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Chapter Eleven
Scorpius was in the middle of working his way through Al's secret stash of sweets, lounging on Al's bed, when he came bursting into the dorm room.
He looked over at Scorpius, caught the devilish smirk on his face, "Oi, you cheeky wanker. That's my bed," he stepped closer, "and my sweets" he complained.
Scorpius didn't answer, instead he slowly placed a sweet in his mouth and chewed – waiting for Al to react. "You don't bother me, I know I have done something today, that will piss you off more!" he smirked right back.
Scorpius knew Al was probably trying to get a rise out of him, so he remained cool and collected, "Yeah, what's that then Albus" raising a brow in an arrogant manner.
Al took a step back, out of his reach, "I used the last of that ridiculous expensive shampoo of yours, none left. All gone. Zilch. Nada!" laughing as Scorpius sat up.
"What. Al. I told you not to use that, that cost a small fortune and it won't help your excuse for hair. I on the other hand, have magnificent hair and that shampoo, is the only one I will use" he whined.
"You will have to use – Merlin forbid – you'll have to use common people's shampoo, oh the tragedy" he mocked.
"Git" he grumbled.
Al looked none pulsed but the insult, they often bantered and he barley registered half of what was said to him. "Rose got a letter from James, tosser called us dumb and dumber"
Scorpius smiled, "Obviously I dumb and you are DUMBER!" laughing as Al scooped up a toffee and threw it at his head.
"Ya missed, your lame Potter!" he said with a sneer.
"Don't sneer, it looks like you have shit under your nose!" he jested.
Scorpius tried to remain serious, but his mouth twitched into a smile and he released a snicker. "Harry always said that it must be a family trait, apparently dad was the king of sneering and smirking".
Al nodded in agreement, "I can imagine, Draco is one intimidating mother fucker" and he laughed at Scorpius' shocked expression at his choice of words.
"Close your mouth Scorp, you'll catch flies" he declared, knowing the nickname Scorp, would annoy the blonde further.
He snapped his mouth shut, "Mother fucker – Al. You better watch your mouth around our dads. Dad knows a brilliant spell that washes your mouth out with soap – I should know!" Scorpius moaned, remembering that day.
He was caught swearing one too many times, his dad had always hated swearing. Apparently Malfoys have a wide vocabulary and do not need to resort to common swearing to get their point across. Hypocrite his dad swears plenty. He called his dad out on it and then pushed his luck even more, by continuing to swear all evening. Eventually his dad snapped and cast the spell to wash his mouth out.
Al shook his head, "Yeah I missed that, I was at Rose's. James said it was the funniest thing he had ever seen. He swore to me that you were blowing bubbles, but I think he was exaggerating" laughing as Scorpius looked mortified at the memory.
Scorpius ran his tongue over his teeth, as if he was expecting to taste soap. "Bloody dad! I should have known better, you never push dad too far. Harry on the other hand – he doesn't rise to it, less fun that way"
Al agreed, his dad would ignore them, or scolded them for language, but otherwise not rise to it. It was bloody irritating.
"So what did the buffoon say in his letter?" Scorpius changed the subject back to what Al originally started.
"Oh yeah. Rose said he asked our dads outright, if you and I could stay. Apparently they agreed and said we can spend a couple of days staying at James' flat. James also confirmed to Rose that he would indeed be holding a crimbo party" he smiled "It's gonna be epic!"
Scorpius frowned, "You think James is telling the truth? He might just say that, so when we go to James', we will get in trouble with our dads. That's something the gitoid would do"
Al finished eating a sweet and shrugged one shoulder, "Eh, I will write to dad and ask, I can ask them to send some of your poncy shampoo too" and he jumped off the bed as Scorpius made a grab for him.
(Time Skip)
Scorpius was with Rose in the library, tutoring bloody irritating first years. He had hoped she would forget he offered to help, no such luck.
"Stop staring Radley, or I will feed you to the three headed dog" Scorpius sneered, he loved scaring first years.
Rose tsked, "Don't worry Craig, Scorpius' bark is worse than his bite – he's a softie at heart" The first year looked horrified at being dragged into the conversation and was only here because his friend said that the hot Weasley girl was offering free tutoring. He didn't really need help, but he tagged along to get a look at the famous Rose Weasley. He didn't realise that Malfoy would be here, looking down at them.
Rose leaned in and whispered in his ear, "Must you act the arrogant, snobby, prat when around others?"
