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Chapter 2 – I love them, so there!

I work at the Leaky Cauldron - because my brother helped me, he worked to my mum's advantage by playing various 'cards' on my mum. I work with my friend Ellie – she and I just got on as soon as I met her properly. I was working when I started talking to Scorpius, we became friends quite a while ago due to us being outsiders, but then their dad was nice to me, and then as Ellie is Tom's girlfriend she got a job too! We are actually very close and we both wear black clothes as our outfits, I personally don't think it matters what you wear, only to look neat in school and my hair to look neat.

Tom III is the barman now, and the leaky cauldron now is lovely and clean, a nicer place to be, but is still a bar, and still has drunk, middle-aged wizards coming in, which is quite good for me as they give me PLENTY of tips! He is completely gorgeous, and I have to admit it, I have a HUGE crush on him. Though at times he does have a mixed personality, sometimes he seems really into me, others I am just another colleague.

I don't get paid much, despite the many tips, but they provide me with living accommodation, of which I have made bigger and filled with everything from my room. My parents seemed happy to let me go away from the house, and so is Hugo, my ginger and annoying brother.

I silently finish the last of my work, and smile, I see Scorpius talking to his twin, he has a drink in front of him, he is wearing dark blue robes and has his wand in his hand, obviously, he too didn't listen to the rules saying, 'no magic'. I walk over, after finishing washing the cups and plates I was busy with.

"Hi guys" I say cheerfully, they both smile at me warmly.

"Hi Rose" Scorpius says happily, "did you just see that man over there? He was hilarious! Watch this" he commands, before swishing his wand at a short, balding man, who then fell on the floor, looked confused and sat back down again. Scorpius did the same thing over and over again, and the man just wore the same confused look he had before, it was so funny, I was giggling hysterically.

I carry on laughing madly before I notice Lily, standing near the door. God! What shall I do? My head was frantic, calm Rose, calm, ok, smile and walk over, what shall I say? Use the Ellie is Tom's girlfriend excuse, so I have to be nice, and Scorpius is a customer, perfect idea. So I whisper that I will be back in a second to Ellie, I take off my apron and walk over to my best friend, who doesn't look too pleased. She nods towards a table and I give her a hug.

"Lily! How are you?" I say, happy to see my best friend, and she returns the hug.

"I'm fine" she says, but she doesn't look fine, she looks annoyed. I notice that I am now taller than lily and her red hair is longer, she has developed more in the chest area, I realise as she was pressed against me, lucky thing. "You?"

"I'm great!" I say happily, I was happy to see my cousin/best friend and it was great to have a job. She looks at Ellie and Scorpius, and I throw in my cover story. "Oh, about them – Ellie got the other job at the Leaky Cauldron and Scorpius is visiting. I have to be nice to them otherwise I might lose my job. Tom the Third's in charge of hiring and he also Ellie's boyfriend." I look hopefully at her and smile; I sit down on a stool.

She raises an eyebrow, "Being nice to them and chatting, laughing with Ellie and flirting with Scorpius aren't the same thing."

"I was not flirting! I can't believe you'd say that. You know I hate him as much as you do. He's so arrogant, selfish –

"- and exactly like his father," she finishes for me.

"Exactly," I agree. "So how is life? It is so much fun working at the Leaky Cauldron; sure, the pay isn't terrific but it more than I get in a year's worth of pocket money."

"Mmm… I wish I had money…" she hints, obviously.

"No." I say sternly.

"I didn't ask anything!" says back, trying to look innocent.

"Yeah but I know you too well," I say, staring hard at her. "Oh my god, I completely forgot – what did you get in your EYEs?"

"I've got the results in my bag because I knew if I forgot one tiny little mark you would be on my case." She reaches into her bag and pulls out a piece of parchment, which I grab and scan quickly absorbing all the information.

"Well done, these results are amazing, Lil!" I congratulated she got OK marks but an 'Outstanding' in Potions, "I told you all that revision was necessary. I got –"

"Twelve Outstanding's," she says before I can finish my sentence.

"Actually I only got eleven O's and one E," I say, remembering my mum's reaction.

"You do realize that you'll still be top of the year."

"I suppose." I say nervously and an awkward silence rises.

