Ron and Hermione had always wanted a daughter. From the moment they were married, they wanted a girl. So when Rose came they were ecstatic.
For Draco, all he wanted was a son. A son that he could raise better than his father had raised him. He wanted to prove to the world that the Malfoys were not dangerous and that unlike his father, he would be a good father and teach his son how the world works, but neither family expected Scorpius and Rose to become friends, let alone start dating. This is how it happened.
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I laughed loudly at Albus, as he blushed from his little accident on the way onto the train. Albus tripped while climbing up the steps to the train and although we had been on the train for at least fifteen minutes, I hadn’t stopped laughing yet. “Stop laughing at me,” Albus said his ears burning, “It’s not that funny. Anyone could have done that.”
“Well, yes, that’s true, Albus, but not just anybody did. You did, so I think it’s fair for me to laugh. I don’t think I’m ever gonna-” The look on Albus’ face made me stop laughing. ”Alright, Alright. I’ll stop. It’s not that funny anymore, anyways.”
“Good, you know I don’t like to be laughed at. I’m going to go find the loo. I’ll be back.”
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Albus walked back into the compartment with another boy following along behind him. They were talking about which houses they hoped to be in.
“Hey Rose, this is Scorpius. He’s in our year.” Albus said
“I know who he is,” I answered, with contempt in my voice, “What is he doing in our compartment. This is for Weasleys not ferrets like him.”
“C’ mon Rose, he’s not that bad. He’s pretty cool. I bet you two would be good friends.”
“Never. He will always be a Malfoy.”
“May I speak?” Malfoy asks from behind Albus.
“No, you can’t. Get out of this compartment and leave us alone.” I yelled, pulling Albus in and slamming the door shut in Malfoy's face.
“You didn’t have to do that. He isn’t like his dad or his grandfather.” Albus told me.
“I don’t care. A Malfoy is a Malfoy and Weasleys and Malfoys don’t mix.”
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“...Slytherin!!!” the hat yelled from the top of Albus’ head. My mouth dropped open in shock. Along with most of the rest of the hall.
“...a Potter in Slytherin!” students were whispering all around. Albus just smiled and strolled to the Slytherin table and sat down next to Malfoy. Malfoy smiled at Albus and they shook hands before looking back up at the stage. I was so shocked that I nearly missed hearing my name.
As I sat down on the stool, Professor McGonagall placed the hat on my head. I sat there quietly, listening to the hat debate which house I should be placed in. It was mostly debating between Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. After about three minutes, the hat yelled “Gryffindor!!” I smiled and stood up. I smiled as I walked down to the Gryffindor table to join the rest of my family and Alice Longbottom, who Albus and I have grown up with. There were only two oddballs in the family. Molly had been placed into Ravenclaw five years ago and now Albus was in Slytherin. Everybody else had been in Gryffindor.
The meal was delicious but it was a little lonely without Albus there. We had been best friends since we were little children. We had never been apart for longer than a few days and to think that we would now have to have different common rooms, it was hard to deal with. I mean I knew we’d have to be separated eventually, I just didn’t think it would happen for a few more years.
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“This way first years!” My cousin, Dominique yelled. She had been made a prefect and everyone was so proud. I was fairly disappointed. Dom was great but she was always pretty strict and now she had power over me. The fact that I was her favorite cousin didn’t help. She would never leave me alone. “Let’s go. Here’s the common room. This is the Fat Lady, she is the guardian of the Gryffindor common rooms. Every week there will be a new password to get in. This week the password is Bubblegum Balls.” As she said the words the portrait of a big woman wearing all pink, swung outward and left a big hole staring out at us. Dom walked into the darkroom. I looked around the room and felt my mouth drop open. It was way cooler than how I had imagined from the stories. There were maroon drapes over every window and armchairs and couches around crackling fires. In one corner there were a few tables where students could sit to do homework if they didn’t want to go to the library. It was warm and cozy.
“Boys, your dorms are up the stairs,” Dom said pointing to the left side of the room, and then she turned and pointed to the right and said, “Girl's dorms are on the right. Boys beware you cannot go into the girl's dorms. I won’t tell you what happens if you try though.”
I climbed the stairs in the corner of the room to find my dorm. All of our luggage was already in the dorm room, I chose a bed by the window and looked around. There were three other girls in my room. Two of them I knew well, the other girl I did not. They were Alice Longbottom, Roxanne Weasley, my cousin, and Eleanor Kingsley. Alice, Albus and I had been inseparable since we were put into the same crib as children. I call Neville, Alice’s father, Uncle Neville. It’s gonna be a little weird to call him Professor Longbottom now. I expect it’ll be weirder for Alice. Roxanne was never a part of me and Albus’ little group. She was always a huge daddy’s girl and so she never played with us much. Her older brother Fred, who is in the third year, always played with us more than she did, but nevertheless, We were cousins, so I was friends with her. The last girl in our dorm, Eleanor Kingsley, I didn't know her. I knew about her. My mom and uncle are friends with her dad but we never hung out.
“I already miss Albus,” I say to Alice as we quietly change into our pajamas for bed.
“Me too. I can’t believe he’s a Slytherin. Did you see who he went and sat with after the sorting and who he spent the whole night talking to?” Alice asked, looking a little exasperated.
“Yeah, I saw. I can’t believe he’s befriending a Malfoy. Tomorrow I’m gonna have to send Dad a letter and tell him about it. He’s gonna be so unhappy. I bet Uncle Harry will be mad too.” I replied.
“I don’t know. Harry said that he's acquaintances with Draco Malfoy now. So he might be ok with it.”
“Alright well, we’ll see tomorrow. I can’t wait for us to start classes.” I said, changing the subject.
“Me neither. Let's go to bed. Maybe Albus will sit with us at breakfast tomorrow.”
“Maybe.”
. . .
Over the next few years, life was pretty good for Rose. She still hung out with Albus but he became best friends with Scorpius so she would never hang out with him for long if Scorpius was around. Rose was top of the class with Scorpius and they were always fighting over who was top of the class. Alice, Roxanne, Eleanor, and Rose hung out all the time and soon were best friends. Rose joined the Gryffindor quidditch team in her second year and played Chaser. Scorpius and Albus also joined the Slytherin team as Chaser and Seeker, respectively. Rose mostly tried to avoid Scorpius but seeing as how they were both tops of the class, teachers often paired them together. When teachers did, they just got their work done without talking to each other. In their fourth year, Rose started dating Joshua Edwards.
