11. AT THE POTTERS
"Well...EXPLAIN!" Draco bellowed after he put his wife in bed after she passed out.
"What would we explain?" Scorpius' voice shook. He and Albus were in opposite sides of Draco's study. The study was mahogany brown and didn't have any lights in it. The only light was from the small window and any candles that could be lit.
"Explain the kissing," his voice had calmed a bit.
Scorpius' head lowered as he shivered. Draco stood up and started pacing the room. Everything seemed to be a blur to him. From the mysterious phone call telling him to come home and then to find his son and best friend making out on the lawn! It was too much.
"Why were you kissing him?" Draco rephrased.
Scorpius murmured something but when Draco told him to speak up he said, "I'm allowed to kiss my boyfriend aren't I?"
Draco looked from Scorpius to Albus and back to Scorpius. "B-boyfriend? But Scorpius, you are a male! When did you start dating?"
"Few weeks," Scorpius lied. Albus looked down.
"Are you going to break up with him?" Draco said, rubbing his receding hairline.
Scorpius shook his head.
"You have half an hour to pack your things. Your boyfriend can help you," Draco said. He stood up and left the two boys in the study. Albus ran up and hugged Scorpius and started to cry.
"I'm so sorry!" Albus wailed. "I didn't want you to get kicked out, why didn't you just break up with me?"
"It's fine, if my mother can't accept it, it's her own fucking problem," Scorpius said. "Plus I won't break up with you, I just won't. Come."
Scorpius held out his hand, Albus took it and they went up the stairs to Scorpius' room. Everything happened so quickly for Albus to process it. In a space of one hour he made up with his best friend, started to date his best and his best friend was kicked out his own house for dating Albus. It was too much.
The boys packed in silence for the next twenty five minutes.
"We haven't even made a dent," Albus sighed, folding Scorpius' shirt. Suddenly, Scorpius slapped his face. He dived under the bed and came out with his wand. He then did a flick and everything went into suitcases. Albus couldn't help but feel envious since he was still sixteen and could therefore not do magic since he was still underage.
Albus went in the bathroom to see if there was anything they didn't pack and returned to see Scorpius crying. He immediately ran up to him and wrapped an arm around his boyfriend.
"Seventeen years I've lived here," Scorpius said. "I've been spoilt to the bone and now, because of one relationship, I am going to be kicked out of the house. I've been disowned by my parents!"
Albus didn't know what to do but keep his arm around Scorpius. They heard Draco call the boys down and Albus helped bring down Scorpius' boxes and suitcases of belongings.
"Scorpius," Draco said, "I am very proud that you have shown who you really are. I however am not happy with who you really are but I can stand it. Your mother, however, cannot. She would not dare to look at you let alone live with you because you prefer to have a boyfriend than a girlfriend.
"I'm not disowning you, I'm protecting you. It's a harsh world out there, Scorpius and I want you to know that. If you need me, just send an Owl and I'll be at your service, okay? Now give me a hug."
Scorpius flung his arms around his father like a six year old but Albus still thought that it was cute.
"I hope that you will be very happy with...Albus and you two would make a...good couple. Good day Albus."
Albus shook Draco's hand. Then Draco did an Undetectable Extension Charm on a backpack and fitted all of Scorpius' things in it so it would be better to carry. Then he apperated just like that, leaving the two boys outside the grounds of Malfoy Manor.
Albus took Scorpius' hand and they set off. After a few minutes of walking Scorpius suddenly stopped.
"I need to apparate to Diagon Alley," Scorpius said. "I need to rent a flat or something."
"Oh I thought you were coming to live with me in my house," Albus responded, bitterly disappointed. "My parents won't mind."
"Okay then," Scorpius said. "Sure? Plus shouldn't we apparate there anyway?"
Albus nodded. He gripped onto Scorpius and had once again the few seconds of discomfort as they landed on the front door of Twelve Grimmauld Place. Albus signalled for Scorpius to enter first. Inside it was a lot different from what it was like when it inhabited Sirius Black. The walls were white and had a cream carpet all over the house. The kitchen was redone and had a black colour scheme. The only thing that hadn't changed was James' room which used to be Sirius' room.
"MUM! DAD! JAMES! LILY!" Albus yelled.
He went into the kitchen to find Ginny cooking some food. He hugged and kissed her and then she hugged Scorpius.
"I thought you were at Scorpius' house?" She said, slightly confused. He gave a look that said 'tell you later'.
Scorpius followed Albus to his room. It was large and had a double bed. On the walls were pictures of the Chudley Cannons - Albus' favourite Quidditch team. He had a cluttered desk and had the strangest of items all over the floor including some chocolate frog cards, a love potion and an annual subscription to The Quibbler. On the far side of the room there was a window that looked out onto Grimmauld Place and the small park opposite it. The room used to belong to Regulus Black - Sirius' late younger brother.
