Vermilion (SCOROSE)

17. Monday, November 14th, 2022: In which we separate

I JUST REALIZED I ACCIDENTALLY SPOILED SMTH VERY IMPORTANT HAHAHAHAHA AND IM SO LAZY IM ONLY FIXING MY MAJOR SLIP UP NOW. SORRY GUYS. HOPE U DIDNT EVEN NOTICE.

ANYWAY. SINCE IT'S BEEN SO LONG, HERE'S A BRIEF OVERVIEW/RUNDOWN OF WHAT HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY SO YOU GUYS DON'T GET CONFUSED, OK?

Rose has a fight with Laura because she's too possessive and doesn't allow her to have feelings for Dan (Scorpius' friend who Rose detests). After the fight, Rose storms outside and is met with a drunken Scorpius. Scorpius kisses her in his drunken glory. In addition to the kiss, Rose finds out via a letter Scorpius all too coincidentally drops behind, that he'll be staying at her house during the winter holidays. Later, he's severely cold to her in Transfiguration, going against something she says and making fun of her in front of the whole class. In these moments where Rose is terribly confused about whether Scorpius really is her mate or not, Rose gets warned by Lydia to stay away from Scorpius AND also by someone anonymous who sends her a note. When Rose meets up with this anonymous person, she already forms the resolve to break ties with Scorpius, and this decision is only further bolstered when he interrupts her OWLS study session with Ryan.  So, now, with school ending in almost a week and apprehensive feelings about her recent closeness to Scorpius, Rose is lost. 

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Monday, November 14th. 2022. Transfiguration. Early morning. 

Today is the day. This whole weekend, I had finally decided to do something rash. Something maybe even a little cruel. But, I thought it was necessary. 

I can't have Malfoy as a tutor. I can tell that he cares about me and that he's a good mate. But, I have a bad feeling. The anonymous bloke up at Hagrid's heavily warned me about him, and Lydia threatened me. 

I don't really care much about Lydia threatening me. What was really crawling in my mind was the figure in the dark at Hagrid's. He clearly knew something I didn't know about Scorpius. He had clearly been through something I had not experienced at all. From his weighed down, pained voice, I knew it was hard enough for him to be speaking about it. I mean, if someone who detests someone so much they can't even talk about the person in peace, calls you over to warn about them, then you know it must be bad. I was missing a huge piece of the puzzle. I didn't know something very important. And that unknown, ghostly figure knew it all. He pleaded me to stay away from him. He pleaded.

And, I even promised him I would. 

So, I can only keep my promise now.

I'm getting this weird, apprehensive feeling at the pit of my stomach and my intuition is telling me to do this. What do I do? Perhaps Scorpius is just playing games with me. 

He's all over the place. I can't figure him out. 

1. He tutors me with utmost passion and understanding. It's only because of his consideration that I have even got remotely better at that class. Whenever I get a good grade on any of our Transfiguration quizzes, he's the first to give me a warm hug. 

2. He distracts me from a state of misery and anger after my fight with Laura and Elle, and comforts me. 

3. He kisses me. 

Numbers 1-3 all make sense, right? They're coherent statements. BUT THEN HE DOES THIS, RIGHT AFTER NUMBERS 1-3.

4. He completely mocks me in Doris' class and is a total arse, to the point where I don't recognize him. 

5. He pretends he's the ghost of a death eater at the abandoned library Ryan and I are studying at and scares the living hell out of me.

6. Taking advantage of scaring the living hell out of me, he drags me into a tapestry and pins me to the wall in the dark, telling me he doesn't trust Ryan and this or that.