So what Scorpius said was right. I didn’t believe it… I didn’t want to…
I took in a shaky breath and said, in the most forgiving tone I could muster up, that it was okay. That I forgave him. I let him cry on me for the rest of the afternoon. I t was only when I got into bed and relaxed that I realised…
I cared.
When I woke up the next morning my face was stiff from crying. The realisation of last night had sunk in and I had barely slept.
I staggered out of bed, nearly tumbling to the floor.
“Rose?” Lily said, worriedly. I looked at her. She was all dressed and was packing her bag with the appropriate books and equipment for today’s lesson.
“What?” I creaked out, my voice sounding like a frog’s “ribbit”.
“You going to class?” she questioned. I crawled back into bed.
“No. Maybe later.” I grumbled and buried myself in my duvet. She sighed and went towards the door, un-bolting it. “
Where’s Rose?” I heard Victoire’s feminine voice mutter. I didn’t hear a response but I could just imagine Lily shaking her head to say “It didn’t matter” or that they “shouldn’t worry.” But they should’ve been worried…
They had no idea what I was going to do next.
After all the Gryffindor’s had left, I made my way down to the Common Room. Ryan Finn, a 6th year Slytherin, was knocking. I let him in and smiled at him sleepily, happy I had freshened up.
“Hey.” He grinned.
“Hi.” I replied sweetly. He stuck his head in and looked around.
“Scorpius here?” I furrowed my eyebrows.
“No, why?”
“He isn’t in the Common Room and no one can find him. We thought we’d check here.”
“I haven’t seen him since yesterday…”
“Oh.”
Silence…
“What about his dorm?”
“I don’t know. We’d rather NOT check in there. Last time he practically murdered us. ”
“Do you want me to go and check?”
He blinked at me, surprised. “Sure. If you’re up for it.”
I nodded.
