Chapter Seven:

I wake up grateful that it is a Saturday; I stretch my arms and decide to take a shower now. I grab some comfortable sweat pants and a tee shirt along with all my essential things and head for the showers.

After a relaxing shower I get dressed before curling my hair using my wand to help it stay, I was thankful my aunt Hermione gave me a book on how to charm hair as long as mine. I smile in the mirror as I watch my hair braid itself in a loose braid.

I put it over my shoulder and clean my mess up before going downstairs to breakfast where I find Scorpius and Albus chatting away already dressed, "Someone looks comfy." Albus says. He knew how I liked my Saturdays, reading a good book or drawing in the window seal. I shrug and plop myself down next to Scorpius. I needed to talk to him about the other day when he and Rose were talking but I don't get a chance as Claire rushes in.

"Sarah, we need to talk now." She grabs me before I can ask what was wrong. As she drags me down the hall towards a bathroom, "Claire what's going on?" I asked as she pulled me into the large bathroom, "I heard Rose and that other girl in our dorm talking, Rose is going to try and get Scorpius to like her, because of what her dad told her at the beginning of the year." I frown, on the one hand I loved Rose, she was my favorite cousin, but using my new friend to get back at her father was low, even for her.

"When did she say she was going to try?" I ask, we were only eleven, how could she possibly think of dating, "I heard her say she was just going to slowly evolve it, but I figured I should tell you so you can warn Scorpius." I sigh, I wanted to but that might ruin my friendship, and if I didn't that might also ruin my friendship, I groan, I was supposed to have a relaxing Saturday and not worry about my cousin trying to hook up with my friend.

Claire and I walk back to the great hall and I spot Rose sitting by Scorpius doing her best to flirt with him, she was even twirling her hair, and if I didn't know any better she was wearing makeup, she didn't even own makeup.

"Morning Sarah, don't you look, comfortable." Rose says faking a smile, what had gotten into this girl. I smile back just as fake and grab a banana before walking off, I was mad.

I decided on the way up to get my sketch book not to tell Scorpius, he was a big boy and could take care of himself, I was sure of it. Grabbing the thick and nearly torn up sketch book along with a book dad had gotten me over holiday from a muggle book store, I walked down and sat on the window seal in the common room and started sketching, when my hand got tired I picked up the book and read a little, I did this pattern for a good two hours as people walked in and out of the common room.

After I finally finished the sketch I looked closer at what I had drawn, two hearts, one with my name the other with Scorpius, separated by a jagged line that was sketched out to spell Rose, wow, didn't think I liked him that much, I groan and slam the sketch book closed as James walks in smelling of sweat and dirt, he had just gotten through with qudditch because I had watched him throw the quaffle around from my view.

"Something wrong sis?" he asks sitting down, I sigh and shake my head, "You wouldn't understand James." He grins at me though, "If you my little sis are having boy troubles, and trust me I know that look because of every female in the family, than I just want to say, you shouldn't worry, but if you need help I'm always hear, and there is always mom. Now I'm going to shower, I'm starting to make my eyes water." He says before running upstairs.

I chuckle and shake my head before going upstairs to write mom and possible aunt Hermione a letter.

Dear Mom,

How are you? I'm alright, except there's this boy, and I like him but don't want to date him right now until the time is right, but this friend of mine is trying to get him to like her, I don't know what to do. Also, can I invite my new friend Claire over for Christmas PLEASE?

Love always Sarah.

I smile pleased with the letter, I tuck it away until I can ask Al if I can borrow his owl dad had gotten him, I had said no to an owl, but I'll ask dad about one since I would need one it seemed.

I contemplate on sending a letter to Aunt Hermione but shake the thought, if anything did happen she could handle Rose.

I leave the room and walk back down to the common room where I see Albus and Scorpius playing chess, "Hey Al, can I use your owl?" he nods, "Yea, let me finish this game and I'll take the letter." He holds his hand out; I sigh but give it to him anyway. I don't make eye contact with Scorpius, my eyes would probably give away that something was wrong, "I'm going to for a walk about, see you two at dinner." I wave to the two who were still engrossed in their game and leave the common room.

I walk around for several hours until I reach the seventh floor landing which dad had told me held the Room of Requirement, I decided to try it out, I walk back and forth in front of it three times while thinking 'I need a place to relax and think.' I open the large doors that appear and gasp at the sight, the room had given me a cozy living area stacked high with many of my favorite authors and books.

The room had a very large chair for me to sit in along with food, "Wow" I whisper before grabbing a book and sitting down to read and nibble on the tray of food and drink butterbeer as I flip through the pages of a young adult love story, I know it was cheesy but I loved them, they were so adorable.

I'm awoken to someone shaking me and for a moment I think I'm back in the common room until I hear Al, "Sarah, come on your going to get us in trouble." He says I groan and rub my eyes; I had fallen asleep while reading, "How'd you find me?" I ask getting up and stretching, I had an awful crick in my neck, "Scorpius and I got worried when you didn't show up for dinner like you said you would, so we split up and went looking, by the way nice sanctuary you have here, now come on." He pulls out the invisibility cloak and wraps it around us.

We sneak past several on duty prefects and enter the common room to find a worried Scorpius pacing back and forth in front of the fireplace as Rose watched on the couch; he looks up when he sees us. "Don't you dare scare us like that again, we thought some slytherin had hurt you." He says grabbing me in a hug, I smile and hug him back, kind of happy I had made him worry. He pulls back and smiles, "I'm glad you're okay." He says, "I'm going to bed I'm exhausted night." Rose follows suite.

I'm grinning to myself just because Scorpius actually was worried about me, I know he meant it only as a friend but it still made me feel better about myself. Albus nudges me and smiles, "I heard about what Rose is planning, I'll watch his back Sarah, now let's go to bed.

A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I've had major writers block on top of having to go to the ER for a staff infection.. so here is a pretty decent chapter I hope you like it. I'll try and update again ASAP.