A/N Hey everyone! Thanks for reading and reviewing and all that other fun stuff. I wanted to get up another chapter before practice tomorrow, so here it is. It was an emotional one, but not the worse one yet. There is another part to this chapter, but I wanted to end it there so it wasn't fifteen pages long. I hope you enjoy!
Megan :)
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RPOV
Yesterday was the last day of second year, and today we were on our way home, via Hogwarts Express. I couldn't be more happy to be going home. After that day back before Christmas break, things had been tense between Scorpius and I, we weren't friends like we used to be. I tried to talk to him, but he played it off as nothing, and it hurt. I just hung out with the girls and Damien instead. We had been dating for almost nine months, and I was really happy with him, Scorpius had also begun to date the girl I saw him with from my dorm room. I can't explain the hurt I felt when I saw him with her for the first time, besides hanging out by the lake. Her name was Sophie, and she was nice enough, but I didn't want her to date Scorpius, I didn't want anyone to date Scorpius, except me.
"Rosaline!" James teased, pulling me out of my daydreams.
"What did I tell you about calling me that?" I growled at him.
"Whoa! Calm down Rose!" Al laughed.
"Bite me!" I grumbled, crossing my arms across my body and leaning back into the seat.
I looked around the compartment, it was overly crowed, as usual, but today it was even more so. There was the six of us like normal, but Fred and Courtney as well as Damien were in with us. Liz and Charlie had broken up with their boyfriends about two weeks after they started dating, they couldn't handle it any longer. I laughed, to myself of course, when I saw how relieved Al and James were to be told that information.
"Rosaline!" James sang again.
"What!" I yelled.
"Scorpius has something to say," James smirked.
"Sorry, Scorpius, go ahead," I sighed, "And James, I don't care what the birth certificate says, my name is Rose, not Rosaline!"
"Fine, sorry," he held up his hands in mock-surrender.
"Anyway," Scorpius shook his head, laughing slightly at the two of us, "Umm… I just wanted to tell everyone that Sophie and I broke up."
"What? Why?" everyone asked, I asked too, but I knew that deep down I was happy.
"Well, I caught her making out with some bloke in the broom closet," he confessed.
"I'm sorry, Scorpius," I apologized on her behalf, and I could've sworn I heard someone say, 'No your not.'
"It's okay," he replied, his smile gone, "I also found out that the whole story she told me about her parents and her uncle was a fabricated story to get attention, however she was and did fail DADA."
"What a- what a-" Al stammered, laughing when he couldn't say anything, "I don't know what to call her."
As he said this we all broke out in hysterical laughter. No one able to stop laughing, it felt like old times when Scorpius and I were best friends. I was happy, I had great friends and a great boyfriend.
I should've known that the happiness wouldn't last long.
"Rose," Damien interrupted our laughter, and I realized that he hadn't been laughing at all.
"What's up, Damien?" I asked, looking confused.
"Can I talk to you out in the hallway?" he asked, holding out his hand.
"Sure," I nodded my head, taking his hand.
We walked out into the aisle, which he called a hall, and down to an empty compartment he found a little ways down from ours.
"What's wrong, Damien?" I asked.
"Well, you see, we have been dating for about nine months now," he began.
"Yeah," I nodded my head.
"Well, I just don't think we should date anymore, I don't think we are right for each other."
I was frozen in shock, the boy I thought that I loved, was now telling me that this whole time he had been lying when he said we were perfect together.
"It's just that, the only reason we started dating was because my friends told me it would be good for my reputation if I dated a Weasley or a Potter girl. They are the popular girls of the school, and I agreed. So that day when I saw you in the library, I asked you out, and I realized how dull and boring you actually were. Your hair is disgusting, and your freckles make me want to just break up with you by themselves. I don't know why I even put myself through the nine long, unsatisfying months with you. It's not you, well, actually it is you."
I didn't know what to say, I could comprehend what he had just said to me. Before I had the chance to respond, he decided to say even more repulsive things.
"You know what the worst part of these past nine months was?" he asked, smirking, "The fact that I had to kiss you."
"You are the biggest arse I have ever had the misfortune of meeting! If you every talk to me again, I swear to Merlin I will make you regret it!" I yelled.
"What are you going to do to me?" he asked, grabbing my wrist as tightly as he could.
"Let go of my wrist!" I begged, tears in my eyes.
