Dear Gerdy: Chapter 4 - Hints
Happy Sunday my friends! This has been one crazy week, went down with the flu, recovered and got hit with a bout of food poisoning. Very happy to finally be feeling better and really happy to get this next chapter out to you all as it too was a bear to write.
Don’t have a lot of time today for chit chat (gotta get cracking on a Ron/Hermione piece that I want to post tomorrow) so I will say have a great week and I’ll [hopefully] have more for you guys next 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 4: Hints
Dear Gerdy,
I’m crazy for this girl, but nothing I do seems to impress her. Help.
Sincerely,
Desperate For Help
Dear Desperate For Help,
I am sorry to hear you are having trouble impressing the girl you fancy and I wish I could help you, but that’s nearly impossible. There are no set guidelines on how to impress girls, because no two girls are alike.
The only thing I can tell you is that you should be yourself, no matter what. Most people aren’t impressed with people who pretend they are something they’re not. If someone doesn’t like you for who you are at the end of the day then they aren’t worth the time and energy to impress.
Sorry I couldn’t help you more,
Gerdy
It was official; she was going crazy.
That was the only explanation that Rose could come up with, in the days that followed, to explain why she had panicked that night in the library. She had gone over the scene in her head several times, but she couldn’t understand why she had felt and acted upon the urge to flee.
She had stayed in the Room of Requirement until just before curfew and had gone straight to her room when she’d reached Ravenclaw Tower. The last thing she had wanted to do was bump into Scorpius and have him start asking questions; she hadn’t been ready for that.
She had spent the next day, Sunday, avoiding Scorpius, Albus and Lily at all cost. Which meant she had spent a lot of time in her room alone and had only eaten what Winky the House Elf had brought her room (at Lily’s request, Rose was sure).
With Monday had come the realization that she couldn’t hide any more, unless she skipped classes and the mere thought of getting a howler from her mum had made dealing with Scorpius, Albus and Lily more bearable.
Rose had put on a brave face and to her amazement, and relief, Scorpius and Albus had acted as if nothing odd had happened. The same could not have been said about Lily, the second she had caught her cousin’s eye, Rose knew that Lily wasn’t going to let anything go.
Lily being two years younger than Rose had made avoiding her all that much easier.
Tuesday and Wednesday had been more or less the same as Monday. She had gone to her classes, avoided being alone with Lily and had spent the evenings studying in the common room with Scorpius. It had been almost normal, save for the whole avoiding Lily thing and doing more studying than talking with Scorpius.
She had spent Thursday evening in the common room studying while Scorpius and the rest of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team practiced. It was then that instead of writing her transfiguration essay for Professor Locke, she had decided she didn’t like the strain that her relationship with Scorpius, and her cousins, had taken during the past week.
Scorpius was her best friend and the barer of nearly all of her secrets and she is, so he had to have a really good reason for not telling her about the girl he fancied. She would have to show him that she was an asset to getting the girl he wanted and that when he got her, she would support him and whoever his girlfriend was.
Friday night, Rose had slipped out of dinner early and had made her way to the Room of Requirment to take care of her Gerdy responsibilities. As soon as she had read the letter from “Desperate For Help,” she had known that it would be one of the ten letters she would answer. If Scorpius couldn’t come to her for advice then she’d have to use Desperate’s letter to advise her best friend.
In her response to Desperate, she had written from the heart. In her opinion, Scorpius Malfoy was nearly perfect and he always had been. The thought of him changing himself to impress a girl, broke her heart. Any girl, who found herself the subject of his desires, should consider herself lucky.
Today was Saturday and it had been an entire week since the incident in the library. With the publishing of the newest Dear Gerdy responses, Rose had purposely taken her time coming down for breakfast, despite telling Scorpius she’d meet him there after she grabbed something from her room as they were heading down to the Great Hall.
By the time she got to the Great Hall, Scorpius had already filled his plate with food and was reading Dear Gerdy while he ate.
“Anything good?” Rose asked, sitting down next to him at the table.
