Christmas drew near, and before I knew it, it was time to pack to head home for the holidays. I was very excited, Christmas was my favorite time of year. And this year the Malfoy family would be attending the Weasley-Potter Christmas dinner.

Scorp was lying on my bed trying to help me pack, but in reality he was just a distraction. I huffed from where I was on the floor, trying to sort what I needed to take home.

"Why is it taking you so long, it took me like 5 minutes?" Scorp was being extremely unhelpful, and was just messing with the crap he found around my bed.

"Well I'm not just going to throw all my clothes in my trunk and call it good! I need to decide what needs to go home for washing, what can stay at home because I don't need it anymore, what I will need during break. And could you please stop messing with my stuff."

"It's only a couple weeks Rosie!" Scorpius said messing with my iPod. A lot of muggle born wizards, including Sarah, had started bringing them to school, since their cell phones wouldn't work here (no service for miles). I had gotten one a couple of years ago. "How does this even work?!"

I laughed climbing onto the bed. "I'll have to explain it some other time. I'm going to miss you Scorp."

Scorp looked up from the tiny screen. "I'll see you on Christmas, I'm coming for dinner, remember?"

"Speaking of Christmas, what do you want?"

Scorpius shrugged. "Whatever you think would suit me. But I have to warn you, I have the perfect gift for you."

The perfect gift? I had no clue what that could be. That put on the pressure of getting him something great as well. "Scorp! You have to give some sort of idea!"

Scorpius just smiled and shrugged again. "You'll figure it out." He threw my iPod into my trunk, as if to say that was the end of the discussion.

I groaned in frustration and got up to grab my shoes by the door.

"What's this?" I heard Scorpius say. I turned around to see him holding up the picture of him he gave me last year in the explosion box.

"Oh I forgot about that, I was going to sell it to a third year. Still might actually."

Scorpius got up and stalked up to me. "I don't think you were," he said, a grin forming on his face "I bet you were keeping it so you could secretly look at it when nobody was watching."

I snorted. "Says the one with a picture of me in their trunk."

Scorpius paled. "What?"

"You know," I teased, "The one with us dancing at the ball last year. I saw it in your trunk when I dyed your socks pink."

Scorpius started to sputter. "That wasn't- I wasn't. CJ had it on the table and I thought-"

I gave him a quick kiss on the lips to shut him up. "It's fine. Actually kind of romantic."

Scorp smiled and grabbed my wrist before pulling me back to him.

"Well you know I am a romantic."

I wrapped my arms around his neck and was about to kiss him again when the door banged open.

"NO BEING ALONE IN THE DORMITORY. YOU MUST HAVE SUPERVISION."

Dominique is great at ruining a moment.

...

I walked off the train at Kings Cross Station, my trunk in one hand and Scorpius in the other. I gave Sarah one last hug before turning to Scorpius.

"Well I guess I better go find my parents," I said.

"Don't look now, but both our parents are watching us." I started to turn my head slightly, but he reached out and tilted it back so he could lean down and press his lips gently to mine. I lost myself in the moment, forgetting that my entire family probably had their eyes on us. He pulled away quickly, however, and whispered, "I'll see you at Christmas."

I gave him a peck on the cheek and we parted our separate ways. I spotted my family almost immediately, Dad looking angry, Mum giving me an uneasy smile, Uncle Harry looking amused and Aunt Ginny looking proud.

Hugo, James, Al, and Lily were already there. They had been waiting on me.

I cautiously approached them. "Hi Mum, Dad," I said giving both my parents a hug.

"Rosie," my dad said sternly, "You are making good choices aren't you?"

Ginny threw up her hands. "Oh give it a rest Ron! She just gave her boyfriend a kiss goodbye, that's it! I seem to remember in your sixth year you were dating a certain Lavender Brown-"

"Alright, Alright. I just want to make sure she's not making any rash decisions."

