Hey Guys!

Sorry I've been away for so long, I'll try for another chap by the end of the week to make up to you all :*

I think there's a slight change in chapter title from what I promised, but not much :D

Thank you, yes you, for keeping with me and still reading this, hoping I haven't bored anyone yet and that you're all doing okay!

Special thanks though, to Professor McGonagal, my constant reviewer :') Love You Lots!

Anyway enough of my love, enjoy the chap and tell me what you think, as always... suggestions are welcome!

P.S: I've got quite a bit of Liv POV here so you understand her reasons. Hope it's believable!

Chapter 9- Plan One

Olivia hadn't gone to dinner that evening. She had told her friends she wasn't in truth, she hadn't wanted to see Roxanne- or any of her other friends for that matter. They kept bugging her about talking to Roxy. They just couldn't understand why she was so angry with her. They didn't realise how hurt she felt because Roxanne wasn't as close to them as she was to her. To them, even if Roxanne had slept with Lorcan, it wouldn't be their business until Roxy was ready to tell them, but to Olivia, it was two girls had always shared everything with one another. And it hurt. Maybe even more than the fact that it was Lorcan she had slept with. What hurt Olivia the most was that Roxy hadn't told her. Most of their other friends were doubtful that the 'liason' even happened, especially considering the fact that the source was Samantha and Florence. They told Olivia frequently she should know better but none of them had seen what she had seen.

None of them had seen Roxanne sneak into the dorm in the early hours of the first day back wearing yesterday's robes. What other explanation could there be? At the time she had ignored it, but after over hearing Florence and Samantha it all made sense. Olivia had waited the whole day for Roxanne to tell her but she hadn't. After that Olivia couldn't take any more and hated the fact that Roxanne would hide something like that from her. How could she?

As much as she loved Roxanne (Yes, she still loved her) she wasn't sure if she could forgive her. Lorcan had been her first and continual crush for so long now. What made it worse was that the night before their fourth year began, once Lily had fallen asleep, Roxanne had promised she would help her to get him to notice her more. Well, notice her in a more than friendly way at least. Roxanne had promised that and had then slept with him the next day.

She hadn't wanted to believe it. At first she wasn't so sure. She had let her emotions take control as they often did and thought she had been stupid. She had planned to apologise on the weekend when they'd have time to talk things through but after seeing them on the Quidditch pitch, she no longer felt like she'd been stupid. She felt angry. The way they laughed and brushed hands with each other; the way he took her hand in his and held it as she landed; the way they high-fived or hugged at any opportunity. Just excuses to touch him she thought bitterly. Yet, she knew that those were the things she wished he'd do with her. Not her best friend, who by the way still played dumb as if she'd done nothing wrong!~

After sitting in the common room alone for an hour Olivia was joined by her dorm mates who huddled around her and began chatting excitedly. She didn't know what they were talking about because she didn't care to listen. She did however, notice when they attempted to call Roxanne over to join them. Olivia was about to stand and leave when Roxanne declined and sped up the stairs to the dorm. Minutes later she emerged and left the common room, clearly in a hurry. Usually Olivia would know where she was going and what she had done that day but she didn't care now. She was probably off to meet Lorcan anyway. No point caring about someone who was rushing off to do something that had broken your heart.

The thought of Roxanne and Lorcan together in some empty classroom somewhere made Olivia sick. She tried not to imagine them together but she just couldn't get the images out of her mind. She left the group unnoticed and went for a lie down. It was probably getting late now and everyone would be done with dinner. The halls would be empty. Maybe she should go for a walk to clear her mind. She looked at the clock and realised she was supposed to have met Scorpius ten minutes ago. He had approached her at break wanting to talk, she'd brushed him off but agreed to meet him later. Scorpius had been a good friend to her, there was no reason to ignore him because he still spoke to Roxanne. She rushed out of the room and made her way up to the seventh floor hoping he had waited.~

"She's not coming, look she's in the dorm" Roxanne pointed to the dot labelled Olivia Wood and sighed. So much for the plan.

Scorpius rubbed her shoulders soothingly silently cursing Liv for hurting Roxanne even more than she already had. "She'll come Rox. She said she would."

