Silver and Emeralds (Book 1)

Chapter 11 - Tissues and Chocolate

ROSE'S POV-

The day's that flew by turned into weeks. Before I knew it, it's the day we were leaving for break. Scorp's parents agreed to let him stay with us, as long as they could stop by on Christmas. Dad still hasn't written back to Hugo so the cousins are all fulfilling their plan to not to talk to him. I had decided that I wasn't going to talk to him either. He still hasn't apologized for the way he treated Scorpius. Scorp said that I should try and talk to him, but I didn't see that happening any time soon.

I was walking towards the Hogwarts Express. One hand holding my trunk, the other entwined with Scorpius's. We climbed onto the train and headed to the Potter-Weasley compartment. Ever since the first of us cousins came to Hogwarts, we've always sat in the same compartment. It's the biggest one and it's in the very back of the train. All of us sit there with our friends. Everyone knows that it's our compartment and nobody dares to go in it if they're not with us. We walked in and sat down.

The train ride went by in a blur of talking laughing and eating candy from the trolley. The train finally came to a stop and butterflies filled my stomach. I presumed that dad would be there to pick us up and I knew everybody would be ignoring him. Scorpius squeezed my hand. "Talk to him Rose. It will help everything." He pleaded. "No Scorp. He's being a jerk. He needs to apologize." I said firmly.

It had been decided that Scorpius would go to his house with his family and floo over tomorrow. We walked out of the train hand in hand and headed over to our families. Our mothers were deep in conversation, our fathers turned away from each other, faces pulled into scowls.

Our mums looked over and squealed. They enveloped us into bone-crushing hugs. "Rose, Scorpius, it's so great to see you two!" My mum said excitedly. "Yes I agree. Your very good for him." Astoria said warmly. We both blushed deeply. "Scorpius, Astoria, we really must be going." Draco said with a sharp nod. "Yes we need to go too. We'll see you tomorrow." My mum said cheerfully. I looked up and met my dad's eyes.

Anger surged through my veins. I wanted to do something to upset him. I turned to face Scorpius, my eyes blazing with anger. I grabbed him by the collar and pulled him towards me. I met his lips and kissed him passionately. His eyes widened in shock, but he returned the gesture. It reminded me when I had pulled this very move in front of Albus, so many months ago.

We pulled apart when my dad started to yell. "Get your filthy hands the bloody hell off of my daughter." He roared. "Ronald Bilius Weasley, in the car now." My mother yelled. He glared daggers at us, and trudged off. "Astoria, Draco, I'm terribly sorry for my husband's behavior. But please, don't hesitate to still send Scorpius over tomorrow. You can trust me when I say that Ronald will not behave like this ever again. Rose, Hugo, come on. We need to go." She said stiffly.

I pecked Scorpius on the lips and followed hurriedly after my mum. We reached the car and I climbed into the back behind Hugo. As soon as mum slammed her door shut the yelling begun. "RONALD BILIUS WEASLEY. HOW COULD YOU DO THIS? THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM WITH YOUR DAUGHTER KISSING HER BLOODY BOYFRIEND GOODBYE. SHE DID NOTHING WRONG. WHY CAN'T YOU SEE THAT SCORPIUS IS NOTHING LIKE HIS FATHER? HE IS A GOOD KID. HE IS TREATING ROSIE IN A WAY THAT SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE TREATED. YOU ARE TOO CLOUDED BY YOUR OWN BLOODY JUDGEMENT OF HIS FAMILY TO SEE THAT HE'S NOT LIKE THEM. DRACO HAS CHANGED TOO! AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TREATING OUR SON. WE HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK. YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HELP ME PICK THEM UP, APOLOGIZE TO THE KIDS, DRACO, AND SCORPIUS.  BUT NO YOU COULDN'T EVEN FOLLOW SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS  RONALD, RIDICULOUS !" She said as her voice cracked.

I grabbed Hugo's hand and squeezed it. There were tears streaming down both of our faces freely. Our parents never fought, and something this badwasn't good at all. "Hermione, don't cry. I'm sorry. I'll just say it now then. I'm sorry Rose and Hugo. I get it, I've been a bad dad. I'm sorry ok?" He said gruffly. It didn't actually seem like he meant it.

"That's not enough dad. You could have owled us months ago and apologized thenbut you didn't. This isn't ok. You have caused us all so much pain. Do you even care?" I said coldly.

"Of course I bloody care Rose! I'm sorry I acted this way. How do you think it feels when you find out that your little girl is dating. And not just dating anyone, but your sworn enemy. You know the things Draco let happen to your mother. I'm sorry if I can't see that he's better than Draco, but it's hard. I promise that I'll be supportive of you two, even if I don't like it. And Hugo. I'm sorry too. I've been extremely busy with the Azkaban outbreak, but I should have been there for you. And then your mother hadn't been talking to me because all of this. It's all of my fault and I'm sorry. I'm a terrible father and I-" I cut him off while he rambled. "Dad stop. You are not a terrible father. I get that you were upset and all, but You should have owled us." I finished.

When I finished talking we pulled into the burrow. I opened the car door and sprinted up to my room. When I go there, Albus was sitting on the bed with chocolate and a box of tissues.

"I saw what happened and knew you'd be home soon. What happened?" He asked soothingly. "I-I-I don't want to talk about it." I said trying to fight back tears. "Come here." He said with his arms held out, welcoming me into his arms. I crawled into him and cried.

He really is the best friend anyone could ask for.

Hey guys! I'm sorry for such a short chapter. I just wanted to end on this note. FYI, the picture is supposed to be of the kiss Rose and Scorp have in front of Ron ;) Anyways, keep commenting and voting. XOXO