Hey guys!
Sorry for the long wait between some of these chapters, I'm kind of busy getting all my stuff sorted for school
Anyway, this kind of pained me to write, I changed it like a zillion times, so I hope it's okay.
Oh and by the way, read Phillips parts in a French accent ;)
Rose was sitting in the overstuffed armchair by the fire, a tattered book in her hands, waiting for the right moment to tell Al about Scorpius.
Though Al had pretended Scorpius's behaviour hadn't affected him in the slightest, Rose knew the whole situation had made him sad, when she came in from her prefect rounds, she often found him glumly looking out of the dark window.
Al was one of her best friends not to mention her favourite cousin, and she had felt bad for him even though she wasn't happy either, Scorpius was his best friend, and to have that space unoccupied for a whole month must have been horrible.
Placing a thin strip of paper in between the books pages, Rose tucked it under her arm and walked up to Al who was sitting on the window seat.
"Hey" Rose said softly before sitting next to him.
"Oh, hey Rose, you okay?" His sad face instantly replaced by a forced smile.
"Me? I'm fine. I just came over to say that some one really wants to talk to you, their waiting in the empty classroom on the right-hand side by the painting of that talking purple donkey" Rose was really smiling now.
"What? Who wants to talk to me?" There was excitement in his voice; it made Rose smiled even harder.
"You'll just have to wait and see" she giggled before walking back to the armchair.
Burying her nose back in the book, she watched Al leave the common room.
The common room was dark when Rose was jerked awake by Albus.
"Huh?" she muttered sleepily. Her face was rested against her hand and her book was held loosely in the other on her lap.
"Rose! Scorpius is back to normal, isn't that great!" Al spoke breathlessly, a huge grin on his face.
"I know it's amazing, I am so glad you two are best friends again" She got stiffly up and started towards the stairs leading up to the girl's dormitory "And what I really need now is sleep so I'll see you tomorrow"
~o0O0o~
The next few weeks were practically back to normal, Scorpius back to his normally sarcastic self and Al back to the cocky flirt he'd always been.
Snow had started to fall a week before the Hogsmeade trip, and on the actual day a thick layer of it was crisp and bright across the ground.
Rose was wrapped in a large sweater, a stripy scarf wound around her neck and fluffy gloves on her cold hands. To say she disliked snow was a bit of an understatement. She truly detested it.
She hated how it melted in her boots and made her feet terribly cold and how her face always got numb and red.
Amie, Lilly and Dominique where standing with her, all somehow managing to not notice the cold and walk around in skimpy thin clothes.
Lilly look particularly good as she was going to meet up with a Ravenclaw boy when they reached the village, her red hair was tied in a long shiny fishtail plat that snaked over her shoulder. She was wearing a sparkly tight fitting jumper and black skinny jeans.
"Come on people, I intend to get down there hassle free, so that means ditching the boys" Rose said firmly, ignoring the protests from Amie and Dom, and walked briskly out of the doorway and down to the schools gates leading into Hogsmeade.
Walking down the icy road towards the small village Lilly linked her arm through Rose's and leant her head on Rose's shoulder.
"Ro-Ro, Please could you do me, like a massive favour?" Lilly asked innocently, using her nickname for Rose that she only used when she wanted something.
"Go on Lilly, I doubt you'd let me say no anyway" Rose sighed, she never could say no to Lilly, she made a face that looked like if you did say no, she'd crumple in upon herself and cry.
"Yey! Rose thank-you! Well you know how I'm meeting up with Dean?" Lilly exclaimed
"Yeh, the French one with the curly brown hair?" Rose adding casually
"That's him, but the thing is his older brother is going with him, and he wondered would you possibly pair up with him so he's not in our hair all day? He is in your year."Lilly asked quickly, her eyes pleading.
"Couldn't it have been something like "can I borrow your mascara?" But I suppose I can help you just this once but you owe me big time!" Rose sighed.
Great she thought; now I will be stuck with a guy I barely know all just to aid Lilly's already extensive love life.
The boys caught them up just before they entered the village, shouting and throwing snowballs.
"No no no!" Rose shouted whilst running for cover, Lilly Amie and Dom had picked up their own handfuls of snow and where throwing them back in retaliation.
A patch of unseen ice made Rose slip and lose her balance, she saw the ground come up the meet her face, but was pulled away suddenly before she made impact with the cold ground, and dragged behind a low wall as a large snowball exploded as it hit the rough stone.
Wide eyed, Rose sat in the cold snow her back pressed against stone wall, her cold face just inches from Scorpius's, his warm sweet breath tickling her skin.
His eyes had a strange look in them, and he was just staring at her. She was speechless, her arms and legs felt like jelly.
Without warning he brought his hand up to her neck and tugged the stripy scarf she was wearing away from her, his hand bushing her skin and leaned forward till his face was next to hers.
"Rosie, can I borrow your scarf?" he breathed quietly in her ear.
"You can keep it" she mumbled back trying to keep her breathing steady.
He unwound the scarf and wrapped it around his neck and the bottom half of his face, he slowly got to his feet and gazed down at her, before vaulting the wall and running head first into the snowball fight.
