Promising!
Rose's POV
Well this was a pickle I frankly didn't care to fix. I was frantic, and had no time for the broody James or the sullen Eve. And certainly no time for the mother who was continuously asking me to fix things between them because this kind of stress wasn't good for the baby. No, I could tell you what was real stress-fucking O.W.L.s. The headache they were causing me. That was going to kill me. Eve didn't have O.W.L.s so my sympathy for her was at an all-time low. Meanwhile, my idiotic brother is skipping around jovially as if he even ever had a chance with Eve, who is three years older than him and pregnant with his cousin's baby.
My family was insane.
Really, truly.
"Rose," someone said from behind me. I turned around from the desk of the library to see Scorpius, watching me awkwardly. Anger surged through me, more so than usual, probably because I was on my last nerve with the whole studying thing. "I just came to give you the prefect schedule for next year. Marvin said he wants to do it a bit early for the still standing prefects. He asked me to give all the fifth year prefects the schedule so here." He handed me a piece of paper with lots of times and dates and things. And then I saw him walking away and something animal seized me.
"You son of a bitch," I said, standing up. "You trick me into my feelings, get angry with me when I get angry with you for being a manipulative asshole, and then send me a letter, and then ignore me completely."
"Rose, I don't want to talk about this," he said.
"NO, I want to talk about this, because I cannot concentrate on my O.W.L.s. Why did you switch partners with me? What the hell is your problem?"
"YOU DIDN'T WRITE BACK. NOTHING. NOT A WORD. SO I STAYED AWAY, LIKE I THOUGHT YOU WANTED!" he yelled back at me.
"SO YOUR FEELINGS DISAPPEAR AND YOUR OFF TO SHAG HELEN IN A WEEK?" I bellowed back.
"GET OUT OF THE LIBRARY, BOTH OF YOU!" Pince screeched at us. "This is a library and there are O.W.L.s coming up you irresponsible brats!"
And we were ushered out of there pretty quickly, only to continue our fight elsewhere. "Rose, I am not shagging Helen, where would you get an idea like that?" he asked, quieter this time.
"I came to tell you-" I stopped, turning slightly red. "And you were holding hands with her in the library."
"What did you come to tell me?" he asked, watching me closely.
"I... nothing, I'm an idiot to think that you actually felt something," I said, trailing off.
"I do, Rose. I was holding hands with Helen because she needed a friend that day. And when you didn't approach me that day either, I figured that you didn't want to even speak with me anymore so I had partners changed to make it easier on you. But-"
And I jumped up on him and kissed him, unable to take all of this stupid talking anymore.
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James's POV
After about two weeks of brooding, I realized I shouldn't have done that. I mean, not that I didn't mean it, but there was probably a better way to go about things. She hadn't been to any classes and the map indicated that she was in her room. I wasn't even sure that she was eating, which wasn't healthy, considering she was pregnant. And she's a human. And if it were me, I'm pretty sure I'd die if I didn't get to eat even one meal.
"Quidditch practice tonight, Al. Let the team know. I'm off to check on Eve," I said to Al, who nodded and went back to studying frantically. I probably should wait and have practice till after O.W.L.s. Oh well, this would be the only ones until after testing.
"Laney," I said, stopping when I saw her sitting by the fireplace, working on potions-something I probably should have been doing. She looked up and frowned at me.
"You've made her upset, James."
"I know, but can you bring me up to the dormitory? She hasn't eaten anything for a few days."
"Okay," she said, putting her work down and leading me up the stairs. She opened the door and went back down, leaving me in the girl's dormitory. Eve was sitting in bed, her gaze distant. She snapped out of it and looked at me. She hadn't been crying or anything, she just looked pensive.
"How'd you get up here?" she asked.
"Laney," I said, shrugging and sitting next to her. "I'm not really going to leave you alone in this. I overreacted."
"I know. You're too good," she said with a smile. "I'm so fucked up, James." I felt terrible for adding to her problems and put an arm around her.
"You're not fucked up," he said. "You just have more on your plate than the rest of us. I shouldn't have yelled, but I still stand by what i said. I'd like some more input."
"I know. I'm sorry. Let's talk about this. Without fighting. How would we keep this baby?"
"Well, I've got enough family to help whenever you have the baby next year. We could finish up our seventh years and then both go through job training and then-"
"Then be good parents? After we've done everything? You know how much we'll miss-the first word, steps, crawling, all that-our baby is going to be shuffled from person to person," she said.
"It's better than having our baby raised by someone else," I pointed out.
"Someone else who has the time and care and wants a baby. James, a baby was never really in my plans."
"I know, but plans never really work out. And also, there is no way Jim and Carly can be our adoptive parents," I said, firmly. "They are creepy as hell."
"Okay," Eve conceded. Anyway, I thought so too. There was a comfortable silence that settled itself between us before Eve's stomach grumbling interrupted it. "Lunch!" I said, taking her hand pulling her off the bed.
