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CHAPTER FOUR:
That night in my dormitory, I sat on my bed and evaluated the friendship between Scorpius and I. Up until now I had seen him as one of my good friends, someone I had a close connection with. Now, I feel these different feelings starting to develop, feelings of wanting more than just a friendship.
In all my years of being at Hogwarts, the idea of having a 'crush' or being in a relationship never appealed to me. This doesn't mean that I didn't want one, or biased against it, I just always threw myself into my schoolwork and Quidditch so much that my focus never really went anywhere else. There were plenty of guys here that I found attractive, but that was all that did it for me.
I don't know how to welcome these feelings, how I should react to them, perhaps I'll just sleep on it tonight, and figure it out tomorrow morning. Friday mornings were my favourite mornings, particularly because they made buttermilk pancakes every Friday.
'Morning Rose, how did you sleep last night?' I wake up to Gracie, sitting on the bed next to me, legs crossed with curiosity in her eyes.
'Err, fine? Thank you?' I look back, half asleep.
'Good, good. You know Rose, when I woke up to go to the toilet last night, you weren't in bed' she has got the biggest devilish smile on her face right now.
'I was at training last night, then I just stayed back for a while doing rounds around the pitch' which I was, so I wasn't technically lying.
'At 11:00? Pass curfew? Strange, would have never pictured you to be out so late in the night' she gives me this I know you are lying to me you better tell me or I will force it out of you look, and you know what, sod it all.
So I told her everything, from the get-go. Of course, she knew me and Scorpius had grown closer due to her and Albus following each other around like a bad smell, and I told her how we'd be spending so much time together, in the library, in class, during free periods. When I finally came to tell her about last night, and how I am now feeling about everything, she gasped excitement.
'Oh Rose, that is so romantic! I would have never pictured Scorpius to be the humble type with stuff like that, he most certainly, feels the same' now sitting on my bed, she swooned at me, and I've never cringed so hard in my entire life, thank Merlin I don't have the same brain as an average 15-year-old girl when it comes to boys. But then again, I found myself acting like one.
'Do you really think so? I mean this is Scorpius we are talking about here' I look back amused.
'Exactly, this is Scorpius we are talking about, he is never like this with girls, which means he values and respects you way too much to screw anything up' she seems so sure while saying this, I don't know whether I should take her word for it or not.
'I suppose time will tell, I want to give it a couple of days, maybe a week, and see where this goes' I say, finishing the conversation before getting ready and going down to breakfast.
By the time I reach the Great Hall, it is already packed with students sitting along four long tables, delving into their breakfast. I catch Albus and Gracie sitting at the Ravenclaw table, joining them.
'Morning Rosie' Albus says to me, stuffing his face with pancakes, more than what he can actually fit into his mouth, with Gracie staring at him like he's a gift from the Gods.
'Morning Al' I chuckle as I sit down and begin reaching over to grab my own portion of pancakes from the share plate, nothing like nice, hot maple-syrup drowned buttermilk pancakes.
'Where is Scorpius this morning? It isn't like him to not sit with us' Gracie says to Albus, looking my direction and throwing me a wink, to which I stare back at her with an I know what you're playing at look.
'Well, he told me this morning that he was going to talk to Sirena, something about reconciling, can't keep up with him and that girl, one week they are together, the next, not. Bloody mental' Albus looks at both of us.
And with that sentence, my heart sinks, to the pit of my stomach weighing heavy on me. Maybe what happened last night was just a special moment shared between two friends in his perspective, nothing more.
Gracie throws me an apologetic look before I get up and excuse myself from the table, so I can go and drown in my thoughts.
'I just remembered I had to catch up with Mia for Herbology, I'll see you both later' before I scoffed down my last bit of the pancake, stood up, and tried to walk out of the hall, without forgetting how to walk.