How can something so right, go so wrong… (got me feeling….got me feeling like this)
How can something so right, go so wrong
-Lil' Wayne
Chapter 10--
Rose's POV
I'm sitting casually in the common room right after the wonderful Hogsmead day. When, suddenly James is standing over me, Scor, Al, and Z, glaring at me and Al. "Family meeting" he says, and I just roll my eyes. James likes to think he's cool because he's the oldest of the cousins at Hogwarts this year. Al doesn't pay any attention either, so James suddenly reaches down, grabs both our hands and drags us to where Lily and Hugo are already sitting.
James continues to talk about really important things; but I'll just fast forward them now because I want to get to the part of the evening when Scor asks me out. So, anyway, after Al and I return to our table that Z and Scor are currently occupying, thinking about many things, I sit down and pick up my favorite book Pride and Prejudice. It's a Muggle book that both my mum and Z love and I really like it too. Z is acting suspiciously and asks Al to go to some random corner of the room almost as soon as he sits down.
I stop paying attention to them because I'm at a really intense part in the book. Suddenly, I realize Scor is talking to me. "So, Rose" he says, "I was um, wondering, ." He says really, really fast. Did he just say what I thought he said? "Sorry, I couldn't quite catch that" I say, trying do be nice and patient. I wait with bated breath for his answer.
He clears his throat, "I was kinda wondering if you wanted to go to the Halloween ball with me?" Scor asks. My breath catches. My heart starts beating rapidly. I even have to remind myself to breathe. I feel my eyes go wide and I wonder if my voice got stuck in my throat and I'd even be able to answer him. Breathe, breathe.
"I'd love to go with you, Scor" my voice says, but I am unaware that I'm actually saying it, this whole thing is so surreal "But I'm exhausted, Z kept me walking all day looking for her outfits! So, I'm off to bed," I say then I kiss him on the cheek, winks at Z, and grab my book and leave the common room. Where the hell did I pull that from?
As soon as I get to the dormitory I'm jumping up and down on my bed screaming and laughing, and just acting crazy in general. Sasha enters, looks at me disgustedly, grabs something from her bed, then leaves the dormitory again quickly. Stupid bitch, but nothing can get me down tonight. I continue my happy jumping and soon enough, Z comes in and joins me.
We talk about our dates, how great is it that she and Al are going to the ball together? Even if it is just as friends, it is a step. We laugh and sing and just have fun in general for the rest of the night.
It's amazing how fast a week can go when you're helping plan a ball. Scor and I have to help set up for the ball anyway, being prefects, but Z also needs help with her song list, stage outfit and the rest of the works.
After classes, Z and I do our homework as fast as we can so that Scor and I get to the prefects meeting on time; help organize the ball a little more, then when we return help Z pick out the songs for her song list. The song list is actually coming along, Z has decided she's going to sing 14 songs including: Stop & Erase (a special one for Sasha), single (a fun song for single people), Naturally (a cute upbeat couple song), Make you feel my love (another couple song but slower), More, Party, Angel, As a blonde, Crush, Dollhouse, Goodbye, My life would suck without you, Every time we touch, and Untouchable.
Unfortunately, all the songs on this list are subject to change. We also have to do the finishing touches on our costumes.
Anyway, I at first thought that going out with Scor would be a little awkward, but surprisingly, it wasn't. We hold hands all the time: walking to classes, under the table at dinner, and we joke around a lot like we did before. Except, now we can kiss each other on the cheek. Hopefully this will all change at the Halloween ball, where we can finally snog properly.
I told Z that I didn't want to join her on stage because I had a date for the ball and she was a little disappointed, but got over it. Now she gets to do her 14 songs and go to the ball with Al!
I wake up on the morning of the Halloween ball early. I look at the clock and groan; it's only five in the morning. I'm not usually an early riser, well I guess I am compared to Z, but compared to Z, everyone is an early riser; point is, I am never up at 5 in the morning just because.
I hop out of bed and consider waking Z up, but I know she will be really angry with me and she needs her sleep to perform tonight, so I decide against this and sit by the window, looking out into the darkness.
I hope that tonight will go well, that it won't be awkward between me and Scor, that Z's performance goes well, and Al snogs Z. On second thought, I hope Al doesn't snog Z because I bet James that it wouldn't happen before Christmas. I really don't want to loose a galleon.
