December 6th
"Please leave," Rose moaned, her face resting in her hands, trying desperately to get the blond haired boy sitting next to her to leave her alone.
"Rosie, you wound me," Scorpius drawled. "Haven't you heard of peace on Earth and goodwill towards men?"
"No," she stated firmly, raising her head and deciding it was best to ignore the usage of her nickname. "You're hardly a man, anyway."
"Ouch," he responded without even looking up at her.
He was picking at the turkey that was laid out on the Gryffindor table. The mere action of eating food that was meant for her own House was irritating her and she reached out and slapped his hand away like a teacher would to a small school boy getting in trouble. He jerked his hand away and glared at her.
"You have your own turkey at your own table with your own House!" Rose exclaimed.
"Yeah, but your turkey tastes better." His hand sneaked towards the turkey again and she slapped it away.
"It's the same turkey!" she hissed at him, her eyes glancing to the side occasionally to watch her family members snicker at her. It was like one big joke and everyone was in on it. "Fine, I don't care anymore."
Scorpius triumphantly picked off another piece of turkey meat and popped it into his mouth. Rose buried her face back into her hands, hoping that time would be speed and dinner would end soon so she could retreat to the safety of her common room. She'd still have to dodge her cousin's snide remarks but she'd take that over sitting next to Scorpius any day. Suddenly she felt a warm leg press up against hers and her head shot up immediately. Her face was flushed and her hair was wild and all over the place.
"What?" Scorpius asked, trying his best to look innocent with a mouth full of turkey.
"Just because I'm letting you sit here does not mean you get to touch me!"
"Oh, my bad. I thought you were giving up on our bet and letting me have my way," he said smirking.
Rose huffed and stood up, picking up her plate of untouched food. She moved down the table and plopped down next to her cousin, Lily, in a much more dramatic than needed manner. Rose brushed her hair out of her face and dug her fork into her food, looking as though she had just proven a point to the insufferable boy now sitting alone at the wrong table.
"You know, Rose," Scorpius said loudly as he leaned across the table. "You could have moved fifteen minutes ago so I guess you kind of liked sitting next to me."
"He's sort of right, you know," Lily muttered next to Rose, not daring to look at her cousin as she did so.