Roxanne just sighed again and started at the map in her hands, not really looking at it. Out of the corner of her eye, the dot she'd been concentrating on just seconds ago began to move, quickly.

"Scorp, she's coming. She's running here!" Roxanne's face lit up as she allowed the feeling of hope to wash over her.

"Told you." He childishly poked her tongue at him and she smiled. Merlin, he loved it when she smiled. "Okay you go in, I'll see you soon" he kissed her cheek and pushed her gently through the doors and into the Room of Requirement. Roxanne climbed up the rope ladder in the room and laid down on the dark canopy suspended in the air, hands on the edge and head leaning over in anticipation. The ladder disappeared. She'd needed a perch to watch from and the Room had provided.

She closed her eyes. Scorpius had kissed her on the cheek before she'd entered. He'd kissed her. His lips had been so warm and soft against her cheek and in that moment, she'd wanted to turn and kiss him. Merlin, what was wrong with her? Scorpius was her best friend. (Especially because of the Olivia situation). He wasn't even single for Merlin's sake! Not that she was his type… Roxanne shook her head, why was she even thinking that? The kiss had been friendly. It didn't mean anything to him. No reason to think about it. Then why couldn't she stop? She sighed, a different sigh, unlike the frustrated, tired sighs she'd become used to. This was a dreamy sigh a sigh filled with a longing she hadn't even realised she had. A sigh Roxanne didn't even mean to make, and a sigh that almost gave her away as Olivia walked in.~

"Scorpius, why are we even here?" Olivia questioned as she was led into the Room.
"I needed to talk to you." He answered shortly, watching the door close behind them.
Olivia looked up at Scorpius. He seemed flustered. His cheeks tinged with pink like he'd just been embarrassed. She watched as he took a deep breath, closing his eyes and settling his expression. The pink left his cheeks and he had a determined glint in his eyes. She was about to ask him what they needed to talk about when she noticed something in the centre of the room glowing faintly. She walked over to it.

"Wha-"
"A pensive Liv. There are things I need you to see. But first, I do want to talk to you"
She sat down on the chair knowing it would probably be about Roxanne. She'd probably asked him to speak to her but Olivia didn't care. She was tired of fighting it, she'd listen and then continue to pretend like Roxanne didn't exist tomorrow.
Sighed sinking into the chair and closing her eyes like she was in a Muggle therapy session.
"Go Ahead."
"What's the real reason you're not talking to her?"
"Who?"
"You know who" Scorpius couldn't help but smirk at Olivia making a Voldermort joke. He expected her to be difficult but as the smile disappeared from her face, she began to talk.
"Do I have confidentiality?" he simply nodded, not wanting to interrupt her.~

Olivia breathed deeply and began her story.
"Okay well, I've liked Lorcan for a while now. Don't ask me how long, it's quite embarrassing really. Anyway, of course Rox knew, she was the one who helped me realise it actually. I denied it at first, but of course she was right. I really liked him. Like. I still do. You know about our tree house tradition right? Of course you do. So, the night before the start of the year, we were up talking, just me and Rox. Lily'd fallen asleep, not that she'd be interested. And we were talking about it, she convinced me to do something about it. Told me she'd help me too, you know, talk to him about it, that sort of thing. I never once thought it was probably because she didn't want him to slip out that they were fucking each other." She laughed shortly. More sad than angry, she continued. "So anyway, back at school I was meant to come meet her first night, wanted to give her something but I fell asleep. She must've been in the common room with him and figured it was safe to go off to his when I didn't come down. She came in early that morning. That's how I knew it was true. She'd got showered and got changed but she'd already been in her uniform. It didn't make sense. At the time I didn't even give it a second thought. But then after I heard it from Samantha and your girlfriend, I pieced it together. I didn't want to believe it, I really didn't Scor, but then I watched them. Really watched them. She's always flirting; touching him; I mean the flying down holding hands bullshit? Of course they're together. But the point is, I could take it if she'd told me. I'm not in love with him. It's the fact she didn't tell me. She's been fucking him in secret for a year. A year. We share everything Scor. She's my best friend. Well, she was. So if she couldn't trust me, why should I trust her?"