My mom sighed. "Ronald, she just got off the train, let's wait to lecture her until we get home."

This was going to be a long Christmas vacation.

...

It was two days before Christmas, and I hadn't even finished my shopping yet. I called the Potter household to see if they wanted to go do some last minute Christmas shopping with me and Hugo. I figured, knowing Al and James, they probably still had to buy all of their gifts still and Lily would already have hers done except a few odds and ends. I was completely right.

We met them at the Leaky Cauldron, even though their house is literally across town from us. The boys immediately split up from Lil and I, since Al and James had to still buy Lily a present. And although he didn't admit it, I think Hugo hadn't got mine yet either.

"So what else do you have to buy?" Lily asked as we wove our way through the aisles in Flourish and Blotts. I figured I'd get Nicola a book on that band she was always raving on about.

"Well I have to stop by the Quidditch shop and get an Appleby Arrow jersey for Lu (I had drew him this year in the cousin gift exchange) and then I have to get some of those fizzy things you put in your bath for mum at Monique's Bath and Body. I already have Hugo's, Dad's, and Sarah's gifts so that only leaves Scorpius's and I have no clue what to give him!"

"How about a book on The Hobgoblins?" Lily said, holding up a book that looked like it had been there for at least half a century.

I rolled my eyes. "Come on Lil, what do you think Scorp would like? He said he got me the perfect gift, so it can't be anything stupid!"

"I'm sure he'll love whatever you end up giving him."

She was probably right, but I still wanted to get him something good.

The boys weren't anymore helpful than Lily when we met up with them at Monique's Bath and Body.

"Al, he's your best friend. You have got know what he would like!"

"I don't know," Albus said looking at a bottle of Fast Acting Hair removal cream, "Maybe some socks?"

I snatched the bottle of his hands. "Socks?! Focus Albus, we need something that he would think is perfect!"

"Socks are perfect. Hey do you Dom would like any of this stuff? I got her name."

I dragged him over to all the fancy bath soaps and bubbles and told him to take his pick. I grabbed a fizzy bath bomb for my mom (mind you this was a magical bath bomb, so you never were quite sure what was going to happen. The package said that "It would make you feel like you are in the Amazon" whatever that meant) and we headed onwards.

Hugo and Lily were picking out some fancy quills for Hu to give to Molly when Albus suddenly said:

"Oh yeah Rose, I wanted to show you what I got Sarah." Alb reached his hand in one of the bags and pulled out a small wrapped parcel, and inside was a beautiful silver moon necklace.

It was engraved in shiny black lettering "Moon of My Life".

"I figured she likes that Game of Thrones show, and it comes with another one but it's a sun and apparently that one I'm supposed to keep and then when they are together they will glow blue or something. Do you think she'll like it?"

"Al she'll absolutely love it!" I squealed.

"Really?" His face lit up. "I wasn't sure, I'm not very good at picking out gifts."

I gave him a hug. "It's perfect for her, I guarantee she'll love it."

He wrapped it back up in and put it back into the bag. "I'm sure we'll find something for Scorp," he said, "We'll take all day if we have to."

I laughed. "Thanks Al. I have a question, do you know what Scorp got me?"

"No."

I stared at my cousin really hard. I had known that boy all of my life and he still thought he could keep stuff from me. Please. "Albus I know you're lying."

"Alright," he admitted, "I know what he got you. But I'm not going to tell you what it is!"

I honestly didn't want to know, because that would spoil the surprise. But I did want to know one thing.

"Al, am I going to love it?"

He broke out into a huge grin. "Absolutely."

I sighed. "Well, the search continues."

...

Later on, the only gifts we had to buy between the four of us was James needed to get his mum a gift and I needed to find Scorpius's.

It was at a little shop that was easily overlooked and filled with odds and ends that I finally saw it.

I asked the shopkeeper about it, and he informed me all I needed to know.

I was pretty certain Scorpius would like it.

It was perfect.