A/N : Hi Guys! three chapters in three days! you should be honored! I'm really enjoying writing this because it's taking me places I never thought it would go, I'm going to kind of skip over their third year a little because we all know they start growing up once they go into fourth year and that's when we get to the good stuff! haha, hope you don't mind, Enjoy! (:
The summer before she went into third year Rose decided she was going to take Victoires advice and loosen up a little. After all she had a natural aptitude for learning and studying so her grades wouldn't be affected, why not? She went shopping with her mother before the start of term to get some trendier clothes. She was thirteen now after all! While they were shopping Rose discussed her new look with her mother.
"Mum I'm tired of being the wallflower! I want to be noticed and not just for good grades"
Hermione thought of how naive her daughter was, she was never the wallflower and she had always attracted attention to herself, she was extremely beautiful but she never seemed to notice, "Ok love if that's what you want go for it" she smiled
"What would you think about me morphing my hair blonde mum? Like Vics?" Rose asked
Hermione was shocked, Roses red hair was striking, beautiful but then again with the morphing ability she could change it back and forth at her will, "I've always loved your hair Rosie but if you want to try it you should, go on show me"
Rose closed her hairs and concentrated on Victoires beautiful silky blonde hair, then she thought of the blonde hair curling perfectly down her back, she had always preferred curls to straight hair. Rose opened her eyes and looked in the mirror, she gasped, her hair was..well it was beautiful, it changed how she looked completely, she looked older and more elegant.
"Rosie love you look beautiful, your hair is lovely that color, but just remember that it was beautiful red too" her mother reminded her.
"I will don't worry mum" Rose resolved that she was going to leave her hair this color, she really liked it. She picked out a few outfits with her mother and left the shops feeling good about herself.
This was going to be a good year.
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The 1st of September came quickly and the Granger/Weasley children were prepared in advance for school, a trait that they had inherited from their mother. Rose got up that morning and decided she would wear one of the dresses she bought on her shopping trip with her mum. It was black but with different colored flowers covering it, it had a sweetheart neckline and fell 2 inches above the knee, Rose paired the dress with a pair of black tights and ankle boots, finally she added the finishing touch a black leather jacket with the sleeves rolled up. She looked in the mirror and was satisfied with how she looked. She proceeded to sit at her vanity and decide how to morph herself. Her hair was of course the pale blonde that she loved and it curled gently down to her waist she also had full bangs. When Rose was happy with how her hair looked she took out her make up bag and applied a light layer of foundation and a little eye shadow. When she had fully inspected herself she picked up her trunk and walked down the stairs to wait in the hallway for her mother, father and little brother who was starting Hogwarts today. When they all came into the hall Hermione smiled at how grown up and beautiful her daughter looked and hit Ron on the arm before he could make some remark about trying to look nice for Scorpius Malfoy. The journey to the train station was uneventful and soon they were standing on platform 9 3/4. Rose hugged her parents goodbye and told Hugo she'd catch up with him later before going off to find Scorpius and Marcos compartment. Herself and Marco had become good friends over the last year and now that her and Scorp were friends again they decided they would all hang out together. Rose finally found them sitting alone in a compartment as she opened the door she heard Scorp cough,
"Sorry I don't um..mean to be rude but we're kind of waiting for a friend of ours" he stammered trying to be polite as ever,
Rose smiled "Don't recognize your own best friend Scorpius Malfoy"
Realization dawned on both of the boys and they sat there open mouthed, "Rose? you look fantastic!" Marco was the first to speak, "What did you do to your hair?"
Rose was sure she could trust Marco so she pulled her necklace out from under her dress and explained how she was a Veela and the necklace gave her the ability to change her appearance. All throughout the conversation with Marco, Scorpius just stared at Rose, this was his best friend? He had to admit she looked amazing! Not that she hadn't always but now she was just ..wow! She's your best friend Scop! Stop it! She's a Veela that's the only reason you have these feelings! Or was it? STOP IT RIGHT NOW SCORPIUS!
While his best friends were completely oblivious to the internal battle Scorpius was fighting they continued to talk about everything under the sun. Until Rose stood up and announced she was going to talk to James and then try and find Erika, a part of Scorpius wanted to tell her not to leave but he shot it down very quickly. As soon as Rose had left the compartment Marco let out a low whistle,
"Wow man! She's smoking!" he whispered,
Scorpius wasn't pleased to her Marco talk about Rose like that, she was their best friend, he couldn't mess things up with her, yeeaah Scorp you keep telling yourself that's the reason you're not pleased, he cursed his own thoughts.
"I'm so going for it with her this year, she's way to good looking to ignore" Marco continued while Scorpius just nodded noncommittally.
