Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with Harry Potter except the OC's
The past week had brought along stolen glances, quick smiles and harmless flirting between herself and Scorpius. It seemed that no one had actually noticed for they were so engrossed in the difficult assignments and the upcoming match.
The combination of tiring defence against the dark arts essays, ancient runes assignments and quidditch training had Rose gladly accepting a relaxing Saturday morning of the Ravenclaw Vs Slytherin match. Being the first match of the season meant that most of the first years were eager to show their house pride.
Being a weekend meant that the students were allowed to wear their own clothes, however most of the Slytherins and Ravenclaw's were adorned in their house colours. Even a few of the slightly older students showed their support for Rose spotted the Scamander twins, Lorcan and Lysander helping to charm the large eagles of their house banner.
As she walked down the length of the great hall she was barely able to dodge the pair of Slytherin second years as they raced out the large double doors with a large emerald green banner trailing behind them. She frowned in response before heading to find a space to sit, with the impending match most of the large tables were dominated by large banners and posters.
Glancing down to the Gryffindor table she spotted her roomates (well the ones she actually tolerated) animatedly chatting about something or the other. Rose hadn't been on speaking terms with Suzanne for over two weeks and due to her close friendship with Kaylee, she too had stopped speaking. Rose knew she was stubborn and so was Suzanne however Rose decided to swallow her pride since she was the one to start the argument after all.
Taking a deep breath she walked over to the pair, she didn't have to wait too long before Kaylee had spotted her a small smile on her face and was glancing between the two girls as if worried about a possible confrontation.
"You mind if I join you?" Rose asked with a small yet hopeful smile.
Kaylee glanced to Suzanne who stared Rose down for a moment before nodding.
"It is a free country" Suzanne muttered. She carefully sat down next to Kaylee, being the slightly laid back of the Gryffindor girls she would be able to talk things down if they got out of hand.
"Its pretty quiet in our room" Rose pointed out after the short silence. Kaylee nodded in agreement, she turned to Suzanne who seemed to be contemplating the statement before she too nodded.
"Pretty boring too, especially since you aren't there to smash Jodie's face in" Suzanne added with a small laugh.
Rose snorted in response, of course Suzanne would bring up the fight with Jodie after all they all had a mutual dislike of her. She sighed before taking a sip of her pumpkin juice, she was never good at apologies they weren't exactly her thing.
"Perhaps I was a little harsh snapping at you like that" Rose stated as she gently swirled around her goblet.
Suzanne hummed in thought "I've missed talking with you too. Even if you are an insufferable git" She added with a grin.
Rose shook her head with disbelief whilst Kaylee grinned at both girls in turn "Isn't this nice, the three of us talking again like normal human beings" She said with a wide smile.
"I would hardly call you lot normal…" Suzanne quipped before Kaylee tossed a piece of toast at her in response.
Rose smiled, at least one aspect of her life was back on track all she needed to do now was talk to Scorpius about the kiss and talk like adults about the situation. The girls soon started talking about the upcoming match, with it being the first of season it brought a lot of excitement to the spectating students. Rose however was half listening for her thoughts were placed on a particular Slytherin team captain.
She quickly noticed Saoirse Finnegan adorned in her quidditch robes and a frown on her face while Mimi trailed behind her holding what appeared to be a neon green banner with the words 'GO SLYTHERIN' printed across with block capitals. Of course in typical Mimi fashion, sparkling forest green glitter filled the banner and the 'I' of 'Slytherin' was dotted with a large heart.
"That's the wrong shade of green…" Saoirse pointed out a look of distaste clear as she stared at the banner.
Mimi frowned before holding it up to the sunlight with a slight frown "It's still green" She tried however Saoirse's frown wasn't disappearing.
"But the wrong shade" Saoirse spat as she poked at the banner, large clumps of glitter fell to the floor and the large snake decorating the majority of the banner hissed in protest.
