"Rose! Class start in half an hour!" I heard a voice above me My eyes shot wide open and I bolted upright, just to hit my head on a very hard object above me.

"Ow...", I said, falling back onto my pillow.

"Ow is right!" I heard above me. I looked up and saw Alice standing over my bed, rubbing her forehead. "You have a thick skull, Rose."

I rolled off of my bed, and headed for the bathroom. After I took a quick shower, I changed into my robes, and walked up to the door.

"I'm heading down for breakfast, you lot had better come down too," I said to the room, receiving many groans in response.

Shouldering my bag, I spun around on my heel and headed down to the Ravenclaw Common Room, and then to the entrance hall for breakfast.

As I was walking, I heard someone call out my name from behind me.

"Rose!"

I smiled. "Hi Albus," I said. "How's your first day at Hogwarts so far?" I asked him.

Al shrugged. "So Rose, Hugo told me that you want to join the Charms club." I nodded. "So I'll talk to Scorpius about it, if you want." Albus offered.

I smiled. "That would be great Al. Thanks!" I said.

Al snorted. "Yeah, sure Rosie. Just remember that you owe me." he said, before he stalked over to the Gryffindor table, waving to Scorpius.

I stuck my tongue out at Al, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw Scorpius chuckling. I pretended not to notice, and I gracefully walked over to the Ravenclaw table. In other words, I turned around, and walked straight into a 7th year Hufflepuff.

"Watch it!" he said scowling at me.

Now Scorpius was laughing put loud. Face burning, I rushed over to the Ravenclaw table and sat down with my head down. Leave it to me to embarrass myself in front of a guy I haven't even met yet. I piled my plate with waffles and loaded maple syrup onto them.

Someone slid onto the bench next to me. "Weasley." he said.

"Malfoy," I replied, still piling syrup onto my waffles.

"Really? You're eating waffles?"

I rolled my eyes. "I happen to really like American food!" I replied, raising my eyebrows at Scorpius.

He laughed out loud, and I smiled in spite of myself.

"So," I asked "What brings you to the Ravenclaw table?"

"Just checking to see if the rumors are true, and if if this table actually has magical properties, and it gives whoever sits here inhuman intelligence."

I stared at him. "I don't really know how to respond to that."

He smirked. "Alright then, I guess all there's left is for me to tell you is that the first charms meeting is today, and, if the rumors are true, you might want to come a bit early to practice. But then again, the rumors so far haven't been very reliable." He winked at me, and then got up and jogged up to the Gryffindor table.

I smiled to myself and folded a waffle in half. I never actually talked to Malfoy for extended periods of time, but that will change. However heartless it seems, I need him to help me pass Charms this year.

I was now slicing tiny bits of butter for the waffle as Al came to visit. "Hey Rosie, I need a favor," he said. "I need you to, er, Rose, I'm sorry but I can't concentrate. What in Merlin's pants are you eating?" he said, with a very confused expression on his face.

I sighed. "It's called a waffle. It tastes surprisingly good, and it also knows that if you don't spit out what you were going to say, you will not be sitting at this table for long." I said expectantly.

Al blushed. "Er, alright, but you can't tell anyone." he said.

"Cross my heart and hope to die."

"Er, what?"

"Nothing. Another American thing. Ok Al, what seems to be the problem?"

"Well, you're friends with Alice Longbottom, right?" he said. I nodded and motioned for him to go on. "Er, well, I just want you to find out what she thinks of me. You know, if she likes me, or whatnot." he said, his whole face red.

I rolled my eyes. "And please tell me Al, why would I do this?"

"Because you owe me, Rose. Remember, with Scorpius?" he said. I mentally smacked myself.

"Alright Al, I'll talk to your lady love." I said, smirking. Al blushed a dark red, and stalked back to the Gryffindor table. I was just about to take a bite out of my waffles when I heard someone walk over to me again.

"What is it now, Scorpius? I want to eat my waffles!" I said, exasperated.

