We were given: Two hands to hold.

To legs to walk. Two eyes to see.

Two ears to listen.

But why only one heart?

Because the other was given to someone else. For us to find.

~Unknown

Chapter 12---

Rose's POV

I hoped it wouldn't be awkward. Having feelings for your best friend is tough enough, but what if it doesn't work out? What if you decide that those romantic feelings you were having were only hormones? This is what I was bloody terrified of. That Scor and I would break up or something wouldn't work out and we got in a huge fight and nothing would ever be the same again.

Luckily, Z had a little more faith in our relationship.

I was staring at my reflection in the mirror on December 4th. It was Saturday, a Hogsmead day. My skin was pale because I had barely gotten any sleep the night before and there were dark bags under my eyes. I had to focus to control my breathing; otherwise I was sure I would begin to hyperventilate. Today was my first official date with Scor.

It was three in the morning when I first woke up. I had had a dream that I had overslept and completely missed my date. Obviously, this was not the case, so I went to sleep again. The second time I woke up, it was five in the morning and I deemed this a suitable hour to be out of bed. I then got out of bed and started throwing clothes around the room.

What am I going to wear? I mean, I have to make him notice that I am a girl, but I can't be someone completely different then his best friend. Thoughts are spinning through my mind in a whirlwind, barely making sense. I remember thinking "I can't find my hair tie!" but I knew for a fact that I had many hair ties all over the dorm.

I was only awake for fifteen minutes before Z managed to wakeup. She sighed loudly, and then said "I already picked out an outfit for you, Rosie, go take a shower and I'll get everything set up."

It's amazing how well my friends know me. I dash off to the shower and once I'm beneath the warm water, it's hard to speed up the process. I wanted to take a really fast shower, but it felt so amazing. By the time I got out of the shower, it was 6 o' clock in the morning.

"Finally!" Z exclaimed. "I've only been waiting for you forever!" I roll my eyes at her hyperbole.

"Whatever, Z" I say "Let's just get this getting ready thing out of the way!"

This time, it's her turn to roll her eyes. "First off, we're gonna get you some breakfast!"

She throws me a dirty robe and I notice that she is already dressed in one as well. When I'm done dressing, she drags me down to the Great Hall. I think we were both a little surprised when we realized that it was open and that some people actually ate at such an early hour.

But instead of saying anything, we sat in silence, eating our breakfast. Finally, Z says "Ok, let's get you dolled up"

We spent a long time (Z would never let me see the clock so I'm not sure exactly how long it took us) getting ready for Hogsmead because we both had dates. Z was going with Ben and I was going with Scor. I didn't really do much, I washed my hair, put on a little makeup, put on jeans and a cute babydoll t-shirt, and I was done. Scor is still my best friend, us going out wasn't going to change that. Well, it would change that but we would be friends. This was a different mindset then the one I had at 3 in the morning. It was strange, as the date grew closer, I was becoming calmer.

But this Hogsmead day was Ben and Z's first official date and Z, not having known Ben as well as I knew Scor, was freaking out. Finally, she had finished getting ready after felt like forever. ("Should I wear green or blue?" "Do you know Ben's favorite color?") we set off to the Great Hall to meet our dates.

Now, I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous. I knew Scor, but being friends and going out with someone are completely different scenarios. "Z, do you think that Scor and I are doing the right thing by going out? What if we breakup or fight or something and it is never the same between us?" Now, I'm really worried.

Z rolls her eyes at me "Pep talk time already?" she scoffs "You and Scor are absolutely perfect together; yin and yang. He's all calm and mysterious and you've inherited the Weasley temper. You balance each other out. Frankly, you guys are perfect for each other and what is even better is the fact that you guys are already best friends so you know each other really well. And, come on its like two classic love stories combined: the boy and the girl: best friends turned lovers, and Romeo and Juliet: he's a Malfoy, you're a Weasley but against all odds you are together. And finally, your mom and dad were best friends since first year, like you and Scor and look at where that got them: married with two kids and still best friends."

Z takes a deep breath after saying all of this. I stare at her blankly, "So how long have you been preparing that speech?" I ask.

Z smirks "First year." Right, should've seen that one coming. I roll my eyes at her and at this point, we reach the Great Hall.

When I see Scor, dressed in dark Muggle jeans and a grey hoodie, all my doubts disappeared. I smiled at him and his grey eyes lighted up and he smiled back. He offered his hand to me, and we start walking hand in hand towards Hogsmead.

We're walking in a comfortable silence until Al comes up from behind us. "Thanks guys," he says sarcastically "way to leave me with Z and him." Al has still not gotten used to the presence of Ben, and refuses to call him by his name.