"How else will you be able to see it?" Mimi asked with childlike innocence. It was almost hard to believe that she was the older of the Finnegan sisters with her innocence and optimistic personality.
"Just fix it" Saoirse hissed before abruptly turning away. Rose watched with sympathy as Mimi sat down with a loud sigh and both Suzanne and Kaylee watched with worried expressions.
"Wonder what got her knickers in a twist" Suzanne muttered before Kaylee sent her a glare.
Mimi smiled slightly before poking at the bright neon green banner with her wand, it was much of an eyesore in Rose's opinion however it was likely to stand out against the emerald green of the rest of the slytherin banners.
"She was probably just nervous" Rose tried to reason, she knew how it felt to play a quidditch match and especially being the first of the season meant that both teams had to play their best in order to stand a good chance at winning the cup at the end of the season.
Mimi nodded in understanding though Rose could tell that her friend was still upset over her sister's behaviour. From what she heard the Finnegan sisters were close and rarely argued, both looked out for each other and it was obvious that they were very protective over the other almost more protective than the Weasley-Potter clan were over each other.
"Well that's more of the reason to make this the best banner ever!" Mimi exclaimed and with a few flicks of her wand the large snake on her banner was angrily hissing, a few students had turned at the sound though most of them shrugged it off at the sight of the over enthusiastic Huffelpuff.
"Shouldn't you be supporting Ravenclaw?" Kaylee asked with a smirk. Rose turned her hufflepuff friend with a raised brow, there was obviously something which she hadn't been sharing with the other girls.
"Nope," Mimi responded with a pop of the 'p' "I always support Saoirse's games" She added with a bright smile. The snake hissed in agreement and the girls took it as their cue to head down to the stands to get a good seat. There weren't going to be many Gryffindor's going to the match since their team were playing however their group always had a specific spot in the stands where they stood whenever their team wasn't playing.
"You guys want to help me with the banner?" Mimi asked with a hopefull smile. The three Gryffindor's exchanged looks of unease for they would usually not want to be caught even holding the banner of their house's sworn enemy however with the large puppy eyes of Meara Finnegan they were quickly convinced otherwise.
She was sure that she was going deaf, the combination of Mimi screaming like a banshee every time her sister hit the bludger and Kaylee swooning over the Ravenclaw team's chaser, Sam Worthington. The snake banner hissed with each goal of the slytherin team and most of the spectators of the Gryffindor stands had started to grow accustom to it.
"Look, look its Scorpius with the quaffle!" Mimi screamed as she waved her arms about in the air. The 'GO SLYTHERIN' banner fell from her grasp and she quickly grabbed it before it could fall to the ground or get lost to the howling wind.
The game was leaning towards Ravenclaw's favour and Rose was worried that if Al didn't catch the snitch and end the game soon there would be no chance of the Sytherins to win the game. Ruaridh Vodden, the Ravenlaw seeker was already on high alert, his hands grasped firmly to his broom and eyes darting the pitch in sight of the snitch. He seemed confident of his abilities and was able to evade each swing of the bludger with grace and confidence.
"Oh and there's beater Finnegan…she's rather nice when she's not frowning" Lysander Scamader commented. As the commentator of the matches he often had an interesting view however he had the tendency to go a little off subject
"I don't really like referring to last names but my friend Lily said its because the other students wont know who I'm talking about" He added almost dreamily.
Rose smiled, her eyes following the Slytherin chasers; Zabini was good able to evade the bludger with quick manoeuvres, Scorpius was quick and combined with the other two chasers was able to pass the quaffle between them with ease.
"—oh Saoirse ..,or beater Finnegan just hit the bludger towards chaser Verducci and she fell from her broom…I think she'll be fine but- oh chaser Malfoy just scored…he's pretty quick, for even I almost missed that" Lysander stated almost as if quickly coming out from a trance.
The snake loudly hissed and a few of the Gryffindoor's groaned in annoyance, among them was Jodie White.
