Warning this chapter envolves the start of bulling.
Stereotypes and Bullies
The incident with Tina didn't only bother Albus for as they walked into Potions Scorpius as contemplating what had happened that morning and also another stereotype he had heard. Not only was he supposed to be in Slytherin but also good at Potions. But, the thing was that it had never really seemed interesting to him because it was a bunch of ingredients and directions which you had to follow, and Scorpius hadn't ever liked following orders or directions of any kind ever since he was a kid especially if they came from or was connected with his father. He would do what he was told, but didn't enjoy it. To add to that the professor in this class was also the head of Slytherin house and would probably favor the Slytherins and hate him. The professor also had a reputation for being a harsh, no-nonsense type of person.
As he was worrying about this they all sat down and he looked around realizing that this class was just the Gryffindors and Slytherins. Before he could think anything on this Professor Lesley Filk walked in and yelled for the class to quiet down as he walked through the rows of tables towards the front of the room.
"Ok. This class will not be easy and I will not tolerate any rule breaking or disrupting in this class at all. Today we will be in working in pairs to create the simple forgetfulness potion which you can find on page 20 of your books. Begin," the professor told the class and then watched while the class got started. Scorpius and Rose were sitting next to each other so they teamed up to create the potion. 'Great not only am I going to be just plain terrible at potions, but I'll also be a bit more clumsy as I'm working with Rose,' he thought desperately as he had found that he became a little, make that a lot, more nervous and clumsy when he was around his crush. The two of them started getting the potion ingredients out and mixing it together. They were so engrossed in their jobs that they didn't notice that Professor Filk had stood up and started wandering around the room watching each pair as they worked. As, they had sat in the back of the room they were one of the last pairs to be evaluated. As they were one of the last to be evaluated they were adding the last of the ingredients, Newt Essence, in.
To Scorpius's rotten luck he was carefully measuring out the amount of the ingredient when out of the corner of his eye he saw Rose's dazzlingly beautiful smile directed at him, so he put just a tiny bit more than was needed into the potion. He of course didn't know that Professor Filk was right behind him until Filk startled him by scoffing. As a result of being startled Scorpius turned around quickly with the vile of Newt Essence still pouring and spilt the rest of the vile on Professor Filk himself.
"You idiot!" Filk almost shrieked, "First, you incorrectly measured the ingredient! Then, you spill the it on me!" Just then Filk realized who he was talking to and a small smirk came across his face and his voice got an eerie calm to it. "Oh, of course I shouldn't have expected any better from the Malfoy traitor," The entire class was watching this and he could hear the Slytherins snickering and the professor's last comment. "For this you have detention and ten points from Gryffindor. For your detention be here by 8 on Saturday. Now get back to your potion!"
"Yes sir," he answered timidly and turned back to his and Rose's cauldron trying to ignore the snickers from the Slytherins or sympathetic look from Rose. 'Detention! And I really don't need all these people paying attention to me and I really don't need Rose's sympathy.' Scorpius thought sourly while continuing with the potion.
Scorpius was truly glad when the bell rang for lunch. That was until they walked out into the hallway and a Slytherin came up beside him and slammed him into the wall hissing "Traitor!" as he walked away. 'Great. Just great. Not only was Potions a total disaster ending in me humiliating myself and getting a detention. Now I have a guy after me. Just bloody great.' he fumed in his head.
He barely heard Rose ask him, "Scorp, are you ok?"
"Ya," he answered even though he absolutely was not ok. She could tell, but let it drop and they talked about anything else all through lunch. Until they got up to leave for their next class and the same Slytherin and his crony friends walked up to the four of them as they left. One of the crons pushed Scorpius into another wall and all three of them hissed "Traitor," as they walked by. 'Great it isn't just one guy but three.' he thought as he and the others continued walking to class.
Again Rose asked him, "Hey, you sure you are alright?"
And again he answered, "Yes," and the subject was dropped. With his first lucky break all day they did not see the three bullies or Professor Filk for the rest of the day.
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