Chapter 8: True Loves Kiss
Author's note: Hello, so I know I previously said that this would be the last chapter, however I have a few more tales to tell before I bring this story to a close so, forget I ever said that! This chapter takes place a few years after the previous chapter, maybe six or seven. Please be aware that this chapter may not have correlation to any of my future stories. Anyway here is chapter 8!
(Six years later)
It was Christmas in the year of 2023. They were half way through the Christmas holidays and things couldn't be better in the Weasley Family. Rose was now in her seventh and final year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and wizardry and Hugo was in his fifth year. The snow had been falling for weeks now, so much that on Christmas Day they'd been snowed in. But luckily they had been able to use apparition in order to get to the Burrow.
It was now the 27th of December and Rose was running around frantically, waiting for Scorpius. Scorpius had asked her if she wanted to go out for the evening (in a friendly sense) and she was on cloud nine with excitement. Ron and Hermione (mainly Ron) had changed their opinions of Scorpius as soon as they met him. He was a smart, kind, studious boy who was nothing like his father Draco Malfoy.
"What time did he say he would arrive?" Ron asked as Rose began pacing nervously, fiddling with her fingers anxiously.
"Half past four. Why?" Rose said turning quickly and staring at her Dad. It frightened him sometimes just how much she was like Hermione in nearly every way.
"Rose, it is not even 4 o'clock now." Ron chuckled. "He is one of your best friends, why are you so nervous?" It was strange, Rose and Scorpius had been friends from the minute their father told them not to talk to each other, and she had clearly inherited the "don't listen to what your parents say" gene from him. He couldn't really see why she was so nervous about meeting up with Scorpius.
"I... I don't know. Why am I so nervous?" Rose asked panicky.
"Rose, go and get changed, sit down for a minute. Don't worry, it will be fine." Hermione said hugging her daughter and Rose nodded, quickly running up the stairs.
"What has gotten into her?" Ron asked as Hermione sat down next to him, resting her head on his shoulder as she opened her book.
"I will tell you later." Hermione chuckled and Ron became even more curious.
Rose came down a while later, seeming a lot calmer than before. As Rose's birthday present, she and Scorpius were going to go to the cinema in Muggle London and Rose had changed her clothes for the occasion. She was wearing a black sleeveless dress that reached her knees with a narrow burgundy belt decorated with Rose's on it for her birthday from Ron and Hermione. A pair of black slip on shoes was on her feet and she had her coat in her hands which were shaking slightly.
"Rose you look lovely." Hermione smiled and Rose beamed back nervously.
"Thanks for the dress, Mum and Dad." She replied
"Are you feeling better?" Ron asked
"A little, where is Hugo?" Rose questioned curiously.
"He has gone to stay at your Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny's for the night, Albus invited him over." Hermione told her and Rose nodded.
The doorbell then rang and Rose stood up and hugged her parents quickly before opening the door to find Scorpius stood their wearing a coat over his shirt and tie. He too looked shy and nervous, mirroring Rose's expression.
"Hello Mr and Mrs Weasley." Scorpius smiled quietly.
"Hi Scorpius. Please, call us Ron and Hermione." Hermione smiled.
"Well, we best get going, see you later." Rose said
"Have a good time." Ron called, just before the door closed.
"Do you think she will be alright?" Hermione asked as they watched Rose and Scorpius walk out of sight from the living room window.
"They are best friends, don't worry Hermione. She will be fine." Ron said and kissed Hermione's forehead.
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The clock struck half past nine on the mantel piece clock in Ron and Hermione's living room. Both Ron and Hermione kept drifting in and out of a state of sleep as they watched television and waited for Rose and Scorpius to come back home.
"She has been out for five hours; do you think they are alright?" Hermione questioned worriedly.
"Hermione she has just turned eighteen. She is of age in both the wizard and muggle worlds. Rose and Scorpius will be fine, honestly." Ron reassured her and they saw the front outdoor light turn on and heard giggling and laughter outside. Ron smiled, Rose had had that laugh since she was about seven years old and it always made him feel happy inside.
