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Rose
Five years passed and Albus, Scorpius, and I became closer than ever. We took most of the same classes, though they took Divination, which I scoffed at. Though our years weren't as exciting as our parents were, ours were still fun. My brother, Hugo, and my cousin Lily were both fifth year Gryffindors, now. I watched my brother as he progressed in his years, making sure that James, Louis, and Fred didn't steer him down the wrong path, metaphorically and literally. With those three, you never knew what was about to happen.
"Hey, Rosie! Can I see your moon ch…?"
"Forget it Al. Do your own work. You're not copying mine." It was the first week of sixth year and Al was already slacking off. If this continues, I'll be doing his homework. Again. If only he focused on his homework like he does on Quidditch…
All three of us were on the Quidditch team with James, Fred, Lily, and Danielle Wood, a seventh year who was currently dating Fred. Louis, who didn't like Quidditch as much as us, commentated for the matches. Hugo inherited mom's distaste of the sport and instead, just watched with Lucy.
Victoire, Dominique, and Molly all left Hogwarts. Fred, Roxanne, James, and Louis were preparing for their NEWTS. At least, Roxanne was.
"Rose! Have you seen Roxie? I want to see if she'll sneak down to Three Broomsticks with us to go get some butterbeer." Fred popped out of nowhere, scaring me half to death.
"She's probably in Ravenclaw commenroom, studying like always." I tried to pretend that he hadn't surprised me.
Apparently I failed because Fred smirked and remarked,"Twitchy little ferret, aren't you Rosie? Just like your boyfriend."
I scowled. "Scorpius isn't my boyfriend."
"Ah, but you knew who I was talking about. That means there must be something going on between you two."
"Between who?" Speak of the devil and he shall appear. Scorpius sat his books down next to Al, who was currently stumped over the Astronomy homework. Scor looked over Al's shoulder. "Io is Jupiter's moon, not Neptune's."
"Don't tell him that!" I hit Scor on his shoulder with Hogwarts: A History. "How is he going to learn if we tell him the answers and he doesn't study?"
"Alright, alright. Calm down. I won't give him anymore answers." Like I would believe that. The only reason Al passes is because Scor helps him. "You still haven't answered my question."
I looked at Fred only to find that he disappeared. That only meant that I was going to have to kill him later on. "Nothing. It was nothing." Thing was, it wasn't nothing. Fred was right, I did like Scor. Have since forth year at the Yule Ball. Thing is, I can't tell him I like him. I'm too afraid that he wouldn't like me back. When asked if they were together, Scorpius quickly shook his head and said that he thought of me like the sister he never had. If other people thought it was hard to be friend-zoned, they should try being sister-zoned.
And to think, this all happened because of Professor McGonagall's Matchmaking Program…
Flashback Third Person
"Attention, classmates. If you do not already have a date to the Yule Ball, please write a codename on a strip of parchment and turn it into my office by the end of the day. We will assign a date for you. Remember, only forth years and up may enter their names. This is only for fun, so if you do not wish to participate, you do not have to. That's all." Professor McGonagall sat back down and enjoyed her bagel once more.
Rose was already filling out a strip. Tiger-Lily. Not thinking of anything else, Rose simply wrote her favorite flower. Al tried to look at the parchment, but Rose hid it from sight, folding it up and stuffing it in her robe's pocket. Scorpius did the something with his, on which he wrote Only Son, saying"You should make one, Al."
"Nope. I already got a date for the Yule Ball." He said picking up his bag and left the Grand Hall. Rose looked at Scorpius, who just shrugged at went back to his toast.
Meanwhile, Al had met Dezza in the hall. "Hey there." He smiled and pulled her in for a chaste kiss. "Are you excited for Saturday?"
"Very." She pulled away and walked into the Grand Hall.
"What's got you so happy?" Scorpius asked, unusually curious.
"Can't a girl just be happy?"
Rose raised her eyebrow, but graciously dropped the subject. "You should enter in this matchmaking program. The teachers will set you up for a date for the Yule Ball. Come on, Scor and I are doing it."
Dezza just shaked her head. "I already have a date, but thanks for the thought."
Rose and Scor shared a look. "Both you and Al have a date already… Who are you going with?" Rose asked, laying her head on her arms.
Dezza just smirked. "Telling would mean giving away the surprise. And I don't want to that now do I?" She wouldn't tell, no matter how much Rose tried to get it out.
After classes ended, Rose and Scorpius dropped off their slips at the Headmasters office. Saturday morning came, and all the students who sent in slips were sent back their slips, except they had the person they would be going with on the back. Rose was in her Dormitory, choosing her dress when hers came. Turning over the paper, she saw the name Only Son. 'Only Son? Who's Only Son?' Dezza came in from breakfast, almost jumping with anticipation. Rose showed her the slip and both of them sat, pondering on who it could be.
At the same time, Scorpius was just waking up. An owl came in with a slip of paper, dropped it on his head, hooted very loudly, and flew off. Scorpius moaned and reached up to get the slip, wondering who would be writing to him. He completely forgot about the matchmaking service until he saw his codename on the paper. On the back, it said Tiger-Lily. He sighed, and grabbed his wand. If he was taking this Tiger-Lily to the Yule Ball, he might as well make her fell special and give her something. He accioed a tiger-lily and put it in a vase with water. Nodding in approval at his handiwork, he headed downstairs for breakfast.
