March 17, 2023:
I was sitting with Roxanne and Lily in the stands at the Quidditch pitch. Today was the perfect day to play Quidditch, and it was going to be a great game. The Slytherins were playing the Gryffindors. Everybody knows of their long lasting rivalry, and what's even better is that the two captains are Scorpius and Albus. They are the first Slytherin and Gryffindor captains that are friends in over a century. Both teams are really good too.
Scorpius and Michael are both chasers, and between the two of them they score more points than I can receive from catching the snitch. They always seem to be reading each other's mind. It is actually really freaky to watch.
Albus has been practically whipping his team during practices. He has a pretty solid team. James, the seeker of the team, occasionally complains that his younger brother is captain, but everybody, including him, knows that he doesn't put enough effort to be the captain of any team. We unfortunately lost to them right before Christmas break. They are in first place in the league right now, but the Slytherins are a very close second. Basically whoever won this game would win the Cup.
Roxanne was there cheering for Michael. After quite a few months of snogging in broom cupboards and me and Scorpius telling them to "just go out already," they decided to make their relationship official.
Lily was there obviously because she was also a Gryffindor, but I knew that she was also silently rooting for Michael. I could tell that Lily had fancied Michael for a while now. I don't think that Roxanne has caught on just yet, but I wasn't going to be the one to tell her. Even though Roxanne goes through guys quickly, she is very territorial of her boys when she is with him. Having her little cousin fancying her boyfriend would not go over well with her, and Lily would never stand a chance.
I was here, of course, to cheer for my boys, but more importantly to cheer for my current boyfriend. He was a beater on the Gryffindor team. Things with Justin didn't last more than a couple of dates, like I knew it would. When we started our sixth year, Albus introduced me to his friend, Bradley. He asked me out a little over a week later. I have been dating him for about four and a half months now. He is my first serious boyfriend since Theo.
Unfortunately Scorpius and Michael couldn't stand him. They were always blatantly rude whenever he was with us. It was like they turned into completely different people. It's actually to the point where I have just given up on attempting to get the three of them to be nice to each other.
The game just started. Fred, Roxanne's older brother, was the announcer. When my father and Uncle Harry sometimes come to watch games, they both say that he reminds them of someone named Lee Jordan.
"And Gryffindor has the quaffle. Rivers tosses to Potter who dodges a bludger by Flint. That has to be some sort of foul."
"No it's not," Professor Akerley said.
"It's not? Well anyways, Potter is flying fast down the pitch—no, he is stopped by Gold. Gold is tossing to Malfoy, who tosses back to Gold, who tosses back to Malfoy, who shoots and—nice block by the amazing Gryffindor keeper, Shimpling. Potter gets the ball again. He throws it to Wood, who throws it to Rivers and—OUCH—that's got to hurt. Rivers has been hit by a bludger sent by Guffy. That's going to leave a mark. Marx has acquired the quaffle, and he passes it to Malfoy. He dodges a bludger sent by Davis and shoots and—THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY A FAKE! HOW COULD YOU EVEN MISS THAT! COME ON SHIMPLING! YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT!"
"Weasley!" Professor Akerley shouted.
I cheered loudly for Scorpius, guiltily happy that the bludger that Bradley sent didn't hit him. I have always hated it when either Scorpius or Michael got hit by those things. I have had my had my fair share of bludger hits, and let me tell you, the bruises that they leave are not fun to deal with.
"Sorry, Professor. Anyways, ten points for Slytherin. Woods has the quaffle. He quickly zooms towards the Slytherin goalposts, dodging a bludger sent by Guffy. Nice try, but you are going to have to be better than that. He shoots—Barker, the Slytherin keeper dives—misses—and GRYFFINDOR SCORES!"
The stands go wild. Lily is loudly cheering, while Roxanne is pouting slightly. I laugh at the scene.
"Malfoy has the quaffle. He passes to Gold, who passes back to Malfoy, who passes back to Gold, who shoots and—WAS THAT THE SNITCH?"
And it was. It was flying close to the Slytherin goalposts. Both James and the Slytherin seeker, Laura Madley, were dashing towards the goalposts. Madley was closer to begin with and a lot smaller, due to the fact that she was just a second year, but James had a faster broom. It was going to be close.
"GO JAMES GO!" Fred shouted at his best friend.
They were within inches of the snitch, coming from different directions. Both of them dove, and tumbled off their brooms at nearly the same time. A lot of dust and sand flew into the air. Nobody could tell who had the snitch.