"Am I going to sleep here with you?" Scorpius asked, unimpressed with the small bed if he had to sleep here with Albus. He laughed and led Scorpius across the hallway to a guest bedroom. Inside there was (to Scorpius' relief) a king bed with a desk, a wardrobe with a window that looked out to a park. The rooms walls were green and the floor was light grey - the Slytherin colours.
"No one wanted this room because it says 'Slytherin' all over it," Albus explained. "When I became a Slytherin, James took the mick out of me and tried moving all my stuff to this room."
Scorpius laughed as he looked around the room. He set his bag on the bed and started to open and unpack the bag but Albus stopped him.
"Don't unpack yet - my parents don't know you're staying," Albus reminded.
"But you said that it would be okay with them?"
"Yeah, yeah it'll be okay with them!" Scorpius' boyfriend reassured him. "It'll just be kind of weird to unpack before the parents even know."
Scorpius nodded and put his pair of socks back into the backpack.
"DINNER!" Ginny yelled from the kitchen. Albus and Scorpius charged downstairs and was at the very drawn out dining table first. They sat down next to each over laughing and comparing who actually reached the dining table first.
"Albus, can you please help put the food on the table?" Ginny asked holding a covered pot and setting it on the table.
"What if I say no?" Albus responded, removing the cover unleashing the mouth-watering smell of Beef Stew.
"Albus!"
"Just kidding," Albus said standing up and putting peas in a large bowl just as Lily walked in who immediately hugged Scorpius and said 'hi' to Albus.
Once all the dishes were out, James apparated into the kitchen which made everyone jump and cause Ginny to nearly drop a boat full of gravy. He smiled as she gave him daggers.
"Oh hey, Scorpius!" James said. "Didn't expect you - or you, Albus."
"We'll explain when dad has come home," Albus responded, tucking into a dumpling from the beef stew. "Speaking of which, where is dad? Shouldn't he be at home?"
As if it was right on que, the famous Harry Potter walked into the kitchen, kissing his wife and greeting all the members of the family.
"Wasn't expecting you two," He said looking at Albus and Scorpius.
Albus and Scorpius looked at each over and decided that they'd tell the story after everyone's finished eating.
After a large, delicious meal, the two boys brought the family into the living room, where they stood in front of the TV. Heart pounding, face flushing, palms sweating, they knew this was the time where everything could go down the same way as Scorpius' parents.
"Hello everyone!" Albus said standing in front of all of them next to Scorpius. "You weren't expecting me and Scorpius and we'll explain that but I haven't been honest with you - or myself to be honest. I cannot hold it in anymore and now I am convinced that... I'm gay."
Immediately he felt tons better, regardless whether his family supported him or not. He looked round. Lily looked confused (probably didn't know what it meant), James looked shocked and his parents were beaming at him. They were about to stand up when Albus continued.
"Now, you may be wondering why Scorpius is here. Well my boyfriend is here because he was kicked out of his house for-"
"Being gay," Scorpius interrupted. He thought it was better that he confirmed it himself than let Albus tell the whole story.
"Wait, wait, wait," James said. "So Albus, you're gay and Scorpius, you're gay also and just by coincidence you seem to be dating?"
"Pretty much," Scorpius grinned.
"Don't believe a word of it," James said leaning back and looking at his just-out brother and his boyfriend.
Albus looked at Scorpius whilst Scorpius nodded and leant in to kiss him. They made out until Harry stopped them
"Enough of that please," He said, obviously uncomfortable. "Scorpius, you can stay here as long as you want. But I do need to imply some rules. Lily, can you leave please?"
Lily stood up, still confused and left to go upstairs.
"Now some rules," Harry replied. "I say this every time James has a girlfriend over. Even though you two are both over the 'age of consent' you can have sex but if you do, please use protection and don't be too noisy when you do do it."
James was making puking noises on the sofa.
"And oh please don't leave used condoms on the bed like someone did last year," Harry said looking at James who turned bright red from embarrassment but did well to conceal it.
"Can we go now?" Albus said, much more embarrassed than James or Scorpius.
"Not before you give us a hug!" Harry said with a smile. Albus first walked to his dad and hugged him briefly. He then went to his mother who was crying with happiness. He smiled at her and hugged her as well and lastly moved over to James who hesitated to hug his brother and when they hugged, Albus kissed James on the cheek which made him immediately retreat, shocked.
The two boyfriends walked upstairs awkwardly until they arrived at Scorpius' bedroom. They boys opened the door to find Lily looking around it as if the bedroom was new.
She was grinning at them and Albus scowled back. "What are you doing here? Piss off would you!"
