March 3, 2019:

I was outside in the grass on a beautiful Sunday morning. I was playing wizard's chess with Michael, while Scorpius was pretending to take a nap next to us. Scorpius was being dramatic because he thought wizard's chess wasn't interesting. Roxanne was talking to Isobel and Alice, and Albus was tossing a quaffle with Scorpius and Michael's fellow Slytherin second year, Theo.

Michael and I were very focused on our game. Michael was taught how to play during Christmas break during our first year. After only a little over a year, he has gotten so good that he has even beaten sixth years. Michael catches on quickly to everything and could be an expert at it in under a day. My inner competitiveness hated him for it.

"Checkmate," he said, grinning.

I frowned at his queen that he just moved to beat me. I was taught how to play by Ron Weasley himself. I didn't lose very often, and when I did, I was never happy about it. "Whatever," I mumbled. "It's just a stupid game."

Michael found my mini temper tantrum very funny. "Gosh," he said. "I didn't know roses could grow in winter. Don't be so cold."

I sighed. I hated it when people made puns using my name. He knew it too. He was probably thinking about that one the entire game.

"Now that you nerds are done playing your game, can we please do something fun?" Scorpius then whined.

"ROSIE POSIE!" Roxanne then yelled, running towards me with the two Slytherin girls following her.

I was going to strangle her.

"I have a game we are going to play!" she exclaimed. "Isobel was telling me about this Muggle game that she played over Christmas break! It's called 'Spin the Bottle!'"

"How do you play?" Scorpius asked lazily.

Isobel said, "Well, you get a bunch of boys and girl in a circle and put a bottle in the middle. Then someone spins the bottle, and whoever it lands on they have to kiss."

Scorpius' face instantly brightened. "This does sound like a fun game!" he said.

Pig.

I looked at Michael, expecting him to be a bit more mature, but he also seemed really excited. It probably had something to do with the fact that he has the biggest crush on Alice. I guess the chance of possibly kissing her seemed like a good enough reason to play.

"Albus! Theo! Come over here! We need an even number of boys and girls to play this game!" Roxanne then shouted.

They slowly made their way to our growing group. I was hoping that they would think that the game was stupid, therefore preventing us from playing it, but after Isobel explained the rules to them, they both seemed very enthusiastic about playing. I guess I wasn't going to be able to get out of this one.

Stupid boys.

We all organized ourselves in a small circle. I felt butterflies in my stomach. I haven't kissed a boy yet, not that I have told that to anybody in this circle. I know that Roxanne, Scorpius, and Michael all had their first kisses already. It was slightly embarrassing that they all had and I hadn't, so I didn't try to advertise it. Maybe this game would be good, then. At least I can definitely say that I kissed a boy after it.

Somehow we found a bottle and placed it in the middle of our circle. We all stared at it for a moment, letting the tension rise. "So who is going first?" Albus asked.

"I'll go," Theo volunteered.

He gave the bottle a hard twist. All eight of us watched it turn and turn, anxiously waiting for the moment when it would stop. Just then it slowly came to a stop directly in front of Alice. Michael let out a slight groan as Theo leaned across the circle and gave Alice a light peck on her lips.

Albus then spun and the bottle landed on Isobel. Their kiss was quick and a bit awkward because they were sitting on opposite sides of the circle.

I looked at the other three boys, thinking about which one I would rather kiss. Theo was very cute, but I didn't know him all that well, and that didn't settle well with me. I imagined my first kiss to be with my knight in shining armor, and even though I was going to get it through a game of chance, I still had high expectations. If I had to kiss Scorpius, he would never let me live it down. He would tease me about it for the rest of our lives. That left Michael. He would definitely be the best choice of the three. He was sweet and cute, but right now I was supposed to be mad at him for beating me at chess.

I held my breath for a moment as Scorpius spun the bottle. Thankfully it landed on Roxanne.

"Come here, cutie," she said, gesturing with her index finger.

They were obviously the most comfortable with each other. Their kiss lasted a bit longer than all the others, and there was nothing awkward about it. It almost seemed easy and natural, though that didn't help the butterflies at all.

Michael spun the bottle next. It pointed directly at Alice. The grin on his face grew wide. She looked shy. They quickly kissed. He looked smug, and she smiled slightly.

Somehow then everybody agreed that it was my turn to spin the bottle, because I was the only one who hadn't been kissed yet.

I felt my face turn red as I twisted the bottle. It spun around and around. I thought it would never stop, which was fine by me. That meant we could all just walk away and wouldn't have to play this stupid game anymore.

I closed my eyes, deciding that I didn't want to see who it landed on. Next thing I know, I felt slightly moist lips pressed against mine. I opened my eyes to see a pair on silver ones staring back at me. It landed on Scorpius. I closed my eyes again, trying to keep from blushing more. It was over in a second. It was until Scorpius pulled away and everyone turned their attention back to the bottle that Roxanne just spun that I decided that I enjoyed myself just a bit.

We kept on playing until everyone had a turn at spinning the bottle. I thankfully didn't have to kiss anyone else.

Soon enough, everybody except for Michael, Scorpius, and I left to go inside. I wasn't quite ready to go eat dinner yet. I was thinking about my first kiss again, feeling very good about myself.

"So, Rose," Scorpius then said, trying to make his voice all deep. "You are just a wonderful kisser. Maybe we should kiss again."

Way to break my moment, I thought. I knew I was never going to live it down if I kissed Scorpius. For once in my life, I wished I wasn't right.

"Too bad I can't say the same for you. So thanks, but no thanks," I replied sarcastically. I winked at him, before dashing toward the Great Hall.

Michael laughed before following after me. Scorpius mumbled something about girls and then followed Michael.

I ran faster, not wanting them to catch up.