Hogwarts Baby

Chapter 16 - The Little Appears

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April 1st -

The rest of February had been blissful, and March had stomped along. Rosie had been fighting her headspace almost the whole time. She was spending a lot of time getting to know Oliver, hanging out with Ginny and their friends, and, of course, studying and doing assignments.

All of this work was slowly piling up on the poor girl, she had started going to the kitchens early in the morning to finish assignments and study for tests. And drink coffee. A lot of coffee. Which she didn't really like but when she put enough milk and sugar in, it tasted almost alright.

This morning was like all others. She woke up got dressed in her uniform, her black and yellow tie was rumpled but no one would call her out for it.

She got to the kitchens, barely, and as she sat down on the fruit crates a cup of coffee, just the way she liked it, appeared in front of her.

"Thank you." She called out to whichever elf had brought her the cup.

"Miss Diggory." An elf started.

"AAH!" Rosie jumped back, one hand shielding her face, the other out in front.

"Oh I'm sorry." The house elf tried to comfort her and Rosie simply brushed away a few tears and said,

"No, no, it's my fault I've been jumpy lately."

The house elf looked down and shuffled their feet a bit before looking up at her and asking, "may I speak freely?"

"Of course, you have no limitations when I'm around." Rosie looked taken aback, she loved and deeply appreciated the house elves.

"You drink far too much coffee, do too much work, have an immense social presence, and not nearly enough small time. Or time for yourself for that matter. Cedric is worried. He says that Milo paces about, he didn't do that before you became so overworked." By the end of the small spiel Rosie looked embarrassed and the house elf looked pleased.

"Oh, well thank you, it's true and all, but the end of school is coming up, I can have me time then." She thanked the elf before rushing out the door, blinking rapidly to rid her eyes of the salty burn.

Rosie spent the day in a stupor. Non of her teachers noticed. But a certain TA did.

You see, Blaise liked to keep an eye out for all the littles. Not because he felt like he needed to, but because he wanted them to be safe and happy. Especially if he could prevent any negative factors.

So when Snape yelled at Rosie for stirring the cauldron clockwise instead of counterclockwise. (She was the 3rd student in the class who he'd yelled at for that reason alone). Blaise assured Snape he would handle it.

Blaise walked over to Rosie who, almost immediately looked away and shifted around. Blaise sat down next to Rosie and helped her through the last bit of her potion. Then he went and helped Neville, who also happened to be the subject of Snape's cursing.

A bell chimed from deep within the castle and Rosie rushed to gather her things. Ginny hadn't shown to class today because of a 24 hour stomach bug, so Rosie was all alone.

Before the small girl could escape the room Blaise grabbed her wrist and walked her towards the Hufflepuff dorms.

"Blaise! What are you doing! Where are we going! I still have Muggle Studies and Herbology today!" Rosie tried to pry his fingers off but he continued on, his grip not tight but enough to keep Rosie alongside him.

Eventually he stopped outside the common room and knocked loudly.

Rosie grumbled beside him but didn't move, so Blaise let go of her wrist.

Finally the door opened and a seventh year Hufflepuff opened the door, "Roslyn! And random Slytherin, hello! How can I help you?"

Rosie opened her mouth to say something along the lines of, "nothing, we were just going." But Blaise interrupted and asked,

"Is Cedric in? I thought this was his free period."

The girl nodded and replied, "yes he's in his dorm I believe, would you like me to get him?"

Rosie said, "no" the same time Blaise smiled and said, "yes please."

Rosie was getting grumpy, trying to fight off the small part in her brain that was saying, "I trust Blaise, he will take care of me and bring me to Cedric and I don't have to think about anything!" But the much larger part of her brain was saying, "Don't be stupid, you should be in the muggle studies room right now."

As Rosie was having this internal battle Cedric had come to the door and both boys were staring at Rosie who was mumbling out loud. They couldn't really tell what she was saying until Cedric heard, "little". With that he understood, picking Rosie up, thanked Blaise, and headed back to his dorm.

"Hello Cedric, what are you doing?" Rosie asked when he sat her down on his bed and started getting out her favorite little space outfit.

"You need small time, right now. You are beyond stressed and tired, you know what, I think you should probably have today and tomorrow off. I'll ask Dumbledore to wave whatever assignments you might have been given. He owes me after I saved the first year from drowning in that lake. Which leads me back to, you need a nap." Cedric finished and crossed his arms

Rosie just sat there for a second before she too crossed her arms and said, "no thank you."

Cedric pinched the bridge of his nose. "Rosie, yes you will. I do not care if you wear a onesie to bed or sweatpants, you can choose."

"No!" She said forcefully, standing up to leave.

Cedric pushed her shoulders down and said, "you will take a nap right now or so help me Merlin I will sit you in the naughty corner." He glared Rosie down until a little tear ran down her cheek.

"Oh Rosie-bug, no don't cry, I didn't mean to make you sad." Cedric immediately rushed to her side, and set her on his lap. Rosie clung onto him and cried harder. Eventually she cried herself to sleep and Cedric tucked her into his bed, her uniform already creasing.

Word count - 1105
A/n - kinda sad chapter but I feel kinda like Rosie right now :( with happier news I just bought myself my first paci and I'm super excited! I've been needing some little time because of all the stress and anxiety. Also it's the new Saturday post!
Published - May 15th