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Rose's POV
Rose Jane Weasley,
Is something wrong with you? To be dating a Malfoy? Didn't I tell you to stay away from that boy on the very FIRST DAY? It's all over the tabloids. And to hear it like that is absolutely horrendous. I can't believe you didn't even think to tell me or your mother.
This is a serious issue young lady. And we will be discussing it at length when you return home for the summer.
I rolled my eyes. Dad could be so dramatic. If James, Al, and Fred could accept my "traitor" qualities, then dad could too.
We both send our love, by the way. To Hugo too. I hope you are doing well on your O.W.L.s. I know you are though. Seriously though, a MALFOY? Maybe we should take you to Mungo's just to make sure you haven't suffered from brain damage or he hasn't cast an Imperius curse on you or something.
-Love, mum and dad
P.S. Rose, I think it's wonderful that you and Scorpius are dating. I hope you are being responsible though, sweetheart. Love, mum
I grinned, finding it amusing, and put the letter into my pocket. Scorpius was reading over my shoulder and chuckled. "I got one almost identical from my parents. Mum was happy. Dad was absolutely disgusted and went off about Weasleys and a long line of blood traitor poverty. Imagine when we have little mixed babies. My dad will probably disown me."
I don't know for sure, but my uterus may have combusted.
"Okay, what's your next test?" he continued, ignoring the fact that I was a puddle on the ground.
"Transfiguration. Yours?"
"Potions," he said, pulling his notes toward him. "Transfiguration wasn't too bad by the way. Just brush up on your vanishing charm and switching spells."
"For potions, I had to brew an ammortia. It wasn't too bad."
"Thanks," he said, sneaking a kiss to my cheek. "Montague is holding practice tonight for the final against Gryffindor," he groaned, while skimming a potions essay. "But I've got History of Magic tomorrow. I'm the only fifth year on the team so no one cares."
"Don't go. We'll kick your arse anyway," I said easily. He shoved me playfully.
"Nah, we'll get the cup, no worries."
It was wonderful. This was the only thing we had been fighting about since I kissed him. It had been bliss, bliss, and more bliss. It would be like heaven, if it weren't for these glaring exams, but even they couldn't bring me down. Teddy had given me a thumbs up after the DADA exam today, and I was pretty certain I made an O. Potions went well, with a good color and smell to my ammortia potion. Transfiguration, I was slightly worried about, but not as worried as Scorpius was for History of Magic which I had the day after next. But either way, finally getting over the whole Scorpius fiasco was bettering my temperament. I couldn't say the same for Al, who had completely freaked out.
"Rose, that Transfiguration-" he said, after we both came out of the exam room. His eyes were bloodshot and he was jumping up and down. I watched him curiously.
"Al, it wasn't that bad," I said, taking his hand. I felt like he was about to faint.
"No, no, no, no, no it was that bad," he said, his hands shaking. "I got a troll, I just know it."
"Albus, get a grip on yourself. I saw your badger. It was completely gone. And you almost fully switched that squirrel into a chipmunk. You just didn't quite match the stripes."
"NO I FAILED!" he yelled, throwing me off of him before running away. He was mental, I swear.
"What the bully is wrong with him?" James asked, coming out from behind a corner.
"O.W.L.s," I said simply. James looked confused.
"I wasn't nearly as worried."
"You failed, James."
"Yeah, well, I won't fail at Quidditch little cousin," he said jovially. "I'm sure you made all O's though."
"I hope so," I said. "Now, if you'd be so kind, I'm off to study."
"Or snog Malfoy? Come on Rose, can you get more gross?" he asked. I shoved him away and walked off, not bothering to apologize.
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Eve's POV
O.W.L.s were over. There was lots of relief and anxiety all mixed up into one in the air. I had exams too, but they weren't severe. I pretty much could say that I passed them all, with maybe a few mishaps with History of Magic. But no one really cares about that subject. I doubted Binns even cared. I was sitting in the locker room while James was giving a pep talk to the team. The team looked nervous and excited at first, but now they were all trying not to fall asleep during James's "passionate" speech about how much Slytherins sucked. Fred was sitting behind James doing impressions, something everyone was trying to stifle laughter from. It was a while till James caught on, and then Fred received a very severe whack to the head. I looked over and saw Al sitting in the corner, a complete wreck. There was something familiar about the way he was shaking. I couldn't wrap my head around it. It was probably after-exam nerves. I walked over to him and slipped into the little bench space next to him. "Hey Al," I said. He looked over at me with eyes that were the size of saucers and mumbled back a greeting. And then I understood, patted him on the shoulder, and walked away, making a note to confront him after the game.
