Erase and Rewind

A Scorpiose fanfiction by feistyferret

Rated M for scenes of Sexual Nature and Mature Language

Summary: It's Albus, Scorpius and Rose's 5th year, and after the summer holiday, succeeding the crazy events of Albus and Scorpius' 4th year, a lot of things have changed. Rose has decided to give Scorpius a chance to be friends, however Scorpius has decided Rose is old news. Will they eventually get along? Or will Albus lose his two best friends?

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights of any of the characters who all belong to J. K. Rowling, and I am not profiting from this whatsoever.

Chapter Three

Scorpius had watched her out of the corner of his eye during the entire meetup. Involuntarily of course, most likely from old habits. But what he had seen had disturbed him more than the fact that he was actually still watching her. Seth-freaking-Wood had been flirting with Rose, and she had been all over it. Exactly the opposite of how she'd always reacted towards him. He wasn't sure what was bothering him most. The fact that she had turned him down, or the fact that she only had turned him down.

After the scene had unfolded in front of him, the doors of the great hall had opened and all the first years had rushed out into the hallway. Headmistress McGonagall had instructed them to find the prefects from their respective houses and within minutes all the first years from Slytherin were standing in front of him and Violet.

"Alright everyone, listen up!" Violet began. "Congratulations on being sorted into the amazing house of Salazar Slytherin!" Everyone cheered, and Scorpius couldn't help but smile himself. "You will proudly wear the colours of green and silver for the rest of your years at Hogwarts." The first years looked at their colourless robes, that were yet to be filled with the house colours and emblem.

Violet went over the school rules, highlighting curfews, meal times, places they weren't allowed to roam on the school grounds and so on. When she finished, Scorpius cleared his throat. "These rules are fairly easy to follow, however should you break these rules or disrespect any prefects, professors or staff, points will be taken from you, your house and you might even get yourself in detention." The first years stiffened at the last word and Scorpius smirked. "And trust me, detention is not fun."

With that Violet and him set off towards the Slytherin common room in the dungeons with the first years following closely behind, chatter echoing through the halls.

"So, I noticed Rose Weasley made prefect." Violet said and Scorpius mentally slapped himself. His friends had kept quiet about this so far. He had actually just thought that they didn't care because Rose was in Gryffindor and that they'd gone insane over the years of him ranting about her, and didn't want to know more. But now, he thought, that they had probably been talking to Al, who had probably advertised exactly how Scorpius had treated Rose the last time they talked to her.

"Yeah… she did." He said and kept his eyes straight ahead. "Did you know?" She asked him and he could feel her eyes on her. "No I didn't," he mumbled, "but it seems obvious doesn't it?" He glanced at Violet who was still looking at him. "Yeah it does…" She replied and looked away. "So…" she began, "what's the deal with you and Rose anyways?"

Scorpius sighed. He did not feel like having this conversation with Violet or anybody else for that matter. Not even Al. The only person who truly knew how it had been for him, was Jenny, and she'd sworn on her mother's life that she wouldn't tell anyone the details. It wasn't pretty. And he couldn't start this now with Violet. She was a good friend, but not that good and definitely not someone he wanted to talk crushes with. Not if she was supposed to be his future wife someday.

Draco had talked to Scorpius this summer. Not just about Draco's new interest in getting a real job, which he then had focused all his attention on those months and not his son at all, but also about Scorpius' future. And apparently the future meant for him to marry Violet Zabini after Hogwarts. Scorpius took another glance at Violet. She was pretty, her dark skin and chocolate brown hair shone in the lights from the torches in the hallway, and her green eyes were filled with kindness. They were good friends, and could probably become best friends someday, they might even grow to love each other. But it was weird, knowing that their future was planned out ahead. Just to ensure their pure blood line would continue.

"Vi, I really don't want to get into this now." Scorpius ran a hand through his blond hair, a bad habit he had picked up from his father. "Sorry Scorp… It's just… we are all curious about how you went from loving everything about Rose Weasley to not wanting anything to do with her." Violet slowed down as she had noticed the first years were falling behind. "Look Scorp, I understand that she hurt you and that you feel like you need to move on. But going from spending so much time thinking about her, to just cutting her out… you will lose your mind."