"Don't worry Rosie Posie, I'll let you eat this monstrosity you call food. Just, what was Al talking to you about? He's as red as a tomato, and won't say a word." Scorpius said.

I sighed. "Didn't he try to stop you from coming over here and asking me?" I asked.

"He was under the impression that I would not be able to successfully retrieve the answer from you."

"He's right." I said.

"Come on Rose!" Scorpius said. "Please?"

"No."

"Does it have anything to do with Alice Longbottom?"

I looked up, surprised. "Did he tell you?" I asked.

Scorpius smirked. "It's actually pretty obvious. Anyway, my business here is done, so I'll be seeing you tonight." He said, as he walked away, tilting his head in my direction.

As I was stuffing my face with waffle, another distraction arrived in the shape of Alice and Dea.

"Hey Rose." Alice said cheerfully as she sat down. Dea sat down right next to her, and immediately resumed a sleeping position on the table.

"Alice. I see you managed to get her out of bed." I said, smirking. I usually don't have too many close friends, but it's hard not to be friends with people you sleep in the same room with.

"Sod off, Rose." Dea said, lifting her head up from it's original position of resting on the table. Dea had dark curly hair that was tied up. She had dark skin, and she was petite, with an intimidating face. She raised one eyebrow at my breakfast. "Rosie, are you mental? What is that?" she said, frowning at my waffles.

"I am sick and tired of people insulting my breakfast!" I cried, throwing my hands up. "So what? I like American food!"

Alice brushed her light brown hair out of her face, and looked at me. "Who else insulted your breakfast?"

"Actually, it was only three people. Dea, of course, Al, and Scorpius." I said, pouring myself and Dea some orange juice.

"Scorpius? Scorpius Malfoy?" Alice asked, intrigued.

"The one and only." I said, rolling my eyes. "I've decided to join the Charms club, and he just came over to tell me when the first meet was."

Alice leaned over the table. "So, what do you think of him?" she asked.

I knew where this was going. "Alright Alice, I'm going to make this conversation short. No, I don't have any sort of feelings for him. I don't believe that he likes me. Our relationship is purely based on my abysmal Charms skills, which is why I'm making an effort to be friends with him this year." I said.

Alice leaned back, disappointed. "Are you sure?" she asked.

"Yes, Alice. But speaking of this, what about you and Al?" I asked, slyly.

Alice blushed. "I don't really know. He's really cute, and nice, but he doesn't think of me as any more than 'Uncle Neville's daughter'." she said, avoiding my eyes.

I tried not to laugh. "Don't worry, Alice, I'm sure he'll come through." I said.

Alice smiled gratefully. "Thanks Rose. And I'm sure that someday, you'll find someone to fall in love with."

I snorted. "I don't believe in love."

Alice and Dea both stared at me. "What do you mean, 'don't believe in love'!" Dea said, outraged. "How is that even possible?" she asked.

I sighed. "Well, I don't really understand how it works. Some people say that love is not based on physical appearances, but the movies and books talk about how they love things about the person's looks when they fall in love with them. And I just don't understand how someone could be so great in a person's mind that they would 'fall in love' with them. It just isn't logical, or sensible." I explained. Alice and Dea just stared at me.

"That's it!" Dea said. "This year, we are going to find someone for Rose to fall in love with!" she said.

Alice nodded. "That's a great idea! And the first person that we'll try will be Scorpius Malfoy." she said, smirking.

I shook my head. "No way. This year is my study year. I planned it all out. I'm only concentrating on classes this year." I said.

"Come on, Rose!" Alice begged. "Wouldn't it be fun to have a boyfriend?"

"Well, maybe, but - "

"Then do it! Get Scorpius to fall in love with you." Dea said. "I bet that you would fall in love with him too."

I sighed. "Maybe. But that's it. End of discussion."

Resigned, Alice and Dea began to compare their Transfiguration summer homework, as I pondered on the pros and cons of falling in love.