Discalaimer: I'm asking for Harry Potter for Christmas, so in the unlikely event I own it then, there's still a day to go.
A/N: I know, I know I'm late! But I'm uploading on Christmas eve so I must get points for that :D plus, this is my longest chapter ever as my way of saying sorry. Thanks to the reviewer from the last chapter, but there was only one! So I'd appreciate it if more of you would drop me a quick one when you've finished reading? For me? Call it a Christmas present, I'd love you forever and feed you (virtually) my special homemade m&m cookies!
Okay, authors note/rant over :) happy reading and MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Scorpius quickly followed Rose out of the great hall, dragging Albus behind him who was still clutching a piece of toast.
"Do we really have to do this now? He whined around a mouthful of toast. "In case you hadn't noticed, I was still eating."
"For God's sake Al, all you ever do is eat! Can't you spare a second of face stuffing time for your dearest friend?" Scorp threw back over his shoulder, letting go of Albus and marching purposefully through the corridor and up several flights of stairs with Albus trailing behind.
"And why exactly am I sparing this second?" Albus retorted, "We've already had this conversation about interfering with Rose's love life."
"I just want to talk to her." Scorpius replied.
"And why do you think that I'm going to be any help?" Albus asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Oh come on, Rose tells you everything." Scorpius scoffed. "Plus it's less likely to end in a duel if your there." He added in an undertone.
Albus smirked, "Well I can't argue with that!"
Scorpius gave him a withering look before striding on up the spiral staircase that led to the Ravenclaw Tower. He came to a stop outside and waited for Al to catch up, tapping his foot impatiently. He rapped the bronze eagle knocker.
"What is so fragile that it can be broken just by speaking?" A musical voice came from the doorway of Ravenclaw Tower.
"Now what?" Albus asked, looking perplexed.
Scorpius raised an eyebrow at Albus and shook his head before turning towards the doorway and answering confidently, "Silence."
"Very true." Replied the voice before the door swung open.
"The hat did consider putting me in Ravenclaw." Scorpius shrugged, in answer to Al's questioning look. "And that was the bloody easiest riddle ever, and you'd have to be an idiot not to get it." He added, a smirk stretching across his face.
"And the Slytherin returns." Albus said, rolling his eyes.
Scorpius winked before stepping through the doorway. Albus quickly followed and they began scanning the room for Rose.
"If you want Rose she's in her dorm." A calm voice came from the corner behind them. Molly Weasley, a brown haired fourth year girl and another cousin of Rose and Albus had spoken from a chair in which she seemed to be immersed in a huge old book that had undoubtedly come from the Hogwarts library. She smiled and gazed sympathetically at the two boys through her rectangular glasses, "I can go and get her if you like?"
"Thanks Mol," Albus said whilst Scorpius smiled and nodded awkwardly. He had been visiting them for years, but he still wasn't completely comfortable around Rose and Albus's cousins. Although, Molly and Lucy were some of the easiest to be around, with their calm demeanour and easy going nature that was clearly inherited form their mother. They had less of a temper than the other Weasley's.
She placed the old book on her chair and walked across the room and through the door next to the statue of Rowena Ravenclaw. She returned a minute later with Rose following with a confused look on her face; Molly obviously hadn't told her why she needed to come down, Scorpius thought to himself. When Rose saw him and Albus standing there, she blushed furiously and seemed to hiss something angrily in Molly's direction. Molly shrugged and smiled serenely at her before going back to her book, "She's all yours." She added, before finding her page and becoming immersed once more.
Rose seemed to be debating whether to leg it back up the stairs back to her dorm but after a long look from Scorpius she seemed to think better of it and walked towards them.
"Hi." She said, with a poor attempt at nonchalance. There was a pause.
"So, Finnigan eh?" Al said, breaking the awkward silence between Scorpius and Rose.
They both snorted in amusement at Albus's lack of tact.
"He's always had about the subtlety of a sledgehammer." Rose giggled.
"How he ever became a Slytherin, I'll never know." Scorpius grinned.
"Hey, enough laughing at my expense you two, you're meant to be arguing over Rose's new boyfriend, not turning on me." Albus frowned sullenly at the laughing pair.
They stopped, and glared at Albus, the awkwardness returning in full vengeance.
"Thanks Al." Rose said sarcastically throwing a stinging glare in Albus's direction.
"Well he's right." Scorpius said, thinking he ought to start on the reason he was there. "A Gryffindor, Rosie, really? I think that's even worse than that idiot Hufflepuff you went out with before summer."
"His name was Joseph." Rose replied stiffly. "And he wasn't that stupid."
"Rose, he poked himself in the eye with his own wand." Scorpius replied whilst Albus snorted in the background.
Rose glowered at Scorpius and folded her arms in a defensive stance Scorpius knew all too well.
"Why Finnigan though?" Scorpius asked, trying to appear unconcerned by her answer. "We always make fun of the girls who fall over themselves to go out with him."
"Well, he asked me out yesterday when you were being all arsey with me and I had no one else to talk to. We get on all right so I thought why not? Why do you care anyway Scorp?" She sighed.
Because I fancy the pants off you and want you to go out with me instead,Scorpius thought.
"No reason." He replied instead, shrugging casually before becoming serious again. "I just don't think you should go out with him Rose." Go out with me instead,his head added silently.
"And why should I listen to you?" Rose retorted irritably.
That, he didn't have an answer for.
He shrugged and turned to leave, "There isn't one I guess." He replied looking her in the eye.
She shifted uncomfortably but held her ground. Scorpius sighed and walked towards the door. "You coming Al?"
"I'll catch you up; I want to have a word with Rose." He replied.
Scorpius threw a murderous look in his direction, conveying his thoughts easily, you better not tell her Al, he thought before sighing and leaving the room.
So what now?