Guys, I am so sorry that I haven't been able to update lately! i have a valid excuse, though. I have an entire regents exam to finish over winter break, a family tree project to do, a script for Footloose! to memorise, I have to read A Wrinkle in Time for book club, and I have to research my events for science club. I'm a bit preoccupied! So, here's a special Christmas drabble for you guys!
"Rose, do you even know where you're going?" I asked my fiance, who was driving at about 90 miles per hour to get to her parents house for Christmas.
"Of course I know where I'm going, Scorpius. Don't you think I know how to get to my own parents house?" She asked me. Oh Merlin, I prayed, please let us get out of this car alive. It wasn't that I didn't trust Rosie, I did, but she had her dad's temper. I can still remember the first time I met Ron. It was in... fifth year I think? Anyways, Rosie was introducing me to her parents. We walked through the door and Rosie called for her dad.
"Daddy, this is Scorpius Malfoy." Rose introduced me when her dad came downstairs.
"I know who the little bugger is, Rosie. My question is, what is he doing in my house?" Ron asked.
Rose looked at me, which was my cue to tell him. "Sir, I'm dating Rose. I know you might not find this pleasant, but please, sir, I would never do anything to hurt Rose." I told him. Ron looked at me with his glassy blue eyes. I could see where he was coming from. His eldest child was Rose, and if he gave permission to me to date her, he would be giving his little girl to some boy. Then, he would be stuck with Hugo. Trust me, I've met little Hugh, he can be a bit disturbing.
"Ronald, what's going on?" Mrs. Weasley asked, coming in from the kitchen. She had sleek brown hair and mousey brown eyes. Her facial structure reminded me of Rose's.
"Malfoy over here-" Mr. Weasley began, but was cut off by Rose.
"Scorpius dad." She interjected.
"Fine. Scorpius over here is dating our little Rose." He stated matter-of-factly.
"That's wonderful!" Mrs. Weasley shreaked. "I was wondering when you two would get together!" She came over and took turns hugging us and giving us kisses on the cheek.
"'Mione, listen to me. This boy is Draco's son. The same Draco you smacked in the face, third year." Mr. Weasley reasoned.
"You smacked my dad in the face! I'm liking this family more and more by the minute!" I said.
"Come now Ronald. The boy means no harm." Mrs. Weasley told him. When I looked over at Rose, I noticed she was doing the puppy dog face she uses to get me to do things I don't want to do. She looked at me and nudged me with her elbow. What? Ohhh. I started to do the puppy dog face too. That's when Mr. Weasley looked at us and gave in.
"Oh... fine." he gave up finally.
"Scorp, I think we're lost." Rose finally admits. This would have been an awesome moment for me- I'd longed for her to admit she was wrong- only, she was the only one of us who knew how to drive.
"Well, Rose. You know what you have to do." I held up her cell phone. The screen showed her dad's name and number.
"No. I refuse to call and ask for directions. Besides, I might know where we are." She reasoned in a pleading tone. Rose was right though. We were parked in a parking lot somewhere in Nowhereville. There weren't any cars around but the sign on the store said "Hawthorne City Store". So, we were in Hawthorne.
"Rosie," I tapped her on the shoulder, "Check it out, sweetie." I pointed to the sign on the storefront and Rose sighed with relief.
"Thank Merlin!" She exclaimed, pressing her foot to the pedal and speeding down the road.
"Rose. Care to explain where we are?" I asked her, gripping the side of the seat for support.
"We're in Hawthorne, obviously Scorp. Merlin, Scorp, for a Ravenclaw, you sure can be clueless. Hawthorne is the next town over from where my parents live. If I'm correct, which I usually am, we should be within a half a mile of my parents house!" She explained.
"Great." I gulped. You see, I was dreading this visit to the Weasley's house more and more as the minutes went by. The reason for this dreadful feeling was caused by the ring on Rose's finger. Well, it wasn't there now. Rose's annoying cousin Lily was always checking her fingers for some sort of indication that we were getting married. Now that we were, I feared what her family would do if they found out from Lily instead of us. Last time I saw all of the Weasleys and Potters together was my last year in Hogwarts. I was practically a brother to Al, and still am, so he invited me to spend Spring break with his family.
"This is my brother James. You remember him from the Gryffindor Quidditch team, don't you Scorp?" Al asked me as he was introducing me to his family. So far, I'd met Lily, Roxy, Victoire, Hugo, Fred, Dominique, Teddy, whom I learned wasn't an actual cousin at all, and now James. I knew Rose of course, she was my girlfriend after all.
