Rubies & Emeralds (Scorose Fanfic)

XX: Halloween

Recap: Rose and Scorpius got into a fight and broke up because Scorpius was writing love letters to another girl called Evie, who goes to Beauxbatons. Charles may or may not like someone. Lily convinced Rose to be just friends [without benefits] with Scorpius and so, as of now, they're just friends. And that's what you missed on R&E! =D (I tried to make this sound like the way flashbacks are done on Glee :P) 

*Shabbily proofread and edited*

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The halls of Hogwarts had glowing pumpkins at random intervals. Instead of the traditional torches lighting the hallways, there were floating candles, similar to the ones in the Great Hall. The excitement in the castle had taken every form, excepting the physical form. Rose and Scorpius were no exceptions to this level of excitement. And this excitement increased considerably when it was announced that Hufflepuff was in charge of hosting the party. And since it was a costume party, owls had been flying into the Great Hall left right and centre, carrying costumes for the sixth and seventh years of all the houses since the other years weren't allowed to come. It was two days to Halloween and even the teachers knew that something had been planned. But so far they had been unsuccessful in finding out what it was.

Rose was planning to go as a bat. So she had a black dress and black wings along with pointed ears on a headband. Scorpius was going as a risen-from-the-grave vampire. And due to this he was pacing outside Rose's room the day before the party contemplating whether or not he should knock. Finally he raised his hand but, before he could knock, Rose came running out and collided with him, making both of them fall.

"Ow!" They both exclaimed as they fell: Rose against the door of her room and Scorpius in the direction of the staircase which lead down to the common room. Rose looked up and glared at Scorpius, "What were you doing?!" 

"You collided into me."

"Well I wasn't expecting you to be standing right there!" Rose said, rolling her eyes at him. Scorpius opened his mouth to retort but then closed it, not wanting to carry this argument further. He said, "Alright. I'm sorry. I needed to ask you for something." 

"What?" She said, standing up.

"Powder." 

There was a pause. 

"What?" Rose said, her eyes widening and her lips pursing together. Scorpius realized that she was internally laughing at him and rolled his eyes. He stood up too and said, "I need it for my costume." 

"Oh." Rose said, all traces of laughter disappearing. She nodded and went back into her room, beckoning for him to follow. He entered behind her and sat down in the chair by her desk and looked around her room. It was clear that she was a generally neat person. Not a neat freak because there were clothes and books strewn across her bed but it was clear that she believed that everything had its place in her room. Her books were put carefully in a small bookshelf and there was a stack beside her nightlight too. Her cupboard had one door opened but Scorpius couldn't see inside since the cupboard was next to the desk he was sitting at. On her desk were her schoolbooks. Textbooks were stacked in one corner against the wall and there was some parchment and an ink bottle on the desk. The quills were probably inside the drawer. Rose reappeared with the powder and, handing it to him, said, "Dress rehearsal?" 

"Thanks. Yeah. You're going, aren't you?" 

"Wouldn't miss it for the world. It's tradition." 

"The brownies may be spiked." 

"What? What do you mean spiked?" 

"Well Hufflepuff does have--- you don't know." 

"What? What don't I know."