Day at the Beach
Title: Day at the Beach
Prompt: 005. Beach
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,491
Characters: Molly Weasley II, Lucy Weasley, Albus Severus Potter, Scorpius Malfoy, Dominique Weasley, Rose Weasley, Lilu Potter, James Sirius Potter, Victoire Weasley, Louis Weasley, Hugo Weasley, Roxanne Weasley, Fred Weasley II
Summary: The Weasley/Potter cousins plus one go to the beach for the day.
Notes/Warnings: Requested by poetic_depths, a day at the beach with the whole clan... be warned of the hostility that exists between Dominique and Rose. They just can't seem to get along in these things I write ^-^;;;;
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters, they belong to J.K. Rowling. But quite modified in most cases by their individual writers at Founders or my perception of them.
Molly flipped her sunglasses down to cover her eyes when she emerged from the changing tent onto the actual beach, towel slung over her shoulders as she scanned to see where the others had gone off to. She may have been one of the most active of her generation, but she also had a bad habit of being the last one ready for things unless Dominique was looking at herself in the mirror... luckily there were no mirrors on the beach so that was not the case. "Over here, Molly!" a voice called and her head turned to see Lucy waving from a ways up the beach. "Took you long enough," her younger sister chided as Molly dropped onto the large blanket that had been spread out.
"I had to make sure it looked alright," Molly replied, brushing the sand off of her feet before putting them on the blanket. If Albus ever got off his broom then he would pitch a fit at sand being on the blanket. Not that she thought he would come down, he and Scorpius had been up there playing with a Quaffle since they had arrived. Dominique was stretched out on her own towel, as far from Rose as was possible while still being in the same group, cheering whenever Scorpius did something she apparently thought spectacular. "She's going to burn."
"No she's not," Rose corrected from the other side, not even looking up from the book she had her nose in. "She never burns. That'd look bad and it's impossible for her to look bad." Her eyes did peek over the edge of her book then, a bit of a satisfied grin on her face. "Though personally, I think she looks bad whenever she's staring and clapping like that. It's nothing special just because he caught a ball. All of us can do it."
"Be nice, Rosie," Lucy chided, shoving her lightly with one foot as she picked up a tube of sunscreen, nodding for Molly to lay down so she could put it on. Unlike Dominique, the two sisters burned far too easily when they were out in the sun. Molly blamed their hair and Lucy their genetics, but either way it went they both knew that if they did not lather themselves then they would not be able to move come nightfall. "Niqi's not doing anything wrong. No, don't even say it." Rose snapped her mouth shut, glaring at Lucy despite the fact that none of her cousin's attention was on her. "Besides that, you're being hypocritical. Saw you staring too."
Before Rose could say anything back to that, Molly chirped in, "I'll stare." She grinned over at Dominique when their blonde cousin raised her eyebrows at her.
"Don't stare too much, ma cherie," the part-Veela warned her.
"What? It's a free country and I can stare at what Albus brought along if I want."
"Not if you know what iz good for you."
"I'd not get involved, Molly," Lucy warned quietly, "they've been going at it since we got here."
"You're involved," Molly pointed out.
"That's because I was sitting between them and they were about to drive me crazy." She squeezed the lotion onto Molly's shoulders before rubbing it in, taking her own advice and no longer making a remark on the fact that Rose was watching Dominique over her book with a frown on her face while Dominique returned it with a more neutral gaze. It was as though tension was crackling through the air over their heads, but Molly still averted her attention to the cousins who had taken to the water instead of staying on the land or going up into the air because they disliked - of all things! - sand.
