AN: I know, I know! I haven't updated in a while. This has been beta'd by the lovely Coconut Girl and any mistakes left are completely mine.

Lily and Darius were staring, eyes and mouthed opened in shock at the scene in front of them. There were no words being exchanged between the two lovebirds for they couldn't help but stare at the two lovebirds sitting in front of them.

"Sweet Merlin", sighed Scorpius, "you've got to try the beef. It's literally melting in my mouth. I'd be perfectly fine with only eating this for the rest of my life." He speared a piece of meat with his fork and offered it to Rose. "Try it. It will change your life."

Eyeing the proffered food warily, Rose responded, "I'm pretty happy with my choice actually. Who knew chicken could be so juicy?"

After a few moments of considering his offer, however, Rose leaned forward and literally took the bait. "Okay. Never mind, you were right," she said as she chewed. "This meat and I were destined to meet. Lily, you've got to try it!"

Lily and Darius exchanged a brief, but loaded glance as Rose dunked her spoon into Scorpius' bowl to try his green spring soup. (Perhaps mention here how Scorpius either didn't notice or thought it was perfectly normal for her to be eating out of his bowl) The band finished setting up and guests started floating to the dance floor.

"C'mon, let's go watch Ted and Victoire's first dance!" said Lily to Rose, as she and Darius stood up.

"…but this beef…" Rose trailed off, obviously torn. Reluctantly, she stood up and turned to Scorpius. "If I have to part with this beef, so do you." She grabbed him by the arm and dragged him to the dance floor.

Once the newlywed couple had finished their first dance, the singer called for others to join them on the dance floor. After playing a few upbeat songs, the band began to play a slower melody and the single people started to drift off back to their tables. Scorpius and Rose looked to each other and cocked their heads in silent question. He made the first move by lifting up his arm, and after the briefest hesitation, Rose met his offered hand with that of her own.

After a few moments of dancing around the ballroom, Scorpius said, "I think this is the customary time for the male to tell the female that she looks beautiful tonight."

Rose laughed. "I guess that's what typically is supposed to happen. As the female, I believe I'm expected to blush and graciously accept your compliment and throw you one as well."

"After that, the male is supposed to accept the compliment and then proceed to comment on… " Scorpius trailed off. "I actually don't know what the protocol is after that."

Rose's lips quirked into a smile. "I think from that point on, each couple can choose to talk about anything they like, or dance in awkward silence."

He smirked wickedly, cast his gaze to the side, and said, "I think you're missing the third option."

"And what's that?"

His eyes darted back to meet hers. "Dancing silently while staring into each other's eyes like love drunk idiots."

"You mean like those two?" Rose asked, as she tilted her head towards Darius and Lily. She looked longingly at the sweet couple completely wrapped up in their own little, lovely world.

"Can I be completely honest here?" she asked, a touch of uncertainty tainting her voice.

"Of course."

"I can't believe I'm telling you this, but I feel like in the back of my mind I always knew Randall wasn't the one."

Scorpius took a moment to digest her revelation. "And why's that?", he asked, trying to quash the odd sensation bubbling in his chest.

"Because I was never like that with him," Rose said, nodding her chin towards Darius and Lily again. "I never felt anything particularly strong towards him, be it anger, love or happiness."

"Then why'd you stick with him all those years?" Scorpius asked bluntly.

"It's not something I'm proud to admit, but I just got so comfortable. And then I began to convince myself that the kind of love I'd read about didn't exist in the real world. I really started to think that my relationship with Randall was as good as it would get."

Scorpius scoffed unceremoniously. "And here I thought you were an intelligent person."

Rose lightly punched him in the chest then placed her hand back on his arm. "When you're in a relationship for that long, I think you can convince yourself of anything."

"So what are you saying? Are you planning on breaking up with him?"

"Yes. I'm pretty sure I want to make this break permanent."

"Really? What made you decide that?" Scorpius asked.

"Them," Rose responded candidly, as she gestured towards Lily and Darius."Looking at them, how could you not realize that love like that was real and possible to attain?" she sighed, staring enviously at the couple.

She didn't notice how Scorpius' gaze had become fixed steadily on her as he repeated her words, "… possible to attain…"

Rose turned her head back to him, "Sorry, did you say something?"

"No, it was nothing," he murmured softly.

The song ended and the band began to play another upbeat dance song.

"Sorry for unloading all this crap on you. You know you're sworn to secrecy, right?" she said as she held out her pinky with a twinkle in her eye. "Blab and I'll ensure your skinny little body never sees the light of day again." She flashed another impossibly sweet smile that clashed completely with her threat and Scorpius couldn't help but laugh in response.

"Right," said Scorpius as he hooked his pinky with hers and winked at her playfully, attempting to lighten the mood.

Rose's Diary

I'm going to have to break up with Randall. As in officially. The talk with Scorpius helped me realize that I should have broken up with him a long time ago.

I think I want to do what Scorpius has been doing all these years and try being single for a while. It might be nice to have some freedom.

It was really strange, but Scorpius and I actually planned a wedding today during Ted and Victoire's wedding. (Now that I think of it, it might have been a tiny bit rude to point out the faults of the wedding we were attending and planning a better one while at said wedding.) He and I actually had similar ideas of our perfect wedding… I'm thinking that I best get married first so I can use all of our great ideas.

I'm excited for singlehood! Wish me luck, diary!

Scorpius' Journal to Ensure He Practices Writing Daily to Better Himself as a Journalist

Today was the day of Ted and Victoire's wedding… It was filled with fantastic food, the best of Wizarding society, and lovely music. I have to admit, I had a splendid time.

I wrote a couple of lines about my dream wedding, and to my surprise, Rose began elaborating on my ideas. Everything she wrote was something that I had already been thinking about. It was almost as if she was inside my head, looking around my picturesque wedding and noting down all the little touches. It was strange to say the least. Actually, now that I think about it, it was an extremely girly moment on my part. I'm going to pause writing for a bit so I can go do a couple of push ups and do other manly things.

Okay, I'm back.

Rose also confided in me that she's planning on breaking up with that tosser officially, which brought me endless joy. I hate it when less than decent men are paired with more than decent women.

I will admit, Rose looked better than decent tonight. The pale pink dress that Lily picked out for her fit her perfectly. Whenever she moved around, she had a flutter of the softest fabric trailing after her, and every time she spun around on the dance floor, a circle of fabric would twirl around her…

I think sit ups are now in order followed by some chin-ups.

Darius,

They are either complete idiots, or they're lying to themselves.

Lily

Lils,

I'm assuming you're talking about our favorite people, Rose and Scorpius?

As brilliant as they are, you know they are total fools when it comes to matters of the heart.

Darius

Darius,

Too true. I thought the wedding would change things for at least one of them. Merlin knows they acted like a couple the entire night. How can they not realize the amount that they take care of each other?

So. Frustrating.

I'm sending you cookies that I baked in the midst of my frustration. Enjoy!

Lily

Society Section of the Daily Prophet.

News came in just this morning that Rose Weasley, daughter of the war heroes Ron and Hermione Weasley, is no longer dating her longtime squeeze, Randall. Rose was not available for comment, but a friend of Randall's claims he's "heartbroken and utterly depressed."

AN: Please review! I know it took a while but it was your reviews that made me update! I hope you enjoy!