Weeeeee, my first Scorbus!

I'm so happy to finally being able to write with these two cinnamon rolls! It took me a great deal to finally enjoy writing with them. But I guess it worked! Also, it has James Sirius/Louis, a pairing underappreciated that I absolutely love!

This story will have 5/6 chapters (I'm still trying to decide if the 6th one should be published, but I'll explain it later). It's already written, so it's not like I'll give up.

Also, thanks to ilprincipino for working as a beta for this chapter ^^

I hope you'll like it and please leave me reviews 3

"Albus, we shouldn't!"

Albus rolled his eyes, trying to contain his impatience. He was nervous enough about his whole plan… Why did Scorpius have to make his nervousness even worse!? Obviously, complaining all the time was a main characteristic of his beloved friend since the events of the past year… But knowing this wasn't enough to placate his annoyance.

"Yes, we should," Albus grabbed Scorpius' hand, trying not to blush. His eyes were focused on their feet as he tried to walk in sync. It would be a disaster if one of them ended up stumbling on the hem of the cloak "James is not going to use it anytime soon…"

"But he already let you borrow the cloak!" Scorpius almost whined, dodging from a group of second years walking on the corridors leading to the towers. It was hard to walk under the bloody cloak, and he hated each of the few times that he had used it with Albus. "It's so wrong to betray him like this when he was nicer then he's been to you in years!"

"He let me borrow the cloak because Dad asked him to be more cool with me last year," Albus sighed, leading them to the stairs "Besides, I'm also grandson of James Potter. Why can't I use the map as well? Dad gave James the cloak, not the map! James only has it because Teddy gave it to him when he left Hogwarts. Why does James need the cloak and the map at the same time?!"

"Are you going to steal it?!" Scorpius froze in place and Albus cursed under his breath, covering his foot carefully.

"Look, they can't see a lonely foot walking through the corridors; warn me when you're going to create roots on the ground!"

"Sorry…" Scorpius avoided Albus' eyes and blushed. Albus regretted his words immediately, but before he could say anything, Scorpius spoke again. "You told me we would borrow it… Without telling James. Not that we were going to steal it!"

"We're not! I never mentioned it. I was just being bitter," Al shrugged, squeezing Scorpius hand. "I was always being me."

"I know, but…"

"It'll be fast! You saw, James' here at the castle, locked at the library. He got detention on more time, which will make Mum mad at him for fighting again. .His DADA grades are terrible, so Dad is angry too… James is worried sick about his NEWTs. Roxanne is there, helping him.. It's not like he will pop up in his dorm anytime soon."

"It's not a good idea."

"I never had good ideas, yet you keep following me." Albus grinned. "Please, let's go. It will be fast. As soon as we take the map the better. Can you imagine how many places are hiding in this castle?" Albus beamed. "We can explore the castle and then at the end of the day, I'll give the cloak back to James at his dorm and discretely put the map back in its place. His room is so messy that he'll never guess that something is wrong."

"Your plan is so risky."

"They always are. Please, Scorp… I just want to give you a nice birthday adventure." Al bit his lip and looked at Scorpius with big eyes. "Please."

"Okay…"

Albus grinned excitedly. His plan was clearly risky, but it was worth it. Because of their OWLs, Scorpius was nervous and anxious all the time. He never accepted Albus invitations to wander the corridors past curfew, or to play Exploding Snap between classes anymore… Albus also was worried about the exams, but he wasn't as worried as Scorpius. And considering the things they had done the year before… Scorpius was trying to walk in line and not to give his father more reasons to be disappointed with him.

And with the lack of their usual routine, Albus realized two things. The first one was that he missed Scorpius so much, to the point when the blond was the main focus of his mind all day long. It lead clearly to Al realizing what exactly Scorpius meant to him. Secondly, how could he speak to his friend-now-crush about his feelings with Scorp rushing to a class, or fumbling with a pile of notes, quills, and bottles of ink?

His birthday surprise was his chance. Scorpius had become very fond of Hogwarts since he saw what the castle looked like in the twisted reality where Voldemort ruled the school.

As Scorpius wasn't in the mood to spend his free time doing absolutely nothing with Albus, only Albus accepted the first invitations they had to attend the Slytherin parties thrown by the seventh year some days ago. A little dizzy and depressed, Albus had to embrace the idea of spending the party with Dominique, even if they weren't exactly close. Drunk and a bit nostalgic due to her leaving Hogwarts soon, she was telling a lot of silly stories, to which Albus wasn't exactly paying attention to.

