Chapter 5
"I can't take it anymore," Rose ranted at her friend and cousin as she approached them trying to steal a moment alone by under a tree by the lake. "I can't escape him. It's like he's always around." Alison rolled her eyes at her best friend antics as she stopped trying to steal a kiss and settled for cuddling up to her boyfriend. "Its bad enough I have to tolerate his presence in classes and all summer but now it's like I can't get a moment alone!"
"I know how you feel," Albus mumbled so that only Alison could hear, his arms snug around her. She lightly smacked his shoulder but not without laughing quietly.
"I mean do you know how frustrating he is," Rose continued, now pacing back and forth in front of the couple, completely unaware that she was disrupting a moment, "and now since you two are attached by the hip, I can't even see my best friend without having him pop up out of no where and annoy me."
"I am surprised it only took her a month," Alison whispered to Albus while Rose continued to pace and complain about Malfoy.
"Yeah, who'd have thought her tolerance was even that high." Albus chuckled.
"I'm shocked that leech hasn't found us already." Rose finished pacing and stood in front of the couple with her hand on her hips, her face still red with anger, puffing breathlessly as gained her composure from her rant.
"What leech?" Rose's body tensed even more at the sound of a familiar voice coming from behind her. She did not turn around but Albus swore he could hear her growling quietly. Scorpius took a bite out of his apple, chewing noisily (because he knew it annoyed Rose) as he came to stand next to Rose. "Jeez Rosie, you ought to too relax a bit," he said through his laughter as he saw her frowning eye brows and scowling lips, "and watch the steam coming out of your ears, it's not a very attractive look." Rose's head snapped to the side looking at Scorpius, her anger flaring in her eyes. Scorpius held her deathly gaze and took another bite out of his apple. Crunching away, he raised his brows challenging her to say something.
"Arghh!" Rose through her arms up in the air as she stormed off, back up to the castle, mumbling a few choice words about Malfoy.
"Try not to miss me to much Weasley," Scorpius shouted over his shoulder, through his laughter.
"Why do you always annoy her to the point where she verges on the line of insane?" Alison asked, from her position in Albus' arms.
"What, she's cute when she's angry," Scorpius admitted as if it was the most natural thing in the world. The corners of Alison's rose slightly in glee at Scorpius' confession.
"Well, you can't expect her to be cute all of the time," she said trying to hide the trace of a smile. She turned in Albus' arms, kissed his lips softly. "I better go after her."
"Yeah, I guess," he said not hiding his disappointment.
"I'm sorry"
"I know," Albus sighed, "me too," his eyes drifting Malfoy's direction. Alison understood and gave him one more kiss before leaving his arms and going after Rose.
"So the boys and I were thinking of goin' down to Hogsmeade tonight," Scorpius said with a mischievous glint in his eyes, "you in?"
"Nah, mate" Albus said as he stood up and picked up his bag, "I'm going to try finish the stack of work the professors have given us." Scorpius let out a frustrated sigh, as they began walking back up to the castle.
"Let me guess, Alison is too."
"Is that a problem?"
"Argh, you are so whipped!" Albus laugh at his friend and shook his head. "You have only been together a month and you are already whipped, do you see the problem here?"
"No," Albus answered simply.
Scorpius flicked his hand and made a whipping sound in the direction of Albus.
Scorpius sat on the wooden floor in basement storage of Honeydukes, surrounded by Simon, Dan and little Tommy. Tommy was a nerdy fifth year that had help Simon and Dan with Herbology last year. He was short, even for a fifth year and the nest of brown curls on his head looked like it hadn't been detangled in weeks. The boys brought him along because Al wouldn't come and Tommy was really happy to be swinging it with the cool guys, even if he was so nervous that he was shaking. They were all cradling drinks, Firewhiskey, Brandy and Butterbeer for little Tommy. On the floor in between them were numerous sweets from the store above.
"So what are the possible pickings this year," Simon asked.
"First, I think you should sort out what going on between you and Lily," Dan said.
"And then tell Al," Scorpius finished.
"Well she's fun but I don't think it's going anywhere," Simon shrugged.
"Does she know that?" Scorpius asked bitterly.
"No, but she will," Scorpius restrained himself from strangling his dorm mate. He thought of Lily as his own sister and to here he was just mucking around with her feeling made him want to kill the guy. "Besides it's just a bit of fun, right Scorp," Simon added, throwing Scorpius' line back at him. It allowed Scorpius to see what that line sounded like coming from someone else, and only then had he realized how hurtful it could be. How many girls had he hurt saying this, they all seemed okay with it but if he knew anything about women, he knew that they hide there true feelings. Especially Rose, his thoughts keep going back to her. He could never figure out where he stood with her. Most of the time she hated him and he hated her. However, every now and then, there is a moment in either Potions or Muggle Studies when she looks at him differently. When they have to work together there are times he feels that there is something more between them, but when the class ends that's gone again and he is left waiting for it to happen again.
"Yeah, right," Scorpius mumbled a reply, sheepishly lowering his head, sipping his Firewhiskey.
"So I know Al's sisters off the table but what about his cousin?" Dan suddenly asked.
"Which one? He has a few," Simon chuckled.
"Rose." Scorpius' head snapped up, coming into the conversation again.
"Rose?" he asked in disbelief, "why would you want Rose?"
"Well I think she's pretty cool and gorgeous," Dan said with a smile. Scorpius agreed with him, she was gorgeous but he could help feel a little envious that Dan could just admit that. Dan could go and ask her out and she could say yes, but she would never say yes to him.
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