Chapter 14
The rest of the school year went by. Rose spent most of her time with Neville outside studying. He helped her study herbology and she returned the favor with every other subject. By the time exams came around she felt positive she didn't fail and Neville felt as if he only failed the potions exam.
Two week left of school and Rose was making her way through the common room, when Draco called her name. "Rose come over here." She was tempted to run out the common room but she didn't need the rest of her school year in Slytherin house to get worse.
He had Crabbe and Goyle on each side of him and Malfoy's hair was greased back perfectly as always. "What is it Malfoy," she grumbled, her arms crossed over her chest.
"You owe me an apology,"he said.
"What for," she huffed.
"Calling me a swine and a pompous jerk," he replied.
"Why should I apologize for telling the truth," she asked him before turning on her heel and distancing herself from Draco and was almost to the door of the common room when he grabbed her forearm.
"Listen I'm sorry but just apologize I have a reputation," he begged her. She took it into consideration.
"Maybe next year,' she told him.
"Rose you're being unreasonable," he said.
"How am I unreasonable, you were out of line when you called Neville a swine," Rose snapped.
"I am sorry," he said.
"You don't mean it, I know you don't." She began to yank her arm out when Malfoy tightened her grip.
"Rose I want you as a friend so please accept my apology," he says and Rose nodded before tearing her grip out of his hand.
She sat under a tree with Neville as they watched seventh years party. "Maybe we will be like them some day,"Rose stated.
"Hopefully, if Snape doesn't kill me first," Neville told her. Rose laughed and as she did Neville joined her. Through all the stress Rose hadn't laughed in weeks then she realized she needed to use to toilet and dashed off to mind her own business.
Rose snapped her trunk shut and sat on the floor and Millicent Bulstrode passed around butterbeer that she snagged from a third years large stash. "We can try out for the Quidditch team next year," Pansy piped up.
Tracey Davis who hadn't been around much in the common room along with Daphne Greengrass groaned. "Who would want to try out for the Quidditch team?" Tracey said.
"I might want too," Rose told the girls. "Just to try it, cause you know my bloodline isn't sure and I have never done Quidditch before."
"She does have a point," Daphne said taking Rose's side. Draco had explained what Quidditch was extensively which didn't really matter to Rose since she liked to watch the matches.
"But isn't Quidditch a boys sport,"Pansy stated.
"It doesn't have to be, this isn't the 15th century,"Rose said.
"We should probably head to the feast," Tracey said and passed the butterbeer back to Millicent who stashed it in her trunk.
Slytherin lost the house cup but Rose didn't care she was excited to go back to the orphanage, interesting things had been happening there apparently that they wouldn't tell her since Rose wouldn't tell them why they had to send mail by owl. By the end of the feast Rose walked with Neville who was holding onto Trevor, to the train.
"You have to write to me and tell me all the gossip in the Wizarding World,"Rose insisted.
"I was going to anyways," Neville told her.
The train ride was long and Rose slept through most of it in the compartment that the Slytherin first years had secured. At the train station she said goodbye to her roommates and hugged them goodbye. She and Malfoy just nodded and as Rose was about to walk through the archway Neville hugged her.
"Thank you for being my friend," he said.
"Just don't lose your toad," Rose told him as she looked behind him to find his scowling grandmother in an awful hate that had a dead bird perched on top. "I don't think your gran would be too pleased." She gave him one last hug before disappearing from the wizarding world to the muggle world.
End of Year One