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Chapter 7

Rose was walking back to Ravenclaw tower alone, Lorcan going to the Gryffindor common room with Emma after they had finally gotten to Dinner.

"Hey Rose, slow down," she heard from behind her, Rose slowed her inhuman pace and turned.

"Oh sorry, I walk fast when I zone out," she replied to the two girls who had caught up with her.

"We can completely understand why you would have zoned out," Marianne said vaguely, Rose not quite catching the double entendre.

"What's that supposed to mean?" she asked, looking at the girls incredulously.

"Oh stop being so deceptive Rose Weasley, we must know, it's only right that you should tell us." Carina said grabbing onto the crook of Rose's arm as they made their way up the 4th floor staircase.

"I really don't understand what you two want to know, I'm afraid you'll have to give me more information." Rose said eyeing the two girls who were grinning at her.

"It seems that Miss Weasley is not feeling very giving today Carina."

"Hmm, I think so too Marianne. What on earth is going on between you and Scorpius?" Carina asked, just about holding back a gasp.

"So that's what this is all about, I told you last week, we are just friends remember." Rose replied simply, letting go of Carina's arm and grabbing onto the banister.

"Is this girl really the smartest in our year?" Marianne asked Carina who was shaking her head.

"I don't know anymore, she just doesn't seem to know the answers like she used to. Remember last year, it was all up to her when we were trying to figure out whether Violet and Alastair were dating. And she figured it out in a flash." Carina said frowning.

"Hmm, it's problematic; I feel that she's lost some of her Ravenclaw logic."

"I'd have to agree, we should also consult Chi, she's always been good at reading those tea leaves, we should get her to investigate what's wrong with Rose." Carina replied worriedly.

"I am right here," Rose shouted, her arms crossed at the two girls at the bottom of the spiral staircase, Rose having gone up a couple of steps. "And what have Violet and Alastair got to do with anything between me and Scorpius?" Rose asked, truly confused.

"Hah!" Marianne shouted and pointed at Rose.

Rose thought for a second and then something clicked, and she gasped at them both.

"You two think I am going out with Malfoy!" Rose shouted, trying to add some disgust, but failing miserably. "Why would you even think that?"

"Say's the girl who just called him Scorpius for the first time, EVER." Carina said smirking, Marianne nodding enthusiastically with her.

"I, I, well, shut up," Rose stuttered shaking her head, "I told you we are just friends, okay. You should really stop saying things like that, if Albus ever heard you."

"Oh come on Rose, don't ruin this for us, and don't use Albus as an excuse for anything." Carina said sternly.

"But, they are best friends and Albus hates me enough because I'm friends with him now." Rose replied.

Carina smiled in reply, "sounds like Mr Potter is trying to ruin a good thing here."

"I agree, we can't have Albus ruining Rose's chances of going out with Scorpius Malfoy, now can we. It's just meant to be you see Rose." Marianne said simply, sending a supportive glance Rose's way.

"No! I do not want to date Scorpius Malfoy, and stop trying to convince yourselves I will." Rose said glaring at them, however her voice had wavered slightly.

"Rose, we are Ravenclaw's, which makes us smart. You can't deceive us, we can see the truth in your eyes." Carina said softly, Rose's expression quickly changing.

Rose didn't say anything, her faced had turned a colour closely resembling a strawberry, she turned and continued up the steps, running and pulling at the knocker, which was attempting to give her a question. Rose didn't listen to the knocker, and continued pulling at the door as Marianne and Carina appeared behind her.

She finally stopped, and sat leaning against the door, pulling her fingers through her hair.

"Don't say anything, please." Rose said quietly, the two girls sitting either side of her.

"About you fancying Scorpius, or you just having a breakdown and trying to murder the knocker?" Marianne asked smiling.

"Oh," Rose said sighing, and pulling her knees to her chest, leaning her head on her knees and shaking her head.

"Rosie," Carina said.

Rose's head snapped up sending a glare at Carina, "don't call me Rosie."

Carina smiled and laughed, Marianne following after her, and Rose then doing the same.

"I'm actually a nutter, aren't I?" Rose asked, moaning and hitting the back of her head against the door.

"Oh, we're all a bit crazy sometimes, we're not half surprised, this is Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy we are talking about." Marianne said nodding, and nudging Rose with her shoulder.

"I don't fancy him, I promise," Rose said quietly.

