IT'S ALIVE!

Yeah, the story is still alive. I'm really sorry about the late update, I'm trying to juggle a ton of stories at a time.

But, here's the next chapter! Read, and enjoy!

"Hey Rosie," I heard Al's amused voice from somewhere behind me. "So, how was the Charms club meeting today?"

I whirled around and fixed a glare at Al's smug expression. "Albus Severus Potter! You convinced Scorpius to bloody lie to me!"

Al just smirked, making the anger inside of me rise drastically. "Well, I was under the impression that Scorpius explained it to you, but apparently you either forgot or it was too complicated for you to understand. You wouldn't come if—"

"Oh, shove off, Al." I said huffily. "If that was the case, then why not just tell me that this meeting was mandatory! Merlin, Albus, there are a ton of things that you could have done instead. And you go for lying to me?" I hissed furiously.

Al shrugged. "It was more fun." He said casually, flipping his hair out of his face, and raising an eyebrow at me.

After sending a withering glare at my useless, backstabbing, paper-eating, Neanderthal of a cousin, I spun on my heel and marched back to the Ravenclaw table. This time, I did so without humiliating myself by accidentally bumping into someone, which complimented my leaving glare at Al very well.

"Hullo Dea. Alice." I greeted the two drowsy girls sitting at the Ravenclaw table, and took a seat across from them, on this very fine morning.

Well, it wasn't really that fine. More like pouring owls and Professor Neville's toad (which should have been dead years ago) outside.

"Rosie." Dea said, intensely studying the bacon sitting on her plate. After a moment of staring, she picked it up and shoved it in her mouth whole. "So, you never told us about your study date with Scorpius Malfoy." She said, after she had swallowed, waggling her eyebrows suggestively. Alice's head shot up immediately from scribbling last minute notes on her Transfiguration homework, and looked at me expectantly.

I sighed. "Why the bloody hell am I friends with you two?" I wondered out loud, shaking my head. "Honestly, you lot are insane."

"Who's insane?" The blonde haired Gryffindor slid into the seat next to me. Immediately, Dea and Alice assumed an expression of a creepy happiness, with identical grins stretched across their faces, their eyes bugging out of their skulls.

Merlin, not again.

"Scor, it isn't polite to sneak up on a lady." I said smiling as Scorpius helped himself to one of my waffles.

"What lady?" he said, as he ripped off a piece and stuffed it in his mouth. He smirked at my amused expression, but it soon disappeared once he caught sight of Alice and Dea grinning maliciously at him. "Well, er," he started, obviously unnerved. "I just wanted to tell you that there's a Charms meet today at 7. A real one." He added, still unable to tear his eyes away from the wide eyed stare from my two, supposedly, friends. So they tell me. But, for all I know, I've been obliviated to believe that these two aliens are my best friends.

I banished these thoughts from my mind before I embarrass myself, and sighed again. "Alright, again, you lot are insane." I said, nodding at Alice and Dea. "Come on, Scor." I said, as I downed my glass of orange juice in one gulp, shouldered my bag, and swung my legs over the bench, getting up. "Transfiguration, remember?" I said, smirking at the grey eyed kid sitting down, legs outward, and his elbows resting on the table.

Alice let out a shriek. "McGonagall is going to murder me if I don't finish this!" she leaned down and continued to scribble onto the piece of parchment resting on her lap, her brown hair cascading perfectly past her shoulders. I instinctively reached up and tucked a strand of my orange hair behind me ear, trying to pat down the strands that stuck up in every direction.

Dea shook her head. "Mental, she is." She said solemnly, and got up as well. "Well, I'm off to Transfiguration, you lot had better join me soon." And with that, she sauntered off, flipping her hair majestically.

Scorpius got up. "Well, I suppose that we'd better follow her." He said, getting up, and we both headed for Transfiguration.

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"See, James and Fred have always been quite confident, so I haven't been very worried about them. But lately, Fred seems to be distancing himself from James—an attitude that I'm basing on the fact that he and James are often merged together. Of course, being the Quidditch legend, and Hogwarts joker, James tends to out shine Fred, which is obviously causing some jealous feelings towards James, something the latter is painfully oblivious to. Don't you think?"

Scorpius continued to fiddle with his wand. "Brilliant."