"This is Louis, Molly and Lucy, more cousins." He introduced me to them."They're all about four years younger than us, so I don't really expect you to know them." Al added.
I snuck a quick glance at Rose sitting next to her dad on Mr. and Mrs. Potter's couch. She looked great, like always. The awesome thing about Hogwarts was the Head Girl and Boy get to share a dorm, and Rose and I had got to know each other a lot better over the past year, being Head Girl and Boy and all.
All of the Weasleys and Potters looked the same to me, minus a few features. Most of them, except Al, had red hair. They all had Rose's blue eyes too. Except Al. Victoire looked a bit different, too. She was strawberry blonde instead of pure red. They were all special, though. Take Roxy and Fred, for instance. They had a sort of permanent tan color to their skin, and even though they were twins, they weren't the same at all. Roxy was a bit taller, probably from her father, while Fred had a shorter look to him, probably from his mother.
I also met all of the grandparents and aunts and uncles. There was Ron and Hermione, whom I already knew, George and Angelina, Fleur and Bill, Molly and Arthur, Percy and Audrey, Charlie, and then there was Al's parents, Harry and Ginny. Sometimes I wish my family was like theirs, so close and full of laughter.
"Hey Scorp." Rose called from the other side of the room. How I heard her from here, I had no idea. She motioned for me to join her in the other room and I obliged. When she closed the door behind her, I realized we were in Al's room. Rose took a package from Al's desk. I could just barely make out what the tag said. "To Scorp, with love, Rose."
I took the gift when she gave it to me and opened the package carefully. When I opened it. I saw a picture. It wasn't just any picture, though. It was a picture of me and Rose in first year, when we first became friends. I had sent this to her for Christmas. The picture was surrounded by a frame that said friends all the way around, forming a heart.
"Merry Christmas." She whispered in my ear and kissed me gently on the lips. It would have been a really sweet moment, if her dad didn't walk in and catch us kissing in Al's room.
"Finally. We're here. You want to tell them at dinner, or should we tell them together?" She asked me.
"How come it's either I tell them or we tell them together? Why can't you just tell them?" I asked panic in my voice. I'll admit it, I was scared.
"Because, I was the one who had to tell Dad I was moving in with you. That was crazy. So, now it's either your turn to tell them we're getting married and I'll tell them when we're having a baby, or we tell them together now and you tell them then." She tells me.
"So basically for me it's a loose loose situation?" I joked.
She smiles. "Exactly."
"Fine. We'll tell them together." I sighed. She giggled and took my hand as we walked up to the front door. I knocked a few times and held my breath as the door slowly opened. Please don't let it be Ron, I prayed. No such luck. Thankfully, Ron was happy, almost delighted, to see us.
"Rosie! Mal-I mean Scorpius! Lovely to see you both. Come on in guys, everybody's been waiting for you!" Ron said. He was acting a bit strange, to be honest. Then I noticed Hermione standing behind him, giving him a thumbs up. Mrs. Weasley must've been telling him to be good.
"Rose!" Tons of people said in unison. Ginger after ginger came up and hugged us, dropping off presents to Rose and I.
The night kind of seemed to speed up to dinner time. Everybody was talking and laughing until Mrs. Weasley- err... Hermione... there were a lot of Mrs. Weasley's there- brought out dinner. Rose looked over at me expectantly and took my hand as we stood up together.
"Everybody..." Rose started.
"We have an announcement to make." I finished.
Before we could get anything out Hermione looked up at us. "You're not pregnant, are you Rose?" She asked seriously. That got Ron's attention. He looked from me to Rose, his nostrils flaring. I could feel all of the eyes in the room on me.
"No, Dad." Rose said, turning pink.
"We're getting married." I announced. Rose took the ring out of her pocket and put it on her ring finger, flashing it to everybody. Just as I suspected, Lily stood up and started jumping and screaming. In a good way, I mean. She ran over to us and enveloped us both in a hug.
"Lily!" Ginny said urgently, "Please, sit down."
The rest of the night went by in a blur. We were constantly approached all night with congratulations, from cousins, parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents. When it was finally time to leave, Al came up to me. "Welcome to the family. Good luck." He told me.
Let's just say I think I'm going to need it...
Merry Christmas guys!
~becca