Guess what? I didn't spontaneously drop dead and completely sees to exist. Yeah I'm just lazy... ahhh Really LAZY.
Scorpius sprinted after her cursing under his breath. He went to the great hall assuming she would be there but as he made for the Ravenclaw table (followed by whispers) he saw that she was nowhere to be seen. With a shrug he sat down next to Lorcan and Lysander, they were having a heated debate and he only caught the words Banana, Bumblebee, Dumbledore and Latin which he didn't even try to make sense of and instead sat down for jam and toast. The bell rung soon after and, he reflected, he would at least see Rose at Herbology though there was the question of which house they would be partnered with. Hufflepuff he hoped, after all they were usually better at Herbology than most. He snorted. Him, the Malfoy in Ravenclaw was thinking about house stereotypes.
He laid his books down in the space next to Lysander and Lorcan (people seemed to give them a wide birth) and yawned, only a little worried. He knew he should care but he barely knew Rose. Still he was a bit unnerved when class started and she still hadn't arrived. Ten minutes later she appeared puffing and panting, her bag was much more full than before and something green was popping out the edges.
Despite her lateness Professor Longbottom chose not to dock points, though it was clear that he didn't altogether believe Rose's excuse about 'getting lost'. For the lesson they were simply reporting parfnigs. A small violet-pink pansy like flower that walked away when it wasn't planted in a pot. Every now and then Rose would stop, and mutter under her breath sending a silver stream of what looked to be molten silver into her bag. It would quiver then shrink a little… just a little.
Eventually the bell rang and everyone was dismissed, without so much as a sideways glance to the Scamander brothers Rise pulled Scorpius down the sloping (not to mention muddy) hill in the direction of the forbidden forest.
"Ahh don't we need to get to transfiguration…" Scorpius trailed off, Rose yanking his arm so hard he was seriously considering it might fall off.
"Mmmh it's cool, we'll just say we got lost"
"But Transfigurationnnn" He said meekly
"Come on! This'll be way better than needles and toothpicks" She was laughing as she ran pell mell down the hill
"Fine!" Scorpius made a small attempt to slow their descent "Does this have anything to do with your living backpack, Rose?"
She just squealed and screeched to a halt in front of Hagrid's cabin. It was small and quaint with a littering of pumpkins around the door and a set of giant footprint. Inside the house an explosive roar echoed, then the whole house shuddered followed by a series of barks… And silence.