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It didn't take long for Rose to find James and Erika, the reason being that they were together, well wrapped around each other probably be a better term to use.
"Oh My God! I did not need to see that!" Rose shouted, covering her eyes as she opened the compartment door, "that's it I'm scared for life!"
James and Erika jumped apart at the sound of Rose entering and Erika at least had the decency to blush,
"Wow Rose looking good!" James said looking for a distraction, Rose had informed him over the summer that she was a Veela and told him all about the necklace. She had also owled Erika and told her.
"Yeah you look fantastic Rose!" Erika agreed.
Rose said thanks and they talked for a little while about their summer before James said "Scorpius won't be able to resist you now Rosie" with a wink,
"W-what? Scorpius..me? NEVER!" Rose stumbled over her words as James and Erika smirked at each other knowing that it was only a matter of time. With that Rose got up and left the compartment saying something about going to check on Hugo. As she left James turned to Erika,
"I bet you 1 Galleon they'll be together before I leave school" James said
"You're on! I bet they won't get together until 7th year!"
"W'ell see"
x-x-x
The first few months of third year flew by for Rose and before they knew it Christmas was upon them. Rose was staying in Hogwarts again for Christmas with James, Erika, Scorp and Marco, Everyone else in her family went home but James was staying for Christmas because the Quidditch team had to practice so she agreed to stay with him. The fact that her other three friends were staying was just a bonus. One night two days before Christmas Rose found herself unable to sleep so she decided to go down to the kitchen to get some of the beautiful chocolate cake from dinner earlier. On the way to the kitchens she bumped into someone, she tried to move to see who it was and apologize but she found that she couldn't move, she looked over to head, ENCHANTED MISELTOE! That stuff would be the death of her! The person she knocked into stood up and she saw that it was Marco, Seriously?
"This all seems very familiar" laughed Marco, thanking his lucky stars, he'd wanted to kiss her since he saw her on the Hogwarts Express but hadn't known how to approach it, fate was obviously on his side.
Rose giggled "Very familiar indeed" she looked up at Marco and took in his muscular build, dark skin and sharp features, it was his eyes that drew her in though, they were strikingly green, maybe it wouldn't be a bad thing to kiss him again..
Before she could say anything else Marco leant down and kissed her full on the lips, his lips were so soft, he was a really good kisser, she wrapped her arms around his neck and tangled her fingers in his hair and he held her around the waist, his tongue rubbed along her lip asking permission so she opened her mouth a little, yes he was a really good kisser! After a few minutes they pulled away and just stood there looking at each other.
"You have no idea how long I've wanted to do that!" Marco whispered, "Rose?"
"Mmm?" she said
"Will you be my girlfriend?" Marco asked quite bluntly
"Yes I'd love to" Rose smiled " No I must be getting back to bed, It's rather cold down here"
"Goodnight" Marco said giving her a chaste kiss on the lips before walking towards the Slytherin dungeon. As he opened the door and crept into bed trying not to make any noise, he couldn't help the huge smile that crept across his face. He lay down in bed and turned on his side to see Scorpius looking back at him,
"What are you smiling at?" Scorpius said with a smirk
"Just kissed Rose" Marco said without evening opening his eyes,
Scorpius tensed but tried not to show it, "Nice one mate"
"Yeah and she's my girlfriend now" Marco added,
"Good for you man" Scorpius said, "Night"
"Night Scorp"
Scorpius lay awake late that night thinking of how Rose and Marco were together, it shouldn't bother him but it really did. He pushed the thoughts aside and fell into a sleep full of dreams of chasing a beautiful girl with curly blonde hair.
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The weeks passed and the whole school soon knew that Marco and Rose were in a relationship, all those close to them were really happy for them but then there were some people who weren't so happy. Angeline Hayes and Lisa Fox ( A/N : Just so you don't have to look back they are Erika and Rose's dormates) sat in there dorm one day while Erika and Rose were out, discussing that very subject.
"She's not even that pretty? All she did was dye her hair and get some new clothes and all of a sudden one of the hottest boys in school wants to go out with her, like how is that fair?" Angie whined.
"I know right! And rumors are that Scorpius Malfoy still fancies her too!" Lisa answered
"Oh hell no! She didn't even notice in first year when he fancied her so she sooo does not deserve him now!"
"Ugggh I know but he really seems to like her, you know when he's always looking at her and that look he gets on his face when she kisses Marco, why can't he look at me like that!" Lisa sighed
"You know what Lis, I heard there's a Slytherin party coming up tonight! We should definitely go! And you can flirt with Scorpius!" Angie said excitedly
"Oh my gosh that's such a good idea!" Lisa gasped, "And I have a plan for you too! I know how we can show little Rosie that she's not bigger than us atal! Listen" And with that the two jealously stricken girls started plotting.
