notes: Thank you so much to the reviewers! I worship you! Now, I know this isn't cannon, and I apologise, but I think most can admit that it's pretty much applicable to the books - I mean, J. K.'s basically screaming at us that Albus is a Slytherin and Rose/Scorpius is inevitable! Well, maybe; enjoy.
our dancing days
vi. charms
scorpiusrose
"I've heard about you," she tells him, raising an eyebrow in defiance. A crowd has gathered around the first years, some cheering and some simply waiting for the outcome. Rose internally is glad that no teachers have arrived yet.
"Rose, don't," Albus says quietly from the crowd, seemingly caught between his cousin and his Housemate.
"For the sake of this argument, I'm going to pretend I haven't heard about you," the boy drawls back. She vaguely notices that his Slytherin tie has come loose slightly.
"By all means," she replies mockingly. "Don't hold back."
"I wouldn't, but I get the feeling that you're not worth it." He steps back, and surveys her. "You must get your bushy hair from your mother; colouring from your father, I'm supposing?" He laughs, at her, not with her, but she doesn't seem to mind.
She studies him and sighs. "I reckon that ego you're carrying around is all yours." The crowd laugh and he glowers.
"Stay away from me, Weasley," he sneers, but then he appears to reconsider. "But, I'll tell you a secret..." He draws her closer with a finger, and almost against her will, she leans towards him so that his lips are near her ear. He smirks. "There's this miracle thing people use nowadays... it's called... shampoo."
And with that, he walks away chortling to himself. He doesn't expect her to run after him, and most certainly doesn't expect her to tackle him and almost knock him to the ground.
"I'm Rose Weasley," she says, holding out her hand. "Who are you?"
He stares at her, almost blankly, before replying, "Scorpius Malfoy. I thought you knew who I was."
"Nope," she says, shaking her heard. "I said I've heard about you. Really, it was just about that you've already won 5 points for Slytherin - nothing noteworthy, I'm afraid. We have Charms class next, don't we? We'd better hurry if we don't want to be late."
Rose drags Scorpius down the corridors, and he lets himself laugh at this new girl's antics, and lets himself fall in with her charms. And Father said that Weasleys lacked class; Scorpius, so far, was inclined to finally disagree.
"You don't know what you've got yourself into, mate," Albus tells Scorpius after he follows his - friends? - to Charms. The boy chuckles.
"I think I have a fairly good idea," he replies, and that's where it begins.