A/N: Written for the Those Weasley Girls... a Challenge.

10 facts about Rose Weasley

1. Rose hated to study. She was smart, but wasn't naturally brilliant like her mother had been, so in order to keep up with the pressure of the Wizarding world, she had always read and studied day and night when she was younger. She was absolutely sick of it. She wished she could just not study and get spectacular marks like Scorp did, or had a love of reading like Al, but she didn't and had to struggle to keep up with them. So day after day, she cooped up in the library or her dorms doing the one thing she hated the most.

2. Rose was born in August. Some of her classmate thought it was weird for her to have the name of a flower, considering she was born late summer when they were all withering, but she had been told the story of her name many times over and loved it. Every night, her dad would come to kiss her goodnight and she would eagerly ask for the story of her name again. Chuckling, he would acquiesce to her request. 'One day, your mother and I were talking a walk in the park. You were about this big,' he said, gesturing to his stomach, 'And that was when we saw it. A single rose, in full bloom against the weather. It was beautiful and unique, and at that moment, we knew what your name would be.' Then her dad would smile down at her and ruffle he hair. 'And here you are, as beautiful and wonderful as the rose we saw that day.'

3. She had once tried out for the Qudditch Team but didn't quite make it. It was probably the most embarrassing moment of her life. Even Albus, the bookworm in the family, played on the team and was pretty good at it too. Everyone else (but her) excelled at the Wizarding sport. Afterwards, when her friends tried comforting her, she brushed it off, saying she didn't want to be on the team and she needed to study and keep her grades up anyways. She was secretly really disappointed. It wasn't until later, when her mother confided that she sucked at the sport, that she felt a little bit better about it.

4. Rose was often found in an empty corridor talking to ghosts. They absolutely loved her, even more so than her teachers, because she always took a bit of time out of her busy schedule to chat with each one of them. She found they were great listeners. They didn't judge her for being the daughter of two of the Golden Trio and they generally were a happy lot. It was hard finding a true friend these days. She had her family, and Albus and Scorpius, but that was pretty much it. Anyone else held her up in this shining pedestal, or sneered at her because of her family's fame. Ghosts on the other hand were glad to talk with her and be helpful and kind.

5. She loved, loved, loved pumpkin pie. Rose didn't even know why herself. Maybe it was the odd mix of flavours, or the texture of the pie itself, but at every single holiday or family meeting, there would be hordes of pumpkin pie because they knew it was her favourite food. She could often be found with one in hand for a snack or even just because she had a sudden craving for it, which was often. You'd think she'd get tired of it, but Rose was certain she'd love pumpkin pie for the rest of her life.

6. She was a bit of a neat freak. Scratch that, she was completely OCD about her things. No one touched her precious belongings that were already in their proper place and got away with it. Her family had learned early on to never enter her room for fear of accidently moving her stuff and awakening her inner demon.

7. Rose's hair was always in a ponytail. Not an attractive, high ponytail either. No, it was a plain and drab low ponytail for the simple purpose of keeping her bushy hair away from her face. 'Why?' the girls would ask, 'Your hair is beautiful. You should let it down more often. You'd get more guys that way.' And she would simply respond with 'Why would I do that? And besides, leaving your hair down is over rated.' Rose would then go away, leaving a group of exasperated and confused girls in her wake.

8. She loved the rain. There was something calming about the soft pitter-patter of the small droplets hitting the pavement that was nice. While her cousins were complaining of the weather, she would be dancing in the rain. She was glad when they finally joined her. It was so much more fun dancing around like an idiot when there were others looking equally as stupid.

9. Spring was Rose's favourite season. All the good things seemed to happen to her during those couple of months. She had gotten the little brother she'd always secretly wanted (even though she had complained) when she was two years old in the spring. When she was 14, her current boyfriend and long-time crush, had asked her out. And a bunch of other small, seemingly insignificant things had happened in between. That, and flowers (like roses) always started blooming around that time.

10. She took Arithmancy but found it boring and dropped out. All those equations and the boring, droning voice that could compete with Professor Binns were just so tedious. She was smart, not a genius, thank you very much.