That night as soon as soon as Sarah walked into our tent, we bombarded her with questions.

"What happened? What did he say?"

Judging by her smile I knew that it had went well.

"Well first he apologized to me for sort of ignoring me after the ball. And for being a bloody idiot for not knowing I liked him and not asking me out earlier."

"He didn't know you liked him?" Roxy asked raising her eyebrows. "He is a bloody idiot."

Sarah just smiled. "Then he told me that he really liked me. And he took my hand and said if I minded if we skipped the going on a few dates portion and went straight to me being his girlfriend."

"Are you serious?" Vic asked, "That's pathetic."

"I didn't mind. We have already hung out, and already know a lot about each other. Anyways I said yes I'd love to be his girlfriend. Than we just sort of kept walking and talked a little bit about everything."

"That is so cute!" squealed Dom. We all agreed. It was about time those two got together.

...

Thursday went by fast. Dom was gone most of the day with Will. Fred went on his date with Charlotte. It must of went well because he was practically frolicking when he returned. Al and Sarah spent a lot more time together, though they both made sure to make room for me. After all, Sarah was here for my birthday.

That night when I laid in bed, I was super excited about my birthday. My entire family would be coming. My best friend was going to be there with me for the first time. And for a flitting moment I was almost happy that Scorpius was coming too.

...

"Happy Birthday Rose!"

I walked into the kitchen to see a big stack of blueberry pancakes on the counter for me. Nana was cooking up a storm.

"Thanks Nana! Blueberry pancakes are my favorite!"

"It was no trouble dear, eat up!"

Lily came flouncing in from the living room. "Happy Birthday Rosie! How does it feel being 16?"

"Fels graat," I said with my mouth full of pancake.

A few other cousins came wandering in giving me birthday wishes. I went into the sitting room and curled up on the couch to talk to Lily. Hopefully my parents would be apparating to the front yard soon, I was very excited to see them.

The fire roared to life which could mean one of two things. Number one: One of my dear relatives decided to take the floo network instead of apparating. Or two: Malfoy had arrived.

Unfortunately it was the latter.

"Hello Weasley. Happy Birthday. Finally as old as the rest of us." Malfoy had his famous smirk on his face that made my stomach flip over.

"Thank you Malfoy." I said curtly.

Nana Weasley came walking in from the kitchen.

"Oh hello Scorpius, dear. Have you had breakfast?" Scorpius nodded. I volunteered to go wake up Albus.

Soon all the family was up and chatting, so I didn't have to talk to Scorpius again all morning. I got many birthday wishes from all my cousins. Not long after the other relatives started apparating into the yard, and the Dursley's pulled into the driveway.

We all gathered in the living room so I could open my presents. My parents surprised me and got me a new broom. It wasn't the best, since I don't actually Quidditch, I just use it for fun but I loved it anyways. Afterwards we gathered out at the clearing we used for our "Quidditch pitch". First we played just the cousins; I was on Perry's team with Roxy, Lily, Albus, Louis, and Lucy. James was the opposite team (since Perry and James were the two best Quidditch players) with Scorpius, Teddy, Dom, Fred, Jack, and Hugo. Victoire, Molly, and Sarah decided to watch.

After that game, we played parents versus kids. The cousins strategized the best players for the team. James and Perry were obvious, as was Fred and Roxy. Scorpius was debated to be on the team, but it was decided that only relatives should play. The final three was determined to be Albus, Teddy, and Lily.

The parents team consisted of Charlie, Harry, Ginny, Angelina, George, Bill, and my dad. It was really unfair, since Aunt Ginny played professionally, but we still had a fighting chance. The quaffle was thrown into the air, which was immediately snatched up by Roxy. The game had been going on for a good hour, when James spotted the snitch. He raced against his dad, trying to get to it first. James reached out his palm and snatched it before his dad could get to it. The cousins had won.

That night we celebrated with some cake and fireworks. Every year Uncle George would bring a package of Freddy's Fireworks. Fred and Roxy would spend an entire week planning out the show, and then Uncle George would help them make it. Then they would sell it at the store. This year was even better than the last. A brightly lit circus of animals galloped through the sky.