"Why are you even here with that thing anyway?" Jodie sneered. She stared at their group as if they were no more than gum at the bottom of her shoe and Rose honestly detested her.
Kaylee instantly jumped to Mimi' defence with Suzanne by her side whilst the both of them glared daggers at Jodie.
"We're just watching the game, no trouble here" Kaylee stated in an attempted to diffuse the tension.
Jodie merely scoffed and Rose found herself scowling. Jodie was obviously after a fight, she had always been one to stir things amongst the roommates and had even gone as far to spread nasty rumours about them and their friends to the other Gryffindors.
"Well you shouldn't have that thing here…are you trying to restart the rivalry between houses?" She asked with a glare towards the Hufflepuff.
"W-what no…I'm just trying to show some support" Mimi muttered, clearly been taken aback by Jodie's statement. Jodie scoffed once more and Rose just couldn't understand why the taller girl had such a dislike to their group- particularly Mimi.
"To the wrong house…I still can't believe that your sister is one of them" Jodie sneered which caused Mimi's eyes to widen.
"Jodie you know fully well that there's no house rivalry" Kaylee stated with a firm nod. There was some house rivalry, nothing too harmless just the odd snide comment about winning the house cup at the end of the year, however there were the odd few students who obviously harboured darker feelings towards the Slytherin students. Though the teachers tried to diminish such feelings. She knew how hard it had been on Al when he had first joined Slytherin and even for Mimi's youngers sister.
"Right now you're acting childish" Rose stated with a scowl directed straight at Jodie. The taller girl matched Rose's own scowl and it had now turned into a full n glaring match between the two Gryffindor's.
"Can we just watch the game…" Mimi muttered as she grasped hold of her banner tightly, the snake hissed loudly once more signifying that the Slytherin team had once again scored however with the argument continuing to brew no one paid any attention to it.
"How dare you?!" Jodie spat before taking a step towards Rose, the redhead happily complied despite the protests of her friends and both girls quickly had their wands out for neither of them wanted a repeat of their slap fight back in the dorms.
Rose and Jodie's argument had quickly caught the attention of the surrounding students, most had turned to catch the upcoming duel whilst others had attempted to vacate.
"We do kind of have to share a room with her.." Kaylee pointed out, however this fell on deaf ears as both Gryffindor's had their wands pointed at each other.
"As a prefect I can kind of give you a detention-" Mimi stated however both girls ignored her.
"But we'll lose house points" Suzanne commented which caused Mimi to hum in thought- she didn't want to disadvantage her friends after all.
"Yes Jodie let's start a duel with all the bystanders!" Rose hissed, her wand was fully trained on the taller girl and her face had contorted to a scowl.
Jodie didn't lower her wand and her own face mirrored Rose's own anger. It was clear that neither girl was going to back down without a fight.
"We should stop before someone sees" Kaylee said with a gesture towards the small cluster of teachers who remained oblivious to the oncoming duel a few metres away from them.
Rose stared down at Jodie, the taller girl was first to lower her wand- albeit reluctantly and Rose followed suit. The girls both continued to stare at each other almost daring the other to make a move. Kaylee and Suzanne visibly relaxed however Mimi remained unconvinced that the girls' brawl had finished.
"Now" Kaylee stated with a clap of her hands "Since that's over let's watch the game like mature-"
Kaylee was abruptly cut off when Jodie had pulled out her wand and Rose was left unprepared for the hex Jodie was to send at her. There was a brief flash of blue sparks and before Rose knew it Jodie had staggered back whilst holding at her nose which by the second was quickly turning grey and elongating to replicate an elephants trunk. Glancing behind her she noticed Mimi wearing a slight frown with her wand tightly in her grasp.
The taller girl let out a nasally squeal before barging through the crowds whilst muttering a string of curse words. Rose resisted the urge to laugh however from the glare she was receiving from Kaylee she quickly covered her laughter with a cough.
