I walked down the street to the library. I just needed to drown myself in books in order to forget that blonde hair. That very blonde hair. That blonde hair was the only thing that I could really remember from the "event" that just happened between me and my cousins best friend Scorpius. Sure, I'd liked him for over three years now. Sure, we were becoming good friends. But why, why would Albus invite him over for Christmas.

"Rose! Wait up!" My little cousin Lily shouted as she ran down the street after me.

When she caught up, she panted as she asked, "Rose, what happened in there? Why'd you sneak out the back door?"

"Something...er, happened." I said casually. I kept on walking down the street, leaving Lily and her questions behind. Eventually, though, she looked up from catching her breath and realized that I was walking away.

"Rosie!" She called. This time I stopped and listened to her. "Look," She said, "Nobody but Al and I know that you snuck away. I don't know why, but the adults are being a bit oblivious of what the kids are doing this year."

"Yeah, so? What does that matter to me?" I asked with, I will admit, a bit of attitude.

"So, I want to know what happened. Like I said, they don't know I'm gone and they don't know you're gone." She put her hands on her hips and looked at me with her big green eyes.

I sighed. "Fine, Lily. I'll tell you." I looked around. There were people everywhere. People who shouldn't know my personal business. I know I sound paranoid. But hey, just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me. "Just... Not here. Let's get a table in the back of that library over there." I pointed in the direction of the big brick building.

When we arrived at the library, I showed Lily my usual seat in the back, by the fiction books. I was never like my mother, she always liked historical fiction and books like that, while I loved fairy tales things. We sat down and Lily looked at me expectantly. I sighed. I might as well start from the beginning.

It all started when a letter arrived for me by owl. It was from Albus, my cousin. It was his owl that was used, I could tell. We often sent letters back and forth over summer break, because we were both just too lazy to walk twenty minutes down the block to see each other. When I opened it, however, it wasn't Al's messy scrawl that was on the parchment. It was a different kind of writing, a fancy looking one. Scorpius was the names that registered in my mind. It was his handwriting. I rolled my eyes and started reading.

Rosie Posie (his favorite nickname for me),

You'll never guess what happened this summer. Or, maybe you will, considering this is Al's owl. Well, if you didn't guess, I'll just tell you. Al invited me to stay for the whole summer this year! Not just every other weekend or whenever it was last summer, but the entire summer! This means that I'll be seeing more of you! Now, Rosie, I know that you're probably rolling your eyes and wondering if there's a point in me sending this letter, as you probably would've figured that out. But there's more good news on the way! Al and I convinced your aunt and uncle that it was a smart idea to let Al and I have a little get together next week at their house. After a bit of persuasion, they said yes! So I am writing, on behalf of Albus Severus and myself, to formally invite you to our small get together next friday at noon.

Yours truly,

Scorpius Malfoy

There was no way that Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny let them throw a party! Al and I'd been begging my parents for years! Then again, it was my parents. Now before you know what happened to the party, you should know that I absolutely, positively, DO NOT HAVE A CRUSH ON SCORPIUS MALFOY. NO. NEVER. Maybe a small fancy, but that's it! It's not like I stay up at night dreaming of him, or watch him in the library when we try to study. I would never do that!

So when I got to Al's house on Friday afternoon, let me tell you, I was NOT expecting almost every single one of my cousins to be there. The only ones that weren't there were Victoire, who was on her honeymoon with Teddy Lupin, and Molly, who's in France with her mom on some kind of vacation. Lucy, Fred, Roxy, James, Al, Lily, Scorpius, Dominique, Louis, Hugo, and Al's neighbor Elias were sitting in a circle, playing truth or dare. This should be a fun party.

"Hey Rosie!" Al called."You're just in time to play truth or dare. We saved you a seat next to Scorp. Come join us!" He said.

As I sat down, people looked at me. Especially Scorpius. His face was red and his hand was REALLY close to mine. But... not like I'm complaining or anything.

Al started. "Roxy, truth or dare." He asked my cousin. Well, one of them.

