bit sloppy."
I clenched my teeth and then looked at my brother with irritation. "James, will you shut it?"
"That didn't sound too cheery. What's wrong? Did another chick turn you down? Or did some Slytherins pull your pants down in front of some hot Gryffindors?"
"Don't test me, James—"
"Lighten up, will you? Listen, I got this whole new strategy for our next match! Why don't you just pass the Quaffle to Rosie a bit more, huh? Really, she could fly circles around you!" he teased.
"I'm not in the mood, Jamsie-poo. So get the hell out of here and go snog someone in a broom closet."
"I might just do that actually…" James looked around and then his eyes lit up and he started to chase a tall Ravenclaw down the corridor. "Hey, Kimmy! Lookin' good!"
I rolled my eyes as I started for my common room…
I came back to the present and my bad day got even worse when I saw who was sprawled all over the couch: Rose.
Yesterday I had found out that Rose was with Scorpius Malfoy. Malfoy. I shuddered as a mental image of them snogging the bloody daylights out of each other popped into my mind.
I took a deep breath and sat down on the couch next to Rose. Her head popped up immediately and she grinned, completely unaware of the knowledge I knew. "Hey, Al! What's up?"
"Oh nothing. The usual."
"What exactly is the 'usual'?" she asked.
"You know…drama. Relationships and stuff like that." I hoped she would see what I meant.
"Like what?" she asked, oblivious.
"Students dating other students outside of their houses. I saw this Gryffindor snogging a Slytherin just the other day."
I heard Rose's breath hitch at the back of her throat. She must have seen where I was going with this. She had to see it!
"Oh…really?" she asked, her voice going up an octave.
"Yeah. Quite a shame. Must've been really hard on their families."
"Must've…"
"But maybe they didn't tell anyone, you know? Maybe it's a secret?"
Her ears started to turn red.
I had her exactly where I wanted her.
Rose's POV (third person, as always)
"Ummm…a-a secret?" Rose stammered. Shit, shit, shit! I'm done for! He must know!!
"Yeah, a secret. They probably didn't even tell his or her closest cousin."
Yes, I am definitely done for. Lord, just take me now.
"Maybe they thought their cousin was going to be a prejudiced fool!" Rose shouted. Albus' eyes got wide and she put her hand over her mouth.
"So, it's true, isn't it?" he asked, his quiet voice laced thick with menace and anger.
"What are you referring to?" Rose asked in a whisper.
"Scorpius Malfoy, Rose. I saw you."
"When? Where? What?" she mouthed.
"After lunch yesterday. You two were all lovey-dovey underneath some tree…snogging. He kept touching you everywhere!!"
Everywhere. Didn't Lily just say something about Scorpius needing…
Rose giggled and Albus looked at her with pure fury in his eyes. "This isn't funny, Rose!"
"I'm—I'm not laughing at—at you!"
"SHUT UP!"
She silenced at once, terrified at her fuming cousin.
Albus pinched the bridge of his nose and paced back and forth in front of her. Then, he let out an exasperated sigh and towered over her. "Why didn't you tell me, Rosie?"
Rose stared at him, trying to keep a straight face.
"Don't you trust me? You tell me everything!"
"How could I tell you?" Rose whispered. "I knew you would be this way…you wouldn't understand…"
"Understand what?? That you were dating our enemy—"
"You mean your enemy! Albus you are so, so—!"
"So what, Rosie?"
"You're so prejudiced! He's a good person! He's not his father, or his grandfather! He's different! If you would only listen to him—"
"I'm not listening to anything that pervert says! He will not be dating you anymore!" Albus yelled.
Rose clenched her teeth together. She knew no other student was in the tower, besides Lily, so this fight would go unheard by students who didn't know about the relationship.
"You have no control over who I date. Or kiss!" Rose yelled back.
"I'm your cousin! And if Uncle Ron says 'no' to this, then I will cheerfully beat Malfoy to death!"
"You're not touching Scorpius!" Rose screamed, rising from the couch and standing nose to nose with Albus. "Or telling my father!"
"Oh yeah?" Albus hissed.
Rose glared at him. "Yeah."
"Watch me, Rosie," he said and started to walk towards the exit.
Rose stared with wide eyes as Albus reached for the doorknob. She stumbled over herself and started to reach out for Albus, ready to punch his face in. He opened the door and was about to step out when…
"STUPEFY!" yelled a voice and a jet of light hit Albus in the waist. He clutched his side and tumbled to the ground.
Rose screamed and then looked up to see who the attacker was.
A/N:
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