Dear Gerdy: Chapter 6 - Meeting of the Gerdies
Hey guys… sorry about the lack of updates. It’s been a crazy few weeks between work and a couple family emergencies. Here’s hoping I’ll be able to get something out to you guys this coming weekend.
Title: Dear Gerdy
Rating: T
Pairing: Scorpius/Rose (eventually)
Genre: Romance, Drama
When: Next Generation
Warnings: n/a
Story Links: Masterpost | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Epilogue
Summary/Notes:
Rose is in her 7th year at Hogwarts and is new Gerdy for Hogwarts' anonymous advice column Dear Gerdy. That coupled with her school work and changes in her relationship with Scorpius, will make this year interesting.
Chapter 6: Meeting of the Gerdies
Dear Gerdy,
My mum and dad have promised to buy me a pet for my birthday, but I don’t know what I want. I’m torn between a cat and an owl. Which do you recommend?
Sincerely,
Undecided
Dear Undecided,
I understand why you would be turn between a cat and an owl. It is one that I also struggled with. I ultimately decided to get my own owl, but if I had to choose again, I would definitely get a cat, because my family already had an owl. Though, at the time I chose to get an owl, we already had a cat.
So my recommendation is that if your family doesn’t have an owl, you should get an owl; otherwise, get a cat because they are quite loveable.
Hope that helps,
Gerdy
Waiting for the mail to arrive had never been so nerve racking.
And Rose had never been so excited to see Dotie flying towards her the next morning. In her haste to grab the letter, she nearly knocked over her glass of pumpkin juice, but saw Scorpius grabbed it just in time from the corner of her eye.
Rose quickly unrolled the letter and read:
Rose,
Meet us in Fred’s apartment over the shop at 11am.
Victoire
“Who’s the letter from?” Scorpius asked after Rose had tucked the letter away.
“My mum,” Rose lied, spotting Albus, Lily and her younger brother, Hugo, walking their way. “Hey guys.”
“So what are we doing in Hogsmeade today?” Lily asked, sitting down next to Rose.
“Same thing we always do,” her brother replied. “Go to the Hogs Head, walk around, visit the joke shop, go to the Quidditch shop and end our day at the Three Broom Sticks.”
And there was the complication that Rose hadn’t considered. What Albus said was true, they always did the same things when they were in Hogsmeade and her absence would be noticed not just by her companions but by the shopkeepers who had known her since she was a baby.
If she was going to be able to sneak away to meet with the Gerdies, she was going to need help and that meant telling someone; someone who could lie to anyone and get away with it. She needed Lily.
While she ate her breakfast, Rose tried to come up with a story that Lily would believe, but had no luck. It wasn’t until the five of them were headed to Hogsmeade that she overheard Scorpius mention something about his birthday and an idea began to form in her mind.
Like every Hogsmeade trip she had come on since her third year, they headed straight to the Hogs Head and ordered butter beers from Aberforth Dumbledore. Other Hogwarts students shied away from the Hogs Head and its grumpy barman, but the Weasley-Potter kids knew who he was and he had always been kind to them.
It was in the Hogs Head that Rose pulled Lily away from the boys and got down to business.
“I need your help,” she told her cousin in hushed tones.
“Anything,” Lily answered quickly.
“I need you to cover for me,” Rose told her then mentally prepared herself for the lie she was about to tell. “I haven’t found a present for Scorpius yet and his birthday is next week. Obviously, I can’t buy the present when I’m with him, so I need you to cover for me when they figure out I’ve left.”
“Why don’t we just tell them we need girl things and then I can help you pick out his present?” Lily asked.
“No,” Rose said quickly. “It’ll be easier this way, I promise.” She looked at her cousin pleadingly. “Please, Lil.”
“Fine,” Lily replied. “But you owe me.”
“You’re the best,” Rose grinned. “Let’s finish our drinks then you can lead the boys to the Quidditch shop or something and I’ll ‘get lost.’”
Lily nodded and led Rose back to the table.
“Everything ok?” Scorpius asked, once Rose had sat down next to him.
“Perfect,” she replied with a smile.
Thirty minutes later, they said their goodbyes to Aberforth and exited the Hogs Head. They started the walking portion of their Hogsmeade trip and just as Rose was beginning to stress about the time, Lily stopped in her tracks, causing Hugo to bump into her.
“Oh. My. God.” She breathed. “Is that the new firebolt?!”
The eyes of all three guys shot to the window of the Quidditch shop and before Rose knew it, all four of her companions were heading towards the shop, completely unaware that she wasn’t following.
Silently thanking Lily, Rose quickly made her way to the Hogsmeade location of Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes and used the shop’s backdoor. She slipped inside then raced up the stairs to the apartment, just as her watch hit 11.
Before she could knock on the door, it opened and she found herself face to face with Victoire.