"Mimi…you're a prefect…and you just hexed Jodie" Kaylee stated before the snake loudly hissed. Mimi shrugged before sheepishly fidgeting with the neon green banner, at that moment Rose felt utter gratitude towards her friend.
"She was bad mouthing the Slytherins," Mimi stated before turning to Rose "And I couldn't let her say that stuff to you…not after last time when you-"
Rose smiled before hugging her friend, everyone who knew Mimi well knew that it wasn't wise to make fun of the slytherin students around her and it seemed that she was just as protective over her friends as she was her sister.
"It's water under the bridge and besides that was a nice hex"
Mimi blushed slightly before a small smile over took her features "Just a little something I've been practicing with Augie" She muttered before tucking her wand away.
"Oh and there's Al—oh I mean Potter with the snitch which means that Slytherin wins!" Lysander exclaimed though Rose could detect the hint of sadness at his own teams' loss.
Rose was rather annoyed that she missed the best part of the match thanks to her little spat with Jodie, however she was still glad that the Slytherins came out on top. Mimi had quickly enveloped her in a tight hug and glancing down to the pitch she saw the Slytherins congratulate each other with claps to the back. The majority of the team had lost their expressionless masks and wide grins sported their faces as they reveled in their victory.
Rose was very aware of the small smile that Scorpius had plastered on his face as her cousin Al and their team mate Saoirse cheered loudly beside him.
A blush caught her once Scorpius caught her eye and it was clear to the both of them that she had been staring. He flashed her a small grin and she once again found those rather annoying butterflies returning.
The win had come to a surprise to the most of them, of course Scorpius had chastised him for his lack of belief in their team though he could tell that his friend was joking. He had dressed back into his school robes rather quickly and it was clear that his team mates were getting suspicious of where he was in such a hurry to get to.
Walking out of the boys changing rooms he spotted Meara not too far away whilst talking to her younger sister Saoirse. The girls seemed to be animatedly talking and he even spotted the beater to smile. He started to head towards them, hoping to talk to them when he noticed the Ravenlcaw captain, Vodden swagger past already dressed back in his own robes.
With liquid grace the older boy had taken a hold of one of Meara's hands and had ushered her away from her sister whilst the younger girl stared on with obvious distaste.
"I wanted to tell you…" Saoirse stated before glancing back to the couple. Al nodded sadly, he watched as Vodden draped an arm over Meara's shoulders and whispered something into her ear which caused her to lightly giggle.
"He asked her to Hogmeade weekend after the hufflepuff's practice" She added, though Al was only half listening as he watched the couple slink away and he didn't miss the smug smirk Vodden gave him once they turned a corner.
He nodded in understating, of course Meara was free to date whoever she wanted it wasn't like they were dating and they had only shared one drunken kiss after all. However that still couldn't chase away the feeling of jealousy at the way Vodden had wrapped his arms around her and the way Meara had smiled up at him.
"I'm going to keep an eye on them," Saoirse stated before abruptly walking away "He's planning on taking her to that awful tea shop" She added with a small grimace.
Al frowned wondering what the younger girl was trying to insinuate before an identical smirk had formed on his own features.
"You're not suggesting that we spy on them now Saoirse?" He asked with mock surprise. He was well aware of how protective the sisters were of each other so it wouldn't be of a surprise that she wanted to keep an eye on the couple.
"I just want to ensure that Vodden keeps those hands to himself" She stated with an added shrug "And maybe add in a little hex or too if he gets too touchy feely" She added with a smirk.
Al smiled before falling into step beside the younger girl and the pair of them headed towards the great hall.
"You are one definitely speaking my language" Al stated with a small grin though he still felt kind of down about Meara dating that Vodden.
The cold November air bit against her face and Rose had practically buried her face in her large house scarf to keep out the cold. It was too cold to be outside however the girls had convinced her to have a bit of relaxation from the large amount of assignments she had to do. They were currently walking around the lake when Kaylee suddenly gasped whilst pointing a few yards away from them.
