Disclaimer: This is a disclaimer about something that has to do with me not owning the Harry Potter series and stating that I cannot come up with anything clever to say in the disclaimer at the moment. Wooo 50+ comments! PS, sorry about the shortness.
"What's a coincidence, Hugo?" mum asked, barely looking at him.
"Well, it's just that Teddy and Victoire jut got engaged, and Albus has his girlfriend," he smirked. "And Rose just got a new boyfriend."
The room froze, and not in the good way that it did before. I glared at Hugo.
"Well Rose?" asked James. He was smiling, of course. He always got a kick out of my own embarrassment."
"It's not true," I said through gritted teeth.
"Oh please," said Hugo. "I saw you two snogging like there was no tomorrow in an empty corridor."
The entire room roared with laughter. I flushed a deep red.
"Who is it?" Teddy asked.
"No one," I answered quickly. I glared once again at my brother. He was leaning against the wall, his arms crossed and his eyes bright with amusement.
"Scorpius Malfoy," he said, saying it slowly as if to savor the moment even more.
Albus looked around nervously.
I ran out of the room. Damn Hugo. He just had to find out and he just had to tell everyone, didn't he? Worse than that, I probably just ruined Teddy and Victoire's night. Was everyone out to get me?
I sat down and began to write my second letter to Scorpius.
Dear Scorpius,
It's been one hell of a night. We had the usual festivities and then the most incredible thing happened.
Teddy proposed to Victoire!
But all is not well. Not for me, it isn't at least.
Somehow, Hugo found out about us. Now, don't go blaming Albus. I know it wasn't his fault. Apparently, we weren't careful enough, and he caught us in the act. I really could kill him right now.
I hope everything is better on your end.
Love,
Rose.
There was a knock on the door, and I had a pretty good idea as to who it was.
"Go away, Dad!" I yelled.
"It's Victoire," said the person outside of my door. "Can I come in?"
"Uh, sure," I said.
She opened the door and came in.
"Sorry about ruining your engagement," I apologized.
"You don't need to be," she said. "Honestly, I had been expecting it for some time now. You didn't ruin anything, Rosie."
"Well, my dad is probably furious," I said.
"Aunt Hermione is trying to calm him down," she said, nodding. "Really, it's stupid that animosity should run that deep. But you know, my father wasn't too happy when I started dating Teddy either."
I looked up, incredulous. "Really?" I asked. "But Teddy's basically been part of the family since the defeat of Voldemort. That makes no sense."
"Well," she started. "It doesn't, really. My father thought that Teddy was a bit too much like him, and he didn't like the way he was as a teenager. Really, I just think it's a letting go thing. No father is really going to think that any boy is good enough for their daughter, but they just have to realize that they can't protect us forever. You know that Scorpius isn't like his father, and I think your dad knows that, too. He just doesn't want to believe that you're in a relationship yet."
"But he was fine with Jacob," I protested.
"I think that he knew that it wasn't going to be long," she answered me. "By the way that Hugo described you're relationship with Scorpius, he's understanding that it's a bit more serious, and to him, you're still that shy eleven year old just getting on the train for the first time."
"I guess," I shrugged. "But my dad tends to overreact about things. I mean, I knew that he was going to disapprove from the start. That's why no one knew but Albus."
"According to your Aunt Ginny, he's always been a bit overprotective. Don't take this so personally, he'll get over it," she consoled me. "It might just take a little longer because of who it is, that's all."
I shook my head. "Stupid school prejudices. You know, I always hated Romeo and Juliet. It wasn't a very good story."
"Well, you are not exactly Juliet," Victiore said. "And he isn't exactly Romeo."
"Thank Merlin for that," I said. "Or else we might both end up dead."
"Oh, I highly doubt that," she said.