“I was just coming to look for you,” Victoire said, stepping aside to let Rose into the apartment. “We saw you leaving the Hogs Head with the others.”
“I barely got away,” Rose replied. “Who all is here?”
“Just the cousins,” Victoire said. “I didn’t think this warranted a full Gerdy meeting and I figured you’d rather keep this private.”
“Thanks,” Rose said then followed Victoire down the hall to the sitting room where she found Dominique, Molly, Lucy and Roxanne waiting.
“Ok, let’s get down to business,” Victoire said, gesturing for Rose to sit. “We’re all a bit curious as to the S.O.S. you sent me last night. What’s going on?”
“This,” Rose said, pulling out the letter from Scorpius. “It’s a Dear Gerdy I received last night after I fight I had with Scorpius about this exact subject. And it’s his handwriting, I forgot to put the charm on the box before I pulled it out.”
The cousins passed it around and Roxanne made a strange squeaking noise when she finished reading it. Rose looked at her cousin, but instead of returning her look, Roxanne looked at Victoire, who shook her head when Rose turned to look at her.
“I’m willing to bet that the Gerdy situation is part of the reason he is worried about you,” Victoire said. “But is there any other reason that he should be worried about you?”
Rose sucked in a breath. She didn’t really want to relive the embarrassment of the library situation again or getting caught listening to Albus and Scorpius’ conversation, but she knew that if anyone could help her figure things out it would be five older girl cousins.
Once she started talking, she couldn’t stop. She told them about the train ride to Hogwarts and how she knew Scorpius was keeping something from her. Then about the other letters she now suspected Scorpius had sent to Gerdy and the whole conversation they had had Thursday night in the classroom.
When she finished, she saw her cousins exchange knowing smiles and frowned. What was that all about?
“We can help you with the Gerdy situation,” Victoire told her. “But the rest, you’ll have to figure out by yourself.”
“The rest?” Rose repeated, confused.
“It’ll come in time, I promise,” Victoire grinned.
Twenty minutes later, Rose and her cousins had penned a reply to “Deeply Concerned” that would run in the next issue of Dear Gerdy.
It was nearly one o’clock by then and one by one her cousins left via the floo network until it was just her and Roxanne.
From the look on her cousin’s face, Rose could tell she was struggling with something.
“You ok?” She asked.
“Fine,” Roxanne nodded. She glanced at the fireplace where Victoire had disappeared from moments before. “If you need answers, you can look at previous Dear Gerdy issues. You never know what you’ll find.”
Title: Dear Gerdy
Rating: T
Pairing: Scorpius/Rose (eventually)
Genre: Romance, Drama
When: Next Generation
Warnings: n/a
Story Links: Masterpost | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Epilogue
Summary/Notes:
Rose is in her 7th year at Hogwarts and is new Gerdy for Hogwarts' anonymous advice column Dear Gerdy. That coupled with her school work and changes in her relationship with Scorpius, will make this year interesting.
Chapter 6: Meeting of the Gerdies
Dear Gerdy,
My mum and dad have promised to buy me a pet for my birthday, but I don’t know what I want. I’m torn between a cat and an owl. Which do you recommend?
Sincerely,
Undecided
Dear Undecided,
I understand why you would be turn between a cat and an owl. It is one that I also struggled with. I ultimately decided to get my own owl, but if I had to choose again, I would definitely get a cat, because my family already had an owl. Though, at the time I chose to get an owl, we already had a cat.
So my recommendation is that if your family doesn’t have an owl, you should get an owl; otherwise, get a cat because they are quite loveable.
Hope that helps,
Gerdy
Waiting for the mail to arrive had never been so nerve racking.
And Rose had never been so excited to see Dotie flying towards her the next morning. In her haste to grab the letter, she nearly knocked over her glass of pumpkin juice, but saw Scorpius grabbed it just in time from the corner of her eye.
Rose quickly unrolled the letter and read:
Rose,
Meet us in Fred’s apartment over the shop at 11am.
Victoire
“Who’s the letter from?” Scorpius asked after Rose had tucked the letter away.
“My mum,” Rose lied, spotting Albus, Lily and her younger brother, Hugo, walking their way. “Hey guys.”
“So what are we doing in Hogsmeade today?” Lily asked, sitting down next to Rose.
“Same thing we always do,” her brother replied. “Go to the Hogs Head, walk around, visit the joke shop, go to the Quidditch shop and end our day at the Three Broom Sticks.”
And there was the complication that Rose hadn’t considered. What Albus said was true, they always did the same things when they were in Hogsmeade and her absence would be noticed not just by her companions but by the shopkeepers who had known her since she was a baby.
If she was going to be able to sneak away to meet with the Gerdies, she was going to need help and that meant telling someone; someone who could lie to anyone and get away with it. She needed Lily.