Lily grinned more and skipped out of the bedroom leaving Scorpius seeming suspicious whilst Albus went to the bed and started taking out Scorpius' belongings. Not knowing where to put them, he just folded them and put them in neat piles on the large bed. Scorpius took a pile of underwear and looked around the room to see where he could put them. He chose some shelves that were in the wardrobe.
It took two hours before Albus and Scorpius could sit down and properly talk. They both felt quite dizzy since they were literally walking in circles and the room seemed to tilt as they sat.
"We could do it you know," Scorpius said to Albus who had lounged back covering his head with his arms.
"Do what?" He replied lazily. It had been a long day which was meant to be relaxing with Scorpius in Malfoy Manor as best friends, not helping him move into his house as boyfriends.
"You know..." Scorpius said nudging him slightly. When Albus shook his head, Scorpius sighed. "Sex."
This word made Albus sit up straight away looking shocked. "S-sex? You want us to have sex?!"
The whole word was unfamiliar in Albus' vocabulary and for years he had always avoided the 'Snake and Bush' talk with his parents whilst every time James brought a girlfriend he was always given the talk so with James this was a familiar topic but with Albus - no.
"Don't you think that we're a bit young?" He asked, a hint in his voice telling Scorpius 'no, I do not want sex'. Albus' breathing was increasing rapidly but he didn't want Scorpius to notice so he 'tried' to calm it down.
"You okay?" Scorpius said, started. It looked as if Albus was hyperventilating for what Scorpius believed, to be for no reason.
"I've never had sex," Albus confessed. "I don't even know what the first bloody thing about sex-"
Before Albus finished his sentence Scorpius did a surprise attack. Albus leant backwards and let Scorpius lead, kissing his neck and then going back to the lips again.
As if it were meant to be, James walked into the bedroom to pass a message which he had forgotten when he saw his brother making out with his boyfriend. James was sneaky to get in without being noticed and watched them from the doorway smiling, he had to admit it was quite sweet that Albus was actually in a relationship.
Once they had finished making out they looked towards the door and Albus squealed. He looked quickly at Scorpius and shuddered. "How long were you standing there?!"
James did a one-sided smirk. "I saw it all. I was hoping to see a bit more action 'down there' but you know. Can't please everybody, I guess. You two are very sweet together not gonna lie and I've got the pictures to prove it!" He flashed his phone with a picture of Scorpius lying on top of Albus. "Now the whole world can see it on Facebook!"
"YOU FUCKING WANKER!" Albus yelled pushing James hard. James pulled out his wand as quick as he could, sadly wasting time since it was stuck under his belt.
"Imperio!" James said to Albus who immediately smiled and walked out the room and across the hallway. He then heard the satisfying click of the door locking before he put down his wand. James then turned to Scorpius who looked frightened since he pulled out his own wand and held it to James. He smiled.
"Don't worry I didn't upload the photos," James said. "I just wanted an excuse to get him out the room so we lads can talk." He sat down on the bed next to Scorpius who had sat down and put threw his wand on the floor. "Now, you're dating my brother which is weird since I never pictured him with anything except his Chudley Cannons posters and especially with a guy but it's good for you.. and him."
"Carry on..." Scorpius said slowly, unsure of where this was heading.
"But there are some things that I want you to be cautious about. Firstly, Albus is a shy, fragile git which means if you do anything to hurt him it will affect the whole family and you. Second of all... he can be cunning and sly - which I guess is why the Sorting Hat placed him in Slytherin but anyway I'd also watch your back. One moment he could be all quiet but next he could hit you like a cobra. Thirdly, don't rush into things with him. You're his first girl- I mean boyfriend and he doesn't know how to run a relationship if it slapped him in the arse. Lastly, even though it is sort of like the first one.. if you date hurt my brother, you will have to go through me. No one is allowed to hurt him unless it's me - or Lily if we join forces, got it?"
"Yes, sir," Scorpius said, knowing that this talk would happen sooner or later and wasn't as bad as he thought. "You will speak to Albus about this won't you?"
"Sure thing," James said with a smile and started to walk out the room but Scorpius stopped him just as he was turning the handle of the doorknob.
"People at school always say how you are quite weird, dorky and a joke," He said looking at James' eyes who looked hurt. "But I think they're wrong - I guess we could be sort of like brothers."
James smiled and went up to Scorpius and hugged him tightly when they released he said, "Remember to put Albus out of his Imperius Curse, I'd quite like to say good night to him."
"Will do, bro," James replied and walked out of the room. Scorpius heard a distant 'lumos', 'alohomora' and 'imperio'.
Within seconds Albus barged in the room, red with fury. "That bloody git! Wait until I hack into his Facebook and star-"
Scorpius silenced him and told Albus what James had just told him. By the end he was moved since he never thought that his brother could actually care for anyone but himself and maybe his girlfriend. Scorpius smiled, said goodnight and did a light kiss on Albus' lips and he left to go into his bedroom and to have his first night as a man in a relationship.