When Dumbledore had finished with the announcements, each House went to their dormitories, and Rose followed the Gryffindors. She was sad to leave Draco to the Slytherins, but Crabbe and Goyle, who seemed formidable but were nice when you got to know them, went with him too.

Rose found that Aspasia was sleeping on her bed and Rhiannon flying around the room when she walked in. She was rooming with Liv, Parvati, Lavender, and there was an extra bed for Hermione, since she was supposed to sleep there, but Ron had insisted that they move their stuff into the extra dorm together. Liv obviously knew Parvati and Lavender, but she didn't encourage conversation. Rose and Olivia put all of their clothes away before going back down to the commonroom where they met up with Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Rose made them all promise not to tell anyone about her "abilities." Then, they compared schedules, and unsurprisingly, Rose and Hermione's schedules were packed. Rose's first week was going to be huge though, because she had to retake all of her exams from the summer and go to her regular classes.

Surprisingly enough, Rose found the exams to be easier the second time around than the first. She had studied like mad, and hadn't hung out with anyone all week. She hadn't even talked to anyone, except the librarian, when she wasn't in class, because she needed a lot of books to study from. She knew that people were talking about her, because whenever she walked into a class room, conversations practically stopped. She just didn't know why. None of her friends and relatives were talking about her, but everyone else was. It bothered her a lot, but she had other things to worry about, such as Quidditch tryouts.

They were in one week, and she was terribly nervous, and she hadn't been able to talk to Draco or anyone hardly at all in the first week, because of her busy schedule.

The day of tryouts Rose was so nervous that she was shaking. She was pacing in front of the Great Hall, not noticing anything. Draco had come up early for breakfast too, and saw Rose pacing and biting her nails. He came up behind her and caught her hand, stopping her from terrorizing her nails any further. Immediately after she saw Draco, the look of panic eased off her face.

"Hey, Draco," she said.

"Why were you pacing and biting your nails like mad? Not…nervous are you?" he said, joking with her. He knew her well enough to know she would be completely terrified of the tryouts. "Rose, you have nothing to worry about. You'll do fine," he said, reassuring her.

"What if I don't make it! I wouldn't be able to bear it!" she replied, squeezing Draco's hand hard.

"Ah!" Draco said, shaking his hand. "Well I know my hand would be a lot better off."

"Oh, I'm sorry! I'm just so nervous."

"Try to relax, you're great at Quidditch."

"Really? Thanks."

Rose grabbed Draco's arm and dragged him into the Great Hall and they sat down together, with Rose already talking non-stop.

After a quick breakfast, Rose and Draco headed to their classes together. Rose linked her arm through Draco's and talked about anything and everything, if only to ease her nerves. Draco knew that the best way for Rose to ease off tension was to talk. The more she talked, the more at ease she became, so he let her talk all the way to their first class of the day. They sat next to each other during class, and Rose continued to whisper about anything that came to mind. After that class, they had to split up, because Rose had different classes. Draco watched her as she walked down the hall towards her class, then went quickly to his own.

Without Draco, the rest of the day passed by slowly. Every second seemed to take an hour, and Rose grew more and more nervous, but finally, the last class ended. Quidditch tryouts were in a half hour, and Alicia, the captain of Gryffindor team, wanted to get things started as soon as possible. There were only two spots open, which didn't make Rose feel much better. There was already Ginny and Alicia, chasers, Katie, who had switched to beater, Harry, the seeker, and Ron, the keeper. Two players were needed, and they had to be good.

Rose walked into the stadium a little while later, carrying her Swiftstar. Alicia and the team was already there. Soon after Rose arrived, Lavender and Parvati came in, and walking after them was Liv.

"Livie! What're you doing here? You never told me you were trying out!" Rose said indignantly.

"Well, I wanted it to be a surprise. Besides, the team could use another good beater," she replied nonchalantly. Lavender and Parvati walked over.

"Hey, are you actually trying out?" Parvati asked, looking Rose up and down, distaste etched in her face.

"Why else would she have her Swiftstar with her?" Olivia replied, accentuating the name of the broom.

Parvati did a double take of Rose's broom. Jealousy flashed in her features, but she replaced it quickly with disdain. Lavender, however, was slower to catch up.

"Wow! Is that really a-" she started, staring at the broom with awe.

