Chapter Three
I watch Malfoy walk, well strut, across the Great Hall to the Slytherin table. Almost the entirety of the female populations eyes follows him. Albus follows, and a similar reaction is elicited. Eugh, what is it with the girls in this school there are more than two boys in this school. I turn to Mia, who is watching James flirt with some fifth year Hufflepuff.
"Seriously, he needs to get over himself." I say.
"Who?" she replies with a slightly misted voice.
"My bloody cousin is who." I reply (Meaning Malfoy but I can't tell anyone that). She looks up sadly. "Honestly Mia, you could do so much better than him. He'd just use you anyway, its what he does." She looks at me reproachfully for insulting the 'love of her life'.
Silence falls over the hall as the sorting begins. I hear my own stomach rumbling loudly. The people nearby look over amusedly. Of all the things I had to inherit from my father, were his eating habits. Not the most lady like of things. However, I like to think that I deal with it pretty well, no matter what people (namely the clan) say.
With the sorting finally over the golden platters fill with food, I dig in hungrily.
"Merlin, Rose, could you eat more messily." Says Lily "You're putting me off my food."
I laugh. "People tell me the way I eat is endearing, so suck it up Lil's." I say
"Whatever you say Rose, whatever you say." Max Macmillan, whose sitting across from me.
I make a mental note to attempt to eat in a more ladylike fashion in future.
Josie Patil, one of the five members of my dorm then walks round to steal some of the treacle tart that has just appeared in front of me. "Ah, a girl after my own heart, someone else who enjoys eating as much as I do." I say.
"Yeah, what is it with all these girls who are too afraid to eat for fear of being judged" she says, whipping the treacle tart from under my nose. "Chats tonight Rose?"
"I dunno, I'm tired." I say.
"Oh yeah, I forgot you like to sleep so you have optimum swotting potential." She says sarcastically.
I push her playfully as she squeezes in next to me. "Do you know when Quidditch trials are?" She asks.
"I'm not captain. James is still here remember?" I say.
"Oh yeah, I forgot." She said sarcastically
"What you didn't notice his over sized ego as it pushed itself in here?" I ask perhaps a little too loudly.
"Whose Weasley." Calls James a little down the table.
"You, my dear cousin. I thought you might need to remember than not every one bows down to kiss your dirty feet." I say laughing.
Lorcan comes down to join us and hi-fives squeezes into the space between me and Lily, and starts nibbling at my plate. Josie does the same on the other side of me.
"Don't you know not to get between that girl and her food?" Mia asks them.
"She'd never hurt us." Lorcan says smiling cheekily at me.
"You wanna bet?" I say. But it's an empty threat because at that moment, Headmistress McGonnagal, stands us and starts to make announcements.
"Welcome all to a new year at Hogwarts." She begins, "I would like to remind you all that there is to be absolutely no spellwork in the corridors. And also that the forbidden forest is still out of bounds to everyone." She looks down at the Creevy twins at this point. "Also, new on the staffing team is Professor Malks. He will be teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts temporarily, until we can find a permanent replacement for Professor Kiglas. Anyway, boys and girls, I hope you all have a wonderful year, work hard, but don't forget to have fun too. Now, to bed, all of you. We have studying to do in the morning."
The scraping of benches and I'm being pulled up by Fred.
"Lets go Rosie." he says.
"Yes, Rosie needs her study sleep." Laughs Josie. I scowl at her.
We drag ourselves up the many flights of stairs to the Gryffindor common room and throw ourselves into our favourite chairs by the fireplace. Its been tradition for many years now that we all fall asleep here until around one in the morning until we get woken up for the beginning of term party in the Room of Requirement which was fixed after the Great War.
I fall asleep pretty quickly in my warm comfy chair. Until I am rudely shaken awake by James.
"Lets go Rosie Posy." He says and quickly rouses Mia and Max.
About 20 of us leave the common room at intervals to go to the Room.
As soon as the door opens, I can hear we're late, the musics going and the Room is packed.
"Rosie!" Lorcan shouts to me above the noise. He organised it this year and I can tell he's already drunk. "Let me get you some booze." A table in the corner is filled with every kind of drink imaginable. Including Muggle ones. I don't know where he gets it all from, but like I said, he's the life and should of the party. After a few shots of firewhiskey and some Muggle stuff called Malibu. I'm dancing surrounded my many many people. Will Jones, Mia's older brother and Fred's best friend comes over to me and starts dancing with me. As he pushes up against me I look up and see Malfoy smiling at me across the room. I flash him my best seductive smirk. Will, wraps his arms around me and pulls me closer.
"Your beautiful Rosie." He slurs.
"I know."I reply, Merlin, I must be pissed. I still don't take my eyes away from Malfoy. He walks towards us. My look must have got him. Damn, I'm good, even when drunk. But then I must be insanely so to be smirking seductively and Scorpius Malfoy. He's getting closer and closer. All I can feel is Will's body against mine and I seem to be wishing that it was Malfoy instead. Will pulls my face up to look into his eyes. He bends his head down. Oh shit. He's going to kiss me. Just before his lips reach mine.
"Rose! Will!" Mia squeals over the music. "What in the name of Merlin do you think your doing?" Malfoy's within touching distance now. I'm about to reach out when Will pushes me away into Mia.
Mia then hauls me off back to our dormitory. Screeching at me for nearly kissing her brother. When she gets over that she starts to reminisce about James. I blatantly ignore her. Thinking drunkenly about Malfoy.
Then she interrupts herself and her long James related monologue.
"So what about you and Scopius Malfoy, anything ever going to happen there? I saw you making eyes across the room." She bursts fits of giggles.
"Yeah Rose, what was that?" Asks Dom who magically appeared behind us with Molly Wood our other dorm member passed out across her shoulder.
I look at them darkly. "For just suggesting a thing, I should hex you. However, as it's the first night back and your both intoxicated and clearly forgotten how much I hate the boy. But I shall forgive you, so long as you never raise the topic again." I shoot dagger eyes at her.
"There were definitely eyes Rose." Says Mia.
"And as they say, when you're intoxicated your true emotions show." Adds Dom, winking at me.
I hiss at them as we enter the common room. A few people are passed out on armchairs. It must be later than I thought, I had no idea how long I'd been making eyes at Malfoy for. We went up to our dorm, Dom throwing Molly unceremoniously onto her four-poster.
"All we're saying is that if something were to happen between you and Scorpy. The we'd be fully supportive and it probably wouldn't come as a shock." Says Mia slurring slightly.
"Nothing, I repeat, nothing. Will ever happen between me and Scorpius Malfoy." I say glaring at the pair of them.
And with that I pull the curtains around my four-poster shut and almost immediately fall asleep. My thoughts on a certain Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy.