When Opposites Become Allies

Chapter 4

A/N: Hey guys! Quick update, huh? As always, thanks to my wonderful beta QueenBlackII for proofing/adding quickly and efficiently!

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I freeze. Don't give yourself away, Rose. You can blow this off. Just act cool.

"How the hell did you figure it out!?" Oops. That wasn't very cool.

Dom grins. "Three reasons." Good lord, for a pretty girl she sure likes making numbered lists. "One, we've been chums for life, Rosie! I know you better than you know yourself. Two, you just told me a story that belongs in a Muggle romance novel. I mean, honestly darling, I never pegged you as such a cheese ball. Lastly, and definitely my personal favourite, you've been mumbling his name in your sleep for weeks now. I knew it was either a crush or a plot for murder. Personally I'm just glad I won't have to help you hide a body."

And just like that I'm laughing. Honestly, I just can't figure this day out. It's like my entire world flipped upside down.

Dom and I head down to the Great Hall for dinner. I wouldn't even be going if Dom wasn't forcing me; for the first time in my entire life I'm not in the mood for food. As we walk towards the Hall I spot Al and Scorpius are walking towards us.

"Hi," Crap, I'm not supposed to be talking to Al, "um, Scorpius!" I cover. Dom snickers beside me. I'm definitely going to regret telling Dom anything.

Neither of the boys seemed to notice. Al is doing that thing were he's acting all offended, but I know he's still really proud of how good his prank was. I can't wait to get him back.

"Mind if we talk for a bit, Rose?" Scorpius asks. Dom's eyebrows shoot up like rockets ready to fly into space.

"Sure! See you in a minute Dom." I say darting my eyes away from Al's.

Scorpius and I head into the empty charms room. I draw in a deep breath and try to compose myself. It's just Scorpius, Rose. You've known him for years. I spin around and give him a smile.

"So what's the plan, Red?" he asks. Right. Plan. Here's the thing, when it comes to prank planning, my schemes are pretty hit or miss. Sometimes, I'm legendary, other times, not so much. But this time I can't risk a lame prank. This time I really want to get Al when he least expects it.

"Well, I have this one idea, and I really think we can pull it off. All we'll need is a hippogriff, 2 dozen rolls of Spellotape, enchanted boxers, Veritaserum, a few hundred Cornish pixies-"

"Woah, woah, woah! Slow down, Rose. As much as I'd love to see where you were going with that list, don't you think you guys have over done that sort of thing? I'm thinking we should go less physical and more mental. We should prank Albus on a more psychological level."

"You may be on to something there, Scorpius!" I say, majorly impressed. "When did you think of that?"

"Well," he says sheepishly, "I've secretly wanted to get Al since 3rd year when he charmed my quill to write dirty words. It made me get a T on a potions essay! But anyway, I've been thinking about it for a while now, I just never thought I would actually try and get him back."

Is it weird that my little crush on Scorpius just tripled?

"So, you've obviously spent some time thinking about this. What are your thoughts?"

He ponders this for a moment.

"Okay, so Al knows your super pissed, right? So he's expecting you to get him back, which means he's going to be defensive, right?" I nod along. I'm still not sure where he's going with this. "And now he thinks I'm in on it, too. So really, all we have to do is look like were plotting something huge, while really the prank is that there's no prank at all! What do you think?" He said, his eyes gleaming with mischief and joy.

"Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy, you are an evil genius."

"Okay, so before we execute this brilliant plan of yours, we're going to need to have our parts down."

"Alright, so basically anytime we're both around Al we have to act like we're hiding something. Also, we should probably act like we're really close friends now, ya know what I mean?"

I nod trying not to show too much excitement, freaky girl with a crush on him. Big no-no.

"Um, right. In that case, you should start calling me Rosie. I only let my closest family members call me that."

"Alright, Rosie." He grins. "In that case, I guess you should call me Scorp. Usually only my mum can get by with that, but I'll let you slide under these circumstances."

Is he flirting? Is that flirting? Ugh, Dominique is rubbing off on me.

"Alrighty then, Scorp." Well that's going to take some getting used to. "I guess Prank 'No Prank' is a go. We'll probably have to keep this between the two of us. If a Weasley finds out then it'll be a complete bust."

"Alright Rosie." Another smile. He sure is happy about all this. "I'll see you in a bit, then?" I nod. He turns and heads out of the room.

I sit on a desk and think about what just happened. I have a crush on Scorpius. I'm going to be spending quite a bit of time with him. We're going to be pretending we're best mates. Ohhh my...

My thoughts are interrupted by my stomach rumpling. Well, look at that. I got my appetite back.

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