In the Previous Chapter…

"You always have to make a fuss, don't you" tutted Hugo from the opposite side of the table, to which the whole group burst out laughing.

Rose smiled up at Scorpius before saying "Yeah, we do", beaming at Scorpius before pulling him down for another kiss.

"EWWWW NOT AT THE TABLE!" cried Hugo in disgust. Rose childishly stuck her tongue out at her brother before cuddling into her boyfriend.

Two weeks later, Rose and Scorpius were sat in Charms, flicking each other with their quills, when McGonagall called them outside. Curious about what was going on, they quickly stood and walked (well, Rose hopped) out of the door.

"Scorpius, your father's here" she smiled, "to check up on everything."

The pair followed McGonagall up the Hospital Wing, where they were met by a beaming Mr Malfoy.

"Good morning" he smiled before using his wand to examine Rose's leg. "Well, your leg is pretty much fixed, but part of the muggle treatment is to then give you a support boot" he said, indicating a massive black boot behind him. "You wear it as a shoe and using your crutches you slowly start putting your weight back on your foot" he explained and Rose and Scorpius sat down on one of the empty hospital beds.

Draco then used his wand to slice off Rose's plaster cast to reveal her fixed leg. He then fastened the black boot on for her and helped her to stand. "Just go carefully at first" he warned, "It will hurt at first when you start to put pressure on it, so don't fully stand without the crutches."

Rose gently put her foot down and applied a small amount of pressure. It was weird trying to stand on her leg after it had been in plaster for the last two weeks, but it felt a lot better than an itchy plaster cast. She gently started half walking half hopping around the hospital wing, getting a feel as to how much weight she could put on her leg without getting any pain.

As Draco watched Rose walk around the hospital wing, he turned to his son. "You've picked a brilliant girl, Scorp" he said, nodding towards Rose, who was smiling to herself as she wandered about.

"I know, dad" Scorpius replied, "I think this one will last" he smiled as Rose returned to his side. He put an arm around her waist and smiled down at her. "Having fun, hun?"

"Yeah, it's cool" Rose beamed. She turned to smile at Draco before saying "Thanks for everything, Mr Malfoy, you've done loads for me."

"I was just doing my job, Rose, but please, call me Draco" he grinned. It wasn't very often that people thanked him for healing them; a lot of people were still prejudiced against him for his actions in the War, and so would either refuse to be treated by him or at best not show any emotion at his work, so he was delighted that he was actually getting praise for once.

"Well, now my work is done for a bit" he smiled, "but I'll see you both at Christmas" he smirked.

"Dad, we have to stay here for Christmas, the Head Boy and Girl always have to" Scorpius frowned, "so we can't go home."

"I know, but I'll see you here on the 24th" he grinned before walking briskly out of the hospital wing. He turned just as he left and saw both teens staring at him with looks of complete confusion on their faces. This was exactly what he wanted, so left beaming.

"What's happening on the 24th?" Rose asked Scorpius.

"No idea, but he knows something" Scorpius smirked, amazed at how much of a shit-stirrer his dad was. First he told Rose's dad about them, then he leaves them hanging about a mysterious event on Christmas Eve.

"I've just been reminded of something…" Rose suddenly exclaimed. "My mum packed me a set of dress robes for this year, but never mentioned what for…" she explained.

"My mum did the same thing" Scorpius added, then grinned as he said "You don't think they're gonna hold a ball, do you?"

"That'd be so exciting!" Rose squealed, "But they won't tell us until nearer the time, right?"

"Miss Weasley, what would you be told nearer the time?" came McGonagall's voice from the doors. She had just let Draco floo out of her office, and he had just told her that he had confused them about Christmas Eve. Draco, although kind and caring at the best of times, was after all a Slytherin, and McGonagall couldn't help but laugh at how he was still entertaining himself by cryptically confusing people.

"Nothing, Professor, just thinking about something my Dad said" Scorpius said, trying not to laugh at being caught.

"That wouldn't have anything to do with the Christmas Eve Ball, would it?" McGonagall smiled, finally telling them what was happening.

"I knew it!" cried Scorpius, hugging Rose who was squealing in excitement beside him.

"We're having a Christmas Ball at Hogwarts?!" Rose asked.

