Thanks for the love last chapter! Here's Chapter 21, let me know what you think!
Chapter 21
The dormitory door opened with a thud. Albus looked up from his homework, and he noticed that Ron and Harry were looking puzzled too. Harry glanced over at Albus, and then narrowed his eyes as he turned around to say stuff to Ron under his breath.
It was only Neville, who looked like he had been crying for a long time, and running for a long time. His eyes were red, and snot was running down his nose, so he had to repeatedly raise his sleeve up to his nose to wipe it.
Harry looked astounded. "Neville... what happened?!"
Neville burst into tears and fell onto his bed. More snot was dribbling down then ever, since he apparently didn't have the strength to wipe it anymore.
Ron came over and patted his back. "Come on, Neville, we're your friends, you can tell us what happened!"
Albus had a sick feeling in his gut. He knew it was Rose, and he didn't expect her to be that harsh on Neville. He was really mad at her; Rose was becoming really mean.
Neville swatted Harry and Ron away, and continued to weep. Harry looked suspiciously at Albus. Albus gulped, and took that as his cue to go to Neville.
"Neville... is it what I think it is?" He said gently, speaking in code so he wouldn't be ridiculed further.
Neville looked up at him, his cheeks red. "N-no, i-its, w-worse!"
Albus sat down next to him. "Tell me what happened."
"I-I, I-I d-don't w-w-wanna t-talk a-about i-it." He sniffled. Albus was so upset about Neville's situation that he wanted to tell him right then and there who they were, but he had to hold back.
"You can tell me later, okay?" Albus said softly.
Neville gave the tiniest nod, then covered his face with a pillow.
Teddy was trying to concentrate on homework, again, but kept being interrupted by James, who was surrounded by a small congregation of what he called his 'Elite Hufflepuffs', and was discussing how they would help purify the world.
A rather ugly, skinny, and seedy looking kid was animatedly agreeing and adding his two cents wherever they weren't needed most, and Teddy was ready to lunge at him.
He gritted his teeth as he tried to control himself. Must concentrate...ignore him and concentrate on Potions. He thought.
A kid with a very prominent upturned nose pointed at Teddy with a ghost pale, veined finger and a look of loathing. "Why is he not joining us, Oh Gracious One?" He asked in a nasal voice, but when he referred to James, he spoke with the most respect in his voice, even though he was at least two years senior to him.
Teddy took a deep breath.
"Oh, him...," James replied. "He vill come around soon enough, don't vorry. Everyone vill join us sooner or later, if they haff any sense. Vhen our grand leader arrives they vill join. If they don't, they are definitely velcome to die for all I'm concerned."
A kid who was even fatter then James in his disguise spoke up. "Grand General sir, when can we meet our leader?" He asked, his small piggy eyes gleaming with lust.
James looked overwhelmed with happiness. "Vell, I haff to help my leader vith one last thing before he vill make his appearance. Ve are going to make paper vith the most purest tree chips ever. Once ve do, ve vill make a new pure blood of paper, and the Vizarding vorld can say goodbye to that parchment forever." He said, his voice cracking with emotion as it always did whenever he talked about his leader.
"You will introduce us to him, won't you Great One?" The seedy looking kid piped up hopefully.
"Ha! You make me laugh. Like you filth are vorthy of being introduced to my lord. No my brethren, you must prove yourselves vorthy of such an honor before you can do something like that." James spat at them.
"We will! We will prove ourselves worthy! Tell us what we can do and we will do it!" They all said passionately.
James beamed at them just like he had beamed at Teddy earlier, like a proud mother at her child after they did something good.
"Vell, your loyalty eez the only thing I need right now, my flock." He beamed. "I am going to do a private mission for my lord soon, and then aftervords I vill introduce him to my loyal flock."
They all nodded enthusiastically. "We will Dana! We will for sure! Loyalty forever!"
Teddy rolled his eyes. These kids are pathetic, they'll follow anyone.
James looked at them closely. "There eez one thing you can do. Go around the school and educate everyone about this vonderful group. Help me een gaining as much followers as possible!"
