The next few days are probably the funniest of my life. Why? Because I pretty much spend all of it messing around with people, mostly because of Scorpius. It's nice to finally be alone with him. Spending everyday with him makes me realise how much time I don't spend with him at school. I notice things I hadn't before, like the way he constantly runs his left hand through his hair, or how he has a dimple on one side of his cheek. Mostly I enjoy just how ridiculous he looks in pyjama's.
On my 3rd night at the manor, Scorp came to me with a devious plan, something most likely going to get us killed.
"No way"
"C'mon Rose it'll be hilarious"
"Scorp this is crossing the line"
"No it's not" He says stubbornly.
"Yes it is"
"What is?"
"What?"
"What?"
"What?"-I'm seriously confused.
"The prank"
"Right-I mean No!"
"Please Rose"
"Scorp- if you're dad finds out it was us-"
"He won't" I look at Scorp and into his electric blue eyes. I can see that he wants to do it- bad. Unable to hold it anymore, "fine" I mutter. Scorp jumps up shrilly and looks very much like a girl. I think he is doing an Irish jig, though it really only looks like a very troubled looking teenager flailing his arms around in the air. Hugo walks in sometime through and looks like he's genuinely worries for the mental health of Scorpius Malfoy.
"Right" He says and slowly back away not wanting to know what was going on. I look at Scorp, who is now giving a very low bow to an invisible audience, and seems to be 'crying' of gratitude. Maybe I should be worried about his mental health.
The next day Scorp wakes me up at a very un-human hour in the morning. "Rose" he whispers excitedly jabbing my rib cage. "Rose" he repeats.
"Wha?" I say barely able to open my eyes.
"Rose- C'mon"
"It's in the pantry" I murmur not knowing what to say, then rolling over. Why the hell is this boy able to get up so early in the morning? He's probably a psychotic killer waiting for me to be in a deep sleep so that he can kill my family-
"Pssst Rose"
"I get it, I get it" I almost whisper-yell at him. I get up and stretch, realising I have a lot of bare skin showing.
"Do you mind?" I hiss at Scorpius who is looking at me with interest.
"Not at all" he replies with a smirk on his face. Honestly. I pick up a t-shirt on the ground and whip him with it. He gives a pained expression and walks out the door. I hear him mutter something that sounds suspiciously like 'women', which only urges me to whip him more.
After I'm changed and ready to do some grade A pranking, I walk out the door before Scorp pulls me down on the ground and starts waving his hand around in very complicated army sign language.
"What?" I say out loud.
"Shhhh" he says and covers his hand over my mouth. He practically slaps me because he moved so fast. I bite his hand and he squeals like a girl.
"Shhhh" I say sarcastically rolling my eyes. I get up and walk like a normal person before Scorp gets up and dives on me. "Merlin- Scorp get off" I say and shove him off me. It goes like this for a while before he gives up. We finally round on Draco and Astoria's bedroom doorway. This time I voluntarily duck. We make it across their room with no noise except for the unworldly sound coming from Draco's nostrils. Scorpius tip toes over to Draco's side of the bed with a bottle of grey hair dye.
He opens the lid and squirts out one drop of grey liquid on Draco's white blond hair. Meanwhile I go around the room and place anti-greying and balding books everywhere. Scorp gives me a look and we leave excited for the next morning. I start to wonder if- BAM. I give a yelp and cover my mouth, looking over at Astoria and Malfoy's open door. It seems I've walked right into a very tired Hugo, his eyes open in shock. I look around for Scorp or an excuse. I finally find Scorp and see that he is- wow- he has somehow managed to get himself into what looks like the most uncomfortable position in the world. The once empty antique box in the corner now has Scorp inside- his limbs pointing in different directions. I roll my eyes.
"Rose- What are you doing here?" Hugo asks looking extremely exhausted and shocked.
"I like walking" I state really flatly with no expression- besides maybe I could pass off as some weird sleep walker. Hugo gives a weird look. He mutters something and then walks off slowly. Hopefully he will think it was a dream. I'm praying that he does. When he is around the corner and out of sight Scorp gets out of his hiding place and stretches. "What was that about?" he asks. I shrug and walk back to my very comfortable bed.
The next morning Scorp wakes me up for the second time that day. "Pssst Rose" I am going to kill this guy. "Rose"- he whispers. I open my eyes and see his nose inches from mine.
"AHHHH!" I scream. I jump up out of my bed, but my foot gets caught in the bed covers so I trip and fall on my head. I can feel a lump forming on my head. Great. "You know, you have a rather annoying habit of doing this." I say blowing hair out of my mouth lying on my back. He looks down on me with a weird look on his face while blinking very fast. Only then do I realise my boob is about to pop out. "Oi!"I yell "OUT!" He doesn't object and practically runs out the room. He really does have a problem.
Five minutes later, I walk out of the room ready for breakfast. One of the Malfoy house keepers hands me a plate of eggs on toast for breakfast and I'm delighted. The Malfoy's don't have house elves (even though they are rich enough to have one) because Astoria is against enslavement. Mum and her should just get married already.
