Title: All's Fair in Love and Quidditch
Gift For: Rotae
Summary: Scorpius Malfoy and Rose Weasley bond and fall in love while at Hogwarts thanks to their mutual devotion to the game of Quidditch. Family politics and the pressures of playing professionally, however, eventually threaten to tear their relationship apart.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Language, Angst
Word Count: 274
Lyrics/Quotes Used: "The caterpillar does all the hard work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity." - George Calin
A/N: Written for the livejournal 2010 SMRW_FICAFEST exchange. Rotae asked for Rose and Scorpius in Ravenclaw as best friends who fall in love. I had a really hard time coming up with a believable plot about BFFs that turn into something more because in most of my rl experiences it's usually just ½ of the friendship that is in love and the other half is all WTF? So I was forced to steal my plot from the movie Love and Basketball. I also stole probably half-a-dozen lines from the film, too. I also stole borrowed names of many supporting characters from some of my favorite fanfics. A great big hug and lots of kisses goes out to queenb23more who agreed to beta this for me. Also a big thanks to birdseyeview for not crushing/cursing me for turning this in so late.

Epilogue

A large and rowdy contingent of redheads sat two boxes down from the Minister of Magic's box. England had made it to the finals of the Quidditch World Cup and there was no way that any of them wanted to miss what was undoubtedly one of the most memorable events in family history – a Weasley playing in the championship game.

As the announcer began to introduce the starting players for England, the Weasleys cheered but saved most of their energy so they could go wild when Rose flew onto the pitch. When her name was finally announced, they stomped and yelled loudly. As she circled the stadium, flying close to their box, Ron stood with a curly-headed blond toddler in his arms. "Wave to Mummy," he told her.

"Mummy! Mummy!" the little girl cried, reaching out for Rose.

A sharp elbow dug into Ron's ribs. "Hand Cassi to me, Weasley," Draco commanded. "You are upsetting her."

"Bugger off, Malfoy. She's fine."

Before Draco could attempt to wrestle the child away from Ron, the crowd again went wild.

"Daddy!" Cassi shouted, pointing to where Scorpius had flown out in the middle of the stadium.

As if he heard her call, Scorpius turned toward the Weasleys' box and waved at his daughter.

The shouts from the Weasleys were easily drowned out by a roar of approval from the crowd when Scorpius next swooped down to his wife, grabbed her by the waist, and kissed her passionately. When he finally released her, Scorpius gave Rose one of those smiles that let her know, in his mind, he had already won the most important game in his life.

The End