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AN: To all of my reviewers,you're all great! I get all hyper when I get new reviews, so thank you! I might start updating alot slower because I'm changing somethings around! I'm not sure if this one will be as good because i think it's the one I rushed on. Anyways, I'm tired and don't have much to say, so here's the next chapter!
Chapter Five
Once they reached the school, Rose was fast asleep. Albus was going to wake her up, but James burst into the compartment and dragged him out. Scorpius shook her, and would have thought she was dead, only she was breathing. Finally he gave up and picked her up off the bench. Just when he was picking up her bag, one of her eyes cracked open.
"What are you doing?" she asked, both of her eyes opening.
"We're here. It's time to get on the carriages." Scorpius put her to her feet and held onto her until she was stable on her feet. He handed her the bag and she hung it from her shoulder.
"Thanks." She said.
"For what?"
"For not leaving me."
Scorpius laughed. "Why would I leave you sleeping on the train?"
"Old habits die hard."
"Rosie, I doubt, even last year, that I would've left you on here. I'm still the same person, and I'd never do that to anyone."
Rose smiled and made the heart with her fingers. He did it back to her and she hugged him. "Come on, Malfoy. We'd better go before people start to talk."
"Then let them talk." he said, taking her hand and kissing the top.
"Why do you do that so much?" she asked.
"Because if I kissed you anywhere else, we'd both be in big trouble." he said, dropping her hand.
Rose let her mouth remain slightly open, and she could feel herself blushing. "Lets just go."
* * * * * *
"-and tomorrow is the first day of classes, there will be no absences on the very first day. That is all, you may now go to your common rooms and get settled in." Professor McGonnagal finished her after dinner speech and everyone stood up at once. Various voices could be heard yelling, "First years over here!" and several first years could be heard talking excitedly with newly made friends and siblings.
Rose looked over at the Slytherin table and saw Albus and Scorpius talking. Well Albus was talking. Scorpius was more or less staring at her. When he realized he'd been caught, he looked away, and pretended to have been listening to Albus the whole time. Rose bit her lip and went to try and find one of her friends and reconcile herself with them.
"Charlotte! Katie!" Rose called two the two girls ahead of her. Charlotte MacMillan and Katherine Jordan were her closest girl friends, and 'd been friends since they were little, seeing as their parents, Susan Bones and Ernie Macmillan; Katie Bell and Lee Jordan; were friends with her parents.
They stopped, though irritation was evident on their faces. "What do you want, Rose? We are very upset with you." Katie said, crossing her arms across her chest.
"I know, and I'm sorry, really I am-"
"Do you have any idea how worried we were about you?! Do you?" Charlotte asked, flinging her arms around Rose.
"What have you been doing all summer, anyway? We missed you." Katie said, trying not to laugh at Charlotte, who was still hanging off of Rose.
Scorpius passed them then, and he winked at her. Rose smiled as best as she could, given that she couldn't really breathe or move. Charlotte, being the more oblivious one of the trio didn't really notice, but Katie, who always caught everything, did. She looked over her shoulder at Scorpius who was still looking back at them, and then she gave Rose a look of utter disbelief.
"You should start explaining."
Charlotte finally unlatched herself from Rose and looked around. "Explain what?"
"And this is why you are blonde, Char. You have book smarts, but when it comes to everything else... like logic, you're pretty stupid. "
"Thank you, Miss I've-got-a-stick-up-my-arse."
"Calm down guys." Rose laughed. She hooked arms with them and they headed for their dorm. "It all started at the beginning of this summer..."
"And so now you guys are friends?" Katie asked, laying stomach down on her bed.
Rose nodded and Charlotte sighed deeply. "He is just so cute! And did you see his hair? I didn't think it was possible for him to look any better, but there you go!"
"Did he really hold you, Rose? I would just die to have his strong arms around me..." Katie said, before closing her eyes and sighing.
"It's really no big deal, guys." Rose said, braiding Charlotte's long, straight blonde hair.
"No big deal? Rosie, he's probably the cutest guy in the whole school!" Charlotte said, trying not to move her head.
