Albus

Slowly Albus opened his eyes. They barely had to adjust to the light like they normally would have at home. At home he was on the top floor of Grimmauld Place where the sun shine would come directly through the window and stab him in the eye. Over the summer he had begged his mother to replace or mend his curtain but she refused.

"If you hadn't burned holes into them you wouldn't be having this problem now would you Albus?" She would ask him. He would always respond with it wasn't his fault. He couldn't help it that James had knocked over the dish that Albus had been mixing a very sensitive firework mixture in. This mixture just had to have a little force put behind it and it would explode. So when he knocked it to the floor the mixture burst into a bunch of fire balls and explosions, burning his curtains. A plus that came out of that was that one of James' eyebrows was singed off and mom had to grow it back. At any rate it was much darker in the Slytherin third year boy's dormitory as it was under the lake.

Albus was quiet as he laid there looking up at the green tinted stone ceiling. He was listening hard for any sort of movement. Surprisingly it seemed he was the first person awake. He was usually the last one. He wasn't exactly a morning person. He could get up whenever but whether he was coherent or not was another thing entirely. Usually he, Scorpius, and Teddy stayed up late into the night in the room of requirement working on pranks making him extremely grumpy in the morning since he didn't sleep enough.

Last night in the great hall had been an unplanned prank. How was he to know that Scorpius would have that wet start firework and pull it out? When he saw he just couldn't help himself he had to lick his fingers and set it off. It was a great welcome back for the older students and greeting to the new. When Professor Malone pulled them aside last night after the feast he had fully expected to get detention, preferably a month as he and the rest still couldn't top their personal best of three weeks. But he was sadly disappointed. He wondered if they could get that month if they went through with the prank they had been talking about since the beginning of the summer.

"ALBUS! FIRST DAY OF CLASS QUIT WANKING OFF!" Scorpius yelled as he ripped open Albus' hangings. Albus yelled out in surprise and tumbled over the edge of his bed. He growled as he heard his supposed best friend cackle above him. Albus lay on his back breathless with his eyes closed trying not to whip out his wand and curse Scorpius. Albus slowly opened his eyes to see Scorpius' smirking face floating above him from over his bed.

"God I didn't miss this." He heard Luther Zabini grumbled from his bed across the room. Albus snorted. The rest of the dormitory, awoken by the commotion and yelling, began to move and get ready.

"Hey there best friend." Scorpius said mock cheerfully, cupping his chin in his hand as he looked down at Albus.

"Hey." Albus grumbled.

"That was a spectacular dismount. I'd give it an… eight out of ten."

"Only an eight out of ten? Are you mad? That deserves full points that does!" Albus cried pseudo indignantly.

"You got to put the work in for those points Alby." Scorpius said laughing. Albus pulled a face.

"Gee Scorp didn't know you swung that way!" Albus said cheekily .

"Shut it." Scorpius growled and threw a pillow down in Albus' face effectively cutting off his laughter. "Get up!" He yelled to the pillow and pushed himself off of the bed. Albus ripped the pillow off of his face and got up tossing it roughly onto the bed. Scorpius shook his head as he listened to his friend mumbled about jokes, supposed best friends, and masturbation. Albus stumbled around the room not exactly a morning person and not quite awake even after his scare. Eventually Scorpius dragged him from the dorm to the great hall for breakfast. The trio had a rule. Whoever got to the hall first get to pick where they sat. Teddy was usually there first so more often than not they sat at the Ravenclaw table. When the boys made it to the hall they looked up and down the table until they spotted Teddy waving a spoon at them and smiling.

Scorpius crossed the hall practically dragging Albus after him. Albus made it as difficult as possible for his friend, dragging his feet and slumping backwards to resist the pull forward. He continually grumbled and groaned and whined.

"Why? You're so cruel. I should just go back to bed. Screw the first day of classes. Blllluuuuuuaaaaahhh." He whined.

"Shut up and sit down." Scorpius grumbled as he pushed Albus onto a bench before sitting beside him across from Teddy.