Scorpius felt Violet's hand on his and he looked down. "I am here for you if you need me or don't need me. We're all here for you in any way. I just wanted you to know that." She squeezed his hand, and he forced a smile for her just before they reached the common room. Scorpius turned to the first years. "The password is 'strength', you say it to the portrait and the door opens." The first years looked curious towards the portrait and Scorpius turned as well. "Strength." The portrait to the Slytherin common room swung open and Scorpius and Violet stepped through, followed by all the first years.

The following morning Rose had somehow gotten a new surge of energy. She spent as much time as she could getting ready for classes. She even managed to braid her usual tangled hair into a long french braid down her back. When she returned from the girls' bathroom, Katy gave her a long whistle. "Wow Rose, you really know how to clean up!" Lauren and Jane both turned their heads towards Rose and within seconds they were both standing next to her.

Rose's three roommates were always beautiful in their attire. Each one of them were gorgeous in their own way. Katy, with her long blonde hair, magical green eyes and amazing curves, had every boy in the school drooling after her, not that she ever gave any of them another thought. Jane's sandy brown hair fell in short curls, framing her delicate facial features and made her blue eyes stand out in any light. She was one of the smarter girls in their group along with Rose, however unlike Rose she knew she was beautiful, even though she was the shortest of them. Lauren was the last of them, and usually stood out in their small crowd. She was the tallest of them and most athletic. Her skin was dark and radiant, and her chocolate brown hair and eyes gave her an exotic look.

Rose always felt off when she walked along with them. She loved them all to death, but was also incredibly jealous of all them. Her hair was usually a red mess and her eyes a dull brown. Her freckles across her cheeks made her look 12 and even though she was beginning to grow into her womanly curves, she was nowhere near looking anything like Katy. So any compliment from those girls was gold for Rose and she couldn't help but smile as they all gushed over her.

"So," Lauren began, "why have we done something out of ourselves today?" She asked with a raised eyebrow. Katy rolled her eyes, "well obviously there's a guy involved." Jane chimed in, "indeed a boy, but who?" They all looked curiously at Rose and she had a very hard time not blurting it out like a little girl. "Well, if you guys must know… Seth Wood… might have suggested that he'd like to see me". There was a couple of seconds of silence, before an insane squealing set in.

"Oh my Rose, you sooo deserve someone like Seth Wood!" Katy said. "Can you imagine the cute babies they'd have?" Jane clapped her hands together dreamingly. "Rose, that guys is beyond gorgeous and I can only imagine what he could actually do with that body of his." After Lauren had said that, the girls looked with wide eyes at her and then squealed again.

They almost missed breakfast because they had spend so much time discussing all the benefits of dating Seth Wood. But they managed to run down in time to sit down and have a rough 10 minutes for eating.

"Oh dear Merlin Fred! Do you see what I see?" James said. "I do James, I do." The two cousins were suddenly standing behind Rose. "Rose, my sweet darling, we appreciate that you took us seriously on the train," James started. "However, it will be very hard to protect you if you take us too seriously." Fred continued, and Rose rolled her eyes. She loved them, she really did, but they made her life miserable sometimes. She knew they wouldn't let this go

"Oh shut it would you?" She said and sat down in between the many members of her family. After five years she hadn't decided whether being in Gryffindor was a good thing or a bad thing when you were part of the Weasley clan. "It is nothing." When she said that she heard the girls giggle behind her, and she shot them a dead glare. James and Fred looked at her suspiciously. "I am not sure I believe that," James said and Rose smiled innocently at him. "Then don't."

That morning the fifth years had potions with Professor Slughorn in the dungeons. Jordan and Rose were already seated at their favorite table in the front, and the other girls were hanging in the back with Franklin. Jordan was gossiping away about all the dirt he'd dug up so far on all their classmates. Rose wasn't quite listening, but the smile on her face led Jordan to believe his stories were amusing and he continued talking. On the other side of the class in the front, Albus and Scorpius had sat down and were chatting with Violet and Michael about what to expect of their fifth year.

After some time Professor Slughorn finally came into the classroom. "Sorry I'm late my dear students, but no need to worry, we won't be getting into the exciting stuff today." A few students awarded him with a laugh and the professor smiled. "No, today I thought we would start the semester off by expanding our social circles a bit."

That caught most of the class' attention. They knew exactly what this meant. All the professors did it at some point, however most had done it in the first years and had given up when they realised the students wouldn't cooperate. But Professor Slughorn hadn't tried mixing the class up yet, which meant he probably wouldn't let it go that easily.

