Rose pinned her curly hair back and Lilah stood in front of the mirror in their room, applying her makeup. Rose was dressed in a white dress that fell to the floor and most of her left leg was showing through the cut. Her red hair was paired nicely with the red and silver glitter that adorned her eyes, dark black liner, and mascara praising her blue eyes. Then the glitter lotion sparkling against her skin.
Lilah was wearing a red and black stripe dress, her black curls free, but pinned away from her face. Her makeup was dark, except for the red eyeshadow showing brightly in the center. Her dress was short and stopped mid-thigh.
They both with giddy with nerves at the thought of the dance. Rose tried not to think about her mother's own failure of the Yule Ball and just kept a smile on her face, not wanting to worry her friend. Lilah then grabbed her clutch and tapped on her friend's shoulder.
"Ready? Albus will be here any minute!" Lilah referred to Rose's cousin and her boyfriend.
"Okay, calm down." Rose laughed and finished her hair before looking over quickly to check for any smeared makeup.
"You girls better be ready." James called through the door and Lilah rushed from the room and right into Albus's arms. Rose followed and saw Lily dressed with her hair pulled into a messy bun and had thrown on a black dress. She laughed at the evidence of the fourteen year old haste.
"Great, come on we have to be downstairs in five minutes." Albus said after a long kiss with Lilah.
Rose nodded and all of them started to go to the Ball.
The first thing Lilah and Albus did upon arriving was going to dance and Lily went in search of her friends and James had gotten sidetracked with some of his buddies. Rose stood there, feeling absolutely deserted.
"Sister is so sad" Rose smiled as she turned and saw Hugo. He was wearing a collared shirt with dress pants, not really formal but it was Hugo.
A clash sounded behind her and voices rising as Hugo stated, "Woah, Looks like a fight!". His gaze looking in the distance prompting Rose to turn around. Rose let out a gasp upon seeing James holding Albus back from throwing another punch to a startled pureblood. Lilah stands in shock as Rose rushed over.
"What happened?" Rose asked Lilah when she pulled her away from the commotion.
"He called me a Mudblood.. Albus heard and flipped out, first getting in his face before punching him," Lilah explained and Rose looked at the boy who was clutching his nose, Scorpius was in the back of the group of pureblood but remaining quiet while the others were screaming at their group.
"Fucking Potters!" One screamed and Albus hissed, not caring at the moment if he went on a rampage and ended up hurting himself or getting expelled.
"Shut up, at least he is protecting someone he cares about" Rose retorted and everyone's eyes shifted to her, "All you guys care about is money and status. You would think after everything our parents did, the world would be less prejudiced," Lilah went over to Albus and grabbed his hand before leading him to a table. Whatever she was saying to him was getting him to calm down. Scorpius followed close behind and the group of purebloods broke up with Rose's words.
Rose went to the table they had picked and sat down sighing. Albus was still breathing heavily from the adrenaline rush, but Lilah was calming him down with chaste kisses and her hands rubbing his neck. However, soon Hugo came over and scowled at Scorpius.
"Mate, what is the problem between us?" Scorpius asked, but without a word Hugo glared at him before walking away. Scorpius turned to his friend Albus and frowned, "I seriously do not get him."
"He is just temperamental and doesn't trust you. Stories that his dad told him about the war," Albus explained and Rose nodded, a spark of anger exploding in her at the very thought of her mother's scars. "It's understandable" Albus said with a shrug and Scorpius shook his head.
"I know the stories, okay! It is not understandable. It was my father's doing, not mine" Scorpius stated and Rose turned sharply to glare at him.
"But you didn't do anything just now. You were just standing there, not even going to help defend your best friend, over what? Some purebloods you can't even stand!" Rose exclaimed, and Albus glared at her as Scorpius's gaze darkened and he shook his head trying to control his anger.
"Rose! It was not anyone's responsibility to defend me, not even yours" Albus hissed and Rose turned on him
"Well, you weren't calming down to handle the situation," Rose pointed out and when she turned back to Scorpius, he was gone. It was normal for Scorpius to just disappear, but never angry, he was always ready to spit back and forth during an argument. It has been happening between them ever since first year.
"Rose that was low, though" Lilah said and Rose looked at her friend. "Scorpius hasn't been exactly gotten away from blood status but have we? We constantly refer to them as purebloods just as much as they insult us," Lilah pointed out and Rose looked down at her lap, knowing that her friend made a valid point.
"I should go find him," Rose mumbled before standing up and she walked away in search of the moody blonde.
Rose found him out on the balcony and he was gripping the railing so tightly his knuckles went white.
"Scorpius." Rose called out while stepping further out onto the balcony. She stood right next to him, shoulders only inches apart. A cool breeze washed over them and Rose shivered instinctively. Before Scorpius said a word, Rose felt the soft fabric of his jacket go around her shoulders.
"You're right, I should stand up to them. When I first got here, I wanted so badly to be in Gryffindor. The sorting hat said I had no courage when it came to certain things, so he put me in Slytherin. Malfoy's curse I guess" Scorpius confessed kicking at the ground, Rose turned to look at him.
She had never seen him look so vulnerable, they often were too busy arguing that they never told each other anything that could deem them weak. However, Rose noticed at that moment how insanely tall he was, and how he was incredibly handsome. Wavy blonde hair and stormy green eyes. Rose shifted as she felt the pull of her arousal betraying her.
Scorpius looked down at her, his eyes meeting hers. Without a thought about it, he gently took one strand of her loose hair and tucked it behind her ear. His fingertips sliding across her cheek afterwards and his eyes moving down to look at her lips. Rose let out a small moan as Scorpius trailed his fingers down to her neck.
"Scor.." Rose breathed, moving closer on instinct. Scorpius then leaned down and kissed her lips gently. One of her hands moved to touch his neck and her fingers pressing gently. The kiss was just lips and pressure, but it was perfect. Her skin tingling where his hands touched. Her body molded against his as one of his hands buried itself into her red curls.