Rose

Waking up to the stars over your head was a pretty amazing sight.

That’s right, they had made a mini observatory in her room. Her bed was to one side, and there was a wardrobe and vanity beside a telescope on the other side of her room. In the center was a trapdoor which you opened and walked down a flight of stairs to get to the main living area.

She hadn’t got over that she was Head Girl yet. It was too amazing to be real. The position had been in her dreams ever since she was a little girl. Too good to be true.

Sliding out of bed and over to her wardrobe, she changed into her school uniform along with shiny Head Girl and Prefect badges on her chest. She dabbed some bb cream onto her face, straightened her frizzy hair, and jumped down the stairs.

The living room was as untouched as it had been last night. Scorpius wasn’t in the bathroom, so he had either already headed down to breakfast or was still sleeping.

This mystery was soon solved as at that instant a loud snore issued from the man in question’s room.

She marched towards the room, straight red hair billowing behind her. Flinging open the door she went to step inside.

Instantly it felt like she was walking in a thick layer of jelly. Time slowed. Rose heard a faint laugh before she was flung backwards and hit the opposite wall with a thud. She was winded and let out a soft moan before she collapsed to the ground.

“Oh sh*t! Rose!” Scorpius come running to her side from across the room. He knelt down beside her and propped her up. She kept her eyes closed and kept moaning.

“Oh no” he held his head in his hands. “Crap, what have I done?”

“Just been a big jerk” Rose flicked her wrist and he was yanked up into the air by an invisible rope and turned upside down. “Learned that one from Uncle Harry” she grinned, standing up. The only thing that was hurt was that her back was a little sore. “Next time, don’t mess with me yeah?”

Scorpius smirked from up in the air. “I guess I deserved that. I put a jelly block charm on the door in the hope you would come to wake me up. Now let me down please.”

She shook her head, hands on her hips. “Not until I get a proper apology.”

Scorpius rolled his eyes.

“Ok, off to breakfast I go then” she gave him a sickly sweet smile then turned on her heel and left. Scorpius groaned at his mistake.

As she reached the door she flicked her wand once more and he fell to the ground.

“Get dressed before you eat, will you? I don’t think turning up in boxers will impress anyone.”

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“And then as I was leaving I made him fall down” Rose finished with a grin. Albus and Min clapped appreciatively. She was sitting at the Ravenclaw table today. After the way they still had house tables, but where you sat was more relaxed apart from school gatherings.

“Good one Rosie, he deserved that one the twit” Albus grinned.

Rose sighed. “How come you’re always at each others throats yet you’re good friends?”

“Boys will be boys” Albus said stubornly, stabbing his fork into his potato.

Rose shook her head. Her cousin was a lost cause. She then turned to Dominique. “So, any new love life in action yet?” she asked.

Min pouted then sighed. “As a Ravenclaw I admit that this year grades are more important than boys. I am giving up on boyfriends for the course of this year” she announced.

“What’s this? Dommie’s not dating boys this year?” Scorpius made an entrance, this time properly dressed. “So that must mean she’s come out of the closet at last and is moving onto girls! Nice one!”

Min sighed, flipping her long blonde hair over her shoulder. “I still am straight as a wand, but I want to focus on my studies more. Not getting Outstanding on all my NEWTs is not acceptable!” She stomped her hands on the table in anguish.

“Sorry!” Scorpius protested, placing his hands in the air at a look from Albus. “If I had known the Blue’s would be giving us so much exam grief at the start of the year I would be sitting with my fellow Red’s. Don’t you agree Rosie?”

But Rose had lost concentration to their conversation as she was studying her new timetable that Professor Bell had just handed out.

“Only two free periods a week!” she groaned. “How am I going to cope with the workload?! I can’t believe I’m taking eight subjects this year!”

“Eight” Albus and Min scoffed. “We’re each taking ten.”

Scorpius smiled at Rose. “Don’t worry Rosie, I’m taking eight too. And we have all the same subjects anyway! This year will be a breeze!”

Rose smiled half heartedly. She hoped it would.