August 31, 1991

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No! I WON'T!

"Yes! You WILL."

"I WON'T Stop liking Draco Malfoy and YOU can't MAKE Me!!!!!

"Want to bet?"

"Sure! You're REALLY going to think you can stop me from having a crush on someone while, I'M AT HOGWARTS???."

"A) Remus will be there, and B) I can always last minute send you to Beauxbatons!"

"You WOULDN'T!" Rose stood there screaming at her father in shock. "You CAN'T. Besides, even if you tried, Harry would HATE you Hate You HATE you!!!"

"You better not let that sorting hat put you into Slytherin." James said, livid with anger. WHY was his daughter defying him? He was a MALFOY.

Rose stood in the hallway, tears streaming down her face. "You wouldn't understand," she spat at him, "because you had your PERFECT life with Mum and Paddy and Reemie and I'm here, trying to live my OWN life, and YOU are trying to tell me who I CAN and CAN'T have a crush on! He most likely doesn't even like ME! It's CALLED a CRUSH Dad! He prob'ly doesn't like ME! So WHY are you making this out to be SUCH a BIG issue!? WHY?"

"Because he is Lucius Malfoy's SON, and like Father, like Son."

"Yeah." Rose said with disgust playing over her face. "And you're thinking, Like Mother Like Daughter as well aren't you? I HEARD about Mum. Okay? I'm not daft. And I'm not DEAF either. You call your talking and sometimes SHOUTING secretive? Or quiet? Harry and I BOTH can hear you. Hell, the NEIGHBORS can hear you." Rose stormed off into her room and slammed the door.

"I'm not done with you! YOU GET BACK OUT HERE NOW!!!" he screamed, then thinking, "Why am I yelling at her to open her door like a muggle would? Get a grip James, it's called a WAND... I can't believe she knows... does Harry REALLY know too...?"

"Alohomora!" he said loudly and the door burst open. Rose was sitting on her bed sobbing.

"Go to Hell James" she gasped between sobs. That really stung. How could he let her do that to him? "You don't even like me do you Dad?" she asked him glaring.

"Of course I do, I love you swee-" "Shut up. I know you LOVE me. But you don't LIKE me. How could you I have a SCHOOLGIRL CRUSH on a Slytherin. A CRUSH. Like I said, you don't understand. You've always had Mum, so you think the first people I get a crush on, I'm going to fall in love with and marry, don't you? Don't deny it."

James stared at his daughter. "How can she say that to me?" he thought. "How can she just sit there and think that? But it's true. ^That's why she thinks that way." James didn't know how to answer her, if he said she was right, then she would get mad at her, and if he lied, she would know he was lying. "And hate me even worse." He walked over to her bed and sat down. He stroked her hair.

"I just don't want you to start liking boys, you're so young." She pulled away from his touch. "You liked Mum the moment you saw her, and that was on the train to Hogwarts. And DON'T say that it was different then. You know that annoys me so." Rose sighed.

James shook his head. "Fine, I'll... I'll... I'll just like, go and.... I'm going to bed."

"YOU are just avoiding the issue."

"Damn it Rose! WHY are you doing this? WHY? Know what? I don't want to even think about this now. You are going to school tomorrow and I am NOT dealing with this."

Rose's eyes were wide and her lip was trembling, James had never swore at her before. He went to comfort her, but she swatted his hand away. "Like I said before James, Go. To. HELL!" she shrieked out the last word as loud as possible with bitter tears. "Leave me alone." And he did.




(A/n: I'm not QUITE positive of this entire conversation's reason... but I think I know what I'll do with it. And NEVER FEAR! (I think I *LIKE* that line) Some questions will be answered in the next part. And YES, the train trip is the next part. I'm not going to torture you any further.... *I think!* *grins evilly* Muahahahahahahahaha!!!