Eventually, I just get bored with sitting there, looking at the darkness and head downstairs to the common room. When I get to the common room, I see a familiar blond head sitting in a comfy armchair. I sneak up behind him and then say "So, you're awake too, huh?" He jumps a little; I guess he didn't know I was behind him.
Scor looks at me and smiles "Couldn't sleep." I sigh, "Me neither." He pats his lap and I sit on top of him. We continue to talk about stupid things, as he plays with my hair, just enjoying each others company. I look out the window and see the sun is starting to rise. I leap off Scor's lap and run to the window Scor following behind me quickly, I love watching the sun rise and set, the colors of the sky are just so beautiful and the world looks peaceful. Scor and I watch the sun rise with our arms around each other's waists. Suddenly, we are startled to hear a loud thump from up by the boys dormitories.
I kiss Scor on the cheek and tell him I have to go make myself presentable for the day. "You already look presentable to me" he says, but I laugh at him, kiss him on the cheek again and head upstairs.
When I reach my dormitory, Z is already awake. "Where have you been Rosie!?!" she asks, frantic. "Downstairs with Scor, watching the sun rise and talking" I answer her question, calmly still not ready to begin the un-peaceful part of the day.
She just looks at me then says, "You guys are like an unbelievable cheesy teen romance novel." She says. "Well, thanks for that" I say sarcastically. She laughs "I mean that in the nicest way possible Rosie, you know that. I mean c'mon you're like Romeo and Juliet, your parents hated each other, now you're in lurve, and you're doing romantic things like watching the sun rise together!"
"Romeo and Juliet end up dead." I feel the need to point that out.
"Well see, that's where you're a tad different then them. Anyway, we need to set out our costumes, go down to breakfast, make sure we have everything set out for tonight, then we can eat lunch. After that, we need to set up for the ball, and I need to do my dress rehearsal and I will be your best friend forever if you watch and see if I mess up my lyrics or something. Finally, we can get ready for the ball and knock the socks off the boys thanks to how amazing we look. Oh! I almost forgot, I offered for Lily, Lauren, and Alice to come over here to get ready, but Lauren insisted that we all go to the head dormitory and use that bathroom, so we don't have to deal with Sasha, and the boys won't use it anyway."
Throughout the day, everything went according to Z's plan. We rushed downstairs, and ate some breakfast and talked with the boys a little. We all decided to meet in the Gryffindor Common room at quarter to 7 that evening. Scor, Z, and I stay behind after breakfast to transform the Hall into a ballroom. Al, the lucky git, gets to leave and go have fun doing something else.
After we're done, the Hall looks amazing. There are bats everywhere, pumpkins, the room is dark with eerie purple lighting, the stage is set, and there is going to be fog everywhere. It won't affect the eyesight because it will just hover about a half meter above the ground, but it will look really cool.
After all the prefects (and Scor) leave Z puts on her cute little dress and gives me a small performance, just so she can see how the stage is and remembers her lyrics. She didn't mess up at all, that I could tell, even though she had some criticisms for herself.
After this, we head over to the Gryffindor Tower and enter the common room. The boys are there so we say a quick hi to them, then rush upstairs to get our things to get ready. We head over to the Heads Dormitories, which is behind a painting of a girl in a violet dress. We ask politely to go inside, and she asks us who we are, and said that Lauren had said we were coming but we have to verify who we are by answering a question each from her.
In her high, tinkling voice the girl asks Z "How many inches of rain does Arizona get in one year?" Only Z would know the answer to this question, obviously no one else because she lives (part time) in Arizona. "5 inches," Z says confidently, and the girl in the violet dress smiles at her.
"That is correct, hello, Z Ross." Z and the girl in the violet dress (GIVD) exchange smiles. "Now I have a question for you" GIVD turns toward me "What is your favorite book, the real one, not the one that you tell everyone?" Ahh, I know this question, see if anyone asked me what my favorite book is I would say Hogwarts: a Revised History just to sound like my mother, but in reality, my favorite book is "Pride and Prejudice" I answer.
GIVD smiles at me, too, and says "That is also correct, hello, Rose Weasley," Then she says to both of us, "You may enter," and swings her portrait backwards so that we can enter. The Heads Common Room is magnificent. Half of the decorations are in Gold and Maroon, Gryffindor colors, but the other half are in blue and silver, Ravenclaw colors, because Frank is a Gryffindor and Lauren is a Ravenclaw.
