A/N Can you believe it? 20 chapters! Sorry for the short delay, been really busy with finishing up my three days of school before break. Anyway, this was a really fun chapter to write, one of the first ones I ever wrote actually. I should be able to update a few more times before I go back to school after the new year but I make no promises. Thanks for reading and reviewing and keep reading!

Megan :)

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RPOV

As the four of us got ready for our ball, we danced around the room, singing at the top of our lungs. It wasn't until I looked down at my wrist that I actually remembered everything that had happened today. My whole life had gone from amazing, with a boyfriend that I thought I was actually beginning to fancy, to a complete nightmare when I walked away from the arse, and now I couldn't even remember why I was ever attracted to Nate in the first place. Now, that I think about it, everything about him made me want to be sick on the spot, and he wasn't even that good looking, not that I'm conceited or anything.

"Rose!" Liz squealed, "Stop thinking and start singing. Solo time!"

"Okay!" I laughed, jumping on top of my bed and singing into my make shift microphone.

"Looks like we came to the right room," Marie, Rory and Lily laughed walking into our room.

"Hey girls!" I laughed, out of breath, "What's up?"

"Nothing much," they replied.

"Do you mind if we get ready with you guys?" Lily asked.

"Of course we don't mind. But we didn't know that you were going," Charlie said, confused as she looked between the three.

"Oh, well, that's because we haven't exactly told anyone about our boyfriend's yet," Rory blushed, "I didn't want my brother to find out and castrate the poor bloke."

"Of course!" Charlie drew out her answer understanding, "I can understand why you two wouldn't want to tell, but why didn't you tell me?"

"Because I didn't want dad to find out," Marie blushed, looking at her feet.

"Oh," Charlie sighed sadly, "Okay, but next time you should know that you can tell me and I won't go off running to dad.""Thanks Charlie!" she smiled.

"So, tell us more about your mysterious boys!" Liz smiled.

"Well, I am dating Lysander Scamander, he is a fourth year Ravenclaw," Lily smiled brightly.

"I'm dating Carter Thomas, who is also a fourth year Ravenclaw," Marie answered, looking towards her sister.

"What about you Rory?" I asked.

"Well, his name is Jeremy Wood, and like all the others he's a fourth year Ravenclaw," she smiled, looking at her feet.

"Awww!" Liz squealed, "How sweet!"

"So, who are you guys going with?" Rory asked.

"Well, I am of course going with my boyfriend, Al," Liz smiled brightly at the mention of her boyfriend.

"And, I am going with the other Potter boy!" Charlie looked at Liz and I.

"What? My prick of a cousin finally got his head out of his arse and asked you to the dance?" I squealed.

"Yeah, finally!" she smiled back at me.

"That's great!" Courtney smiled at Charlie, "And to answer your question, I am also going with my boyfriend, Fred."

"And you Rosie?" Lily asked.

"Well, originally I was going with my boyfriend, Nate, but he is a prat and I broke up with him and broke my hand," I groaned, holding up my injured hand, "So now I am going with Scorpius!"

"Yay! You an my brother are going together!" Rory laughed.

"Glad to see you approve!" I laughed at her overzealous attitude.

"Okay, your hair and make-up done?" Liz asked the three.

"Yeah, we started getting ready with the other younger girls going, but we heard you guys in here and wanted to join," Marie answered.

"Good, then let the singing continue!" I squealed, turning the music back up and dancing around the room.

The rest of the afternoon was spent just laughing and having fun, I had honestly actually forgotten about fun with my friends ever since I started dating Nate. We had fun, and that was pretty much it, we didn't have to do anything specific in order to have fun, just by bring together we had loads of fun.

"Rose!" Charlie sang, "Get out of la-la-land and find where you put our dresses."

"Fine," I sighed dramatically as I walked over to my trunk. With the help of my mum I had reduced the size of the dresses so I could carefully store them where they wouldn't get ruined.

"Good thought!" Liz complimented me, as I pulled the dresses out and turned them back into their normal size.

"Now, everyone, on the count of three we are all going to put on our dresses," I laughed.