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Rose was aware that some people weren't please with her relationship with Marco but unfortunately she didn't realize that these people were so close to home. If she was honest with herself she was totally happy with her relationship with Marco, the school year was nearly over and they had been going out for 4 months now and she was starting to get a little bored, don't get me wrong she loved spending time with him and he was one of her best friends, but that was the problem! She preferred being best friends with him, he was much easier to talk to and everything. All they really did was snog all the time and while she wasn't complaining, she was looking for a bit of substance in a relationship too. The Slytherin party was tonight and she was of course expected to go as his girlfriend but she was especially looking forward to seeing Scorpius, It had been a while since they talked properly and she missed her best friend. She took her time getting ready, picking out a red dress with a black belt around the middle and black flats, she closed her eyes and imagined that she had a tan, she opened her eyes and saw that she looked sun kissed, not overly orange but enough to make the dress look nice without tights. She fixed her hair and went back to her dorm to put on her jewelry and get her red clutch bag. Erika was in the common room with her boyfriend James so Rose walked down to them to ask their opinion on her outfit. James whistled and told her she looked amazing and Erika agreed. With that she hugged them both goodbye and started the long walk down to the dungeons. On her way she heard someone call her name, it was Angie and Lisa, she smiled sweetly and stopped for them.
"Hey Rosie, are you going to the Slytherin party?" Angie said in a sugary sweet voice,
"Yes I am" Rose smiled
"Mind if we come with?"
"Of course not!" Rose answered, but she had the feeling that the girls would have been going to the party either way as they were both dressed very suggestively.
The girls continued their walk towards the dungeons with Lisa and Angie nattering on about all the hot guys that would be there, once they were there Rose whispered the password and the wall opened up to reveal the very spacious Slytherin common room. Rose found Marco quickly and kissed him lightly on the lips before telling him she was going to find Scorpius, this annoyed Marco slightly as he felt that she should want to spend time with him but he knew that Rose hadn't been speaking to Scorp as much lately so he let her go.
Rose was surprised to find Scorpius asleep in bed, he was usually the life of the party she crept in and sat on the bed beside him before lightly trying to shake him awake. Scorpius was in a deep sleep when he felt someone it on his bed and try and shake him awake, thinking it was Marco trying to get him down to the party again Scorp just mumbled "Gwaaay"
"Scorp? Are you okay? You look terrible" Rose said in a concerned voice.
Scorpius' eyes snapped open, Rose was sitting on his bed looking down at him, "What are you doing here Rose? Why aren't you with your boyfriend?" he couldn't help the hint of bitterness that crept into his voice.
"Because I wanted to spend some time with my best friend" Rose smiled and Scorpius knew he couldn't be bitter with her, "Now what's wrong with you?"
"I think I have the flu, I feel absolutely terrible!" Scorpius answered in a blocked up voice.
Rose quickly cast an immunity charm on herself, "Well looks like I'm here for the night then" she smiled
"Rose I can't let you do that!" Scorpius protested, "Go hang out with your boyfriend"
"Nah Scorp I hang out with him all the time, I wanted to spend some time with you tonight"
Scorpius smiled hearing this and moved over in the bed to make room for her, she snuggled in under the covers and they talked about everything under the sun. Rose told Scorp about Angie and Lisa coming to the party and their provocative attire and Scorpius said that there was something about them that he didn't trust. They continued talking for ages oblivious to how the party was going downstairs.
x-x-x
Angie and Lisa were extremely annoyed, Scorpius was no where to be seen which made it very hard for Lisa to try and flirt with him and their plan for Angie to flirt with Marco was just not working. He didn't seem interested at all, maybe he really did like her. With Scorpius no where to be found Lisa started flirting with another third year Slytherin, Andy Nott, He was tall, dark and handsome, perfect as far as Lisa was concerned. After a while he asked her if she wanted to go up to his dorm because he wasn't really comfortable snogging in the crowded common room, she agreed and they started up the stairs. They opened the door to the dorm room and the sight that met them was an interesting one to say the least. Scorpius Malfoy and Rose Weasley were in bed together, wrapped around each other in a tight embrace, fast asleep, it was totally innocent but like most things it could be made to look as if it wasn't. Lisa wasn't sure whether to be annoyed that Rose was in bed with another one of the hottest boys in school or delighted because this is just what she needed to break up Rose and Marco, she decided on the latter.