"This is gonna be a disaster," Michael mumbled under his breath, and Albus agreed with his head falling to the table. "Grow up!" Violet hissed to them and rolled her eyes, making Scorpius chuckle under his breath.

"Alright, now I know you think this is dull, and that you would rather partner up with your best pals. But if you can't work together with each other outside your small circles now, you will never be able to work properly with other wizards and witches when you're older."

Rose looked at their professor with her mouth slightly open. All he said was true of course, but there were definitely people in this classroom she didn't want to work with.

Thinking too much about what the professor had said, she hadn't noticed that Slughorn had been calling names until Jordan got up to sit with Franklin and Violet in the back of the classroom.

"Alright now who have we got left?" Slughorn looked at a piece of parchment. "Oh yes, Ms. Jenny Nott," he said.

"It's Greengrass sir, or at least I'd prefer it to be." Jenny answered and Rose looked at the girl. She knew who Jenny was obviously, but she didn't know her. And she definitely didn't realise how beautiful Jenny had become. The blonde hair fell long down her back, and her face was delicate. It had the same porcelain look as Scorpius' had, which was no shocker, considering they were cousins.

"Ah… My apologies Ms. Greengrass, now you will join teams with Mr. Scorpius Malfoy," Jenny gave Scorpius a smile that he returned, "... and Ms. Rose Weasley." The smile on Scorpius' face was wiped clean as if someone had erased it with a spell.

Rose froze at the sound of her name. He was kidding right? He could not pair her with Scorpius. He must know that Weasleys and Malfoys don't work together. This was ridiculous!

"Ms. Weasley?" Professor Slughorn was standing in front of Rose now, and she realised she was just sitting with her mouth open in disbelief. "Are you alright?"

Rose looked up and closed her mouth, "I'm fine sir". She slowly rose from her seat and made her way over to the table Jenny and Scorpius were seated at.

Instead of making eye contact with Scorpius, she looked at Jenny. "Hello Jennifer, I hope you enjoyed your summer."

Jenny smiled at her and moved out of her chair so Rose could sit in that instead of the one next to Scorpius. "I very much enjoyed it, Rose, thank you."

Scorpius did not say a word to Rose the rest of the class, whenever they were to discuss something, Scorpius would mumble it to Jenny, who would then discuss it further with Rose. It was exhausting and Rose almost ran out of the class to get away from everything when Professor Slughorn terminated the class.

Rose had really wished this day had turned out better. This morning she had awoken with some hope that her fifth year wouldn't be hell. But having to work with Scorpius until the Christmas Holidays was just torture. His attitude towards her had already gotten worse just within one day, and it did not seem like he was gonna grow up and apologise to her anytime soon. She just didn't feel like alienating him just to keep herself from getting hurt. And she was not going to mirror his actions, no, she was more mature than that.

With her thoughts battling her brain for attention, she did not notice the person coming towards until her head bumped into the side of the person, making her almost trip and fall.

"Wow, gotcha." Strong hands took a hold of Rose's arms and she looked up, only to be met with a big smile and sparkling green eyes. "Rose Weasley, all caught up in your thoughts are you?" He smiled even bigger and Rose could barely breathe. Her attention was currently on his hands still holding her arms, and she was actually afraid that if he let go of her, she would fall to the floor of dizziness.

"I…" she let out, but couldn't really finish. A chuckle escaped Seth's lips and he loosened his grips on her arms, making her stand on her own. "Anyways," Seth began as he looked at her, "I was wondering if you would accompany me to Hogsmeade on Saturday."

Rose swallowed a couple of times trying to remember how to speak before opening her mouth again. "I wou-ould," she took a deep breath and tried again, "I would love that." She smiled and he smiled back at her. "That's great!" He took a hold of her hand, "we'll meet up in the hall Saturday morning, but I hope I'll see you around before then."

"Well you'll see me at the prefect meeting tomorrow," Rose said and she was quite proud of how she was managing to flirt when her heart was beating like crazy in her chest. Seth grinned, "I will indeed see you tomorrow." He took her hand to his lips and gently touched them upon the top of her knuckles. "See you soon Rose Weasley." And with that he parted from her.

"See you Seth," she whispered into thin air and almost ran back to her dorm room. Oh how she couldn't wait to tell the girls, and Jordan of course. Perhaps this year was gonna turn out better than she initially had thought.

This chapter has been updated in October 2021

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