"Agreed!" Liz squealed, "One…"

We unzipped our dresses and held them in front of us. They looked so pretty, and as I looked around the room I couldn't believe how much had happened in the past four years.

Two…

I had grown up with these girls, they were my rocks and my constant sisters that I had never had. They, along with the three boys, had helped me through so much these past four years. All beginning and ending with boys who didn't understand boundaries. If this was what had happened this far in my short four years at Hogwarts, I was nervous for what the world had planned for us the next three years.

Three!

We all pulled off our sweat pants and pulled on our dresses. I couldn't believe that at the beginning of the year I had thought about not going to the ball. I also couldn't believe that Scorpius wasn't going to go with anyone, before me of course.

"Ahhh!" Liz squealed as she looked at all of us, "I can't believe it! We look so elegant!"

"Thanks for that Liz," we all laughed.

"What, I mean that in a good way," she rolled her eyes walking over to the mirror.

"I know what you meant," I winked at her, "You meant that you are hoping to shag Al later!"

"Merlin!" Lily exclaimed, covering her ears, "I am still in the room you know!"

"Sorry Lil, I couldn't resist teasing Liz, since she does it to us so much," I laughed.

The six of us took turns looking at ourselves in the mirror, before we decided that it was time to go meet our escorts for the night. The three Ravenclaw boys would undoubtedly be being interrogated by their dates older siblings, or friends.

SPOV

Al, James, Fred and I were sitting in the common room waiting for the girls to come down when the door was opened and three non-Gryffindor boys, who I recognized, walked in. I looked to Fred, Al and James trying to figure out two things, first of all how the bloody hell they had gotten into our common room, and why they were in here?

"Who are they?" Al turned to me and asked.

"No idea," I shrugged my shoulders, "James?"

"No, don't know," he shook his head. I decided to be the smart one of my friends and find out who they were. So, I stood up, and walked over towards them.

"Hello. Can I help you?" I asked, trying not to sound mean.

"No, thanks," one of them, the one with the darkest skin of the group, answered, "We are just waiting for our dates."

"Oh, are you Gryffindor?" I asked, as Fred, James and Al walked over.

"No, Ravenclaw," the one with light brown hair answered.

"Oh, I see," I nodded my head, "Don't take this to offense, but who are you guys? I've seen you before but I just can't place your names."

"I'm Lysander Scamander," the one with shaggy blonde hair answered, "And this is Jeremy Wood and Carter Thomas."

"Wait, Carter…" I thought for a second knowing that I had seen him before, "You were the first person I talked to on the train to Hogwarts the first year!"

"Scorpius Malfoy," he laughed, "How you been mate?"

"Pretty good, pretty good," I answered, "And you?"

"Good. I've been busy with my new girlfriend though. Her and her friends are just balls of energy," he laughed to himself.

"Who are your girlfriends? Maybe we know them," I asked.

"Well, I am dating Marie Longbottom, Lysander is dating Lily Potter, and Jeremy is with… oh shit, you don't know!" he exclaimed, as he saw the shock register on our faces.

"Wait, who is Jeremy with?" I asked.

"Umm… well… you see," he tried to explain.

"I'm dating your sister," Jeremy answered, hiding behind Lysander.

"My sister?" I shouted, "But she's a second year!"

"So is my sister!" James and Al shouted, "And Charlie's sister!"

"Sorry mate, but we fancy them," Carter shrugged his shoulders.

"Have a seat guys. We need to have a chat," Al motioned over to the couches.

We all sat down and none of us really knew what to say. I had never thought I would have to give the older brother speech already, I wasn't prepared for this.

"Okay, here goes nothing," I sighed, "Basically all I have to say is that if you hurt anyone of those girls there will be hell to pay. And trust me no matter which one you hurt you will have me, Al, James and all the rest of the Weasley/Potter/ Longbottom clan to back us up. Just keep that in mind when you let your teenage ideas get the best of you. You hurt them, we hurt you!"

"Don't worry, we will not hurt the girls, " they reassured us, "It's also nice to see that you guys really do care about your sisters."

"Good," we all nodded at them as the seven girls walked down the stairs.