"Actually," I mutter, looking at my watch. "I better get back to work."

"What but you only just finished your shift!" she complained.

"Yeah well, I want to work hard. I see you soon, Lily," I mutter.

I walk away, sad and disappointed. Why did I have to ruin everything by mentioning the EYEs? I see Lily and Scorpius talking and I smile, but as she walks away, I go back to the bar and serve some people who seem drunk.

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I smile as I scrub down the table, it is 4:00 and nobodies about, and nobody will be, until six, when the early drinkers arrive. I had just finished washing up all the cups, plates and everything else, now finished the wooden tables, and I need to tidy my room.

I slip of my apron, and wave to Sophia, her next shift is now, I have just come off my shift, and I walk up the dark wood staircase, ignoring all the customers' doors and slip through a wall, that is my door in disguise. I look around the dark room.

It is small, with one bed, above the side of the bed, is the window, with some old-fashioned net curtains. Underneath my small bed is my trunk, of which I have, using a spell made extremely large inside and very light. Inside my trunk is a chest of draws, I basically can live in my trunk, as I can fit a bed inside of it. There are piles of my books, all stacked up high, and all the stuff I could ever need at Hogwarts, I had just packed it all because I will be going to Hogwarts in a couple of days.

I slip my apron and black work clothes onto my bed, and pull out some of my joggers and a simple white t-shirt; I pull them on and then grabbing my money bag, run down to the wall, of which faces Diagon Alley. I pull out my wand from my knee-length black boots, tap the bricks, and then watch as the gateway opens up to reveal the busy town. I walk forward, watching the town as they shop, it is funny to see old witches and young witches all going to the same place to buy the latest styles, animal lovers of all ages in the pet stores and practically everyone staring at the newest broomstick, the Thunder 5000. I stare as well at the newly polished broomstick, shining brightly in the window. It was like a bunch of young boys all singing, 'la' at the same time, and I realised the broom was calling me, ok not really but it felt like it.

So I walk to Gringotts and as I do I see an old woman having her money bag stolen by a man in a dark cloak, swiftly, I use my wand, stun him, and pass the old lady the money bag, of which I tell you was very full. The old lady had grey hair and was wearing expensive looking clothes.

"Thank you sweet heart" The old lady says to me, she smiles and dips her hand into her money bag, and pulls out a handful of gold and puts it into my nearly empty bag.

"No, no I can't take this" I assure her, as she repeats the notion, refilling my bag, to the top, more than enough to keep me going for the rest of my life.

"Nonsense, my dear, I have plenty, more than enough, but you on the other hand, sweet heart, you look quite skinny, if you don't mind me saying", she then finishes filling my bag, and walks away waving at me.

I stare at the old lady, bemused, before walking into the Quidditch shop and buy the broomstick everyone there, wanted.

To be honest, I never was much of a shopper, but that day, I decided to buy everything I could, knowing that I would never have to worry about money again. I brought new clothes from the muggle shop in Diagon Alley, the only shop that sold muggle clothing. I bought new quills and ink, and dress robes, and new school robes, everything, I even decided to splash out in an extra five books, explaining about Hogwarts, completely. I bought my school books and many, many rolls of parchment, and picked up from Uncle George, a printer, to print out anything I might want to type up.

That day was great, and then I decided to go back to the leaky cauldron for my next shift at 6:00. I slip upstairs to tidy my new belongings away, then walk downstairs ready for a hasty shift.

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I woke up, to hear a tapping on the window, realising it was an owl, I open the window and let in the freezing air, I shiver as I take the letter off the owl's leg. Instantly the owl flies out the window to reveal a letter from my parents.

Dear Rose,

How are you? We hope you are enjoying working at the leaky cauldron, and I hope you have enough money to pay for all your belongings. We believe you are struggling in Potions and we hope you work hard this year.

Today is the Annual Weasley/Potter Quidditch tournament, we expect you to be there at 12:00 sharp.