After a couple of seconds, that felt like hours, of anxious waiting. Laura threw her hand into the air, the snitch in her grasp.
The Slytherins erupted into chaos! It was so loud that I could barely even hear myself think. Roxanne was on her feet doing a little happy dance. Even Lily was cheering. The Gryffindors did not look happy, though. Especially not Albus. He really thought that he had the Cup this year. I was going to have to cheer him up later.
Scorpius, on the other hand, looked like someone just gave him a million dollars. He personally flew over to Laura and lifted her on to his shoulders. The rest of the team also followed suit. The pitch was still going chaotic fifteen minutes later, when Professor McGonagall said, "Sonorus!"
Even her loud voice could barely be heard over the ruckus.
"CONGRATULATIONS SLYTHERIN! NOW EVERYBODY, PLEASE RETURN TO THE CASTLE IN A TIMELY MANOR."
"Well, that was a great game," Roxanne said. "Especially the ending. For a moment there I actually thought that James had it. I am really happy that Laura pulled through for them."
We walked towards the locker rooms. Scorpius and Michael were already outside, waiting for us. Scorpius was raving about his team.
Roxanne ran up to Michael. He picked her up and spun her in a circle, while she planted a kiss on his lips. Lily turned the classic Weasley red. She mumbled something about going to find her brother, as dashed away as fast as she could.
I walked up to Scorpius and gave him a gigantic hug. "Congratulations! The Quidditch Cup. That's something," I whispered in his ear.
Somebody cleared their throat, and I pulled away to find Bradley glaring at Scorpius. I felt the blush flood my cheeks. "Oh, I'm sorry Davis. Does this make you uncomfortable?" Scorpius taunted before pulling me even tighter up against him.
I hit him before wiggling out of his grasp and running to Bradley. "I am so sorry you guys didn't win," I said, softly.
"Doesn't look like it," he grumbled back at me.
"Hey, be nice or you aren't getting any kisses," I replied, fake-sternly.
"Come here," he said, melting before pulling me into a hug. He planted a soft kiss on my lips. I pulled away first, and smiled big at him.
"Come on, Rose!" Scorpius then called from a couple of feet away. "We're heading to the after party!"
Michael, Roxanne, and he were all waiting for me.
"You are not going, right?" Bradley then asked.
"Um, I was thinking about it," I replied, averting my eyes.
"Rose, I just lost. You are not allowed to leave me to go to the victory party," he said, a bit icily.
The rebellious side of me decided to make an appearance at this time. I didn't like it when people thought they could tell me what to do. "I am not allowed? Bradley, I have barely seen my friends for the past couple of weeks, because I have been spending every waking moment with you," I replied.
"As you should be," he retorted.
I rolled my eyes and said, "I am not saying that it is a bad thing. I am just saying that tonight I am going to hang with my friends for a couple of hours. I can meet up with you later tonight if you want me to."
I then placed another quick kiss on his lips and walked towards my friends before he could argue back. I wasn't going to pass up a good party just because my boyfriend was moping about his loss.
When the four of us walked into the Slytherin common room, the party was already started. There was music blasting, the center of the room was cleared to make space for a dance floor, and somehow somebody smuggled in some fire whiskey. I knew almost instantly that this was going to be the party of the year. And I have been to quite a few good parties this year, already.
"Let's go dance," Roxanne said, pulling Michael towards the dance floor.
"I am going to grab a drink. Do you want one?" Scorpius then asked me.
"Yeah," I replied.
He walked over to the drink table, grabbed two fire whiskeys, and then made his way back to me. He handed me the ice cold drink with a smile. "You are the most fun person ever when you are drunk, do you know that?" he told me.
"So I have been told," I replied, taking a swig of my drink. It burned as the liquid ran down my throat.
After a couple more sips, Scorpius and I were both talking a bit looser. "So what are you dating that prick Davis again?" Scorpius asked me.
I thought about it, but at the moment I couldn't think of a good reason why I was dating him. He was acting kind of dramatic this afternoon when he told that I wasn't allowed to come to this party. I think I was supposed to go meet him after it. Oh well, I thought. He could live with one night without me.
"Where are Michael and Roxanne?" I then asked, changing the topic.
Scorpius gestured to a couple glued at the mouth sitting on a couch across the room. I saw them and thought of a brilliant idea. "Scorpius! Go get some peanuts!" I demanded.