He raised his chin, "I am only putting on a show, and it is what is expected of me. If the first years cannot figure out I am winding them up, then they are stupid" he sniffed.
She poked him in the ribs, "I don't think your intimidating at all Malfoy – in fact you are only succeeding in making yourself look like a stuck up tosser" she was jesting, her voice held no malice.
He looked down at her, sneer back in full force, "Better a stuck up Malfoy then a common freckled faced Weasley" he spat. Then they both burst out laughing as they heard a first year girl whisper to her friend,
"My mum told me all about the famous Malfoy – Weasley feud".
"Emma, we don't hate each other. Scorpius is my best friend in fact- yes he can be a bit to over confident, but he's alright" she smiled at the small girl.
She looked disappointed, "Oh, that's no fun" she mumbled.
Scorpius laughed, "Good to see that we provide such quality entertainment to the firsties" he looked at Radley, he always called first years by their surnames.
"Oi squirt, what else do you delusional first years say about us?" he rather talk then be tutoring, so he was distracting everyone with questions. He hoped Rose would get annoyed at him and send him away.
Craig shrugged, "The usual rumours I guess. Your gay with Potter, Weasleys and Malfoys hate each other, your dad was a death eater and Nott beat you up and you lost" he finished his work, handed it to Rose to check and smirked at him.
Scorpius hated cocky first years, "Well not all of those are rumours. My dad was a death eater, you're not going to shock me by telling me. Yes Nott beat me up, but I previously broke the idiot's nose, twice. I would find some new gossip if I were you!" he warned.
The scrawny boy just shrugged, "You asked, don't wanna hear, don't ask Malfoy" Rose handed him back his work and he left.
Rose snickered, "Yeah MALFOY, if you don't want to hear it, then don't ask" she mimicked.
He rolled his eyes at her, "I think we should start some new rumours. Much more fun ones, like Al can speak Parseltongue like Harry could, or dad has 'Property of Harry Potter' tattooed on his ass" Rose couldn't control the laughter that erupted from her, and they were reprimanded by the librarian.
Once she stopped laughing, she replied, "I wouldn't put it past Draco to actually have that, or more likely make Harry have one, that said 'Draco's seat' above his member" she started laughing again.
Scorpius covered his ears, "Yuck Rose, that's still my dad. Mental imagine I didn't want. You wouldn't like it, what if I said your mum had 'enter here' with an arrow pointed to her lady bits" he complained.
Rose scrunched up her nose in disgust, "Ick okay point made. No more talk of our parent's sex lives – it is none existent, end of" she whacked his arm, "Stop distracting me, we're meant to be tutoring" she primly said. Turning her attention back to the first years, who sat blushing at their conversation.
(Time Skip)
All three friends were walking down to the greenhouses.
"I'm really looking forward to both the Christmas parties – they are going to be great. We have the student organised Christmas party and James' party" she was brimming with excitement.
Al turned his eyes skywards, "Rose, that is all you have been talking about. Get Halloween out the way first. Blimey the way your banging on, it will be a huge let down – nothing can live up to your hype" shaking his head at her eagerness.
Rose huffed, not wanting her to be sulky, Scorpius asked her, "So did James say who else is invited to his party?" smiling at her, to appease her.
She returned Scorpius' smile, making eye contact for longer than she normally would, "James said most guests will be his friends, work colleagues, fellow apartment building neighbours, some school friends – most will be James' age or older. He did say we will know a few people, the Scamander twins, Teddy, Victoire, Dom, Louis, Fred, Molly, you know the usual cousins – but we will be the only ones still at Hogwarts."
Al chuckled, "A bloody family reunion for the next generation then. Apart from the younger ones – poor Hugo, Lucy and Roxanne, bet they are gutted!"
Rose shook her head, "Nah they will have a good party at the burrow and get the adults attention for a change. Normally there are too many of us and some tend to get ignored at family gatherings"
They reached the greenhouse, "I wonder if Natalie could somehow convince her dad to let her go? I bet Nev won't mind?" Al said as he peered into the greenhouse, looking for the man himself.
Scorpius laughed, "Al you can't avoid him, he's our teacher and he knows you are dating his only daughter" pushing Al forwards into the greenhouse.
Al winced, "Shhhh Scorpius, he might not know I'm seeing her" he bent his knees and hid behind Rose and Scorpius as they made their way to the back of the greenhouse.
