I belong with you,
You belong with me,
You're my sweetheart

I took one last quick look at Scorpius as I hugged my mother and followed her, Dad and Hugo out of the train station and my heart fluttered in my chest as he grinned back at me.
I smiled all the way home, knowing that sometime soon he would confess all and we could have a shot with each other.

The first thing I did when I got home was run upstairs and jump on my bed, though my bed at Hogwarts was comfy and warm, it was nothing compared to my bed at home. After spending a good couple of months away from home, it was always nice to come back and be able to feel safe and cosy.
From my position sprawled across my bed I noticed a long, white clothes protector hanging from the front of my wardrobe, curious, I decided to investigate; after all it had been left in my room. I gently pulled down the zip, and pulled out a long, gold ball gown. It was a gold, chocolate bronze colour, that when it touched the light shimmered, it was strapless and floor length, that gathered at the chest area, before I could even think about the occasion for the dress I heard footsteps and my mum came into my room.
"You found the dress then" my mum smiled
"It's beautiful, what's it for?"
"There's a ministry party tonight, like every year, though this year you're old enough to attend" Of course, every year my mum, dad, uncles and aunts all went to the annual Christmas ministry party, it was a formal occasion, only for those aged 17 and over, and so the underage kids were always left with grandma and granddad, but this year I could go.
"Where is it being held this year?" I asked, every year it would be held by a different member of the ministry, last year uncle Harry hosted it, though he didn't seem to enjoy it much.
"It's at Malfoy Manor this year" Mum said, subconsciously rubbing her neck, where there was a faint pink scar she said came from the war.
I started to get excited, surely Scorpius would be there seeing as it being held at his house. Mum obviously noticed my excitement.
"What are you getting so hyped for Rosie?"
"Well, uh, I just kind of figured that, erm, some friends might be there..."
"By friends I'm guessing you mean Scorpius Malfoy" My jaw hit the floor as I stared at my mother in disbelief. "I'm not stupid you know, besides your teachers have been keeping an eye on you and Scorpius ever since that incident earlier this year, and obviously they've all told me what's been going on, plus Harry also mentioned your Christmas Ball..." Mum trailed off and her eyes widened, I smirked.
"It's okay mum, I already knew" I reassured her.
"So does that mean you two are, uh..."
"No" I replied quickly, "I wasn't meant to know just yet"
Mum just nodded her head and left the room fairly quickly, she had obviously had enough of prying into my love life, she had probably learned her lesson over last time, when I was dating Jamie, she had gone too far with the questions and so I had blown up at her, and I guess she doesn't want that to happen again.

It didn't take me long to get ready for the party, as the dress was so pretty, I didn't want to ruin it with tacky make up and jewellery.
Grandma and granddad made a huge fuss over me when we stopped to drop off Hugo, who was miserable because he wasn't allowed to go. He had moped the whole evening.
Mum, Dad and I apparated to the front gates of Malfoy Manor, my parents seemed very tense, but still proceeded to start down the long drive to the huge Manor.
Draco and Astoria were stood at the front door greeting everyone as they arrived I briefly wondered where Scorpius was, but was to occupied with my mum, who had turned a nasty shade of green
Reaching the front door Astoria and Mum hugged, whilst my dad and Draco shook hands.
"Thank you for coming" said Draco "I know this must be uncomfortable for you"
Mum and Dad both nodded their thanks and ushered me inside.
We soon found Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny, both Mum and Dad visibly relaxed once they were amongst familiar people. As my parents, Harry and Ginny caught up I joined James and Al, who were sat on the table nearest our parents.
James was looking extremely uncomfortable; he never had liked wearing dress robes. Al however was looking quite at ease, though he did smell strongly of firewhiskey.
Al, James and I chatted happily for a bit, all thoughts of Scorpius pushed from my mind and James was soon looking more normal, however only after a few strong drinks. It seemed by the end of the night I was going to be the only sober one.
Uncle Harry interrupted us after about an hour and asked me to walk with him outside. He walked us round the side of the house, and gestured for me to sit on some stone steps next to him. We sat in silence for a while.
"Do you know why your parents are so tense tonight?" He asked me.
I shook my head "No"
"They've told you about the war, haven't they?" He asked.
"Of course they have, why?"
"But I'm guessing they haven't told you absolutely everything?"
"No they didn't... they said some things were too difficult to talk about."
Uncle Harry nodded "I'm going to tell you something, so you can understand how difficult this is for them, please don't take it the wrong way, I know you're friends with Scorpius Malfoy, and I'm not trying to put you off him I promise, okay?"
"Okay" I replied.
"At one point during the war, your parents and I were caught by snatchers, and brought here to Malfoy Manor. Scorpius' great aunt Bellatrix Lestrange... she, well she tortured your mother."
"W-why?" I whispered, shocked. My parents had left out this part when they told me about the war.
"Bellatrix thought we had stolen something from her vault in Gringotts, she wanted to know the truth, and chose your mother to question and torture because she's muggleborn."
I was stunned into silence for what seemed like an eternity, my family had gone through so much to change the wizarding world for the better. I had never properly stopped to think what it must have been like for them; they risked their lives so many times.
I could feel tears starting to well up in my eyes, and Uncle Harry pulled me into a hug.

I stayed outside long after Uncle Harry had left, and after about half an hour I felt someone sit beside me. Scorpius.
"Hi" he whispered. I didn't reply, instead I moved closer to him, and leant my head on his shoulder, and he wrapped his arms around me.
"Come inside and dance with me Rose, its cold out here" He pulled me up gently by my hands and led me inside, where music was blaring out.
Dancing with him as Scorpius was so different from dancing with him as my mystery man at the Christmas ball. He was much more himself.
"Rose, I have to tell you something..." he started, basically shouting over the music. "I-it was me at the Christmas ball, in the mask" he said, looking down at the floor. I giggled.
"I know it was" I whispered in his ear, before catching his lips with mine. He responded quickly, gently taking control of the kiss and deepening it, kissing him felt so right and it was as if nothing else mattered, all my worries and fears were wiped from my mind, and all I could think about was his lips on mine.

I am so sorry that I haven't updated in forever, I've just started A levels, so I spend all my time doing homework. Also I have exams in January but I'm hoping that I will update before then.
I hope you like this one, even though I personally really don't and I don't understand why anyone would want to read this story full stop, although I am really flattered by your reviews and follows and favourites etc, thank you so much.
(By the way I don't really think this song goes with this chapter but I couldn't find anything else. It's Ho Hey by The Lumineers.)