"We're done." His face showed no emotion at all, and I held back tears.

"What?!" I pactically yelled at him, and he sighed in frustration.

"You were a bet, and I never really loved you. I mean, you're pretty and all, but I'd rather actually date your cousin, Lily, or Jenneth, or even Sandra." He crossed his arms at me, apparently not caring about how hard this was for me. After all we've been through, he's just gonna throw it all away and tell me it's a bet?

"You can't be serious."

"I am."

"Scorpius!" I broke down crying, and I watched him as he walked away from me, leaving me to cry my heart out in the Astronomy tower.

~~~

"Rose. Rose? ROSE!" I heard someone yell my name, and I suddenly woke up from my sleep. Wait...sleep. It was a dream! Me an Scorpius never broke up!

"Lily? What day is it?" I got up from my bed, and she stared at me in confusion.

"December 17. Today's the start of Christmas break."

"What happened last night?"

"Well...you got sleepy in the Astronomy tower with Scorpius, and he carried you all the way here to your room."

"Ugh, I'm having a bloody headache. Why is this happening to me?" I rubbed my temples to try and cease the pain, but it was still there.

"What else have I done last night? After I got here?"

"When Scorpius carried you here, there was a bottle of some sort of drink on top of your drawer and, well, you drank it. Little did you know that it was actually...firewhiskey. And you drank lots of it. Scorpius also tried to stop you, but you just kissed him and you ended up snogging in your bed. Senselessly too, I might add." I blushed at her words, but I shook it off and she continued.

"Anyways, if I hadn't found you two here, snogging like there was no tomorrow, I'm guessing you would have been...no, that's not what I meant! You would have been both too drunk to do anything, because you really convinced him to drink with you."

"I'm a bloody idiot. And my parents would probably kill me if they found out I've been drinking!" I suddenly started to panic, realizing how much trouble I would get into.

"Relax, I won't tell. Nor will Scorpius. And we don't even know who would send you a big bottle of firewhiskey. I mean, seriously?!" I chuckled at her and got off my bed, then I took a shower and changed into muggle clothes. Since I was going home for Christmas break, I decided to wear casual clothes.

~~~

"Rose, are you ready?" Scorpius asked me, as we were in the train and waiting for the train to arrive at the platform.

"Yeah, just nervous, is all." My hands started to fidget, because today was the day that I was going to tell my parents about Scorpius, and ge would tell his parents about me.

"Don't worry. You love me, right? Then that means that they'll love me too." He smirked and tried to cease the tension in the air, and it did help a bit.

"Right." I smiled at him, and a few minutes later, the train came to a stop. Here goes nothing.

I stepped out of the train with Scorpius's hand intertwined with mine, and I saw my mom waving at me and smiling, while my dad was staring at my hands. I got nervous, but I made my way to them with Scorpius.

"Hello, Rose! Oh, how I've missed you!" My mother hugged me and whispered something in my ear. "I like him already." She pulled away from the hug, and she smiled at Scorpius and took out her hand for him to shake.

"You must be Scorpius. Albus' best friend, and I'm assuming...my daughter's boyfriend?" Scorpius nodded and shook her hand, and I let out a sigh of relief, but my dad was still glaring at Scorpius.

"Yes. Your boyfriend. Have you been studying for your O.W.L's?" My dad asked me, and I nodded my head at him.

"Dad, I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner, I just thought--"

"Don't. I may not be too happy about you already having a boyfriend, not to mention he's a Malfoy, but if it makes you happy, then I'll accept him. And, Scorpius, make sure that she does her schoolwork and not other things." My father cut me off, and I hugged him, reassuring him that nothing would change just because I'm dating Scorpius.

"Well, could I please have Rose for a moment sir? I'd just like to introduce him to my father." Scorpius was talking in a very polite tone, and my dad nodded.

"That went better than I expected." I muttered when we were walking and on our way to see his dad. When we finally saw him, Scorpius hugged him.

"Hello father." He greeted him with a smile, and his dad smiled back. I took a closer look at both of them, and I realized that they looked so identical to one another. Scorpius whispered something in his ear, and his dad suddenly turned to me.

"You must be Rose Weasley. Scorpius talked about you non-stop for years." He gave me a genuine smile, which I returned, and his next words were very heartwarming.

"I can't wait till you two get married, welcome to the family Rose." I nodded at him, and I finally gave Scorpius one last kiss on the cheek, before going back to my parents, where I saw Hugo there as well, and we left the train station and went home.