Amortentia (a Scorose Fanfiction)

Chapter Sixteen

EDITED: I need help choosing an actor/male to be Scorpius. Personally, I love casting my stories but i am really struggling to find someone to suit my Scorp<3 Obviously, I appreciate that many people don't like to follow the cast but if you have any suggestions please let me know!

          "You know, you could at least attempt to look like you're not staring at him."

          Rose jumped, startled. She turned her attention from across the room, to the boy sitting next to her. Charlie King was smirking at her, a glint in his eyes that gave Rose nervous butterflies in her stomach.

          Rose frowned, attempting to act nonchalant. "I wasn't staring at anyone."

          Charlie snorted. "You're going to have to get more convincing than that if that's the story you're going with."

          Charlie was right. She had been staring at Scorpius as he sat next to Marie Merryweather and worked on their joint assignment. When Professor Dobbs had first called out their names, Rose had been disappointed that it wasn't her he had been paired with for personal, not-school related reasons. Now, however, Rose could confidently say that her disappointment had become one concerned with academics. It was only the second hour of their double-period Potions class, but Rose was already losing her mind working with Charlie — not to mention something else that was bothering her.

         She had quickly come to learn that Charlie... was hopeless. With no other way to phrase it, he had less brain cells than a mandrake. Rose had no less than demanded to see to his essay score when she sat down at the desk next to him. It had almost pained her to see that he had failed it, scoring only 43%.

          She knew then that Professor Dobbs was torturing her — sabotaging her overall grade, she could even argue! Scorpius was second only to she, and Marie Merryweather was no Charlie. If Rose wanted to stay on top and beat the two of them she had to really push Charlie. And she would.

          Just as soon as he stopped teasing her about Scorpius.

          "What was up with you two on Saturday?" He asked. He was twirling his wand through his fingers as Rose sifted through the bundle of papers Professor Dobbs had handed out to each pair.

          "What do you mean?" Rose asked innocently.

          Their assignment was to write an improved and more detailed report on the potion they had already written on in the essay. They were to include the history of the potion, the creator of the potion, the ingredients and the method to brew said potion. When they had finished the report, which was to be handed in by the end of the week, Professor Dobbs would check it and, when it was satisfactory, they were to use their method to brew it. The pair with the most accurate report and brewed potion would gain twenty points each for their house.

          Rose, as usual, was dying to win. In her mind, losing wasn't an option. Especially not to Scorpius and his little partner.

          Charlie, however, didn't seem to care about their assignment at all.

          He shot Rose a disbelieving look at her answer. "Oh, come off it!" He said. "You two were staring at each other like I'd caught you snogging or something—"

         Rose sputtered, choking on the air she had breathed in quickly. Snogging? 

          "—You know, Scorpius told me that you guys are friends... but that was just weir—"

Rose blinked, recovering from her shock. "Wait! Scorpius told you?"

Charlie rolled his eyes. "Yes. Pay attention—"