~o0O0o~
The group stumbled into the village laughing loudly and shaking snow out of their hair, Rose had been hit square in the face when she had tried to run into the village.
Lilly grabbed Rose's hand before she could walk into Honeydukes with the rest of their friends, and dragged her along the main street towards two boys waiting just before the track towards the shrieking shack started.
Hanging back feeling kind of awkward, Rose watched as Lilly ran up the dean and kissed him, then grabbed his brother by the hand and pushed him towards Rose.
The two of them walked off leaving Rose and boy alone.
"Hey, well I'm Rose, though you probably already know that" She spoke politely; she was so going to kill Lilly at the end of this.
"'ello, I'm Phillip" A slight French accent ran through his reedy voice.
"Well Phillip, I have to get some things, let's go" She said it kindly, but didn't wait for his answer just walked briskly down the cobbled street.
He followed her around like a large creepy puppy, and in the heavily crowded Honeydukes Rose finally lost him.
She was looking intently at a box of sugar quills, trying not to be seen, when a slight tap on her shoulder made her jump and hit her head on the shelf above her.
"Whoa Rosie, it's just me, you look like your trying to hide. Who you hiding from Rosie and can I join you?" Scorpius was standing next to her, an amused expression on his pale face.
"Shut up, shut up! I'm hiding from Phillip he's been following me all day, not saying anything" Rose whispered hoarsely and smacked Scorpius.
Rose stood on her tiptoes and looked over his shoulder, checking Phillip hadn't noticed her. She sighed, he was coming over.
"Scor! Look, look what you've done! He's coming over now!" She exclaimed angrily and punched him the arm.
Phillip squeezed through the gap and stood before the two of them, smiling insanely.
"Rosie!" she winced at the use of her nick-name "I thought I 'ad lost you!" He grabbed her hand in his clammy one and started pulling her towards the door.
Desperately trying to clutch at someone, she grabbed for Scorpius's hand, but he pulled it back and shouted over the din
"Have fun Rosie!"
"I hate you Scorpius Malfoy!" she screamed at him before a totally oblivious Phillip dragged her though the door.
After another two hours of shopping, Rose suggested that they went on a walk before they returned to Hogwarts. Maybe then he wouldn't insist on holding the back of her jacket it case they got separated.
They walked in silence for a while, Rose thinking of elaborate ways to get her own back on Lilly and Scorpius.
Suddenly Phillip grabbed her arm and twisted her against a nearby tree, pressing close to her and preventing her from escaping.
"You are truly beautiful Rosie" he whispered huskily into her ear.
Oh dear god she thought why the hell do all the creeps fall in love with me? It's like Martin Colt all over again, except he didn't go this far!
"Phillip pleas…" Her words were lost as he pressed his salty mouth against hers, she gagged and punched his arm but he didn't pull away, just held her arms down so she couldn't struggle.
Anger bubbled up inside her, why was this jerk anywhere near her! She kicked him viciously in the shin, and slipped under his arm as he pulled back in pain.
"You jerk!" she screamed at him
He turned towards her, his face angry and slapped her hard across her cold face.
Tears stung her eyes as she stumbled backwards through the snow and thumped the side of her head against the tree trunk. What the hell! She thought panic rising in her chest.
"You are a slut Rose Weasley! You know you want me but you just daren't admit it. You're nothing like Lilly said you were!" He shouted before turning back the way they had come and storming off.
Rose sat down in the snow and cried.
The side of her head throbbed and she knew she'd get a bruise later on; she was so going to kill Lilly Potter when she got the chance.
There was snow in her hair but she didn't really care, after a few minutes of crying she shakily wiped her tears away and got to her feet.
When I get to my dormitory, then I can be silly and cry she told herself sternly before picking up her bag and quickly running out of the clearing.
Rose slowed her pace as she reached the gate that led onto the road back up to Hogwarts; she didn't want anyone to see her in that state she was in now.
Fairly certain no one was on the road; she climbed over the gate and started to run back up the icy road, but rounding the corner she ran straight into Scorpius and Al.
"Hey Rose!" Al said brightly as he grabbed her arm to stop her falling over "What you doing here, I thought you were shopping with Phillip" Al said his name with a silly accent.
Rose didn't answer, just shrugged his arm of her and started walking quickly up the road.
Al and Scorpius shot worried looks at each other, and then promptly ran after Rose.
"Rose!" Al shouted as they ran, hoping she'd stop and talk to them.
She didn't, just walked even faster, she had started crying again and all she really wanted to do was go and sit in her warm welcoming bed.
Scorpius had run up ahead of Al, and grabbed Rose before she could run off again, and span her around so he could look at her.
"Rosie what's wrong?" Scorpius asked her, his eyes soft and his voice pleading; it just made her cry even harder. Inwardly she cursed herself for being so stupid.
"Nothing" Rose mumbled, she looked at the floor not wanting them to see the bruise blossoming on the edge of her cheek bone or the tears that were streaming down her face "It's nothing Scor, you don't need to worry about me" her voice wavered at the end.
