The next few weeks passed in a blur. Already sixth years were being bombarded with homework with teachers supposedly trying to prepare them for the N.E.W.T exams. She had begun her essay on the Chelidonium Miniscula potion and had almost memorised the recipe in preparation for her exam. She'd also become closer friends with Ivy, Chelsea and Jessica, but Natalie was still as cold as ever towards her. Even with all the distractions in her life, Rose had managed to stay focussed on her work, keeping up with everything despite the incident earlier that week.
She had had been walking along a deserted corridor, studying the list of students who had signed up for Quidditch tryouts whilst carrying a pile of books when someone bumped into her, knocking her over. "I'm so sorry." A voice had said.
"It's all right." Rose said, rubbing the back if her head where she'd bumped it, squeezing her eyes closed to try and make the specks of light go away. She looked up at the person, realising that it was none other than Scorpius Malfoy.
He knelt down, gathering her scattered books. He handed them to her, for a moment their hands touched. Rose blushed from embarrassment.
"I should get going." Rose said, standing up. "Stuff to do, you know."
"Yeah, me to." Scorpius said, but neither of them moved. They stood staring at each other for a few moments.
"Do you want to hang out sometime?" Scorpius asked, running his hand through his white-blonde hair.
"Um yeah, sure. Next Hogsmeade trip?"
"Sounds good." Scorpius replied.
They'd both smiled at each other, making the moment even more awkward before Scorpius said "See you then." and had walked off.
Rose had scolded herself all the way back to the common room. "A boyfriend would be too hard this time of year. You have your schoolwork to do and there's also the Quidditch tryouts. And your parents! What are they going to think if you get a boyfriend? Especially dad. He'll go berserk if he finds out I had a boyfriend from Slytherin." These thoughts went around and around in her head. Yet there was a part of herself that was incredibly happy at this turn of events. Until that moment, she hadn't realised how much she actually liked Scorpius, now they were going on a date, at least, what she assumed was a date. The next Hogsmeade trip was next weekend, and Rose found herself counting down the days.
After telling her friends about this, they wouldn't stop teasing her about it.
"Oooh. Rose has got a boyfriend." Amelia had teased
"Oh shut up!" Rose had replied, "It's just a date. We can't be boyfriend and girlfriend when we hardly know each other. This is just to see what we think about each other."
"Yeah right." scoffed Alice. "We all know you've got the hots for each other. Won't be long before you both get a detention for snogging in the broom cupboard!"
All her friends burst out laughing, clutching their sides they were laughing so hard. Rose just rolled her eyes at her friends immaturity.