Chapter Ten: CHRISTMAS BALL

It was way passed midnight when Rose headed back to the Gryffindor common room. She couldn't help feeling in the wrong of what she had said to Scorpius. All she could think for weeks was what would happen if her and Scorpius together. The more time she'd spend with him the more she kept thinking that it would never work between them and the more she loved him. Maybe he was right.

As Rose went through the conflicting fight in her head about Scorpius she walked into the common room to hear a familiar voice.

"At the Astronomy Tower again I see."

Rose looked up to see sitting at the couch was no other than her younger cousin Lily Potter. Rose was so shocked to see her and was more amazed that somehow she knew where she had been.

"Lil. What are you doing up so late?"

"I could ask you the same question?"

"Well…umm...I've been having a hard time sleeping lately. So I've been going up to the Astronomy tower to relax."

Rose turned red at the question. She was never one to lie and when she did she was terrible at it. Lily gave Rose a scowl. As Rose continued up the stairs she only hoped that Lily didn't see through her clearly obvious lie.

Three days later it was the day of the Christmas Ball and all the girls of the Gryffindor House were chatting in the common room. Rose was sitting on the couch trying to read her book on Wendigos, but to no success.

"ROSE! Get your nose out of that book!"

Coretta McLaggen grabbed Rose's copy of Wendigos the Witches Nightmare away from her and almost threw it in the fireplace. After the annoying situation with having to be her twin brother Corey's date Rose had come to notice despite how smart Coretta was she could be just as shallow as her brother.

"Rose if you don't start getting ready now you'll never be ready for tonight!"

"Coretta, the dance isn't little eight o'clock."

"So?"

"It's only nine in the morning"

"Oh. Sorry, I'm just so excited! I am so happy that you are going to the dance with my brother! Wouldn't it be so amazing if you guys started dating?"

Rose gave a half smile to Coretta, but the thought of dating Corey McLaggen made her want to vomit.

"Coretta, leave Rose alone. She hasn't been sleeping well lately. It's probably why she's been so cranky lately.

Rose looks up to see her cousin Lily give her a hard look. Which made Rose very uneasy; Lily knew something was going on. She just knew it.

"Oh Rose! I'm sorry! I suppose you are just nervous going on a date with my bro! I forget how shy you can be! Oh but Lily! Are you excited for the dance? I am! Liam Finnegan asked me to the dance! I just couldn't believe it he has to be the cutest boy from Gryffindor. Don't you think?"

Coretta still chatting away decided her and Lily needed to get ready and grabbed Lily by the arm and pulled her up the stairs. Rose knew with the unhappy look Lily gave that she had a different agenda as she was unwillingly being drugged upstairs.

Rose was happy to see has time went by that the girls slow left to go to their dorm rooms to get ready for the big ball. It was close to seven when Albus and the youngest of the Weasley cousins came down the stairs.

"Hi! Rosie."

With a big jump on the couch Fred Weasley plopped. Fred was in his first year at Hogwarts and was just like his father George in personality and looks other than his dark ebony hair that he got from his mother.

"Hey, Freddie. What are you and Albus up to?"

"Oh Albus just got an Owl from Aunt Ginny! Albus somehow destroyed the dress robes that Grandma Molly sent him! We were going to go to the Owlery to get the new ones."

Rose gave a look to Albus.

"What? They looked like they were for a girl! I had to destroy it! I Told Mum I thought it was a cleaning potion gone wrong."

Rose gave a slight chuckle.

"I wish I could go the ball too! I can't believe that they only let fifth years and up go!"

"You know its past seven you better get ready yourself and let me know how good Alice looks." And with a wink Albus and Freddie left.

Rose walks into her dorm room to see her four roommates Sloane Hopper, Audrey Creevey, Shelley Wood, and Alice running around frantically. Alice runs up to Rose and almost topples her over. For a few weeks now Rose has been trying to be more open with her roommates.

"Oh Rose! Thank goodness! I can't seem to find my dress anywhere! Sloane and Audrey have been turning this room upside down and one of those bratty first year Slytherins put a Calvorio curse on Shelley! Everything is going terrible."

Rose looks over at Shelley to see her totally bald, her normally long beautiful blonde hair complete was completely gone. Rose tried her best not to giggle at the sight. Shelley was the prettiest girl on the Gryffindor Quidditch team and maybe the whole school, but without her hair Shelley's head was very pale and lumpy. It was very hard not to laugh. Rose took out her wand at said the counter curse and in an instant Shelley's flowing golden hair was back to normal.

"Oh Rose!"

Shelley ran over and gave Rose a big hug!

"I owe you one!"

Rose looks back at Alice while the other two girls went to help Shelley get ready.

"Rose you really are amazing. Can you think anything about my dress?"

"Have you tried a Summoning Charm?"

"Wow. I feel silly."

"Accio dress"

And with a wave of her wand Alice's forest green dress flew out of a high ledge of ceiling of their dorm room.

"How did it get up there?"

The two girls just busted out laughing, wondering how Alice's dress ended 10 feet up.

"So I've been noticing that you haven't been sleeping here lately. Are you nervous about your date with Corey?"

"To be honest Alice, I really have no interest in going to the dance let alone with Corey. I think that I just might stay here tonight"

"What? You can't. I promise that you will have a great time! Its just one dance and we all love having you around. We want you to enjoy the dance with us! I know you don't want to Corey. If he is super annoying you too much just come and hang out with Albus and me!"

Rose smiled at how sincere Alice has been to her.

"Okay. Help me dress up."

The Great Hall was extravagant as Rose walked into the Christmas Ball. She had never gone to any of the balls before, and was astounded at everything. There were fountains made from ice flowing with various kinds of drinks and it was lightly snowing from the ceiling though it wasn't even cold. Rose could almost be happy, but then she saw him.

He was on the dance floor dancing with a Slytherin girl named Pandora. Rose never new her last name and it angered her to see Scorpio with her. Rose had noticed that he had been around her a lot more since they last spoke. She was about turn back to Gryffindor Tower when Corey took a hold of her by the waist.

"Rosie! Let's dance!"

Pulling her onto the dance floor Corey, Rose reluctantly dances with him. After a few up beat dances Rose gets tried. She's relieved to hear a slow dance and tries to make her move off the dance floor.

"Oh come on babe! Let's get closer"

Corey tries to grab Rose closer to him, but she pushes him away.

"You know Corey I'm kind of tried I think I'm going to sit down for a while."

"But don't you want to dance with me more? After all you did want to come with me to the dance! Don't ruin my fun honey!"

Rose could tell that Corey was getting angry at the fact that she didn't seem interesting in dancing with him and wouldn't let her go. Corey then tried to go in for a kiss too much of Rose's panic. She whipped out her wand as quickly as she could.

"Stupefy"

In an instance Corey is on the floor unconscious. Everyone around Rose stopped and just stares at Rose and the sight of Corey on the floor. With tears running down her face Rose runs out of the Great Hall as quickly as she could and, before she knew it she was up at the Astronomy Tower.

It was covered in snow and was very cold. Rose didn't know why her body led her there, but she knew it was one of the few places lately she felt complete. As she sat in the snow in the tower she heard footstep. As she looked up she saw him. The blonde hair gray eye boy she loved.

"You okay?"

After many years, this story of Rose and Scorpius had been plaguing my mind. So I thought I would share what had been in there! Let me know!