"I bet that is them now." Ron said getting up and he and Hermione opened the door for Rose and Scorpius. Rose and Scorpius were stood at the end of the path, their feet barely visible, facing each other. Scorpius said something to Rose, and she laughed, blushing she glanced at her feet before looking up at Scorpius again, they were both clearly unaware that Ron and Hermione were stood in the doorway. Rose quietly said something back and almost in time with each other, they leaned in and kissed.
Hermione gasped and Ron smiled, looking taken aback at the same time. Neither Scorpius, nor Rose broke away from each other for at least another minute. "Ron?" Hermione whispered, a wave of excitement went through her voice as they watched their daughter kiss her best friend, for what seemed to be the first time.
"Yeah, Hermione." Ron said, not turning to face her.
"You know when I said I would tell you later?" Hermione said and Ron nodded. "This is what I thought had gotten into her." She added and Ron wrapped an arm around her. Rose and Scorpius broke apart, looking at each other and giggled. This instantly reminded both Ron and Hermione of their first kiss.
Rose and Scorpius then said goodbye to each other and parted ways, Rose looked more than surprised when she saw her parents, both smiling at her in the front doorway realising that they had both seen her and Scorpius kiss. A huge smile was spread across her face as she approached them.
"I am taking it that you had a good time?" Hermione raised an eyebrow. "Yeah." Rose blushed
"Did... did you see...?" Rose's voice trailed off embarrassedly. "Yep, we saw every second of that." Ron laughed as Rose closed the door behind herself.
"My first kiss was with Scorpius Malfoy, wasn't it?" Rose rhetorically questioned, realising that that was probably one of the most memorable first kisses she could have ever imagined.
"Yeah, it was." Hermione smiled and Rose flung her arms around her parents happily as they laughed, they had never imagined witnessing either of their children's first kisses.
"So what happened?" Ron asked as Rose sat down on the sofa next to her parents exhaustedly.
"We went to the cinema, I had to explain how to pay and all of that palaver and then we split our money between us to buy dinner. I guess we realised that we really do love each other." Rose said; her facing flushed red.
"Is that why you were so nervous earlier on? Because you felt that you knew that Scorpius loves you back?" Hermione asked and Rose nodded.
"What happened, when you two had your first kiss with each other?" Rose asked and Ron and Hermione looked at each other, not really knowing where to begin.
"My first kiss wasn't with your Mum, and your Mum's first kiss wasn't with me. Just to clear that up." Ron started off. "My first kiss was with Lavender Brown, this annoying girl in our year at Hogwarts. And your Mum's first kiss as far as I know was with Viktor Krum, the Bulgarian Quidditch player." Rose's eyes widened. "You and Viktor Krum?" She stammered.
"It was a very big mistake for a first kiss, and for the record Ron he kissed me, not the other way round." Hermione said. "Anyway we have told you and Hugo over the years how we liked each other for year before we got together. The concept of being stuck in a tent with each other and your Uncle Harry made us like one another more I guess. And then there was the Battle of Hogwarts."
"Wasn't that when you kissed because of some house elves?" Rose asked raising an eyebrow.
"Sort of. I mention that we needed to save the house elves from the Hogwarts Kitchens and then your Mum kissed me but I really wanted to kiss her as well so your Uncle Harry ended up reminding us that we were in the middle of a war zone in order to break us apart." Ron chuckled.
"Personally I think both scenarios are equally romantic. But you never know, how long have you loved Scorpius?" Hermione asked and Rose went even redder. "Five years." She mumbled, trying to conceal her embarrassment. "You never know, maybe that was true loves kiss." Hermione smiled at her eighteen year old daughter who smiled back.
"Was that kiss in the battle of Hogwarts true loves kiss for you two?" Rose questioned her parents.
"We have been together for twenty six years and have loved each other for even longer than that, so yeah, I guess it was true loves kiss." Ron beamed and Rose got up to get a drink from the kitchen.
"I love you." Hermione whispered.
"I love you too." Ron smiled kissing her softly on the lips.
Authors Note: Hello, once again. This has taken me two hours of long thinking and writing to complete but I think this is a good chapter and I hope you like it as much as I do. Personally I hated the idea of Rose and Scorpius together when I first heard that people wrote fanfiction about their romantic relationship together but once I started reading them, I liked the combination. Anyway PLEASE REVIEW!