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Chapter Four: Quidditch Scorpius's POV

We were in Defense Againts the Darks Arts that next week. Neal shot us dirty looks everytime he looked mine and Rosies way. Tensions were high between the two of us and him. The week before I took Roise to Hogsmead, and unfortunately, Neal had gone too. He saw us in the Three Broomsticks, and had flipped. We had detention with him every night next week. Of course James and Fred had been incredibly proud of me and Rosie, our parents however had been furious. Mostly our mothers had been barking mad. We'd both recieved howlers about how immature it was, how our fathers were working hard to protect us, and we'd gone and been selfish by putting ourselves in danger. Rosie had been pissed that they were allowed to risk their lives as teens, and yet when me and her went on one trip to Hogsmead, it was like the end of the world. She'd ranted for hours to me. But I didn't mind, I liked the sound of her voice, the way she talked, the fierceness in her eyes and the passion-

No. It was those thoughts exactly that were bound to get me in trouble. Ever sense the beggining of this year, I'd been thinking about Rosie more than usual, and in ways one shouldn't think about their bestfriend. It was her or Quidditch that was always on my mind. What Danny now refered to as the 'Lake incident', had been a turning point for me. I fancied Rose. Rose Weasley. Rose Bloody Weasley.

I'd nearly blown it at the lake. I got too close, I had almost kissed her for merlins sake! I'd nearly ruined everything. The look on her face when I was getting closer killed me. She looked scared almost, that I would kiss her. I'd been pissed when Danny broke it up, but in some ways, I owed it to him. If I had kissed her, I'd have lost my bestfriend forever. She didn't like me, that was what I knew for sure. How could she? She was Rose Weasley, 'it girl' of Hogwarts. Mrs. Popularity, and the captain of the crazy shipwreck that was my heart.

So I'd decided the best thing to do was ignore my feelings, and eventually they'd go away. That was always the smart thing to do, right? Maybe under different circumstances, I'd make a move, or try something. But Rosie wasn't just some slag that would fall for the charm that is Scorpius Malfoy. She was so much more than that. She was independent, and she saw right through me and every other guy who tried with their pointless flirting.

So when it came down to it, I was going to ignore my feelings, and just be Rosie's bestfriend. That was as close to her as I could be without risking our friendship.

I was suddenly elbowed in the gut "Malfoy!" I looked around. Rose had just elbowed me, and everyone else was staring at me, with the exception of Professor Neal, who was glaring at me.

"What?" I asked dazed.

"Look Malfoy, you may find yourself above paying attention in my class, but I do not care. You and your little friends may think you can waltz around the school like you own it, but I've got news for you. You don't. Ten points from Gryffindor. And if I find you day dreaming again in my class, it'll be a weeks detention. Do I make myself clear?" Neal hissed, the vein in his forehead popping, and pure enjoyment in his eyes. I nodded, getting hostile. "Good. Now back to stunning spells, I know..." I dazed off again. Probably not the best idea, but D.A.D.A. wasn't one of my strong points. Muggle studies was my passion. Rosie thought I was nuts to take the subject, that didn't stop her from taking it with me though. The bell rang.

"Eight inches of parchment tonight on the effects of stunning spells placed on animals, and the difference it makes with size." Said Neal as everyone riffled through their papers and organized their bags. I stood up, Rosie stood with me aloing with Al and Peter.

"Finally! Lunch!" Rosie exclaimed starting for the door. I grinnned at her. She was a Wealsey, the big appetite was expected. What wasn't expected was the fact that she was shorter than most fourth and third years, and weighed as much as some second years. She was ridiculously skinny, and she ate all the time. I didn't get it. I grabbed my bag and me Al, and Peter followed her out. She was chatting with Lu and Danny when we got outside the class room. We'd had D.A.D.A. with Slytherins, I didn't know how Danny and Lu were already here. I shook it off as we walked over.

"Danny, Lu." Said Peter as we stopped in front of them.

"Pete, good to see you, question aboout the Astonomy homework..." Started Danny, but I tuned them out.

"...She was carted out of class. Her parents were murdered." Said Lu, tears in her eyes.

"What?" Said Al, eyes wide, "Whos parents were mur-murdered?"

"Emily Lewis. Her little sister was killed too. They found the bodies this morning. She was carted out during Care for Magical Creatures last period. Shes a wreck." Lu said sadly. Emily Lewis was a Hufflepuff in our year. I'd never really talked to her much though. I knew her an Rosie talked in Muggle studies sometimes though.

"Thats horrible." Said Rosie shaking her head. I nodded. Everyone was silent for a few minutes. The corridor was almost empty by the time everyonne came out of their thoughts.

"We should get going. We'll be late for Lunch." Al said "I need to find Art anyway." I raised my eyebrows at him. I knew he had a thing for my cousin. "Shut up you prat, not like that."