“Oh, uh, yeah,” Scorpius nodded, nearly knocking over the bench as he stood up. “Excuse me.”
Rose’s eye brows furrowed as she watched him practically run out of the Great Hall, nearly colliding with Albus.
“Where is he off to?” Albus asked as he sat down across the table from Rose.
Rose shrugged and looked down at her eggs, she wasn’t hungry any more.
“Do you think he’s coming back soon?” Albus asked.
“I don’t know, why?” Rose asked, watching as he piled food onto his plate.
“He promised me a game of Wizard’s Chess before we worked on our potions essay,” Albus replied.
“I’d play,” Rose said. “It’s been awhile since I’ve beat you.”
“You’re on, Weasley,” Albus grinned.
Rose made a disgusted face as her cousin stuffed food into his mouth.
“You are truly disgusting,” she stated.
After Albus finished stuffing his face, he pulled his travel Wizard’s Chess set out of his pocket, cast the enlargement spell and set it up. What Rose lacked in Quidditch skills, she made up for in Wizard Chess skills.
It wasn’t until the end of the game, when Albus was complaining about a move Rose had made that Scorpius returned, looking like he had just gotten out of the shower. He sat down next to Rose, as if he hadn’t run out like his broom stick was on fire, and she was instantly overtaken by the spicy but clean scent that she had considered his scent since fourth year.
She hadn’t even realized she had leaned towards him until Albus opened his mouth and said, “Oi! Rose, what is with you and smelling Scorpius?”
Feeling her face turn red, Rose straightened quickly and kicked her cousin in the shin for good measure. She couldn’t believe she had gotten caught smelling her best friend again.
“Leave her alone, Al,” Scorpius said. “Embarrassing her isn’t going to keep her from kicking your arse.”
Sure her face was still unnaturally red, Rose made her final move and declared, “Check mate.”
“Arse kicked,” Scorpius added.
Rose met his eyes for the first time that morning and returned the smile he was giving her.
“I’m beginning to feel like my dad,” she heard Albus mutter under his breath.
Rose tore her eyes away from Scorpius and looked at her cousin confused. What in Merlin’s name did that mean?
Don’t have a lot of time today for chit chat (gotta get cracking on a Ron/Hermione piece that I want to post tomorrow) so I will say have a great week and I’ll [hopefully] have more for you guys next 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 4: Hints
Dear Gerdy,
I’m crazy for this girl, but nothing I do seems to impress her. Help.
Sincerely,
Desperate For Help
Dear Desperate For Help,
I am sorry to hear you are having trouble impressing the girl you fancy and I wish I could help you, but that’s nearly impossible. There are no set guidelines on how to impress girls, because no two girls are alike.
The only thing I can tell you is that you should be yourself, no matter what. Most people aren’t impressed with people who pretend they are something they’re not. If someone doesn’t like you for who you are at the end of the day then they aren’t worth the time and energy to impress.
Sorry I couldn’t help you more,
Gerdy
It was official; she was going crazy.
That was the only explanation that Rose could come up with, in the days that followed, to explain why she had panicked that night in the library. She had gone over the scene in her head several times, but she couldn’t understand why she had felt and acted upon the urge to flee.
She had stayed in the Room of Requirement until just before curfew and had gone straight to her room when she’d reached Ravenclaw Tower. The last thing she had wanted to do was bump into Scorpius and have him start asking questions; she hadn’t been ready for that.
She had spent the next day, Sunday, avoiding Scorpius, Albus and Lily at all cost. Which meant she had spent a lot of time in her room alone and had only eaten what Winky the House Elf had brought her room (at Lily’s request, Rose was sure).
With Monday had come the realization that she couldn’t hide any more, unless she skipped classes and the mere thought of getting a howler from her mum had made dealing with Scorpius, Albus and Lily more bearable.
Rose had put on a brave face and to her amazement, and relief, Scorpius and Albus had acted as if nothing odd had happened. The same could not have been said about Lily, the second she had caught her cousin’s eye, Rose knew that Lily wasn’t going to let anything go.