Astoria walks in half way through breakfast while Scorp and I are talking. She looks exhausted.
"Hullo Rose, Scorp" She says with a warm smile no matter how early it is.
"Morning" I says with a bright smile as Scorp grunts in acknowledgment.
"Oh- Albus is coming over today, I forgot to tell you"
"Cool" Scorp and I say in unison. Scorp and I immediately get out our wands as Astoria ducks. I get there faster and yell out "JINX" while he is still fumbling for his wand. His mouth zips shut and I laugh to myself.
"Mmmmmhmm" Scorp mumbles.
"Good now that that's done," Astoria says popping up from the ground and brushing her skirt, "I'm afraid that Draco might be going through a bit of midlife crisis- you see this morning he woke up with-"
"Uh- that's Ok Astoria no need to explain" Yeah no need to explain that your husband mysteriously woke up with a silver strand of hair that Scorp and I may or may not have put there…
"Oh thanks Rose" Astoria says and I can tell she really didn't want to explain what her husband is… growing. I look over at Scorp with a guilty expression and see that he is laughing. Laughing! This idiot is going to give us away. "Right I have to go-" I say dragging Scorp out the door by his ear. I hear Astoria call out that she is going to work but I'm too busy planning different ways to kill Scorp.
"Ow, ow ow OW!" Scorp mubles.
"Are you kidding Scorp!" I yell at him once we're in an empty room, his name r=triggering the zip I placed on his lips to melt away. "Seriously? The prank was good, but if you laugh about it every time somebody mentions anything to do with it, we'll be caught!"
"Ugh fine" He says with a dissapointed look. He looks like he is about to say something when Al appears in the fireplace.
"Hey" Scorp says rather unfazed.
"AHHHH" I scream.
"Morning" Al replies calmly. He looks at Scorp then at me. "What? Didn't you know I was coming?" he says looking at us with puppy eyes.
"Yes but did you have to do it so-"I pause not knowing how to end the sentence.
"Stylishly" he says with a smirk on his face.
"You could have warned us" Scorp reasons. I smile at him as a thank you. Scorp sits down taking a drink of water while Al sits down next to him. I lie down on another coach and begin my homework which was still lying open after last night.
"Merlins beard, I've got a lot of homework to do." Scorp says
"I've been thinking" Al starts "Everyone says 'Merlins beard' but I think it's time for a change. They should say 'Al's beard'" I scoff and Scorp rolls his eyes. "I'm serious! I mean it would be in memory of Dumbledore but really when people said- they'll be thinking of me." He finishes smiling at his clever but stupid idea.
"You're lucky" Scorp sighs "You've got a normal name"
"Oh, right. Because Albus Severus is better than Scorpius Hyperion."
"Fair enough" Scorp replies looking sad.
"At least you're not named after a flower" I point out.
"Rose is a great name" Al puts in giving me a toothy grin. Something like this would drive other girls crazy but to me, it's just my frustrating cousin's weird smile.
"Have you heard from Leo or Fred lately?" Scorp asks Al, wondering about his mates.
"I was at Leo's yesterday and Fred's the day before."
"How were they" I ask.
"Good. Although truth be told I reckon something's going on with Fred. I reckon he has a new secret girlfriend or- I don't know- something he's not telling us about."
"Why do you say so?" Scorp asks with a creepy look on his face.
"Well he started acting weird every time I mentioned a girl's name or anyone from Rose's group."
"huh" I say. When will this boy learn that he will never be able to hide anything from me. Ever.
"Rose- Why do you always have that creepy look on your face when you're planning something?" Al says, his face concerned.
"I'm not planning something!" I lie. I am, they just can't know it. Al and Scorp both start flicking their hair and in high pitched voices they mimic me. "I'm not planning anything!" They Squeal.
"Gits." I murmur- they really are.
"Hey mate I've been wondering- you just broke up with… uh… what was this one called?" Scorp says.
"Uh. I think it was…" What a prick. He doesn't even know his ex-girlfriends name.
"Katia- her name was Katia." I remind him, rolling my eyes.
"Right-are you still on that or, you going to move on to someone new?" Scorp asks looking at Al. It is not ok to stab your best friend, I remind myself.
"I don't really know. Ciara Banes seems nice and she's really fit but-"
"Ew," I say pulling away from a bite of my brownie shaking my head, "You guys are disgusting- Ciara Banes is a nice girl and there is no way in hell I will let you ruin her Al. Is this all you talk about- girls." I say.
"You can talk. All you talk about is that stupid list you and Dom made." He says, and I swear to Merlin, in this moment I might kill my own cousin.
"You call it stupid, I call it genius." I shrug, trying to brush it off.
"You call it genius, I still call it stupid." He says, and I narrow my eyes. So this is the game he wants to play. I gather my books and leave the room, letting the boys' eyes follow me, before reaching for my wand. I hear them yelp in pain, and feel no need to turn around and see the boils now bubbling in their hands.