Chapter 4

Angels are against me

Rose POV

Tell me what you think is the worst punishment that can be given to an individual.

-Throwing them in a river full of alligators- wrong

-Depriving them of pocket money for full whole month- wrong again

- Forcing them to eat banana muffins prepared by my mom-scary ha! But still wrong

Well! The worst punishment that can be given to an individual is forcing them to spend full 3 hrs with the jerk whom they hate more than a giant squid and that too doing something in which you are horrible and your 'dear enemy' is absolutely fantastic. So now i am sure you can imagine my condition. Heaven! Seems all the angels are against me.

"Rose you don't have to bend, your posture should be absolutely erect - you see" said the great Mr. Malfoy himself

Well if you have cousins like mine what is the need for enemies. But alas! I have to do this.

"Alright Scorpius I'll keep my posture absolutely erect- like this" I said bringing my legs together and stretching myself as much as i could.

"None of your fault, I guess you have a physical deformity, now forget your posture and try doing this step" He chuckled and then demonstrated the most ridiculous step I had ever seen.

Now this was too much!

Yeah - I do love my cousins and all but that was it. I do have my pride after all!

"Look Malfoy if you dare insult me once more I will make sure you will never be able to dance again -forget Al- forget Victiore" I replied with my most scary frown.

"Chill Weasley it's me who is doing a favour to you people so no need to show this fake attitude. Forgot our deal so soon?", He said dryly.

"Look Malfoy No need to remind me of our deal. The deal was about showing respect to each other till this dance is over – It was mutual- what do you think you can keep insulting me and I will keep listening like one of your fan girls" I said rather angrily.

"OK then sorry Rose- now can we please continue with our practice i don't have the whole day" said Scorpius.

Now that was unexpected Scorpius Malfoy actually apologised. I didn't even know that this word existed in his dictionary. Well done Rose! – It seems yourssscary frown finally worked.

"Right Scorpius now let's try once again" I said.

For the next 30 minutes I tried my best to follow whatever he said and then we were both dead tired.

We went inside the Burrow and seated ourselves while my mom went to prepare hot chocolate.

"Hey guys how was it?' I heard Lily's voice.

"Hey Lily we actually survived 4 hrs without hexing each other" I said sarcastically.

"Now that calls for a cerebration I always knew my idea would work", replied Lily with a sweet smile on her face.

"Your idea- was it really your idea little cousin" I said shocked.

"Who else do you think is such a genius" said Lily.

"So tell me Malfoy how was it dancing with my cousin".

"Lily- Scorpius and I made a deal to stay civil till the dance and I think we are doing fairly well - right Scorpius" I said smiling to him.

"Tell me Scorpius- how was it?" repeated Lily.

"Do you really want to know the answer Lily" said Scorpius.

At this I looked at him quite curiously. I know this deal was working quite well which was a big surprise of course. I had never dedicated so much of my time for any other thing except studies so i actually waited for his response quite eagerly.

"Your cousin is a disastrous dancer", he said.

This left my mouth open like a goldfish, even Lily looked surprised.

"Full 4 hours were a complete waste, there is not even one step that she could manage to do flawless, I am quite sure that even my aunt Daphne can dance better than this", he said smugly.

I noticed my eyes pouring tears on my cheeks, I had never felt so insulted.

"That is enough Malfoy, We know you are an awesome dancer and all but you have no right to insult my cousin" shouted Lily.

"I only told the truth Lily" said Scorpius leaving the room.

"O my- sorry Rose" said Lily putting her arm around me sympathetically" This Malfoy boy is a prat- but you know what- you are Rose Weasley - the girl who has always given him a tough competition" she added.

"What do you mean Lily?" I said wiping my tears.

"Look Rose now this dance is not just a simple performance but a challenge. A challenge to show the Malfoys that we Weasleys will always remain better than them- do you get that" she said.

"But Lily how will i even beat him in this challenge- Malfoy is a fabulous dancer and as I said I can't even move my legs with rhythm" I said sadly.

"What are cousins for" she replied.

"What do you mean" I enquired getting excited.

"OK I'll tell you but promise me that it will remain a secret just between the two of us- not even Al should know about this" she said.

"I promise Lily this will remain Rose's and Lily's secret. The secret of the two flower girls" I said.

"Then you just wait till tomorrow- Scorpius' jaw will drop on the floor when he sees you dance", she said clapping her hands.

God knows what new plan is she cooking inside her brains now but I highly doubt this little girl this time. How the hell was I going to beat Scorpius? What if I even get worse- no way this will give the devil a chance to humiliate me in front of the entire school - oh no – i knew I was actually taking a risk trusting Lily but I guess that was the only option. Well there is another option- why don't I Quit- but no Rose Weasley never quits so now in the end it is confirmed that Angels are against me.

"As you say dear cuz", I replied giving her the most pathetic look I could manage.

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