Rose Weasley and Scorpius Malfoy had been best friends since first year. Although both had been warned by their fathers to stay away from each other they became friends shortly after both being sorted into Ravenclaw with Rose's cousin, Albus, who was the third member of their trio. James, Hugo, and Lily, who were in Gryffindor, became friends with Scorpius through Rose and Albus. Those were the only Weasleys who were friends with Scorpius. The others were polite, but never made an effort to get to know him, much to the delight of the adult Weasleys and Potters.

However, by sixth year it was clear to everyone that Rose and Scorpius were madly in love with each other, the only people who didn't get it were Rose and Scorpius. They were constantly bickering about little things, and they were always in a constant competition. They were constantly competing for better marks, and they were consistently trying to out-fly each other. All three of the Ravenclaws were on the Quiditch team. Rose was the keeper, Albus was the seeker, and Scorpius was a beater.

One day, after a Ravenclaw Quiditch practice Albus was heading towards the common room when James, Lily, and Hugo caught up with him.

"What are they fighting about now?" asked Lily, for she, Hugo, and James had just left the Great Hall, and on their way back to Gryffindor Tower had found Rose and Scorpius bellowing at each other in one of the hallways.

"Well," sighed Albus, "first Scorpius made a snide comment about her flying, then she brought up the fact that she got one more O on the OWLs than he did last year, and it all kind of snowballed."

"We need to get them together," said James seriously.

"No," said Albus, "they will get together; it's fate, so we don't need to assist it."

"Well, apparently 'Fate' is on vacation, so we'll have to do," said James.

"Anyway," said Hugo, "you sound like Trelawney, mate. They just need a little push in the right direction."

"Which means you want to give them a shove!" said Albus.

"Exactly," said James with a smirk, "glad to see you're catching on."

"If, the key work there being 'if', I agree to this, how exactly would we do it?" asked Albus.

"When you agree to this we're going to—" but James' words were drowned out by screaming coming from the other end of the corridor.

"Scorpius Malfoy, I HATE you and I never want to speak to you again!" They saw a streak of flying red and then Rose was out of sight, as she ran off to Ravenclaw Tower.

A couple of seconds later Scorpius came around the corner. He didn't look angry, like he usually did after they fought. He looked dejected.

"She hates me," he said, as though that was enough to explain how he was looking.

"Come on, mate," said Albus, "you guys have fought before, and you always make up."

"You don't get it. We've always fought, but never before has she said she hates me."

"Why do you care?" challenged James, earning him a glare from Albus, Hugo, and Lily.

"She's my best mate!" said Scorpius.

Albus' "Hey what about me?" was drowned out by James' "Is that really all she is to you?"

Scorpius looked for a moment like he was going to say something, but he seemed to have thought the better of it, because he just nodded and mumbled, "Of course, what else would she mean to me?" as he trudged away.

"I knew he was too scared to tell her, but I thought for sure that he'd tell us!" said Hugo.

"Admit it," said Lily, looking at Albus, "We've got to do something.

"Okay," said Albus, "I'm in."

---To be Continued---