Hi, I'm Rose Weasley.
Yes, THAT Rose Weasley.
Rose Weasley, daughter of 2/3 of the Golden Trio. The War heroes, the bravest of all time, and the most famous families throughout the entire Wizarding World.
It's a huge pain in the ass.
But this time you're going to hear MY story.
Before we get into that, let me tell you a little bit about myself.
I am one of the brightest witches of my age. (Thanks to my mom)
I have a bit of a temper. (Thanks to my dad)
I'm 5'2, with auburn curly hair and too many freckles to count.
I have one brother, Hugo. While we share our dad's vapid temper, he does not hold true to our moms intelligence. But he exceeds that by being a Quidditch prodigy.
My best friends are Albus Potter, Alice Longbottom, and... well the list goes on and on.
Don't be fooled by the family name and what you've heard.
Although I've been portrayed as a quiet bookworm by the press. I've been known to pack a punch.
Don't worry I'm not a wild child like my cousin James or anything. But I'm not as innocent as you'd think.
Even I have secrets.
And if you listen to my story you'll know that I have quite a few...
Dirty.
Little.
Secrets.
I had awoken in a field with nothing but the sun blinding my eyes, I looked around to see nothing but nature and creatures roaming around me. A small bunny had come up to greet me. I pet it softly as I brought it into my lap.
Suddenly there was the sound of a stick breaking, as if something had stepped on it. The bunny in my lap ran away in fear and I was left alone. I looked far in front of me to see a tall figure approaching me. I could make out the rest of him but not his face. His face was a mystery.
He stood in front of me with no expression, he was shirtless and wearing leaves for shorts that entangle him like a pair of boxers, his blonde hair was messily cut short. It was only seconds later that he reached out his strong hand to me, needing me to come with him. I took his hand and followed the beautiful stranger. He led me to this gigantic tree not far away from us, neither of us said a word.
It was when we were under the tree that the man pushed me against it and began kissing me passionately.
He began lifting up my dress slowly.
"Rose!"
I woke up sweaty and confused. I was sitting up now looking around for the voice who called me.
"Come eat! You're going to be late for the train!" My mother yelled for me from downstairs.
I was in my childhood home about to leave.
I've always had vivid dreams but this one was different.
Damnit who was that man? I thought about laying back down in a huff.
It all started on the Hogwarts express during the beginning of 6th year.
We had just said goodbye to our parents and I started looking for the rest of my cousins. This wouldn't be too hard given our trademark Weasley red locks nearly everyone in our family has. Give or take a few.
After a few failed attempts me and Hugo finally spotted the rest of the family shoved into one cart. To the right was James and Fred talking about some quidditch game, then there was Roxanne and Dominique arguing about something in French, Roxy forced Dom to teach her French so they would always have their "own language".
Squeezed in at the end was Molly quietly reading a book by herself. Across from them was Lily and Albus talking about Merlin knows what.
And there he is... the fucking bane of my existence
Scorpius. Fucking. Malfoy
You would think after being Al's best friend for so many years, there would be some sort of decline in my hatred for him.
But no.
I can't remember a single time we've been civil to each other.
With Hugo quickly sitting next to Lily I had no other choices but to sit next to him, but don't think I was going to cave in that easily.
"Albus. Would you be so kind as to scoot over? There seems to be a big blonde stain on this side" I said
"C'mon Rosie it's not a big deal. For Merlin's sake can this year be the year you two try and get along" Albus replied
"Honestly it's about time you grew up" James chimed in looking at Scorpius.
"Why are you looking at me? She's the one who started it" Scorpius finally said something in a deeper voice than I remembered.
"Well you haven't exactly been a gentleman throughout the years now have you." James retorted
"Whatever" Scorpius simply stated
We all sat in silence for a few seconds. I still refused to sit next to him after his rude comment. Not that I haven't heard it all before.
"Well." I finally broke the silence
"Either you suck it up and sit down or you can continue your weird protest. I'm not putting up with your guy's shit this year" Albus said firmly
Completely flabbergasted, I decided not to give him the satisfaction of shutting me up.
"Then I guess I will go for a stroll then. I can see where I'm not wanted" I turned around and left the compartment.
