Aria: Hello Hello! Sorry for the long wait, thanks for your patients finally Part 2 is here! Yay! I love the ending of this chapter I hope you do too. Thanks to all who have read, reviewed, favourited or followed since last update!
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CHAPTER 12 PART 2 – Cupcakes and Fevers
Previously in Chapter 12 Part 1:
"That's right, we've had a great day of cousinly bonding," I added.
Both Al and Scorpius looked like they were trying miserably to contain fits of laughter. I knew exactly what they were thinking: Gossip Girl and the Scholar spending a whole day together bonding, not a chance.
"Ugh," I said annoyed and grabbed Molly's arm to hide further down the hallway until someone from Team A brings the potion for Stage 2.
- About 2 hours after dinner -
Rose's POV:
We finally finished the 2nd potion and the 3rd is almost complete as well luckily because curfew is soon. I was currently on my way to the Slytherin common rooms and was almost there until I turn a corner and almost fall straight onto Lil. She let out a sigh of relief.
"I thought you were a teacher or a prefect," she explained.
"Technically I am a prefect…" I started but was interrupted.
"Yeah, yeah, I know anyway do you have it?" she asked looking over her shoulder quickly to make sure no one else could hear us.
"Yep," I replied and passed her the bottle.
"Before you go could you help us?" Lil asked, "You see Mol is near the main entrance to the Slytherin common room but while I'm inside with Peny I need you be in the common room to prevent anyone from suspecting us."
"Why me?" I asked surprised.
"Because there's no time to get anyone else," She answered before grabbing my wrist and pulling me closer to the entrance to the Slytherin common room.
"Mol? Molly?" Lil whisper-shouted.
"Lil, over here," Mol whispered from somewhere to our left.
"Ok good, we'll go in now," Lil stated and with that she quickly mutter the password quietly to the wall – which then opened up to reveal the Slytherin common room. The dim lighting made the edges of the room dark and hard to see. There was luckily no-one else in the common room luckily.
"So here's the plan Peny and I go to the girls dorm while you talk with Al down here but remember he can't know anything," Lil whispered looking around to make sure no-one else was around. Peny then appeared at the stairs to the Girls Dorms.
"Ok but…" I was cut off by Lil hurriedly rushing off with Peny. What do I take to Al about to distract him? I finished my sentence in my head. So there I was standing uncomfortably in the Slytherin common room waiting for Al in the semi darkness. Brilliant. I gave an exhausted sigh.
I then heard footsteps. My heart started beating faster. My mind racing with all the people it could possibly be: Al? A Prefect? A Professor? The Toad's – Selene if it wasn't obvious – lackeys? Or…no, no it can't be him. I can't handle talking to him right now. Please don't be….
I turned to see Scorpius. He was wearing a Chudley Cannons jersey singlet and long sweatpants. It was in that moment I was forced to accept the reality of just how fit he was. He looked slightly confused to see me standing in the middle of his common room so close to curfew. I also realised I haven't spoken to him since DADA when I ran off.
Scorpius!
Our eyes met as he froze in the archway. I was speechless. His eyes were a cloudy storm of emotions. I managed to stop staring and looked down at my shoes. I couldn't stop the blush from painting my cheeks.
Shoot! Bloody Merlin! If fate was I person I would be strangling them right now.
Scorpius started to walk towards me and I froze. He stopped two feet away and said, "Rose, I didn't expect you be here."
I tried to form some sort of reply in my head but I couldn't. All of the thoughts I had scattered, thus, leaving me opening and closing my mouth like a fish. In the end I gave a nervous laugh as my reply.
"Are you ok?" He asked with a serious and concerned tone.
I finally looked up from my shoes only to be trapped by his gaze. He cupped my cheek with his left hand – which was comforting and comfortable for some reason. Wait, isn't he mad at me for running away from him the last time we saw each other? Or should I be the one who's still angry? For some reason I can't help but feel happy.My common sense tells me to pull away from him but I ignored it.
"You're a bit pale, you're not getting sick are you?" He whispered.
I slightly shook my head, smiled and whispered back, "No, I'm fine."