Yours sincerely

Mr and Mrs R Weasley

I snort at my parents' letter, of course they would be formal; they had practically kicked me out! I look at my watch and realise I am late, so quickly I change, apparate down to the bar and ask Tom if I may take a leave today. He nods before giving me my final pay. I feel the bag and look inside, it is full of gold. I gasp, this was far much more than I usual got, Tom points towards an old lady sitting smiling at me, she waves and then she disparated, I realise she is the old lady I saw the other day, and confused, I walked into the fire place and soon enough I land in the Burrow living room.

I scan the room to see my brother sitting on the floor, Lily talking to Al, Fred, James and Teddy. I see my parents in a deep discussion with Lily's parents, Fred's parents and the rest of my aunties and uncles. Grandma Molly and Granddad Arthur are sitting on the Sofa, with some of my baby cousins on their laps, happily giving them their attention.

Everyone turns to see me, in my jeans and t-shirt, a huge bag of gold and my parents' letter in my hand. Grandma Molly walks over and gives me a motherly hug, I hug her back and as she pulls away I see her smiling, well grinning.

"Now we are all together, let's play!" She shouts triumphantly. I smile as my cousins, uncles and Aunts cheer, and run out of the room, I see my mum waiting and then my dad walks back in.

"What is this?" Hermione asks pointing to the bulging money bag.

"My pay" I tell her, smiling innocently, I begin to walk away with my cousins, but she stops me with her arm.

"Well, where is mine and your fathers share?" she asks politely.

"Um, nowhere, as I did earn this myself." I point out, getting slightly annoyed.

"Rose," My father began "We are your parents, we looked after you, so where is the money we spent on you ever since you were born?" My mother smiles triumphantly at me and holds out her hand.

I give her a smile and reach my hand in and pull out a small handful of gold coins, gave them to her and I walk out leaving them staring in awe at my money.

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As I walk out I realise that I would not be able to play, due to the fact there were already loads of teams, each adult, apart from my mum and Aunt Audrey and all my cousins. So I sat on the ground, after apparating back for one of my new books and sat and read, as my family played an exciting game, I know I was interested but I shouldn't show anyone, due to the obvious, so I sat and read a very interesting book.

Many people may ask how can I use magic and be able to apparate, but I worked hard on that to be a good student, my mum doesn't know I use magic, but now I have mastered Uncle George's spell so I can do magic, without saying a spell to cover it up. I have to admit, working hard on all my spells really does come in useful! Also when I was in my third year I got a scout to come and see me, she taught me all about being an Auror, flying a broomstick – that was where I learned to fly, become an Animagus and to be more powerful than I could have ever dreamt of – but of course nobody knows that – I am just not confident enough.

I read all about the Battle of Hogwarts in detail, in this interesting book, it was very interesting and extremely useful, I also read about a potions book; Severus Snape's potion book, my eyes lingered, but I shook my head, no way, I am not going to cheat!

I laugh to myself and then I realise the game has finished and the guys come back from the field laughing, I follow, before tripping and falling on my face, blood pours down, I walk back trailing after the group of my family, who had already got back to the house.

As I walk in, I see Lily having a teasing argument with her brothers, something about it not being fair. As soon as Grandma Molly sees me, she gasps, and then starts to fix my nose, I could have done it myself, but I left my Grandma to fuss, happily about.

"So Grandma, did you play?" I ask as she fixes my nose, she laughs and shakes her head.

"No darling, but I used to!" I smile and watch as she gets to work. "What were you doing sweetheart?" She asks me as she skims through a book absentmindedly.

"I was reading a good book, enjoying the sunshine," She smiles at me, then chuckles.

"You aren't very good at Quidditch at all Rose, are you?" She asks me smiling, my face falls and she notices straight away. "Sorry sweetheart I didn't mean to hurt your feelings!" She exclaims, "Oh, found the one!" she then waved her wand and my nose clicks into place, she cleared up the blood, kissed my nose, then walked busily back into the kitchen.

Soon everyone is happy; we have an amazing meal created by Grandma Molly, we eat and talked, before it was time for bed, I excuse myself and tell them why I had to go back, because my stuff was already at the leaky cauldron, and I tell them I will see them there on Platform 9 ¾. They wave goodbye as I walk into the fireplace, then get back to the Leaky Cauldron.

I smile at Tom, he smiles back and then I walk upstairs, sit on my bed and sigh, sometimes being with my whole family is daunting, but I love them, so there!

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