A Word from the Author: Hello everyone, it's jediclonecowgirl, with another one-shot...*sigh* It's been a while, since I have done one of these and before I start I wanna give a big big THANK YOU to danceforevergirl for allowing me to work with that idea, because the idea of this one-shot isn't mine...it belongs to danceforevergirl. The point of view is the only thing, that I am going to change. Now enjoy...

"Albus."

Carefully I sat down on the stairs next to my little brother. He had been off all through the school year and our cousin Rose told me, that he had ditched his classes today. It all started to get me worried. He reached up to his eyes and wiped them, which was a clear signal, that he had been crying. All my alarms went off, but didn't want to overwhelm my brother with throwing a fit. This would help neither of us.

"Albus, tell me what's wrong. You can trust me.", I whispered softly.

Was he having trouble with some bullies, or maybe even getting beaten up? If that was the case I would show those people, where the bells were hanging, if they layed a finger on him once more! Or maybe he had gotten in trouble at Transfiguration class again. My brother had always been kinda sensible and our Transfiguration Professor really is an old hag!

"I-I can't tell you James. I just can't...", my little brother whimpered.

Okay this was really getting more mysterious by the second. What could've been so horrible, that my brother couldn't tell me? I maybe teased him every now and then, but this has always been some kind of tradition in the Potter household. I still loved him.

"Al. Tell me. Please. I'm your brother, I love you.", I whispered.

Even though he still wasn't looking at me, I could see, that he was miserable. He had tears in his eyes and I was determined to make things better. No matter what!

"James I...", he began.

He said nothing else. All he did was cry. I could see the tears hitting the ground by his feet.

"I'm not like you or Dad. I...", he began and gulped, before he went on.

"I like boys. I'm gay.", he croaks out.

This was it? My baby brother was gay and he thought, that I was going to see him any different? I struggled to keep back tears of my own. Albus just cried harder and then looked at me.

"Al.", I murmured.

I didn't manage anything else. I was just shocked at the thought, that my baby brother would think, that I would see him any different, because he was gay. He then leaned against my shoulder and cried. It almost tore my heart into pieces. All I could think of was to wrap my arm around my little brother's shoulder, doing my best to comfort him

"Al...Al.", I murmured again.

Then I leaned over and genty kissed his forehead and after a few minutes my brother fell asleep. I gently laid him down on my lap and began to run my fingers through his hair. This had always comforted him, when we were younger. He woke up a later and for moment we were just gazing at each other, but I think he knew, that I would never leave him. My baby brother.

Ending Word: I think this it...*gazes questioningly*...yeah...it is. I hope you liked this one-shot and I hope, that you will leave some reviews behind and a big thank you again to you danceforevergirl for allowing me to write this and put it online. Now all I have left to say is bye, bye and mischief managed.