Okay, I know I'm fatally late. But I still have horrible writer's block, with the added bonus of my flash drive
breaking for no apparent reason. As well as the fact that I now have 10 classes to deal with. :P and volunteering on Saturdays. Hehe.
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Note: Scorpius may have a visitor later in zeh storriii~~ and also, for consistency and clarity's sake, Lily will be in the same year as Hugo. If you can show me the facts, I'll gladly revise it later though~
Chapter 4 - Friends Are Helpful?
Rose twitched. She lay face-down, stifled a yawn and listened for any signs of readying, any of the other girls getting their bags, chattering and giggling their way out.
She heard silence.
Satisfied that it wasn't time to go to her classes yet, she pressed her face deeper into the pillow, and sighed, exalting in the silence.
Wait, silence?
She listened harder for any signs of breathing, and, hearing nothing, finally sat up and opened her eyes. Startled, she closed them once again, reacting against the sunlight streaming through the window in the dorm. She flipped, tangled with her bedsheets, and from her new position on the floor, looked for any sign of the time.
"Gah!" One look at the sun outside sent her running towards the restroom.
She was super late! Gritting her teeth, she scrubbed her face, dressed, and grabbed her things.
She was halfway out the door when she realized she had left her skirt.
She stormed through the hallway. It was Double Transfigurations today, and she dreaded having to walk in an hour late. She stood facing the door, steeling her self for the inevitable embarassment. Making sure she had all of her things with her, she straightened her back, raised her chin.
Then slunk into the back of the classroom as quietly as she could, with her head as low as she could keep it.
Professor Faulkner, not missing a beat, called out with her back still facing Rose as she wrote the examples on the board. "Miss Weasley, glad of you to grace us with your presence. Hopefully we don't schedule the next class during your leisure time."
Rose, true to her family name, blushed to the roots of her flaming red hair. She glared off to the side, where her so called "friends" were sitting. Amalynne waved from where she sat with her Slytherin friends. Kelsey Goyle, the scarily pretty girl, considering her genes, bit her lip and looked away, obviously trying not to laugh. Sitting down next to Amalynne, she pulled out her books and parchment, furiously scribbling down the notes that the other girl had written down in her quaint handwriting.
"Good morning." Amalynne serenely smiled at Rose, who scowled at her paper.
"Why didn't you wake me up?" Rose demanded under her breath, already through the first page of notes, the writing looking minuscule and web-like next to Amalynne's.
"You looked so calm and pretty in your sleep that I didn't want to wake you up." Amalynne grinned. "That, and Lily dragged me out of bed before I had the chance to even brush my hair."
"You, my friend-" Rose scribbled the last few words with a flourish, and turned towards her partner, and continued, "are one of the weakest people ever, if you can't even win against a little girl."
"Go ahead. Insult me! But that still does not change the fact that I love my life and will not risk it against the daughter of the Boy- now man- Who Lived And Defeated the Dark Lord." Amalynne turned towards Kelsey, signaling her and obviously continuing a silent conversation from before. She took a blank sheet of parchment and slyly tapped it with her wand beneath the table. Rose watched as it folded in on itself, creating a delicate fuchsia origami lily.
Amalynne let it fall from her hand, and they both discreetly watched as it floated beneath the students' feet, startling a few as it easily navigated the forest of stumps and vines that were the limbs of strange adolescents, and landed in Kelsey's lap.
As it unfurled in her lap, she picked it up and began reading it. When she was finished, she tore it apart and gave Amalynne a thumbs up. She then picked up a few shredded pieces and laid them on her tongue. She made a silly face and faced the front, where Professor Faulkner was gathering her papers and preparing to dismiss the class.
As the class stood up and chatted amongst themselves, Rose pursed her lips and spoke.
"I'm almost afraid to ask, but... that was edible parchment and ink... right?" Amalynne smiled and joked as they followed the crowd out of the room. "No, Kels is trying a new diet, all organic parchment and colored fluids. Why, do you think it won't work?"
Rose laughed and stepped into place beside Amalynne. "So what was that all about?" she asked her friends, referring to the origami note.
"Well, Kelsey wanted to know if I wanted to come to a Hogsmeade gathering this weekend, and I just asked her if I could bring a few more friends," Amalynne gestured towards Rose, "with me, and apparently, she's okay with it." Amalynne looked at Rose out of the corner of her eye. "So how about it, are you up for it?"
Rose shrugged. "Sure, I guess. I need to get out more. All of this studying is making me dizzy. Are they Kelsey's friends?"
Amalynne nodded. "Majority of them, most likely. Older students. We're going to check out that new place they just built, to "keep in touch with our muggle side", or so they say."
Rose tilted her head and thought. "Should be fun, I guess." She chuckled under her breath, and told Amalynne, "Fun. I've been the centerpiece for fun for the last couple of days, though nothing seemed funny to me." She pouted as Amalynne smirked. "What? It's true! Everything bad has happened to me this week."
"I guess this might not be the most opportune moment to tell you that you really shouldn't have left your hair like that."
"Huh?"
Amalynne sighed and pulled an ornate hand mirror out of her bokbag, complete with ivy vine designs on the back, showing Rose her hair.
"GAH!" Rose gasped as she got a closer look at her hair.
"Well, I didn't get to finish doing your hair last night, so..."
Rose's red hair stuck up on one side of her head, the ends weaving in and out of braids that had been pulled out of place during the night, so that they were supporting each other while leaning sideways, away from her scalp, while the other side was frizzy, as it had not been brushed enough that morning.
Rose blushed once more and covered her hair with the bottom of her robes and speedily made her way to the dorms, planning to use her break to fix the mess that was her hair.
"Mark my words Amalynne. You shall PAY!"
With those parting words, and another burst of speed, Rose ran down that hallway and up the stairs, attracting the attention of various students and staff around the school, and startling giggles out of many of them.
Amalynne sighed. "You have enough problems girl. Trust me."
With that being said, she hummed a little tune and began strolling down the opposite direction, with a small smile on her face, thinking of the surprise Rose would get that weekend.
Okay, just so you guys know, I have been without internet access for a while, and just moved back to California~! Whooo! :D I brought a single suitcase of clothing, books, and trinkets, and am living happily with my mama~!
I have not intention of dropping this story, and am in fact planning to start another fic, so I can work on one or the other when I have no ideas for one.
Also I seem to write best in the wee hours of the morning. xD It is now just past 1 am, and must sleep now.
Hope to see some reviews when I wake up in a few hours~ Love you all~!
-Shoka Ren