Rose and Scorpius sat next to each other in a booth in the corner of The Three Broomsticks, two warm butterbeers on the table. They chatted about nothing in particular, switching topics from Potions and the Chelidonium Miniscula essay, to Rose's new role as Quidditch captain, to their parents.
At one point, Rose spilt some of her butterbeer on the front of her jumper, causing Scorpius to burst out laughing."Stop it." Rose said, but she wasn't very serious, finding her clumsiness quite funny herself.
"Here," Scorpius said, pulling out his wand. He waved it a bit and the butterbeer stain faded to nothing. "Grandma is always spilling drinks on her self, now that she's quite old. I learnt the spell so that I could clean it up for her."
"That's sweet." Rose replied, "And even better that you know it so well you can cast it non-verbally."
Rose and Scorpius decided to leave the warmth of The Three Broomsticks to visit the other shops in Hogsmeade. Walking along the main street, Rose noticed the dark storm-clouds in the distance and wondered if it was cold enough for a thoughts of a blizzard quickly vanished from Rose's mind as she walked into Honeydukes. The sight of rows upon rows of lollies was like every child's dream. Massive piles of chocolate frogs, Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, lemon sherbets, liquorice wands and more were enough to make anyone's eyes pop.
Scorpius and Rose spent several minutes, deciding on the best way to spend their money. They also saw Ivy and Alice in the store, who made moony faces at Rose whilst Scorpius wasn't looking.
Walking out of Honeydukes with two full lolly bags in their hands, they made their way to the snow-covered area just beyond the boundaries of the Shrieking Shack. There, they sat against the trunk of a tree, eating their lollies and talking. Rose couldn't help but think how perfect this moment was. Scorpius was such a nice guy, and he was handsome.
Suddenly, Scorpius jumped up, and without warning, flung a snowball at Rose, hitting her in the stomach.
"This means war!" Rose yelled, jumping up and quickly retaliating. They flung snowball after snowball at each other, most of them missing. For what seemed like ages, they were engaged in a furious snowball fight, until at last they fell on their backs next to each other, into the snow, laughing.
They lay there, laughing away for several minutes before falling silent.
"Look, snow!" Rose exclaimed pointing to the sky.
They both watched as a snowflake drifted down, landing on Scorpius' head, where it melted into a drop of water.
He stood up, offering his hand to help Rose up.
She took it, and went to stand up, but Scorpius pulled her up a bit to fast and she stumbled into him, causing them both to fall over. They both laughed, then Rose realised she had fallen on top of Scorpius. She quickly jumped up, blushing from embarrassment. "Sorry." She said
"Nah. Wasn't your fault." Scorpius replied, standing up. "Want to head back to town? It's almost time for us to head back to school."
"Sure."
Despite the awkward moment, Scorpius slipped his hand into Rose's. Rose held his hand back, enjoying the warmth and feel of his tough skin. They walked together, holding hands all the way back to Hogwarts.
"I had a really fun time." Rose said as they reached the entrance hall.
"Me too. We should definitely do this again sometime." Scorpius replied. "I guess I'll see you in class."
"Ok." Rose said, letting go of Scorpius' hand, moving towards the stairs.
She smiled all the way back to the common room, replaying over and over in her head the date.
Ivy, Jess and Chelsea swarmed on her the second she reached the dorm, bombarding her with questions about her and Scorpius. She answered the questions vaguely before telling the girls she was tired and wouldn't answer any more questions. The girls moaned, but stopped interrogating her.
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