AN: So this is the lat chapter that I have already written. The chapters will probably take a bit longer to come now... at least once every few weeks I hope (depending on school etc).. anyway I hope you like it :)
The train pulled into the station, and Rose jolted awake. She looked around, confused. After several seconds she realized where they were, noting that the rest of the people in her cabin had gotten up. All except for the blonde hair, extremely attractive, Scorpius, who had eyes like the ocean in the midst of a storm, eyes that were looking directly at Rose.
She looked away quickly, rubbing her cheek. After another moment Rose realized that she must have fallen asleep on Scorpius' shoulder.
"Shit." Rose cursed quietly.
"Excuse me?" Although whether or not Scorpius had actually heard what Rose said, she wasn't sure.
"Nothing, I'm sorry about falling asleep on you, I was just tired and stuff... you know." Rose could feel herself blushing, and she cursed her Weasley genes.
"You talk in your sleep, Rosie." Scorpius grinned at her wickedly, and Rose got up, quickly turning away from Scorpius to get her trunk so that he wouldn't see her continued blush.
"If I'd gotten a picture of that, it would have been great blackmail," Liam jumped into the conversation. Rose and Scorpius both turned to glare at him, and he backed away slowly, hands in the air, "Just saying..." When Rose and Scorpius continued to glare at him Liam picked up his trunk, "I can see I'm not wanted here," he ducked out of the compartment, turning back at the last second, "I'll leave you two lovebirds alone." The door slammed shut behind him before either Rose or Scorpius could say anything.
"Sorry about that. When Liam gets an idea in his head he tends to stick with it." Rose mumbled quickly as she pulled her trunk down and headed for the door. She was stopped by Scorpius' voice.
"What might have put the idea of us into his head?" Scorpius loved the way 'us' felt when he said it. The word had slid off his tongue before he could stop it, and he cursed himself for thinking of her as anything but a sister. He stood stock still while waiting to see Rose's reaction.
Rose gulped quietly. The way he had said 'us' sounded delicious in her ears, and it took her a moment to register the rest of the sentence.
"Um..." she cursed herself mentally, why had she said that? Why was Liam so stupid? "I don't know." She couldn't believe how lame that sounded. She needed to get out of there, pronto, "I'll see you at school in the fall." She left the compartment quickly, before Scorpius could say anything.
Rose kept walking quickly until she was out of the train. On the platform she stopped for a moment to locate the large blob of red heads. She spotted them almost immediately and walked forward. Her father was waiting on the outskirts of the group, an empty trolley by his side. Rose let out a cry of joy and ran forward, pulled into a bear hug by Ron Weasley.
Scorpius watched the scene from the door to the train. He grinned, glad to see the smile on Rose's face as her father swung her around. Scorpius scanned the crowd for his father's balding head or his mother's dark hair. After several minutes of searching, Scorpius heard his name being called.
He turned, expecting it to be his mother. Instead, he found himself looking at Albus' mom. She was smiling at him.
"Scorpius. Your Mom and Dad were pulled away unexpectedly. Your Mom asked me to get you to come to Godric's Hollow with us for a few days." She spoke kindly, leading Scorpius towards the rest of her family as she spoke.
"Is everything alright?" Scorpius hoped his voice sounded calm, but all he could think of was what might have happened to keep his father away, when he was usually the first person Scorpius saw when he came off the train.
"I'm afraid your Mom said something about your grandmother not being well. Your parents didn't want to upset you with seeing her the moment you got off the train." Mrs. Potter smiled kindly pulling forward a trolley for Scorpius to put his trunk on. The large crowd of Weasleys and Potters headed towards the exit, Scorpius among them.
Rose trailed behind, looking around anxiously for Carmen and Liam. She saw Albus out of the corner of her eye: he was locked in a passionate embrace with Jen. Rose kept scanning the crowd, eventually catching sight of Liam. She ran over to him, punching him the arm before he had seen her.
"Have a good summer." She smiled as he rubbed his arm. After a moment he scooped her up into a back breaking hug, and while she was gasping for air, he spoke into her ear.
"Go get him, Rose. He'd be lucky to have a girl like you." Liam put her down gently, and the two glanced around, looking for Carmen. Rose was grinning so broadly she thought her face would split. They sighted Carmen and Rose ran towards her, pulling her in for a tight hug.
"We'll write all summer, okay?" The girls smiled at each other, "You too, Liam. Or else I will come to your house and murder you myself." Carmen turned on Liam, grinning.
"What would you be wearing when you kill me?" Liam was smirking at her, his eyes sparkling. Carmen slapped his arm playfully. Carmen's mother as calling for her, and she wrapped Rose in another hug before turning to Liam.
Her hands went around his neck and his went around her waist. They hugged tight, but as Carmen was pulling away she placed a quick peck on Liam's cheek. She turned quickly and walked towards her mom. Rose glanced at Liam, who was smiling, rubbing the spot Carmen had kissed him and staring after her, dazed.
"Snap out of it," Rose snapped her fingers in front of his face, and Liam forced himself to turn away from Carmen's retreating back, "You have all summer to fantasize about Carmen. You only have now to say goodbye to me." She smiled at him and was pulled into another bone crushing hug.
After a moment she was released, and she walked away, waving goodbye over her shoulder. Rose grabbed Albus on the way out of the station dragging him behind her as he cried out a goodbye to Jen.
Finally they reached the car, and plopped themselves down inside. The car looked normal from the outside, but it had been magically expanded to fit the entire clan. Rose found herself between Albus and Nick, a Ravenclaw in the same grade as Rose who lived around the corner from them, with Scorpius sitting across from her, and Lily across from Albus.