"Oh look at that nose growing Pinocchio." Carina said laughing, "don't worry Rosie, we won't tell anyone, not even Chi and Zelda, though they'll probably guess. He did put his arm around you, even if it was for a split second."

"So that's what triggered you both, I hate that you two are so perceptive, it's like you are invading my privacy. And anyway, what would you two even get from me going out with Malfoy?" Rose asked.

"You have to ask Rose? It would be a true love story." Marianne said sighing, "we do like drama, and Hogwarts doesn't exactly have television."

Rose laughed, "I forgot you two were obsessed with that, so what? Are you just waiting for the day when my father and Draco Malfoy have a stand-off?"

"Ooh, we never thought that far ahead, that sounds like good material." Marianne said smiling.

Rose shook her head and got up, "well it won't happen, that's not my dad's style. Well unless he's had a few fire whiskeys, but nevertheless, we will not start dating any time soon."

"We'll take your word for that, definitely." Carina said offhandedly, grinning at Marianne and getting up with Rose.

"I don't want to hear this subject again, okay." Rose said sternly, the girls nodding submissively, but as Rose turned to knock the knocker again, they grinned at each other.

The Next Day

"So, so-called best friend, where have you been?" Rose asked Lorcan, spotting him sitting in an armchair reading a Muggle book.

"Sorry, I got held up with Emma, but I'm glad you didn't decide to start learning Legilimency." He replied putting his book on the table.

"Yes, myself and Mr Malfoy came up with something better and easier than that." Rose replied, sitting on the table.

"Oh really? That's why Albus was shooting daggers at you both yesterday at dinner." Lorcan said smirking, Rose frowned. "And what is this plan then?"

"You'll have to wait and see, it is a very complex plan, and may break a few school rules. So I wouldn't want you to get involved." Rose said simply.

Lorcan's mouth had dropped open, "you'd never break a school rule."

"They're not the important ones, and it's not hard to get away with, we could just call it an accident." Rose replied, crossing her legs.

"What has Scorpius done to you?" he asked, slightly frowning, though it soon turned to a smile at his best friend's change of heart.

"We figured it would be a better solution than trying to figure him out, he is a very complex person." She replied, uncrossing her legs and getting up. "And if you want to see it all unfold, be on the fifth floor in an hour."

Lorcan watched as Rose went back into her dorm room, with a skip in her step.

XxX Albus & Scorpius XxX

Albus had decided to consciously forgive Scorpius again for wondering off with Rose again, and they were playing a game of Wizard's chess.

The younger Weasley's and Lily were sitting around them in a corner of the common room. Hugo and Lily speaking in hushed whispers.

"Do you two have to twitter away like that," Albus asked angrily, Lily looked up and frowned. Scorpius sending him a questioning look, which he didn't see.

Lily and Hugo continued speaking, and Albus looked towards them glaring. Molly and Lucy looked at their older cousin with confusion.

"Stop looking at me like that Albus," the 14-year old glared back at Albus, and turned back to Hugo.

"What's wrong with you?" Scorpius asked, taking out one of Albus' knights.

"I don't want to play this anymore," he replied harshly, Scorpius rolling his eyes.

"Can you act like a human please," Scorpius asked, putting away the chess set, his eyes following Albus who had put his hands in his pockets.

"I'm acting perfectly normal," he said, now folding his arms across his chest.

"If this is about Rose you should just speak your mind," Scorpius said standing up, he looked over at Hugo and Lily who were looking at them both.

"It's not about Rose! Does everything have to be about her all of the time?" he shouted. Some of the other people in the common room looked their way.

Scorpius sat back down, "fine, just sit down Al, you're acting like a prat."

Albus looked around the room and people were looking at him, he sighed and slumped back in the armchair.

"Can we do something else?" he asked Scorpius, leaning further back into the chair.

"Do you want to go down to the great hall? Lunch is in an hour." Scorpius suggested, finishing packing away the chess set and banishing it to his bed.

"Yeah sure," he replied, following after the now standing Scorpius. Who was now leading him to his doom.

XxX Rose & Lorcan XxX

"What exactly have you got planned?" Lorcan asked, as he watched Rose take out her wand.

"Just be patient," she replied.

They were on the fifth floor, outside of the prefects' bathroom.

Rose took out a small scrap of parchment and began reading it out, before straightening her back and pointing her wand to the floor.

"Aguamenti" she murmered, a blast of water began covering the floor around them, causing Lorcan to step back and stand in one of the alcoves holding a suit of armour.

