A/N: Wow.. that's a lot of line breaks.. Anyways, this was done for the Audition of the Fanfic's Got Talent Comp II.
She silently watched as he walked by with girls flanking his side and quickly turned the other way, ignoring the burning sensation in her chest. She hadn't talked to him in a while… not since that incident. She suspected that was when she realized that she had fallen in love with him.
He watched as the only girl he had ever loved saw him and purposefully turned and walked the other way. It was their last year in Hogwarts… he hadn't spoken to her in four years. And after graduation he probably wasn't going to see her again. The world was pretty big, after all. Why did he have to say those hurtful words to her?
She quickened her steps as the last words they had spoken echoed in her mind. 'Why would anyone like an ugly know-it-all like you?' At that time, she had acted indifferent, but the words had wounded her far more than being stabbed in the heart would. She had glared at him and as the weeks passed by with no apology, they slowly drifted farther apart.
He never meant to say those words to her. They had been asking about his newest girlfriend, saying that maybe he shouldn't date someone like her, and the mean words slipped out before he knew it. He had seen the hurt look in her eyes, before she glared at him and turned away. Maybe it was better this way, he thought. But she was strong and she would find someone better than him, who had continually dated and dumped various girls because he was so insecure about himself.
She didn't even tell Albus, but she had cried herself to sleep that night.
The guilt was knawing at him as she faded from view. No! Wait!
She heard quick footsteps before strong arms enveloped her petite frame.
"I'm sorry." She heard him murmur. "I'm so so sorry."
Rose could feel her throat close up as warmth slowly slid down her face. "I forgive you, Scorpius."