"And welcome to the final game of the season. We all saw this coming, let's be honest! Who doesn't like a friendly match between Slytherin and Gryffindor? Especially now that the Gryffindor captain's cousin is shagging the Slytherin seeker! Ow!" I looked up and saw that James, Fred, Al and Scorpius had all sent a hex flying toward the commentator's box. "Sorry about that folks, it's Mickey now!" a new voice said. I guess the other guy was knocked out. "Now, let's welcome the team onto the field. Our captains first, James Potter, Gryffindor and Nicholas Montague, Slytherin!" There was general applause for both, but much more booing for Montague. "Shake hands, captains! And we're off! Potter, the red head one, passes the ball to-" He went on, but I was getting my own commentary from the omnoculars James had given me to use. They were awesome, these things. I could rewind and watch in slow motion and everything.
I focused on James the entire game, marveling at his flying skills. There was a scout here today, and James was performing extra well. He made every hoop he shot through and passed the ball plenty of times. Usually, he had a tendency to keep the quaffle to himself, but today he was playing like a perfect teammate. Gryffindor started out in the lead almost straight away and stayed that way. I shifted my gaze to Al and Scorpius a few times, watching them circle around with no luck, but a few false alarms. This game was truly epic. After about an hour, the score was 150-200 Slytherin and Al had still not gotten the snitch. James was bloodied up from a bludger and I was hanging on to my seat to make sure nothing hit him again. It was that Rebecca Rogge who got him. I was going to hit her if she did that again. I noticed all the other girls around me had the same sentiments and I felt a little possessive. I mean come on, I was his baby mama. Back off bitches.
"AND HAS POTTER SEEN THE SNITCH!" I turned frantically to see Al sweeping toward the ground, in chase of a tiny golden fluttering ball. Scorpius zoomed behind him, and they were neck and neck. "POTTER SCORES TWO MORE TIMES!" Mickey yells, and soon I'm cricking my neck from looking back and forth again, watching both of the Potter's. I turned to Rose, who was sitting a few seats away from me.
"Who are you rooting for?" I laughed.
"Well, Al of course. Scorpius can suck my-"
"AND AL POTTER HAS GOTTEN THE SNITCH!" Mickey yelled, his voice breaking in excitement. "GRYFFINDOR WINS THE CUP ONCE AGAIN! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE SEASON!"
But I was already down on the grounds (with a lot of maneuvering) and James had caught me around the waist (carefully, considering) and kissed me fully on the lips, with all of his teammates cheering around us. I looked around and saw Al, who despite having caught the snitch looked unhappy. He slipped away from the team and went back into the lockers. I left James, who probably wouldn't notice, because the scout was making his way to the team. I followed Al into the locker room as quickly as I could waddle, and found him slipping off his shirt.
"Al?" he jumped in surprise and turned to look at me. "Congratulations!" I said. He narrowed his eyes in suspicion.
"What do you want?" he snapped uncharacteristically at me.
"I just wanted to tell you that was amazing-catching the snitch like that."
"Yeah thanks, can you leave now?"
"No... I wanted to talk to you, Al."
"I don't want to talk to you."
"What's wrong?" I urged, walking over to him and putting a hand on his arm.
"Nothing, go away," he said, pulling away from me.
"Al, please," I said. "My mom had a drug problem. You can talk to me."
"How is that even related?" he asked, his sunken eyes widening at me. He looked frightened.
"You know how," I said, watching him.
"No, I don't. The team's coming back, can you just leave me the fuck alone?" he asked. I frowned and was about to keep talking when Fred came in, followed by the rest of the team, cheering loudly and making a beeline for Al.
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"THE SCOUT SAID I WAS PROMISING!" James yelled, as soon as he saw me sitting outside the locker room. "HE SAID PROMISING! THE WORD PROMISING!"
"James, that was an excellent game!" We both turned to see Harry, Ginny, and Lily standing a few feet away, grinning widely.
"You saw the whole thing?" he asked, looking happy.
"Every bit. Where's Al, we want to congratulate him," Ginny said, looking around for her second son. I felt uncomfortable when he came out, shaking like crazy, gave an abrupt greeting to his family, and then stalked off. "What's gotten into him?" Ginny asked, frowning at the back of her son.
"Dunno, but the scout said PROMISING!" James said loudly. I grinned, his excitement was so contagious.
"I'm proud of you son," Harry said, putting an arm around James. "But I've got to head back to the Ministry. Bye Eve, James, Lils. I'll see you when school's over I expect. Oh and Eve, you'll be staying with us this summer," Harry added. I nodded, already expecting this.
"Thanks," I said. Ginny kissed both of us on the cheek, hugged Lily, and left with Harry, saying she'd have to start writing the article about the game for the Prophet. They always did a Hogwarts Cup special. I watched them go, and tried not to laugh when students started flocking around them, asking for autographs. It had been so long, but they were still so famous.
AN: Yeah this story is coming to a close soon, but with it comes a sequel. I have some of the sequel written already so no fear dears, you won't have to wait for updates forever or anything. You might want to add me as an author you subscribe to in order to get a notification of the new story. :) But that's not till a few chapters later, not sure how many. One more thing before I say tata for now-I'm taking James and Eve's baby name (first,middle) & gender propositions. Leave it in a review or email me at if you don't want it showing up! I'll use it if I like it! I LOVE YOU ALL!