"Rose! What are you doing?" Lorcan said trying to keep calm as the entire hallway was covered in inches of water.

"It's a brilliant idea, really Lorcan," she said, looking down at the sheet again and spoke up, "Glacius". The water lining the floor began to freeze within seconds, and Rose smiled at her work.

"An indoor ice rink, this is such a great prank for Albus, you're a genius," Lorcan said sarcastically, crossing his arms.

"No, there is just one last piece of the puzzle, these things," she pointed to the 5 suits of armour that lined the corridor. "You know how much Albus hates those things, and unluckily for him Professor McGonagall told me about a little spell she made back in 1998. But we are going to have to wait for Albus first."

Rose gingerly walked over the ice to get to the alcove Lorcan was standing in and fully admired the ice floor she had made.

XxX

"Did you just hear that?" Albus asked, as they went down the stairs to the fifth floor.

Scorpius had heard what sounded like Lorcan scolding Rose, but decided to ignore it, knowing what Rose was up to.

"No, probably just someone outside," he replied casually.

"Hmm, why is it so cold?"

Scorpius shrugged and continued down the stairs, coughing out loudly when he was a few steps away from the bottom.

XxX

Rose heard Scorpius' cough and pointed her wand up into the air, she said clearly, "Piertotum Locomotor."

The suits of armour around them began to move, stretching out their joints and dropping the weapons they held in their hand. The suits stepped onto the ice, however slightly slipping and sliding over the ice. Rose felt they made the desired effect.

XxX

Scorpius had gotten to the bottom of the staircase, stepping onto the clear ice, keeping his balance perfectly, and looking up at Albus as he descended.

Albus frowned at the face Scorpius was pulling, which was a mix between anticipation and worry.

Upon reaching the third to last step, Albus made the bad decision of jumping the rest of the staircase, landing on his butt when he slipped over on the ice.

"What's wrong with the floor?" Albus shouted, Scorpius not able to hold back a snigger.

Albus looked further down the hall, noticing 5 of the suits of armour were lined across the corridor, seeming to look at him.

Two of the suits of armour slid forward, grabbing Albus by the arms, causing him to scream out very loudly.

He began to scream out words and phrases incoherently as the suits of armour began to drag him along the fifth floor corridor slipping and sliding over the ice. Every time he pulled away from them he would slip over on the ice, and the suits would catch him again.

The suits were the one thing Albus was scared of, it was the stories his dad used to tell him before he went to bed. Instead of telling him fairytales from 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard' like normal parents would, his father would tell him about his various adventures and war stories, leaving out anything too scary. One of which was how Professor McGonagall made a mass puppet army during the war, made of statues and suits of armour. Albus had never been able to look directly at the armour and statues all his time at Hogwarts. He was too scared they'd come alive like they did in 1998, and his greatest fear had now come true on a Sunday morning in mid November 2022.

Lorcan and Rose were busy laughing away in the alcove as Albus stumbled about, trying to reach for his wand.

Scorpius was watching from the bottom of the staircase shaking his head as his best friend slid the length of the corridor and 3 of the suits of armour crashed to the ground. He saw Rose and Lorcan carefully step out of the alcove and grab Albus who began to scream again, squirming against them.

"Albus, you can stop," Rose said between laughs, she took her wand out and ordered the suits to go back to their places and stopped the spell.

Albus had his eyes tightly closed and was still struggling.

Scorpius took out his wand, melting the floor and making the water disappear. He walked over to the three of them and smiled at Albus' frown.

"Did you enjoy the little skate Al?" Rose asked still laughing, Albus shot daggers at her.

"You are so gonna get it Rose Weasley," he snarled, shrugging Lorcan and Rose off him. He turned to Scorpius and pointed a finger at him, "and you tricked me."

"Just some unadulterated fun Al, it goes both ways." Scorpius said grinning, and then looking up at Rose, "nice work."

She smiled and slightly curtsied, "come on Albus, it's all just a joke."

Albus frowned again and got up from the floor, "I'm going to Lunch." He said angrily and turned towards the staircase.

"I think he enjoyed that," Lorcan said shaking his head and following after Albus. "Are you coming then Rose?" he turned and asked.

Rose nodded and turned to Scorpius, "are you?"

"Of course," Rose smiled and they both walked towards Lorcan who was eyeing them suspiciously. Suddenly aware of the way Rose's blue eyes were bright and her smile beaming, and Scorpius' hand which ghosted over Rose's waist.

A/N: Thanks for reading! :D