"It's not all about looks. I mean, sure they're nice to have, but he's more than just gorgeous. He's really funny, and sweet, and... he's deep. He's not like all the other guys that are after only one thing. I'm sure he'd talk to the biggest loser in school, just because everyone thought he would never."
"I think you like him, Rose." Katie said.
"What? Me like Malfoy? No. No way. "
There was a peck on the window and everybody jumped. Katie got up and opened the window, and a huge owl flew through. "Oh my gosh!" she yelled, ducking to miss being hit by one of the bird's enormous wings. The owl flew over to Rose's night table and stuck out it's leg. Rose quickly finsihed up Charlotte's braid and untied the leter from the owl's leg. Katie hopped on Rose's bed and she and Charlotte leaned over Rose's shoulder to get a good view.
"It's from him, isn't it! That is so adorable, he's already written you!"
Rose ignored her friends for the moment and opened the letter.
Rosie,
Just owling to see if you've settled in alright. I'm fine, only your cousin is really bothering me. He's singing some girl song, and his voice is all falsetto... it's very frightening. I wish I had one of those muggle things... video cameras? So that I could record it and show it around school. Haha, but I wouldn't do that. I'm not mean enough. Well, I might do it. Or just use it for black mail. Anyways, bugger. Tell you're roommates I said hello, because I'm sure you've already told them about me. I'm not mad. Now I can openly bug people about you. Muhahaha. Kidding. Maybe. Wow, I'm really tired. I'll talk to you tomorrow, hopefully. Sweet dreams Rosie.
'O, my Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June.
O, my Luve's like a melodie
That's sweetly play'd in tune.
As fair as thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will love thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry...'
Merlin, I really am tired. Night again, Rosie.
Scorpius H. Malfoy
"He's even adorable on paper!" Charlotte said.
"How did he know that you told us already?" Katie asked.
"He knows things like that. I don't know. He's a Slytherin." Rose said, rereading the poem.
"Are you going to write him back?" Charlotte asked. "You should."
"He's going to sleep, Char. "
"So? At least say goodnight."
Rose sighed and found a blank peice of parchment and a quill. She dipped the quill in ink and wrote him back.
Scorpius,
Sorry if you're sleeping. My obnoxious roommates insisted I write you back. They are quite amazed by your crazy psychic powers! You must have man intuition, since you were right on the nose with the whole, already told my friends thing. They squeezed it out of of me. Oh, I wish I was there! I've got lots of blackmail on Al, but I could always use more.
"Tell him we say hi!" Charlotte exclaimed.
Rose sighed, but listened to her.
Charlotte and Katie say hi. Well, I bet if it wasn't so late, they would have screamed it. Since they are so very extatic that I am in contact with you, their Greek God. They poems lovely, Malfoy. Really. Nighty night. Sit by me in our first lesson at least.
Rosie..
She called the owl and tied the letter to it's foot. Rose glanced at her two friends, still practically high from the letter. "You two satisfied now?"
They nodded and went to their beds. Once all the lights were out, they all thought about the recent events. "You do realize how adorable that is, don't you Rosie?" Katie asked.
"He's just my friend."
"But you can tell he likes you!" Charlotte said.
"No, he doesn't. I heard him tell Albus that he didn't today on the train."
"And why would he tell Albus the truth? Really, Rose. Don't tell me you're that daft."
"It-it doesn't matter anyways. It's not like I give a damn if he likes me or not."
"You stuttered." Katie said matter of factly.
"Yeah, so?"
"You do that when you're nervous."
"Bull shit, you guys. I'm going to sleep."
"Rose, you'll tell us first if anything happens, right?"
"Merlin, nothing will ever happen! Just go to sleep!"
"I'm talking to him tomorrow."
"Goodnight, Charlotte. Goodnight, Katherine."
"NIght, Rosie." they sing-songed in unison.
Rose was trying her hardest to go to sleep when-
Tap, tap, tap.
"Hey Rosie, I think he wrote back!"