A Stitch in Time

Chapter 13

Astoria and Draco quickly ran behind a couch, and Rose acted like she was reading a book. Scorpius entered the library and smiled at Rose.

"Hey, Destis." Rose said.

Scorpius nodded at her. "You're not mad at me right?" He said quickly.

Rose let out a small laugh. "Mad? No, no! Why in heavens would I be mad?" She said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

Thankfully, Scorpius didn't detect it. "Well, I don't know, you looked kind of mad when Pansy-" Rose cut him off, because she saw Teddy approaching.

"Hide!" She said, then pulled him down behind a couch. Teddy cautiously entered.

Scorpius looked at her, in utter confusion. "Why are we-"

Rose shushed him, and put a finger to her lips, signaling to wait a minute.

"Hello, Jade?" Teddy asked cautiously. When he received no reply, he slumped. "Maybe I'm early." he muttered. Teddy went up to a nearby shelf and idly flipped through a book.

The door creaked yet again, signaling Pansy's appearance. She looked around the library, obviously expecting people there. She had not seen Teddy yet.

Rose held her breath. This was the moment they had all been waiting for.

"What's going on?" Scorpius said under his breath.

"Just watch." Rose breathed back.

Pansy had spotted Teddy, and quickly darted into a corner. She pulled out a minuscule makeup kit from her insanely large book bag , and applied large amount of mascara, and a disgusting blob of lipstick upon her lips.

"Who is he? He is so handsome! How come I haven't seen him before? What is wrong with me?" She asked quietly to herself, her face full of excitement. She stole another look at Teddy, and then giggled. "He's...perfect. Everyone will be so jealous!"

Scorpius stared at her in shock, and was about to get up, but luckily Rose pulled him back down.

"Hey handsome." She purred, finally deciding her appearance was good enough for Teddy.

Teddy spun around so fast that he dropped his book, which made a loud THUMP as it made contact with the ground.

"Yes? Were you talking to me?" He asked quickly. He looked over her appearance, his mind thinking, I don't want to deal with these kind of creeps anymore!

Pansy's feral green eyes met Teddy's amber ones. "Yes, of course you, silly!"

Teddy nodded at her. "Well, what do you want?" He asked finally.

Pansy pouted. "My, my are we getting tired of me already?" She purred.

Teddy sighed. "You're Pansy Parkinson, aren't you?"

Pansy let out a shriek of laughter. "Yes, the one and only!"

Teddy narrowed his eyes. "You are going out with someone, aren't you?"

Pansy walked so she was even closer to him (a little too close). "He's not really important, tiger. My boyfriends don't need to know a thing."

Teddy snapped his fingers. "Hang on! You're going out with Destis Spink, right?"

Pansy grabbed his hand. "He doesn't have to know." She whispered. "He isn't the one for me anyways. He is just another boy, not like you though, handsome. I never wanted him in the first place, but he was head over heels about me. I hate black haired boys anyway. There's just something about...blue heads. I like your style, it screams, 'bad boy'. " She said, flicking his chin upward.

Teddy snorted, not fazed. My natural hair color is black! "For your information, its turquoise, but does that make me special or something?"

Pansy nodded excitedly. "Right! Turquoise! And it makes you very special. " She said, ridiculously fluttering her feral eyes again.

Teddy rolled his eyes. "What about your boyfriend, Destis?"

Pansy looked annoyed. "What about him?"

"He's your boyfriend! You're cheating on him!"

It was Pansy who snorted now. "Yeah, like I care! Am I limited to only him or something?"

"Yeah, kind of! Since he's your boyfriend."

Pansy stamped her foot. "I don't care about him, didn't you hear me? I don't care about him! I don't care one bit! He's not the only boyfriend I have! I don't care about him, I care about you more!" Her mascara pasted eyes were sticking to her cheeks and lifting up again as she fluttered her lashes.

Teddy rolled his eyes, then pushed Pansy away from him. "Well, I'm not interested in going out with a girl who can't even be faithful to her boyfriend. So tough luck, Parkinson."

With that, Teddy left. Pansy scowled. "Great! Almost had him!"

Scorpius pushed away from Rose, and appeared from behind the couch. "So Pugsy, it was interesting to know how you feel about me."

Pansy turned around in horror, her lips forming an O shape in shock.

"D-Destis? I-it's not what it l-looks like! I p-promise!" She stuttered.

Scorpius glared at her. "Oh yeah? What is it then?"

Pansy threw herself on him. "It's not what it looks like, you have to understand honey...he was all over me..."

Scorpius threw her off him. "Really, all over you? Sounds like he was dying to get away from you! Yeah, well, we're through! Why don't you go chase after all those boys now?" He said harshly, then stomped out of the library.

Pansy rolled her eyes. "Whatever. I just might."

Rose looked at Draco and mouthed, Now!

Everyone popped out of their hiding places. "Pansy!" They all yelled.

Pansy turned pale. "W-what are you d-doing here?"

Astoria stuck her tongue at her. "Oh, just showing everyone what a man eater you are!"

Pansy glared at her. "Shut up, you hag!"

Pansy looked at the glaring faces around her and gulped, then decided to leave the library.

Everyone cheered and wooted. Rose and Draco nodded to each other, and Astoria gave Draco a hug, then, realizing what she had done, shrieked in glee and ran off.

Rose smiled. This couldn't be a more perfect day. She thought blissfully.

Little did they know that their euphoria would be that short.