Scorpius had decided to make his move on New Year's night. He figured that Albus would appreciate the poetry of them starting something new together in the New Year. He felt like a total sap for planning it out, but he wanted everything to be perfect. He was finally going to get his chance to do everything with Albus that he'd ever imagined doing. Of course, he wanted to spread it out, savor it and not go through all the motions in one night. But he figured that he had waited long enough, and if things went farther than he had planned…he wouldn't mind it at all.

As always, New Year's Eve was a lot quieter than Christmas, yet still splendid. The Potters threw a small party at their house, as quite a few of the Weasleys were attending functions at their in-laws' places. This year, it was only Albus' grandparents, Ron's and Percy's family who were able to attend.

The days leading up to the party were very fun. Albus was respectful of Scorpius' wishes to "talk later" and carried on as if nothing had happened on Christmas night. They played pick-up Quidditch with Lily, James and Ciára and stayed up late talking about loads of nonsense. They visited Muggle London and spent a few hours in Diagon Alley as well. Scorpius, of course, was planning his special night in secret. And Albus, although bursting with anticipation had learned nothing if not patience from being the middle child.

...

New Year's Eve had finally arrived, and soon the Potters' cozy house was filled with Weasleys and a few friends. The party was great, and everyone was enjoying food, drinks and a few stupid party games that James had come up with. After an amazing dinner prepared by Ginny (rivaling the splendor of her mother's), they started passing out party horns and hats, confetti and heaps of magical noise makers and mini-fire-crackers from Weasley's Wizard Wheezes.

Scorpius, now wearing a green party hat that matched his best friend's eyes and holding a packet of confetti, was trying to locate said best friend with no luck. He couldn't see Albus anywhere, and this was going to interfere greatly with his plan. Harry had ushered everyone into the living room, and they watched the clock and listened carefully to the radio for the countdown. Scorpius was still looking all around for the mop of messy hair when finally he spotted Albus on the other side of the room just as the countdown started.

"10!...9!...8!..."

Scorpius was squeezing past people as he tried to make his way to his friend

"5!...4!..."

He finally had made; he grabbed Albus' shoulder and spun him around so they were facing each other, each grinning stupidly.

"2!...1!...HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

The Potters' living room exploded into colour and sound; confetti was everywhere, the horns were blasting, cameras were flashing, and a few people had set off the sparking fireworks which sped around room, whizzing and sputtering. There were hugs, kisses and cheering.

But Scorpius heard none of it. And neither did Albus. As soon as the cheering had started, Scorpius had pulled Albus into him, and pressed a hard kiss to his lips. Albus was almost too shocked to reciprocate, but managed to wrap his arms around Scorpius, succumbing to the immense feeling of relief and happiness. When they finally broke apart, they took in the commotion and didn't hesitate to join in.

...

The last guests left around four in the morning. Scorpius, although having thoroughly enjoyed the party, was happy to finally get a chance to put his plan into action. After bidding their final goodnights and retiring into Albus' bed room he climbed into Albus' bed, lying down beside him.

"So, this is really happening." Albus said, smiling into the darkness and turning his head to look at Scorpius.

"Oh, this is very much happening" Scorpius replied, rolling on top of Albus and kissing him very deeply.

"Wow,mmm" Albus was cut off with another long kiss.

Nothing had ever felt as good as having Scorpius pressed so close to him, their tongues doing an exotic dance together. The kissing soon turned feverish and Albus rolled them both over so that he was on top of Scorpius now. Kissing just wasn't enough. Although there were only a few layers of fabric between them, they were too many. Albus paused for a moment and reached for the hem of Scorpius' T-shirt.

"Is this okay?" he asked, when Scorpius propped himself up on his elbows to look at him.

Scorpius just grinned and nodded, not trusting himself to speak. He was ready to burst with anticipation. He lifted his arms so that Albus could get his shirt off and wasted no time and returning the favour. They fell into each other's arms again.

Albus went hard mere minutes after kissing Scorpius, but he had managed to keep himself in check for a while. Now that they were both shirtless, and he could feel Scorpius warm skin on his own, he couldn't help but allow himself a gentle thrust. The friction was next-to-nothing, but it was amazing. Although they both still had their pajama bottoms on, knowing that his penis, however clothed, was brushing against Scorpius' was a lot to handle. Albus moaned softly.

Scorpius tuned into what was happening almost immediately; he had never thought they'd waste too much time on kissing.

He pushed Albus off him softly "Al," he hadn't expected his voice to be so low or so croaky, he cleared his throat before continuing "Al, could we maybe, uh"

"Pants?" Albus asked. He rolled off of Scorpius blushing but tugging at his own waistband nonetheless.

