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This was a day the Malfoy twins and even Albus dreaded, the day when they were sure to hear back from their fathers about their friendship. There really was no way for their parents to keep them apart so there would be no friendship seeing as they were at Hogwarts while their parents weren't, and they were in the same house. But, even though the boys did go against their father's wishes, they both feared what would be said, and both were upset at disappointing their fathers. Not like Alya of course, who would probably be in tears at disappointing her father, which was why she refused to befriend Albus.

The three of them sat at the Slytherin table one day before classes, it has been two days since they sent out letters to their parents. All three of them pretty much containing the same information, except while Albus and Scorpius' talked about their friendship, Alyas letter denied her friendship with the Potter boy.

As the owls swooped down to drop the letters in front of the people they were meant for, each one of them froze at the sight of the letters, especially Scorpius once he spotted his letter not to be a normal letter, but a howler.

"So who goes first" Scorpius asked nervously glancing down at the howler

"Well I'm reading mine, since of course I have nothing to worry about" Alya said with a smug expression on her face as she glanced at the two boys across from her, Alya quickly opened the letter and read over its contents, but to be honest she was a little nervous at what was in the letter, but she didn't tell the boys what exactly was the last part she wrote in her letter.

Alya,

I'm happy to hear that you ended up in Slytherin, to be honest I had a feeling one of you would end up in Gryffindor, which I wouldn't have minded of course but Slytherin IS the best house. I'm also happy to hear that you are having a good time at Hogwarts, but there is one thing we need to talk about and I think you know what that is.

I read Scorpius' letter, but I'm sure you'll hear what I think about that when he opens his letter. The main thing I wanted to talk to you about is what you wrote at the end of your letter. I know Scorpius is going to go against whatever I say, but that doesn't mean I won't try to tell him not to be friends with the Potter. But I would be glad if you listened to what I said and not be friends with him. You mentioned the girls in your dorm, but didn't mention them as new friends, have you made any friends at Hogwarts?

Your mother says hi and that she loves you, we both wish you the best.

Mum & Dad

Alya tried to keep the tears away as she read over the letter more than once. She knew her father didn't mean it but she could read the coldness in his voice as he wrote the letter. She knew he wanted her to make friends, and she wouldn't admit it but there was a spark of anger at her father, she would have a friend if her father didn't tell her not to befriend Albus. In her letter she had asked if since Scorpius was friends with Albus, if she could be friends with him too. She knew that wasn't much different than telling him she was friends with him, but she still hoped he would tell her it was okay. She hadn't fully disappointed her father, but she knew it was still somewhat close to it, and the thought made her want to run up to her dorm and cry.

"Is everything okay Alya?" she heard Albus say to her as she still hasn't said anything since reading the letter

Slowly she looked up from the letter to the two pairs of curious eyes

"Everything is fine" she made sure to plaster a fake smile on her face, and she tried to keep her voice from cracking like it always did when she was about to cry but she knew that failed, and knew both of them noticed it but thankfully ignored it except for the looks Albus was giving her.

"I'll read mine" Albus picked up the letter and quickly opened it

Albus,

First off I should tell you in advance that James had already sent me a letter about your sorting into Slytherin, actually he sent me one the night you were sorted. As you can probably guess, he isn't very happy about it and is demanding me to make you get resorted as if I can do anything about it. Unlike James, I'm perfectly fine with you being in Slytherin, I know there have been lots of horrible stories about your house but some great wizards and witches have come from Slytherin, not only bad.

Lily and your mum miss you terribly, ever since hearing of your sorting, Lily keeps asking where she will end up.

But onto other matters, I'm disappointed Albus. I know it probably is silly of me to be disappointed but, I told you not to become friends with the Malfoys and you've done it. Well, at least Scorpius. There really isn't much I can say on the matter, I can't control you being friends with Scorpius seeing as I'm not even at Hogwarts and you being in the same house doesn't help much. I would like it for you to listen to me Albus when I tell you not to do something.

Love

Dad

P.S. Mum and Lily send their love, and say hi to Rose for us

"Well that wasn't too bad, he'll get over it" Albus said as he finished reading, reading the parts out loud when it came to his friendship with Scorpius.

"Oh yay my turn" Scorpius said sarcastically as he slowly opened up the letter, or well howler.

SCORPIUS MALFOY HOW DARE YOU NOT DO AS I SAY, WHEN I TELL YOU NOT TO DO SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GO OFF AND DO IT! I FORBID YOU TO CONTINUE THIS LITTLE FRIENDSHIP OF YOURS! I MAY NOT BE THERE RIGHT NOW BUT JUST YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU COME HOME!

The howler then ripped itself into shreds, as everyone in the Great Hall stared at the Slytherin table. Scorpius' eyes were wide open as he stared at the ripped up howler, his face as red as a tomato. Albus' cheeks were even red once he heard whispers with his name being mentioned in them, and then Alya who looked nervous.

Professor McGonagall finally yelled for everyone to go back to finishing up their food before they have to head to class and as soon as the eyes were off of them, Alya quickly jumped up off the bench not being able to hold in the tears anymore, she felt foolish for wanting to cry over a silly thing and wouldn't let either boys see her cry, even Scorpius.

"Where are you going?" Scorpius looked up at his sister, he knew something in her letter bothered her but knew not to ask her about it

"Going to head to class early" she didn't leave any time for either boy to say anything else before she raced out of the Great Hall

"I think I will too, see you later Scorp" Albus got up off the bench and patted his best mate on the shoulder before rushing out of the Great Hall in the same direction as Alya.

"What was that about?" asked Laurence Zabini a boy in his and Albus' dorm, who was also his cousin but of course he didn't know that until recently, apparently their mums are sisters but had a falling out which caused them to lose contact, so Scorpius and Alya didn't know Laurence was their cousin until the boy told them then showed them the letter from his father confirming it.

"No idea"

HPHPHPHPHPHPHP

"Go away Albus!"

Alya sat on the cold corridor floor with her knees pulled up to her chest, students rarely walked through this corridor so it was the perfect crying spot, except Albus had followed her.

"No, just because you refuse to be my friend doesn't mean I'm going to just leave you alone by yourself to cry" through her tears she looked at Albus as he sat down next to her

"Obviously I don't want to be bothered if my own twin brother didn't even follow me" she flinched back as Albus reached a hand up to her face and wiped her tears away, she didn't know how much longer she could pretend to dislike him if he kept being nice to her like this.

"Yeah well I'm not Scorp and I guess I am stupid enough to follow you"

"You're not stupid" Alya mumbled under her breath, hoping Albus didn't hear but he of course did, it seemed no matter how quiet she talked he always seemed to hear.

Because she was looking down at the floor, she missed the smile that formed on his lips, Albus then stood up and reached out his hand for Alya to take, slowly she lifted up her hand to put it into his as he lifted her off the floor, both of them not even caring that she bumped into him.

"Come on, we'll miss class"

And together they walked off to their first class of the day, both not noticing they were still holding hands as they walked.

A/N: Okay so originally, I wasn't planning on even doing this chapter, I was going to include the howler in the other chapter I was writing when I realized it would make sense to make a chapter containing the letters they got back from their parents. So I ended up opening a new doc and started writing this chapter instead of finishing the one I was writing, hopefully I can finish that one tonight and also post it :D Sorry if the scene with Albus and Alya was too short, there will be plenty more of them!

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