How dare Albus put me on the spot like that! It is so unlike him to speak to me like that. He should know better than to ask me to drop such a thing. After years of torment from that death eater spawn, you'd wonder why he'd stay friends with that ferret. Whatever, I'll deal with Al later. I wanted to stretch my legs anyway.
I decided to go to the bathroom before I searched for my friends.
When I finished my business I decided to search through the compartments. As I kept walking, a long leg stopped me in my place. My eyes traveled up the denim covered leg to meet a pair of strong pale arms crossed into each other. They flexed as soon as my eyes laid on them. I was swept up in disappointment once I saw the owner of them. Malfoy was standing there all alone with no one in sight.
"Fancy a chat?" He spoke
"I have nothing to say to you ferret. Now if you'd kindly piss off. I'd like to get on my way" I spat back
"Not before I say this" he stood up straight and completely blocked off an escape route.
Wait.
When did he get so... muscular.
"Now I know it's no surprise that we haven't exactly been friends during our time here" he said flatly
God when did he get so tall?
"But I think we both owe it to Albus to try and get along" he avoids meeting my eyes as he knew being subtle to me was foreign.
Wait?!
Was his jaw always that defined? You could cut glass with those.
"I'm not saying we have to be best friends but we could at least fake it for him" he continued
And that smell. He smells so... masculine.
What am I saying?!
" It would certainly do me good as I would like time to focus on my studies. I hear Head-boy gets his own dorm" he was so vulnerable and I was too distracted by his appearance to completely hear what he was saying.
"So can we agree on that?" He finished up
"What?" I said trying to look anywhere but down.
"To fake it" he said "this way we'll give Al a break"
I snapped back into reality. Malfoy all of a sudden wanted to be nice to me! Was he really calling a truce after all this time?
" What's up with this little interrogation? Did Al put you up to this" I said finally grasping the situation
"He simply told me to make an effort, but it was my idea to talk to you. I mean we are too old for these games" he said very matter of factly
"Huh?Who are you and what have you done to that terrible boy who hexed me before even meeting me that very first night? "I stated coldly
" Times change Weasley. People change." He stated
" Oh please you couldn't be nice to me even if your life depended on it" I spat.
" I never said I was going to be nice."
" Then what's the point of this conversation?"
" To give Al a break. And I don't know about you but me and Al's friendship means more to me then our feud" he finished up
I couldn't argue against that. It was also his vulnerability that kept me silent.
"I'll think about it." I rolled my eyes.
And with that he moved back to his place against the wall. As I was about to walk forward he pushed his hand out in front of me and stopped me in my place. I was so shocked I completely froze in place and felt the tingles shoot through my stomach where his big hand laid.
"Oh and just so you know. My eyes are up here" he said as he removed his hand from my front and brushed past me towards the compartment.
Still shocked with the the feeling of his hand still on me it took a lot out of me to turn around.
" Wait I wasn't..." but he wasn't there anymore.
As if he disappeared.
What the fuck?!
What was wrong with me! I swear I have never thought of Malfoy like that. I mean sure I could never deny he wasn't attractive but I guess I never really looked at him like that.
He was handsome now. Not just cute. He was attractive. When did he turn into a man?
Did he really mean what he said about people changing? Maybe he's maturing. That or he's finally bored with our fighting.
Why didn't I think about confronting his childish behavior first? FUCK!
Oh fuck off I'm 17, British, and my father is Ron Weasley. Are you really surprised that I cuss?
NO. He can't just tell me to suck it up after years of torture. He's got another thing coming if he thinks he can just ignore me.
And what the fuck was that with the touching? He has never touched me unless it was to block a slap.
Regardless, I was NOT looking at him like that.
Okay. I was totally looking at him like that.
But WHO CARES.
It's not like I'd ever be interested in that foul-mouthed lonesome little cockroa...
"Hey Rosie. You okay?" My best friend Alice Longbottom snapped me out of my thinking rant.
"Yea sorry. I was just thinking about this year" I lied
"I know I can't wait for Quidditch season. Gryffindor is going to DESTROY all the other houses. I mean with their history..." she went on without noticing if any one else was listening
Alice was Professor Longbottom's daughter and has been my best friend for as long as I can remember. We were born merely months apart and given our parents had remained close after the war, we were inseparable.