"Dare." She asked, not even hesitating.

"I dare you to spend five minutes in James' closet. Fred, your dear brother, can get you a timer from the pantry, one of the really loud ones." He instructed.

"Fine." She said. She and Fred left for the kitchen and upstairs, leaving the rest of us to continue playing.

"Elias, it's your turn." Al said to him.

"Umm... James. Truth or dare?" He asked.

"Dare. I'm not going to besmirch the Potter name." He said simply.

"I dare you to take your shirt off and hug the next person who walks down the street."

"Done." James said, getting up.

"Oh, I've gotta see this." Scorp whispered to me. He got up and grabbed me, making me get up. Then Elias, Lucy, Al, Lily, Dom, and Louis followed.

As we walked outside, we see James run up to a lady with a baby stroller, give her a hug, and run back inside the house. Thank god we don't know her.

"Okay..." I said as we all entered the room again. I guess five minutes had passed, because Fred and a shaken looking Roxy were sitting on the couch when we walked in. "James." She said with a scowl. "You NEED to clean that thing you call a room. I can't believe you let it get that bad." She said. They joined us back in the circle and James took his turn.

"Malfoy," James said with a grin. "Truth or dare?"

"Tru- No... No Dare." He said.

"I dare you to spend seven minutes in the upstairs closet with Rosie." He said. The color drained from his face, and I think it did from mine too. We both got up shakily, heading to the stairs. We got into the closet and closed the door behind us. It was really dark. I could barely see his platinum blonde hair in the darkness.

"Rose..." He whispered.

"Yeah?" I answered.

"This is going to be really awkward, isn't it?"

"Most likely."

Silence.

"Hey Rosie?"

"What Scorp?"

"Do you know why they did this?"

"No. I take it you do though?"

"Well... I have an idea..."

"And that idea is..."

"They want us to be... together. Like, in a personal way or something."

I laughed. "Do you really believe that?"

"Yeah. I do."

"I'll tell you the truth, Malfoy. I'm believing it too. It was probably Al's idea."

"But James dared me."

"Yeah, but James is way to overprotective of me."

"True."

More silence.

"So... how long's it been?"

"Probably only two minutes or so. They're supposed to come get us."

"I doubt they will."

I hear him fall.

"Are you enjoying yourself?"

"Why would you ask that?"

"Because you're pressed up against me."

"Oh..." He cleared his throat. "So, Rosie. Al wanted me to tell you something..."

"And what is this something, Scorpius?" He's still pressed against me.

"I- Well- you see- I might have- not might- well maybe might- but the point is I like you. A lot."

My stomach just did cartwheels. Freakin' CARTWHEELS PEOPLE. He just told me he liked me. Okay, maybe I was lying before. I do fancy Malfoy. So, to show him that the feeling was mutual, I did what I was longing to do for years. I kissed Scorpius Bloody Malfoy.

Then James opened the door.

"Okay you two can- WHAT?!"

"James!" That was Scorpius. In the light, I could see his face was bright red. James had this angry look on his face, like he had caught us actually doing something wrong in the closet. Honestly, all we were doing was kissing.

"What. Do. You. Think. You're. Doing." He spoke angrily.

"We were just doing the thing you guys wanted us to do!" I shouted. Then we heard the doorbell wring.

"That'll probably be the adults. Mum and dad invited all of the parents over for our little party. Just wait 'till your dad hears about this Rosie." And with that, James ran off. Cousins sometimes. So nosy. I took Scorpius' hand in mine and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Where'er you going, love?" He asked as I began walking away.

"somewhere to think." And think I did. I walked right out the back door, with nobody but Lily noticing. I thought about many things. I thought about James. I thought about my newly found relationship and where it was going to go. i thought about Scorpius. But mostly,I thought about that blonde hair in the dark.

That's all for now! I'm really sorry that I haven't been posting! I've been doing lots of stuff to keep busy! Just keep reading and suggest this to your friends, who'll suggest it to their friends, who'll suggest it to their friends, and so the chain goes on!

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~Becca!