For the Oh Christmas Tree 25 drabble collection on NGF


IX – 9th December
Albus & Scorpius
snowman; dragon; struggle; beam


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"Do you think she likes me?" Scorpius asks his best friend, Albus Potter, as they sit down together on the ground outside The Burrow. Whilst Ron wasn't particularly pleased about a Malfoy being at the Christmas get together, every other adult overruled him and therefore Scorpius, part of the new age trio of mischief, is here.

"Who likes you?" getting distracted by his little sister trying (and failing) to build a snowman, Albus hasn't a clue what Scorpius is talking about.

"Rose, Al, have you not been listening to me?" Scorpius snaps in his usual 'as if you've not been listening to me' tone Al often has aimed at him. He just gets distracted so easily, sometimes by his girlfriend, sometimes by the work they should be doing in lesson and now by his sister.

"Oh yeah," Al replies slowly, his attention distracted once again by Fred knocking Lily's snowman over as he tries to catch the model dragon that he found in Al's house. "Well, I guess she probably does, since she stopped shooting you dirty looks at the end of first year," he concentrates on the conversation for a minute, deciding that reassurance is probably the best idea rather than winding him up.

"You think?" Scorpius' reply is just too innocent for Al to deal with, a beaming smile on his face the thing that gets Al to reply.

"Well, yeah, I mean she's quite well aware of the fact you're gay and don't want to chase after her, so she's got no concerns about appearing slightly friendly," he tries this approach and watches as Scorpius' face scrunches up in anger.

"WHAT DID YOU TELL HER?" Scorpius yells.

Al struggles to keep a laugh in but fails miserably, just as Grandma Weasley calls them all in for dinner.

"I'm joking, Scor," he replies as they walk towards The Burrow. "She's been waiting to see if you like her back for ages…I just didn't know how to tell her you did."

Needless to say that the ridiculous pace Albus took back to the house was not down to his desire for food!

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