Disclaimer: I am not JK Rowling. I am not a famous writer. I am just a girl with too much imagination. QuickQuotesQuill07, I like the way you think.
So there I sat. I ordered a butterbeer from Madame Rosemerta and stayed there. What could Albus possibly be doing?
I was lucky that I had taken a book with me, and I began to read. I had no idea how much time had passed before someone walked up to me. I was able to see him above the book, so I put it down.
He looked about my age, and I instantly recognized him. He was that new transfer student from America. He was in Hufflepuff. My friends were talking about him a lot, calling him things like "incredibly gorgeous" and "snog-worthy."
I had never actually seen him before, but it was needless to say, they were right. He had dark hair and green eyes. They weren't as brilliant as Albus's, though. What was his name again? James? Joseph?
"Can I sit here?" he asked me? He threw a brilliant smile in my way.
It took me a moment to realize that he was talking to me. "S-sure," I said. He said. "I'm Rose Weasley." I stuck out my hand to him.
"Josh," he said, taking my hand and kissing it. My ears grew hot and red. "Josh Steward."
"You're new, right?" I asked, trying to sound nonchalant. I was failing miserably. Really, it was obvious because of his accent.
"Yeah," he said, "my dad got offered a job at the ministry, and it paid better than the government job he held in the US, so we moved. Mom was a healer, so she's at St. Mungo's now."
"Wow," I said. "My mum's working in the ministry, too!"
"Really?" he asked, seeming genuinely interested. "What department is she in?"
"Magical Law Enforcement," I said.
"Same as my dad!" he exclaimed. "What a coincidence!"
I smiled and he smiled back. We began to talk. He was really interesting and funny, too. I looked down at my watch again. I had been doing this periodically. Albus said that he'd "be right back" over an hour ago.
"Are you ok?" he asked me.
"What?"
"Well, that has to be the third time that you've checked what time it is in the last ten minutes," he said.
"Oh," he'd noticed. "Well, I was sort of waiting for my cousin. He said he'd be back, but that was over an hour ago."
"Oh," he said.
"Yeah," I sighed. "I think I'm just going to leave."
"Hey," he said. "Is it ok if I come with you? This is my first time in this town, and it would be nice if someone could show me around."
"Just call me a tour guide," I said, getting up.
We walked out the door talking and laughing.
"Where to first?" he asked me. "It's your choice."
"Zonko's is always worth a visit," I told him. "It's a joke shop. It's one of the main carriers of Weasley's Wizard Wheezes products besides the store itself."
"You're just a walking advertisement, aren't you?" he laughed.
"Only sometimes," I said.
We walked into the store and immediately began joking around. He was quite funny when it came to impressions as well.
We walked out of the store with a few items in hand.
"Hey, is that store a candy shop?" he asked, pointing to Honeyduke's.
"What tipped you off," I asked, "the huge cake in the window or the fact that kids are coming out of it with gigantic lollipops?"
"Oh," he said. "You can be quite sarcastic too."
"It runs in the family," I said, like it was supposed to be something to be proud of.
He smiled and we went in.
I stopped short when I saw Scorpius with Albus. He was holding a little heart-shaped box of chocolate cauldrons in his hands.
"You're sure she'll like this?" Scorpius asked.
"'Course she will," Albus said. "Those are Rose's favorite chocolates. Now come on, you've kept her waiting for over an hour."
It was then that I realized that the only thing between them and the door was me and Josh, holding hands.
It seemed Scorpius noticed, too.
"Rose," he said. I immediately dropped Josh's hand.
"Yes?" I asked.
"I'm sorry, is there a problem here?" Josh asked.
"You're with him, Rose?" he asked me.
"And what if she is?" Josh retorted, putting his arm around me and pulling me toward him.
I didn't know which was worse; standing that close to an incredibly gorgeous boy who I barely knew or seeing the look on another incredibly gorgeous boy-who-I-thought-loved's face seeing me stand next to said former incredibly gorgeous boy.
I would have to say both.
"Well then," Scorpius said. "Have a nice life, Rose. I can see that you don't want me in it, anyway."
He handed me the box of chocolates and left the store angrily.
Albus just shook his head and went after his friend.