"Rough morning?" Teddy asked with a smile. Albus growled and then stuck his tongue out before letting his head smack down onto the table. At that moment the three Ravenclaw girls from the night before walked by.

"Hi Teddy." They said. Teddy's hair turned the pink as it did the night before. Scorpius laughed at his friend's embarrassment.

"I'm telling you mate if you don't go after that I might have to." He said smirking with narrowed sly eyes as he watched the girls walk away. Teddy's eyes widened a little and cleared his throat.

"So what punishment did Malone give you? Did you get that month yet?" He asked trying to change the subject quickly. Albus yelled into the table.

"What?" Teddy asked. Albus picked his head up from the table and slammed his hands down on it making the surrounding people jump.

"We got a warning! A bloody warning! For that piece of art. That beautiful spontaneous art!" Albus exclaimed dramatically collapsing sideways into Scorpius.

"Oi get off." Scorpius said and pushed him away.

"You're kidding." Teddy said ignoring the dramatics of his friends.

"No! I'm not. I think we should do the prank soon, I want to break that record of ours." Albus growled as he reached for the coffee.

"No we shouldn't. I think we need to sort it out some more in the Room of Requirement." Teddy said pleadingly. Scorpius nodded and Albus just rolled his eyes as he chugged his first cup of coffee. Scorpius and Teddy continued to talk about moving the prank while something caught Albus' eye.

The first year girl that sat beside Teddy the night before and talked to him had just walked into the hall. She was all by herself and looking around a littler nervously. She walked over to the Ravenclaw table and sat a length of table away from them; no one else was around her.

"Hey Teddy, isn't that your friend from last night?" Albus asked to clarify. Teddy looked around to where Albus pointed.

"Oh yeah, that's Kayleigh." He said.

"Kayleigh." Scorpius said teasingly. Teddy's hair which had recovered from the initial teasing about the three girls was now pink again.

"Dude she's a first year. She's too young." He muttered.

"So in a few years she won't be. As you get older age matters less." Albus said.

"Age is just a number, details my friend, details." Scorpius said.

"Invite her over Ted." Albus said placing his coffee cup on the table. Teddy hesitated, making Albus sigh. "Don't be a wuss." He said as he got up. Albus walked down the table to where Kayleigh was all alone. He sat down across from her and wiggled his eyebrows at the boys before turning to her. Scorpius was trying to stop his laughing. He shoved his hand in his mouth to stifle it as Teddy shot him death glares.

"He'd better not embarrass her." Teddy mumbled to himself. Down the table Kayleigh was looking at Albus slightly confused.

"Well hello there Kayleigh." He said leaning forward, arms on the table.

"Um hi? How do you know my name?" She asked.

"Wouldn't you like to know? I know everything." He said sticking his nose up in the air.

"Oh yeah?" She asked smiling as she leaned forward on the table as well.

"Yeah!"

"Prove it!"

"Okay." He said looking around the hall. He smiled and pointed at James. "See that guy? He's a major douche bag. And that girl over there!" He pointed at Victoire. "She's a little diva, mom's French." He said behind his hand, pretending to be stealthy. She nodded trying not to smile.

"Explains everything." She said mock seriously.

"Yeah I know. And her!" He said pointing at Rose. "Her and Scorpius are in love, but they're also both in denial." He said smirking. "And him." Albus said pointing at Teddy. Teddy looked away quickly his hair turning a slight pink.

"That's the guy I met last night at the sorting!" She exclaimed.

"He's too shy to come talk to you." Albus said snickering. Kayleigh looked down the bench as Teddy's hair turned turquoise again.

"Well he talked last night." She said. She looked from Teddy to Albus, her eyes narrowed slightly. "What are you? The school creeper?" She asked smirking. Albus laughed.

"No actually. All the people I pointed to are my family." He said standing up. "Kind lady would you like to join us?" He asked holding a hand out across the table. She laughed and took his proffered hand to stand up.

"Why thank you kind sir. I would love…wait what's your name?" She asked.

