Why Scorpius Loves and Hates Rose Weasley From A to Z

AN: This takes place in fourth year... that's it.

EDIT: lol, no it's not. I'm editing my stuff. Just so you see some of Rosie's side.

Disclaimer: If I was JK Rowling. Which I am not. What the hell would I be doing here? Honestly.

C is for Control

Rose Weasley doesn't cry. Ever.

That's not true. There was the time Nicholas Corner dumped her, which doesn't count, and then that one other time he'll explain later.

He hates how she has such a control over her emotions. He goes in and out of... fancying her and hating her every single day and she just looks at him with a mask of cool indifference, one that he wished he could rival.

She treats him like he's two feet tall when he's probably two feet taller then her. And although Albus swears she has a crush on him, he just can't believe it.

He remembers one of their most intimate encounters, in fourth year. The Yule Ball. Albus managed to go with Caroline Zither, one of Rose's girl friends and Scorpius with Minnie Brown.

Yeah.

That was back when she had an unhealthy obsession with Lorcan Scamander. Both twins were fascinating, having skipped a grade, for being so bloody smart and being the sons of Luna Lovegood. But Minnie was invested in Lorcan, leaving Lysander alone. Wasn't he lucky.

She asked him to the Yule Ball nonchalantly in the library, watching Lorcan laugh with Rose. He had no other option, because Minnie was nothing short of a life-ruining psychopathic exaggerator, which made the deal sweeter than it actually was.

She spent most of the night looking at Lorcan and Rose, they went as friends, dancing. He sat next to her and held her wrap. Al glanced over at him sometimes with pity and Scorpius shrugged. Rose and Lorcan danced together for most of the night, laughing, talking whatever. It's not like he noticed. Or cared. Not at all.

Then Albus did something that reminded Scorpius why he was the best mate a guy could have. He pushed Rose to dance with someone other than Lorcan, who looked more tired and dreamier than usual. He also looked slightly creeped out. Anyway, that person was him.

He doesn't think Minnie even noticed when Rose, begrudgingly but persuaded by Caroline and Al, asked him if he wanted to put down the pretty wrap and dance. He's glad she didn't.

And then he doesn't know what happened. They both clicked. She let her guard down for a second and it seemed to like staying down. So he went with it. He didn't remember all the weird stuff they said (lying), he just remembers that he learned more about Rose Weasley in that long dance then being rivals with her for the past four years.

And it was weird, as she laughed so hard it turned silent as they giggled at Hagrid and Professor Longbottom attempting a Muggle dance called the Macaroni or something. Then Rose smiled at him and his stomach fluttered. Which isn't Scorpius at all. Stomachs don't flutter. Especially his. Especially over a smile. Especially over her smile.

"You're alright." she said quietly and he smiled at her back.

And he wishes he could tell you they hit a point in their odd relationship that made everything better and rainbows but... no. That did not happen.

Rose went back to being Rose, he was back to being two feet tall. Everything they shared was forgotten, the fact that he was alright changed when he scored higher on a Potions quiz,which she seemed more upset about then usual. But alas, the rivalry was back on.

And he hated that Rose had those guards, those stupid walls. He hated how she couldn't let herself feel. She loved control. He hated when she had it.

The first time he sees Rose cry was later in fourth year. It's also the last time, he's seen her cry inside Hogwarts but...

Anyway, he and Rose were in Herbology. She was sitting next to Lorcan and her other friend, Caroline. Now that he thinks back at that day, he does remember Aaron Zabini glaring at Lorcan a bit. It was after Lorcan rejected Minnie for the fifth time. She was beyond mad. Aaron was her ex-boyfriend.

Lorcan just stared into space, and since Professor Longbottom knew Luna, he let this slide, knowing that he's probably retaining more information then the ones staring at him.

And then when they let out of class, Caroline and Rose waited for Lorcan. In retrospect, he looked tired, haggard, like he hadn't slept in months. He waved them on, mumbling words Scorpius couldn't hear. Caroline and Rose giggled out, Scorpius a few steps behind.

It was lunchtime and he sat with Albus at the Ravenclaw table. He didn't notice that Lorcan wasn't sitting in his usual spot next to his twin, Lysander. Lysander was chatting wildly to Lily, a Gryffindor but that didn't really matter. No one stuck to their House table these days.

And then, Roxanne, who was a prefect at the time came into the Gryffindor common room, looking pale and shaken. Scorpius was there, helping Albus and Lily with Charms homework. Fred jumped up and Roxanne swallowed as Rose and Caroline came into the common room.

"Has anyone seen Lorcan?" Rose said, nonchalantly.

Roxanne opens her mouth, but then shuts it, clamping down on the words she was about to blurt out.

"Rox, have you seen him? The little flake was supposed to help me with my Herbology homework, the genius." she smiled.

Roxanne couldn't hold it. "Caroline. Rose. Madam Pomfrey says..."

Caroline looked up from chatting with Al. Scorpius looked up from his book.

"... she says, he's requesting you both." Roxanne finishes, her eyes wet.

Rose pales. All the red on her face drains, all her freckles suddenly disappearing. Caroline looks worried, terrified beyond belief as her breath hitches. Al rubs her back.

"Where is he? Why is he with Madam Pomfrey?" Caroline says quietly and Roxanne looks down. Fred squeezes her hand. It's quiet for a full second before she opens her mouth again.

"He was... beat up, I guess. They, I think Zabini and Crabbe, caught him outside of class and they just... hurt him. He was unconscious."

And then Roxanne was quiet. Al put his arms around Caroline, who burst into silent tears. Rose just stood there, horrified. Then her face screwed up. And she started to breathe heavily, as if she was suffocating. And there they were, tears that burst violently out of her sockets and she ran outside the common room.

And he felt it. She had finally lost control, even if just for a little bit.

She didn't go see Lorcan at once.

Caroline and Al did immediately. Hugo said that Lorcan wanted Rose badly, even when he was in his unconscious state. Hugo recounted the chilling experience of finding him with a bloody broken nose and Hugo he had... 'GAY' faintly scarred into his hand. They hadn't finished the permanent full job by the time he and Roxy came.

Caroline was very sad, but at least she had Al. Rose had a lot of friends, but not a lot of best friends. Caroline was out because she was a wreck and Lorcan was even more a wreck. She was very much alone.

Scorpius sometimes saw her staring at a random book at a random page in the library, wet tears piercing the book's pages one by one.

He couldn't stand it. How many times would he comfort an unstable Rose? He didn't know then, but many. She made his hectic life seem like a silly soap opera his mom would watch, but in English.

And he didn't say anything to Rose when he sat down and turned the page for her, one day.

He didn't love her because she was weeping. How sadistic is that? He loved her because she just proved she wasn't some robot. She was real, right now. She was feeling, somewhat healing. And he didn't like that she masked all of that most of the time.

"He's going to be alright." he said as she stared at that page. He turned it to the next one. "So will you."

She visited Lorcan the next day.

Hmm... I'm starting to think I mention Lorcan too much. I do, don't I? I'll stop.

But this really happened to me. One of my best friends is gay and after our school dance last year, where he danced with me, he was beat up by some assholes who I would hex into oblivion if I was a witch.

Rose's reaction is his twin sister's and mine was more Caroline. I got through it only because of my best friend Cameron.

Plus, Scorpius is too perfect. Too Gary-Stu. Bleh, I need to make him do something wrong for once.