Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

A/N: This is a story about Rose Weasley and Scorpius Malfoy through each year at Hogwarts and maybe an epilogue after. Please review! I kind of have thoughts of what the characters would look like. I think Rose kind of looks like a smaller version of Janet Devil (From X Factor).

Year Four

Hugo ran ahead of Rose, wanting to get on the train as quick as possible. Rose reluctantly followed, stifling a yawn as she went. She couldn't believe that she was already 14 and heading into her fourth year.

"Hurry up, Rosie!" Hugo yelled out, dashing through the wall to get to Platform 9 ¾.

Ron and Hermione weren't far behind, pushing the trunks along and bickering about something or the other. Rose gratefully escaped their arguing as she walked through to the platform. Immediately, she caught Scorpius's eye. She smiled, but he definitely didn't return it. He glared at her coldly, turning his back on her. Rose shook her head and scanned the platform, beaming when she spotted Alice. Alice rushed over, hair swinging out behind her… Something was different.

"Rosie!" Alice flung herself into her friends arms.

"Morning, Alice. You seem… different," Rose couldn't quite put a finger on it.

"Not so shy anymore, huh?"

Rose actually hadn't thought of that. She nodded, and then paused again.

"No… No, your hair!" Rose pointed out.

Alice's hand flashed to her hair.

"Does it look bad?" She fretted.

"No, it looks absolutely amazing!"

It seemed that Alice had used Sleekeazy on her hair, and it was now smooth, straight and shiny. Rose considered using it on her own hair, and reminded herself to ask Alice if she could borrow some at school. Not long after, Aofie was heading towards them, trailed by her brother Aidan. Aidan seemed to be good friends with James, as James was standing beside the Irish boy, and they were laughing easily.

"Rosie!" James grinned at his cousin and pulled her in for a bear hug.

"Yeah, alright James, I think everyone gets the point," Rose pulled away, not able to help a small smile spread across her face.

"You lot going to the Yule Ball this year?" Aidan asked.

"The Yule Ball? Doesn't that only happen when there's a Triwizard Tournament happening?" Rose frowned.

"Well, it did, but then all the girls practically demanded that they wanted dances, so they brought it back for Christmas time," James shrugged.

Oh, great. So now Rose had to find a date or something to take to the Yule Ball? Well, she was sure Lorcan or Lysander would be happy to accompany her.


Scorpius took his seat next to Rose in Potions, barely looking at her. And when he did happen to, his face was set like hard stone. Rose was trying to remember if she'd done anything wrong.

"Have I upset you?" She demanded, prodding at the liquid bubbling away in her cauldron.

"No."

There was an awkward silence between the two, just the hissing and fizzing noises coming from the potions they were brewing. Albus hurried over to their desk, dumping a pile of books there. He glared at Scorpius; obviously all the Weasley/Potter family had decided to be mean to Scorpius since what happened to Rose at the end of last year.

"You alright, Rose?" Albus asked, peering into her cauldron.

"I'm fine, thank you. May I ask why you've decided to take a detour to your table and come over here?" Rose turned to face him.

"Just came to see if you were okay… You know, seeing as Malfoy is sitting there."

"Malfoy isn't doing anything."

"Like I said, I was just checking. See you later, Rosie."

Albus left, and Rose heard a chuckle come from Scorpius's direction.

"Bit protective of you, aren't they?" He must have been referring to her many cousins.

"Yes, well," Rose shrugged.

And that was the first and last time Rose and Scorpius spoke leading up to Christmas. In a few weeks, the Yule Ball would arrive upon them, and all the girls were fretting over what they would wear and who they would ask. Well, many girls hoped to be asked by boys, but if it didn't turn out that way, they'd have to take drastic actions. One Hogsmeade trip, Rose, Alice and Aofie decided they would look for some dress robes in the new small boutique which had opened here over the holidays.

"I think blue would look good on you, Rose," Aofie picked up a turquoise coloured dress from the rail.

"Blue or white," Alice chipped in from the couch she was sitting on near the changing rooms.

"Yeah… Blue would bring out your eyes, but white would look absolutely amazing with your hair…" Aofie nodded slowly.