While she ate her breakfast, Rose tried to come up with a story that Lily would believe, but had no luck. It wasn’t until the five of them were headed to Hogsmeade that she overheard Scorpius mention something about his birthday and an idea began to form in her mind.
Like every Hogsmeade trip she had come on since her third year, they headed straight to the Hogs Head and ordered butter beers from Aberforth Dumbledore. Other Hogwarts students shied away from the Hogs Head and its grumpy barman, but the Weasley-Potter kids knew who he was and he had always been kind to them.
It was in the Hogs Head that Rose pulled Lily away from the boys and got down to business.
“I need your help,” she told her cousin in hushed tones.
“Anything,” Lily answered quickly.
“I need you to cover for me,” Rose told her then mentally prepared herself for the lie she was about to tell. “I haven’t found a present for Scorpius yet and his birthday is next week. Obviously, I can’t buy the present when I’m with him, so I need you to cover for me when they figure out I’ve left.”
“Why don’t we just tell them we need girl things and then I can help you pick out his present?” Lily asked.
“No,” Rose said quickly. “It’ll be easier this way, I promise.” She looked at her cousin pleadingly. “Please, Lil.”
“Fine,” Lily replied. “But you owe me.”
“You’re the best,” Rose grinned. “Let’s finish our drinks then you can lead the boys to the Quidditch shop or something and I’ll ‘get lost.’”
Lily nodded and led Rose back to the table.
“Everything ok?” Scorpius asked, once Rose had sat down next to him.
“Perfect,” she replied with a smile.
Thirty minutes later, they said their goodbyes to Aberforth and exited the Hogs Head. They started the walking portion of their Hogsmeade trip and just as Rose was beginning to stress about the time, Lily stopped in her tracks, causing Hugo to bump into her.
“Oh. My. God.” She breathed. “Is that the new firebolt?!”
The eyes of all three guys shot to the window of the Quidditch shop and before Rose knew it, all four of her companions were heading towards the shop, completely unaware that she wasn’t following.
Silently thanking Lily, Rose quickly made her way to the Hogsmeade location of Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes and used the shop’s backdoor. She slipped inside then raced up the stairs to the apartment, just as her watch hit 11.
Before she could knock on the door, it opened and she found herself face to face with Victoire.
“I was just coming to look for you,” Victoire said, stepping aside to let Rose into the apartment. “We saw you leaving the Hogs Head with the others.”
“I barely got away,” Rose replied. “Who all is here?”
“Just the cousins,” Victoire said. “I didn’t think this warranted a full Gerdy meeting and I figured you’d rather keep this private.”
“Thanks,” Rose said then followed Victoire down the hall to the sitting room where she found Dominique, Molly, Lucy and Roxanne waiting.
“Ok, let’s get down to business,” Victoire said, gesturing for Rose to sit. “We’re all a bit curious as to the S.O.S. you sent me last night. What’s going on?”
“This,” Rose said, pulling out the letter from Scorpius. “It’s a Dear Gerdy I received last night after I fight I had with Scorpius about this exact subject. And it’s his handwriting, I forgot to put the charm on the box before I pulled it out.”
The cousins passed it around and Roxanne made a strange squeaking noise when she finished reading it. Rose looked at her cousin, but instead of returning her look, Roxanne looked at Victoire, who shook her head when Rose turned to look at her.
“I’m willing to bet that the Gerdy situation is part of the reason he is worried about you,” Victoire said. “But is there any other reason that he should be worried about you?”
Rose sucked in a breath. She didn’t really want to relive the embarrassment of the library situation again or getting caught listening to Albus and Scorpius’ conversation, but she knew that if anyone could help her figure things out it would be five older girl cousins.
Once she started talking, she couldn’t stop. She told them about the train ride to Hogwarts and how she knew Scorpius was keeping something from her. Then about the other letters she now suspected Scorpius had sent to Gerdy and the whole conversation they had had Thursday night in the classroom.
When she finished, she saw her cousins exchange knowing smiles and frowned. What was that all about?
“We can help you with the Gerdy situation,” Victoire told her. “But the rest, you’ll have to figure out by yourself.”
“The rest?” Rose repeated, confused.
“It’ll come in time, I promise,” Victoire grinned.
Twenty minutes later, Rose and her cousins had penned a reply to “Deeply Concerned” that would run in the next issue of Dear Gerdy.
It was nearly one o’clock by then and one by one her cousins left via the floo network until it was just her and Roxanne.
From the look on her cousin’s face, Rose could tell she was struggling with something.
“You ok?” She asked.
“Fine,” Roxanne nodded. She glanced at the fireplace where Victoire had disappeared from moments before. “If you need answers, you can look at previous Dear Gerdy issues. You never know what you’ll find.”