Rose's POV

The Slytherin common room is packed as I make my way around the large green and silver common room. I can see students from all four houses wondering around and playing drinking games. I spot my brother Hugo chugging some butter beers with his friends in one corner and my cousin Louis snogging a pretty blond girl from hufflepuff in another. Wandering around it hits me how different this common room is from our own and I can't imagine snuggling by the fire and writing an essay in this gloomy and dark atmosphere. I can't remember the last party that attracted this many students and as I'm pushing past hordes of teens I wish this party had been a tad more exclusive. I will admit though the couches in here do look very comfortable and perfect to snog on.

I finally spot Al with his friends Malfoy, Charlotte and sadly he's with his skank of a girlfriend Ana. The three of them are sitting on some couches looking deep in conversation while Ana sits pointlessly on Al's lap looking faded. Easy to say that the family isn't very fond of Albus's on and off girlfriend. I'm incredibly surprised that Malfoy is still with his friends and hasn't ditched them for some slutty girl he knows he can take back to his dormitory. But of course the party isn't over and there's still time.

Malfoy and I have a strange relationship; I thoroughly disliked him and all his friends when he and Al first became friends. I was scared they'd change my favorite cousin and make him into something he's not. But as the years went by and I noticed little change in Albus I decided to give him a chance. That chance coupled with teenaged hormones ended in an unhealthy sexual relationship where we would hook up with each other if there was no one else around.

"Hey Red" my annoying nickname sounds even more annoying coming from Malfoy's lips.

"Malfoy."

"You enjoying the party Rose?" Charlotte asks shyly. I can't help but smile as I talk to her. Out of all of Al's Slytherin friends, she's by far my favorite and has definitely been around the Potter/Weasley clan the most. She's just so much more likeable than the rest of them and I think Al knows it, which is why he invites her over so much. She'd be so perfect for Al. Tiny as can be, barely coming up to 5'2 with dark black hair and hazel eyes, skinny but with lots of curves. They could have little black haired babies!

"There are so many people here, I'm feeling a little bit claustrophobic."

Al pipes up "we've been hiding from the 4th years in this corner. I do not like answering questions about dad when I'm drunk"

"I feel like all of Hogwarts is here." Charlotte says.

"It's the first night. It's always busy, just like Halloween, Valentines day, stuff like that." Ana says needing to be involved in our conversation. I give her a dirty look without meaning to; she just gets under my skin. Looking around I begin to notice more and more the amount of couples snogging around us and the amount of copious drinking I'm missing out on. Knowing that this year will be my most stressful one of all I know I need to let lose tonight.

I look up at Malfoy. "Want to get me a drink?" I ask flirtatiously, might as well have some fun with him tonight. I'm far too tired to try to find a boy here that would want to hook up with just Rose and not Rose Weasley.

"Yeah let's go." That was easy.

Charlotte's POV

After Scorpius leaves with Rose, I feel like crap, Scorp was the only thing making this party not suck for me. As I drink whatever mixed drink I have in my hand I look around the party trying to spot some of my friends. Hayley is playing some magical drinking game with some younger Slytherin girls, probably trying to win some money through a bet or something; she's good at party games. I see Alec surrounded by a group of guys in an animated conversation. And lastly I see hunter and ash sitting close to the fire drinking and snogging. Not wanted to disturb any of them I look over to Al who surprisingly seems to be fighting with Ana about something. I stand up to leave feeling awkward for intruding on a personal moment between them when Al grabs my arm.

"Don't go Char, Ana is leaving." He says holding onto me firmly and giving Ana a scorching look. She gets up unsteadily obviously very intoxicated, but Al doesn't move to steady her like he usually would. He only looks on as she wobbly makes her way to another part of the room, probably to get more firewiskey.

"Is everything okay?" Even though I know that Al and Ana are on and off, I've never seen them argue in public.

"I hate how negative and judgmental she is. Especially towards my family!"

"Yeah I can imagine that's hard to deal with and extremely hurtful. No one wants to hear anything bad about their family, even if they deserve it. We love them too much."

"I knew you'd get it." Al says putting his arm around me and pulling me close, I can smell the firewiskey on his breath and as his eyelids drop momentarily I know he's drunk.

"I just don't think she's right for me you know? There are so many more fish in the sea. And by fish, I mean girls, hot ones." Albus starts chuckling and can't seem to stop. It's definitely bedtime for you buddy.

"Let's get you upstairs huh? Wouldn't want to do something you'd regret tomorrow right?" As I try to grab Al's arm are drape it over my shoulder, he grabs my face intently and looks into my eyes.

"Char, you're so…"

"What?" before I can say anything else or try to help in upstarts, Al kisses me. And not some flimsy peck where you can't feel a thing. A real kiss, an intense one, even with tongue! What is happening tonight? He's definitely just drunk right? It couldn't have been anything other than that, I mean what about Ana? Al is trying to get off from the couch where he'd fallen when I'd let go of him after the kiss. Id been too shocked to break his fall and in his drunk state he'd hit the couch hard. I reach for his arm again when this time another set of hands grab his other arm.

"Need some help here?" thank merlin it's Scorpius. I shake my head a little to aggressively and he chuckles. I wonder if he saw the kiss?

Big boy Albus drink a little too much fire whiskey?" he asks using his baby voice, which sounds so ridiculous attached to his body I can't help but laugh.

"You having a good time Charlotte?" Scorp asks. He's not looking at me but more so concentrating on listing most of Al's weight as we bring him up the stairs towards the 7th year boy's dormitory.

"You could say that." When Scorp doesn't say anything else or even laugh I know he hasn't seen the kiss. He would of made fun of me if he had I know it.

Al tries to say something but all that comes out are a set of undistinguishable mumbles that sound like a toddler. I can't help but giggle at his failed attempt of a sentence, and thankfully we've reached the top of the staircase.

"Since when do you weight so much big boy?" Scorp asks I think more to him, as we fling Al onto his bed. Which happens to be the bed farthest from the door. Scorp goes towards his own bed, which is right next to Al's and grabs a glass of water and starts chugging. While helping Al into his bed and taking off his shoes and socks I ask Scorpius the question that's been on my mind since he appeared over to help me.

"Where's Rose? Weren't you with her?"

After a long pause Scorp gives me a funny look. "She had to go back to Gryffindor with some friends."

"Oh."

I still cannot believe that Albus has the nerve to kiss me and then basically pass out. This is not fair I should not be the only one freaking out right now!

"Everything okay?" Scorp keeps giving me this weird look; do I have something on my face?

Al how can you sleep at a time like this? I'm too sober for all of this confusion.

Want to go back downstairs and play some King's Cup with me?"

Again Scorp looks surprised, yet I can't imagine why we play drinking games together all the time.

"Yeah I need more fire whiskey."

"Same here."

When we reach the common room I see Ana chatting with her friends and taking shots. She seems fine, if not completely wasted. I feel an intense sense of guilt, she doesn't know it, but her boyfriend just kissed me. What's going to happen between them now? The last thing I would ever want is to ever get in-between a couple. Scorp grabs my hand and leads me towards a plush corner of the room with lots of siting space. Half the people have gone back to their dorms by now and there's more space to breathe now. When we sit down and accio some cards some Slytherin friends join us on the floor. No one can resist King's Cup.

I look up at Ana one more time, before taking a big chug of butter beer, Al and Ana will be fine by tomorrow.