"You have a proposition?" Rose asked Malfoy with a slight tone of confusion and disgust in her voice. "Is it something inappropriate Malfoy? Because I am not in the slightest bit interested."

"Ew, no," at the comment Rose looked slightly offended, but also grateful that was not what Scorpius was playing at. "If I were to have that sort of proposition for you I don't think I would have seeked you out in the kitchen during the daytime, now would I, Weasley?"

Scorpius was off topic, Rose was not having it. She rolled her eyes at the bumbling Slytherin, they may be clever but they got nervous way too easily. "Get on with it Malfoy," she said and took another bite of her apple.

Scorpius lowered himself into the chair diagonal from Rose at the table and continued, "I want to help you with your party."

"Come again?" Rose wondered how Scorpius had even heard about the party. She had not decided whether or not to invite the Slytherins yet. Although the house rivalries had somewhat dissipated since the war, the Slytherins and the Gryffindors still had some bad blood and tended not to like each other, therefore they were usually not invited to each other's parties.

"I heard you talking on the train about throwing a party once a month, you need my help."

"Help? What with?" Although Rose did not quite understand the Malfoy boy's reasoning behind his actions, she was interested. He might be able to fix her Firewhiskey problem!

"You need all the help you can get, Weasley," Rose rolled her eyes again. If he was truly offering his help, why couldn't he drop the stupid attitude. She thought maybe that was just his way of making himself feel dominant and confident, it was stupid but most of the Slytherins did this. Her father had told her once that people who were that arrogant were making up for what they lacked in their confidence, she supposed Malfoy was doing just that.

"I'm well inclined to decline your offer," Rose glared at him. She wasn't going to take his rudeness lying down, she was going to snap back at him, she was a Gryffindor after all.

"Do you know how to throw a party?" Malfoy snapped right back. He wasn't going to let her refuse him so easily.

"Yes thank you very much, I've thrown a decent amount of parties in my lifetime." Rose's confidence about this party was waning, however, she had never thrown one as big or as anticipated. She would hate to admit it, but she was nervous.

"Have you ever thrown a rager with alcohol and lights and music and other sweets that make you have a great time," Malfoy was talking about the types of parties he would throw in the Slytherin common room last year. Those were the parties he always got a hangover and detention from. Those were the parties he would remember, or not remember as it so was. Those were the kinds of parties he wanted to throw again.

"I don't know if I'm going to be able to get Firewhiskey for the party tomorrow," Rose admitted, slightly embarrassed at her inexperience with organizing such a big event.

"No Firewhiskey Weasley?" Scorpius scoffed, "Please you need to have at least Firewhiskey, and harder alcohols."

Rose looked down at the apple in her hands and shrugged.

"You don't want your first party to be a complete disaster do you? You want to have more than one party, right?" Rose nodded, though slightly disgruntled that Malfoy was making a good point. She didn't want her first party to be her last party.

"I'll make you a deal," Scorpius said. "I can get you all that fun stuff for the party as long as you invite all of the 7th year Slytherins and whoever they want to bring. I heard from a Hufflepuff that that is what you're doing for the rest of the houses, so I want to be included too."

Rose considered his proposition, she knew that something had to be in it for him, although this price seemed a little low for the offer her was making.

"Is that all you want Malfoy?" she was curious to know if there was a second part to the deal.

"Now that you mention it," Scorpius began, smirking, "I want to be a part of the planning committee. I want to know the details of where the party is being held, and if there is theming I need to know so I can get the right drinks accordingly. I don't want you to take all the credit for something I am having such a big part of, everyone knows that whoever brings the fun makes the entire party."

"Does that mean I have to talk to you more?" Rose crinkled her nose.

"No, we'd be on a strictly need to know basis, and I don't have to talk to you directly. You can send messengers or owls or whatever you like. I don't really want to be seen talking with you anyway, people may think the wrong thing and rumors fly fast at this school."

"Won't people think something if we're planning a party together anyway?" Rose made a good point, and it looked like it was something that Scorpius hadn't considered.

"Not if you tell them I was only in charge of the drinks, and then everyone will think that innocent Weasley couldn't handle throwing a big boy party, which is the truth," Scorpius said.

Rose thought for another minute and then stuck out her hand, "Okay, Malfoy, you have yourself a deal."

"You did what?!" Rose had never seen Albus so awestricken.

"I'm sorry," Rose said, "I didn't know what else to do, this seemed like the perfect solution to our problem!"

Rose was thinking more logically than her cousin. They needed what Malfoy was offering, and if they had to sacrafice by inviting the Slytherins that would be what they had to do.

"But Malfoy!" Albus said. He was sitting on the common room chair across from Rose and Sean on the couch.

"Rosie, why didn't you ask me? I'm sure I could have figured something out." Sean said, he seemed hurt that Rose had accepted help from Scorpius without asking him for help first.

"I didn't got to Malfoy for help, he came to me with this proposition." Rose said, although she regretted her wording immediately.

"He propositioned you!?"

"He what?!"

Albus looked like he was ready to strangle Scorpius if he ever got a hold of him and Sean was standing up ready to leave the minute Rose indicated that Scorpius did something inappropriate

"No! No, not like that! Stop being overprotective! Like I would ever listen to Malfoy say anything like that to me, are you insane?" Rose rolled her eyes. "Listen, I know this sucks, but I've heard great things about those Slytherin parties last year. So Malfoy is just going to make our parties better, and if I have to deal with him to have that, I will. I'm serious about making this the most interesting and fun year ever. Okay? I don't want to hear another word about this."

The boys both nodded. "Does that mean we have to deal with all the ruddy Slytherins?" Albus inquired.

"Unfortunately, the rest of the 7th year Slytherins come along with Malfoy, package deal." Rose answered. "It'll be fine!" She assured their worried faces. "Come one, we still have class tomorrow and a lot of invitation to send out. Plus, I want to make sure the Room of Requirement is going to work properly." Rose turned to Sean. "Want to come check it out with me?"

Sean smiled at his girlfriend and winked playfully, Albus made retching noises as Sean kissed Rose.

"Goodnight, and please can you cool it with the kissing in front of me?" Albus said as he stood up and started making his way toward the boy's dormitory.

"Night Al," Rose said. She turned back to Sean. "Do you want to come check it out, seriously? I really did want to go there."

Sean kissed Rose's cheek, "Rosie, I would love to go with you… but I actually have to finish an essay for tomorrow. I've barely started it and I don't want to get behind in the first week of lessons."

Rose crinkled her nose at Sean, "You are the best boyfriend," she said in a sarcastic tone she reserved for when she was being less than serious. "I'll just go there myself. I've already finished my essays for tomorrow, because I'm a good student unlike yourself." She gave Sean a quick peck on the cheek and stood to leave.

"Bye Rose," Sean said. "Love you." Those words made Rose stop in her tracks. Sean had never told her that he loved her before, and although she appreciated it, she had hoped it would be a little more romantic than her leaving the common room.

She turned back to him, and answered the only way she could respond, "I love you too." They smiled at each other before Rose finally continued on her way out. She was confused at the exchange, but she would have to deal with her thoughts later. All she wanted to think about right now was making this first party a huge success so she could fulfill her desire to have the best year ever.

Everything had to be perfect.

A/N: I know I said this chapter would maybe have some of the party in it, but I want to keep the POVs of the chapters consistent. The next chapter will be Scorpius, and we'll definitely get the party.

Hope everyone is still enjoying! I have a new title in mind, but I want to make sure I like the sound of it before I change it. If anyone has any suggestions to titles, they are welcome!

Thanks,

Emma