Scor and I exchange glances uncomfortably. We love Al, but we don't want him with us on our date and we don't want him to be lonely. But, before we can say anything, Luka Vine and Brody Lee motion Al to come over to him.

"Do you guys mind?" Al asks quickly, but I can tell he's already made up his mind and walks toward the two boys without giving me and Scor a second glance.

Scor raises his eyebrows at me and I giggle. Our hands entwined, we walk slowly throughout Hogsmead not really talking about anything in particular. We wander into Honeydukes (I didn't want to go to Weasley's Wizard Wheezes for obvious reasons) we decided to have a contest as to who could eat the most sour pops. The candies were extremely sour and burned my tongue.

"Ha! I beat you!" Scor yells at me.

I stick my tongue out at me and then he starts laughing at me. "What?" I ask.

He points to my tongue, but can't say anything because he is laughing so hard. I then realize that my tongue has turned the exact color green as the sour pops. Scor's tongue was even worse because he had eaten even more.

We were laughing hysterically that soon we can barely breathe. James and Fred enter the shop at this point, probably seeing a strange sight: me and Scor leaning on each other for support while laughing hysterically, our tongues both neon green.

"Are you guys on drugs?" James asks us seriously.

This just starts us off all over again and we laugh even harder. I'm gasping for breath, trying to answer him, when Z and Ben enter Honeydukes too. Z sees me and Scor and smirks and walks over, Ben in tow.

"Do you have any idea what is going on with them?" James asks her incredulously. Meanwhile, our laughter seems to be contagious because Freddie is starting to laugh just as hard as we are.

Z chuckles, "Well is it not obvious?" James and Ben look at her like she's crazy. She rolls her eyes "They had a competition to see who could eat the most Sour Pops. Scor won the competition but they both realized the ridiculous shade of green their tongues turned, so they are now laughing hysterically about this. And then, when you came in and asked them if they were on drugs, they thought that was hilarious, so they started laughing hysterically again."

James and Ben look at her, dumbfounded.

"I have the Eye." Z says, then starts walking away "C'mon Benny I want some chocolate!" She yells and Ben quickly follows after her.

Something strikes me right at this moment, "Ben is like Z's puppy, he follows her everywhere." James and Freddie roll their eyes at me and walk away without saying anything. Scor catches my eyes and this seems to be our cue to burst out laughing again.

"He's….like…her…puppy…" we say to each other in between laughs.

The people in the store are starting to give us annoyed looks so we decided to go outside. We walked out still giggling, holding hands and made our way towards the Shrieking shack.

Every Hogsmead day, I tried to make a visit to the Shrieking shack. It just has so much history; it's really significant to Uncle Harry, James, Al, Lily and Teddy. And since I grew up with them I've grown to appreciate the shelter.

By this time Scor and I had quieted down and were stealing glances at each other. When we reached the Shrieking Shack, we stood close together, his arms around me, and I leaned into his chest, perfectly content. It was a little chilly, so the closeness gave us warmth.

Suddenly, Scor looked at me and smirked.

"What?" I ask, curious.

He smirks again, but doesn't say anything. Instead, he leans down and brings his face towards mine. My eyes meet his eyes and my breath catches. I look down, embarrassed. This time, he smiles genuinely and lifts his hand under my chin and tilts my head up so I'm looking at him.

I close my eyes, and then we're kissing. Now, I've been kissed before, but never like this. We kissed slowly and deeply, enjoying every second of the kiss. Scor's arms tighten around my waist and my arms wrap around his neck and pull him closer.

"Oi!" someone shouts. We break apart to see Al, Luke and Brody are standing there. "I know you're in lurve and what not" Al is yelling at us "but I'd prefer not to see my cousin and my best friend snogging!"

Feeling devious, I wink at Scor then say "Well, it's better than you having to watch Z and Ben snog!" I yell right back at him, and then peck Scor on the lips. We laugh at Al's uncomfortable-ness.

"C'mon, let's go back to school." I say. And as we grudgingly walk towards the school, we are joined by Z and Ben. Al rolls his eyes, but no one else does anything. We laugh and joke around, but I know that as soon as we get back to our dorm room tonight, Z is going to interrogate me about my date, then spill all the details of her date.

But for now, I enjoy my perfect happiness.

A/N: I'm so so so sorry! It's just been so crazy! I've had tryouts and so much homework! I know this one is really short, but I promise the next chapters will be longer to make up for it. Hopefully they will be up quicker too! Please review! And again, I'M SOO SORRY!!!!

~wwccd