i still don't own Harry Potter
This was the part where I was supposed to feel the gut wrenching pain. I had just watched one of my best mates walk away from me with a look of wrath and betrayal I had never seen before… and it was directed at me.
Unfortunately for Scorpious, I wasn't really the wallow in self-pity type. I felt my face flush with anger and my hands clench into fists.
What. The. Hell.
Everything about that conversation had been wrong. Seriously wrong.
So he may have been right about the fact that Grant was too smart to need a tutor, but hey, everyone struggled with class now and then right?
As I made my way towards Ancient Runes I knew that wasn't what was really bothering me about the fight. It was the fact that Scorpious wasn't talking to me. Since when had we not been able to be upfront and honest with each other?
So what was the real issue? He had been so angry and then all at once his cold silence had enveloped me. He was shutting me out of his thoughts and ruining what had started out as a perfectly lovely day.
Sighing, I walked into my Ancient Runes class only to be greeted by Al. With an oversized smile on his face and his hair still pretty messed up he said, "So, sorry I missed the study session and all, but you're never going to guess what I was doing!"
"More like who you were doing, right," I replied grouchily as we took our seats in the back of the classroom.
He didn't seem to notice my mood as he continued, "Mandy Belby. Mandy. Belby. Seriously Rose, Mandy freaking Belby. Can you believe it?"
"Unfortunately Al, I can since I got front row seats to the show."
Unabashedly he grinned and said, "She's so hot right? I mean she was sitting at a table and I just walked straight up to her, and I was like, 'Hey Mandy, what's up?' And then she was like, 'Hey Albus, I was just studying for an Ancient Runes exam coming up.' And I was like, 'No way me…'"
"AL," I cried. He looked at me eyes wide after being abruptly yanked out of reliving what he probably considered the greatest day of his life. "Honestly, I'm happy for you and everything, but you're babbling and the more you talk the more you sound like some giddy 13 year old girl."
He scoffed at me, "Who put flesh-eating slugs in your breakfast this morning?"
"Sorry Al. It's just you know hearing about my cousins love life isn't my favorite past-time and Scorpious and I just got into a fight."
"Oh," he said, slightly deflated. "How bad?"
"Bad," I said as I pulled out parchment and quill.
"About…?"
"I'm not entirely sure. He claims it has to do with Grant Parkinson asking me out, but I'm not entirely convinced."
Al stared at me looking slightly horrified and said, "Grant asked you out? Tell me Scorpious wasn't standing there when it happened."
I looked at him guiltily, not entirely sure why he was making this out into something bigger than it needed to be. He was making me nervous which caused me to start fidgeting uncomfortably and ask, "What? What could possibly be the big deal?"
He closed his mouth and shook his head before turning to face the front of the classroom. He eyed me out of the corner of his eyes and said, "I am so not going to get in the middle of this. You two need to work out whatever the hell the issue is because your stupid fight is putting me in a bad mood and considering who I just had a rendezvous in the library with, you and Scorpious' stupid issues should be the last thing on my mind."
I was about to try and force him to tell me everything he knew when Professor Babbling strolled in and said, "I've decided to move your exam to today. Surprise. Hope you all have been following my study plan for the last two weeks." whisper
Al groaned and as our Professor began to write instructions on the board, I whispered furiously to Al, "Tell me what you know and I will let you cheat off my paper."
He stared at me and whispered quietly, "Let me get this right. You want me to betray my best mates trust so that I can pass this test by means of cheating? Here I thought you still had a sense of moral dignity."
I rolled my eyes, "Well?"
He shook his head and said softly, "There really isn't anything to tell Rose. Scorpious hasn't said anything to me, but I guess I've just kind of figured out over the years that he isn't particularly fond of you dating, well, anyone. Makes him moody, but then again he is a Malfoy so you can never be entirely sure what's really going on inside that twit's head."
He was trying to turn it into a joke, but I just continued to stare at him, unsure of how to respond.
"So will you let me copy," he whispered frantically as Professor Babbling told us we could now begin our exam.
I looked at him momentarily confused and then said, "Oh. Yeah sure, of course."
Al looked relieved. I probably would have let him copy even if he hadn't told me anything, but now we were both going to fail because all I could think about was Scorpious and our fight.
As I replayed it over and over again in my head I began to wonder. Was it possible that Scorpious Malfoy was jealous?
Hey guys! Sorry it's been soooooo long. This month has been insane! I got my first car (yay!) and my first job (double yay!) and I have an AP exam coming up a week from tomorrow that has involved some intense studying (i can't bring myself to yay for this), but that means no more hard AP class after that test and lots more time to write (triple yay!). So anywho...
Not the most exciting chapter or my best writing, but I wanted to get something out to you guys and it's necessary for the plot and all that.
What did you think of Al?
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