Rose had managed to find Fred and George just before class in the hallway.
"Hey there," George greeted her warmly as she rushed up to hug him. She gave Fred a big hug as well.
"Hey," Rose said, "Are we sitting together in class today?"
George smiled, "Yeah, as always."
Once Professor Flitwick had passed out the first assignment Rose turned to George.
"I've been missing you," She said. George smiled softly, "Me too. You seem pretty busy."
"As do you with Quidditch practice." Rose paused, "A lots been going on with my studies, I've been wanting to tell you- "
Professor Flitwick had walked passed her table and said, "Now, now Rose are we paying attention to the assignment? If I were you I wouldn't spend so much time talking to Mr. Weasley."
Rose blushed when the Slytherin corner of the classroom began to giggle. She made eye contact with Cedric briefly who gave her a look of sympathy.
Once Professor Flitwick was out of ear shot. George looked at Rose and asked "Does this Saturday work?" Rose nodded and pretended to be working on the assignment.
"I've also wanted to hear about your studies," George whispered, "And talk about us."
"Oh," Rose whispered in surprise. She wasn't sure if that was a good or bad thing that George wanted to talk them. She was going to ask George another question but when she saw that he was actually focusing on the assignment at hand, she was left with no other option but to focus as well. 'I mean' Rose thought to herself 'Professor Flitwick has a point I shouldn't be wasting any time.'
She found herself often looking over at George and sensed a feeling of longing creep up into her chest as she wanted to close the distance – both physical and emotional- between them.
After class, Professor Flitwick had instructed Rose to meet Professor Trelawney in Dumbledore's office. She assumed they would be discussing the issue of her timetable and matters of the Time Turner.
She entered the office to find Professor Trelawney, Professor Snape, Professor McGonagall, and Professor Dumbledore all staring at a huge sheet of parchment that had been lifted up to float in front of them. That was definitely her transcript Rose thought.
"She has two more first year classes to take," Muttered Snape through gritted teeth "As well as the rest of second year courses."
"Well, I don't see how we can't pass her in Herbology she has good marks there…" Professor McGonagall suggested.
"Professors?" Rose asked. They all turned around to look at her.
"Ah, yes, welcome Rose" Professor Dumbledore clapped his hands, "Please take a seat."
Rose sat down in a chair facing her glaring transcript.
"Professor," Rose asked abruptly, "I don't understand all this trouble I have to go through. What happens if I turn out to be Muggle then I would've wasted all this time studying and not having any social life whatsoever."
Professor Snape rolled his eyes.
"This is not a waste of time," Professor Dumbledore said gravely, "You need to learn how to defend yourself. As long as your powers are weak you are a target for Voldemort. You're the only living family Harry has left, and he will try to get to you first to get to Harry."
Rose went silent at the response from Dumbledore. "Once the prophecy reveals to us your powers, the rest is out of our control. If you are a Witch, it will be much easier for you to learn the rest of the material and you will be glad to have this solid foundation."
Professor Dumbledore got up to go retrieve something from his desk.
"And what if I'm a Muggle?" Rose asked in indignation, "Then this is all wasted time."
"No," Professor Dumbledore insisted, "You still learned something about yourself and your past didn't you? And it's safer for you to be at Hogwarts than anywhere else Rosemary."
Rose could tell that when Dumbledore used her full name it meant he was getting impatient with Rose's lack of cooperation. She decided to stop talking for the moment.
Dumbledore seemed to retrieve a grey necklace. Rose assumed this must be the Time Turner. Inside the necklace was a tiny hourglass that Rose could spot.
"The Ministry of Magic is granting you access to the Time Turner," Dumbledore announced, "Professor Trelawney will show you how to use this device tomorrow, however, there are some rules you have to follow-"
"- Don't tell anyone you are using this Time Turner, Ms. Potter do I make myself clear?" Professor Snape interjected while staring directly at Rose. Rose pursed her lips and nodded. "Time travel is dangerous. You must not be seen or heard when traveling back in time and you may only use this device for 5 hours of extra allotted time a day. Do you understand?"
Rose nodded again.
"We are allowing you take classes with second years to make up for time." Professor McGonagall interjected, "And the weekends or at least Fridays will helps us immensely with time- "
Rose cut her off as she remembered her plans with George, "Professor can I at least get one day off a week?" She looked at Professor Dumbledore desperately, "I just want to have some time with my friends outside of class."
Instead of getting snappy with Rose, Dumbledore's face softened. He sighed. "You can have Saturdays as a day of rest." He said.
'Perfect,' Rose thought to herself.
"So when did you want to meet about the Time Turner?" Rose asked Professor Trelawney.
"Tomorrow at 7." Professor Trelawney answered.
Rose nodded to signify that she understood.
"We'll write you up a new timetable by the end of the week," Professor Snape added and waved his hand to dismiss Rose.