Another chapter for you guys, as a Christmas present :) I have the next four chapters all planned out, so it shouldn't take too long! As a Christmas present to me, you should all review your thoughts on the story. Love ya!

It was a sunny day at the beginning of April when I was reminded of something horrifying. Since it was such a beautiful day, Al, Sarah, Lily and I were lounging outside on the steps that led down to the Quidditch pitch. Sarah was engrossed in her new book she had ordered. Lily was forcing Al to take a quiz that was in Witch Weekly. I leaned back on the warm pavement and closed my eyes. I lay there in peaceful bliss and thought about what I was hoping was for dinner tonight.

"Hello Potters. Sarah. Weasley." My thoughts were interrupted. I opened my eyes blinking in the sun, and saw Malfoy looking down at me with his secretive smile he seemed always to be wearing.

"Hey Scorpius," said Lily, "Did you know that Al's ideal man is the hunky-surfer type?"

" I did not," laughed Scorpius, "Perhaps that's why you are attracted to me Al?"

Al swatted at him, but Malfoy ducked.

"Please, you are far from hunky and I doubt you can even stand up on a surf board," I snorted.

"I'm a man of many talents, so have you guys found a date to the ball?"

Al groaned. "Dang I forgot about that."

I had forgotten about the ball too. Last year was the first year I was able to go; you have to be a fourth year and up to attend. It had taken me forever to find a date; I ended up going with a friend of James. We had an ok time, but I really didn't know him and would like to go with someone this year I could have fun with.

"Well you better get on that," said Malfoy, "I already have a date."

"Who would be unfortunate enough to ask you?" I scoffed.

"Jessamine." Sarah and I started laughing. Malfoy glared at us. "You guys are just jealous."

I laughed, "Really, I'm not. You have fun with the blond bimbo."

Scorpius turned to Albus. "Jessa said that Missy is planning on asking you to the ball this weekend."

Sarah's head snapped up and Al's face started to turn green. "Oh no, then I only have a couple days to get a date before she asks me."

"You could always go with her, Al" Lily said. Lily was a little cross right now because she still wasn't able to come to the Remembrance Ball.

"Well I can't deny her if she asks me, but I really don't want to go with her. If I find someone to go with me before she asks, then problem solved!" he said. "Come on Scorp, let's go to the kitchen and get some food. I need to brainstorm." Al got up and Malfoy and him walked up the stairs toward the castle.

"Sarah!" I shouted as soon as they were out of ear shot, "This is your moment! Ask him to the ball!"

"No!" she yelled back.

"Sarah, you heard what he said! He needs a date by this weekend before Missy asks him because he doesn't want to go with her!"

Sarah buried her head in her hands. "I can't..."

"Rose is right, the time to ask my brother out is now. What is the worst that can happen?" Lily asked. Lily figured out about Sarah's crush last year. She's very observant like that.

"Everything could be ruined. He could be repulsed by me asking, say no, and then it would be awkward between us forever!"

I took Sarah's hands and gave her a pep talk. "Sarah Evanna you are an amazing girl, not to mention the best best friend ever, and Albus would be lucky to go with you. Plus he won't say no; if he's too nice to say no to Missy than he is definitely too nice to say no to you."

Sarah sighed. "I'll think about it. But what about you? Who are you going to go with?"

That was a good question. Who was I going to go with?

...

"Roxyyyyy who am I going to go withhhhh?"

I was sitting in the Ravenclaw common room with Sarah and Roxy trying to figure out who I was going to attend the ball with. Roxy already knew she was going to go with her boyfriend, Sam, so she didn't have this kind of stress. Lucky.

"I don't know, Rose, but you have a month still."

"A month isn't that long! "

"How about Oliver?" asked Sarah. I wrinkled my nose. Oliver was also a Gryffindor in my year, and wasn't particularly the nicest person. Just then, Lysander and Lorcan Scamander walked in the portrait hole. Ly had a very depressed look on his face.

"Hey guys," I called them over, "What's wrong Ly?"

"Is it Amelie?"Roxy asked.

"She got asked to the ball today by a sixth year. We've been broken up for two weeks, and she already has another date to the ball. What am I going to do? "

"I'm sorry Ly," I said. And then an idea struck. "Hey Ly...would you possibly want to go to the ball with me? As friends of course?

Lysander looked at me and smiled. "You know what Rosie? I would love too. Then maybe at the dance I can win her back!"

"Awesome!"

I finally had a date to the ball. And one that I knew I would have fun with too! Now if only Sarah could find one...

...

"And if Missy asks me to the ball, then I have to dance with her and she'll try to make a move on me and I don't like her that way! I find her rather annoying!"

Al was sitting at the dinner table with us that night panicking that he would have to go with Missy to the ball. Apparently Malfoy and his brainstorm session had come up with nothing, and he started to think it was inevitable. He would have to go with the blond bimbo's clone.

"I'll have to hide the whole night from her, and then what if she thinks we're dating? And then I'm stuck in a relationship that I can't get out of because she'll curse me if I try to break it off.."

Sarah took a deep breath. "Albus?"

Al stopped mid sentence and looked directly at her. "Yes Sarah?"

"Would you-...would you like to go to the ball with me?"

Al was taken aback for a second. I elbowed him in the ribs. "Oof, yeah. I'd love to go to the ball with you."

A grin broke out across my face, and Sarah looked shyly down at her plate. But as her best friend I could tell that inside she was bursting with happiness.

...

"Is she still glaring at me? She's still glaring at me isn't she?"

Missy was, in fact, still glaring at Sarah from across the dungeons. After Sarah had asked Albus to the ball, she was filled with happiness and nothing was going to bring her down. Until Potions that Monday when Missy wouldn't stop glaring at her while violently stewing her potion.

"Oh Merlin," said Sarah, "She's probably brewing up a death potion for me right now!"

Dom snorted. "She would be the one to mess up Draught of Peace so badly it kills someone." This comment caused us to giggle, evoking more dagger eyes from both Missy and Jessamine.

Dom stood up her chair and Sarah and I stared at her like she was insane. "Hey Missy! Why don't you take a picture it will last longer!" The entire class erupted into laughter, causing Missy and Jessamine to look away in shame. Dom plopped back down. "Well that takes care of that, now we can make our peace juice in peace."

The rest of the class Missy didn't dare look over at us, but it was obvious that she was still fuming. Sarah would have to watch her back, I don't think the Slytherin girls were going to drop this anytime soon.