Lilu was positioned atop James shoulders while Victoire was perched on top of Louis', both trying to shove the other off while Hugo stood referee not far off with Fred and Roxanne, both of whom were already dripping wet from a lost match. "Hey, no claws!" Hugo shouted, pointing at Victoire. "Put those away or you're disqualified." Victoire gave him a sullen look and shot a reply back that was not loud enough to carry over the waves, but she must have retracted them because the match continued. Molly could not tell who was winning until suddenly James fell backwards, taking a shrieking Lilu with him. Victoire and Louis raised their arms in victory while the Potters resurfaced, sputtering. It looked almost like James was accusing Louis of something, and the Veela-boy looked far too innocent even from this distance for it not to be true.
Her attention was pulled away from the cousins who got along when she caught Dominique shifting out of the corner of her eye in response to Rose's last retort. "Look at that, Niqi's moving," Molly remarked, not noticing that Dominique's hands had changed, nails replaced by claws. "I thought that only happened when the sun went down." Lucy shook her head, muttering so quietly that Molly could not even hear her. "Speak up, Luce, can't hear you."
Before Lucy could reply, Dominique had dropped onto the sand in front of Rose, plucking the book from her hands to toss it casually to the side so that there was nothing between them. Rose's eyes had widened slightly but she still had that look on her face that she got when she was being stubborn and enjoying it. "You will stop zis," Dominique informed her, holding one finger up to show the claw that was there. Molly may have considered herself brave, but she knew better than to get on the wrong side of her Veela cousin's temper. Especially when it came to the topic that Rose was currently jabbing at her with. They all knew that Rose was smarter, Dominique was no exception to that, and they all also knew how that was one of the blonde's very few insecurities. Especially since Rose had been the one to dump Scorpius, not the other way around.
"And if I don't?" Rose asked, ignoring the claw that Dominique had lifted. "It's not my fault that you're staring at him like some simpering idiot of a girl. Just pointing it out for you in case you weren't quick enough to notice yourself." Molly winced at her choice of words and felt Lucy's hands dig into her shoulders.
Dominique slapped Rose right across her face and the bright dots of red that appeared showed that she had curled her fingers so that the claws struck the flesh.
Molly decided later that that was the point when all hell broke loose. But at that moment she was too busy getting out of the way, dragging Lucy with her, to think of anything else.
Hugo held the ice pack to his forehead, glaring sullenly across the beach fire at where Scorpius was sitting with Dominique. "Stop glaring, Hugo," Molly said with a nudge, offering him a marshmallow that she had just finished toasting. "You kinda did threaten his girlfriend."
"She slapped Rose!"
Roxanne leaned over to pluck the marshmallow that Hugo had not taken from Molly's hand, popping it into her mouth. "Going off what we were told, I'm thinking that Rose deserved a good slap," the dark-skinned Weasley remarked. "Not that I don't still love you, Rosie, you're just supposed to be smarter than that." Rose, who was having her cuts and scrapes tended to by Lucy, glared at Roxanne. "Calling Niqi stupid is just asking for trouble."
"Not my fault she's not the brightest," Rose muttered.
"I will finish what I started," Dominique chirped at her, eyes glinting in the light. Scorpius placed a hand on her arm, murmuring something that made her look away, and Molly saw him smile weakly at Rose before his attention went back to the blonde Weasley. She would never understand what had happened with that little triangle and did not want to, it would only hurt her head.
Fred reappeared in the ring of light, holding aloft a guitar and a bottle of Ogden's. "Look what I brought!" he declared as he tossed the bottle to Albus before dropping down between Victoire and Louis. The latter was rubbing at his shoulder where a flailing Dominique's claws had dug in. Fred strummed the guitar for a few minutes before a familiar tune started up, the same one that they always sang on their camping trips. "Oh look at that, Weasleys - and you Potters - time to sing!" Scorpius made an offended noise. "Oh, you too, Malfoy."
Rose rolled her eyes at him, "I'm not in a singing mood, Fred."
"You'll be once the rest of us start," Fred countered with a grin, breaking into the song along with everyone except for Dominique, Rose and Hugo. Hugo only resisted for a few bars and, once they reached the chorus, Dominique and Rose shrugged at each other before joining in.