" We get it, Allie. You don't need to go on about James. You say every year that this will be the year you shoot your shot and you never do." said my other best friend Breena Finnigan "So you better make your move or forget about it because this is the last time I want to hear about it"
Breena is the daughter of Seamus Finnigan, another close friend to my parents and an all around firecracker. We didn't meet until first year potions class when we were assigned lab partners.
I love that girl to death but she could work on being a bit more delicate.
"Don't you think that was a bit harsh?" Nova Chang said looking up from their game of Wizard Chess.
That was Nova, apparently her mom dated my Uncle Harry, but I didn't know that until a few months ago when Aunt Ginny had a few too many butter beers and ranted about Harry's "undying love for the random Chang girl". She's very vocal when she drinks.
Nova and I met on Diagon Alley while shopping for school supplies. She was reading this book about a fantastic beast and we talked the whole time we were in the store. Later I found her on the train heading to Hogwarts and she shared a boat with Alice and I on our way to the sorting ceremony. We have all been very close since then.
" Look, that's my way of saying. Actually do something. It's his last year being here and you'll never get a more perfect opportunity to make a move . So take it while you can Gorgeous cause your flower needs gardening" Breena said so casually as we all laughed.
I have always admired Breena's confidence. Not only for everything but especially when it came to her sexuality. I mean we are all comfortable talking about anything with each other but Breena was so unapologetically open that you could never hate her when she talked about sex. It was so natural to her. The other girls were just as close to being open but I must admit I'm the biggest prude out of all of us. Not that I don't want to or choose to be Abstinent or anything. I've just always waited for someone special to come along.
" Well for your information my flower has already been tended to" Alice said with a big smile on her face.
"NO!" Both girl said simultaneously
They looked at me and I slightly nodded back with a smile. She had told me as soon as it happened and it was only a week ago, she figured she saved the ink and gave the big news in person.
" To that boy from Glasgow?" Breena practically shouted
Alice nodded.
She had gotten one of those wonderful summer romances on vacation.
" Well how was it? Did it hurt?"
"Was he a gentleman?" Nova chimed in
" Hours of talking about bullshit and you tell us now!" Breena yelled
My stomach cramped. I was laughing too hard at my best friend's extreme reactions. It was like the Devil and Angel were on Alice's shoulders.
" You really put out a quick lass." Breena blurted out. She was clearly the Devil.
I laughed so hard my eyes started to swell with tears.
" Not that coming from YOU Miss. One week slag" Alice said with good intentions
" Oy! It was two weeks" Breena fought back giggling with me and Nova
" I'm proud of you Babes. Bout time" Nova said
"I know, it was good. He took me to his house and we started watching some muggle movie but then his parents left the house, we started making out and you can guess the rest" Alice said without giving too many details.
"Is that it?" said bluntly by Breena
" Yes. The first time is never good so I wasn't expecting anything mind blowing. I wasn't even expecting anything to happen" she admitted
" That's fair. I've never met anyone with a good first time story. It's always disappointing" Nova added
"One thing I noticed was he had nice hands. You know when they're not too skinny, not too fat, they're just nice and slender. He had those. The perfect man hands" Alice pointed out
"Oh yes you can tell a lot about a man by looking at his hands" said Nova
"What's most important is how they feel" laughed Breena
Now that was something I can relate to with the girls , so my laugh wasn't fake. But I never took into account how important hands were.
What if they were too skinny or worse
TOO FAT
"All I know is I'm glad I'm not missing out on sex if it's as disappointing as it sounds" I said trying to contribute to the conversation.
"Oh dearie, trust me. Your missing out" Breena said
"Yea it's bloody great after, now you'll be ready for James" Nova said directly to Alice
"I never thought about that" Alice said with a whole new excitement in her eyes
" Can we please stop talking about my cousin like that. I'm going to hurl." I panicked trying to avoid hearing details about James
"We'll hold it in dearie until after dinner cause I can already see the lanterns from here" Breena said looked out the window
As we reached Hogwarts reality began to slowly kick in again as I remember what happened earlier with Scorpius. My anger began to bubble inside of me again. I'm going to have to give that boy a piece of my mind. He had no right to accuse me of oggling at him or request that I drop our history. Next time he sees me he'll be getting an ear full.