AlbusScorpius

LoveHate Relationship

A/N: Fourth year on LEGO Harry Potter ftw woo ~ don't know what people meant by 'this game is glitchy'. LEGO BATMAN is glitchy.

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For the next four weeks Albus waited patiently for a response from his father. James was positive that this long wait was their father saying no, but that he didn't want to hurt Albus' feelings. Scorpius tried to comfort the boy as the weeks drew on, reminding him that no matter how much of a hero Mr Potter was, it was still a lot to expect from the man. Throughout the week it seemed to get worse with James' constant teasing and Scorpius' acceptance that James was right. The only thing that kept him hoping for a letter was the Thomas twins, Yuna because she hated seeing her friend upset and Riley because he was too optimistic for his own good.

You can imagine his joy when their family owl swooped through the Great Hall in the middle of March, dropping a letter on his plate, getting honey all over the back. Ignoring the sticky fingers he was getting he ripped the envelope apart and unfolded the letter, Riley watching expectantly. Rose nudged her cousin, bringing James' attention to the scene, as the group slowly all started to wait for Albus' reaction. His eyes widened, biting down on his lip, before a large grin spread across his face slowly.

Riley perked up. "He said yes?"

"He said yes!" Albus cheered, throwing his hands into the air. "Yes!"

James glared. "You know what this spells? Doom! That's what it spells! Complete and utter doom!"

Rose rolled her eyebrows, a smirk painted on her face as she looked at the eldest Potter boy. "Stop over exaggerating, James. What could possibly go wrong?"

"Famous last words, Rosie! Famous last words," he said ominously. "It's when you let your guard down that karma strikes!"

"They should've never assigned you religion for your Muggle Studies essay," she said, cringing slightly. "You haven't stopped talking about karma in days."

James nodded confidently. "That's because we all have to be careful."

Albus was up on his feet in seconds, racing over to the Slytherin table. The Gryffindor group watched him, a mixture of amusement and mild distaste as he threw his arms around Scorpius, letter still in his hands. The blond started to complain, picking the sticky fingers off him with disgust on his face as Albus continued to babble on about the letter he'd gotten.

Scorpius smiled softly. "That's great, Al."

"I'm so happy! You'll enjoy staying at my house, I promise, mum will keep James off you! It'll be awesome!"

The next few weeks were a blur to Scorpius. As much as he hated to admit it, he was banking on the Potter's saying no, and he having to stay at Hogwarts for the termly break, as usual. He had gotten used to the people he would remain there with, and during the holidays they made the group of kids who never went home. There weren't many of them, only about twenty from all the houses and year groups, but in the few weeks of the year when everyone else left, they would sit together at one table and get on, despite their lack of relationships during the school term. It was one of these kids who approached him, an unusual occurrence, to ask if it was true he wouldn't be there.

"John Longbottom said you wouldn't be staying," the blond Ravenclaw announced. "And that you'd be going to visit your boyfriend's."

Scorpius looked up from his books to see Tabby standing in front of him, a mixture of happiness and disappointment on her face. The girl was the only one he'd really talked to during term time, as she was friends with his friends, though they never acknowledged each other as acquaintances. There were certain rules to follow after all.

"Yes," he said, sighing slightly. "I will be, unfortunately."

The girl allowed a strained smile to stretch across her cheeks. "It's not 'unfortunate', Scorpius. It's good that you'll have somewhere to stay for once, you've spent every holiday except the summer holiday here since you started!" she smiled sourly. "Even I haven't spent that many holidays here."

The boy smirked. "That's because your parents didn't know you were gay until your fourth year, when you started dating your captain."

She shrugged it off. "They still had me back one Christmas. Admittedly it was to try save my soul, but it's the thought that counts. That's what I get for having a Muggle father and a pushover for a mother."

Scorpius sat back and the girl decided to seat herself on the edge of the table. "I suppose I should be glad to get out of this place for once."

"You weren't even here at Christmas," she said with a grin. "This Potter boy sure has brought your life around, huh?"

He tried to hold the smile off his face. "I suppose."

"Clearly I need to start trying to convince May and June to let me crash at their place," she said. The grin faded from her face as they sat in silence for a while. "Do your parents know? That howler you got didn't seem too happy about you dating the boy."

"My father can-!" he sucked in a breath, exhaling slowly to try calm himself and ignoring the playful glint in the girl's eyes. "No, they do not. They assumed I would be staying here, so I have heard no word from them. Nor do I plan on telling them. They can find out themselves."

