Chapter 6: Arriving Home

Written by: TheChannyWizard

Elizabeth arrived home and grinned broadly. Her owl, Snowflake, hooted loudly as she too, realized where they were. Elizabeth opened the door and put all her baggage down. Suddenly, she was thrown back by two little kids, Aaron and Simone, who were hugging her. "How was school!?"Simone squealed. She had obviously inherited Elizabeth's craziness and wildness. Elizabeth peeled her siblings off of her and set them on the couch.

"Way too much drama," she grumbled. She told them about everything from the Death Eaters to the incident on the train. They looked at her wide-eyed.

"I don't want to go there anymore Lizzie!" Aaron, being the most sensitive out of the three, said his voice full of fright. Elizabeth shook her head violently.

"It's not always like that! Trust me! Now come on, you must be starving," she said, remembering that they couldn't make themselves a snack. Simone and Aaron skipped after her. "So how did the nanny treat you two?" she questioned.

"Oh, she was really boring. Not like you though!" Simone cheered as Elizabeth giggled. Aaron looked down.

"She beat Simone for talking back," he whispered extremely quietly. Elizabeth dropped the knife.

"She WHAT?!" Elizabeth growled. Simone and Aaron looked terrified. Simone glared at Aaron.

"Nice going you idiot!" she sighed. Aaron glared.

"You were crying all day!" he bellowed, raising his voice, which was something he rarely did. Elizabeth looked taken aback.

"Ok, ok. Just stop you two. Now go play on the computer or something, alright? I'll make you lot a snack and then you can go play with your friends," the two grinned and nodded.

James slammed the door after getting lectured during the drive. Not a great way to start the holidays, he grumbled. As predicted he had gotten in trouble not only for what he said to Scorpius about being a death eater, but for all his pranks. "Hello James!" Lily squealed as she hung onto his legs. James gave a throaty laugh and picked his baby sister up.

"What's up squirt?" he smirked as she pouted and nestled into his shoulder.

"I was waiting for you to come back. Mummy and Daddy aren't letting me have any fun!" she muffled, her mouth full of t-shirt. James laughed again and put Lily down.

"Well have no fear Lily. Now, tell Mum and Dad that I'll be in my room," he told her as he made his way up the stairs. James settled down into his room and started to read a book about the history of Quiditch.

Meanwhie, Al slowly got out of the car and helped his parents out. They smiled and together, walked to the house. Al's head was full of thoughts. Mostly about his most recent crush, the one and only Shannon Crawley. She was smart, cunning, beautiful, and amazing at Quiditch. Shannon had sleek blonde hair and sandy pale freckles. Her cheeks were a light pink and she had an amazing figure. "Al? Are you ok?" his father asked, snapping him from his thoughts. Al, still deep in thought, nodded, and walked to his room.

Rose entered the house with a smile on her face. She had gotten top marks on everything and was on the Quiditch team. Life just couldn't get better. "ROSIE!" Hugo cried, hugging her tightly.

"What's wrong Hugo?" Rose asked, ruffling his hair and Hugo giggled.

"You got an owl from your boyfriend!" he cried giggling, referring to Scorpius. Rose flushed a scarlet red.

"Hugo! He's NOT my boyfriend!" she retorted, hands on hips, looking extremely uncomfortable. Hugo giggled again, running around in circles singing 'Rosie has a boyfriend!' as Rose shouted and protested. Her mother and father came in looking extremely amused.

"Hugo, stop bothering your sister! You have some chores to do!" Hermione cried, saving a very flustered Rose. Rose shot a grateful look at her mother and ran upstairs to her room to find Aradia, Scorpius's owl, sitting there, ruffling her feathers. Rose stroked the owl and gave it a treat as she hurriedly took the letter and ripped it open.

'Dear Rose,

Mum and Dad don't know that I'm writing to you. I need to escape from this place so meet me in the park in an hour.

Love, Scorpius'

Rose put the letter down and ran downstairs. "Mum, Dad, I'm going to the park!" she cried, already out the door. Rose sprinted straight to the park which was only 5 minutes away and then stopped to catch her breath. "BOO!" a voice boomed, causing her to shriek and jump into Scorpius's arms.

"You just can't keep off of me can you Rose?" Scorpius smirked, making her flush. Rose struggled out of the boy's arms and crossed her arms over her chest. She was wearing a yellow flow top with little peace signs on it, and wearing jean shorts. Scorpius was wearing a red half t-shirt and had jean shorts on along with tennis sneakers. His blonde hair was shaggy, with hair sticking out everywhere.

"Oh you're going to get it!" she cried angrily and started to chase Scorpius around the park. She suddenly fell down as she bumped into someone who was none other than Lily Luna Potter.

"Oh, hey Rosie!" Lily squealed as James picked her up and put her on his shoulders. Lily was wearing a pink sundress that had little yellow suns. She was wearing sandals and had her hair in pigtails. James was wearing a white tank top with baggy shorts and huge sneakers. His brown hair was whipped all over his head and he had a broad grin on his face. He turned to Rose and flashed his famous glistening grin.

"Hey Rose! Hey Scorpius!" he said happily, obviously implying that he and Scorpius were now friends.

"Hey James" he said smiling. Rose grinned like a fool. The tension was finally over and everybody was friends again.

"AAHH!" James cried as he was knocked over by two little kids.

"James! Aaron, Simone, what did I tell you about watching out for people when you're in the park?!" Elizabeth Wood hollered from across the park. In a blink of an eye, she was over to their side, helping James up.

"Sorry Elizabeth," the two chorused.

"We were just excited," Aaron pouted and Elizabeth laughed.

"Yea! That stupid nanny would never let us play outside!" Simone chimed in and Elizabeth stiffened. Rose saw James put an arm around her shoulders. He whispered something and she shook her head, looking down. The two then left, leaving everyone alone.

"Well, I'm out of here!" Simone announced arrogantly and everyone looked at her. "Pfft...what?" she whined and everyone shook their heads. Hugo, Lily, and the twins all left to go play together, which left Rose and Scorpius all alone (-^.^- ~wink, wink~). Rose sighed and sat down on the bench.

"So how did your summer start off?" Rose asked as her mind slightly wandered. Scorpius looked away.

"Not too good. Father was quite upset that I'm friends with you and Al. Mother is very proud though. She said that she was happy that she had a son like me," he admitted quietly. Rose put a comforting arm around Scorpius.

"Don't worry Scorp! Everything will turn out great, just you wait!" Rose exclaimed optimistically. Scorpius grinned and she smiled back sweetly. But what she would have never known was that inside, Scorpius's heart was fluttering, and with her words, he felt that everything was going to be ok.

hurry up and review people! i only got 2 reviews for chapter 5!!! i put a little more Rosius in this, so i hope you're happy -makes a pouty face-