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I also apologise for the switching of the tenses in the last chapter. I will try and correct them when I get the chance, but for now please enjoy.
Rose's tale
Chapter 14
After a particularly horrible Quidditch practise that night, Scorpius followed Rose upstairs, still dressed in his jumpsuit, he had taken it off for practise but Rose insisted he put it back on to sleep in. It was still playing 'The twelve trolls of Christmas' and Scorpius was just about to rip it off when Rose turned to him and burst out laughing.
"I can't *snort* take you *giggle* seriously *gasp*!" Rose chortled and covered her mouth with her hand.
"Wait…what?" Scorpius replied, struck dumb with Rose's sudden outburst.
"Oh come on Scorpius. You don't seriously believe that I'd give you an abomination like that for Christmas, do you?" Rose said shaking her head and placing her hands on her hips.
Scorpius just stared at her in disbelief, his mouth opening and closing like a blonde goldfish.
"Do you know how hard I tried, to make it seem like I liked this Rose?" He asked in a strained voice.
"I wouldn't have minded if you hated it Scorpius, it was only a joke." Rose replied with a slightly nervous chuckle.
"I didn't want to hurt your feelings though, did I? Now I've got 'The twelve trolls of Christmas' stuck in my head!" He groaned and ran his hands through his hair.
"I'm sorry, but I'm giving you your real gift tomorrow. Teddy agreed to help me with it and he's probably finishing it now." Rose said with a grin and carried on walking up stairs.
The next morning Scorpius was woken up when he heard a loud thump and a groan.
"Wake up its Christmas eve!" Rose sang excitedly as she pulled Albus off his bed. Albus swatted at her but she grinned and ruffled his hair. Albus got up, muttering something about bacon and eggs for breakfast.
Rose skipped over to Scorpius' bed and shook him roughly.
"Scorpius? Wake up, its Christmas eve and we have to set up the Quidditch pitch." Rose whispered to him. "Also, I have your real present." She added, snorting when she thought of the joke gift she had given him.
He opened his eyes and saw Rose standing over him, her hair cascading around her shoulders, an excited look plastered on her pretty face. If only he could wake up like this everyday, he thought to himself.
"Well, what is it?" He grumbled and sat up, his voice hoarse from sleep and his hair sticking up wildly.
Rose handed him a rectangular present. The wrapping paper was navy with snowballs flying on it and a white bow decorated the top. It felt quite hefty and Scorpius ripped the paper suspiciously, half expecting 'God rest ye merry Hippogriff' to start playing. But he was pleasantly surprised to see a silver photo album staring back at him. He flicked to the first page to see a picture of him and Albus in first year. It had been take on Rose's muggle camera so the figures in the photo weren't moving.
He looked up at Rose and saw a beam on her face.
"Do you like it?" She asked and sat on his bed, next to him.
"It's brilliant, much better than the jumpsuit." Scorpius said and they both chuckled.
He flicked through the album and saw images of him and Albus in second year, him and Albus on a broom in third year, Scorpius drawing on a sleeping Albus' face in fourth year, a disgruntled Scorpius emerging from the Slytherin common room with pink hair in Fifth year and a funny one of the two of them a few days ago trying on Grandpa Weasely's novelty Christmas hats.
Scorpius stopped when he reached the middle page. It was the last photo in the album, Rose was hugging him and grinning, a look of pure delight etched permanently on her face. Scorpius was hugging her back, a pained expression gracing his features. He was wearing the jumpsuit and looked like an overgrown baby.
"Teddy was hiding in my room under Uncle Harry's invisibility cloak! He took the picture then went to a muggle town and developed them for me." Rose laughed with glee at Scorpius' expression.
"Rose…That is brilliant. You are a real genius sometimes, did you know that?" Scorpius laughed.
"Anyway, you can burn the onesie if you want, but keep the picture. Besides you had better hurry up and get changed, we need to help set up for the Tournament." Rose sighed and got up.
The two teens thundered down stairs and bounded out into the back garden and hurried over to Albus, they were just helping positioning the commentating tent when Rose squealed and ran over to someone.
"I can't believe your mum said yes." Rose exclaimed and hugged the familiar person again.
