What are the Odds

Temporarily Trapped

"Watch it!" said an angry looking Scorpius wiping potato soup off his face.

Once the soup cooled she said, "Sorry I wasn't looking."

When he looked up and saw it was Rose his expression changed to a more pleasant one.

"Oh I'm sorry for that small out burst. I thought you were someone else," Scorpius held his hand out to her which she took and brushed herself off. "I see you finally got out of the hospital wing, I was just going to bring you some soup as as

you can see."

"Why? Avalon always brings it to me."

"She always brought it up cold so I brought you some hot soup, also that stuff looked disgusting."

"Oh well then I'll just go get some food from the kitchens. Scourgify," She mumbled to herself, and her clothes were clean as they were before.

"Wait! If you haven't heard Professor McGonagall assigned me to write your assignments for you." Rose stopped in

her tracks and turned to face Scorpius looking a bit shocked.

"Okay well then, can you be in the library at six every night?" Rose asked trying to look and sound as normal as

possible.

"Sure thing."

The corridors were nearly empty, the only disturbance was a ghost or two roaming by. When Rose got

to the portrait of the bowl of fruit she tickled the pear which opened up to the kitchens. Dozens of house elves surrounded her asking if they could get her anything.

"Is it alright if I can have some chicken and pumpkin juice?"

"Of course Miss Weasley." A moment later her meal was right before her eyes. Boy was she hungry, she was digging

into her food like there was no tomorrow.

The next evening Rose walked into the library seeing Scorpius in the back, and sitting down across from him.

"Are you ready?" Scorpius asked.

"Yes, lets do the care for magic creatures one first." Rose talked while Scorpius scribbled down what she said.

"And that's why you never insult a hippogriff," Rose finished.

"You only needed a foot long essay, but you just had to make it four feet," complained Scorpius.

"Oh don't complain, now you have some extra information to put in your essay. I think I'm done for today, tomorrow

we're working on herbology."

Rose grabbed her text book and walked out of the library.

On Rose's way to her potions class, her last one of the day someone grabbed her by the back of her robes and tugged her into a broom closet.

"What do you think your doing?! Let go of me!" Rose screamed.

"She couldn't see a thing it was totally pitch black. Feeling around for a switch or something Rose bumped into a slightly taller figure, a male from what she could tell in the lighting.

"Who are you, and what are you doing?!" Rose didn't get an answer. "We're going to be late for class if you

don't let me out!"

She suddenly felt his hand come over her mouth again while Rose struggled but soon gave up when she realized that there was no point in doing so.

Rose turned around to open the door but it was locked, and when turning around she felt her lips crash with the other person's.

"Let me go you freak!" Rose shouted as she punched whoever in the eye.

"Ow that really hurt, there's no need to struggle."

Frozen on the spot frozen with fear coursing through her Rose realized it was Scorpius.

"You!" Rose said as her hand went for her wand which she now just remembered, but it was gone. "Where's my wand?"

"I have that."

"Turn the lights on so I can punch your sorry face again," Rose said lowering her voice.

"I mean who would harass someone when there on their way to potions?"

"I'm really sorry, I've always wanted to do that but never had the courage, just please forgive me," he said lighting his wand while sounding truly sorry.

"Well it doesn't look like it, you could've tried a different strategy, and to think that most girls fall for this," Rose said

giving him a disgusting look. "Now if you wouldn't mind to give me my wand back and let me go," her words

dripping with venom.

Scorpius stepped pass her but before he gave her her wand back and unlocked the door he said, "At least lets put this behind us and forget this ever happened?"

"I'd be happy to." Rose swiftly walked out looking flustered and apologized to Professor Slughorn for being late saying that she had to stop someone from bullying a couple of first years.

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Scorpius P.O.V.

When Scorpius saw Rose enter the library her cast around her wrist, he noticed she acted like nothing happened

between them earlier. She sat across from him and took out her parchment, quill, and text book, sliding them to him

without a word.

"One of the properties of the mandrake are that they can knock the victim out if they are pulled from the ground. However if the mandrake is older it could possibly kill, but to a more helpful side of the mandrake is that it can unpetrify the stunned."

Rose began as he started to scribble down what she said. Once they finished the essay Rose and Scorpius were walking back to their dormitories peeves came swooping down and shoved them into an empty class room by 'accident'.

"Peeves let us out!" he yelled.

"Sorry no can do, running away from Filch!" Scorpius heard peeves yell from the other side as he heard peeves run off.