Disclaimer: I don't own it. Really. I don't even have a copy of the West Side story DVD, and all of my Harry Potter books were from the school library. And, I DID watch Romeo and Juliet. But it was a rental DVD. So, I own nothing, in more ways than one.

Just a side-note, Pandora is Hugo's girlfriend and Rose's best friend, I decided to add her in as an "Anita" for the story. Yes, I HAVE gotten myself used to the idea of killing off characters and I'm begining to feel OK with it.

Curlscat and other readers whom I don't know personally, I will do everything in my power to ensure that this doesn't end up in Hiatus-Land like my other fics.

Weasley Manor: East Wing: Rose's Room: 11 August, 2022

Lily plopped her bum down onto Rose's bed's neon rainbow comforter as she watched Rose and Pandora rifle through the wardrobe.

"It really blows that we can't wear new dresses to the Yule Ball. I might get stuck with my mum's old wedding gown if I can't borrow something from you," Pandora grumbled.

"I still can't believe that attack destroyed all of Diagon Alley! Every dress-shop, destroyed!" Rose complained.

Lily's dark eyes narrowed as her lips formed a pout. "Yeah, well at least you can actually go to the ball! 4th years aren't allowed to go."

"Rose, who says you can't wear the dress from your sixteenth birthday? If it weren't for the major height difference, I'd snatch it up!" Pandora said, shoving a lacy Pepto-Bismol pink gown into Rose's face.

Rose scrunched her nose at the sight of the atrocity worthy of the devil herself, Dolores Umbridge. "Pan, have you SEEN this.. thing? It looks like My Little Pony threw up on Barbie. In 1985."

Pandory examined the gown. She pulled her wand out and let a little beam of light that changed the color of the dress to a baby blue.

"You may have forgotten, I turned 17 last week, I can do magic as I want. Well, without legal consequences." Pandora said, knowing they knew she got in trouble for under-aged magic during the summer between her third and fourth year. "Just let me fix this up for you! I should have it ready by next Monday. What do you say?"

Rose giggled,"Thanks, Pan!"

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: Hallway outside the Great Hall: 24 December 2022

Scorpius haphazardly straightened his crooked yellow tie as he sprinted down the hall. He knew he was already late enough for the Yule Ball, and the rest of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team would have his head mounted over the Common Room fireplace if he didn't get to the ball before the slow dancing started. To avoid making a scene, he would have to open the great doors slowly and quietly. It was going well, at least, until an auburn haired girl flew past him and pushed the 15-foot-tall door wide open, wide enough for everyone in the Great Hall to notice that the door was gaping open, and he was standing there, very late, along with the auburn haired girl.

Both fortunately and unfortunately for Scorpius, no one had noticed him nor the girl's late arrival because they were having some sort of mixer. One large circle of people stood around a smaller people. The interior group, made up of girls, faced the inside of the circle, where the exterior group, made up of boys, faced the walls. Each side was going around the other, like some sort of unbiased matchmaker.

"AND... STOP!" Professor Longbottom called out from a platform at the head of the hall. The moving circles stopped on his cue, each person turned around rapidly to see who their dance partner for the night would be.

Scorpius then realized that the only other person without a dance partner in the giant room was the auburn haired girl, who was standing on the opposite side of the mammoth hall. He ran from his spot at the top of the stairway to get a better look at her.

He vaugely recognized her as Rose Weasley, a Gryffindor in his year. She had knocked him off of his broom with a bludger in the House Cup last year.

As Scorpius moved even closer, he locked eyes with her.

From that moment, he didn't know exactly what happened. He felt a lightning storm in his stomach, and a state of paralysis everywhere else. The whole room darkened, save for a pool of angelic light forming around Rose. He felt a sort of euphoric laughter escape from his lips. Then, that was when Scorpius felt both feet lift off of the marble floor. This whole time, his grey eyes never left her sapphire eyes. Scorpius felt a force taking control of his body, a force which made him float to Rose.

Her porcelin hand reached out and grabbed his.

"Um, hi, I'm Rose." She spoke as though she was completly starstruck, or distracted, but with a hint of wist and wonder in her voice.

"Scorpius," he seemed to not be able to form words properly, but finally spit out, "May I have this dance?"

Rose just nodded.

When she took his hand, she lost the rest of the world, the only thing that she could see was him, the only thing that mattered right now was standing right in front of her. She knew that she had only known him for minutes, she knew that this was love.

As much as I hate the whole "I-just-met-you-but-if-you-died-I'd-kill-myself" kind of romance, I think that it's crucial Romeo and Juliet type stories. Before I forget, I'd just like to add that I myself was not too proud of the begining of this, I felt it was Mary-Sue-ish and rushed, but I felt that it was important to have in there. Please review!