Rose smiled a greeting at Nick who began talking animatedly about quiddich and school. She joined in, but she was only half paying attention. Mostly she was admiring how Nick had grown. He was no longer chubby boy she had known when she was five, or the skinny, stretched out boy she had known the past couple years. He had filled out; the years of quidditch finally paying off.
His arms were toned, and she was sure his chest was as well. His dark brown hair was mussed as though he had just rolled out of bed, and when he smiled his face lit up, and his green eyes twinkled.
He was nothing like the pale boy sitting across from her. Rose knew that Scorpius had no feelings toward her, while her and Nick had been playfully flirting for a good twenty minutes. She was snapped back to the rest of the group by Albus' voice.
"Whoah, when did you get here Scorp?"Albus seemed to have just realized that his best friend was there.
"Well, while you were busy with Jen, your mom told me I was coming with you. My parents got held up somewhere for a couple of days." Scorpius smirked at Albus as he spoke, while Lily cringed at the idea of Albus being 'busy' with Jen.
"Oh shove off, Score. At least we have enough for a proper game of quidditch now." Everyone got excited at that, and Al set about organizing teams. He and James, both seekers, were captains and they chose their teams from there.
Al's team consisted of himself as seeker, Roxanne and Louis as beaters, Scorpius, Molly and Victoire as chasers, and Hugo as keeper.
James' team was himself as seeker, Fred and Nick as beaters, Rose, Lily and Lucy as chasers, and Teddy as keeper.
As soon as they reached Godric's hollow, the clan tumbled out of the car, grabbing their brooms and racing towards the field in the back. They left their trunks in the car, they would apparate them to their respective houses later that night.
Ginny conjured three goal posts on either end of the pitch and pulled out a box with the balls while the teams hurried to get changed and back on the pitch. Ginny got her own broom and prepared the referee the match while Harry charmed the quiditch robes different colours according to the teams. Al's team was wearing dark purple, while James' team wore teal.
Dominique sat back in a chair to watch the match. She had never been a big fan of flying. Finally the teams rose into the air and the balls were released.
Victoire took the quaffle first, zooming around before Teddy could even get to the goals, and whipping the quaffle through. She blew a kiss at Teddy as she flew away, smiling to let him know it was nothing personal.
Teddy threw the ball to Lily, who ducked a bludger sent by Roxanne, and tossed the ball to Lucy. Lucy swerved around Molly and Victoire, throwing the ball past Scorpius to Rose. Rose grinned at Scorpius as she caught it, ducking a bludger as she zoomed to throw the ball past Hugo. He snarled at her as the quaffle went through the right hoop.
Th quaffle went back and forth several times, with several spectacular goals and shots from each side. One of the more remarkable shots was when Hugo hung upside down from his broom and knocked the quaffle away with his head.
The teams were tied 60 – 60 when James called a time out. The two teams shifted apart and landed around their captains on either end of the pitch. Nick smiled at Rose from across the circle, and she felt a light blush tinge her cheeks.
"I know some of you guys aren't used to playing together, but we need to be tighter. Rose, stick the plan, stop swerving all over the place. Te–" James was cut off abruptly.
"Have you seen the bludgers Roxanne and Louis are throwing at her? You should be glad she hasn't been knocked off her broom. Shes doing brilliant if you ask me." Rose's face went a brilliant red at Nick's words and she gave him a quick smile before fixing her eyes on the ground.
"Fair point. But If I were you, I would stop staring at my dear cousin and start paying more attention to keeping the bludgers away from her," Rose hadn't known she could go any redder until James said that. She glanced around quickly, noticing that Nick had the decency to look down, a faint bush spreading across his tanned skin.
"Ted, stop letting Victoire distract you. You can do whatever you like off the pitch, but on the pitch she isn't your wife. She is a member of the other team," Teddy grinned and nodded, "Lily and Lucy, same goes for you about what I said to Rose: stay tight, stick to the plan." Lily raised her eyes at her brother, almost as if to argue that she was doing her best, but she didn't speak.
"Fred, same for you as Nick. Start hitting some more bludgers. This isn't a game for princesses." With that they lined up and prepared for the whistle to sound, ending the time out. Nick ended up standing next to Rose. He grinned and bent down to whisper in her ear.
"But you're my princess, and you're brilliant at this game." Rose shivered and couldn't stop herself from grinning, but before she could answer, the whistle blew.
Despite James' pep talk, Albus' team was pulling ahead. When James caught sight of the snitch, they had managed to pull an entire 150 points ahead. James dove down into a spiral, Albus on his tail.
In all the excitement of sighting the snitch, most of the team had forgotten about the quaffle. Rose raced forward and snatched it from Scorpius' hands, grinning as she sped away from him. Hugo had barely noticed her moving until she was directly in front of him. She lobbed the quaffle through the left hoop, and Hugo scraped his fingers on it as it passed him.
A moment later, James swept out of a steep dive, the snitch in his hand. The six other members of his team crowded around cheering, followed by the older generation. Albus' team moaned the loss, muttering something about cheating.
Rose was in the midst of being hugged by James and Lily when Nick came up. She disentangled herself from her cousins and hugged him tightly. He spun her around, grinning. Finally, Nick set her down, but one of his hands went to hold hers. Rose took his hand comfortably as Nick led her off the field.
AN: So I hope you guys liked that :) In this case more reviews will make me write faster :P thanks for all the support so far :)
- FTLOS