"Or what?" he smirked again. He reluctantly let go of my wrist, and I turned to run out of the compartment, but he laughed at me in pain, he laughed! So I turned back to where he was laughing, his eyes shut, and I punched him in the face as hard as I could, with my bad wrist of course, and when he tried to grab my wrist again, I kicked him in the groin, serves him right. I opened up the compartment door, and slammed it shut behind me, running back to where my friends were all sitting laughing together. I tried to clear the tears from my eyes, but no matter how many times I did, they always multiplied and came back. I eventually gave up, and walked back into the compartment, tears flowing freely down my face. I sat on the floor in the only empty spot, besides next to Scorpius, I didn't want him to see me weak, and I wished that no one would notice me crying.
"Rose?" Al asked sitting down on my one side, Scorpius scooting over to sit on my other side.
"Y-Yeah?" I responded, my voice hoarse from crying.
"Rose, sweetie, what happened?" Scorpius asked, taking my hand, and wiping my tears away with the other.
"H-he, said t-that basically I-I had m-made hi-hi-his life m-mi-mis-erable," I sobbed.
"He said that to you," James sneered.
"In more words," I whispered, leaning my head on Scorpius's shoulder.
"Why I should go give him a piece of my mind!" Fred yelled, "All approve?"
"I!" everyone answered.
"Those opposed?" he asked knowing that no one would oppose.
"I oppose," I sighed.
"Rose, why?" Fred asked looking at me.
"Because he probably can't even walk right now," I chuckled to myself.
"What did you do?" James smiled.
"Let's just say he might not be able to have kids someday, and his face may always look a little crooked," I laughed, everyone else joining in once they understood.
"I don't think I've ever been prouder of you Rose!" Scorpius smiled, kissing my forehead.
"Thanks Scorpius," I smiled back at him.
"So, on a happier note," Al laughed, "Mom and dad sent me a letter right before we left school to say that they are having a barbeque for our family and that we could invite our friends and their families if we wanted to. Well, they said that they would take care of your families and we were to ask you if you wanted to come. So how about it?"
"Sounds good," Liz smiled, sitting across from me on the floor.
"Sounds good to me to. And I know my dad will be there because he is coming home early, so he and my mom would be ecstatic to come and see their friends again," Charlie smiled.
"That's means you too," I smiled at Courtney, who looked discouraged at our exchange, "Whether you like it or not, you are one of us now. You date a Weasley and you get invited to every party they throw, it comes with the territory. Just ask Teddy, but technically he was a Weasley/Potter before he started dating Vic, so that doesn't work."
"Well, I would be happy to come, and thank you for allowing me in the group. I've never had many friends," she smiled sadly.
"Well now you have six and a Fred," James chuckled, earning a smack from Fred.
"Thank guys," she smiled.
"By the way, James and Charlie, you lost the bet," I stuck out my tongue at them.
"Oh, shush you," Charlie chuckled.
"Wait, what?" James said, sadly.
"The bet on when Vic and Teddy are going to get engaged, you two guessed Christmas, well it's past Christmas," I laughed. James looked discouraged, but something Charlie said made him happy again. Wonder what that was?
Everyone in the compartment began chatting amongst each other, and Al moved back to sit back in his seat right above me. I didn't talk to anyone, rather just took everything that had happened this morning in. A few tears slid down my cheeks, and I wiped them away.
"Hey, Rose?" Scorpius asked, looking at me.
"Yeah, Scorp?" I responded.
"Umm… do you think I am allowed at the barbeque?" he asked worriedly.
"Of course you are, why wouldn't you be?" I asked shocked, "Both my parents have accepted that you are a Malfoy, they trust my judge of character, so they know you are a good guy."
"Thanks Rose. Do you think my parents will come or be invited?" he asked.
"I do think that they will be invited, my Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny want to get over what happened when they were in school. Of course they care that people died, many of them close to our family, but they understand that people can change, and that your dad has changed, and nor was he ever really a horrible, horrible Dark Arts man. As for if they will come, I don't know them like you do," I sighed.
"I think that they will want to come, but they will probably have to work. My parents are always working," he sighed leaning his head up against the bottom of the window.
"Don't worry Scorp, you will know people there, and no one there will care that you are a Malfoy," I smiled, squeezing his hand reassuringly.
The rest of the way back to King's Cross Scorpius and I talked together, like we were best friends again. I was really glad that we were back to what seemed like normal. All the way home not once did I think about Damien or what he had said to me, because frankly he could shove off, I didn't care at all.