He didn't look convinced but let it drop – luckily. Then there was a bell ring from the Girls Dorm – which from Scorpius' expression is not normal – and his arm dropped and he turned towards the sound. Damn, Lil! What are you doing in there!
- In the Sixth Year Girls Dorm -
Lily's POV:
Peny and I had successfully started the Stage 2 of the plan as we emptied all of The Snakes perfume bottles and replaced the perfume with our potion. The Snake was currently whining and whinging from the shower as she probably is finding that the orange solution from the first potion doesn't come off that easy. The Snake's lackeys are either asleep or not present – luckily for us. But just as we're about to leave the room Peny accidently kicked a small bell that was on the ground – which then proceeded to ring as it moved and announced its presence. Peny and I froze for a second but then as quietly and quickly as we could we got out of there and closed the door behind us. We stopped to catch out breathe before heading to the common room.
- Meanwhile in the Slytherin common room -
Rose's POV:
Shoot I have to distract him from the bell sound we just hear or it will ruin the whole plan. So I stood in between Scorpius and the Girl's Dorm and said in a whisper-shout, "Well, you'd best go back to sleep, you're going to need it to beat me in Transfiguration tomorrow. 'Cause believe me when I say I'm going to be at the top."
Ok so maybe I was provoking an argument and just after he was so nice to me but how else do I distract him? It's not like I wanted to argue in my sleep deprived state but I would to make sure this plan work.
He smirked and whisper-shouted, "No wonder you were terrible at Divination you are terrible at predicting the future and like hell am I letting you beat me Weasley."
Brilliant he took the bait, now, go to bed Malfoy I am exhausted.
"We'll see tomorrow then won't we?" I reply.
He gave a nod, "Tomorrow, night Rose." He said the last part with the cutest smile…..Wait! What! Did my brain really just think that? I must be more tired than I thought.
"Good night," I replied as he walked back to his dorm.
When Scorpius was finally out of sight, I let out an exhausted sigh. Lil came back a second later having accomplished the task. She thanked Peny and we left the Slytherin common room. Mol was waiting outside the entrance to Slytherin common room still – like planned.
"So did Al come and talk to you at all?" Lil asked me.
I stared at her blankly in confusion and replied, "Why would Al have come down to talk to me?"
"Ugh, I asked him to talk to you while you were in that common room so that you didn't get in trouble for being there without a reason," She explained.
"Oh," I said, "no I didn't see Al anywhere."
"Then who were you talking to? I heard someone else talking to you just before I entered the common room," Lil asked with a smirk growing on her face.
"Well…Scorpius came and we…chatted," I replied calmly as my cheeks betrayed me and turned red – which I pretended to not notice.
"Mmmm?" She raised her eye brows in curiosity. I sometimes worry about what is possibly going through her head or whether she likes to have the facial expression that says Hey-I-just-had-this-brilliant-matchmaking-plan-idea.
"Anyway let's go back to the common room," Mol said referring to our own common room of course.
"Sure," I replied sleepily. When I got to the dorm Mya and Fie had just gotten back also and informed us that the last potion is ready for tomorrow. Then we all went to bed.
For some reason I was really restless and was finding it hard to sleep that night.
- Morning of the Next Day -
I woke up in a foul mood; like worse than usual and that's saying something. I had begrudgingly left my bed and was mumbling curses and things to myself as I got dressed half asleep. Damn this. Why the bloody hell must we wake up so bloody early? I really want to strangle Morning and throw it out the window. How dare it interrupt my calm sleep! Why is that person happy? Stop being happy and bragging about it with your face! This sock will pay dearly for nearly making me trip over. Grrr…
Yep, today was off to a very bad start.
Once the three of us were ready we made our way down to the Great
Scorpius' POV:
Al and I were walking over to the Gryffindor table to talk to Lily, when Rose, Freya and Jemima walked into the hall. So instead, Al decided to go and talk to those three instead as I tagged along. Although, I can't deny that I also walk to talk to Rose. Last night seemed like a dream. Just remembering it makes me feel a little bit embarrassed as most of my actions were on impulse and I didn't think before I said anything – that's how I am when I'm half sleep.
