The first thing I noticed when I opened the door to my room was Stephanie was lying on her bed reading. One of the many reasons we're great friends I might add. Though when she looked up at me I could tell that she was waiting for me to apologize. And I was getting that part but a little casual conversation to break the ice might be nice. So when I sat down next to her I asked the first question that came to my mind.
"Whatcha reading?" It came out a little more singsongy than I thought.
Looking over at me she showed me the cover of the book without saying a word. After I read the title, which was Unfogging the Future by Cassandra Vablatsky, I nodded and grabbed the book before closing it. She was definitely going to make this far more harder than it needed to be.
"The silent treatment?" I asked knowing it a little too well. After all, we had been friends since first year so that left a lot of time for mistakes in our friendship.
"Yes." She answered before rolling onto her side so she wouldn't have to look at me.
"You were never any good at it."
Getting off her bed I walked around to the other side so that she was looking at me. An apology is never sincere when you can't see the person's face. They could be playing you for a fool though I never apologized unless I was serious. Stooping down so that we were eye-to-eye, I grabbed her pinky with mine. It was just something we did as friends so that we knew our apologies were sincere.
"Stephanie Amelia Finnigan, I'm sorry for being a bitch earlier. Do know that I am serious and that I'd never lie to you. Which is precisely the reason I didn't say what you wanted me to but I don't really want to talk about it. Friends forever, promise."
"Apology accepted."
Merlin, I never thought about this before but we sound like we're doing an unbreakable vow. I guess it was somewhat the same. It didn't take her long to pull me into a hug either. And when Annabeth came into the room we finally decided to break apart.
"Hey, Rose. Stephanie. So which one of you did something stupid this time?" She asked flipping her blonde hair, which she was well-known for, over her shoulder. In fact some people swore she was the illegitimate lovechild of Draco Malfoy and Luna Lovegood. She was a good friend of mine but I didn't really like her much. What? Don't judge me. She's another Destiny Greengrass. I'm just waiting for the time when she'll try to steal my boyfriend, too. I don't want to get too attached.
"Both of us did actually." I said and sat back down on Stephanie's bed.
"Do tell."
"Well, I kissed Scorpius Malfoy and Rose was a bitch to me." Stephanie said propping herself up on her elbows.
"You did?" Annabeth asked with a smirk. "So that means everybody who lives in this room has kissed him except for..." Pausing for dramatic effect she tapped her finger on her chin as if thinking. Though we knew she already knew the answer. Pointing her finger at me she stuck out her tongue before smiling. "It's you, Rose. You've never kissed him yet. What's up with that?"
"Ha! Do you really think I would ever kiss him? Do you see how much we fight?"
"Yeah. But that's the perfect reason to kiss." Stephanie interjected sitting up now. Apparently this conversation was getting her a little hyped up.
"How is that the perfect reason to kiss?" Rolling my eyes I got up and went to my own bed. I don't even know why I was sitting here talking to them about this anyway. It was embarrassing. But it couldn't be worst than the time they talked about all the things Annabeth had done. And trust me, she had done a lot. I guess you could her the Gryffindor Whore. Most girls do anyway. Personally I think it has a nice ring to it.
"Don't you get it. You guys fight ALL the time."
"And what exactly does that have to do with anything, Anna?"
"Well when you fight all the time it's bound to build up some tension. And, not to mention, sexual aggression."
"I agree with Stephanie." Annabeth nodded her head in approval at our friend.
I haven't the slightest idea what those two meant by 'tension' and 'sexual aggression' but I really didn't want to know. Apparently they thought I would want to bed the person I hate the most. Blowing a strand of hair out of my face I stared at them.
"Are you guys even being serious right now?"
"Yes." They said at the same time, eyes staring at me.
"Never gonna happen." I sang before rolling my eyes again. Yes that was somewhat a lie. We had already kissed twice before but I hadn't slept with him. Nor do I ever plan too. "Oh, and Annabeth... how are things going with you and Thomas? I heard some rumors going around that you guys had finally decided to make it official. Can't say that I think it'll last long."
Crossing her legs and putting her hands on her knees, she gave me an innocent smile. Or what she most likely thought to be innocent. "It's true. I think we could last a while. I really like him and we've already-"
"Eeeeeeerrrrrrrrr!" I mimicked the sound of a car screeching to a stop and held up my hand. "Please do spare us the details."