"Who cares what kind of broom you have if you aren't a good flyer. You could hardly have the skills a good chaser needs to be on the Gryffindor team. You've probably never even flown before!" Parvati covered. She glared at Rose, who looked away, somewhat embarrassed.

"Rose is a great flyer! Probably a lot better than you," Liv replied.

"Well, I guess it'll have to be proven today then, huh?" Parvati said, sneering. Alicia came over, and the tryouts began. Liv and Lavender were given beaters' bats so they could try out for that position and Parvati and Rose mounted their brooms.

"Alright, I'm going to watch you run drills, and that's how I'll pick the new positions. The two trying out for chasers, Rose and… Parventa is it? Anyways, you two will be working with Ginny and Katie using the Quaffle, and I may have you try to catch the Snitch later too. You two, what are you names," Alicia said, looking at Liv and Lavender.

"I'm Liv."

"Lavender."

"Okay then, Liv and Lavender, you two can have hitting practice with me, and then we'll try it in the air, understand?"

"Yep, We're ready," Liv answered for everyone.

Rose saw a flurry of robes, and there was Draco, sitting on a bench looking straight at her. For some reason, she felt even more nervous than before. What if she screwed up? Would Draco laugh at her, tease her? Liv poked her in the arm, making her pay attention. Alicia signaled to Ginny and Katie to begin and took Liv and Lavender to practice.

Ginny was partnered with Rose and Katie with Parvati. They did some drills and Rose forgot about Draco's presence. She was starting to think of some revenge plots on Parvati. Rose made sure that she slowed the broom down and looked bumbling.

"Rose, what are you doing? You ten times better than this!" Ginny whispered in her ear.

"Just go with it," Rose replied, giving her a wink and looking meaningfully towards Parvati. Ginny smiled wickedly along with her.

Alicia was occupied with the beaters, so she didn't notice Rose's terrible playing, but Parvati did. Every time she passed by Rose, she sneered and sped by, trying to show off. It was all Rose and Ginny could do not to burst out laughing, because Parvati wasn't really all that good. It just made her look stupid when she tried to show off.

After about 45 minutes, Alicia dismissed Liv and Lavender, welcoming

Liv to the team, and turned her attention to Rose and Parvati.

"Alright you two! Let's get started. First I want you to try some drills with the Quaffle. Let's have Rose first with Katie and Ginny," Alicia said.

The three ascended on their brooms and began. Rose threw off the pretence of being a bad player and played some real Quidditch. Ginny passed to her, she caught it and did a reverse pass to Katie who dropped it on instruction from Alicia. Rose raced after it and quickly swept it up before it hit the ground. She tossed it back up to Katie, who threw it to Ginny before Ginny passed it back to Rose. Rose knocked it into the goal.

"Nice one, Rose!" Ginny and Katie shouted.

"Very good, Rose. Now let's have... Pairvarki, right? Go on then, you're up," Alicia said.

Parvati finished her drills, although she didn't catch the Quaffle when Katie dropped it, she didn't do terribly.

"Alright girls, now I want you to try to catch the Snitch. Of course, neither of you will become a Seeker, because we've already got Harry, but it'll test your reflexes," Alicia explained while releasing the Snitch. "Ready? Go!"

Rose and Parvati looked around for the Snitch on their brooms. Parvati brought her broom over by Rose's.

"You'll never make it Rose, you couldn't catch the Snitch if you tried!" Parvati hissed menacingly. She rode her broom forward, trying to knock Rose off, but Rose countered easily and continued to look for the Snitch. Parvati was so occupied with being rude to Rose that she didn't even notice the Snitch right above Rose's head, but Rose heard it and looked up. It zoomed past Parvati's face and Rose chased after it, but she went slowly, knowing she could easily speed up if need be. For the moment, she was content to taunt Parvati.

"Come on, Parvati! Can't you see the Snitch, you're going to miss it if you don't hurry up!"

"Hah, why are you going so slow Rose? Afraid of falling off?" Parvati sped towards her, trying once again to knock her off her broom. Rose sped up, but only slightly, to miss the attack.

"Rose, what're you doing? You could've caught it already!" Draco muttered to himself.

"Well, I think she's going for the revenge tactic," Liv said from behind him. "Parvati tried to scare Rose, and insulted her, so now she's about to get back her fair payback. Trust me, just you watch."

"What's the matter, Parvati? Why haven't you caught it yet? You're supposed to be ten times better than me!" Rose shouted to Parvati, who was behind her a bit. Parvati caught up with Rose, so that they were neck and neck.

