Rubies & Emeralds (Scorose Fanfic)

XII: Merlin's Most Baggy Y Fronts

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......"I knew it!" Sounded the familiar voice of a very familiar Lily Potter

Scorpius and Rose froze the minute they heard Lily's voice. Both of them prayed that she was talking about knowing something else. Fat chance. Said the voice which resided at the back of both their heads. Rose wanted to be like an ostrich and stick her head into the ground so that she wouldn't have to face Lily.

So much for lying will work perfectly. The voice said again and Rose told it to shut up. Lily approached them and said, "What the hell is going on here?!"

"Um..." Scorpius trailed off, glancing at Rose, waiting for her. But Rose was still thinking about the advantages that ostriches had. Finally he said, "Well, I told Rose that I had a mouth ulcer so---" 

"She snogged you to find out if you were telling the truth?" Lily said, giving him a flat look of plain disbelief. 

"Well, to be honest, there was no tongue so---" 

"By Merlin's Most Baggy Y Fronts! I don't want details, Malfoy!" Lily half-shouted, covering her ears immediately. This action snapped Rose out of her daydream and she said, "Lily calm down! Nothing's going on between us! It was just an accidental kiss! That's all!" 

"Don't you lie to me, Rose Weasley!" 

"I'm not lying! We've been doing on-and-off kisses a lot lately! It's all friendly! I swear!" Rose said, trying to create a guilt-free face. Lily searched her face through narrowed eyes. Rose sighed and said, "Seriously, Lil. We're just friends." 

"With benefits." Scorpius murmured next to her so that only Rose heard. She bit back a smile but her eyes lit up with amusement. Thankfully, Lily didn't notice. Finally Lily said, "Fine. I believe you. But I'd rather not see you two snogging all over the place if you want to pretend that you're 'just friends'." Rose rolled her eyes and said, "We're not pretending. We are just friends." 

"With--- oof!" Rose elbowed him before he could finish. He threw her a dirty look but didn't say anything, knowing that he had deserved it. Lily nodded and then went forward and hugged Rose, whispering into her ear, "I wouldn't mind if you got together." Rose couldn't hold back the smile that was forming on her face. Lily pulled away, smiled at her and said, "Okay, I have to go back because Roxanne will kill me for not working on my OWLs. She really needs to calm down. They're just exams! Am I rambling? I think I'm rambling. So I'm going to go now and leave you two to your...business." She struggled for the right word for a few seconds. Rose and Scorpius hid a smile each and nodded in understanding. She gave them both a bright smile and then turned around and left. They stood there staring at her retreating figure until Scorpius finally said, "Shall we?" And offered her his arm.

"We shall." Rose replied, taking the crook of his elbow and letting him lead the way to the common room.

Once inside, they sat down to finish their incomplete homework. Only, they couldn't concentrate. They kept trying to write but would keep sneaking glances at each other and often caught the other glancing. Finally Rose put down her quill and said, "This is a disaster."

"Tell me about it." Scorpius said, glad to put down his quill too. The only word he had written so far was 'The' to start the next sentence (which remained incomplete). Rose had written a single letter— 'A'— as the start of a sentence.

"So are we going to pretend to be 'just friends'?" Rose asked, after a pause.

"I don't see why we have to do that. I really don't understand."