And I watched as Stephanie nodded her head. We had heard enough stories about her favors to last a lifetime. I could see that she was quite disappointed that I had cut her off too but she'd get over it. She got over everything fast. For example: After dating this one guy for 5 months, when he broke up with her she was already flirting the next day. Now that's what you call a fast recovery. Most girls would have been crying their eyes out for weeks but she had managed to bounce back into the dating crowd in a day. That's pretty amazing if you ask me.
"What about you, Rose? I heard you were thinking about dating McLaggen. He is cute though I think he's a bit beneath your standards. I mean he is smart, and sometimes he can be nice but he is a bit conceited if I do say so myself." I heard Stephanie say as I sat down at my desk to finish my essay. I had totally forgotten about it for a while.
"Rumors." I stated simply without even looking up from what I was doing.
"Figures. You still haven't dated since Paul. Remind me why you broke up with him anyway."
"I'll make it short for you, Anna. We dated for one year. He wanted to throw it away to be with a Ravenclaw slut for one day. And I'm not really one to stick around with a cheater."
"You know what they say. Once a cheater, always a cheater." Stephanie said with a laugh.
It's kind of funny that I've never mentioned before that Destiny had taken Paul away from me but I guess that was fine. I didn't really like talking or thinking about it anyway. It's not everyday that you lose someone that fast. He had meant a lot to me and I thought that we could have been happy forever but then again I never believed in fairy tales. I guess I let my happiness go to my head.
"Hey, Rose. What essay are you writing?" I jumped when I felt her hair tickle my ear. I didn't even hear her footsteps when she had come over.
"Potions."
"What?" Stephanie squeaked out. "When's it due?"
"Four days. You still have time. There's no need to worry about it."
"You should have known it's due no time soon because Rose always does hers the first day." I heard before Annabeth was on the other side of me. I think they were trying to remember pieces of my essay so they could use them for their own.
Turning around in my chair to face them, I smiled. "Let me guess. You guys want me to help you." And I knew the answer before I even saw them nod their heads. They always did the same thing before asking me to help them with their essays. I never had a problem with it either. They were good listeners.
"Later." I said to them before turning back around.
"Hey, Rose. Did you ever get to helping Hugo with his homework?" Stephanie asked.
"Uh..." How had I forgotten about that? I was going to have to make some sort of excuse. "Oh, yeah. I saw him a bit earlier, when I went out, and he said that he didn't need my help anymore. He'd asked some girl. I don't know. More time for me anyway."
Annabeth laughed and I heard her go back to her bed. "So do you like Scorpius?"
"WHAT?"
"I was talking to Stephanie." She said blinking at me not even phased by the fact that I had almost fell out of my chair.
"Oh. Sorry." I said before looking away awkwardly.
Stephanie shrugged her shoulders and smiled. "Eh. He's not really important to me so I guess not. Besides, I still like Brandon anyway. And I'm willing to bet thirteen galleons that Rose and Scorpius are are going to hook up before the year's over."
"Wait. How did this turn back to me?"
"I bet you double that they already did." Annabeth said and went to get some money out her drawers.
"Deal. Shall we go get the veritaserum?"
And before I could even tell them I wouldn't participate in their activities they were out the door. And even if I did say something I doubt they would have listened. I wondered how they would get me to drink it though. That is if they even get their hands on some. Although, Annabeth does have her ways to get what she wants. I'd have to be careful what I drink around them now.
Grabbing a piece of paper I got ready to write Destiny a letter. I was finally going to give her a chance.
Dear Destiny Greengrass,
Well, since you were there I guess there's no point in saying that you were caught in yet another lie. I think Albus is going to be pretty upset with you for a while now. So if you truly love him you would apologize to me. And you know, I'm feeling quite generous today so I suggest you take the chance before I change my mind. Which wouldn't be good for you because if I never forgive you, I'm pretty sure Albus wouldn't either. But, hey. That's just my opinion. Take it or leave it. You can choose the time and place. Be wise.
Giving you a chance,
Rose Weasley
P.S: This doesn't mean that we can be friends by the way. Don't let it go to your head.
Author's Note: This was supposed to be up way earlier but I was so tired I accidentally fell asleep. Ooops. Sorry. Once again this chapter is for WhisperMaw who suggested that I develop Rose and Stephanie's friendship. Which I did. And hey, I even threw in an extra character for y'all. WHABAM! Enjoy and do review please. Now I must think of something to write for the next chapter. Toodles.