Al caught up with both of them a few seconds later. Rose looked up at him, and his eyes grew wide.
"What on earth happened to you?" he asked, his eyes staring at the bruise that was beginning to darken.
Rose noticed Scorpius hadn't said anything, his pale face looked horrified and shocked, and he was still wearing her scarf.
"Rose how did you get that bruise?" Scorpius asked her, His voice deadly serious.
Not wanting to answer, Rose looked tried looking away, but his grey eyes held hers with a penetrating gaze, eventually the words slipped out of her mouth.
"Oh god, I'm being stupid, it was nothing really. Phillip tried to kiss me so I kicked him, and then he got angry and sort of hit me, and I fell a little and hurt my head" Rose spoke quietly, but both Al and Scorpius heard her.
Al swore under his breath, and Scorpius just looked even more horrified.
"Merlin Rose, you're not being stupid! I'm going to curse that jerks face off" Al told her before pulling her into a rough hug.
Oh god she thought, all the attention was making her cry again, and crying was not a good look, her eyes went puffy and her breath always came in short, sharp gasps.
"Rose, do you want us to come back with you?" Scorpius finally spoke, though his voice was strained.
She shook her head, and mumbled that she was fine.
"Well if you're sure" Al said before pulling out his wand, and walking back down the way he had come, His fists clenched.
Rose watched him go, so did Scorpius. They stood next to each other in silence.
When Al had disappeared Scorpius turned towards Rose.
"Oh god Rose this is all my stupid fault, I should have said you were with me and we needed to be somewhere!" Scorpius's voice was soft but pleading, as if begging for her forgiveness.
"Scor this isn't your fault! How on earth could you think like that?" Rose exclaimed dismayed that he felt like that.
"You sure?" He asked quietly, his blond hair was sticking up at awkward angles due to snowball fights, and Rose couldn't help but think how innocent he looked.
She nodded, and a faint smile lit his face.
Closing the small gap between him and Rose, Scorpius enveloped her in a warm hug. Rose clung to him, hugging Scorpius was so much better than being pressed against a tree by that creep Phillip.
But all too soon he pulled back, leaving Rose standing there.
"Well I'm going to find that little creep and personally kill him for you Rosie" Scorpius told her before he unwound the scarf from around his neck, and wrapped it back around Rose's.
His hand wavered a second longer next to her face as if he were going to do something, but he bit his lip and ran after Al down the icy road.
~o0O0o~
Running after Al, Scorpius thought about how tantalisingly close he'd been to Rose in the last few hours, it was almost too much to handle.
When they'd been sheltering from the snowball fight, he'd had to mentally restrain himself from kissing her there and then, and just now, he'd had to stop himself pulling her closer to him than was necessary and burying his face in her curly hair.
Scorpius reached Al just as he was entering the main street of Hogsmeade, asking random passersby if they had seen Phillip.
Eventually a third year girl Scorpius had seen around the school, pointed down towards The Three Broomsticks and told them she'd seen him go in there about half an hour ago.
Al nodding at this new information grabbed Scorpius by the arm and marched off towards the pub, his wand ready to use in his clenched hand.
Dom and Amie walked out of the door and paused outside just as Scorpius and Al neared, they were talking to someone.
"So you say Rose just ditched you?" Amie asked a confused expression on her face "That's not like Rose, maybe she remembered some kind of homework she forgot to do"
"Well whatever made her ditch you it doesn't matter now, let's go find Lilly and Dean" Dom said before the two walked off followed by Phillip.
Albus tensed next to Scorpius, Phillip was deigning any knowledge of what had happened and he was making Rose seem in the wrong to her bestfriend and cousin.
Unable to hold in his anger Albus ran up to Phillip, closely followed by Scorpius eager to get his chance to beat the jerk up, but also to stop Al from killing the guy, no amount of pleading would get him out of that.
Barrelling past the girls, Al pushed Phillip against the wall, one hand firmly on his chest the other holding his wand to Phillips throat.
Dom and Amie shouted in protest and confusion, but Scorpius told them to shut up. This guy deserves everything he gets Scorpius thought to himself.
"You ever touch Rose or any of my relatives EVER again and I will personally kill you, no matter the consequences!" Al shouted at Phillip who cowered underneath the murderous threats.
Al's wand was beginning to smoke and glow, Scorpius grabbed his shoulder roughly to remind him not to go too far.
Snapping out of his anger fit, Al stared down disgustedly at the pitiful person before him.
Scorpius could see Al's deliberately slow movements; at least he's got his anger under control, to a certain extent he thought to himself
Staring down at Phillip, Al grunted in anger before punching him in the face, breaking his nose.
Flexing his shoulders, Al walked calmly back up the road, Amie and Dom following looking slightly horrified.
Scorpius glared down at him.
"You really are a pitiful excuse for a human being aren't you? Rose Weasley is way over your league and always will be, just stay away from her" is voice was steely and hard, He couldn't remember when he had felt this angry.
Glancing up at Al's retreating from, Scorpius kicked Phillip in the stomach, winding him, before running over to his best friend and the girls as they headed back to the castle.
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