Olivia breathed out deeply afraid if she continued she'd cry. No, she wouldn't cry, it was Roxanne who'd betrayed her, she'd have to deal with it. Olivia wouldn't let it get to her, not again. Again she exhaled shakily and looked Scorpius in the eye.
"Did she tell you?"
Scorpius paused. "No. She didn't tell me anything because there's nothing to tell. She's not with Lorcan, Liv. That morning you saw her coming back? I can explain it. Just let me show you"
Scorpius pulled out a small vial and held it out to her. Olivia watched the floating sliver wisps entranced. She allowed him to direct her over to the pensive and pull out the stopper.
"Are these hers?" Olivia asked still staring at the memory in the vial.
"Yes" Scorpius replied, emptying the vial into the swirling pool of the pensive and stepping backwards. He didn't want to force her but he really hoped she'd watch.~

Olivia stood watching the events unfold in front of her.

"You can't be tired already Rox?" Scorpius teased. "You know guys I think Roxy here should stay awake with us for a little longer. I think it's about time we checked out your personal dorm Lorc" he grinned.
Lorcan agreed and stood leading them to his dorm, "It's unfair you know? Girls are allowed in our dorms after hours but we're not allowed in theirs. It's sexist"
"For a Ravenclaw you can be pretty dense Lorc. It's because as females we are the superior gender, therefore we can be trusted more than you cavemen"
"Cavemen?" Scorpius asked confused at the muggle term.
"It's a muggle thing Scor. But anyway Rox I know you hate to be wrong but there are plenty of girls that I wouldn't class as superior or more trust worthy. They'd be more likely to attack you than a boy would."
"Fair point, but I hardly class Samantha the slut or her type as female. They're another species entirely"
The boys laughed at Roxanne's particularly accurate assessment of Samantha Jones and her followers in the sixth year.
"Honestly she's so thick I don't understand how she's a Ravenclaw. I mean, Nev asked me to tutor her in Herbology this year. Can you believe that? She's two years older than me"

Olivia felt herself laugh and her anger dissipate. She watched the twins fight over the title of best looking and Lysander leave. Of course she knew Roxanne would never give her memories to Scorpius if she and Lorcan then started making out, she still couldn't help but think Scorpius would also leave and then Lorcan and Rox would be alone.

Roxanne joined Scorpius on the floor as Lorcan lifted his trunk onto the bed to unpack.
"You could levitate it you know?"
"I think he just wants to show you his new muscles" Scorpius whispered. "Don't you Lorc?" he spoke more loudly.

Olivia frowned.

"Don't I what?" Lorcan asked over his shoulder as he began to unpack.
"Want to show off your new muscles to Roxy?" Scorpius grinned.
"Scorp let's not get jealous. You have a girlfriend so what would it matter if I wanted to show off to Roxy over here? Besides if I really wanted to show my muscles I'd just do this."
Lorcan grinned at his friend and pulled off his shirt to reveal a tanned and well-built chest, complete with a six pack that Roxanne knew hadn't been there before the summer.
"Nice abs Lorc" Roxanne commented. Not even blushing at the familiar sight of Lorcan's upper body that she'd seen numerous times before in the Quidditch changing rooms after games.
"Thanks Rox." Lorcan poked his tongue out at Scorpius and turned to continue his unpacking, sending different objects zooming around the room.

Olivia began to wonder why Rox had given her this memory at all. A lot of that sounded very much like flirting to her and the fact that they had joked about Lorcan showing off to Roxy seemed as though they knew something Olivia didn't. She tried to pull out of the memory, feeling her anger rise again. She found she couldn't leave the memory and folded her arms as she watched in frustration.