"Don't worry, I'll get it and the position as chaser!" she replied hotly. They chased after the Snitch and Parvati tried to get ahead of Rose. Rose fell a couple of feet behind her, and Parvati smirked. When she reached out for the Snitch, Rose sped up so fast you could hardly see her on the broom as she sped by, grabbing it with two hands. Rose touched down quickly, and walked over to Alicia, Snitch in hand.

"Good job, Rose! You'd not be a bad Seeker, but you're much better suited to Chaser. Welcome to the team!" Alicia exclaimed.

Ginny ran over and hugged her. "This is great! I can't wait for you to start playing, you're a great Chaser, and we've been needing some help for a while."

"I can't believe I made it! When do we start playing!"

"In a little while, maybe a couple of weeks."

As Rose was walking off the field, Parvati came up to her. Nobody besides Rose noticed, because they were all talking excitedly to each other about that days events.

"You didn't deserve that position!" Parvati said angrily.

"Oh really? The why did I get it and not you?" Rose asked, feining innocence.

"Because they felt sorry for you. You're so fat you practically broke the broom! They didn't want to make you feel bad, so they let you be on the team," Parvati said, sneering.

"You-you're lying. You're… you're just angry that you didn't make the team!" Rose said, but she seemed uncertain. Parvati fed off of this easily.

"Oh but you know it's true. You eat so much, I don't know how you could think that you aren't huge! And, just so you know, Draco is mine. In fact, he doesn't like you at all!" she exclaimed.

Rose couldn't handle it. She wouldn't break down in front of Parvati. She jumped on her broom and took off for the castle. As she sped away, she felt the hot tears run down her face.

Draco didn't hear what happened, but he did see Rose fly away on her broom and Parvati give a satisfied smirk. He ran over to Parvati.

"What did you say to her!" he yelled. She looked so smug that he wanted to hit her.

"Nothing really. I just told her the facts," she replied, even more smug now that she had gotten Draco into it.

"Exactly what facts are you talking about?" he asked.

"Oh, just that she shouldn't have made the team and that the only reason she made it was because everyone felt sorry for her."

"Those aren't facts you bloody nitwit! Why would you even say that? She beat you fair and square. Besides, you suck at Quidditch," Draco replied. He ran towards the castle, not knowing where Rose was going.

Rose flew through the open commonroom window and up the stairs to the dorm, ignoring the indignant cries of the girls she almost knocked over on her way up. At her door, she hopped off her broom and ran inside. No one else was back yet. Rose ran to the bathroom and locked herself in.

Draco ran all the way to the Gryffindor commonroom. The Fat Lady wouldn't let him in, so he knocked on the portrait until Liv came up behind him and said the password.

"What are you doing, Draco?" Liv asked as they walked through the portrait hole.

"Parvati said something to Rose and Rose sped off on her broom. She seemed really upset," he replied looking worried.

"Here, you wait here with Harry and Ron. They're over there playing wizard's chess. I'll go check on Rose."

"Alright, I guess, but come right back!"

"Okay. I'll be back in a minute."

Rose brushed her teeth quickly. She'd never gotten used to the taste of vomit. It still tasted bad, and she couldn't stand it. But, she still couldn't stop. She knew she had promised Matt, but she had to lose weight. Even Parvati noticed that she was getting fat!

Rose didn't hear Liv enter and open the bathroom door with a spell, but she did notice the shadow that fell on the ground. She looked up, and quickly averted her eyes, already feeling guilty.

"Rose, you didn't! You even promised Matt! How could you!" Liv screamed.

"Shut up, Liv! What, do you want everyone to hear!" Rose screamed back.

"Who cares if everyone hears! Why did you do this! Again! Why!" she shouted, purposefully being loud.

"Haven't you noticed me getting fat? How could I allow myself to get so huge? I had to do something!" Rose whispered.

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT! Who said this to you! Was it Parvati?"

The look on Rose's face answered for her.

"I'M GOING TO BLOODY KILL THAT GIRL! You are not getting fat at all, in fact, you're way too skinny! Parvati was just trying to get to you!"

"I'm sorry, Liv! I really am, please don't be angry!" Rose pleaded.

"I won't be angry if you just stop hurting yourself. Rose, if you keep this up you won't be able to sing! How can you keep the band together if you don't have a voice to sing with? Not to mention you're going to get sick,"

"I'll stop, I will! I'm sorry, it's just really hard to do by myself."