The girl's playful look turned into a tender one. "We'll miss you, our little Slytherin."

"I know," Scorpius smirked. "The feeling's mutual."

"Hey, Tabby, was it?"

The girl turned and Scorpius looked up to see a brown haired boy walking towards them, stopping behind the girl. He pushed his glasses higher on his nose as he smiled brightly.

She nodded. "Yeah, and you're Al."

"Yep," the boy grinned, moving to sit next to Scorpius. "What brings you here?"

Tabby smirked, hopping off the table. "I'm a Ravenclaw. The library is where we belong!"

Scorpius nodded at the girl. "It was a pleasure talking to you Tabby, as always."

She smirked at the hint of sarcasm. "Likewise, Scorpius," she grinned at the two. "Have fun on Easter break. I know I will, tearing up the halls!"

Albus bid the girl goodbye as she sauntered out the library, Scorpius rolling his eyes. The brunette turned to his boyfriend with a smile, eyes bright and face happy. Scorpius couldn't help but smile back.

"Have you packed?" Albus asked. "Are you ready to go? It's not long now!"

"It's three more days, Al, and I'm only packing for a week and a bit. I don't need to pack a great amount."

"I know," Albus said with a shrug. "I'm just checking. You don't want to leave it to the last minute!"

"Like you always do?" sang a playful voice from across the table. The two looked up to see twins with matching eyes sit down opposite them, a bright smile on the boy's face. "The day we have to leave and you start to have a nervous breakdown because you've lost your tooth brush?"

Albus flustered. "Shut up, Riley."

Yuna chuckled. "It is true, Albus. You do tend to leave things till the last minute."

"I don't enjoy packing. No one enjoys packing."

Scorpius raised a brow. "Yet I have to pack three days early? That hardly seems fair."

"One of you has to be the girl," Riley commented with a grin.

"I suppose it's easier to tell who the girl is with you and Phil, huh?" Albus snapped. "And I'm not the girl."

The only girl shook her head, raising a finger. "Not true, Albus. Usually the characteristics define the 'man' and 'woman' between same sex couples often falls on age, then height," Yuna explained. "As you are of the same age, it falls upon height to define the status between you, and Scorpius is taller than you."

Riley grinned slightly. "However, if you take these two variables out, it's clear that little Ally is the more feminine gay."

Albus huffed. "You're the feminine gay too!"

"I know," the darker skinned boy lounged back in his chair. "I embrace my femininity though! You don't."

The four started to chatter away, Albus and Riley commanding the conversation more than their fair haired friends. Scorpius didn't think he'd laughed so much in a long while, watching the two bicker at each other, Yuna's coy comments that made him think the girl was slightly less innocent than one would think. From across the room were three sixth year boys, one biting at his sugar quill furiously, the other two much calmer about the whole situation.

"It makes me so mad!"

Seamus rolled his eyes. "It didn't seem to make you mad when we were plotting against Misha."

"I could keep an eye on him then, couldn't I?" James snapped before going back to glaring at the table. "I can't believe that he's coming to stay at our house."

Fred shrugged. "It shouldn't be too much of a problem. That spell you put on Al's bed here seemed to work well enough."

"It only went off once, and that was when Riley got on his bed," James muttered. "What if we were only lucky? What if it doesn't work and I think it's all safe when it's not and that damn Malfoy is actually sneaking about my house without me realising?"

"Why don't you have Al sleep in the same room as you?" Seamus suggested. "That way you'll be able to keep an eye open for him. And your parents' room is between your room and the guest room."

"Al knows my sleeping habits," James said, shaking his head. "It'd be far too easy for him to leave my room without me noticing."

A slow, mischievous grin started to spread across Fred's face. "Well, the answer to that one is easy."

"James!" came a shout, snapping the three boys out of concentrating on the brilliant idea Fred was about to divulge with his friends. The youngest Potter child was heading towards the group, a bounce in her step. "Have you told Scorpius you look forward to having him round?"

"No!" the boy snapped. "Because I'm not!"

Lily frowned, shaking her head. "He's going to be our guest, James. I hope you're going to treat him well."

"I'll put bugs in his bed and set his hair on fire in his sleep."

The girl planted her hands on her hips. "Well I'm going to go make him feel welcome to stay, you can stay here and brood like a big baby."

"I will!" James called after her. "And I'll enjoy it!"