"Morning, how usual you girls are early," Al greeted with a smile.
Then I got a vibe that Rose was in a super really bad mood – how she normal is in the morning but ten times worse – and I predicted right then that she was an explosion waiting to happen.
"Albus! Tell me, what is so great about the morning eh? Why the hell are you so happy? In fact why the hell are you always happy? Are you an alien or a goblin or some creature of the day? How dare the sun give you extra power at dawn! Morning is the bane of my existence! How dare it mock me!" Rose said as her voice slowly got higher as she spoke. I actually would have laughed at what she was saying if she didn't have such a murderous look in her eyes. Al obviously was confused and had picked on the deadly mood she was in so he didn't reply.
But I also knew that if someone – usually that 'someone' is me - didn't stop her rambling she'll be shouting her non-sense across the entire hall. I finally spoke up and said, "Wow there Weasley, who rattled your owl cage?" It was a rhetorical question as I could accurately assume it was from lack of sleep.
She looked livid and opened her mouth to retort however I managed to grab a vanilla-honey cupcake with pink strawberry icing – one of her favourite types of cupcake mind you – and popped it into her mouth whole. She stopped genuinely surprised about what happened however chewing a whole cupcake is generally difficult and as she struggled to chew it, she glared at me only becoming more frustrated as time passed.
"Silence at last," I joked – which earned me another glare but luckily it looks like she isn't seething with anger anymore. We all sat down as a group at the Gryffindor table for breakfast.
"Ugh…" Rose grumbled as she panted from practically holding her breath, hoping it would help her swallow fasted but it didn't, in the end it didn't actually help at all.
"You alright now Rose?" Fie asked as she put down her orange juice.
"Yep…just…lots of…cupcake to…swallow," She replied then took a deep breath as her breathing then returned to normal. She shot me a glare to which I replied with a teasing smirk. She took a large gulp of her tea – that she likes lukewarm not piping hot – to wash down the cupcake. I prefer coffee myself; it has always seemed to be stronger than tea or juice that's why for me it's like a wake-me-up drink.
Fie then stood up and stated, "Well, I'll be back in a second."
Then I saw Dominque and Lucy standing at the entrance to the Great Hall. Their up to something again, oh well, not my problem.
Dominque's POV:
Hahaha! Yes, the plan is working, brilliant! Lucy, Fie and I were finally setting the last potion in place and that will complete Stage 3. Then our ultimate Revenge Plan will be a success. We were waiting close to the kitchens for one of that snake's minions to come past with her breakfast because that snake will be too embarrassed to show her face in public – mainly due to the potion from Stage 1.
"So, remember, Luc and I distract her while Fie slips the potion into the food ok?" I stated. The other two nodded then I spotted Katrina walking with a tray in her hands. Luc and I approached Katrina with Fie behind us.
"Morning, Good morning Katreeeena!" Lucy greeted with a happy smile.
"Oh, good morning," She replied politely. Katrina – who I nicknamed Rina although she never agreed to the nickname she also never objected to it either so I call her Rina – was the nicest one of all the minions that snake has and the most likable. It's hard to understand why she puts up with that snake or maybe she's just too nice.
"So how's your classes this year Rina?" I asked as Fie dropped a coin on the ground to distract Rina as she passed the potion to me.
"Katrina you dropped something, how about I talk the tray while you pick it up?" Fie asked with a smile.
"Sure, thanks," Rina replied as she passed the tray to Fie and as she knelt down to pick up the coins I slipped the potion into the food. Rina stood back up and Fie returned the tray to her; before she walked away Rina said a quick 'thanks'.
Mission accomplished! Fie then said that she had to return to breakfast and left while Lucy and I headed our separate ways to our classes.
Rose's POV:
The rest of the day passed rather quickly. But the real excitement started at Dinner time.
- Dinner time in the Great Hall -
I had here rumours all day saying that The Toad had missed all of her classes today since breakfast. Which must mean that the Revenge Plan was a success.
All of us – the Weasley-Potter girls – had decided to eat as a group at dinner in case the Toad showed up. I'll tell you now that the outcome exceeded our expectations.