I hadn't talked to Malfoy since that morning. I was sort of glad, I didn't want to talk to him because them my stomach would do somersaults and I wanted to squash that feeling. But then I would catch myself constantly looking to where he was at. But I was worried about that night when I would have to see him. At the annual Truth or Dare.

...

"Welcome Sarah and Scorpius to the Weasley-Potter-Dursley Truth or Dare!" Dom said as the boys filed into our tent and sat on the floor in our circle. Sarah sat nervously beside me. Al came in and smiled as he plopped down beside her.

Sarah leaned in and whispered to me. "Rose, how bad is this going to be? You know I hate truth or dare..."

"It'll be alright. Teddy is the judge, and I told him to veto anything that you're not comfortable with." Sarah sat back still looking unsure.

"Ok," said Vic, "I know that you all know the rules, but since we have newbies this year, you're going to hear them again. Teddy is the judge per usual. He will decide if the truth is too nosy or if the dare is too dangerous. There will be no dares that will cause physically harm or dares that will break the house. We do not need to repeat The Incident of three years ago."

"My arm still hurts from scrubbing," Fred said, rubbing his arm.

"Also, there is no daring someone to answer a truth," James said pointedly.

Victoire smiled. "That too. Shall we begin?" Everyone nodded their heads. Victoire's eyes traveled around the circle before landing on Hu. "Hugo! Truth or Dare?"

Hugo shuffled uncomfortably. "Uhh truth?"

"Come on Hu, don't be a pansy," said Fred shoving him slightly.

"Have you had your first kiss yet?"

Hugo's face turned so red it almost matched his hair. "Yes."

Everyone looked at me, but I was as surprised as them.

Victoire eyes light up. "Who?!"

"Hey, that wasn't the question! You don't have to answer it, Hu." said James.

Victoire frowned and turned to Teddy.

He shrugged, "Sorry Vic, James is right. Hugo, you may continue on."

Hugo chose Albus who immediately chose dare.

"I dare you to try on one of Dom's dresses." Albus started to protest, but we shut him down. He reluctantly let Dom pick out a lovely yellow sundress for him, and came out of the bathroom a few minutes later. We all got a hearty laugh out of that one.

Albus chose Lily as the next victim. Lily graciously accepted telling the tent that she had once dated a Hufflepuff boy for two weeks without telling anyone. We all stared dumbstruck at her, but she just smiled.

After a couple more rounds, James finally chose Sarah. Sarah looked nervously at me, before deciding on a dare.

"I dare you to kiss Albus. See I gave you an easy one! Since you two are dating now, it should be a breeze."

Albus started to protest. "Now wait, Sarah shouldn't have to do anything she's no-" Albus was interrupted by Sarah crashing her lips onto his. This was followed by jeers from the rest of the tent. When Sarah pulled back, Albus sat there dumbstruck.

"Fred." Sarah said calmly, "Truth or Dare."

Fred, of course, chose dare as well. I helped her come up with daring him to eat an unsweet sweet from Weasley Wizard Wheezes. It was a gag to give to people; starts off with nice flavor like cherry and then unexpectedly turns to a nasty flavor like cockroach. Fred got a raw fish one.

"If you don't mind," Fred said, spitting on the ground trying to get the taste out, "I'd like to include both Scorpius and Rose into my dare."

I looked at Teddy who said, "I suppose it depends what it is."

"I dare you Rose, to go outside with Scorpius and get some apples for us. But with a binding spell so you are bound together at the wrist and ankle."

I looked at Scorpius. "I'm game." His eyebrows went way up. We both stood up and put our wrists and ankles together. Teddy muttered the binding spell and then Malfoy and I were stuck together. Unable to move without the other. Fred handed me a bag to put the apples in.

"Ok, we'll go tied foot, untied foot, tied foot, ready?" We slowly stumbled toward the exit of the tent.

"Good Luck! Bring me back a big juicy one!" Roxy called.

The apple tree was at the far in of the yard, about 100 yards away. For a while we were both silent. Then Malfoy interrupted the silence.

"You have a nice family Weasley."

I mumbled, "Yeah they are pretty nice."

"Where did they go wrong with you?"

I pinched his arm.

"Oww! Like that! I don't see the rest of your cousins getting upset over a little joke. I joke with Al all the time."