Rose laughed. She was tucked in an armchair, a copy of Witch Weekly open on her lap. They had all promised that they were definitely going to get dresses today, even if they didn't have dates. They would go as friends.

"Aofie, I think you should have gold," Rose mumbled, flicking through the pages of her magazine.

"It would look quite good with my hair, wouldn't it?" Aofie beamed and flitted off to find a dress.

In the end, Aofie and Alice had found their perfect dresses. Aofie's was of a shimmering gold material, swishing around the floor. The dress had a halter neck and a dip in the back. She looked very mature and beautiful. Alice, on the other hand, went for something sweet and innocent. She had a cream ruffled dress which came above the knee and bright pink satin peep-toe heels to go with it. They still hadn't found the one for Rose though. They were deliberating between a long white simple dress, with no decorations or anything like that, but made Rose look naturally stunning, and a short aqua blue dress, swishing out around the knees and covered in pretty sequins. The three girls stared at the dresses.

"Let's vote," Aofie suggested.

"White," Alice said immediately.

"White," Aofie agreed.

"White," Rose nodded, picking up the beautiful white dress.

They left the shop holding their bags, quite happy with their purchases. Even Rose had to admit that she was slightly looking forward to the dance.

"I'm going to go now… I promised Noah I'd meet him in The Three Broomsticks… Do you think he'll ask me out?" Aofie announced.

"Probably," Rose smiled.

Aofie left, and then Alice went as well, for she had a 'meeting' with Albus. Rose walked along the busy streets by herself, glancing into shop windows as she went. As she got near Honeydukes, she found Scorpius outside, kissing Susie Nott. She walked past them, clearing her throat as she did.

"What do you want, Weasel?" Scorpius snapped, not even looking up.

"To not vomit everywhere. Keep your tongue to yourself, Malfoy," Rose said quite loudly, causing a few people near by to laugh.

"Jealous, Weasley?" Scorpius smirked, standing up and knocking Susie onto the cold ground.

"Oh, you wished I was. Aren't you going to help her up? Not very gentleman like," Rose raised her eyebrows at Susie.

She must have been desperate.

"Stop telling me what to do, Weasley… You might get your share of me… When you sort out your face, that is," Scorpius sneered.

"It's not me who needs their face sorting," Rose turned and walked away, rather pleased with her last retort.

That would show him.


Lorcan barely looked up from his book as Rose came into the library, making a B-line in his direction. She sat down in front of him, examining his stacks of neatly written homework.

"Rose?" Lorcan tore his eyes away, meeting Rose's and smiling slightly.

"Hi, Lorcan…" Rose returned the smile.

There was a beat of silence, and then Lorcan went back to reading and copying down important notes from his twins work which had been left in his capable hands. Rose cleared her throat.

"What is it, Rose?" Lorcan frowned.

"Have you got a date to the Yule Ball yet?" Rose asked.

Slowly, Lorcan placed his book aside.

"No… Who on earth would want to go with one of the 'Loony Twin's'? Why do you ask?" Lorcan chuckled darkly to himself.

"Well, that's just plain stupid. I haven't got a date either – shall we go together? As friends?" Rose suggested.

"That sounds nice. Do you know who Lysander is going with? He told me he had a date, but I don't know who."

Rose exhaled with relief when Lorcan accepted the offer, and then craned her head round to see if Lysander could possibly be sitting in the library with his date.

"Want me to find out?" She turned back when she couldn't spot him.

"Sounds cool… I'll see you for the Yule Ball then," Lorcan smiled at Rose, finally going back to his book.

Also happy, Rose got up and ran from the library to tell Alice and Aofie the good news. On the way back to the Gryffindor common room, she bumped into Scorpius, who seemed to be in an absolutely foul mood.

"Watch where you're going, Weasley," Scorpius snapped.

Rose remembered that she hadn't seen him since the Hogsmeade trip, and thought it best not to land herself in more trouble than she already was.

"Whatever, Malfoy," Rose muttered, side-stepping him so she could carry on.

"Where are you off to in such a hurry?" Scorpius stepped in front of her, blocking her way.

"Does it really matter?"

"I was just being civil, Weasley. A talent that only some can master."