"I bloody well knew it, she wouldn't tell me…but I knew it!" She exclaimed with her hand still outstretched. Both Rose and Suzanne followed Kaylee's line of vision with slight confusion, and Rose's own eyes widened at the sight of the Ravenclaw seeker with his arm hooked securely around Mimi's waist the two of them looking rather cosy together.
"So they're dating now?" Suzanne asked with a frown "He is rather good looking" She added almost as an after thought. Rose scoffed, though she knew that Vodden was rather sought after by the female population of the school he was rather arrogant and a little too perfect for her tastes.
"So that's where she went sneaking off to.." Rose muttered as she watched Mimi offer Vodden some fudge. Rose merely shook her head in disbelief when the head boy shook his head before Mimi popped a piece into her own mouth.
She glanced over in the opposite direction and spotted the majority of the Slytherin team walking passed, amongst them her cousin, Saoirse Finnegan and Scorpius. She smirked once she noticed the Slytherins loudly chant once they noticed Vodden however she didn't miss the look of sadness on her cousin's face. After all he had fancied Mimi for quite some time.
The team walked passed her own group, Scorpius giving her a small smile that sent a wave of warmth to her cheeks which she quickly tried to hide in her scarf. He turned back to his team and signalled for them to go on, a few of them exchanged glances before carrying on and he instanlt turned back to face her. This was it, they were going to talk it out.
She wasn't aware she had stopped walking until Kaylee and Suzanne had turned back to face her with confused glances.
"You coming?" Kaylee asked, her gaze flickering between Rose and Scorpius as if trying to put two and two together however from the look on her face she was just as confused as Suzanne.
"I'll catch you guys later in the common room" Rose promised. Kaylee nodded and walked off with Suzanne and Rose had to resist the urge to roll her eyes at the smirk the girls gave her.
She fell into step beside Scorpius, the pair of them walking about the lake in a comfortable silence. Rose was very aware of the close proximity between them, with every step their arms brushed and it caused the butterflies in her stomach to make an appearance once more.
"Well done…with the um… game" Rose said with a shy smile, she mentally cursed herself at how shy she sounded and willed her mind to get her act together around this boy.
"Thanks, though that wasn't why I wanted to talk with you" He answered with a hint of a small smirk.
The smirk was enough to relax her, though she had an inkling of what he wanted to talk about.
"Then talk," She said with a smile "Lets get this over with"
He smirked once more at her blunt statement before turning to face her, she gave him a soft smile as if reassuring him to continue and inhaled sharply.
"There's something…something between us" He stated.
She nodded in agreement whilst biting her bottom lip, there was no denying the…the something that there was between the two of them.
"We should take it slow. Figure things out" Rose added with a nod. Scorpius nodded in agreement as if he had the same thoughts in his own mind.
"So what is it between us then?" Scorpius asked with a raised brow.
Rose shrugged, it was too early to put a label on this relationship yet it seemed that they both wanted to know where they stood with each other. She hummed in thought before the perfect term came to mind.
"A something…we're a something" She said with a grin. Scorpius stared blankly at her before a grin overtook his features, he shook his head in disbelief before turning back to face her.
"That's good enough for now," He confirmed, the remnants of his amusement clear on his face "Perhaps we can take our something to Hogmseade?"
Her eyes widened briefly before she cocked a brow "Was that you asking me out on a date?" She asked with a grin.
"I don't know, am I?" He quipped with his own brow raised. Rose frowned before lightly slapping him on the arm, though he didn't seem to take any notice.
"So it's a date" Rose asked with a smile and it only widened when Scorpius nodded.
"A date" He confirmed.
So what did you think of that?
I'm not the best at writing quidditch matches and all that so hopefully that wasn't too much of an eye sore.
Stay tuned for the next chapter where Rose and Scorpius have their secret date, Al and Saoirse go spying and the snow starts to fall.
JustAnotherFairy :)