Chapter 26
'mum, which dress is it' rose shouted. 'The dark orange one we gave you for Christmas. Please hurry up rose, this ministry event is very important' Hermione replied. 'they all are mum, they all are' rose muttered as she changed into the almost bronze coloured dress.
Half an hour later rose was standing in the ministry ballroom at the latest ministry event the family had to go to. This particular event was for a children's charity that her family did a great deal with. The money raised at this auction and dance event was going towards a safe house for magical children who felt they simply could not stay in their own homes for whatever reasons or for those who didn't have a home. It was somewhere they could feel safe.
Now it wasn't that rose thought that it wasn't a good project or a good charity, for she truly did. She thought that helping these disadvantaged kids was a really good thing, that truly wasn't her problem. Her problem was this was the third ministry related event rose had been to this month.
What did make rose brighten up was that during her mother's speech she spotted the blonde boy from madam Malkin's shop.
Rose having thought that Scorpius seemed nice when she met him at the shop walked over to him.
'Hello again scorpius' rose said as she approached. 'hi, um... Rose wasn't it? I'm really sorry I'm terrible with names' Scorpius told her. 'yes, that's right. So you enjoying yourself?' 'its ok I guess, it's for a good cause, which is the most important thing. Would you... Would you like to dance rose?' 'sure, ok I don't mind a dance' rose replied as she gently dragged scorpius into a space on the dance floor.
Scorpius having no idea what he had just asked, seeing as he didn't know the first thing about dancing started following what rose was doing.
'I love this song, it's by 'darkness dreamers', it's called 'hope', do you like it, Scorpius?' rose said after a few minutes of them dancing. 'not too bad I suppose' Scorpius replied before continuing 'its only about two/three weeks until we start Hogwarts are you excited?' 'I positively can't wait' 'me neither' Scorpius said just as the song finished.
Walking off the dance floor and towards the food albus caught up with the two to give rose a message that her mother was looking for her. 'I'm really sorry, but I have to go, enjoy the rest of the evening Scorpius' rose told him knowing that once she returned to her family that she wouldn't get away before the end of the night.
Sitting down at the family table in the corner rose took out her latest letter and replied while no one was watching.