To the left, is the corridor that leads to the Head Girl's dormitory, and there on the door, is a golden plate that says "Lauren Finnegan" on it in fancy silver script. We knock and hear Lily, Alice and Lauren say "Enter!" at different times. Z and I giggle at how silly this sounds, but enter anyway.
Lily is going to the ball solo, Owen didn't have the guts to ask her out; but never fear Z is sure that they will get a few dances in (and you know Z has The Eye). (Note the use of sarcasm). Alice is also going solo, but I think that James has something up his sleeve for her at the ball, Z is also in on it but she says it's not her secret to tell every time I ask about it. Lauren and Frank are going together because they are Head boy and head girl and they just feel that would be right (they'll use any excuse, I guess).
We girls get ready fairly quickly, it only took us around an hour and a half, and that was all 5 of us! When, we are finished we look amazing.
Lauren is dressed as a fairy, her shoulder-length chestnut colored hair straight, and her green eyes almost matching the short, mid-thigh fairy dress she is wearing. He wings are a shimmery, almost translucent green that she put a spell on so they'll occasionally flap just for fun's sake. Her make up is very natural and she is wearing little light green ballet slippers and looks adorable.
Alice looks just as gorgeous in her light blue princess dress and clear high heels. She looks like a brunette Cinderella, and I think that was the point. Except for, Alice is wearing a beautiful crown, it's not much, but it looks just right. Her eyes look exquisite, like Lauren, almost matching the color of her dress. Her light brown hair is in a fancy, curled up do, with natural makeup as well and she has a black choker necklace around her neck.
Lily looks hot. There is no other word to describe her. She's wearing a mid-thigh blood red, leather mini dress with boots to match. She's carrying a pitchfork and her long, red hair is cascading down her back. Lily's make up is sparkling red eyeliner and bronze eyes with red mascara (I wonder where she found all the red makeup) and her face is free of blemishes. Sometimes, when she smiles she even looks evil. Owen is going to love her, and I think both James and Albus will have a hissy fit when they see her.
Z looks like a model. (I should really stop hanging out with such beautiful people). She's wearing a black and gold flapper dress with black tights and pumps; she's also wearing a black headband across her forehead, a gold necklace, and a black boa. Her long, dark hair is curled to perfection, with shimmering gold highlights in it. Not blond, shimmering gold. Her eye makeup is done with a smokey eye affect, which works great with her costume and her on-stage outfit that she will have to switch into at about 7:30.
Last, but not least is me. I'm wearing a white, flowy dress beneath a black corset-looking top. The white sleeves are about shoulder length and big, and the dress ends at about mid-thigh. I'm wearing Z's black, flat, boots that end right before my knee, so it looks like I'm showing a lot of skin, but I'm not. My make up is also some what of a smokey eye, but not as dramatic as Z's. I'm wearing a pirates hate and carrying a plastic sword, to make the whole outfit more authentic. My long brown hair is in its natural waves, cascading down my back.
We scurry to the common room to meet up with the boys. We laugh as we see them: James is a teenage mutant ninja turtle, Freddie is a bunny (yes, a bunny), Frank is the muggle version of a wizard, Owen is Superman, Al is James Bond, the muggle spy, and Scor is a vampire.
Scor's wearing a black; black pants, black shoes, black shirt, black tie, and a black cape on top of it all. And looks majorly hot; swoon. The black contrasts his pale skin and blond hair and his grey eyes are staring at me.
We make fun of Freddie and James for their costume choices (apparently, they had both dared each other to wear these wonderful costumes) and then noticed that we should probably be heading down to the Great Hall.
We all skip down to the Great Hall, arm in arm, ready for the ball. We mill around for a little while, just hanging out and enjoying each other' s company; but soon Z has to leave us to get ready. At exactly 8 o' clock we hear the music begin to play and Al, Scor, Frank, Freddie, Owen, James, Lauren, Alice, Lily, and I all look towards the stage.
Z is standing there with the microphone in her hand, wearing a grey dress, about mid-thigh, black tights, and black ankle boots, with her hair still curled and her highlights still a shimmering gold.
"Ahem!" She says, scaring the shit out of Sasha, Olivia and Sophie, but I think she meant to do that. "Happy Halloween everyone!" She says as people whoop and clap excitedly. "For those of you who don't know who I am," (who doesn't know who she is?) "I am Mackenzie Ross, better known as Z. Now whose ready, to get this party started?" Every laughs, then whoops and claps again as Z begins to sing her first song, Every time we touch.