Anyhow, I was busily enjoying my soup and mash potato when I heard the hall doors open and the entire room get stunned into silence. I turned to see the Toad with skin and hair the colour of burnt orange; where she was normally thin – anorexic in my opinion, how she manages to be the beater on her house Quidditch team I will never know – she seemed, well, chubbier somehow; her D-cup chest had been reduced to an A-cup and finally she didn't appear to be wearing make-up or her high heels like usual.
I glanced at the rest of the girls. Some – Lucy, Fie and Roxy – looked shocked, guilty and somewhat happy with the outcome of our collective work. Others – Mya and Dom – looked triumphant and proud. Leaving Lil, Mol and me to portray carefully neutral expressions. I wasn't quite sure what Lil and Mol were thinking but I definitely had mixed feelings. To start with I was probably too happy or giddy to see the Toad publicly humiliated; secondly I was worried that I'd get into trouble from people and I hate that feeling you get when you know someone is disappointed in you. Then the memories of Scorpius and the Toad dating rose up and sparked my anger, whatever she deserves it she shot a bludger at me and messed with both Lil's and Roxy's boyfriends while dating Dom's Ex!
The Toad scanned the hall and stopped on our group and screeched, "Weasleys! I'll get you for this! Just you wait!" then she fled the room. The entire time the Toad had been in the Great Hall it had been so silence you could hear a pin drop.
"Well, now that that's over with, let's finish eating!" James stated quite loudly trying to break the silence. Immediately after that the Great Hall erupted into chatter.
"Hey," Al greeted everyone after just appearing beside Mya – who was next to me – along with Scorpius.
"Hi," I replied.
"So what was all that about?" Al then asked.
"Well we girls decided to take charge and show that were aren't weak," Luc enthusiastically stated.
"Ok, so the whole scheming and plotting that's been going on was for that?" Al asked.
"Exactly," Lucy again answered.
"How did she become that weird orange colour?" Scorpius asked while stealing one of my biscuits I was saving for dessert – which earned him my infamous do-that-again-and-you-might-stop-breathing glare.
"Well, there were three potions: the first one was the one that stains skin, hair and anything like that and it spreads with water, and by the look of it She took a shower straight after the potion made contact with her hair and skin. The first potion also makes it impossible to apply make up as it will soak it up. The second potion was one where it would be applied like perfume only the difference is that the potion will attract toads towards the smell. Lastly, the third potion was one that had to be consumed with food and would change the body type of a person from one thing to the opposite – which would explain her appearance quite well," I informed the entire group because the only people who would have known the final outcome of this was Mya, Fie, Dom and me. Which reminds me I thought a saw a toad or to in The Toad's hair when she came it, so good she can be with her own kind.
By the time I had finished explaining things Louis, Fred, Hugo and James were also with us listening intently to our Revenge plan. James and Fred had cracked up laughing immediately after hearing the plan. Every other boy looked surprised that we pulled something like that off. I was actually tempted to laugh at their stunned faces but I kept it in. Everyone then went back to eating dinner in their usual places but for some reason I couldn't finish my food and is it me or did the temperature just rise. I realised I was on the verge of sweating.
Just after dinner I started to feel feverish.
"So you girls up to a game of Wizards Chess or Exploding Snap?" Al offered as our small group – Al, Scorpius, Mya, Fie and me – left the Great Hall.
"Sure, why not," Mya replied blushing slightly.
I had a forced smile plastered on my face as it felt I was walking through fire. I managed to cover for the face that my legs felt weak my leaning on Fie but eventual the Hallway started rocking from side to side like a boat.
"Rose?" Scorpius gently said as he appeared beside me. On impulse I reached out to hold onto his arm to stead myself.
I want to be with him. Right now.
I didn't get to see his expression as he held my arms and on impulse again I let my forehead rest on his chest.
"Rose?" this time Scorpius' voice was more urgent but I could barely make out a muffle. My knees buckled and then I was falling. But I knew he would catch me. He caught me and carried me in his strong arms. I passed out with a lingering grin on my face.