Albus and Scorpius walked over to see Sunny and Rose excitedly talking. Sunny skipped over and greeted the two boys.
"Come and put your things in my room." Rose said and dragged Sunny inside.
Scorpius turned and saw a small group of people appear out of no where with a loud crack. He could make out four adults and three teens. No doubt that the Scamander's and Longbottom's had arrived.
Rolf and Luna Scamander walked over followed by Lorcan and Lysander. They greeted Albus and he showed them inside. Scorpius was glad Albus had been the one to greet them; ever since second year the Scamander twins had taken it upon themselves to despise him. They were in Ravenclaw and could get very inventive with pranks, particularly ones with Scorpius on the receiving end. It was nothing Scorpius couldn't handle though…
Scorpius then saw Alice Longbottom shyly wave at him as her parents Professor Neville Longbottom and Hannah Longbottom greeted him warmly. Scorpius shook his head; the Longbottom's were a sharp contrast to the Scamander twins.
Scorpius made his way inside the house and searched for Albus, he knew Rose would be chatting to Sunny in her room. He was just looking in the kitchen and was about to head to the living room when his path was blocked by the Scamander twins.
Lysander, the dreamer of the duo, gave Scorpius an apologetic look as Lorcan smirked at Scorpius.
"How's our favourite snake doing?" Lorcan cooed, and patted Scorpius' head in a patronizing manner.
"I would be doing a lot better if you moved." Scorpius sighed.
He didn't want to duel with them, especially because they were all underage. He knew that if it came down to a fist fight Lysander would run and Scorpius could easily take Lorcan.
"Now now Scorpius, Lysander and I just want to be civil. No pranks, no fights and no insults. Just over Christmas of course, deal?" Lorcan smirked again and held out his hand.
Scorpius grimaced as he took his cold hand and gripped. Lysander's grip tightening as subconscious battle for strength ensued. Scorpius snorted as Lysander roughly pulled away.
"No fights, no pranks, no insults. You have a deal." Scorpius said and walked away to find Albus.
Alice walked to Rose's room and gently knocked on the door; Rose opened and immediately hugged her.
"I didn't think you were coming until this evening." Rose exclaimed and helped Alice with her weekend bag.
Sunny was sprawled out on Rose's bed and her bag was thrown haphazardly on one of the two camp beds set up on the floor. She got up and welcomed Alice who then sat on the unoccupied camp bed.
Alice was in Gryffindor like the other two girls but shared very little classes with them. They were in separate dormitories and only really associated in the holidays when their families got together.
"Alice, what are you going to do for the tournament?" Sunny asked, smiling at the shy girl.
"Referee or medical I think. I want to be a healer when I graduate." Alice replied with a small smile.
"At least you have an idea of what you want to be." Sunny complained. "I have no clue, I just want to get my N.E.W.T.S and be done with it."
"But you have so much potential, besides you're so pretty, if all else fails you could marry the next Minister for Magic." Rose laughed and poked Sunny in the ribs.
"Can you really see me married to someone like that Rosie? Besides we all know you're going to be the next Minister for Magic and you're already meant for someone else." Sunny added with a sly grin.
Alice giggled at the two friends. "Who is Rose going to marry?" She asked in a light voice.
Rose glared at Sunny; she didn't even like him much, let alone fancy him!
Sunny smiled back before blurting out, "Scorpius Malfoy!" and falling in a heap on the bed laughing as Rose attacked her.
"It's not true Alice I swear! If my family heard you say that Sunny, James would kill him and Hugo would then resurrect him and kill him again. Don't even get me started on what my Dad would do." Rose cried.
"We all know how heart broken you'd be then, wouldn't we?" Sunny added and fell about laughing again.
Alice chuckled as Rose left Sunny's side and sat next to her. Alice placed a hand on her arm.
"Don't worry Rose; I know you don't even like him." She patted her arm reassuringly.
Rose tried to ignore the fluttering in her stomach and hold on to the dislike that she thought she felt for Scorpius Malfoy.
This was mainly a filler chapter with added friendship and teeny tiny amounts of photo album fluff.
Next chapter: Christmas and the Tournament.
What do you think Rose gets for Christmas from her family and friends?
Also any suggestions for what you would like to see in later chapters?