That night, Lucy was putting the finishing touches on Rose's hair. She was beautiful. Her dress was silk, floor-length, slender, and dark violet. While below the waist, it was plain, above the waist, flowers connected the sleeveless dress to the choker-like part of the dress. Her long, curly hair was separated into two parts. One was loose, while the other was pulled into a tight bun. White crystal flowers decorated the bun in an elegant manner that made her look like a Greek goddess. Her shoes were simple strapped sandals. Lucy smiled at her work. Whoever this Only Son was, he was one lucky guy tonight. All eyes would be on her cousin. And her, of course.
Dezza came out of the bathroom with a huge grin on her face. No matter what, that girl couldn't lose her smile. Rose doubted that she was ever seen without it. Her short hair was simply curled and hung loose. Her short dress was sleeveless, scarlet red with gold sequins top, and the skirt was three layered, the first and second being the same color as the top, minus the sequins, and the third was gold. She was defiantly showing some house pride, so Rose assumed whoever she was going with, it was a Gryffindor.
She tried tricking her into revealing her date. "So Dezza, when are you going down to meet…?"
"Nice try, Rosie. I'm not spilling. We agreed to meet each other in front of the Great Hall. So I'm going down with you two." Dezza sighed. Couldn't Rose simply be happy for her?
Heading down, Rose and Lucy, who also entered her name, gossiped about who their dates could be. Dezza listened and smiled, occasionally imputing a name she heard entered. In the courtyard, Professor McGonagall called over Rose and Lucy, who waved to Dezza, promising to meet up in the Great Hall.
"Those who entered will meet here." The Headmistress announced. She waved her wand and above their heads appeared their codenames. Tiger-Lily and Lu06 floated above Rose and Lucy in elegant handwriting. The two girls stuck together, making sure that they stayed close to each other until one of them spots their match.
Lucy saw hers first. Walking over to AFF15, she recognized her crush, Anthony Finch-Fletchley stood under the words. A fellow Hufflepuff, he was always kind to her when she was teased and humiliated for being the only Weasley in Hufflepuff. He was popular, very funny, and was always surrounded by "fan-girls" who constantly asked if they could go to Hogsmeade with him. She was surprised to see that he entered his name, considering getting a date, all he would have to do was say yes to one of the girls.
When she asked him why he entered, he simply replied, "I wanted to go with this one girl, but she entered her name. In order to go as her date, I had to enter mine and hope that we were paired."
Lucy's heart sank as she heard this. What if the girl he wanted wasn't her? "Who was she?"
"Oh, just this girl who got teased a lot and I hated to see her sad, so I made her laugh whenever she was down." He shrugged, the smile on his face as wide as a Cheshire cats, and offered her his hand. "I think her name was Lacy? Lillian? I remember! Lucy." He smiled and lead her though the Grand Hall's doors.
Rose watched this exchange and felt relived as Lucy walked through the big doors with an equally big grin.
"Excuse me miss, I believe we're paired together." Rose jumped a little as a familiar voice sounded behind her. She turned fast, eager to see who her mystery date was. What she saw behind her surprised her to no ends.
Scorpius stood behind her in dark green dress robes, holding a single tiger-lily in his hands and surprise in his soft, gray eyes. "Rose? You're my match?" He was curious. Why were they paired together? They were best friends, so close that they could be related. He held up the lily and broke its stem so that only a small portion of it was left. He walked behind her and placed the stem right in the middle of the bun so the petals of the flower fanned over her hair. It was absolutely beautiful.
Giving her his hand, he escorted Rose into the Grand Hall and as a waltz struck up, he danced with her. Rose felt like she was dancing on air, Scorpius was an amazing dancer. He looked so handsome in his dress robes and she felt giddy. After a couple of dances, he asked if she wanted any punch, and before she could answer, he kissed her hand and left to go get punch. She twirled, not caring who was watching. Spotting Dezza, she walked over to find that she was chatting with Al. She was laughing at something he said and looked like she was having the time of her life.
"So Dezza, are you finally going to reveal who your mystery man is. And don't think I forgot about you, Al. Come on, spill you two." Rose pried.
Al and Dezza exchanged a smile and held each other's hand. Rose looked at the two of them, still expecting an answer. She finally realized their hands together. She let out a squeal and hugged the two of them, excited for the new couple.
"Aw, look. The half-blood is dating the mud-blood. How quant." A voice piped up behind them that Rose despised hearing.
"Bugger off, Rookwood." Al said, annoyance piercing his voice like knives.
"Fine." As she turned, she stuck out her leg to trip the nearest person.
Who happened to be Scorpius returning with the drinks.
What happened next was pretty predictable. Scorpius tripped over her leg, sending the contents of the cups onto someone's dress. Someone who was just having the time of her life on the dance floor and hanging out with her friends. Someone who just realized that she had feelings for her best friend.
Someone named Rose Weasley.
Rose stood there in shock as Al, Dezza, and Scorpius immediately come to her aid and lead her out of the hall. They ran into Lucy and Roxanne on the way out, who immediately took over for Al and Scorpius, the latter would not leave Rose's side until he was sure Rose wasn't mad at him. Rose reassured him she wasn't and rushed to her dormitory, followed by Lucy and Roxanne. She didn't come out till the next morning.
Rose
Throughout the years, Lucy started dating Anthony. Their still going out. Al and Dezza dated for half a year, then broke up before fifth year. Al took Katya Chang to the Yule Ball in fifth year and has been dating her ever since.
I never told Scorpius how I fell about him.