"Well, they look cozy" smirked Andy
"Shhh don't wake them I want to take a picture"
"Why?"
"I want to break her and Marco up" Lisa answered bluntly
"Isn't that a little mean?"
"Naah she deserves it"
"If you say so"
Lisa crept over until she was as close to Rose and Scorpius as possible without waking them up and took a picture. She then quickly kissed Andy on the lips and said she had to go before running off to find Angie.
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Scorpius and Rose woke up the next morning to find themselves tangled in an embrace. Rose blushed right to her ears before apologizing and untangling himself. Scorpius felt almost sorry that she had, she was so warm against his body. They turned around to see that there was only one other person in the dorm, Marco. Rose quickly got up from the bed before giving Marco a pleading look that said we really didn't mean to.
"I'm not mad at either of you" Marco said quietly, "I know you didn't mean to do it, but that foul girl Lisa from your dorm came up here last night with Andy and saw you, there's pictures of you all over the school"
"WHAT?" Scorpius and Rose shouted at the same time,
"It can't have been Lisa, she's a nice girl, she wouldn't do that!" Rose said quickly
"It was her, maybe you should rethink your opinions on her and her friend Angie" Marco answered, "Rose I don't think we should go out anymore, I think we were always better off friends"
"Your right Marco, I'm sorry for the pictures, you must be embarrassed, you can tell everyone that you broke up with me in some manly rage if you like" Rose said making both the boys laugh.
"No Rose it's okay don't worry, I'll talk to you later" Marco said as Rose stood up to leave,
"Thanks for being so understanding" Rose smiled, kissing him on the cheek before turning to Scorpius, "Get well soon Scorp," and kissing him on the cheek as well. With that she left the dormitory and walked down the stairs leaving Scorpius and Marco together.
"Look Marc I'm so sorry mate, It was a total accident" Scorpius said
"Scorp mate it's fine don't worry, just worry about getting better for the end of year party" Marco smiled, "And you have it bad for Rose, whether you think so or not man"
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As Rose did the walk of shame back to her dorm in the same clothes she had been wearing last night, she saw exactly what Marco had been talking about, there were pictures of her and Scorpius looking very cozy together all over the school, with a quick wave of her wand Rose summoned every single one of them, which turned out to be a lot more than she expected as she was hit with about 5 thousand photographs, it was a big castle she supposed. She organized them into stacks with her wand and levitated them in front of her as she walked up the stairs. She remained calm and composed the whole way to Gryffindor tower, trying to ignore the looks and smirks people were giving her. She arrived in her dormitory and walked in to find Erika, Angie and Lisa sitting around talking, when they saw her come in Angie and Lisa looked at each other and smirked but tried to hide it, especially when they saw what she was levitating, they tried to pretend they were sympathetic asking her if she was alright but she just lay the pictures on her bed and ignored them. Rose cast a spell over the photos that her Aunt Ginny had taught her, it would tell her who took the picture, sure enough the words Lisa Fox were written above the pictures. Lisas mouth dropped open, she didn't know what to say. Rose rounded on her,
"HOW DARE YOU!" Roses calmness was gone, "What business of yours is it to take pictures totally out of context and put them all over the school?"
"Well we thought you were getting to big for your boots" Lisas act was totally gone too
"So this is how you take your jealousy out on me? You disgust me you sad little girls!" Rose then walked from the room just as tears started to sting her eyes, Erika followed but Rose said she just needed to be alone. She decided to go to the kitchens for some chocolate cake to make her feel better. As she sat in the kitchen eating her cake something caught her eye, the bracelet Scorpius had given her for her 13th birthday, she still couldn't get her head around how it worked, what kind of memory did it have to be to qualify for the bracelet? There was still only two charms on it…wait..there was a third! It was a charm of a bed, it was so small but you could just about make out two heads of bright blonde hair. Seriously? This qualified for the bracelet? What kind of sick piece of magic is this? She resolved to research it later.
x-x-x
The last month of third year went by quickly and soon they were back in King's Cross saying goodbye, James and Erika, still going strong were hugging each other promising to write and meet up, Albus and his girlfriend Lily Longbottom were kissing, Hugo was saying goodbye to his friends, and then there was Marco, Scorpius and Rose, they never had any significant others, it was usually just the three of them. The hugged and promised to meet up over the summer and to keep in touch. With that Roses third year at Hogwarts was over. that was eventful, she thought, what will fourth year be like?
A/N : I didn't plan on writing much on third year but I kind of ran away with myself! haha, but YAAAY! finally we're in fourth year! What did you guys think of this chapter? It's the longest I've written! Please review, review review! I need you hear what you think!
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Dora xoxo