Wizards Of The Next Generation

Chapter 8:

The next couple of weeks flew by, and before they knew it, it was close to Halloween. Rose hadn't talked to Scorpius since. Scorpius was walking down the corridor, when he saw her. Feeling bad for the last time they had spoken, he walked over to her.
"Hey!" He said, a smile on his face.
She didn't respond, only shooting a small glare at him.
"What's wrong with you?" He questioned.
"What's wrong with me?!" She asked, "You don't talk to me for weeks, and you wonder what's wrong with me?!" By now her face was about as red as her hair.
"Calm down, Rose. I-"
"Don't bother!" She yelled, tears brimming her eyes. She turned, her red hair whipping over her shoulders, and walked off.

She went to her dorm, and collapsed on her bed. She buried her face in her hands, tears slowly falling down her face.
"What's wrong Rose?" She heard a voice ask. It was Roxy's.
She looked up, and quickly wiped off her face. "N-nothing."
"No, something's wrong. I know you." She said, going over to her, and sitting by her. "What's wrong?" She questioned, pushing some of the loose red hair from her cousins face.
"S-Scorpius." Rose said in a shaky voice.
"What'd he do?" Roxy asked, anger suddenly rising.
"I don't want to talk about it.." Rose muttered in a small voice.
"Rose, what did he do?"
"It's nothing." She said, suddenly standing. "I don't want to talk about it. Roxy nodded and sighed.
She watched as Rose walked out of the dorm, and into the common room.

Freddie and James were sitting on the couch in the common room when Rose walked in.
"What's wrong?" James asked, almost imidietly noticing something was wrong.
"Nothing." She said simply, looking over at them.
He nodded a little, not fully convinced. "You sure?" Freddie questioned.
She nodded. "Yeah." She said, before walking out of the room.
Just about that time, Roxy walked in. The two boys looked over at her.
"Hey, what's wrong with Rose?" Freddie asked his younger sister.
She shrugged. "I don't know. Something to do with Scorpius." At that, the two boys stood imidetly. "Where are you going?" She asked them.
"Nowhere." James grumbled, as the two walked out.

"That Malfoy's going to pay." James growled. "We told him to stay away from Rose."
Freddie nodded in agreement, as he reached into his pocket for his wand. "He better hope he doesn't run into us.." He muttered.
They heard someone come up behind them, and they turned. Al was standing there.
"Where are you two going?!" He asked. "Roxy just said you walked out!"
"To find Malfoy." James said simply.
Al suddenly felt anger filling him. "Why?!"
"Because, he hurt Rose." Freddie said.
He rolled his green eyes. "How do you know?!"
"Roxy told us." James said, looking down at his little brother. "Rose was upset, we asked why, and she said it was something to do with Scorpius."
"That doesn't mean you go looking for him! For all you know, it could've been a misunderstanding! You wouldn't be doing this if he wasn't a Malfoy, and a Slytherin."
"Why don't you go ask Rose yourself then?!" James said, aggravated. "And that's a good enough reason for me! He's a Malfoy, and he needs to stay away from our cousin! And you need to stop sticking up for him!"
"You're the one that needs to go ask her! You can't just go pick on him for no reason, and no! That's not a good enough reason at all!" Al yelled. He felt the need to stand up for his new friend, and he was going to.