"We will!" screamed the congregation.
"Vhat? I couldn't hear you!"
"WE WILL!"
"I STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU!"
"WE WILL!"
Teddy grimaced, then picked up his homework and supplies and stuck his fingers in his ears. He ran out. He would have find out who this 'leader' was so he could stop James. James wouldn't be getting his homework or anything done for that matter, until this madness was over. In the meantime, Teddy contemplated on whether or not the boys bathroom would be a more peaceful place to finish his essay.
Rose uneasily walked in the halls. She felt extremely bad about what she did to Neville. I cannot believe you just kissed your professor. She kept screaming to herself.
She saw Albus walking in the hallways near the library and he suddenly glared at her and turned away. Rose breathed heavily from frustration. She had enough of Scorpius and Albus. Maybe Scorpius went to Albus and told him that I was mean, and now Al is mad at me. If me and Scorps are ever friends again, I'm going to KILL him for making us come here!
She ran to Albus. "Al, what did I do this time?" She said in frustration.
Albus glared at her. "You just used him for Scorpius, didn't you?"
Rose stared at him. "What?"
Al breathed a breath of annoyance. "Don't play innocent, Rose. I know that you just used Neville so Scorps could get jealous of you two. Real clever how you played it anyway. Too bad I already knew your motive and I ruined your great plan in the making." He said as he started to walk away.
Rose made a frustrated noise, and hurried after him. "Are you kidding me? If you are referring to Neville then I'll tell you what happened. I didn't know who Neville was, and he really liked me and he was really sweet. I have never seen a guy that nice before so I thought, why not? I might go out with him. So I did. Then we were with each other, and I kissed him because I was having conflicting feelings on whether or not I liked him or Scorpius, and sadly I still like Scorpius. But according to your great plan, he told me that he was Neville, and I had to break up with him, because I am not going to go out with my professor. That is just gross. If you have anything trashy to say about me though, Albus Severus Potter, then I suggest you say it now." She said while glaring at him.
Albus gaped at her. "Wha-Why didn't you tell me? If you told me about all these feelings, I could have helped you Rosie!"
Rose glared at him. "No, because I apparently manipulate boys for my own use." She spat.
"No, I'm sorry Rosie! I really am! I didn't understand what was going on!"
"Fine. I hope you understand what's going on now." She said glaring at him.
Albus smiled at his cousin. "Thanks, Rose."
"Yeah, now you're gonna be all sweet, huh?" Rose said while jokingly punching him on the shoulder.
Scorpius walked down the hallway, still angry about the fight. Now that he heard Rose was going out with Neville from Pansy's gossiping he was even more mad.
As he walked past the library, he saw Albus walking away from Rose and she was smiling. Once she spotted him, her smile faded and she turned around and began walking quickly away.
Something about her attitude in her step annoyed Scorpius to no end. He began walking after her quickly and grabbed her shoulder.
Rose spun around fast and knocked his arm off of her. Her glare was so severe Scorpius was afraid she would burn holes into his skin with it.
"What. Do. You. Want?" She asked through clenched teeth.
"Well, thanks for the love, sweetie," Scorpius said.
Rose rolled her eyes and kept glaring. She moved her hands out of the defensive position that they were in and put them on her hips.
"If you don't have anything to say, quit wasting my time."
Scorpius scoffed. "Like you have anywhere important to be?"
Rose glared harder, if possible. "Get out of the way. Wherever I have to be is better than talking to you."
Scorpius' eyes narrowed again. "Well, at least I'm not dating my professor. I may have been dating Pansy, but at least I'm not a-"
"DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO GO!?" Rose suddenly screamed. She shoved Scorpius out of the way.
He stood his ground and kept talking. "Well, going off to an urgent date with Professor Longbottom? Yeah, hope you have lots of fun!"
"Don't be such a-"
"No, why don't you-"
And then they were fighting. Rose was going in for a scratch to his face, and Scorpius was going for a Nelson hold when Snape appeared.