Every goes out to the dance floor, and I don't think anyone left all during Z's set. Scor and I had a fun time dancing, but I think Al felt a little left out so he went to go get a drink. Z started singing a slow song, Make You Feel My Love, and Scor and I were dancing really close, whispering to each other, and Scor leans in closer. I look at him, and my eyes dart quickly to his lips, then back to his eyes, which are unreadable. I lean in too, but just as we were about to kiss, something interrupts us.
Z had left the stage and some other random chick was on, trying to sing, which just shows how much Scor and I were paying attention. Al was slow dancing with Sasha. What??? Why on earth was he slow dancing with her? I look to Scor, alarmed and he follows my gaze, "That's not right" We both say at the same time.
Al suddenly leads Sasha over to the refreshment table, with a loving look in his eye. NO! I almost shout, he doesn't love Sasha, he loves Z! Mackenzie Elizabeth Ross, why is he dancing and looking at Sasha like that. My face must have shown my panic, because Scor puts his arm around me and squeezes my shoulder, reassuringly, "Let's go talk to him" Scor suggests. And he has to restrain me from running towards the new couple.
We approach Al and Sasha, and I say "Hey Al, hey Sasha." Both of their heads swivel to look at us at the same time. "Hey guys," Al says with a goofy smile on his face, "you guys want to know what I just figured out?" Scor and I exchange a glance, Al is acting strange "Umm…sure?" Scor asks him uncertainly.
"I'm in love with Sasha!!" Al says loudly. WHAT?!?!! WHICH BLOODY DRUG IS HE ON?!?! Scor and I scream at the same time, "WHAT?!" Al's face falls "I thought you would be happy for me, I found love!" He says as he puts his arm around Sasha, again smiling goofily, IS HE DRUNK?? "I thought you were in love with Z!" Scor says.
"NO! I'M IN LOVE WITH SASHA!! WHY CAN'T YOU GUYS JUST ACCEPT THAT?!" Al shouts at us angrily. I hear a gasp from behind us, shit. Z is standing behind us and probably didn't hear the entire conversation, but most definitely heard the last part when Al professed his love for Sasha. She sees me and Scor, but quickly turns on her heel, and runs away. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit.
Scor whispers to me "You take Z, I'll take Al." I nod at him in understanding, squeeze his hand quickly, and then I run right after Z. But, before I can make it to her, I see her talking to Ben Armstrong. I watch from afar, not being able to hear the conversation. Ben smiles, and then takes Z out to the dance floor and they begin to dance. The fast song ends, and Ben just smiles wider, and pulls Z close to them, so that they're bodies are pressed together, slow dancing. NO! I'm screaming in my head again. THIS IS NOT HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN! Ben leans in close to Z, and suddenly, they're snogging out on the dance floor for all to see.
I run back to Scor to relay the news, but before I can say anything, Scor says to me "Hurry, we have to get Al to Professor Vane, I think that Sasha slipped him a love potion!" Scor and I rush Al to Professor Vane, and she quickly confirms Scor's suspicions, she gives Al the antidote, and quickly he returns to normal.
"What happened?" he asks. We can't bring ourselves to say anything to him, so we just lead him back to the dance, where Z and Ben are still slow dancing, even when the music is faster now.
"Sasha gave you a love potion; you drank it, and professed your love for her right in front of Z." I explain to him quietly.
I wasn't sure if he had heard me, he was quiet for so long, just standing there, looking at Z and Ben together. He looks at us forlornly "I think I'm just going to go to bed," he says as he walks away slowly. I look at Scor, tears brimming in my eyes, "I hate this." I declare as soon as Al is gone.
Scor hugs me, and steers me outside, where I begin to cry. Luckily, I had thought ahead before and had cast a spell so that tears would not ruin my makeup. When I was done crying I said "I really, really hate this."
"You already said that, love" Scor says affectionately to me. "I know, that just proves how much I hate this, they're both going to be miserable." Scor nods. "I know that will be the worst part." He and I stay outside the rest of the night, holding each other, wondering how such a promising night could go so wrong.
A/N: AHH!! I'm so sorry! I really, really really hated writing this :( Thank you so so much for your reviews, keep them coming!
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