"Albus Potter. And you?"

"Kayleigh Shorter." She said.

"Fits you." He said dropping her hand and heading back down the bench.

"I'll hex you." She said glaring at him.

"Psh, you're a first year."

"You don't know what I got!" She exclaimed. Albus laughed loudly as they approached the boys.

"Guys meet Kayleigh Shorter. Kayleigh this is Scorpius Malfoy and Teddy Lupin." He said as he sat down. She smiled as she plopped down beside Teddy.

"Nice to meet you." She said nodding to Scorpius.

"And you." Scorpius said smirking slyly at her. She rolled her eyes before looking at Teddy. "Nice to see you again." She said smiling.

"Nice to see you too."

"So. New BFF." Albus said reaching across the table and grabbing up Kayleigh's hand.

"I thought I was your BFF!" Scorpius said scowling.

"After that stunt you pulled this morning? Oh no no." Albus said sticking his tongue out.

"Why her?" Scorpius asked smirking slyly.

"She was ready and available." Albus said throwing a smirk at Teddy. Teddy sighed.

"I'll show you ready and available." Kayleigh mumbled fingering her wand. Teddy snorted.

"Sorry they're always this ridiculous." He said.

"Oh great." She said. Albus watched on as they engaged in conversation. He internally smiled. His smile really materialized when Teddy's hair pinked again.

"I like that shade, you should wear it more." She said reaching up and running her fingers through it. Scorpius guffawed and smack the table as Teddy looked away embarrassed. He opened his mouth to respond but was cut off.

"Oh look it's the goon squad. And looks like they've got a pet." James said leering at Kayleigh. She glared at him.

"Who spit in your coffee?" She asked scathingly.

"Watch your mouth first year. I could give you a detention for that lip." He said narrowing his eyes. Albus slapped his hand on the table and stood up quickly, coming chest to chest with James.

"What kind of prefect are you bro?" He asked angrily. "Picking on first years?"

"Obviously not a very good one." Kayleigh said reaching across the table and grabbing Albus' wrist. She gave one good tug and he fell onto his seat.

"Ignore him; you're right he is a douche bag." She said smiling. Albus looked back at James to see him clench his teeth and hands and then storm off. Albus turned and made eye contact with Kayleigh, he nodded at her and she nodded back. They understood one another.

It wasn't long before the heads of house started coming down the tables with schedules. Kayleigh looked down at hers with an excited smile.

"Ready for your first day?" Teddy asked. She nodded not taking her eyes off of the slip of parchment.

"Of course she is. Isn't the first day of class every Ravenclaws wet dream?" Scorpius asked. Kayleigh picked up her fork and threw it at him before standing.

"Shut up jerk. I need to go get a good seat in Transfiguration." She said. "Bye BFF." She said smirking at Albus. He wiggled his fingers.

"Buh- Bye BFF!" He said trying not to laugh.

"Bye Teddy." She said softly and smiling. Teddy watched her walk away with a slight smile. Scorpius wolf whistled at him.

"Shut it! Come on we need to go to History of Magic." He said standing. Their classes for the morning went by pretty fast. In History of Magic Albus fell asleep. Professor Cornfoot dropped A History of Magic by his head to wake him up. After History of Magic the trio split. Teddy went with the Ravenclaws to Herbology and Scorpius and Albus went to Charms with Professor Finnegan. By the time lunch rolled around they were ready for the day to be over.

"Why is the first day always so boring?" Albus whined.

"Move it! I'm starving!" Scorpius whined back pushing Albus towards the Ravenclaw table where Teddy was already waiting for them.

"How was Charms? Professor Finnegan blow anything up?" Teddy asked.

"Besides his eyebrows?" Albus asked laughing. The charms professor was always blowing his eyebrows off in class. Albus sat down across from the empty spot by Teddy. He narrowed his eyes at the spot.

"Where is Kayleigh? She's not sitting by herself again is she?" He asked. Teddy shrugged.

