"Rosie what happened to you? I haven't seen you this happy since..."Alice trails off, "Oh wait, I'm not supposed to mention this. Boys forget I said anything." Alice tries to hide herself from me and Scorpius and Albus look offended. They're about to say something before I cut them off.
"No." They start to argue but one glare their way shuts that down. "Alice, dear, why?" Alice starts to laugh at my predicament. I mouth help me at her.
"So," Alice drags the word out, "What's new?"
"Travis and I just had a date." Alice motions for me to keep going. "We went to the astrology tower. He packed a picnic." Alice is in the middle of her fan girl-ing when Scorpius joins our conversation.
"What did you eat? And don't say an apple." I can tell Alice is taken back by his abruptness.
"Well I didn't eat you see. I wasn't hungry." I shrug.
"Um Rose, you see the thing is you didn't eat at breakfast either." Scorpius counters.
"I can't eat that early in the morning." I reply.
"Rose you got out of bed at ten."
"Your point?" I question. Scorpius sighs and gives me a "we'll discuss this later" look. Scorpius mumbles something to Albus and he nods. They see me watching and stop.
"Was it romantic? What'd he say? What'd he do?" Alice sighs and Albus rolls his eyes.
"Very. Stuff. Things." I respond. Now it's time for Alice to roll her eyes.
"Ohh. Stuff?" Albus winks. Scorpius seems to perk up in his chair, and looks as if he is actually paying attention.
"Not that kind of stuff you creep." I quietly yell. Alice laughs while Albus smirks. I shake my head at him.
"We talked about where we want to be when we graduate and other things like that." I looked around the room. James was whispering to Fred in the corner, Lily and Hugo were chatting away at a table, Alice looked like she was going to explode, Albus had his infamous smirk on his face, and Scorpius was off in Malfoy land, daydreaming about Merlin knows what. Albus and Lily notice this, thus causing Scorpius' chair to be pushed over, and the next thing I know Scorpius is hexing Albus. Just what a girl needs after a date am I right?
In the twin like telepathy Alice and I have, we yell "Boys! Enough! Sit down before we make you!"
"Um.. hate to break it to you guys but you're not our mother...." Albus notifies us, making me roll my eyes and Alice laugh.
"I'm going to go to my dorm.. See you guys later." Scorpius mumbles.
"Why are you leaving? Are you okay?" I ask.
"Oh yeah. Yeah I'm fine.." He grumbles under is breath.
"Okay. Something is wrong and you're going to tell me what it is that's wrong." I state, my hands on my hips.
"Rose. Seriously. I'm fine. It's no big deal okay?" He shoves his hands into his pocket and awkwardly stands at the bottom of the stairs.
"Well obviously something is bothering you." I cross my arms. Scorpius mumbles something under his breath. "What?" I ask.
"I don't like Travis." He whispers.
"What?" I question, more confused than ever.
"I don't like Travis. What kind of boyfriend doesn't make sure you don't eat. And then I have some other concerns with him..." Scorpius mumbles just loud enough for me to hear.
"Well would you like to share with us Mr. Malfoy?" I reply losing my patience.
"Rose that hurt." He says quietly, gathering his things.
"You're not even trying to get along with Travis hurts." I shout, standing up.
"Oh I've tried Weasley. I've tried." Scorpius states right before he leaves the common room.
"Rose that wasn't fair." Albus says, siding with Scorpius.
"He's not even trying Albus! He immediately assumed Travis is evil." I defend myself.
"You know Scorpius can tell when someone is bad news when he meets them, he got a bad feeling about Travis and he's just following his gut. I'm going to go check on him." Albus leaves the common room in the direction Scorpius did.
I sigh. "I screwed up didn't I Alice?" I ask.
"Yep." She simply replies.
Does this count as a cliff hanger?