They all looked gorgeous especially, the copper-haired beauty that was walking down the stairs between her tow best friends. I hoped that one day I would finally be able to tell her my true feelings, but as of right now, she didn't know anything about my feelings.

"Hello boys!" Liz smiled, running, as fast as she could in heels, to her boyfriend, "I missed you."

"It's only been like three hours," James rolled his eyes.

"Don't make fun of them James, or you will never get a girlfriend," Charlie teased.

"Yeah, yeah," he mumbled, as he kissed her hand.

"You ladies ready to go?" Carter asked, as the three Ravenclaw boys took their designated girlfriend and walked out of the common room, leaving the six of us.

"You guys weren't too hard on the poor blokes were you?" Liz chuckled.

"No dear, we weren't too hard on them," Al kissed her cheek, "You ready to go?"

"Yeah. Bye guys. See you later," Liz smiled walking out of the common room.

"We should get going, ready Charlie?" James asked.

"Yeah, let's go," she smiled taking his outstretched hand.

"Bye guys, see you later," Rose smiled at them.

"Bye guys!" Courtney and Fred smiled walking out the portrait hole behind the other three.

"What's up Scorp, you're quiet?" she asked once all of our friends had left.

"Nothing, just taking it all in," I smiled, looking at her, "By the way Rosie, you look gorgeous!"

"Thanks Scorpius. You look very handsome yourself," she smiled.

"Shall we go?" I asked, holding out my hand.

"Of course," she smiled, taking my hand as we walked our of the common room

CharliePOV

"We should get going, ready Charlie?" James asked me.

"Yeah, let's go," I smiled, taking his outstretched hand.

We walked out of the common room silently, not really sure what exactly what should be said. I had fancied James for numerous years, and everything was beginning to come to a head when he asked me to the ball with him. I wasn't sure if he had any feelings for me, but what I did know was that it couldn't hurt to tell him.

We walked into the great hall where the ball was being held and I was automatically mesmerized by everything in the hall. It was beautifully decorated with lights strung all around the room, and the room had been made to look like it had snowed inside.

James took pulled me through the door and we sat down at the table where Liz and Al had put there things down. We weren't sitting long when James finally talked to me.

"Would you like to dance?" he asked.

"I would be honored," I smiled brightly, taking his hand.

The two of us walked out on to the dance floor and began to dance around the room. I couldn't believe how natural it came to us. It was as if the two of us had been dancing together to year. Then the music changed, and as I was about to go and sit down, he just pulled me closer.

"I would just like to thank you for inviting me to the ball," I smiled, looking up into his beautiful green eyes.

"Of course Charlie," he smiled, back at me.

"I just wanted to make sure that you weren't inviting me out of pity. I know that the girl that you had actually wanted to go with was already taken, so I didn't want to be the rebound girl and the second pick. But at this moment, being with you I just wanted to say thank you."

"You were never my second choice Charlie. You were always my first choice, but I just never knew how to ask you. Then by the time I finally sucked up my pride, I figured that you already had a date to the ball. That's why I didn't have a date, because I didn't want to go with anyone except you. I don't know how to tell you this Charlie, but I've fancied you for the longest time!" he smiled at me.

"Really!" I asked shocked, "I didn't have a date to the ball because I was trying to figure out how to ask you. I fancy you also James, and I have for a long time. I don't see how you didn't figure out I liked you sooner. I am very transparent. Every time you mentioned another girl I grew jealous, why do you think I used to get so angry and make snide remarks?"

"I'm going to kiss you now Charlie," James smiled, leaning into kiss me.

I leaned in and turned my head ever so slightly and ever so slowly our lips met, and before I knew what was going on, I was kissing James Potter. The boy that I had fancied forever and I was kissing him, what a way to begin the Christmas ball.

RPOV

"Are you having fun?" Scorpius asked, as we sat down at the table.

"Of course!" I smiled, "How could I not be having fun?"

"I just wanted to make sure, because the night is almost over. Can you believe that?" he asked.

"No, I can't. I've just had so much fun, that I can't picture it being over," I chuckled to myself.

"I know," he sighed, as Professor Longbottom spoke.