I laughed "Look, if you like Artie, thats fine man, but you hurt my cousin-"

"I could say the same thing to you." Al interjected. My jaw dropped. He did not just say that. My cheeks flushed, and Rosie shuffled her feet not looking at anyone. Lucy grinned.

"Thats completely...that just doesn't even...go to lunch Al." I said weakly. He nodded smugly and Peter, Danny, and Lu followed him to lunch.

I looked at Rosie. She was adjusting the strap on her bag. "You shouldn't listen to my cousins, or Danny for that matter, their all..."

"Mental?" I suggested. She smiled at me. "Lunch?" I asked.

"Yeah. Quidditch is starting up soon, first games in two weeks, you excited?" She asked brightening up as we started on our way for the great hall.

"Of course! Gryffindor is going to murder Hufflepuff."

"We always do! I'm more concerned about destroying Tant and his stupid ugly face." She said smashing her fist into her other hand. I laughed, and then sighed. I knew she hated Tant with a passion, but that didn't stop me from getting jealous over the fact that he fancied her.

"You do suppose we'll win?" I asked. We'd lost our Keeper, and a Chaser this year. Zach Zehn, our captain and Keeper was Dominiques boyfriend, and Tammy Thomas, had been a chaser, and Domm's best friend, and Pearls older sister. They'd been replaced by Andrew Moonch, a sixth year, and Tia Kelly, a seventh year. They weren't brilliant, but Andrew really wasn't that bad at all. James had replaced Zach as Quidditch captain, he'd been thrilled, we heard about it all the time during practice.

"Of course we'll win." She said arrogantly.

"Yeah, I know, before game jitters I guess."

"The games not for two weeks!" She exclaimed

"You know I freak out, even a few days before games!"

"Yeah, your right." She started to laugh "Remember our first game ever? You were a wreck. It was so funny, I thought you were going to puke...Uhh your right, it was pretty bad..." She mumbled off incoherantly after seeing the look I was shooting her. The first game we played, I'd fallen off my broom after diving to try and catch the snitch. I'd gotten it, but I'd also broken a rib and fractured my wrist. I had to spend four nights in the hospital wing with Madam Barkley force feeding me discusting potions and medicines.

"Mhm." I said shortly. Out of the corner of my eye I saw her bring her hand up to her mouth to stop from laughing. I rolled my eyes.

We'd reached the great hall. We made our way to Gryffindor table, Al waved at us a we went by the Slytherin table and Danny shouted something unintelligable, due to his mouth full of food. Rosie laughed and I just shook my head before continuing on. James was snogging some Hufflepuff girl whos name I thought was Rachel when we sat down. Fred and Roxy were having one of their silent fights. They did this weird thing where they practicully talked to eachother inside their heads. Creepy. I grabbed some mashed potatoes and a sandwich. "So Rosie, Divination next." I said sipping some pumpkin juice.

"I know." She said looking up, a smile stretching across her face "I hate Trelawney, but the class is a blast."

Divination was the only class we had with most of our friends. Me, Rose, Danny, Cody, Art, Lu, Al, Don, Jen, Peter, Lorcan, Lysander, and Pearl made up a fourth of the class. There was always something either blowing up, or a joke being cracked. The only ones who'd never been kicked out before were Lysander, Pearl, Peter, and Lu. Danny and Lorcan got kicked out almost on a regular basis, for 'Clouding the inner eye'.

"I know, Danny said he's got a plan to sabotage this class too." I said grinning.

"Of course he does, you'd swear the only thing he does is think up plans to destroy other childrens learning time." She replied. I laughed nodding.

"If the thought of a spell makes you laugh for more than fifteen seconds, you are to assume you can't use Mr. Lifeing, how many times must I tell you?" Said Mcgonagall leading a laughing Danny from the great hall. Speak of the devil. He shot us a grin when he saw me and Rosie. We grinned back.

"Theres no way the kids going to make it through another three years here." Cody said sitting down next to me and Jen sat down across from us.

"No dip. He's a horrible influence, the kids lucky he's got charm, cause' he's a right menace." Jen said getting some sweet potatos.

"The only class he never fools around in is Herbology, merlin knows why." Rose said.

"You know why, he's got some weird respect for Longbottom." I said rolling my eyes. Danny never messed around in Herbology. The one place where you could screw with plants, and the most twitchy teacher, and the kid always paid attention. I'd never understand how the kids mind worked. Then again I didn't want to. I'd known him sense we were six. His parents and mine worked together. We'd met one day when I went to work with my mum, and he went to work with his dad. Ever sense, we'd been mates.

"Hey, Malfoy." Whispered a voice from behind me. I flinched. Tant. Stupid. Git. Idiot. Prat. Loser- "Malfoy!" He hissed again. I whipped around.