Lily being two years younger than Rose had made avoiding her all that much easier.
Tuesday and Wednesday had been more or less the same as Monday. She had gone to her classes, avoided being alone with Lily and had spent the evenings studying in the common room with Scorpius. It had been almost normal, save for the whole avoiding Lily thing and doing more studying than talking with Scorpius.
She had spent Thursday evening in the common room studying while Scorpius and the rest of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team practiced. It was then that instead of writing her transfiguration essay for Professor Locke, she had decided she didn’t like the strain that her relationship with Scorpius, and her cousins, had taken during the past week.
Scorpius was her best friend and the barer of nearly all of her secrets and she is, so he had to have a really good reason for not telling her about the girl he fancied. She would have to show him that she was an asset to getting the girl he wanted and that when he got her, she would support him and whoever his girlfriend was.
Friday night, Rose had slipped out of dinner early and had made her way to the Room of Requirment to take care of her Gerdy responsibilities. As soon as she had read the letter from “Desperate For Help,” she had known that it would be one of the ten letters she would answer. If Scorpius couldn’t come to her for advice then she’d have to use Desperate’s letter to advise her best friend.
In her response to Desperate, she had written from the heart. In her opinion, Scorpius Malfoy was nearly perfect and he always had been. The thought of him changing himself to impress a girl, broke her heart. Any girl, who found herself the subject of his desires, should consider herself lucky.
Today was Saturday and it had been an entire week since the incident in the library. With the publishing of the newest Dear Gerdy responses, Rose had purposely taken her time coming down for breakfast, despite telling Scorpius she’d meet him there after she grabbed something from her room as they were heading down to the Great Hall.
By the time she got to the Great Hall, Scorpius had already filled his plate with food and was reading Dear Gerdy while he ate.
“Anything good?” Rose asked, sitting down next to him at the table.
“Oh, uh, yeah,” Scorpius nodded, nearly knocking over the bench as he stood up. “Excuse me.”
Rose’s eye brows furrowed as she watched him practically run out of the Great Hall, nearly colliding with Albus.
“Where is he off to?” Albus asked as he sat down across the table from Rose.
Rose shrugged and looked down at her eggs, she wasn’t hungry any more.
“Do you think he’s coming back soon?” Albus asked.
“I don’t know, why?” Rose asked, watching as he piled food onto his plate.
“He promised me a game of Wizard’s Chess before we worked on our potions essay,” Albus replied.
“I’d play,” Rose said. “It’s been awhile since I’ve beat you.”
“You’re on, Weasley,” Albus grinned.
Rose made a disgusted face as her cousin stuffed food into his mouth.
“You are truly disgusting,” she stated.
After Albus finished stuffing his face, he pulled his travel Wizard’s Chess set out of his pocket, cast the enlargement spell and set it up. What Rose lacked in Quidditch skills, she made up for in Wizard Chess skills.
It wasn’t until the end of the game, when Albus was complaining about a move Rose had made that Scorpius returned, looking like he had just gotten out of the shower. He sat down next to Rose, as if he hadn’t run out like his broom stick was on fire, and she was instantly overtaken by the spicy but clean scent that she had considered his scent since fourth year.
She hadn’t even realized she had leaned towards him until Albus opened his mouth and said, “Oi! Rose, what is with you and smelling Scorpius?”
Feeling her face turn red, Rose straightened quickly and kicked her cousin in the shin for good measure. She couldn’t believe she had gotten caught smelling her best friend again.
“Leave her alone, Al,” Scorpius said. “Embarrassing her isn’t going to keep her from kicking your arse.”
Sure her face was still unnaturally red, Rose made her final move and declared, “Check mate.”
“Arse kicked,” Scorpius added.
Rose met his eyes for the first time that morning and returned the smile he was giving her.
“I’m beginning to feel like my dad,” she heard Albus mutter under his breath.
Rose tore her eyes away from Scorpius and looked at her cousin confused. What in Merlin’s name did that mean?