"Mmhmm, yes, right."

"Usually that would have set you off, or merely charmed you. What's up, Weasley?"

"I just want to get to my friends as quick as possible. And you're stopping me from doing that, so if you don't mind, will you please move?"

Scorpius cursed under his breath and stepped aside. Just as Rose was about to leave, he caught her arm.

"What you saw in Hogsmeade – I don't really like Susie," He mumbled, looking down at the floor.

"You're telling me this, because?" Rose shook her arm free.

"I just wanted to know if you wanted to go to the Yule Ball with me…"

Rose flushed the colour of her hair. Scorpius was asking her, a Weasley, to the Yule Ball? She gaped like a fish for a couple of moments, before she finally managed to muster up an answer.

"I'm really sorry Malfoy, but I'm going with Lorcan. Why did you ask me anyway? Why not Susie or Olivia?" Rose's curiosity took the better of her.

"You're going with a Loony Twin? Oh, spare me," Scorpius snorted.

"Lorcan is a lovely boy, and if you don't shut up, I'll hex you. Why would you take me anyway? You've been horrid to me this year! It doesn't exactly make me want to leap into your arms, especially with the end of what happened last year!" She snapped, causing Scorpius to wince at these last few words.

"I did apologize for that… And whatever, Weasley, I was just trying to make it up to you. I would never take you to a dance in reality," Scorpius spat the last words before turning on his heel and leaving.

Honestly, what was wrong with that boy?


"I think he likes you," Alice shrugged, yanking a brush through her frizzed hair.

"Who does? Can I borrow some of your Sleekeazy?" Rose reached across her friend and picked up the bottle which would soon do her hair wonders.

"Sure… And Scorpius! It's obvious, isn't it?"

Rose froze, staring at Alice. She quickly recomposed herself and started to pile on heaps of Sleekeazy. Her frizzy hair was now smooth and shiny. She should make this effort more often!

"When's Al picking you up?" Rose stepped into her dress, careful not to be her clumsy self and knock any make up on it.

"He's waiting for me outside the Great Hall… Is Lorcan doing the same?" Alice patted her hair into place for the final time.

"Yes. Do you know who Lysander's taking?"

"I think someone mentioned something about Susie Nott."

"Merlin, that girl gets around a lot!"

"Yeah, well, she's not almost as bad as Olivia Zabini!"

"True, true."

Aofie erupted from the bathroom, ready to go. The three girls looked stunning. Rose quickly grabbed a few pins and secured her straight hair into a loose bun on the nape of her neck. When they reached the Great Hall, Albus, Lorcan and Noah were waiting for them. Rose turned her head slightly to the left to see Scorpius standing with Olivia, wearing black dress robes and really not looking that bothered with his date.

"You look beautiful, Rose," Lorcan commented, a small smile playing on the corner of his lips.

"Thank you, Lorcan. You do look rather dashing yourself," Rose stood back to admire Lorcan's navy blue dress robes, nodding in appreciation.

Albus had gone for wearing green to match his eyes, and Noah was also wearing black. The six of them went into the Great Hall, greeted by loud festivities. People were dancing madly, crammed in every available space. Loud music pumped, vibrating the floor, and everyone was screaming at each other over the noise. When Lorcan went to go and get some punch for him and Rose, James appeared at his little cousins side.

"Having fun with Loony One?" James sniggered.

Rose smacked him on the arm, not bothering to go about it lightly.

"Oh, shut up. Where's your date? Couldn't get one?" Rose smirked.

"Who do you take me for? Of course I could get a date! I'm here with Phoebe Jordan," James pointed to a slender girl with dark brown hair.

"Whatever… Did you want to talk to me?"

"Just came to see if you were alright. Did you see that Lysander's with Susie Nott? I didn't know a Loony Twin could get someone like that!"

"Will you please stop insulting them? There's nothing wrong with them!"

"You need to lighten up a bit, Rosie. Why don't you go and dance or something? I'm going to go and pester Al."

James took off across the room, on a search for his poor younger brother. Every time Rose spotted one of her cousins, she would quickly avoid them, not wanting to be around them. She left Lorcan to do some crazy tree dance in the middle of the floor. It was so crazy, people had moved to the sides of the room to let him have his much needed space.

