Chapter 7 – Chuckling at the Strange Spanish Boy

I wake up, oh Merlin I want to go back to bed, but the sleep has left me and now, I have to get up, for my date with Scorpius. I sigh and roll out of bed, my dorm is empty, but I'm still crowded, crowded of emotions.

I slip out of my pyjamas and into my dressing gown, and go into the girl's bathroom. This bathroom magically connected to every girl's dorm in the whole school. It has hundreds of showers, a huge bath and an area to change, cubicles to change in, toilets and sinks. Inside are a few hundred girls, which is a quite low number.

"Belle!" I shout looking around, I had told Belle to meet me in here to help me with getting ready for the date.

"Over here Rose!", Came the shouted reply.

I chuckle under my breath and walk over to see Belle with a huge dressing table in white, with a mirror and loads of make up on top of it, a large turning chair and many other things that made it look like a salon. Laughing I sit down on the chair.

"Good girl Rosie" She teases, Merlin she is annoying, but I love her.

I lay back and wait for her to work her magic.

She starts by washing my hair then blow drying it using her wand, then she tells me to put on this outfit, it was a cute dress and flats, sparkly and purple. After that she straightens my hair and then puts mascara and blusher on, I look gorgeous, like a model... Belle had even got me a push-up bra!

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I am walking down the stair case, seeing my friend at the bottom, and that's it, he is my friend, nothing more.

"You look great Rose," I smile at Scorpius, he smiles back, oh Merlin this is awkward.

"So... Where are we going?" I ask smiling at him.

"To the three broomsticks" He replies, nervously; he doesn't seem to like this date.

"Scorpius," I start,

"This is awkward" he puts in quickly, I laugh.

"Yeah, but, you still owe me a drink, but as friends" I reply laughing, he chuckles and slips his arm into mine.

"Friend, let's go!" He jokes, fake bowing, I laugh at his silly attempt and we walk into the pub.

We joke all afternoon, knowing that we are better friends; we have the same personality, but no spark.

"Ok, so who do you like?" I say smiling at him, we are walking back slowly after me drinking a little too much, my head hurts a bit and I'm a little bit dizzy.

"Uh... no-one" He says looking awkward, "Cheese!" He suddenly shouts before tripping over.

Suddenly I feel a grip on my arm; I turn around to see Jack, the cool one of Ellie's friends.

"Look out bunny" he says to be, holding me up.

"I'm not a bunny," I slur at him, "I'm a girl, a quit... no a Quidditch player, heh, heh, heh..."

He laughs and holds onto me, Scorpius is holding onto my other arm, "We are the three musketeers" I laugh over exaggerating. The boys laugh and slowly we get back to the school.

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Ow my head. I shouldn't have drunk that last night, but then again, I had a lovely time.

I get up and put on my dressing gown and slip into the girl's bathroom, I get into a shower, wash my hair and then get out and go back to my dorm. I put on my underwear, skinny jeans, pale top, boots and jacket and scarf, ready to go!

I run downstairs, bumping into a few people.

"Hey Jess" I call, she smiles and waves at me and I wave back.

"Rose, I have the designs for the Girls' Quidditch Robes" Said a very gay boy called Sam.

"Cool, Sam, I will see them," I check my watch, "at 2 o'clock, in here" He nods and I keep walking.

I walk slightly faster before I collide head first into someone, we both fall back. I get up to see a Spanish-looking person trying to get up.

"Hey" I say, helping the girl up, she looks scared and gives a quivering smile.

"Hi," she says, in a Spanish accent.

"My name is Rose, what's your name?" I say smiling comfortingly, she looks about my age and has long legs and is very pretty.

"Luna" She mumbles, I grin.

"Lovegood? Luna Lovegood? Wow, this is great" She grins, and I smile back.

"How you know my name?" She says, speaking poor English, I smile.

"My cousins God-mother is Luna Lovegood, and my parents were great friends with her when they were young, we lost touch, a few years back, how did you get here?" I ask smiling; we start to walk in the direction of the dining hall.

"Troubles at home" She mutters, she doesn't want to talk about it, I think, "But I'm now here, and happy very" I laugh at her poor English.

"'But I'm here now, and I'm very happy'" I repeat, she nods and giggles.

"Thanks, Rose, is Lily your cousin?" She asks in her Spanish accent.

"Yes, I guess you have met her," I see Belle motioning me towards her and smile apologetically to Luna; "sorry I have to go" I say to her and walk quickly over to Belle.

"What's up?" I ask to Belle as I sit down.

"You can't talk to that girl, she is weird" Belle said looking at me nodding towards Luna.

A couple of people around me nod, who I don't even know. What? That isn't fair! I know what I'm going to do. I stand up, and get onto the table in front of me; I get my wand out and point it at my neck.

"Everyone" I call, they all turn around as my voice has become hugely louder, "I came in this morning, with a person who seems really nice, kind and genuine, but then I get told, by not only my friend Bella" I say motioning to her, hoping people look down at her because of it, "that I couldn't talk to this girl because 'She is Weird', ok I don't think that is the reason, I think that the reason you people don't like this girl is because she is Spanish, This is wrong, mean and horrible, something that now Voldemort has gone I thought we were over" a lot of people shudder at the name others look a bit tearful, though some Slytherins just look bored, "So I say, 'Stop'" I shout the word, and everyone jumps, "and be kind people, not a bunch of ugly-minded, stupid and mean beings, which is how you are acting right now," Some people look hurt at what I am telling them, "And stop being mean to Luna" I finish my speech, and then suddenly, one small group of year seven Ravenclaw's start clapping, then a few Gryffindors, then soon most of the hall are clapping, accept most of the Slytherins. I smile and get down, I walk over to Luna and give her a hug, she smiles, but in the corner of my eye, I see some seventh year Slytherins and I know they were still going to hurt her.

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"Hi guys," I say to the bunch of first year children that waved at me. It is weird at how much respect I get from everyone, before I was a spotty, nosey know-it-all and now I am confident, I make the right decisions, and I am a Quidditch player! I walk down the corridor, bumping into people I know, chatting with the house Quidditch captains about my techniques, which are apparently 'genius', oh Merlin, I sound like a pig-headed moron, I need to calm down and do something I always use to do, sit and read by a tree.

I sit and read when I hear a Spanish accent, and I look up expecting to see Luna but instead seeing this hot looking Spanish boy walking towards me.

"¡Hola! I am looking for a person called Rose, people over there said she will help me with my Charms work" he looks at me, and smiles.

"Hi, um, I am Rose, what do you need help with?" I ask smiling.

"Nothing, I just need to talk to you, do you know the girl you did a speech about at breakfast?" He asks sitting next to me, "Yeah well she is gorgeous, and please, can you put a good word in for me?" He says in his smooth Spanish accent.

"Ha ha" I laugh, "Sure, but what is your name?"

"Juan" He said, it sound like, Quooan, I smile and nod and he leaves me to sit and read a bit more, chuckling at the strange Spanish boy.

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