Chapter 13

The Life Changing Wedding

Rose POV

"All the best Rose – I am sure you will be great" said Victiore with her eyes full of warmth and appreciation for me.

"Thanks ..." I replied and hugged her.

"Lets go Rose" said Roxie getting excited.

"Oh Roxie, can I borrow Rose for a moment, I need to give her some last minute advice" said Lily as she grabbed my hand and started to take me away from the crowd.

"All the best Rose", said Molly and Lucy as we passed them.

"Today my little princes is going to show the world how amazing she can be", I heard my dad say to my mom.

My mom caught my eye and got up from her rest. She hugged me and wished me luck.

"Rock the day Rose" said Al and Hugo in union.

"Guys you can all show your appreciation after the performance. Right now Rose needs sometime with me" said Lily as she hurried towards the house not leaving my hand.

"Rose just chill, Brenda is upstairs and so is the polyjuice potion. I will guard here till the performance is over and no one will ever come to know" said Lily breathlessly.

"Lily I –I", I was unable to utter a word and felt tears in my eyes.

"Hurry up Rose – just go" she said and I went upstairs. Brenda was sitting on my bed waiting for me quite eagerly. She smiled at me and said, "Hi Rose – Ready for the life changing wedding"

I simply nodded but did not move an inch from my place.

Those smiles, those praises, those tears of happiness in mom's eyes were for me. How could I let someone else steal it all .No it was unfair. It was unfair to mom, unfair to dad, unfair to Victiore and unfair to Scorpius.

Scorpius – What to say about him he had spent so much of time doing his best to train me; he actually made a disastrous dancer like me actually enjoy dancing. He believed in my complete nonsense story without uttering a single word. He even tolerated my unacceptable behaviour after becoming my slave. And most of all he became my friend. So what if the friendship started with a deal, so what if it was still fake for him – it was not for me. His efforts on me won't go useless and I won't betray his trust this time.

My mind was made up. I had to do it for all who had trusted me. Yes I could be even better than Brenda, at least in the eyes of my family. So forget everything Rose Weasley and trust your efforts, trust Scorpius, trust yourself.

"Sorry Brenda – I apologize for the trouble we gave you but I just can't, ''I said and ran out of the room without turning back to see her expression. I ran down the staircase to see Lily waiting patiently but I could not face her then. So I kept running out of the house only to hear her call "Brenda – what's wrong?"

I never stopped and soon reached my destination – the wedding tent.

I reached Scorpius and his eyes shone.

"Ready" he asked me.

"More than ever" I replied.

"So ladies and gentlemen – now it's the time for the first formal dance by the bridesmaids of our beautiful bride as a tribute to our soon to be wedded couple" announced my cousin Fred.

A slow music started to play and Scorpius offered me his hand, a small smile never leaving his face.

We moved gracefully on the floor and then he twirled me. I soon regained my original form as seen during the practices. I would have so much regretted if I had let someone else steal my place today.

As soon as we finished with our performance the entire tent was full of loud applause. I saw my mom wiping tears from her eyes, my dad looked overjoyed. All my cousins gathered to congratulate us "I love you Rose", said Victiore as she hugged me and then came Lily. I felt slightly sorry seeing her expression. She had worked so hard after all.

"Lils – I" I started but she cut my speech giving me the most affectionate hug.

"The performance could not have been better", she said "No one can ever replace you Rose".

I returned her hug feeling highly relieved and then looked for Scorpius. He was nowhere to be seen.

"I saw him going towards the garden" said Albus. I smiled at him and rushed towards the garden.

He was standing there with both his hands shoved in his pockets, his back facing me.

"Thank you Rose" he said "I was so afraid what if you don't trust me." He turned towards me with an unreadable expression on his face.

"I don't understand", I tried to say but he continued.

"Thank you for turning up for the dance".

"You knew?" I said getting stunned.

"Of course I did" he replied "I know you can be a good story teller but I am too smart for you" he added.

"But how?" I asked still shocked.

"What do you think – yourself beating me in just one day would not fill my mind with 100 questions? I followed you after the challenge and heard you and Lily talk. First I felt angry for you guys cheating me but then I realized it was my fault after all. It was me who had insulted you openly and made you choose that path – so I decided it should be me again to bring you back" he finished.

I stared at him – half shocked – half amused - not knowing what to say.

"But look I succeeded in the end and got the real Rose Weasley dance," he smiled to himself.

Without saying a single word I hugged him. He did consider me his FRIEND – our friendship was not fake. In fact it was the weirdest truth.

"So this wedding was definitely full of surprises" I finally said.

"Yeah it was a Life Changing Wedding" replied Scorpius.

I smiled to myself. What if the change of lives was not literal this wedding had definitely changed our lives forever.

Foes had become friends.

Things never thought of were done.

Those seven Golden Days were just unforgettable.

After all it had been A LIFE CHANGING WEDDING.

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