Prompt: 005. Beach
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,491
Characters: Molly Weasley II, Lucy Weasley, Albus Severus Potter, Scorpius Malfoy, Dominique Weasley, Rose Weasley, Lilu Potter, James Sirius Potter, Victoire Weasley, Louis Weasley, Hugo Weasley, Roxanne Weasley, Fred Weasley II
Summary: The Weasley/Potter cousins plus one go to the beach for the day.
Notes/Warnings: Requested by poetic_depths, a day at the beach with the whole clan... be warned of the hostility that exists between Dominique and Rose. They just can't seem to get along in these things I write ^-^;;;;
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters, they belong to J.K. Rowling. But quite modified in most cases by their individual writers at Founders or my perception of them.
Molly flipped her sunglasses down to cover her eyes when she emerged from the changing tent onto the actual beach, towel slung over her shoulders as she scanned to see where the others had gone off to. She may have been one of the most active of her generation, but she also had a bad habit of being the last one ready for things unless Dominique was looking at herself in the mirror... luckily there were no mirrors on the beach so that was not the case. "Over here, Molly!" a voice called and her head turned to see Lucy waving from a ways up the beach. "Took you long enough," her younger sister chided as Molly dropped onto the large blanket that had been spread out.
"I had to make sure it looked alright," Molly replied, brushing the sand off of her feet before putting them on the blanket. If Albus ever got off his broom then he would pitch a fit at sand being on the blanket. Not that she thought he would come down, he and Scorpius had been up there playing with a Quaffle since they had arrived. Dominique was stretched out on her own towel, as far from Rose as was possible while still being in the same group, cheering whenever Scorpius did something she apparently thought spectacular. "She's going to burn."
"No she's not," Rose corrected from the other side, not even looking up from the book she had her nose in. "She never burns. That'd look bad and it's impossible for her to look bad." Her eyes did peek over the edge of her book then, a bit of a satisfied grin on her face. "Though personally, I think she looks bad whenever she's staring and clapping like that. It's nothing special just because he caught a ball. All of us can do it."
"Be nice, Rosie," Lucy chided, shoving her lightly with one foot as she picked up a tube of sunscreen, nodding for Molly to lay down so she could put it on. Unlike Dominique, the two sisters burned far too easily when they were out in the sun. Molly blamed their hair and Lucy their genetics, but either way it went they both knew that if they did not lather themselves then they would not be able to move come nightfall. "Niqi's not doing anything wrong. No, don't even say it." Rose snapped her mouth shut, glaring at Lucy despite the fact that none of her cousin's attention was on her. "Besides that, you're being hypocritical. Saw you staring too."
Before Rose could say anything back to that, Molly chirped in, "I'll stare." She grinned over at Dominique when their blonde cousin raised her eyebrows at her.
"Don't stare too much, ma cherie," the part-Veela warned her.
"What? It's a free country and I can stare at what Albus brought along if I want."
"Not if you know what iz good for you."
"I'd not get involved, Molly," Lucy warned quietly, "they've been going at it since we got here."
"You're involved," Molly pointed out.
"That's because I was sitting between them and they were about to drive me crazy." She squeezed the lotion onto Molly's shoulders before rubbing it in, taking her own advice and no longer making a remark on the fact that Rose was watching Dominique over her book with a frown on her face while Dominique returned it with a more neutral gaze. It was as though tension was crackling through the air over their heads, but Molly still averted her attention to the cousins who had taken to the water instead of staying on the land or going up into the air because they disliked - of all things! - sand.