As the train came to a screeching halt, we gathered up our things from around the compartment and walk out into the aisle, to get off the train. We walked, slowly down the aisle to get off, and when we finally did, I was knocked backwards, into Scorpius by someone running full force at me.
"Rose!" a little girl squealed. I looked down, and saw Lily hugging me.
"Hey Lil," I smiled hugging her back, "What do you say we go find your parents? Did you tell them before you ran off?"
"Maybe," she sighed.
"Lily Luna, what did I tell you," I smiled at her.
"Don't run away from mummy and daddy," she repeated.
"Good," I laughed.
"Rose, who's the boy behind you?" she asked looking around me.
"Lily, this is Scorpius," I chuckled, "Scorpius, this is my younger cousin Lily, James and Al's little sister."
"Nice to meet you," he held out his hand.
"Nice to meet you too," Lily shook his hand.
"Lily Luna Potter!" Aunt Ginny yelled.
"You better go," I whispered to her.
"See you in a minute, Rose," she smiled, before running over to her parents.
"She's cute," Scorpius laughed, "How old is she?"
"Eight, she'll be nine in a month, she's going to Hogwarts next year." I answered, walking over to my family.
"My sister too," he smiled at me.
"Do you see your family Scorpius?" I asked him scanning the platform, as we were getting closer to mine.
"Scorpius!" someone yelled running over to where we were standing. A little girl, around Lily's age, came running full force at him, but he was prepared, unlike me, and picked her up.
"Hello A," he smiled, hugging her.
"How are you Scorpius?" she asked, wriggling out of his arms, and taking his hand.
"I am good, A," he chuckled, "How did you get here?"
"Nana, dropped me off. Mum and dad are stuck at the office of course, but I wanted to come see you," she smiled.
"Well, that was nice of Nana, did you thank her?" he asked her.
"Yes, Scorpius," she chuckled, rolling her eyes.
We walked another few steps before she realized that I was walking with them too.
"Scorpius, who is your friend?" she asked looking at me.
"A this is Rose, Rose this is Aurora, my little sister," Scorpius introduced.
"Nice to meet you," I smiled at her.
"You too," she replied.
We walked the final few steps to our families, and as soon as I walked into the group, I was hugged tightly in a huge hug.
"Uncle George!" I squealed.
"Sorry, Rosie, dad and Uncle Harry were told to stay back and cook so it was my job to give you a hug for them, plus I had to give you my hug. You understand don't you?" he laughed, letting go of me.
"Sure, Uncle George," I laughed, walking over to hug my mum.
"Hello mum," I smiled, hugging her.
"Rose!" she squealed, hugging me back.
"How you doing mum?" I asked.
"I am good. Happy to see you again. And you?" she asked.
"Okay," I shrugged my shoulders, remembering Damien. I pulled my right wrist toward my body, a tear falling down my cheek.
"What's wrong?" she asked looking at me sternly.
"N-nothing," I shook my head.
"Rose it's not nothing," Scorpius interrupted, "You should tell your mum."
"No, Scorpius," I whispered turning to face him.
"She needs to know," was his only reply.
"Fine," I sighed, "Damien basically said that I made his life miserable and the only reason he dated me was because the Weasley/Potter kids are popular and he was popularity. He broke up with me and when I tried to walk away, he grabbed my wrist and squeezed until the pain was unbearable. He finally let go and as I was leaving, he laughed at my pain, so I turned around and punched him in the face, with my bad wrist, and when he tried to grab me again, I kicked him in the groin."
"What? He did that?" she asked shocked, tears streaming down her face, "I'm so sorry."
"It's okay," I sighed, shrugging my shoulders, "I'll get over it."
"How's your wrist?" Aunt Ginny asked.
"In pain!" I said, holing out my bruised wrist, for her to see.
"We'll take care of it when we get home," mum and Aunt Ginny agreed.
"Is everyone here coming to the barbeque?" Uncle George asked looking around the large circle we had formed.
"Yeah," everyone answered.
"Okay then," Aunt Ginny smiled, "Let's go."
Our large group of family and friends, walked together over to the fireplaces that lined the wall, nearest the wall back into the Muggle part of the station.
"Okay, everyone, take some floo powder and say, The Burrow," Aunt Ginny instructed. Three by three the groups began to disappear into the green flames of the fireplace.
"Next group?" Aunt Ginny called, Uncle George walked forward both Fred and Courtney following him.
"The Burrow!" Uncle George yelled, throwing the floo powder.
