Boys are dumb. PV Rosie Fin.

Serena wasn't the only one, lucky for her!

Well, maybe not lucky at all. Depending on how you took relationships, romance, love in general, not having a partner by this point was quite embarrassing. When Rosie was younger, she was convinced that she was just a princess waiting for her prince to arrive. Since then, she had gone through a sexuality crisis. And puberty. Presently, she ultimately focused on her studies and Quidditch. The well being of her friends meant a lot more to her than some sort of school romance. Though, she had to admit that it would be nice. Last time there was a ball, she had to ask Reid to go with her, who had practically been her body guard. Things were weird that year, a lot of the older years were on edge.

Regardless, Rosie liked to make jokes about it. Despite being bisexual, she was still single. The girl had practically double the options and here she was. To be fair, she wasn't out. She wouldn't be out, like ever. There was no way she'd be telling anyone that. Maybe the last day of her seventh year, as a goodbye note. But it was too big of an announcement. In her family, with her dads, it was a huge deal. She didn't need a repeat of that at school. But today wasn't about her, it was about Serena!

Rosie had been pondering something else before she saw Serena at the Great Lake. It seemed like she had been talking to... Pizza? That was her rat's name, right? She seemed to be quite troubled. As much as Rosie liked to think the crush had passed, whenever she saw Serena, there was a small part of it that reawakened again. Anything that Rosie had been currently thinking about left as soon as she saw her friend seemingly frustrated. If there was something she could do, she would! With that in mind, the girl approached her fellow Hufflepuff.

"Hey, Serena!" She called from a few feet away, approaching her. Upon seeing Serena's face clearly, Rosie frowned. "Oh, you look angry. Are you okay?" Rosie was quick to check on her, crouching nearby. "I can listen, or attempt to give you advice. Unless Pizza's got that covered." She joked, grinning at an attempt to lighten her mood.

"Don't apologize! I was just worried." Rosie shook her head, coming to sit by the girl.

As Serena complimented her rat for at least listening to her rants, the other Hufflepuff smiled as she watched him scurry off to go find things to do that wasn't girl talk. Did rats have a concept of girl talk? Or boredom, for that matter? Who knew... She supposed that wasn't really the main focus, her friend was! Whatever she was going through, she seemed troubled enough to rant about it to her pet. Perhaps she'd benefit from saying it someone who could actually reply.

Oh... Boy trouble.

This was always an awkward conversation. With any sort of person. Boy talk was typical girl talk, especially for ones their age, but this was her first encounter with it this year. But Serena made a very valid point, they were dumb. Incredibly dumb, in fact. All of her male friends lacked some sort of intellectual capacity, which was fine sometimes, she did too. But lacking knowledge in the romance field was incredibly irritating! Especially for Serena apparently. So at her first comment, Rosie nodded. "I agree, though! Boys are stupid, that goes without saying. I think some hate towards them isn't completely invalid." She smiled at her, leaning back on her hands.

Though, then she changed her opinion. Love was dumb, not boys. She paused at that remark, before shaking her head. "Love can be stupid, I think, when it's with the wrong people." She mused, hugging her knees. "Or when we don't understand our feelings, love feels stupid. When people exploit how we feel, it makes us feel love is stupid, but it just means we haven't found the right person to share it with." Rosie proclaimed, confident in her answer. Some people deserved her love, romantic or platonic, and some people did not.

But that begged the question, who was making Serena feel this way? Surely, anyone would be lucky to have her love. Serena was incredibly kind, funny, and amazing to be around. Someone who had meddled with the chance to be with her was a complete and utter idiot! "Did something happen to you?" She asked, a protective tone overtaking her voice. "Anyone who wastes your time like this isn't worth it, firstly." She wanted to say that before Serena explained. She had to know that some people weren't worth crying over, she was too good for that.

Oh god. They were coming back.

Of course she was protective over Serena, she was a Hufflepuff! That was in their blood, but Rosie still felt strongly for her. She blushed lightly and rubbed her face, a bit embarrassed by her sudden question. "Sorry, I don't mean to be nosy."

It almost angered Rosie to hear Serena's words.

How could anyone not like Serena? What was wrong with her, literally? Nothing! She was incredibly nice to everyone who deserved it, she was brave, and loyal. Anyone who didn't see that was clearly an idiot. She watched Serena sink down to the ground, cracking a smile at her antics. Even through her distress, at least the girl was trying to relax. Besides, she looked a little funny. "There's a lot of time to find the right person, Serena. Maybe your time just isn't while we're at school, and even then, we still got lots of time here." She mused.

As she talked to Serena, the girl scooted up to sit beside her, before full on laying in the grass next to her. It was a comfy place to rest her head. Listening to the Great Lake did wonders for her naps, even if she had to sleep by a tree in order to make sure she wouldn't be trampled. She didn't sleep outside as much, though, she didn't like the grass in her hair after she woke up. But when she needed time to just relax with her friends, the Great Lake was an amazing spot. Though, she was getting off topic. The real concern here was Serena!

As her friend lamented about her single life, Rosie suddenly thought of an idea. But it had a very high chance of going incredibly bad. Best case scenario, go! Rosie tells Serena she used to like her, and she would go into a speech about how there was no way nobody could like her, because she had at some point. They could laugh about it, and hopefully Serena would gain some confidence, and/or she would be content in waiting for her time.

But a worse case scenario was much more likely.

Alternatively, Rosie could tell Serena she used to like her. This would involve not only telling Serena she literally used to like her, but it would involve her telling someone, finally, that she liked girls. If this was going to go bad, it was going to go horribly bad. But the thing was, there wasn't any possible reason that Serena was unlikable. Rosie had liked her for so long, for reasons she could make a list about.

But she couldn't ever know that. At least, not yet.

So, the girl had to make something up. Rosie put her hands under her head, and looked up at the sky. "Well, first of all, the first years are probably getting with each other because they think teasing each other is a form of affection. At that age, kids will take a lot of stuff as romantic, hence the brief relationships. We saw that a lot when we were little, I wouldn't reference them to much." She paused, trying to figure out how she wanted to phrase what she wanted to say. Rosie sat up, turning to her so she knew Serena was looking at her. She wanted her to know she was serious.

"There isn't anything wrong with you, Serena. Nothing. Just because someone hasn't seen you for all that you are yet, doesn't mean you're lacking something. Truth is, anyone would be lucky to have you. Anyone would be lucky to have an opportunity to be with someone like you, and anyone who doesn't think that, is stupid." She paused, halting in her words. She said way too much. "... As your friend," JESUS, "I want you to know that. I don't want people you don't even know yet, making you think you're not suited for love. It's not fair to you."

At the end of her rant, she leaned back on her hands. "So, since there is one, clearly, who's the guy?" She paused. "Or girl." There was definitely someone in the picture. Someone specifically was making Serena feel this way, and it almost frustrated her.

Oh, god. What had Rosie started?

Don't get her wrong, Rosie loved to listen to people babble. She talked a lot, so it was a nice change of pace to just... Listen! But GOD was she not expecting Serena to start off with such a rollercoaster. Perhaps the Hufflepuff had just been focusing on her not-gushing-but-totally-gushing session that she just had for Serena in an attempt to hype her up. As Serena spoke, the girl's eyes widened in shock. She just had no idea that Serena was capable of saying so many things! It was great, honestly. Her frantic babbling was almost cute.

Stop it, Rosie! Not the point!

Anyway, she needed a starting point. Where did Rosie even begin? Well, she started with the obvious. "There will be a time." She insisted, nodding. "There will be a time for you, Serena. I promise." God dammit ROSIE WOULD DATE HER IF NOBODY ELSE WOULD. Okay, maybe not. But like, the offer would definitely be there. Always and forever. "And if people are ahead of you, who cares, really? It's not all bad." Rosie mused, smiling as she lightly nudged her. "That just means you can watch their chaos unfold, it's kinda funny, and you can offer comically bad love advice!" Being friends with Reid meant you needed to give love advice, like all the time. It was mostly about rejecting girls, though.

"Also, having a relationship that young isn't an accomplishment anyway! Unless you're star-crossed lovers, which never usually happens, they end up just being funny memories. You're not missing out on much, Serena." She assured, watching Serena nervously try to regain her words, smiling lightly. Rosie was just happy she was able to be there for Serena, she seemed like she needed someone to talk to about this. Maybe she'd feel better after it all!

Man, it was a boy. Not that Rosie would've been thrilled if she said girl either, because it would've meant the girl was not her! But she wasn't shocked at the revelation. Rosie opened her mouth to comment on the 'crush', but Serena interrupted her with more nervous babble. He was... Not a crush, but also a crush? What was happening? Oh my god, they had played Spin the Bottle. A very gross and weird muggle game. Rosie put a hand over her mouth as Serena confided in her about that tragic story. "Yeah, that's an old muggle game. It's so weird. Sorry. Carry on." She just had to add in the very necessary comment.

Oh, okay! So there was not kissing. Only hugging! That seemed to go well, right? She vaguely remembered Bloom, she seemed pretty nice. Glenn, she didn't know who that was. But he seemed to be nice too, probably! By the pause in her words when she reached Howard, she figured that was the guy. Of course Rosie knew him, he was in her house! He was an older year, and on the Quidditch team, so she had to know his face. He seemed friendly enough, he was a great player, too. Cool dude!

The Hufflepuff's face contorted into a grimace as Serena's story reached it's climax. Oh, that was incredibly messy. Her eyebrows rose when she mentioned that she got punched. "WHAT?" She reacted loudly, leaning forward as Magnus, her cat, nearly jumped at her reaction. She had PUNCHED Serena? What the heck was wrong with this girl? Punching people for interacting with her boyfriend, was she nuts? She had to be! And to punch Serena's face of all people. "If I was there..." She would've done nothing, because Rosie couldn't fight. But she was friends with people like Quinn and Reid, she knew a few things, dammit! "I would've said something!" There we go, that's more like you, Rosie!

The brother thing was odd too, Rosie didn't even know Serena had a brother! Little did she know, he was quite the playboy and she'd probably fall for his charm. But for now, he sounded mildly irritating. Letting out a sigh, Rosie smiled apologetically. "I'm sorry, Serena. That sounds like a lot, I'm glad it's over but... Shit, that's a lot to deal with." Rosie mumbled, petting Magnus as he came to sit on her lap.

"Well, knowing that situation... I would steer clear from all of that. They don't deserve your time or your stress over it. If they wanna be a weirdly toxic couple, then that's them! It's not your fault you didn't know, and it's certainly not your fault you tried to calmly settle Spin the Bottle. Her actions are not justified, if I was you I'd probably jump her after. Punching you for such a stupid reason, what an asshole." Rosie felt oddly angry at the story. How dare she, really. Serena was so nice, and the overreaction was just awful. "I think maybe until Howard figures that all out, steer away from it." She nodded, finding that to be the best option. "You're freaking out over it now, and until Howard can come talk to you on his accord, you should just avoid their chaos."

Rosie paused for a moment. "And then when you've had time to think about it, tell him the truth." She figured Serena liked him, from what she said and how she reacted towards him. "When you want to, of course. And maybe not in his ex's... Not ex? Whatever she is... Maybe not in her presence."

Rosie winced at the remark that she was being dragged into it. She could understand how that was like, being pulled into things you wanted no part of. Usually they were a bit more violent, it seemed, but regardless they seemed to connect on that! She could find a way to empathize. Regardless, the girl put on a gentle smile to mirror Serena's, wanting to provide her with a comforting presence, at the very least. Sometimes, people just needed someone to listen to them.

"Yeah, that whole situation seems very messy, honestly..." She trailed off, rubbing her neck as she pondered the Spin the Bottle situation. "The only explanation is that she was jealous, but if I'm being honest? If people are content with themselves and their relationship, they have no reason to be jealous. So it's definitely not your fault at all, just something she needs to sort out with herself." Rosie had witnessed the jealousy first hand. Her mom was crazy. Even before the divorce.

With the talk of Howard, Rosie frowned a bit. Serena was so kind, maybe too kind. Even if something clearly wasn't her fault, she'd find a way to take responsibility. She deserved more than that, and she certainly deserved someone who would tell her the full truth about a messy situation. Not that Howard was doing something wrong, but maybe he should try finding her too! Rosie thought for a little bit on her words. "Well, I don't think he thinks you did anything wrong. You were right in feeling a bit defensive, someone lashed at you for something you weren't going to do. He doesn't seem like that type of person, maybe he just thinks you're mad at him?" Rosie suggested, before shrugging a bit at her question on the truth.

"I mean, maybe there's more feelings there. I think after some space, you should go talk to him. Clear the air. I think that would be beneficial to both of your guys problems. And if things don't work out, well, you won't know until you try, right?"