"Yes, get rid of them please" Scorpius had found his ability to make full sentences again yet lost it almost instantly when Albus' boxers came off.

The room was dark, only the few candles that Scorpius had lit earlier were their source of light. But it was more than enough to give him an eyeful of the naked boy in bed with him. He stared. He couldn't help it; he had never seen Albus naked and this close to him. Albus shuffled a little bit, feeling embarrassed at the attention his lower region was getting from Scorpius' eyes but slightly pleased at the same time.

"Al?" Scorpius croaked. His mouth had run dry.

"Yeah, uh, this is okay right?" Albus was

"Perfect," Scorpius said, reassuring Albus, "You're perfect."

Albus smiled and leaned in to kiss Scorpius again. Scorpius could hardly control himself any longer, his hands made their way from around Albus' neck to his chest as he kissed down Albus' neck. He climbed on top of Albus without breaking contact.

"Mmmh, Scorpius, that's…that's really nice" Albus moaned quietly.

That was all the encouragement Scorpius needed. He pushed Albus so that he was leaning back on his hands, and continued to kiss down the length of his body, his hands exploring every inch of Albus that they could. Finally, he got to Albus' penis.

He took a moment to look deeply into trusting eyes which had darkened but were sparkling with anticipation and hope. Scorpius shot a tentative smile at Albus, a silent question asking if he could cross the line that would undoubtedly make this more intimate, more real. Albus gave him a small smile, and Scorpius' hand closed around his penis.

Albus' arms gave out immediately and he lowered himself onto his elbows moaning loudly.

The sound sent a shiver of pleasure up Scorpius' spine. He reached over to the table beside Albus' bed for his wand and cast a quick silencing spell before directing all of his attention to the gorgeous body that was lying before him.

He moved his hand up Albus shaft, twisting his hand around the head, smearing the precum that had gathered there and moved back down the shaft again. He repeated this a few times, basking in the delicious sounds that Albus was making; how his body was squirming on the bed, how he was reaching his arm out to hold onto something. Scorpius' other hand found Albus' and their fingers laced together. Scorpius was enjoying how whenever he paid special attention to Albus' head, he would squeeze his hand tightly.

He could tell that Albus was close to coming. He pried his hand out of Albus' (which quickly grabbed onto the sheets) and moved it to Albus' scrotum. He played with his balls; gently squeezing them, fondling them, rubbing them while continuing his ministrations on Albus' penis.

Albus had forced his eyes to stay open, so that he could witness the amazing things that were happening to him and so that he could see Scorpius' face. They made brief eye contact, and smiled at each other. Scorpius massaged Albus' head and the act elicited the loudest moan yet.

"Scor…sco….pi..Scorpius" Albus was panting now.

Scorpius, hearing his name, winked at is best friend and lowered his head. He blew air along the length of the Albus' heated shaft then took the head into his mouth. He hadn't expected it to taste like it did, but he loved it. He loved that he was tasting something that was one hundred percent Albus.

As soon as Scorpius' lips had touched Albus, he was over the edge. He couldn't believe it and although his fought his orgasm the best he could, his eyes fell shut, his elbows gave out and his hips lifted off the bed.

Scorpius smiled around Albus' penis and kept on massaging his balls, waiting anxiously for Albus to shoot into his mouth.

"Scor! Cum!" Albus couldn't think straight and gave in. Hot cum spilled out of Albus' penis and Scorpius readily swallowed all of it. He felt Albus' body go slack and lifted his head off of him.

Albus was staring, wide-eyed at his best friend, "Merlin. That was…bloody hell Scor…" he panted.

Scorpius moved up the bed so that he was lying once again beside Albus and threw one arm across his chest.

"I'm really glad you liked it" he said, kissing Albus lightly on the nose.

"I loved it" Albus said, turning his body to face Scorpius and kissing him fully on the mouth, "It was wonderful Scorpius."

Scorpius snuggled into Albus' hug. Maybe a little too enthusiastically because Albus felt their penis' rub together; his still semi-hard and Scorpius' at its full length.

"I need to help you!" He said, almost jumping back from Scorpius.

"Al, it's okay. Why don't we wait until later? It's almost morning and I'm in no rush."

"But I bet you're leaking! Plus, I was kind of looking forward to seeing you naked" Albus said, somewhat embarrassedly.

"Oh yeah? Well, here's my new proposal. We'll wake up in a few hours and you can help me while we're in the shower?" Scorpius hoped fervently that he wasn't being too forward. He cast an anxious look at Albus who just pulled him closer.

"That's perfect Scorpius, absolutely perfect"