A/N: Thanks for all the reviews! I'll try and update as much as I can but I've got my exams coming up and stuff with all the revision and then half term's nearly over! But anyway, here's the next chapter.

Forgive and Forget?

Harry came out of the room where Al was being kept in St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries with his wife. "Scorp, are you going to see Al now?" he asked sweetly. For some reason he'd acted nicer towards since the whole incident, although his wife still was wary of me. Maybe it was because Al wasn't dead though he certainly would have been if it hadn't been for my resourceful thinking in the situation. But then he wouldn't have jumped in the first place if it weren't for me.

"I don't think he'd want to see me." I quietly said.

"You can't keep using that excuse! You've been here practically twenty four seven. Why don't you think he'd want to see you, you saved his life?" Harry asked.

"Maybe because if he didn't know me this would never have happened!" I exclaimed in reply.

"It wasn't you fault dear. He'd have been much less happy without you as a friend." Ginny said trying to be nice, gulping as she said it like it was hard to get out. It was still quite weird, her talking to me occasionally.

"Does he want to see me?" I asked.

"Of course he wants to see you. You're his best friend." Harry said.

"But isn't he mad at me. For kissing Rose?"

"No, Rose explained it all to him. That it wasn't your fault. You're going to have to speak to him someday."

I smiled at Harry, got up and knocked at the door of Al's room. "Come in." I heard his voice call. It almost sounded as though he was completely better but when I opened the door and walked in I saw a much skinner and still quite pale boy lying in the bed. He sat up as he saw me and exclaimed, "Scorp!"

"Al, I'm so sorry!" I started.

"You've got nerve. I've been in here for two weeks and not once have you come to visit me!" Al said smiling. I figured it was a joke and relieved sat down beside him.

"I've been waiting outside almost all day for fourteen days! I just didn't have the courage to come and see you!" I said shyly.

"Really?" he whispered. I nodded in reply before he asked, "So how are your OWLs going. Rose said hers are going pretty well."

"Not so good really. I was just hoping you were ok and I didn't revise I just came to see you." I admitted.

"Oh. Sorry." Al said.

"You've got nothing to be sorry about! I'm sorry. I shouldn't have kissed Rose. It's just that I felt so bad that she liked me and she kind of kissed me before I got a word in edgeways and-" I rambled on but Al just bought his finger to my mouth. His touch on my lips felt so nice, even if it was just his finger. I was thankful he didn't seem too angry.

"Rose told me it all. It wasn't your fault! I was just so upset. I should have listened to the full story. But thanks for saving my arse back there."

"No problem. And of course I was going to save you; I wouldn't let my best friend die!" I exclaimed.

"Did you hear, dad nearly killed James? He's got to apologise to both of us and dad took away his Firebolt 6, serves him right too!" Al smiled.

"He's going to be getting a lot worse when I get my hands on him. How dare he say those things!" I said, promising to myself that I would get my revenge on him.

"I'll help!" Al said, "Scorp do you think things are going to be weird between us. Do you still want to be my boyfriend?"

He said the last line incredibly quietly. "You're giving me a second chance?" I gasped.

"Scorp, I love you." He said looking into my eyes.

"I love you too!" I said. We just sat looking into each other's eyes until I finally broke the silence by asking, "When you getting out of here?"

"A few days!" Al smiled wildly, "The wound is fine, the scar is almost gone it's just they had to keep me in until I was 'mentally stable'. Honestly it was only once and I can't help James being a homophobic bastard!"

"It's been lonely without you. I've really missed you. I can't wait for you to come back!" I exclaimed.

"I can't wait to be back. You haven't been the one stuck here! But it's going to be bad when I come back; everyone already knows judging by all my flowers. Anyway you better get going, you need to revise! You're not failing your OWLs for me!" he said. He put his hand out and stroked my face. I took this as a sign to lean forward and kiss him tenderly on the lips. He pressed his back, although it wasn't quite as rough as our other kisses but I still loved it and never wanted it to end. I was quite precautious, not wanting to hurt him. When he finally pulled away I left him on his own. Just as I closed the door I heard him whisper, "I love you Scorp." I smiled, it turned out that Al didn't actually hate me…

Al's POV

Scorp didn't visit again after that Sunday but it didn't exactly matter. I was out of St Mungo's by the Tuesday. I walked along the empty halls of Hogwarts, everyone either being in their Charms Written Exam or in lessons. I went up to the Common Room and got changed into my Slytherin robes. I went to the full length mirror. I was certainly much skinnier; I could almost see the bones in my checks. I looked paler than usual as well. Apart from that I still looked like the same old me, basically a mini version of my father without the red lightning shaped scar or the rounded glasses. I wasn't very much like my father come to think of it (except obviously in appearances). I wasn't much like a Weasley either. I suppose I could pull of a prank but that was about it.