In an instant, he calmly said , 'Protego' and they flew apart. He picked them up by their collar and said, "In my office." in a such a calm voice that Scorpius was wondering if he was enjoying himself.
Snape sat them down apart from each other in front of his desk. He then sat down.
Snape cleared his throat. "Of course, you two will-"
"I know, I know, detention and all that," Scorpius said, his adrenaline still running sky high.
Snape gave him a look. "Now, if I may, you two will have to...well...I think that you should reconcile, if you...understand." Snape looked uncomfortable, like he wasn't used to dealing with adolescent relationship issues.
"And why are you telling us this? This isn't like you at all." Rose commented.
Snape gave her a stone cold glare, but in his eyes there was a pleading look. "I, myself, once liked someone, and that relationship also once ended in a fight. Since you two aren't part of the trash that roams the hallways right now, I'm trying to reconcile you two, because of a promise..." Snape trailed off. He cleared his throat again. "Anyways."
"So...you want to be a couples' counselor now? Or are you just plain bored?" Scorpius asked rudely.
Snape looked like he had been stabbed in the heart, but only for a millisecond, then put on a look of absolute hatred. "No." He said coldly. "If you don't want to be with the person you like, it matters not to me. You are dismissed."
Rose and Scorpius began protesting. "I don't like him!", "I don't like her!"
Snape shook his head. "Take my advice, if you wish. Again, I could care less what happens in you people's lives, but since Dumbledore stated that I had to make sure you guys are alright, this act is required of me. And also...get out of my office. Now."
He tossed them out and shut the door, then opened it again and stuck his head out. "And you both have a weeks' detention."
Scorpius and Rose walked side by side in the hall without saying anything. Rose would look at Scorpius, and then turn away when he looked at her and vice-versa.
Rose cleared her throat. "So... what do you think Snape was talking about?" She asked casually.
Scorpius didn't answer for a long time, so Rose jumped when he finally spoke. "I don't know actually. He sounded like he was mental to me... Unless..." He said uncomfortably, while looking at Rose.
Rose cleared her throat again, and stared back at him. "Unless what?" She said softly.
Scorpius shrugged then looked away from her. "Well... do you like me?" He asked.
Rose flinched. "Why would you say that?" She asked carefully.
"That would explain many things. One, why you got upset over Pansy when I was with her because I know that Albus wouldn't care, two is why you went out with, er, Neville, and three is why you can't have a civil conversation with me anymore." Scorpius said while stopping in the hall.
Rose stopped as well. "That wasn't why I went out with Neville. But when I did, I realized something. I realized that I did have feelings for you." She said.
Scorpius stared at her. "You do?"
Rose nodded. She was extremely nervous.
Scorpius continued staring at her. Rose started shaking again.
It seemed like an eternity before Scorpius spoke up again. "Come here, Rosie." He said while giving her a hug.
Rose burst into tears. Scorpius let go of her. "Um, Rose, why are you crying?" He asked, trying not to laugh.
Rose made a weird noise that sounded like a mixture of a laugh, a sob, and a scream. Scorpius continued trying his best not to laugh.
She let out a loud sob, and then made that weird noise again.
"Umm... Rose?" Scorpius piped up.
Rose looked up at him, and then firmly slapped him.
"Wha-what? What did I do this time?" He asked in bewilderment.
Rose made the weird noise once more, and then flung her arms around him, while sobbing onto his robes.
Scorpius looked around in bewilderment, and slowly put his arms around her.
Rose slowly pulled away, while sniffling and wiping her nose. "I-I feel a l-lot of emotions r-r-right now." She said.
Scorpius started laughing hysterically. "What was up with that weird noise!? What is wrong with you?" He said while laughing.
Rose glared at him, but then started laughing as well. "Don't worry, you're as mental as I am, perhaps more."
Scorpius laughed even harder, and the two of them continued walking down the halls together.
D'awww, look at them! I got a feeling that SPA is going to cause a lot more trouble with its 'Elite Hufflepuffs'... Tell me what you think! R&R!