"Why?" he asked, giving me a confused look.
"Just do what I say!" I exclaimed.
"Alright, alright. No need to shout," he said, stalking away to go get the peanuts.
"And bring back another round of drinks!" I called after his retreating body.
When he came back with the entire bowl of peanuts, I grinned. I grabbed my drink from him and said, "Excellent. No here's what is going to happen. We are going to hide behind that couch and throw these at Michael and Roxanne. You get a point if you hit either one of them. Five if you get it in her cleavage. Ten if you get it in his pants. And if you somehow manage to get one in either of their mouths, you get fifty points."
A grin grew on his face to match mine. We started tossing peanuts until the two them stopped snogging and started to toss peanuts back at us. We were in a full-blown peanut war.
After a couple more hours, all the people that were still up were Scorpius, Michael, Roxanne, Isobel, and I.
Michael was the only one of us that wasn't completely wasted. I had only seen him with two or three drinks the entire night. He was always the responsible one.
"I have another fun game we are going to play!" Isobel exclaimed.
"I looooove playing games!" Roxanne said, twirling. "How do you play this one?"
"It's called Truth or Dare. Everybody sits in a circle, and we go around asking each other truth or dare. If they choose dare, we have to think of something ridiculous for them to do. If they choose truth, we have to ask them a really embarrassing question," Isobel explained.
"This game sounds like fun! Come on Michael! We all have to sit in a circle," Roxanne then exclaimed, grabbing his hand and pulling him down so that he had to sit next to her.
I giggled, because Michael looked like he was about to cry.
Isobel, Scorpius, and I filled in the rest of the holes in the circle.
"I'll go first!" Isobel declared. "Roxanne! Truth or dare?"
"I dare you to drink this," she said before walking over to the snack table. She crumbled up everything she could get her hands on into a glass of fire whiskey. By the time she was done, it turned a puke green color.
Roxanne casually grabbed the glass from her and downed the entire drink in one sip. "Easy," she said, slamming the glass on the ground.
"Scorpius. Truth or dare?" Roxanne then said.
He thought about it for a couple of seconds before deciding on dare.
"Lay down," she commanded Isobel. She did as she was told.
Roxanne went a grabbed a box of Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans. She pulled up Isobel's shirt to just under her boobs, and strategically place a few beans on her stomach and chest. Lastly, she told Isobel to open her mouth. She placed one in her mouth "Don't eat it!" she demanded.
Then she turned and faced Scorpius. "Lick them off."
Scorpius smiled and replied, "Gladly."
He took his time and made a show of licking every single one off. Isobel giggled and complained that he was tickling her. After he was finished, Scorpius turned to me and asked, "Now that I have successfully given Isobel a tongue bath, Rose, truth or dare?"
I chose dare, not wanting to seem like a wimp.
"I dare you to kiss Michael."
Michael and I looked at each other for a moment. Then a second after that Roxanne and I said at the same time, "No way."
"You have to. I dared you to," Scorpius then said, grinning. He was really enjoying this.
"Nope, it's not going to happen."
"How about this," Isobel then said. "You can turn down dares, but you have to drink a glass of fire whiskey after."
This seemed to appease Scorpius, and he filled me a glass.
This continued on for a couple of minutes, with people drinking occasionally. Then Roxanne said to me, "Rose. Truth or dare?"
Roxanne had already gotten Isobel to strip to just her bra and panties, and Scorpius was required to lick a pair of Michael's boxers. I had already downed way too many drinks, so I decided I would go safe with truth.
She grinned. For some reason I got the feeling that she knew that I would choose this. "Which of your two boys would you rather date?"
I gave her a surprised look. I was not expecting her to ask that whatsoever. I never really thought about either of them that way. They were my two best friends, but I had to admit that both of them were hot. They both were super muscled from Quidditch, but that was basically the only similarity between them both.
Michael was really sweet. I know I could rely on him with anything. I go to him first for practically all of my problems. He has a smile that could make a strong witch melt like putty in the middle of his hand.
Scorpius, on the other hand, was more of a partier like me. We always had fun together, and he was super sexy. He was also charming and funny.
It was a very tough decision, but I knew which one I would date if I had to choose.
They all looked at me expectantly. Finally I opened my mouth and told the small group my choice.
Your welcome for the long chapter! I had a lot of fun writing this one. Especially the part about the peanuts:)
Anyways, which boy do you think she chose?