The Dare Game

Chapter nine

My head was throbbing and I ached all over. I slowly opened my eyes to find that I was lying in the hospital wing at Hogwarts. I looked down at myself to see that my arm and most of my fingers were wrapped in a weird, hard bandage substance. I tried to sit up but I ached too much,

“Ah Rose, your awake,” Madam Hurst cried as she turned to look at me,

“What happened?” I asked her,

“After you fell out of the tree, Hagrid carried you to the main building where I treated you.” I tried to sit up again but failed,

“What was wrong with me?”

“You were unconscious for a start,” she said, “Your wrist was fractured, you had bruised ribs, three broken fingers and you had a nasty gash on her head! Don’t worry about it though now that you’re awake I can give you a potion and you’ll be as right as rain by tomorrow. Madam Hurst took some bottles off one of the many shelves at the back of the room and passed them to me. I frowned. The liquids were all fowl smelling and I really didn’t want to drink them.

“Drink them,” Madam Hurst said as she left my bed. I pinched my nose and gulped the potions down.

I slept for the rest of the day and all of the night too. When I woke up I stung all over but all of my bandage things were gone. Madam Hurst was walking up the ward serving breakfast, she past me a slice of toast and said,

“Once you’ve finished your free to go Rose.” I quickly ate my toast and climbed out of bed, I didn’t want to stay in the hospital wing any longer than I had to. I got dressed into the jeans, top and shoes that somebody had left by my bed and walked to the entrance hall. To my surprise Scorpius was leaning against the banister when I arrived,

“I’m sorry Rose,” he cried,

“What for? It’s not your fault I fell out of the tree,”

“Yes it was-“

“No it wasn’t! It’s not like you pushed me out of the tree!” Scorpius sighed,

“Perhaps not but I invented the dare game and none of this would have happened if I hadn’t,”

“Perhaps not,” I said mimicking Scorpius, “It was fun though.” Scorpius’s eyes lit up,

“Really?” I nodded. Scorpius through his arm around me,

“Scorpius?” I said wearily, it wasn’t like him to hug me,

“Sorry, I’m just glad you’re OK!” we were both silent for a moment, “You know when you fed me truth serum?” He said. I blushed. We hadn’t spoken about it since the night it happened,

“Yes,”

“Well what I told you was true,” I frowned,

“Well yeah,”

“You can be immune to truth serum Rose,” Scorpius said. I nodded,

“But you’re not; you wouldn’t have told me what you did if you were. Why are we having this conversation?”

“So,” Scorpius began, “This doesn’t seem totally random,” Scorpius leaned forward and generally kissed me! I didn’t know what to think. I was shocked. I looked into Scorpius’s eyes they gleamed with happiness and to my surprise I felt happy too. Then I realised that I liked Scorpius too! “Rose,” Scorpius said, “Say something.” I opened my mouth but no words came out. I took a deep breath and put my hands on Scorpius’s shoulder. I looked into his eyes and kissed him and he kissed me back!

“Rose!” Somebody cried. I pulled away for Scorpius to see Ingrid and Daisy coming down the stairs.

“Well, well, well,” Ingrid said, “I never thought I’d see Rose Weasley and Scorpius Malfoy kiss,”

“However,” Daisy grinned, “If you’re going to deny that Scorpius is your boyfriend you might want to kiss in privet!” The two of them walked off laughing.

“Rose, did you? Does that mean?” Scorpius said, tongue tied. I nodded,

“Yes Scorpius, I think I love you!”