Professor Longbottom looked at them and gave a sly smile, "Afternoon, Rose, Scorpius and Al. Al I can see you" he shook his head at the younger Potter boy. He knew that his daughter was dating him, Natalie was a chatty girl and she hadn't stopped talking about Al for years. Now they were dating, the incessant chatting had increased.
All three had continued with Herbology, in fact they were doing as many classes as they could. Rose and Scorpius were competing to see who could get the most and highest N.E.W.T's and Al decided to continue some classes, just to hang out – he was clever enough to continue Herbology. However he wasn't taken as many N.E.W.T's as them.
After class Al had a free period and went to meet Natalie. Scorpius and Rose had Arithmancy, their last class of the day. Scorpius liked the classes where it was him and Rose, he admired her intellect and the classes they had alone together, were the more difficult subjects. He cherished these times with her and they would make the most of being able to converse, without worrying about alienating any of their friends who weren't as intellectual.
They often got in heated debates which would spill into their social time. Today was no different, they were still arguing as they entered the great hall. Rose automatically following Scorpius to the Slytherin table and sitting next to Al – still debating and arguing her point to Scorpius.
Al laughed as he watched his two best friends having a loud debate, about some boring topic, that he couldn't give a toss about. This was a normal occurrence and most people just ignored them. What made Al laugh was the sight of them. Whilst arguing Rose was adding veg to hers and Scorpius plate and Scorpius was plating up chicken for both of them – whilst he too was arguing back. All this was gone unnoticed by the pair and they started eating without realising what they had done.
Rose eventually admitted that maybe Scorpius had a point, but also said that she wasn't wrong either.
"Hi guys, finally realised that there are other people around you" Al joked.
Scorpius grinned and Rose rolled her eyes. Scorpius grin grew wider, when he noticed Rich glaring at them from across the hall. They ate dinner and chatted about Halloween, they decided to go to the shared common room, and do homework together.
"I will meet you there, I left some books I need in my room" Rose had told the boys as she headed for the Ravencla common room.
She retrieved her books and was on her way to the shared common room, when Rich stepped in her path.
"Rose" he jeered.
Her lip curled in disgust, "Nott. What do you want" she replied grimly.
He walked around her and ten stopped once again in front of her, eyeing her as he went. "Who knew you could be such a prick tease. Getting off on leading men on and then dumping them, your nothing but a common slag"
Her eyes narrowed and her face flashed red, she raised her hand ready to slap him across the face, but he grabbed her wrist and stopped her. "Now, now Rose – no need for violence. You should watch your back, being such a tease might get you in trouble one day" he then pulled her forwards by her wrist and she fell into him. He kissed her quickly on the lips and then pushed her backwards, she tumbles and fell, landing on her bum.
He laughed with distain, looking down at her as if she were a pace of dirt and then he walked away. She stood and brushed herself off, she was fuming. How dare he speak to her like that, to grip her wrist so hard and to kiss her without permission? What an utter dickhead! She knew he was a bit of a twat when he was slagging off her friends. Then when they spilt up he spread those rumours and showed himself up and now he was being a complete bastard. She never saw this side of Rich before, Scorpius was right. He is a fowl person and a poor excuse for a human being.
Scorpius and Al were chatting about quidditch strategies when Rose came stomping in, face red with anger. Scorpius knew her so well, he could tell what the different shades of red meant, coupled with her wild hair and blazing eyes, alight with fury.
Al recoiled slightly, "Whoa, I hope that isn't aimed at me" he muttered to Scorpius.
She threw herself in the chair next to the boys on the sofa. Before they could ask, she spoke, "Bloody Nott is a fucking wanker!" she seethed.
Scorpius raised his eyebrows, he was just about to say 'I told you so', but had second thoughts – that would not help Rose's mood and she would turn on him.
Instead he said, "What has he done?" fully aware how much of a cock Rich was.
She was too angry to think about it, if she did she wouldn't have told the boys. "He cornered me and started calling me awful things" she proclaimed.
Al frowned, Rose could take silly name calling, and he must have said something that hit a sore spot, for her to be this mad. "What did he call you?" Al ventured.
She looked at her cousin and then too Scorpius, both boys looked like they were ready to jump to her defence and teach Rich a lesson. Scorpius could not afford to get into another fight, he'd be suspended.
She looked away, "Nothing, don't worry. He just got to me is all, I'm fine now" she flatly relied.
Scorpius knew she was brushing them off, "No Rose – what did he call you and what did he do?" Scorpius voice was firm and Rose knew there was no arguing with him.