"I have no idea, I haven't seen her." He said. The rest of lunch Albus was tuned out. Where was his new BFF? Before he knew it lunch was over and she hadn't shown up.

"Albus let's go!" Scorpius yelled in his ear making him jump.

"WHAT!" He yelled back.

"It's time for double potions." Teddy said leading the way. Albus got up and followed, dragging his feet.

"Uh, two periods with Malone! She hates us." He said.

"No she hates you two. She loves me." Teddy said smartly.

"Professor's pet." Scorpius mumbled. Albus spent the double period doodling on a scrap piece of parchment the whole time avoiding Malone's death glares. He couldn't care less what the witch thought of him. Maybe he would have worked today if she had just given him the month's detention. He needed to beat their record! Finally when potions was over the three walked out to the hallway and stood in a circle staring at their schedules.

"It's finally here. The day we don't have classes together." Teddy said looking up.

"Remind me again we decided to take different electives?" Scorpius asked.

"Because we're idiots! WAAAHHHHH!" Albus began to fake cry. He slumped against Teddy who awkwardly patted his back.

"If it makes you feel better," Scorpius started pulling off his tie, "you can take this." He said holding it out to him. "You can hold onto it like a baby blanket." He snorted. Albus smacked the tie to the floor with mock indignantly.

"Screw you guys I'm going to Arithmancy!" He said walking away.

"See you at dinner!" Teddy called.

"Yeah, yeah!" He called back. Teddy headed off for the north tower to Divination and Scorpius headed to Muggle Studies. Ever since Aunt Hermione had told him about the class Albus had been looking forward to Arithmancy. Since his friends weren't there to tease him he sat front and center in the class, eager to start. The period went way too fast for his liking and before he knew it, it was time for dinner.

When he got to the great hall Scorpius and Teddy were there and Kayleigh was with them.

"There you are!" She said when he walked up. He raised his brow at her as he sat.

"There I am? I should be saying that to you! Where were you?" He asked.

"We were just trying to get it from her but she's not saying anything!" Scorpius said grouchily.

"You'll find out soon." She said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Teddy asked.

"You'll see." She said cryptically. Not even a second later there was a loud boom. Everyone is the hall jumped and then quieted. And then distant yelling began. The hall erupted in chatter. People started yelling and running around. The professors went running for where the boom came from. Albus glanced over at Kayleigh to see her calmly eating her pudding. She looked up at him and smirked. "That's where I was." She said. All three boys' mouths fell open.

"Oh no way! You cannot be serious! She's infringing on out territory!" Scorpius said throwing his utensils down. Kayleigh just laughed. Albus was about to speak when Malone came running over covered in a brownish green substance.

"You two!" She yelled pointing at Scorpius and Albus. "A month's detention with Filch starting tomorrow! You two will be cleaning this up!" She said. Scorpius and Albus just looked at her open mouthed.

"But professor! It wasn't us!" Scorpius said indignantly.

"Like I believe that!" She said hotly. She stomped off before he could say more. Scorpius whipped around to her and pointed at her.

"You! This is your fault." He said.

"Well you did want a month." Teddy said.

"Yeah but we didn't earn it though. It feels fake and cheap. There's no pride in it." Albus said forlornly. Scorpius nodded vehemently. Teddy sighed and rolled his eyes. Kayleigh stood up cockily.

"Have a good night boys!" She laughed out. Scorpius glared at her back all the way out.

"We definitely need to pull our prank." He said.

"I don't know." Albus said looking after her as well. He had a slight smile on his face. This was an interesting development.

"What!" Scorpius asked.

"We've only been here two days, and so far there has been a prank a day. We can't keep doing that." Teddy said.

"But that crap that just happened wasn't even ours!" Scorpius said.

"Still." Teddy said as he stood up. "Will I see you guys later tonight? Room of Requirement?"

"Not sure. We'll send an owl." Albus said. Teddy nodded.

"Come on. Let's get out of here." Scorpius said sullenly. The rest of the night the two moped around, thinking about their undeserved month.