Scorpius pulled Roxanne onto his lap just as Lorcan's shoes flew towards her to the back of the room. "Watch it." She laughed.
Settling in Scorpius' lap Roxanne felt herself relax into the warm arms that now encircled her waist and rested on her stomach.
"So Scorp, who's the new girl toy, sorry… I mean friend, of course."
"Ha Ha very original, and she's called Florence, Bridgewater, know her?"
"Yeah, another bimbo I'm to tutor this year. Potions I think. Hangs with Samantha? She's a fifth year though isn't she? Not too young?"
"She does indeed but nope." Scorpius answered, popping the 'p'. "There's not much age difference between us. She's oldest in her year, 16 tomorrow and I won't be seventeen until August so technically we'll be the same age." She could almost feel Scorpius smile behind her.
"Oh yeah, you're an August baby. Aw. You planning on anything special for a birthday treat?" Roxanne turned and winked at him.
"I took her out to Diagon Alley before school started for an early thing but really I haven't bothered too much. Only been dating for a couple weeks. Wait, your birthday's September right? Umm… the 10th?"
"Yep, can't wait, fifteen just seems so much better than fourteen."
"You won't feel any different but you're right. It sounds much older and mature. Though you're pretty mature for your age already. Well…"
"When I want to be?"
"Precisely."

Olivia watched her best friend sit and fall asleep, so comfortable in Scorpius' lap. She realised Roxanne hadn't been flirting with Lorcan, it was part of the banter she shared with them all. She was so close to them that she felt comfortable enough to be alone with them, to joke about their bodies and attractiveness. She smiled. Roxy hadn't betrayed her. She hadn't even known what she'd done because she hadn't done anything. She'd even left the memories with Lorcan taking off his shirt to show Olivia that she had nothing to hide. Roxanne truly had done nothing wrong and she felt terrible. She'd been so caught up in her own insecurities, she'd believed Samantha and Florence over her first and best friend. She sighed and hoped Roxanne could forgive her.~

Olivia felt a tugging sensation as she was pulled out of the memory. She fell into Scorpius' arms as she cried.

"I'm a horrible person… it was all lies and I believed it!" Scorpius held a crying girl for the second time that night. He soothed her and got her to sit on the sofa. She calmed and looked at him lower lip quivering. She looked so young. So scared.

"She won't forgive me. She tried to explain and I called her a slut, Scorp. A slut! Like Samantha and Florence. That's what I said. How could I?" he looked serious for a moment and she worried that she was right and he didn't have the heart to agree. Of course she was right. Roxanne must hate her, she'd been a bitch. She felt tears forming in her eyes and sniffed.

Scorpius stood, "No need for that. It's okay Liv." Before she could answer him he left her alone in the room. She began to leave after him but the door disappeared.~

"Boo!" Roxanne put her hands on Liv's shoulders suddenly and felt her jump quickly beneath them.
Roxanne enveloped the stunned girl in a hug.
"Gotcha" she whispered.
"S-sorry" was all Olivia could say as her tears spilled over and she hugged Roxanne back fiercely.
Roxanne pulled away, her own eyes shimmering, the girls looked at each other's teary faces and laughed together both thinking how stupid they'd been.
"I love you, Rox"
"Love you too, Liv"

And with that, the two girls became best friends again, knowing they had never really been anything else.~

The girls had left the Room together and ended up in the kitchens for a late night snack. Roxanne had discovered the entrance using the Map earlier but had never been inside. She and Olivia were both shocked to find three elves crowding their feet asking them what they wanted. They all wore brightly coloured clothes and had smiles on their faces as they magically washed dishes and began preparing for breakfast in the morning.

"We has not seen you two in the kitchens before. What cans we get you miss? We cans make anything you want." a small elf in a bright pink dress asked Roxanne.

"No need to call me miss. My name's Roxanne. Roxanne Weasley and this is Olivia Wood. Could we have some cookies and milk please?"

"Yes miss. Of course miss" The little elf rushed off and ran around chattering about another Weasley coming to eat in the kitchens. She paused as if she'd forgotten something and clicked her fingers, making a picnic table appear in front of the girls. They laughed slightly and sat across the table from each other. Seconds later their order appeared in front of them and they began dipping the cookies into their glasses as they did when they were children.

The girls sat eating and talking, catching up on the parts of each other's lives that they'd missed over the last few days. Roxanne told Olivia about her OWL classes and even mentioned her hot new potions partner, sorely missing the girl talk she'd been deprived of. Olivia talked about how miserable lessons had been without Rox and then became excited over the realisation that Lorcan was in fact still single. Roxanne renewed her promise of help and eventually the girls ambled to bed, stomachs full and happy to be back to normal.

A.N: Really hope that wasn't too cheesy...

DFTR! x