"Rose, I'm sure we're all willing to help you. You just have to work with us. OK? Well, right now I think I'm going to have a little talk with Parvati," Liv said, walking out of the room.

Rose sat down on the bed and put her head in her hands. It had been a terribly long day, and she was tired. Aspasia licked her hand and she patted her on the head. She knew that she ought to go downstairs to apologize to the people that she almost knocked over, so she pulled herself up and went down the stairs. Just as she turned the corner, she saw Liv's fist raised in the air. Rose knew that Livie was probably about to punch Parvati, and had to stop her before she got into trouble, so she whipped out her wand and threw a freezing spell at her.

"Liv! I thought you said you were just going to talk to her, not punch her out!" Rose said, pretending to scold, but truthfully overjoyed. She took the spell off so that Liv could move again after Parvati had sidled away.

" Oh you know me too well," Livie replied, pouting.

"You two are just a whirlwind of trouble aren't you?" Draco said bemusedly.

Rose looked surprised to see him there. "Why are you here? How did you get in?" she asked.

"Well that's a nice way to greet me!" Draco exclaimed, trying to look hurt.

"Oh shut your gab and answer my questions!"

"I'm here because I saw you fly away and was worried about you, and Liv let me in," he replied.

"Well you shouldn't have been worried. Don't you have homework to do or something?" Rose asked, looking a little peeved.

"What, I don't have a right to be worried now?"

"Not about me! Now get out, go do something useful!"

"What if I don't feel like it?"

"Get out! Just leave me alone! Why do you have to be such a nag!"

"I'm a nag? You're the nag!"

"Arg! Just shut up and leave!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"YES!" Rose shouted and shot a silencing spell at Draco before running upstairs.

Harry took the spell off.

"Bad luck that, mate," Ron said nonchalantly. "Rose has quite a temper. It almost matches yours!"

"She's such a stubborn witch!" he replied, not sounding all that angry. He looked more tired than mad.

"Well, you're right about that one. She's as outright stubborn as Hermione, but then again, they are related. Guess that's what you bargained for."

"And look at Harmony too. All the women in my family are stubborn, so it's natural that she would be too," Harry said.

"Actually, I think all women are just plain annoying. They're stubborn on purpose, all of them!" Ron said.

"And I suppose you're going to say that you're not?" said Hermione from the doorway of their room.

"I was not! I guess I can be stubborn sometimes…but not as stubborn as you!" he replied.

"Ronald Weasley! I honestly don't know why I married such a stubborn young fool of a wizard! You'd better apologize or you're sleeping in the commonroom tonight!"

"Oh come on Hermione, do I really ha-" Ron started.

"Yes you do! Or else!" she warned.

"Alright, alright! I'm sorry, we're both stubborn as mules! Happy now?"

"Yes, that'll do. Don't stay up too long, we still have some papers to finish!"

"Okay dear."

Hermione went back into the room and Draco and Harry looked at Ron.

"What!" he asked.

"She's got you on a short leash, mate," Harry said, laughing.

"You're wrapped around her finger like a thread, Ron," Draco said, cracking up.

"Yeah? Well you're almost as bad with Rose!" Ron shot back, grinning.

"I am not! We're not even dating!" Draco exclaimed.

"Relax, Draco. Ron's just kidding around… you're nearly ten times worse than him and Hermione!" Harry said as he burst out laughing.

"You guys are no help at all! I have to go finish a project for Potions, see you later," Draco muttered, walking out of the commonroom.

Upstairs, Rose was fuming. She had already broken the stress glass her mother had bought her. Once you threw it, it shattered and then reassembled itself so that you could break it again. Liv came in and saw Rose throwing the glass over and over again and Rhiannon was screeching. She grabbed the stress glass and hid it in her robes.

"Would you stop it! That thing gets really annoying after a while," she said.

"Liv, give it back!" Rose whined.

"Why do you and Draco have to argue so much? I can tell you two totally like each other, so I don't know why you're trying to hide it."

"We do not like each other! I'm not hiding anything!" Rose lied.

"You're such a liar. Anyways, don't you have a Potions project to do?"

"Oh! Yes, I'd better finish that," Rose said, sitting down at her desk. She started working on it, and Liv did the same. They both went to sleep early, forgetting all about Parvati, so they didn't hear her come in later that night.