"Yes, Miss Weasley, and as Head Students you will be arranging it" McGonagall said. "The Christmas Eve Ball is not only open to Hogwarts students, but is also for ex-students" she explained, "so your parents, ministry workers, healers, and generally witches and wizards from all over the country will want to come" she said.

"But we'll never fit that many people in" Scorpius said.

"You will have to sell tickets" McGonagall explained. "If I were you, I would only offer the Hogwarts tickets to 4th Years and up, whereas I would post an article in the Prophet to advertise tickets for the General public. The hall can hold 3,000 people for a ball, so I would distribute 500 tickets to Hogwarts students, as some of the older students will have dates to bring, and release the rest to the general public" she said.

"So we're completely in charge?" Rose asked.

"I would start by deciding on a theme" McGonagall beamed before leaving the Head Students to plan.

Scorp, we're in charge of organising the ball!" Rose smiled, turning to her boyfriend.

"We better get organising then" Scorpius smiled, before leading Rose away to their common room to plan.

A month later, on the 14th of November, Rose and Scorpius had finally finished planning the ball. The only thing that they needed to do was sell tickets.

"We need to put an advert in the prophet" Scorpius said, as the pair was sat snuggled together in front of the fire that evening.

"And we need to tell the older Hogwarts students" Rose nodded, leaning up to face Scorpius.

"Stop worrying, it'll be fine" Scorpius laughed, seeing to worry in Rose's eyes. He leaned down to kiss his girlfriend and ease her worries, but Rose blocked his lips with her hand.

"No kisses until you've written that article" she smirked, before standing and leading her boyfriend over to the desk. As he sat down, she straddled his lap and pulled him closer. "And you actually took it seriously" she smirked, grabbing Scorpius' face and kissing him.

Scorpius, although surprised, subconsciously wrapped his arms around Rose's waist and pulled her closer. Rose wrapped her arms around his neck and started playing with his hair. Scorpius groaned involuntarily as their kisses deepened, and started to trail soft kisses down Rose's neck. Rose softly moaned as her boyfriend kept on kissing her, but gently pulled away from him.

"We'll never get anything done if we waste half an hour snogging every time we need to do something" she said, getting off of Scorpius and pulling up a chair next to him. Although he was slightly disappointed that Rose had put a stop to their kissing, Scorpius saw her point, and started to write.

Calling all ex-Hogwarts pupils!

The Head Boy and Head Girl of Hogwarts would like to offer you the chance to attend the Hogwarts Christmas Eve Ball.

Tickets cost 3 Galleons and are available to buy from 1st December.

There are only 2,000 tickets, so make sure to apply for them straight away!

Please send the attached slip to The Head Common Room, Hogwarts, by 14th December to apply for your spot on the Christmas Eve Ball Guest List!

Name:

Number of Tickets:

Total Cost:

Scorpius put his quill down and turned to Rose. "Will that do?" he asked.

"That's brilliant, Scorp" Rose smiled, before standing and taking his hand. "We should probably take it to McGonagall so that it can be published."

"I'll send it off straight away" McGonagall nodded, reading the small advert. "I must ask, why are you charging for admission?"

"I know that it was meant to be free, but I thought it would be nice to send some of the money raised to St Mungo's and use the rest to update some of the stuff in the Hospital Wing" Rose said shyly. "I'm not the only person that Mungo's has healed after injuries at Hogwarts, and I'd really love to give something back to the people that ultimately saved my life" she explained, "Plus, we have plenty of minor injuries that are dealt with by Madam Patil, so I'm sure she would appreciate some funding to replace some outdated equipment or something."

"That's a lovely idea, Rose. I would make sure that you explain that to everyone at the ball yourself, but for now, I think you should tell Hogwarts about the upcoming ball."

"We could announce it at dinner?" Scorpius suggested.

"Of course. You two tend to be listened to when making announcements" McGonagall smiled, before standing. "I would go down now, for last lesson is going to end soon, so people will start heading down to dinner."

With this, Rose and Scorpius walked out of the Headmistress' office hand in hand and headed towards the great hall.

"Time to go tell the school that they've got a ball to look forward to" beamed Rose, leaning into her boyfriend as they walked together to dinner.