"That's because Al is Al."

We walked a couple more yards. I was already getting sick of being bound to him, and my wrist was starting to itch.

"So your best friend and my best friend are dating..." started Malfoy, "You realize this means we will probably be seeing a lot more of each other..."

"What do you mean?"

"Well you know if those two are always hanging out with each other, and we want to spend time with them too. It's inevitable. We are going to have to be in each other's company."

"Malfoy, I am not going to spend one more moment with you than I have to. And Sarah knows that and respects that. Now keep walking, we are almost there."

We finally made it to the apple trees and I reached up with my free hand to grab apples and put them in the bag. This proved to be extremely challenging because not only was it pitch black so I couldn't' see the apples, but Malfoy was tugging at me with his other arm while he was trying to pick.

"Malfoy will you stop pulling on me, I'm trying to pick an apple over here."

"Well I'm trying to get the apples over here Weasley. Can you even reach the branches?"

I snarled at him under my breathe. I hated when people made comments on my height.

"Seriously Malfoy, if you don't stop tugging on my arm, I will hex your wrist away from mine."

"Nice try Weasley, I know you don't have your wand. And I doubt that you would even know the proper hex considering your grade in Defense Against the Dark Arts..."

If I wasn't tied to him, I would of given him a good hard shove. But unfortunately if I was to push him, I would fall too.

Finally we gathered enough apples to satisfy our hungry cousins. We started our slow walk back to the tent. Malfoy continued to talk as we went.

"That's a nice broom you got for your birthday, Weasley. Going to try out for the Quidditch team this year? Though I saw you play today, and you weren't particularly good...I suppose it would help having a relative as the capta-"

At this point I tripped on a tree root that was sticking out of the ground. I felt myself falling to the ground and hitting it hard. I pulled Malfoy with me and he sort of caught himself with one hand before he almost landing on top of me.

"Wow Rose," said Malfoy, "You can't even walk right."

"MALFOY WILL YOU FOR ONCE SHUT YOUR MOUTH?"

Malfoy just responded calmly, "And why would I do that Weasley when it's so much fun to see you mad?"

"YOU BETTER GET UP THIS INSTANCE OR I SWEAR I WILL CURSE YOU INTO OBLIVION. I DON'T EVEN CARE IF I GET EXPELLED BECAUSE THERE IS NO ONE THAT I LOATHE MORE THAN YO-"

At that moment I was silenced into shock. Because at that moment Malfoy smashed his lips onto mine before I could even register what was happening. And for a second time seemed to slow down. I didn't have a single thought in mind, and then he pulled away and a million rushed in.

I sat there, shocked, but I overcame that quickly and demanded, "What the hell do you think you are doing?"

Malfoy chuckled, "Rose Weasley, I never thought you'd be the one to curse."

Malfoy made no move to get up from above me. I stared at him in the dark. Although I couldn't see him very well I could picture what he looked like. His hair was probably falling over into his eyes, which were most likely shining because he knew he left me flustered. And there was a 99% chance that he had that stupid smirk on his face.

"That didn't answer my question."

"I wanted to shut you up. And it obviously worked. Face Rose Weasley, I leave you speechless."

My face started to get red with anger again. "You know what Malfoy, you-"

I was cut off again, but this time by Fred poking his head out of the tent.

"What is all the noise-are you guys on the ground?"

Scorpius suddenly sat up tugging me along with him.

"Rose tripped, because unfortunately she doesn't know how to walk. Luckily the apples did not spill."

Fred laughed and said, "Well hurry up, we want to get on with the game!"

Scorpius offered me a hand and helped me up. As soon as we got into the tent, I held out our hands to be unbound. Teddy waved his wand, and I was free. I retook my seat by Sarah, and refused to look at Scorpius the rest of the night. I had a feeling he was looking at me though.

I was still fuming when I went to bed, and promised Sarah I would tell her why in the morning. But as I was trying to fall asleep, I couldn't help but play the kiss over again in my head. Over and over again.

Thanks for reading Chapter 13! If you wondering questions like "How did the Dursley's decent into the magical world go? Or "What was 'The Incident' that happened in Truth or Dare that made them all get in trouble?" then go read about it in I Loathe You BONUS CONTENT