Lilu was positioned atop James shoulders while Victoire was perched on top of Louis', both trying to shove the other off while Hugo stood referee not far off with Fred and Roxanne, both of whom were already dripping wet from a lost match. "Hey, no claws!" Hugo shouted, pointing at Victoire. "Put those away or you're disqualified." Victoire gave him a sullen look and shot a reply back that was not loud enough to carry over the waves, but she must have retracted them because the match continued. Molly could not tell who was winning until suddenly James fell backwards, taking a shrieking Lilu with him. Victoire and Louis raised their arms in victory while the Potters resurfaced, sputtering. It looked almost like James was accusing Louis of something, and the Veela-boy looked far too innocent even from this distance for it not to be true.
Her attention was pulled away from the cousins who got along when she caught Dominique shifting out of the corner of her eye in response to Rose's last retort. "Look at that, Niqi's moving," Molly remarked, not noticing that Dominique's hands had changed, nails replaced by claws. "I thought that only happened when the sun went down." Lucy shook her head, muttering so quietly that Molly could not even hear her. "Speak up, Luce, can't hear you."
Before Lucy could reply, Dominique had dropped onto the sand in front of Rose, plucking the book from her hands to toss it casually to the side so that there was nothing between them. Rose's eyes had widened slightly but she still had that look on her face that she got when she was being stubborn and enjoying it. "You will stop zis," Dominique informed her, holding one finger up to show the claw that was there. Molly may have considered herself brave, but she knew better than to get on the wrong side of her Veela cousin's temper. Especially when it came to the topic that Rose was currently jabbing at her with. They all knew that Rose was smarter, Dominique was no exception to that, and they all also knew how that was one of the blonde's very few insecurities. Especially since Rose had been the one to dump Scorpius, not the other way around.
"And if I don't?" Rose asked, ignoring the claw that Dominique had lifted. "It's not my fault that you're staring at him like some simpering idiot of a girl. Just pointing it out for you in case you weren't quick enough to notice yourself." Molly winced at her choice of words and felt Lucy's hands dig into her shoulders.
Dominique slapped Rose right across her face and the bright dots of red that appeared showed that she had curled her fingers so that the claws struck the flesh.
Molly decided later that that was the point when all hell broke loose. But at that moment she was too busy getting out of the way, dragging Lucy with her, to think of anything else.
Hugo held the ice pack to his forehead, glaring sullenly across the beach fire at where Scorpius was sitting with Dominique. "Stop glaring, Hugo," Molly said with a nudge, offering him a marshmallow that she had just finished toasting. "You kinda did threaten his girlfriend."
"She slapped Rose!"
Roxanne leaned over to pluck the marshmallow that Hugo had not taken from Molly's hand, popping it into her mouth. "Going off what we were told, I'm thinking that Rose deserved a good slap," the dark-skinned Weasley remarked. "Not that I don't still love you, Rosie, you're just supposed to be smarter than that." Rose, who was having her cuts and scrapes tended to by Lucy, glared at Roxanne. "Calling Niqi stupid is just asking for trouble."
"Not my fault she's not the brightest," Rose muttered.
"I will finish what I started," Dominique chirped at her, eyes glinting in the light. Scorpius placed a hand on her arm, murmuring something that made her look away, and Molly saw him smile weakly at Rose before his attention went back to the blonde Weasley. She would never understand what had happened with that little triangle and did not want to, it would only hurt her head.
Fred reappeared in the ring of light, holding aloft a guitar and a bottle of Ogden's. "Look what I brought!" he declared as he tossed the bottle to Albus before dropping down between Victoire and Louis. The latter was rubbing at his shoulder where a flailing Dominique's claws had dug in. Fred strummed the guitar for a few minutes before a familiar tune started up, the same one that they always sang on their camping trips. "Oh look at that, Weasleys - and you Potters - time to sing!" Scorpius made an offended noise. "Oh, you too, Malfoy."
Rose rolled her eyes at him, "I'm not in a singing mood, Fred."
"You'll be once the rest of us start," Fred countered with a grin, breaking into the song along with everyone except for Dominique, Rose and Hugo. Hugo only resisted for a few bars and, once they reached the chorus, Dominique and Rose shrugged at each other before joining in.