Chapter 3
End of summer holidays before 7th year, Weasley gathering at The Burrow continued.
"Dom" Scorpius shouted through the crowd. Dominique Weasley turned around to see Scorpius Malfoy cut through a crowd of people heading in her direction. She smiled at his foolishness as he nearly trip over an old lady. She stopped and waited for him to come over. Dominique Weasley was the second child of Bill and Fleur Weasley. She had just turned 19, and was living in France. She had long, lustrous, blonde hair that curled at the end. She and Scorpius had a past, though a short lived one. She never hated Scorpius like Rose but she wasn't overly chuffed about him like all the other girls are. In fact, at the time, she was just after a bit fun like he was. However, before that they were friends and have been after as well but less so now since she moved to France. Once he stood in front of her she greeted him with a nod of her head.
"Scorpius"
"It's been a while," he said.
"It has," she replied, smiling slightly. "Though I see not much has changed, you're still making steam come out of Rose's ears," she added with a chuckle.
"Ha, yeah" he confirmed amongst his own quiet laughter.
"You know you should be nicer to her," Dominique said seriously, "by the looks of the way both your best friends are dancing; I think you are going to be in each other lives for a long time."
"Nah, it's been seven years, she's use to it by now."
"Well she shouldn't have to be," Dom said scoldingly.
"Arhh, enough about Rose, come and dance with me"
"Fine"
Rose only remembered Dan's presence when he came to stand closer to her.
"Don't worry, he's an idiot," he said, Rose just nodded her head, still glaring at Malfoy making his way on to the dance floor with her cousin, "you look really beautiful tonight." Rose snapped her head around so fast that she almost got whiplash.
"What?" she whispered so softy she was unsure if he heard her.
"Scorp was wrong you look beautiful."
"Thank you" she replied, blushing slightly.
He extended his hand to her, "dance?"
"Sure" she said allowing him to escort her to the dance floor.
Scorpius twirled Dom around on the dance floor, but of course was shocked to see Rose and Dan dancing to. Dom caught him staring. "You know you don't fool me."
"What?" bringing his focus back to the woman in front of him.
"I know you have a soft spot for Rose." Dom could always read him. Apart from Albus, Dom was the only other person in his life that knew him better than he knew himself. Not even his parents knew him, especially after he moved out and hasn't seen or spoken to them in two years.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Of course you don't," she said with a knowing smile.
Albus and Alison made their way off the dance floor, once the song had ended, and took a walk around the perimeter away from the crowds. As they walked around the large backyard, the darkness gave them privacy. Alison looked up admirably to the brightly shinning stars while Albus' gaze fell on her.
"Listen about yesterday," Albus started nervously, catching Alison's attention. "I understand if you didn't…well you know…you didn't want to-"
Albus suddenly stopped, distracted as Alison slid her hand down his arm and entwined her fingers with his. He looked down at their joined hands and smiled. His eyes soon found hers, they leaned in and their lips touched ever so softly before they began to move tenderly. Albus' free hand made its way up to her cheek; his thumb caressing it gently. They came apart slowly, still only inches away from each other, they looked lovingly into each others eyes. Alison could stop the smiled that grew across her face. Albus mirrored her expression as he continues to caress her cheek.
"Alison Spencer, will you be my girlfriend?"
She giggled at his question; she thought it was an obvious answer, "of course."
If even possible, Albus' smile became even broader. He pulled her into another kiss, however, this one quickly intensified. She let go of his hand that she had been holding and slid her arms up around his neck while his slid down her back resting at the curve in her lower back. They pulled each other closer, Alison on the tips of her toes so that their bodies were flushed against each other, a jumble of teeth, tongues and lips, moving together in a passionate embrace.
The sound of someone clearing the throat broke them apart. Still holding each other they turned to see both their best friends smirking, standing with arms crossed and amusement dancing in their eyes.
"Well, what do we have here?" Scorpius inquired, holding back laughter. Albus and Alison released each other and turned towards them, though they did not step away, putting no distance between them. Rose, giggled as she saw the deep red blush spread across both of their faces. Alison was looking down avoiding Rose and Scorpius' gaze, while Albus was nervously looking anywhere but. Suddenly there was a change in Albus' demeanor. He puffed out his chest, took a deep breath, looked straight at his cousin and friend and entwined his hand with Alison's. This caught her by surprise, their eyes locked in a loving glaze as they shared a lazy smile. Albus focused again on their audience, the smile still broad on his face, his eyes challenging them. There was a moment of silence, in which Scorpius and Rose shared a look. They really were happy for their friends. Rose broke the silence.
"Well, it's about bloody time," Rose and Scorpius laughed as they both disappeared, in different directions, back to the party.
Please review and let me know what you think :) I have written up to Chapter 6 but if it's not worth continuing I will try something else, so please let me know.