Striding over to the table where her younger older brother sat, she planted her feet beside Yuna and smiled sweetly, hands clasped behind her back. Yuna greeted her and the two exchanged pleasantries as Scorpius gave Albus a questioning look.

"Scorpius," she greeted. The boy turned from Albus sharply, looking at her expectantly. "I heard you'll be staying with us at Easter?"

"Yes, I will," he said, unsure of how to approach the subject. "Thank you for having me."

She smiled brightly. "I hope you enjoy it! It'll be nicer than staying at Hogwarts!"

"Thank you, Lily," Scorpius said politely with a nod. "It will be a pleasure to stay."

With a nod, the girl turned to leave, before remembering something. "Oh, before I forget. James said he's going to put bugs in your bed and set your hair on fire while you sleep."

Satisfied that her work was done, the young girl trotted off happily. Scorpius watched her leave with a comically horrified look on his face, Albus with wide eyes. Riley burst out into fits of giggles as Yuna chuckled to herself.

"Ha! You're going to have the worst holiday ever!" Riley exclaimed, on the verge of tears. "Stuck in a house with James out to kill you for a week! Man, I don't envy you at all!"

Yuna shook her head. "I'm sure it won't be that bad, Scorpius."

The Slytherin boy let his forehead bang against the table as he groaned. "I'm going to regret this."

Zzz

"I'm regretting this."

Albus scowled, dressed in his Muggle jeans and a red jumper. "Don't be such a pansy."

Scorpius looked out the window of the Hogwart's Express, wearing his own jeans and a button-up shirt, having been talked out of wearing his casual robes. "Are you sure? Did you see that look James gave me?" he asked, "Gave me shivers."

The Gryffindor rolled his eyes, scooting over to sit next to the boy, taking his hand. "It's okay. I'll protect you."

Scorpius smirked, pressing his lips against his boyfriend's. "Thank you, Albus."

A large grin split his face. "Not a problem!"

The door opened and in stepped Rose, thumbs looped into her belt hooks. "You guys ready, we're about to pull up at the station?"

Albus nodded and stood, pulling his bag down from the shelves above the seats. Scorpius reluctantly stood, doing the same thing, and followed the shorter boy out to the doors of the train. Rose did always like to be first off, and avoid the crowd. By the door was Hugo waiting patiently, clearly used to his sister's need to leave before the crowd. Slowly the platform came into view as the train started to stop, and the hallways began to fill with students ready to leave the train. Parents littered the platform, and Scorpius felt his stomach roll with nerves.

Albus squeezed his hand and gave him a soft smile.

The four left the platform and Rose found their parents without difficulty, Lily joining them shortly and chatting away with Hugo. Scorpius tried his best to stay hidden behind Albus, but as soon as they approached he saw the fire in the redheaded man's eyes and wanted to turn around and run back onto the train, demand that it took him back to Hogwarts.

"Mr and Ms Potter," he greeted. "Thank you for having me."

Ginny smiled brightly, shaking her head. "It's a pleasure, Scorpius. We'll head straight off when James arrives."

Albus huffed. "He always takes forever!"

"We can't exactly go without him," Ginny said with a raised brow. "As much as you might like to."

"We're going to head off," Hermione said. "Sorry we can't wait with you."

The group turned to her husband, who was red in the face and seemed to have steam coming out of his ears. The family said goodbye, and Scorpius gave the woman a polite nod, saying goodbye to Rose as the four left. Albus gripped Scorpius' hand, noting how the boy's mood dropped slightly at the look on his uncle's face.

"Is there anything you don't eat?" Ginny asked, trying to distract the family from the obvious tension that there had been. "I totally forgot to ask!"

"I'm not fussy," Scorpius said with a shake of his head. "I'll eat whatever you give me, I'm sure it will all be lovely."

Ginny cooed, resting a hand on Harry's arm. "Oh, he's so sweet! I can't believe he's Draco's son!"

Harry chuckled, wrapping an arm around her waist. He looked up as he saw his eldest son heading towards them, waving goodbye to an Asian girl with dark hair.

"Who's that?" he asked as James joined their group.

James quickly spoke before his father could ask anything else. "She's a friend of a friend."

Albus grinned. "She's his girlfriend. They've been on four dates."

"We've been on one date and hung out several times, that doesn't mean we're dating!"

The younger boy didn't drop it. "That totally means you're dating. You just don't want to admit it because you thought she was weird for six years."

"I did not!" he snapped as he saw the horrified look his mother gave him. "That's not why I'm not admitting it; I'm not admitting it because it's not true!"