I took a glance at the watch that my dad had gotten me for my birthday years ago to see there was ten minutes until the exams were over. Ten minutes until I'd face all the questions that I was dreading, I couldn't even understand at all why I had thrown myself of the tower. I shouldn't have done that to my family. Maybe I wasn't their favourite, maybe they didn't really want me to end up in Slytherin but they still loved me and cared for me. Especially my cousins. Then there were all my friends. I wasn't exactly popular but thanks to my surname everyone knew me and most of them liked me a bit. All my cousins' friends liked me; in fact I didn't know anyone except James who didn't like me!

I picked up my notes on Potions and tried to revise a bit for the exam tomorrow. Professor McGonagall had arranged that I should the rest of my exams at home under supervision of an OWLs tester which sounded great! It was exactly how I pictured to spend my whole bloody summer holiday. I was starving hungry and finding it almost impossible to concentrate. I to take a trip to the infamous Hogwarts kitchens. Hugo had taught me where they were thanks to him being a Hufflepuff and their Common Room being next to the kitchens. You had to tickle the pair in the painting of the fruit bowl.

The portrait opened up and I walked inside. As soon as all the small house elves saw me they quickly waddled up to me, seeming excited. "Errm, I'm sorry, I know this is quite rude but I was just wondering if you have any food. You see I just got out of hospital and I'm starving. My friend told me about here, Hugo Weasley. I'm his cousin, Albus Potter." I nervously said.

"Master Potter, Master Potter. What does you wants, what does you wants?" asked the smallest house elf in a squeaky voice.

"Do you have a slice of that delicious chocolate cake you make?" I asked.

"Yes sir. We will gets you that rights away!" one of them squeaked before rushing off. There was a small table and a house elf pulled out a small chair for me to sit on.

"Thank you." I said to it.

"You is welcomes sir. I knows your father sir; your father had a bad friend who wanted to pays me! But Winky refused. Your father also knew another elf, sir, a bad elf. He demanded pays for his works. He died though sir, he went to rescues Harry Potter and his friends from the Malfoy Manor!" She said. I just smiled back unable to think of anything to say. I felt a bit queasy at the fact that my dad had been captured in the Malfoy Manor but Scorp wasn't like his dad, just as I wasn't like mine. My thoughts were interrupted though as a house elf came in struggling to carry a gigantic chocolate cake.

"Heres the cake, sir." It said putting the cake down on the table. It picked up a knife and cut a massive slice for me.

"Thank you." I said taking a bite, "This is delicious."

"You is welcomes sir. It is a honour. Would you likes anythings else?"

"Erm, no thanks." I said rapidly finishing of the chocolate cake. "I think I better go, my friend has probably out of his exam by now."

I got up and all the house elves gathered around me waving goodbye. I didn't know what to make of the kitchens. On one hand their hospitality was lovely and the food was delicious but on the other I had always hated the attention that I got because of my dad and hated people fussing over me (even if they weren't actually humans but house elves). I slowly meandered down the empty corridors to the Great Hall. Looking at my watch I noticed that they should be out in any second.

My prediction was right and suddenly a whole crowd of the people from my year rushed out. Everyone was pointing at me, or coming up towards me and I was quickly bombarded with, "Are you alright?"s and "Welcome back!"s.

After greeting everyone with my best fake smile for about five minutes most of the crowd cleared away and it was just Rose, Scorp and Molly. "Aww you two are so sweet together!" Molly exclaimed. I assumed she was referring to me and Scorp. It was weird because no one really had asked about that.

"Who knows about it?" I asked nervously hoping that no one would know, but being a secret I guessed all of Hogwarts would know by now.

"Oh it's just me, most of your cousins, Scorp and I think some of James' friends." Molly said. Well that was a positive, but this had reminded me of my brother. I hated him so much. He hadn't even turned up to see me in hospital. Mum and dad told me that he was too busy revising for his NEWTs but that was bullshit, Fred and Domi also had their NEWTs but they managed to visit. At least he was being forced to make a formal apology to me and Scorp.

"Oh, Merlin! How's James been?" I asked.

"I've been avoiding him after I kind of went mental at him. It wasn't my fault, he came in to McGonagall's office really casually after everything happened and he just made me so mad!" Scorp said.

"Don't worry 'bout it! Serves him right. Anyway I was going to revise with Scorp, if that's ok?" I asked.

"Sure, I need to revise too. See you boys." Rose said as she walked away giggling with Molly.

"We need to talk Scorp."I said.

"Oh, you mean you're breaking up with me? Because this is what people always say before they're breaking up. I knew you would, it's just that I want you to know that I'm sorry and-" Scorp said looking as though he was about to burst into tears.

"No you idiot! Why would I ever break up with you? I love you. We just need to talk about stuff. Like all that feelings stuff." I said. We walked along together in silence. We both knew where we were headed, the Room of Requirement…