"I mean, I've seen the same behavior between Al and James. James, being the oldest, was often in charge of the group, consisting of him, Al, me, Hugo, and Lily. Of course, since Lily and I are girls, we stood out quite easily in the group, especially since Fred was an honorary addition to the group. Fred and James were best friends, and Hugo looked up to the two consistently. Al, on the other hand, was too old to revere Fred and James at Hugo's level, too young to be revered, and, obviously, too much of a guy to be part of Lily and my elite group. So he felt left out, until of course, he came to Hogwarts, and made his own friends, namely you. Now, this is important. Al has gotten over his dilemma, but Hugo seems to be approaching it. He isn't looking up to James and Fred as much as he used to, and he is trying to make his own name. I need you to convince Al to include Hugo in your conversations, activities, etc. It is vital to his happiness! Do you understand?"

Scorpius rolled his eyes. "Sure, Rosie. Seriously, how long are we just going to sit her and psycho-analyze your family?"

I crossed my arms. "Ah, calm down, Scorpius. The Charms meeting only ended an hour ago. I've only been psycho-analyzing them for about twenty minutes."

"Only?"

"Sod off, it's fun."

"You are insane."

"You are lazy."

"Says the girl failing Charms."

"I am not failing! I am just not doing as well as I am in other subjects! Failing is for Gryffindors!"

"Well, I'm not failing either!"

"An exception!"

"Aw, so cute!" Scorpius and I heard a voice cooing from the doorway. As I turned my head to see who it was, I groaned and ran a hand down my face warily.

"Dominique, what are you even doing here?"

The blonde haired girl waved a hand dismissively. "Oh, just dropping off some stuff for Uncle Neville. But that's not important. Your young love is!" She raised both hands to her cheeks, tilting her head and smiling widely.

I felt heat rushing up to my cheeks. "Dominique, stop!" I said, dropping my head so that my face was covered by my hair. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Scorpius trying to do the same, but failing miserably, his cheeks turning slightly pink.

My cousin grinned. "Oh, don't worry, I'll leave you two alone." She winked at me, and then turned and walked out of the classroom we were practicing Charms in.

After a moment of silence, I bit my lip. "Er, sorry about that. Dominique can be a bit, er, straightforward sometimes." I said, embarrassed.

Scorpius shrugged, obviously trying to regain his calm composure. "I've never actually talked to most of your cousins before, so it was a bit strange that she knew me. Usually, it's just James, Al, and Fred."

"Ah, well, those are the most interesting ones. Dominique and Victoire are nice, but their main strong points are how pretty they are." I said jealously, thinking about the sisters' strawberry-blonde hair, and perfect layers. I fingered a strand of my hair absentmindedly.

"They're probably not as pretty as you." Scorpius said next to me, and then swiftly got up and picked up his book bag. "Come on, it's getting late."

I felt my cheeks heat up again, and I bowed my head in embarrassment. "Oh, er, thanks Scor." I said softly, picking up my book bag as well and heading back to the Ravenclaw common room.

Diary Entry #3

Alright, I swear to Merlin, I am losing control. Every time Scorpius says ONE nice thing to me, I start blushing and blubbering like an idiot. It's quite sad.

The worst part is, I'm starting to think that Alice and Dea are RIGHT about me liking Scorpius. And the other way around.

I just cannot believe that this is happening to me. I'm supposed to be Rose Weasley, cool, suave, independent girl who never need a guy to protect her. But today, Scorpius grabbed me before I tripped, and I felt like it was nice to have a bloke looking after you. That's right. One of the brainless, good for nothing blokes.

Alright, that's a bit mean. But I wanted him to always be there, around me, all the time, just in case I need him. He was also helping me carry my books earlier. I'm Rose Weasley, I don't need anyone's help! I help others! Alright, calm down, Rosie, deep breaths.

I'm still in the process of trying to understand it, and, for the first time, am having some difficulty putting it down in words. I could ask Alice, but that would only lead to extreme embarrassment, as well as public humiliation. Public meaning Dea, but she makes it just as bad.

I'll tell you my conclusion when I reach it. Cross my heart, swear to god.

Right now, though, I'm going to go to sleep, because my mind is too mixed up for me to form a proper thought at the moment. So, good night, Diary. Oh, dear Merlin, I am talking to an inanimate object.

This chapter is actually based off of my own experiences. As in, the other day, I was psycho-analyzing my cousins' relationship with my sister and I to my sister. Needless to say, my sister was quite annoyed.

Also, the whole 'you're probably prettier' thing happened to me as well, when I was talking about my sister, and how awesome she is. It was really quite awkward. And the guy was completely fine with it, he just kept on talking, and I, well, reacted like Rose.

It was very awkward.

Very.

Gosh.

I'm going to stop thinking about it.

So, PLEASE REVIEW!

Shanks,

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