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I opened my letter...and screamed. Hugo had to drop his own letter in order to cover his ears and block out my screaming.
"Is something wrong, Rosie?" Mum fretted, staring at me with worry as I held my seventh year letter tightly.
"I-I can't believe it," I choked out with amazement, "Mum...I-I'm Head Girl." I could only gap at my new badge. I had gotten into a lot of trouble over the last few years, and the Headmistress obviously knew about my escapades. Yet she still... Instantly, Mum abandoned the kitchen and rushed over, flinging her arms around me in an extremely tight hug.
Hugo leaned over to see my badge. "Rosie's Head Girl," he stated, not sounding very happy. "Mum, do I get a hug too?" I shot him a look that read, "Once you become Head Boy." Which I doubt he will.
"Rosie, my Rosie...is Head Girl," Mum sobbed into my shoulder. "Oh, I'm so proud of you!"
Dad yawned as he came over to join us. "What's all the fuss about, 'Mione?"
Mum grinned at Dad through her tears. "Guess what, Ronald? Rosie's Head Girl!"
"I know, right?" I murmured, still shocked, "I'm Head Girl!"
"Yeah, she's Head Girl. Big deal," grumbled Hugo, clearly not in a good mood.
It took a full minute before Dad finally discovered how to speak again. "ROSIE'S HEAD GIRL!" He boomed with pride, joining Mum as he hugged me to him. "It even makes up you dating Malfoy! Well, almost." I shot him a glare.
"FAMILY HUG!" yelled Hugo before tackling the three of us to the ground.
We pulled away as the doorbell rang. "I wonder who it is?" Dad muttered, reaching for the door as he rolled his eyes. "Ah, I have a pretty good idea who..." Sure enough. As he opened the door, Scorpius stood with his own letter in his hand.
"Scorpius!" I greeted him, and without further hesitation I dashed forward and flung my arms around him. Unexpecting my sudden attack, he lost his balance and fell back onto the ground with me on top of him.
"Wow, Rosie, I didn't know you were that aggressive," Hugo commented with a smirk worthy of the Malfoy name. "There's definitely been a lot of hugs today. Is it National Hug Day or something?"
Blushing, I grumbled, "Oh, shut up, Hugo!" My anger subdued almost instantly, however, as I was still very excited about my latest accomplishment. "Scorpius, I'm Head Girl!" I squealed as I helped him up, beaming. Dad folded his arms across his chest in disapproval, but didn't speak.
"You deserve it," he said with a smile, tucking a strand of my hair behind my ear.
"But I've been in detention and all that," I pointed out with confusion. "I don't understand how..."
"You know, Harry's father was Head Boy even though he had gotten into loads of trouble," Mum told me. "And you do have excellent marks, Rosie."
I nodded.
"Speaking of Head Boy," said Hugo, looking pointedly at Scorpius, "I'm guessing it's you?"
He held up the Head Boy badge with his oh-so-famous Malfoy smirk. "That would be correct!" He said, and Hugo turned and stepped as far away from the two of us as possible.
"How did you get here?" I couldn't help asking, feeling rather dumb as I did so.
"By Apparation," said Scorpius, "I passed my test last year, remember? And I'm of age now..."
I smacked my forehead. "Oh, right! Of course!"
Hugo commented from his corner, "The Head Girl isn't so smart after all, is she?"
"Shut up, Hugo," I snapped, glowering at him. "Is that any way to speak to your sister?"
"It is when she's Head Girl," he retorted, backing away as I advanced on him.
Mum caught onto my hand and stopped me. "Rosie, that's enough," she scolded.
"Hugo started it," I protested, hating how childish I sounded. Scorpius chuckled from the doorway as he watched us. "Oh, Mum, can Scorpius and I go tell Al?"
"Of course," said Mum warmly, and I joined Scorpius as we Apparated to the Potters' house in Godric's Hollow. I rang the doorbell, and it wasn't long before Al opened the door.
"Rosie? Scorpius?" He rubbed his eyes. "Merlin, am I still dreaming? I just had a nightmare in which the two of you were the Heads and you kept docking points from Gryffindor for no apparent reason," he mumbled, still slightly dazed as he let us in.
"You should be a seer after you graduate from Hogwarts then," I joked, holding up my Head Girl badge for him to see. "Scorpius is the Head Boy, too."
Al gaped at us before yelling into the house, "MUM! DAD! ROSIE'S HEAD GIRL AND SCORPIUS IS HEAD BOY!"
Aunt Ginny hurried over to us. "Are they? Well, Rosie, Scorpius, congratulations!"
"Thank you," we answered together.
"Excellent," Uncle Harry said, "That means I won the bet!"
"Bet? What bet?" asked Aunt Ginny, frowning at him.
Sheepishly, Uncle Harry mumbled, "Ron predicted that Rosie would be Head Girl but someone else would be Head Boy. I thought Scorpius would be Head Boy instead, and so we decided to bet on it."
"Harry! Since when have you started betting?" Aunt Ginny demanded, pursing her lips in annoyance.
"Er," he said before dashing away.
I coughed. "Uh, sorry to interrupt your family time, Al," I said. "Scorpius and I'll leave now."
"No!" Al exclaimed, "Don't go! If you go, Mum will start yelling at Dad! And that's definitely not a pleasant sight to see," he shuddered.
"Al? Why is Mum freaking out at Dad again?" Lily asked, making her way toward us. "What's all the fuss about, anyway? And why are Rosie and Scorpius here?" She certainly asked a lot of questions.
Al gave her the short version of the story. "You see, Lil, Rosie and Scorpius are the Heads this year, and Dad betted with Uncle Ron on it. That's why Mum wasn't pleased."
"Oh," said Lily thoughtfully. "Better go calm Mum down before she starts screaming."
If families are this complicated, I wondered how my own family got through everything without this much arguing. And perhaps if I do have children, three would be a little too much...
A/n:
I have posted the first two chapters of I'm In Love With a Weasley!
There will be one more chapter after this one. And then it will all come to an end.. I wonder if it's possible to achieve 300 reviews before then? (All reviewers from now to the publication of the last chapter will be mentioned at the end of next chapter as a thank you!)