"You seem lonely," A voice appeared behind Rose as she stood alone by the punch bowl, sipping her drink slowly.

"Well, I'm not," She turned and rolled her eyes at Scorpius.

"Are you sure about that?"

"Most certainly."

"Would you like to dance?"

"You're asking me to dance? No thanks, Malfoy. I have a date, and so do you."

"So? We're not allowed to dance as friends?"

Scorpius grabbed Rose's hand and led her to the dance floor, spinning her around once before placing his left hand on her lower back. She reluctantly wrapped her arms around his neck and swayed slowly, not wanting to cause Scorpius to laugh at how awful she was at dancing.

"Good think I chose this moment for a slow song," Scorpius smirked, nodded towards Rose's two left feet.

"Shut up, it's not my fault I never learnt how to dance! You probably had private lessons every week," Rose couldn't help but smile.

"Ah, excuses, Weasley."

They danced in silence for a few more minutes, completely ignoring the fact that another song was playing and they were still slow-dancing. Even though it was a very fast, upbeat song.

"You're not that bad, Weasley," Scorpius commented lightly, spinning her round again.

"Oh, thank you so much for that, you've really made my day," Rose grinned up at him, still shocked at how tall he was getting.

"No problem, I'll always be there to make your day…" Scorpius mumbled, leaning down so he was closer to Rose's ear.

She flushed a brilliant red and stepped back quickly, frozen. Scorpius raised his eyebrows at her, a slight smirk still lighting his broad face.

"I think you misheard me, Weasley," He snorted.

"Yes, I think I probably did. Keep your thoughts to yourself, Malfoy," Rose strode away, flicking her hair over her shoulder defiantly.

She passed Alice and Albus dancing awkwardly on the spot in a dark corner, and Aofie and Noah waltzing extravagantly around the perimeter of the room. Lorcan and Lysander were doing the tree dance in the middle of the room together, seeming as happy as could be. Rose was all alone. She took off her high heels, seeing as they were killing her feet, and wandered outside. It was cold, and she wished she had brought a jacket, but continued to walk down to sit beside the Black Lake anyway. This was the place where she and Scorpius had made their bet. Rose laughed lightly and looked into the murky waters.

"What have you done, Rose?" She whispered to herself.


The morning after the dance, everyone slept in till around lunch. Well, Rose, Aofie, and Alice did anyway. They wandered downstairs at lunch time, looking like they'd gotten ready in the dark.

"Where were you last night, Rose?" Aofie yawned, stretching across the Gryffindor table to get some chicken.

Rose had fallen asleep by the Black Lake that night, and hadn't woken up and got inside till early hours of the morning, when the rest of the castle was asleep, or doing things not really necessary to describe in each other's dormitories. But no way was she telling her friends this, or it would just lead to questions about why she had gone out there.

"Someone spiked the punch, I think…" Rose shrugged vaguely.

Alice nodded, then blushed when she caught Albus's eye from the Slytherin table. He grinned before going back to his food.

"What did you two get up to last night, then?" Rose hastily nudged the conversation away from herself.

"Oh… Oh, well… Albus kissed me!" Alice squealed.

"That's great news, Ali! I knew my advice would work," Aofie congratulated herself silently in between throwing flirty glances at Noah, whom she must have kissed last night too.

"Did you and Noah get up to anything?" Alice beat Rose to the question.

"Few kisses… The usual. Rose? You and Scorpius?" Aofie steered the conversation back towards Rose, much to her dismay.

"Don't you mean me and Lorcan?" Rose corrected.

"Oh, yeah, sorry! It's just… You and Scorpius would make such an amazing pair. And I saw you dancing with him, so I thought something might've happened…"

"Well, nothing did happen; it was just a dance as friends. We do not suit, I do not fancy him, and he does not fancy me, final."

"You may not fancy him, but you can't say that he doesn't fancy you. We see the way he looks at you every few minutes."

Rose pursed her lips, restraining herself from blushing and giving anything away. Was it that obvious to see? Could everyone tell? What was the point in denying it then? Oh Merlin.