"Let's go over this one more time."

I groaned. Sarah and I were sitting up in a tree far away from the house. Since she was my best friend, as soon as Malfoy and I walked into the tent last night, she could tell something was up by the look on my face. I refused to talk to her about it until we were far away from any family member, and then even made her climb a tree just to be sure.

"Sarah, this is the fifth time I've told you-"

"I know! But I just want to make sure I get this straight. So you tripped and he fell with you. And then you were arguing..."

"And then we were arguing and he said he thought it was fun to see me mad. And then when I was ranting about how much I hate him and before I knew it he was kissing me!"

"And what was your reaction when he did this?" Sarah was starting to sound more like a psychiatrist than my best friend.

"Well I was shocked obviously..."

"Did you enjoy it?"

"What?" I looked at her stunned.

"Well did you enjoy it when he kissed you?"

I was taken a little aback. "Well, I mean it was over so quickly I didn't even realize what was happening..."

"I see," said Sarah, "Proceed."

"He told me that he kissed me to shut me up. And then Fred came out. That's it, haven't talked to him since."

I hadn't so much looked his way since then. The thing was he acted like nothing happened. He sat at breakfast only glancing at me when I was talking. It was completely puzzling how I could be dying inside and he was not affected at all.

Just then we heard mother's voice calling us. We hoped down out of the tree and headed back to the house.

...

That afternoon we went shopping in groups, so I didn't have to Malfoy. At dinner I made sure to sit as far away from him as I could. But then Vic came up with the idea of going for some nighttime swimming. Of course some of the parents put up a fuss, but Vic reminded them that all of the cousins were old enough to take care of themselves, and that her, Teddy, and Molly were all adults and could watch over us. I think it was the fact that Molly said she would come that reassured the parents.

We took a bunch of Uncle Fred's light orbs with us (perfect for sneaking around, one tap and the light would turn off). I'll be honest, I've always been a little freaked out by the dark. Once when I was little, a Knarl jumped out at me when I was playing hide and go seek outside with Al and James. The only people who know of this fear is Sarah. If my cousins knew, I would never hear the end of it. I made sure on our walk to the lake to stay near James who held one of the lights.

This time at the lake with Sarah and Albus was completely different than a few days ago. Whereas before they would barely speak to each other, now they were laughing and flirting together in the water. I decided to give them there space. They deserved some alone time.

Instead I sat on the raft alone with my feet dangling over the water. I didn't really feel like getting in, and I didn't want to play marco polo with the other cousins because of the fear of wandering around in dark water at night. So instead I just kicked the water back in forth. I was kind of dazing off and I didn't hear Malfoy creep up beside me.

"Well well if it isn't the loner Weasley-"

I jumped about a foot. "Jeez Malfoy don't sneak up on me like that!"

He pulled himself up onto the raft beside me. "Daydreaming about me again?" he asked smirking.

"In your dreams Malfoy."

"So what are you doing over here all alone? Don't want to join in on the fun?"

I looked nervously at where I thought the others were probably at. I could only see there silhouettes.

"I'd rather stay on the raft with the light orb. Why aren't you playing?"

He shrugged. "I'm not really that good of friends with your cousins except for Al. And he's probably in some secluded place with his girlfriend, and I'd rather not accidently stumble upon that."

I nodded. "That sounds reasonable."

We sat there for a little bit not talking. This seemed to be a pattern lately; us having awkward silences. Finally he broke the quiet.

"Now Weasley about that kiss last night-it really was just to make you mad, it didn't mean anything as much as I know you wanted it too."

"Please, your kiss did only that; make me mad. I hated it, and I would appreciate it if you kept your disgusting face away from mine from now on."

Malfoy grinned. "I bet you enjoyed it Weasley."

"Well, I didn't. But I bet you wish I did, because I bet you wish to kiss me again."

"Now you're the one dreaming Weasley." Then Malfoy grabbed my wrist unexpectedly and jumped off the raft pulling me with him. When I resurfaced I glared at him, but he just laughed at me. I couldn't help but laugh too and splashed him in the face.

That was the first time I actually enjoyed Malfoy's company. We had a lot of fun messing around in the water. I would make my way up on the raft and he would grab my ankle and pull me back over. He would stand up declaring himself King and I would tackle making us both fall into the water below. The time flew bye and soon Molly decided we should head back before the parents got worried.

On our walk back, Malfoy and I were at the end of the group walking up the trail. We were arguing about what was the best type of antidote for poison spider bites.

"Weasley, it's obvious that you are going to want to put some aloe vera on it. It will dissolve into the skin!"

"Malfoy you do realize that potions is my best subject. It's obvious that putting a crushed up bezoar mixed with some water will work much better."

"And you are just going to have a bezoar on hand?"

"Like you would have some aloe vera?"

I then noticed that the group must have gone way ahead of us. I started to panic a little. We were walking through some wooded area, and I would of felt much safer in a group.

"Malfoy, where did the rest of the group go?"

He shrugged, "I don't know, they must of gone another way or something. Why?"

"We should try to find them. I don't want to get lost."

"We won't get lost, I know how to get back. Why what's the big deal?"

"It's n-nothing."

"Weasley...are you afraid of the dark?"

"I'm not afraid of the dark...just what might be in it."

Malfoy stopped in his tracks. "Wow Weasley I never thought of you to be one afraid of the dark. You realize how many opportunities this opens up for me?"

A branch snapped nearby and I jumped closer to Malfoy. I was completely terrified and it was completely obvious.

Malfoy then did the opposite of what I thought he would do.

"Rose, you're really scared aren't you? Here come closer to me. I'm not going to let anything hurt you."

I moved closer to him so my arm was touching his.

"But you didn't seem scared the other night when we we're on the dare?"

I shivered. "Trust me, I was. I just don't let it show easily, or else my cousins will never let me live this down. Plus we were not that far from the house."

Scorpius started rambling on about Quidditch to try to get my mind off of the noises that were coming through the woods. When there was a loud snap nearby, Scorpius put his arm around me reassuringly. Before I knew it we were back at the Burrow. Scorpius took his arm off me and we walked up to the family who were sitting around in the yard.

"There you guys are! Where did you guys go?" shouted Dom when she saw us. Sarah raised her eyebrows really high.

"Rose, as usual, was arguing with me and we got a bit lost," said Scorpius, "But no need to worry, we got back without seriously injuring each other."

The others laughed, and I excused myself to the tent. I was absolutely exhausted and ready to turn in early.

...

My mum, dad, Hugo, and I were all leaving around noon the next day. We were the second group to go after Uncle Percy and his family. While everyone was finishing up lunch I ran back to the tent to pack up my things. As I was leaving Scorpius was heading to the boys tent to do the same.

"So I suppose I'll see you in September...unfortunately," Scorpius added as if it was an afterthought.

"Yes I'll see you when I'm giving you a detention for snogging some poor girl in a closet," I smirked. He just smiled and shook his head. I looked at my shoes. "Thanks by the way."

"For what?"

His voice had gotten softer and I looked up. He was genuinely looking at me with curiosity.

"For last night. For not making fun of me for being afraid of the dark."

"Of course. I'm not going to tell Albus by the way."

"Thanks," I said relieved, "Well I suppose I better get going..."

"Yeah. See you around Weasley, and then he flashed one last grin and disappeared inside the tent. I stared after him for a moment before I hear my mom shout for me.

Reluctantly I grabbed my bag and headed inside so I could go home.