"Okay, Rose, Scorpius, and umm… I'm sorry I don't know your name," mum called.
"This is my little sister, Aurora," Scorpius answered walking forward. I took the floo powder and yelled the burrow.
We arrived in the living room of the Burrow, it was always interesting to see where you ended up… too many options.
"Rose!" Grandma yelled running into the living room.
"Hello, Grandma," I smiled, hugging her.
"Hello," she replied, "And you must be Scorpius."
"That would be me. Pleased to meet you," Scorpius responded politely.
"It's good to meet you too," Grandma grinned at me, "And who might you be?"
"I am Aurora, Scorpius's sister," she answered.
"Oh, I do see the resemblance," Grandma chuckled, walking back towards the kitchen, "Everyone is to change out of their robes and into their own clothes.
"Will do," I smiled, walking up the stairs toward Aunt Ginny's room, where my stuff was always put.
"You can change in that bathroom right there," I told Scorpius, as we walked up on to the landing of the stairs.
"Thank you," he smiled walking into the bathroom. I waited with Aurora, until Scorpius was done changing, but Lily came by first.
"Hello!" she smiled at us.
"Hello again Lil," I laughed at her exuberance.
"Hello," she smiled sticking her hand out to Aurora, "My name's Lily Potter, what's your name?"
"Aurora Malfoy, Scorpius's sister," she introduced herself, shaking Lily's hand.
"Would you like to come outside and play with me?" Lily asked.
"Sure," she smiled, beginning to walk downstairs, but turned around and walked to the bathroom door, "I'm going outside, Scorpius, and Rose is going to change."
"Uh-huh," he muttered from inside the bathroom.
I laughed at him, as I knocked on the bedroom door., no one answered at first so I knocked again, just to be sure.
"Anyone in here?" I knocked again.
"Come in," someone said from the other side.
I opened up the bedroom, and there waiting on the other side was Charlie and Liz. I rolled my eyes at the two, when I saw them digging through their clothes for something at least remotely nice to wear. On our way up we had seen the women wearing dresses and skirts, and the guys wearing nice tan shorts and nice shirts, so the best idea was to just follow their example.
"Here you are Rose. You can go change in the corner, we won't look," Liz laughed turning to face the window.
"Okay," I nodded walking into the corner to change out of my robes, and into my dress that Liz had picked out.
I pulled off my robes, all covered in ash and soot, and I pulled on the black dress that the girls had picked out for me. I turned back to face the,.
"No shoes?" I teased, laughing at Liz's shocked face.
"Here, of course there are shoes," Liz laughed, throwing at me, "smart arse!"
"Thank you for the shoes, I wasn't sure if I was going to be allowed to wear shoes," I laughed.
"Oi!" she groaned, throwing herself on to the bed.
"Nice one Rose," Charlie giggled.
"Thanks, I try," I laughed, walking over to the mirror to fix my hair.
"No!" Liz squealed.
"What?" I turned toward her.
"Leave your hair, it looks good!" she squealed.
"For the love of Circe Liz, will you stop squealing!" I laughed.
"Sorry," she sighed, defeated.
"She is right though Rose, leave it be," Charlie agreed.
"Okay," I laughed, "You two ready?"
"Yes!" they both squealed, running over to the bedroom door.
"Again with the squealing!" I laughed running out behind them, but I collided with something, or rather someone on the way. I ended up on top of the person I ran into and blushed to no end when I saw those beautiful grey eyes.
"Sorry, Scorpius," I chuckled, trying to stand up off of him, but my leg was some how trapped under something.
"Uh!" I groaned, as I fell back on to him, "Well, this is interesting."
The two of us ended up in hysterics, and by the time we had finally untangled ourselves I was crying because I was laughing so hard. He was the first one to get untangled from me, and as he stood up, he held out his hand for me to take. I took it and we walked down the stairs, still laughing at our stupidity in the hallway. Things were back to normal between the two of us, I could tell.
A/N Thanks for reading! Hope you liked! Review and let me know what you think! I will update as soon as I get time. The next chapter is going to be a fun one to do. Thanks again for reading!
This chapter's question is… What is your favorite Harry Potter movie and why do you like it? Just curious.
THERE IS ANOTHER ACCOUNT FOR THE CLOTHES WORN IN THIS STORY! If people want to look at that one also, because one may have some clothes that the other won't. The website will be posted under the other one on my page.
Thanks again for reading! Please review!
Megan :)