That didn't reassure his mother, however. "James Potter! Are you leading that poor girl on?"

"I'm not leading her on! There's nothing going on between us!"

"I'm ashamed of you, James. I thought I'd taught you better than that!" his mother continued as Harry took Lily's bag, gesturing that the head for the car.

"Al's lying to you; he's been infected with Slytherin!"

Harry shook his head, turning to Scorpius. "Sorry about them," he said as the got to the car park, opening the trunk of the car. "They argue a lot, just ignore it."

Scorpius turned to look at the train station again with a frown. "Shouldn't we have waited for them?"

"No, they'll realise we've left soon enough and come join us."

Albus nodded. "If we'd waited for them we would've been there forever."

Lily hopped into the large car happily, clambering into one of the seats. Albus hurried in after her, declaring that he and Scorpius would be sat at in the 'back back'. Scorpius glanced at Mr Potter, who nodded encouragingly, and got into the car hesitantly, staring at the seat that had been folded forward to allow Albus to climb into the back row of seats. Scorpius followed, tucking his feet in as Harry pushed the chair back, sealing them in. Albus sat in the middle, seatbelt done up as he did Scorpius' up, holding the boy's hand tightly against his lap with a small grin. Scorpius couldn't help but smile back.

"Sorry about that," Ginny said, hopping into the passenger seat in the front. James got in, sitting behind the woman as Harry started the car, grumpy as ever about the situation. "Just needed to clarify that James knew what leading a girl on was."

"I'm sure he knows," Harry confirmed, pulling out of the parking lot. "Let's get home and feed the kids, I'm sure they're starving."

"I am," Lily and Albus said in unison.

It wasn't a terribly long drive, and they soon arrived at Grimmauld Place, parking the car on the street outside of their house, piling out of the car and get their bags.

"I thought this house was protected by a Fidelius Charm?" Scorpius asked quietly. "But both times I've been here it's been visible."

"It was," Albus confirmed. "Dad took it down after they moved in, saying he had no problem with the Muggles, unlike the Blacks."

Harry joined the conversation, handing Albus his bag. "It took a while to get it down; it was a damn good charm."

"Nothing's too hard for you though, huh, dad?"

The man grinned. "Of course not."

He led the group into the house, Ginny bringing up the rear and heading straight to the kitchen, telling them all that she would make a quick snack before starting on dinner.

"Wait, mum!"

She stopped, turning to James. "What is it, Jamie?"

He crossed his arms against his chest. "I think Scorpius should be in my room."

Ginny exchanged a look with Harry. "And why is that?"

"So that they don't sneak into each other's room in the middle of the night to have sex."

Albus turned a bright red instantly, Scorpius hiding his face in his hand, grimacing as his own face heated up. "James!" Albus exclaimed.

Ginny planted her hands on her hips, glaring at James. "They're not having sex," she turned to Albus' with the same glare, pointing a finger at him. "You're not having sex," she turned her attention back to her older son. "They're not having sex."

James still held his nonchalant expression. "I think it would be safest to have Scorpius share my room."

The elder woman turned to her husband. "Talk some sense into your son."

Harry glanced at her with frightened eyes and an uncertain expression. "Well…"

Albus was horrified. "Dad!"

"You understand my concern, Al."

The boy's blush worsened. "No, I don't! I'm not having sex!"

"Exactly," Ginny said, gesturing towards the boy. "If you can't believe your own son, who can you believe?"

"They totally are!" James lied. "Albus comes back in the dead of night when we're at school!"

"You're such a little liar!" Albus shot. "I came back at nine o'clock because the library shut! That was ages ago!"

James stood firm. "Well, you could be, couldn't you? I can't keep an eye on you all the time!"

"You put a charm on my bed that sets off an alarm whenever anyone other than me even sits on it!"

Scorpius tried his best not to let out an exasperated sigh, burying his head further into his hand. He'd only just gotten into the door and all he could think about was how much worse it could get from here.

I so regret this.

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Kivea: Oh Fred, giving James such poorly planned ideas. You little devil.

I really enjoyed writing that last bit. I can just imagine Ginny and James arguing about everything and anything. Poor quiet Lily. Poor harmless Scorpius!

Hope you liked it!

Thanks ~

Kivea R.

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"James! Will you stop charming my stuff?"

"Not until I know your virtue will go unharmed."

"My virtue isn't yours to protect!"

"It so is!"