5 am
Rose Weasley woke up to the same lilting music she did every day.
"mmhhmm", she sighed sleepily as she reached for the little swallow figurine that was singing and flying around. Her dad made it for her when she was 4 and she kept it still as a reminder of stroked its wings mindlessly for a bit before letting it go.
Rose then lazily rolled out of bed and into the bathroom. Once done with emptying her bladder and brushing her teeth, she grabbed the book she was in the middle of reading and crept out into the Heads' balcony. Curled up in her favourite sweater amidst the morning chill in her pillow and blanket fort, she made a mental note to end things with Nathan. She'd been trying but she couldn't see herself wanting to spend any more time with him.
It all started because the idiot twins' bet I couldn't get a bloke, anyway, she thought uncharitably, flipping a page.
7 am
Rose was so immersed in her book she lost track of time. Only when she heard Scorpius whistling to himself around their common room did she realize she was late. "Fuck", she cursed.
In a mad dash to reach her bedroom she didn't look at where she was headed and 'BAM!'.
She hit her foot against the side of the couch. "Fuck, fuck, fuckity fuck fuck", she cursed as she hopped around on one foot clutching the other for dear life.
Scorpius let out a loud burst of laughter behind her, his broad shoulders shaking with mirth.
"This isn't funny", Rose huffed.
" I beg to differ. You would too if you saw yourself hopping around like an angry chicken and cursing like a sailor.", said Scorpius, before he burst into another bout of laughter.
Rose found herself smiling at him without making any conscious decision to do so, " It still wasn't very nice of you. I could have been severely injured you know."
"You're right. I'm a right git, I am. Are you experiencing any severe pain?", he said, still grinning widely.
"No, I'll let you know if I do", Rose said softly, slightly transfixed by the sight of the smiling Head Boy.
As if noticing the change, Scorpius suddenly straightened up," Right then, I'm off to the Great Hall. Have to meet Albus…breakfast..quidditch, I'll see you around yeah?" he muttered before he looked her in the eye with his blue, blue eyes and waved goodbye.
"yeah, I've got to get ready too.", said Rose, moving to her room and feeling slightly bereft as Scorpius left.
I wonder why we've always kept our distance, Rose wondered, a sudden image of his insanely handsome smile flashing before her.Nathan never smiled like that ,she thought, before she caught sight of the clock- "Fuck."