Little Things

Chapter Ten

Rose Weasley

The kiss was wet and sloppy. Rose could taste the alcohol on his lips, mixed in the with the faint taste of cigarette smoke. Oliver's hand caressed Rose's back, gradually moving lower. Rose squirmed under his touch, feeling rather violated. She needed to leave, she thought to herself. Rose opened her eyes and scanned the dance floor. She noticed Scorpius had abandoned Flora, who now sat in a chair in the corner with an unpleasant look on her face.

Oliver then tried to deepen the kiss, licking the bottom of her lip, asking for an entrance. Though, she denied him. She pulled away from Oliver's lips and said, "Oliver, it's been fun, but I really should be going."

"Wait honey bunny," he slurred, "Don't you want to go somewhere a little more private?"

Rose wanted to slap the disgusting smirk right off of his face, but she resisted. Instead, she graciously removed herself from his grasp and waved goodbye as she ran out the door.

~

Rose ran all the way back to the Ravenclaw tower. She quickly answered the door's question, then raced up to her dorm room. Tears ran down Rose's face, causing the make-up Lily had made her wear, to run down her face. Rose tried to whip at her eyes, but that just made her make-up blur even more. She honestly didn't care. She was too tired to care.

She slipped into bed, stilling wearing the black dress, makeup, and tears. Why are you crying, she thought, frustrated at herself for getting into to this mess. She was rather ashamed of herself. This wasn't like her. What had possessed her enough to try and win Scorpius's affection by throwing herself at another man? And worst yet, she thought, she cheated on Christian.

Her emotions were so jumbled up, that she drifted into a deep sleep. So deep that she didn't her Flora come in soon after her, tears also falling down her face.

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"Why is there a raccoon in Rose's bed?"

Rose was woken up by her cousin Lily's voice. She rubbed her eyes, then sat up. Her cousin and Jo were sitting around her bed, quietly giggling to themselves.

"What's so funny?" she asked, sleep in her voice.

Jo giggled. "Rose, sweetie, did you take off your makeup last night?

"No, why?"

"Why don't you look in the mirror," said Lily, helping Rose out of bed and leading her to the mirror in the bathroom.

Rose took one look at herself and screamed. "Oh My God!" She examined her appearance. The black eye shadow that Lily and Jo had made her wear had been rubbed all over her eyes, making them look as black as night. The bright red lipstick had worn off, but there was still a tint left across her lips. As for her eyeliner and mascara, let's just say if you would like to achieve the look of a raccoon those are the products to use.

"How do I get it off?" screeched Rose. She frantically tried to wash it off with the cold water from the sink, but that only worsened the make-up.

"Here," said Jo, handing over a box of make-up whips. "These things work wonders."

After many whips and a lot of scrubbing, Rose's face looked relatively normal. The words "I hate make-up," came up a lot as Rose had scrubbed away at her face.

"See, now you're back to normal!" exclaimed Lily, as she lead Rose back to her bed. "Now, tell us what happened last night!"

Rose grumbled to herself as she recapped the night's events to her two friends. She told them about how she had ended up dancing with Oliver for most of the night, but Scorpius had ended up dancing with Flora. Which then caused Rose to run out after a sloppy, drunken kiss from Oliver.

Lily and Jo filled Rose in on the events that had happened to them as well. Jo and Louis had danced the whole night, which then ended up in them both having their first time. Lily and Connor had played a incredibly drunk round of Seven Minutes in Heaven with a group of Hufflepuffs.

Rose sighed. "Sounds like you two had a very eventful night,"

"What's wrong Rose? Didn't you have fun last night?" asked Lily bewildered.

"NO! Not at all. You two do realize that our little scheme has caused me to cheat on my boyfriend!"

Both girls look horrified. "I completely forgot about Christian!" Jo exclaimed, "Oh now I feel awful."

"You feel awful? He's my boyfriend after all. Oh I'm such a horrible person." Rose buried her face in her hands.

"He'll understand right?" asked Lily, a little distally.

Jo gave Lily a look. She then turned her attention to Rose. "Sweetie, why don't you just go explain the situation to him. You two have always been good at working things out. I'm sure everything will be okay."

Rose looked up. "I hope you're right Jo."