A/N: Song 8 – Hands Down by Dashboard Confessional
On the first day of their fourth year at Hogwarts, Scorpius Malfoy had fallen for Rose Weasley. He never really knew what it was about her, but suddenly, he found himself sneaking glances at her, wishing that they were in the same house so that he would be able to spend more time with her.
They were friends, of course – Rose had never taken her father's advice to steer clear of Scorpius seriously, and she had never regretted it. They, Albus, and Roxanne were very close friends. Three Slytherins, one Ravenclaw – not exactly the most common of friendhips, but it worked. Lately, though, Scorpius had spent more and more time wondering what would happen if it was just him and Rose…just him and Rose…
It had taken her quite a while longer to fall for him. She'd never seen him as anything more than a friend for their first four years at Hogwarts. When they were both made Prefects in their fifth year, they were spending much more time together because of patrols and all of their other Prefect duties.
Then sixth year came, and Rose slowly started to see him in a different light. At first, she was scared at this new perception – she didn't want to lose a friend over something that might not even last. But then he asked her if he could buy her a butterbeer on a cold January day in Hogsmeade, and she said yes, and things just went on from there.
He stayed at the Burrow for the Easter holidays that year. He normally spent a lot of time there, anyway, since he and Albus were the best of friends and he and Roxanne were almost like twins in the way they thought. The general reaction at the announcement that he and Rose were dating was rather amusing, though it was a bit embarrassing when Lily exclaimed "Finally!" to the shocked looks of almost everybody else.
The next day, they'd gone to Muggle London for the evening. Scorpius thought that he soft romantic lighting of the restaurant made Rose look even more beautiful.
By the time they had finished eating dinner (which was a bit later than they had planned for), it was pouring rain outside. They laughed as they ran through the rain and the wet streets to find an empty place where they could Apparate to the Burrow (Rose wasn't quite of age yet, but Scorpius was, and he had his Apparition license). They were soaking wet by the time they'd gone two blocks, but neither of them cared.
When they got to the Burrow, they found that the gate was closed. They could have easily Apparated inside, but instead, Scorpius climbed over the fence and opened it to let Rose in.
Scorpius was about to open the door to let them in, but before he could even grab the doorknob, Rose kissed him. He didn't even think – he kissed her back as if this had happened a million times. He brought her into his arms and both of them felt that they were luckier than they ever could have been with all the Felix Felicis in the world.
They didn't even stop when they heard Lily's excited "I told you so!" from upstairs and James's sigh as he put a few silver sickles in her hand.