Rubies & Emeralds (Scorose Fanfic)

II: At Hoggy Warty Hogwarts

Rose scowled once she sat down on the seat opposite Albus. He looked at her, worriedly and said, "What's wrong, Rose?" She actually didn't know what was wrong. She didn't know why she felt so annoyed. She was the Head Girl of Hogwarts, the best place in the world. She had a lot of friends and the Head Boy wasn't acting like a complete ass to her.

"I don't know. I just feel… frustrated. Do you ever feel annoyed for no reason?"

"I know what you mean." Albus said, nodding, although he didn't understand at all. She saw right through his lie and smiled at him knowingly. He looked away, avoiding her gaze.

"So, how's the new Head Boy?" Albus said, changing the topic quickly.

"Surprisingly civil." Rose replied, leaning back.

"Really? I heard that you told off a Gryffindor fourth year. I think she cried after that." Although he sounded more like he was stating a fact, Rose felt a little guilty. She quickly shoved the thought away, knowing it had to be done. She knew that she wouldn't be a good Head Girl if it was any other way.

"It needed to be done." She said, simply. "Plus, Malfoy thought I did a good thing." The words were out before she could have held her tongue. Albus stared at her, wide-eyed. Then he said, "I wasn't criticizing you. Simply stating a fact."

"Oh." She looked out of the window.

"And if Malfoy said you were doing a good job then who am I to deny it?" He winked at her playfully and Rose rolled her eyes at him and said, "Shut up. Or I'll tell James about the Firewhisky."

"You wouldn't…"

"Oh yes I would." Rose said, grinning at him although she knew that she actually wouldn't. Albus rolled his eyes when he saw her grin widen and scowling, looked out of the window again while Rose busied herself by talking to Lily and the Scamander twins. 

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Scorpius sat down opposite Charles in his own compartment. Charles waggled his eyebrows at him and Scorpius rolled his eyes at Charles. Finally Charles said, "So… how did it go?"

"She is literally the definition of a perfect Head Girl. It's so annoying!" Scorpius said. On his way to his compartment, he had decided that he would pretend he was beyond irritated by the fact that not only was she the Head Girl, but also that she was probably the only non-biased Head Girl in the history of Hogwarts. Sure, he admired this trait but he thought it unnecessary to let Charles know about that.

"Is she now?" Charles said, picking at the dirt underneath his fingernails. But the smile playing along his lips made Scorpius roll his eyes. 

"Go on, Charles. Speak your mind."

"My mind says that you like her. Beyond the normal like. You're attracted to her." 

"Really?" Scorpius drawled. "And what in the world would have you believe that?" 

"It's clearly written all over your face, Scorpius." Charles said, stopping the picking for a moment to gesture towards Scorpius' face. 

"It clearly isn't, Charles. You're obviously hallucinating again." 

"Really? OK then. Petrificus Totalus!" Scorpius' eyes went wide and his body went rigid when Charles muttered the spell. Charles grabbed a muggle pen (where did he get that?!) and pounced onto Scorpius. Scorpius knew what he was going to write and tried to protest but couldn't. Once it was done, Charles waved his wand at Scorpius and the letters burned for a second, leaving a tingling feeling behind. Scorpius knew that Charles had obviously placed a spell on the words to make sure they stayed. Then Charles moved back and waved his wand again, "Finite Incantatum." Scorpius felt his body move again. Charles pulled out a mirror from his bag (why in the world does he have a mirror in his bag?! Scorpius wondered) and showed it to Scorpius. Across Scorpius' forehead was written: