I watched stealthily as Scorpius pulled his nose out of his book and started walking over towards me. I was hit with that shivery feeling again. Why did he have such an effect on me? I put on my best smile and became the personification of charm. He nodded at me, barely acknowledging my warmth and friendliness.

It was crowded with people from every house, even Slytherin. Loud music that I had not heard moments before suddenly flooded my ears. The room had adapted to look somewhat like a muggle dance club. Some one was carrying a crate of what looked suspiciously like firewhisky. I sighed. It was going to be one of those nights

“Vincit Omnia Amor” he read. “Love Conquers All, or the curse of obsessive love.” He looked at me. “Honestly Weasley, are you a ten year old? A love spell?” he scoffed.

“Oh come on, it will be easy. It’s almost exactly like the imperious curse, and it’s obvious why it went wrong.” I urged. He turned to me, flipping his floppy blonde hair out of his eyes.

“And why would that be?” he asked quietly.

“Because most things dealing with love go wrong."

“I have had a bigger dose of reality than you could ever comprehend!” I narrowed my eyes. “You are so wrapped up in yourself and your problems and you just take it out on everyone else. It is not my fault that your life is not going the way you want it to!”

She slapped me hard across the face and a gasp went up around the room. I put my hand to my face and stared at her in disbelief. She just cocked an eyebrow, daring me to fight back. I took a shaky breath.

“Don’t ever apologize again. You don’t know how much you mean to me Rose...you have no idea...” he trailed off, not able to find words to express himself. I didn’t know what to say, he always shocked me with his serious nature. He looked at me with the most peculiar expression, he looked almost angry. His gray eyes pierced mine and I couldn’t look away. He sat up and at first I thought he was going to leave, but he rested his chin against my forehead instead. I sighed in my emotionally weakened state.

Victoire was by far the best shopping partner I had ever had. Having spent all of her summers in France with her grandparents, she knew all the great stores. “Don’t be fooled by name brands,” she told me with a finger wag. “Sometimes it’s the unknowns who are just starting out that have the best garments for the best prices.” We bypassed the wizard district, which carried all the big name designers that I knew. “You know, they have lovely robes, but no one makes a dress like a French muggle.” She said confidently.

“I’m sure he’s fine.” Albus reassured me as we walked towards the lake. This however, did not do anything to calm my apprehension. Something was wrong, I could feel it. But I tried to put my worry aside to talk to Albus.

Scorpius will be alright. I told myself, taking deep breaths of the heavy humid air.

“Rose, ever since Malfoy broke up with you, you haven’t been the same. You’ve been distant and shut off. You may think you have us fooled, but you don’t.” She looked at me meaningfully and I averted my eyes. Blast.

“Yes, he broke your heart, and we all hate him for it.” All the girls nodded their heads. “but that doesn’t mean you should let it get to you! You are better than that! You are Rose Weasley.” Olivia said strongly.

“Rose, he knew about your parents before and that didn’t stop him. I really don’t think that he would just drop you like that. I mean as much as I thought I would never say this, Malfoy is a decent guy. Have you ever considered the fact that this might be as hard for him as it is for you, if not harder?”