"What!" I sneered, he sat at his table right behind us. He had a joyous grin plastered on his great ugly face.

"I hear their checking out suspected death eaters these days. Tell me, when do they plan on checking your dormitory?" He said icily holding up a newspaper.

I snatched up the abandoned newspaper beside me and looked at the front page. The headline said "Death eaters Are they Back?' 'Suspected deatheater Draco Malfoy's Manor was check in the late hours of the night. Could this make trouble for Draco...' I stopped reading. My stomache dropped. Great, just what I need, ridicule. It doesn't matter that my father isn't a deatheater. His name was still in the paper. People would be whispering for weeks. It wasn't until halfway through my second year that people had stopped judging me for my last name, and now it would start up again. "Were you invited to the next meeting? Not that our much of a Malfoy-" Tant sneered.

"Snuff it you stupid tosser." Rose said sharply. I stood up and started for the door. I suddenly felt very hot and crowded.

"Whats wrong Malfoy? Can't take the ridicule?" I heard Tant shout as I got to the doorway. I shoved past some second years, knocking a few down in my haste to exit the great hall. I then realized my hand was still clutching the newspaper. I threw it to the ground before taking off for the nearest empty classroom.

*Rose's POV*

I found Scorp in a classroom on the second floor. "Scorp-" I said pushing open the door to find him pacing.

"Who the hell does he think he is?" He exploded

"Your right Scorp, he was totally out of line-"

"You know, its nice to know what people are thinking though."

"No ones thinking that. He's just a prat Scorp-"

"Its exactly what people think. I'm just some weak version of my father to them."

"No your not, your strong, and sweet, and brave-"

"You don't get it do you? They don't know me, they just see some lousy Gryffindor" he said harshly turning to me.

"Whats so wrong with being a Gryffindor?" I asked weakly and slightly offended.

"I don't fit in in Gryffindor. I'm a bloody Malfoy, you know what were known for. I see the way my family and yours strays away from topics of the war" he said loudly getting fired up again.

"Scorp, my uncle died in the war, thats why were don't talk-"

"Come off it, everyone thinks I'm some lonesome Gryffindor not good enough to be in Slytherin-"

"What? You think Slytherins some glory house? You wish you'd been placed there don't you? Scorp I know you, I know who you are, you have a good heart, your kind, loyal, I know none of the shit those people think about you is true-"

"It doesn't matter what you think Rosie! They all still think of me like that, no matter what you say, or think-"

"Doesn't matter what I think? I thought best friends gave a damn what the other thought. And sense when are you so concerned about what others think? What happened to the 'I am who I am' attitude. You always told me to follow that advice. When Beth Ray picked on me for my freckles? Or Kelly Smith called me an ugly ginger in second year for two weeks straight?" I said getting pissed. I could feel my face and ears burning red. I was a Gryffindor, what was wrong with me? And how the hell did he expect me to follow his advice when he couldn't follow it himself.

"I didn't mean it like that Rosie. You know that. Theres nothing wrong with Gryffindor. But you don't get it, people expect me to be my father-"

"I do to get it! You think people don't expect little Rose Weasley to grow up and be something! I'm two-thirds part of the barking 'Golden Trio'! I'm not as spectacular as my parents! I can't outrun dragons and spiders and deatheaters! And yet everyone is under the impression I can make some change! And James started the stupid D.A. back up, like I need that bull shit-" I was cut off from my rant.

"Do you hear yourself! Your complaining because people think you'll do good! People just think I'm some killing machine programed without emotions. And this whole making a change thing, I've got a newsflash for you Rose, its time someone did make a change. You feel the need to live up to your parents reputations and yet when the opprotunities shoved down your throat you complain and fight tooth and nail not to do it." Scorp had stopped pacing and was glaring at me.

"I don't..I just.." Where did this conversation just go? One minute Scorp was complaining about Tant, and the next I'm confessing ever fear and worry that has gone through my head in the last year.

"Yeah, I get it Rose. I don't understand." Scorp sneered. His tone sharp enough to cut through me like the crucio curse. And as I felt tears well up in my eyes, I realized I didn't care about the harsh words, or the tones. The thing that made me want to cry was the fact that he'd called me Rose. A name he hadn't called me sense first year.

A/N: I know! I'm sorry I haven't updated. My only excuse is I've been busy. And I hate it when other authors take too long writing between stories, and now I'm doing it, I'm really sorry!:/ Please Review! Even if its to tell me how mad you are I'm taking so long updating!

So Scorpius and Rose are fighting. :( I had to do it. It was time we came to a ruff patch. I promise they won't stay mad for too long. How do you guys like other characters like Danny and Artie? Just wondering, so again please Review! It gives me motivation!

~Ace