"He said I was a prick tease and a slag, then he gripped my wrist and wouldn't let me go. He yanked me forwards and kissed me", she looked at her hands, "He then pushed me away from him and I fell on the floor" she finished quietly. Preparing herself for the inevitable.
Silence – she looked up and Scorpius was across the common room and at the door already and Al was silently fuming on the sofa. Al realised that Scorpius had gone, "Shit, Rose he can't go after Rich, he will fight him. We need to stop him" and Al jumped up and legged it after Scorpius, Rose in pursuit of Al.
They found Scorpius outside the Gryffindor common room, arguing with the portrait of the fat lady.
"Young man, I have told you – no password no entry" she sniffed, pointing her head in the air.
Scorpius fists were clenched at his sides and he looked livid.
Al and Rose approached him, "Mate, you won't get in. Come on lets go – you can't get into another fight. You'd be suspended, not to mention your dad would have an aneurism" Al tried to reason with him.
Scorpius grunted, "Well it will be worth it, he can't say and do that to Rose – he needs to be taught a lesson" he still sounded angry.
Rose stepped forwards, placed a hand on his arm, "Please, he's not worth it Scorpius. If you fight, you will be suspended and then Rich can torment me all he wants. I need you to stay here, to protect me" she calmly told him.
She watched as his dark silver eyes changed to light grey, no longer angry and more his normal self. He smiled down at her, "Okay, I will leave it this time" and they turned to walk away.
As they were half way down the corridor, they saw professor Longbottom, the headmistress and Gryffindor student that was Hugo's friend. They rushed past them and Rose called out, "Jack" and Hugo's friend stopped.
They walked over to him, "What's going on?" she knew that Neville was the head of Gryffindor house and if the headmistress was also there, something was definitely going on.
Jack smirked, "Hugo punched Nott in the face and called him a useless piece of shit" Jack sounded proud.
Scorpius, Al and Rose grinned. "Why did he hit Nott?" she queried.
Jack laughed, "Stupid prat insulted you and Hugo lost it. He didn't care that Nott is two years older, he punched him in the jaw, think he did some damage" again Jack sounded proud.
Scorpius laughed, "Fair play Hugo, fair play. Nott was asking for it, I was trying to get in to do it myself but good old Hugo. Never insult a Weasley/Potter/Malfoy to a member of their family" grinning.
Al sighed, "Wish I could have seen it" he too was grinning like a fool.
Rose nodded, "Gotta love my little brother. So what's happening now?" she wondered if Nott had fought back and she suddenly felt sick, "Nott didn't retaliate did he?"
Jack shook his head, "No, he was in shock and then other housemates ganged up on him and held him down, whilst I went to get professor Longbottom. I thought it best that we explain it and have witnesses, before Nott spewed some crap and false story" he looked at them, "I'll go check, be back in a bit – wait here" then he disappeared through the portrait hole.
Ten minutes later the headmistress, professor Longbottom, Jack, Hugo and Rich came out. Scorpius sneered at Rich, and he watched as professor Longbottom and the headmistress walked Rich away.
Jack and Hugo remained standing in the corridor. Rose beamed at him, Scorpius patted him on the arm and Al punched him on the arm, "Well done cus, bastard had it coming to him" Al told him.
Hugo nodded and then his smile faltered, "Mum and dad are going to be so mad at me" Rose gave him a one armed hug.
"No, they will be annoyed you were fighting. But if you explain that you were defending me, they will understand. I suspect if dad hears what Rich was saying, he will want to punch him himself" she kindly told her little brother.
"Thank you for sticking up for me" he smiled up at her, "That's what family is for" but he seemed pleased to have helped his sister.
"So are you in trouble with McGonagall?" Al asked.
Hugo sighed, "Yeah, no matter the reasons, fighting is still against the rules. Got points taken away and detention, but it was worth it" he reasoned.
"What about Rich?" Scorpius was curious, Rich had been getting in to trouble a lot lately.
Hugo shrugged, "Dunno, I heard McGonagall say that he might have to be suspended for a few days – but we don't know for sure" he hugged his sister and said night to the three of them.
Scorpius' mood was happy again, even though he didn't get punch Rich – Rich still got what he deserved. All three returned to the common room and started their huge pile of homework.
A/N: Not sure, but O.W.L's is 5th year and N.E.W.T's are 7th year, I assume the 6th Year is studying for N.E.W.T's too. As they are 16 they are 6th years.