"This is the final dance of the night, so take your date out on the dance floor and have fun!" He laughed.

Scorpius took my hand walking us to the dance floor, as the "Crazier" by the muggle singer Taylor Swift, was heard throughout the hall. I saw all of my friends, both younger and older dancing with their date and boyfriends just having the time of their lives. I don't think that I've ever seen them as happy as they were at the ball.

Then, when the music ended, Scorpius took my hand and led me back to our table to gather our things before walking back up to the common room to hang out with our friends until it was time to got to bed. I also had to pack for break tomorrow.

We didn't talk until we got up to the common room, but the silence wasn't an uncomfortable one. We walked up to the portrait hole together and waited until the fat-lady was done "serenading" us with her music, to get into the common room. Scorpius laughed as we shut the door behind us when he found that we were, in fact, the first ones to make it back up to the common room. Lily, Rory and Marie had caught up to us after the ball and said that they were going to hang out with a bunch of their friends, as well as their boyfriends in the Ravenclaw common room. I didn't really mind, I thought that it was a little weird for a fourth year to be dating a second year, but hey, if Charlie and James ever date they are a year apart.

Scorpius and I chose our spots in the common room. There was three couches and a half-chair, half-couch type thing in between two of the couches, where Fred and Courtney always sit.

"Scorpius?" I asked as the portrait door opened once again, "Would you mind taking all the crap that Liz put in my hair out?"

"I am appalled that you called all of the amazing things that made your hair look beautiful, crap," Liz gasped, dramatically.

"Oh, shut up you," I chuckled, as she and Al, as well as James, Charlie, Fred and Courtney took their places around the room.

"So guys, I was thinking," Liz began.

"Oh, no, here we go," James joked.

"Put a plug in it you prat!" she laughed, "Anyway, I was thinking that we should definitely hang out a lot over Christmas break. I know that we can't hang out everyday, but I feel like every break we spend less and less time together."

"I agree," I sat up, before remembering that Scorpius was still taking bobby pins out of my hair, "Sorry."

"That's okay Rose," he laughed, "But I also agree. Over the summer we hung out one time, out of the whole, what, three months that we had off."

"Yeah, so here's the plan, we will hang out the first few days before Christmas, and then on Christmas eve our family always has a huge family dinner. And I am definitely thinking that we should talk to my Grandma and Grandpa and see if we can invite our friends and their families. I think that it is about time they all get to see each other. You know?" I asked.

"I agree." Charlie smiled, "Tomorrow on the ride home we will make a decision on what we are going to do everyday and we will stick to it."

"Good," everyone in the room agreed.

The rest of the night was spent just talking and hanging out by the fire. It wasn't until around two or three in the morning that we finally went up to our designated dorm rooms to go to sleep for the night. I am pretty sure that had it not had been because of Lily, Rory and Marie walking in, we would've ended up sleeping on the couches for the night. Wouldn't that be interesting trying to wake up in the morning in enough time to make it to the Hogwarts Express.

Liz said good night to everyone and kissed Al good night before following myself, Courtney, who was sleeping in our room tonight, and the younger girls up the stairs. Al and Scorpius along with Fred walked up the stairs to their dorm, James and Charlie following moments later. I was too tired to even think anything of their secret good nights.

CharliePOV

As everyone walked up the stairs to their dorm rooms, I waited in the common room with James to say good night to him. I wasn't exactly sure what we were, but for now that was enough for me.

"Good night," James smiled, leaning in towards me.

"Good nights," I smiled, back leaning in to kiss him.

The kiss was quick, but it was the most amazing kiss that I had ever experienced, James was a really good kisser.

A/N Hello again everyone! Did you enjoy that ending! I love them! Thank you so much for reading! I will try my hardest to update as soon as possible. Thanks again everyone and enjoy your holidays!

This chapter's question is… What are you looking forward to most about the holidays?

Thanks again everyone!

Megan :)

P.S. Did you realize that I finally actually wrote a holiday chapter that feel almost on the holiday, I was so proud of myself, because it is really hard to find Christmas dresses in the middle of August, lol. Thanks!