Sparks Fly (Harry Potter FanFiction)

Chapter 20

Rose only woke up the next day at lunch time. The dorm was empty and Rose consider going back to sleep. She persuaded herself to roll out of her bed and got dressed slowly, not bothering to brush her hair, leaving it out as a tangled mess. Yawning loudly and rubbing the sleep from her eyes, she walked down the steps to the common room. The room was empty except for Chelsea who instantly rushed over to Rose, grabbing her arm tightly, but not so that she was hurting her. "Come on. We need to talk to you." she said, pulling Rose along with her."What's this about?" Rose asked, very confused. "You'll see." she said, dragging Rose out the portrait hole and down the corridor. "Ok then. Can you at least let go of my arm. I'll still follow you." said Rose, trying to yank her arm from Chelsea's grasp.

Chelsea released her grip and continued walking. Rose followed, almost having to run to keep up with Chelsea's quick pace. Chelsea kept glancing back at Rose, as if she was expecting Rose to run off as soon as she turned her back. Chelsea led Rose to the back of the library. Ivy, Jess, Alice and Amelia had moved several armchairs into a circle with two empty ones. Chelsea plopped into the first spare chair and Rose hesitantly sat down in the second chair.

"Well Rose" Alice said. Rose couldn't tell if she was being very serious or very sarcastic. "We've been told that you've made some significant progress with your boyfriend."

Rose was silent, not sure how her friends would react to the news that she had kissed Scorpius. Even though they'd probably already heard about it from someone else, they were bound to fuss over Rose once they heard the news from her.

They were all looking at her expectantly. After hesitating a moment, Rose said "It was just a kiss" trying to downplay it.

"Just a kiss!" Ivy giggled. "That's like saying a tsunami is 'just a little wave'."

Rose blushed and looked down, her hair falling into her face.

"Come on then!" Alice exclaimed. "Tell us everything!"

Her friends all looked very eager. After a moment's silence, Rose started telling them everything that had happened with her and Scorpius since their talk after Potions earlier in the week. She knew her friends would tell her if the same thing happened to them, so Rose was fine explaining everything to her friends. They listened intently and Amelia giggled excitedly when Rose told them about the kiss. When she was finished, Alice rushed over and hugged Rose tightly, pretty much crushing the air out of her. "Ohh our little Rose is growing up." she said with mock sadness, pretending to wipe a tear from her eye.

"Gosh Alice can't you see your crushing the poor girl!" Jess said.

"Oh! Sorry Rose!" Alice exclaimed, jumping back.

"It's fine" Rose reassured her. "Who would I tell this stuff to if I didn't have friends like you?!" Rose said to them all.

Alice hugged Rose again, (not as tightly this time) and all the other girls joined in hugging her as well.

"Geroff me!" Rose yelled, her voice muffled from underneath the group hug. The girls laughed and all sat back in their seats.

They started talking about the Quidditch match and Rose and Jess' spectacular flying skills when Professor Forsvar emerged from the rows of bookshelves.

All the girls turned to look at her. She looked the same as ever, but instead of her usual relaxed expression her face looked very stern. "I'm sorry to interrupt girls but all sixth and seventh years have been called to the Great Hall." She said. "You're required to make your way there immediately." She finished before turning on her heel and walking back through the rows of bookshelves to the front of the library.

The girls exchanged confused expressions, all of them unsure why, on a weekend, they would have to go to the hall."I wonder what's going on." Ivy pondered "Well I guess we better go to the hall." Chelsea said, standing up. "It's the only way we're going to find out."The rest of the girls stood as well and walked in a group to the Great Hall.