Until she told him about some of her adventures with Teddy and James when she and James were first years. She told him about all the secret passages, hallways, rooms and even secret libraries that Teddy showed them using his secret map. It suddenly gave Albus an idea (his drunken brain probably helped): an adventure in the castle with discovery and secret libraries! What more could attract Scorpius's attention? It was almost impossible for Albus to monopolize Scorpius during his friend's birthday (mostly because of Draco). But he could anticipate their celebration, couldn't he? During their Hogsmeade weekend…

It was a stupid plan, but to his brain (and to his heart) at the time, it sounded so good. He knew where Teddy secret map was. And he needed so much to be alone with Scorpius…

"How can he sleep in here? It's disgusting…"

"It's a little messy, yeah." Scorpius gulped, looking around. "So? Have you found it?"

"His trunk is a chaos, hold on," Albus reassured him with a smile, fumbling with James' stuff.

"Can't you summon it?"

"I'm awful at that spell, you know. I'll probably summon a lot of random papers instead. And you're too scared to focus, I guess. You're good with charms, at least."

"Sorry," Scorpius sighed, giving him a half smile. "Can't believe we're breaking into the Gryffindor Tower…"

"That's what happens when you have too many reckless Gryffindor relatives." Albus grinned. "And they forget that you're a cunning Slytherin who can memorize their stupid passwords."

"Any sign of the map?"

"Hold on, Scorp."

"I'm sorry…"

Albus looked at him, just to see Scorpius gazing around, looking carefully at the lion's dorm. It was warmer than their dungeons, a little too bright too. And definitely more untidy. His blond friend-now-crush looked just lovely with his curious facial expressions.

"Albus, we…"

But Scorpius shut up immediately as they heard harsh footsteps approaching. Al's eyes widened and before he could grab Scorpius and cover them with the cloak, his blond friend was already hiding beneath James' bed. Albus took some seconds to follow him as the door opened abruptly.

Al quietly hurried to cover them in case anyone tried to look under the bed. They were pressed together, side by side, breathing slowly (Al thought that Scorp wasn't breathing at all). Albus looked around, seeing a flash of James'shoes as he paced the room.

"What?" he heard his brother's raspy voice, and for a second Al thought that James knew he was under his bed. "Are you going to stay outside? We don't have much time."

Albus glanced at Scorpius, but his friend wasn't looking curious, just dead scared. For a second he regretted putting Scorpius on that situation. When Albus noticed that the soft footsteps approaching the bed weren't James', he looked at where he knew was the end of the bed, frowning when he saw the hem of a cobalt blue Quidditch uniform.

"Interesting," he heard Louis' voice say. "They're all at Hogsmeade, right?"

"Yeah," James answered, sounding nervous. He moved and Al was able to see his feet again. "With their dates at Madam Pudifoot."

"Yeah, sure, drinking tea", Louis chuckled. "Clever, for a Gryffindor. Congrats, James."

"Stop teasing." James' voice was bit sulky, and Albus felt Scorpius moving uneasily.

"Calm down," Albus muttered to his friend, squeezing his arm.

"Oh, sorry. But I'm up to tease you today," Louis laughed again, approaching James. "Don't look at me like this, I even wore my Quidditch robes for you today. I know you like it. Everyone looked at me like I was mad. Lucy even asked me if we were going to practice today."

"And what did you say back?"

"I said I like it. It suits my eyes. I look sexier in them."

"Indeed…"

Albus frowned, hearing Louis chuckling.

"So, guess I forgot my broom. But my kinky ideas don't include one today... It's not like I'll be the one riding something this time…"

"You're not making it any better, Louis."

"Relax. It will be good, I promise." He walked a step towards James. Finally, Albus noticed that Scorpius wasn't that scared anymore. His brow was furrowed and he was looking at James and Louis' shoes, a look of curiosity on his eyes.

"I hate you… Why can't we do this like we always did?"

"Because I don't want to bottom for you forever, even if you're an excellent lover, Jamie."

"What?!" Albus mumbled to himself, feeling Scorpius' hand rushing to cover his mouth. His heartbeat was increasing.