I ran through barrier at King's Cross Station onto Platform 9 3/4. Immediatly I heard someone shout my name. The Potters were standing not far away waving me over. I steered my cart that way, my brother and parents behind me.
"Ready for your 6th year at Hogwarts?" asked my Uncle Harry. "You're officially a NEWT student."
"Of course she is ready," said my father, "She's going to dominate at every class, just like before. No offense Al."
Al shrugged and continued looking around the station. "Rose have you seen Sarah yet?"
"Not yet, but that's my best friend so I reserve the right to hug her first-Sarah!"
I ran to my best friend and hugged her. We hadn't seen each other in weeks. Albus was not far behind, his hands shoved in his pocket.
"Hey," said looking awkwardly.
Sarah blushed, and said, "Hi." I rolled my eyes.
"Jeez you two get a room," said James, coming up behind them.
I shoved him playfully. "Hush it, you have the whole year to give them crap. Oh James, what are we going to do without you next year?"
James grinned. "Oh don't you worry, by the end of the year, you'll be glad to get rid of us. Fred and I plan to go out in a bang."
"Well it will have to be pretty incredible, your Uncle Fred and I had a pretty impressive exit if I do say so myself." I turned around to see Uncle George and his family. Aunt Angelina smacked his arm.
"Don't encourage them George. They need to stay out of trouble if they want to stay on the Quidditch team." She turned to James, "You are never going to the pros if you get expelled from school."
The whistle blew, signaling it was almost time to go. We quick loaded up our trunks, and said goodbye to our parents. The whistle blew again, and we all ran to get on board. I struggled down the train aisle, looking for an empty compartment. Finally Al shouted, "Here's Scorp, let's join him."
Everyone filed into the compartment, but as I walked through the door, the train lurched forward sending me flying.
Straight into Scorpius's lap.
Scorpius looked at me amused. "I'm sorry Weasley, but this seat is already taken."
I quick scrambled up and onto the seat next to him.
My stomach dropped when I looked at him again. I hadn't seen him since that day in June, and I had almost forgotten how attractive he was. My heart was melting just looking as his smirk. Ugh I needed to get those thoughts out of my head.
Not wanting to look embarrassed, I sat up straight and said, "Please Malfoy, I bet you would enjoy me sitting on your lap."
"I never said I wouldn't."
That comment took me aback, but then I saw Scorpius's face and saw that I had given the exact reaction he was hoping for. Lucky for me, Albus asked Malfoy how his summer went. Lily and Hugo had disappeared to meet their friends, as well as Fred and James. Roxy went to find her boyfriend, so it was just the four of us in the compartment.
I decided to that I might as well use the extra room and I stretched out on the seat, resting my feet in Malfoy's lap.
He raised his eyebrows at me and said, "Do I look like a footrest Weasley?"
"Yep" I smirked, refusing to move my feet. Surprisingly he shrugged and rest his arms over them, letting me keep them there.
Albus and Scorpius soon got into a debate on who was the better Quidditch chaser in professional in the pros. I glanced over at Sarah who was giving me one of those looks that was asking me what I was doing.
I gave her a look back that said I had no idea what she was talking about.
She gave me a look that said that she didn't believe me for a moment.
We went back and forth like this for awhile until Sarah rolled her eyes at me and gave me a look that said she we were going to discuss this later.
There was a sharp rap on the door and we all glanced up to see Jessamine and Missy standing at the door.
"Hey boys, did you have a good summer?" asked Jessamine, "I've missed you Scorp." She gave him a flirty smile before noticing that my feet were on Scorp's lap. Her lips puckered the tiniest bit in disgust.
"We were wondering if you wanted to come and sit with us with the other Slytherins," said Missy, twirling a purple streak in her blonde hair.
Sarah sunk back into the seat a little more, I raised my eyebrows at Albus to see what he was going to do, but he kept silent. Finally Scorpius piped up, "Sorry ladies but I think we are comfortable where we're at thanks."
Both girls gave a disappointed smile before disappearing. I turned and glared at Al.
"I think I'm going to change into my robes," said Sarah, "I'll be right back." She got up and exited the compartment. I angrily turned to Albus.
"What did I do?" asked Albus, confused.
Malfoy sighed, "I'll handle him. You go make sure Sarah's not mad."
I nodded and got up and left Scorpius to explain to Al why he was a git.
I found Sarah by the lavatory.
"You alright Sarah? "
"You didn't have to follow me, I'm not upset with him. I mean it would of been nice if he would of mentioned to Missy that he had a girlfriend now, but I suppose Al doesn't think like that." Sarah sighed, "But the good thing that came out of that encounter was the bimbo's faces when they saw you had your feet resting on Scorpius's lap!"
I laughed, "That was amazing! And gives me an idea..." I broke out into a grin.
Sarah looked at me apprehensively. "Rose...what are you thinking?"
"That's a sure way to get rid of them quickly right? With you dating Albus, they won't dote on him because he'll be giving you all of his attention probably. We'll work on that. And if I can just keep Malfoy's attention when they are near, then they won't come near us at all!"
Sarah stared at me. "Are you sure you aren't going to do that because you like Scorpius's attention? Because maybe you have a crush on him?"
"No! I hate Malfoy! But not as much as I hate Jessamine and Missy, and at least I can have fun pestering Malfoy in the process."
Sarah still looked unsure but said, "Alright, we'll try this out..."
"Great!" I took her arm and we headed back to our compartment.
...
When we came back through, Albus stood up and said:
"I'm sorry Sarah for not declaring that you were my girlfriend to Missy and Jessamine. I want you to know that I'm not ashamed to admit that you are my girlfriend, and if you want I would run up and down the corridor of this train proclaiming to everyone that you are mine."
Sarah laughed and gave him a hug. "That's quite alright, you needn't do that."
I sat back down next to Malfoy and said, "Nice job, I think with your guidance he might make a decent boyfriend for my best friend."
Malfoy put his hand over his heart shocked. "Was that? Was that a compliment Rose Weasley?"
"I only give out a few of those Malfoy, so you better cherish it."
"I'm touched," said Malfoy.
Soon we arrived at Hogsmeade Station. The four of us got into a carriage along with two other Ravenclaw boys. When the castle came into sight, I was basically jumping up and down in my seat.
I was so excited to be back.
I am so sorry that I took so long to put up another chapter, I have been distracted by another ship and keep getting ideas for stories for them (If you're are Bellarke shipper than you're in luck) But I promise that I won't take that long for the next one! This chapter was just basically explaining what you have to look forward to this Hogwart's school year :) Thanks for reading, love you!
