Albus looked around the hospital wing, confusion written clearly on his face.
"I don't see why you are all so upset," he said, "I feel fine."
"Al, you're not fine," Lily said, "How can you not remember Scorpius?"
"For the last time, I've never met this guy," Albus rolled his eyes, "Stop messing around, Lily."
Scorpius, who was sitting on the hospital bed next to Albus', sobbed desperately.
"I'm not kidding!" Lily exclaimed, "Scorpius is your boyfriend!"
"I don't even like blokes!" Albus yelled back.
"Oh, not this rubbish again," Lily sighed, "After a whole summer of you being stuck in the closet, and finally coming out, now you don't remember?"
"I'm afraid he won't remember much about his friends," Madam Pomfrey said, "He has amnesia. My guess is he will only remember his family. People he's known all his life. When did he meet Scorpius?"
"Never," Albus muttered, but Lily ignored him.
"When they both first came to Hogwarts," she said, "Will he ever remember?"
"I can't say," Madam Pomfrey said, "But there is nothing more I can do. If I try and make his memories return, it might just make things worse. You'll just have to take him back to the Slytherin common room and surround him with familiar faces."
Lily nodded sadly, and grabbed Albus' hand. He followed her willingly back to his common room. Scorpius slowly went back to the Hufflepuff common room, alone.
In the Slytherin common room, Lily sat on one of the couches with her brother.
"Lily," Albus said cautiously, "I…I'm sorry, if I'm upsetting you."
"What?" Lily asked, "Albus, it's not your fault."
"What was I doing in the hospital wing, anyway?" Albus asked.
"You..you fell off your broom during a Quidditch match a few days ago. I- I tried to catch you, but…I couldn't. I'm so sorry, Al."
"You keep saying that. It can't be your fault."
"It is," Lily assured him, and then changed the subject, "Albus, are you certain that you don't remember Scorpius? Not even a little bit?"
"The name sounds familiar, I guess," Albus said, thinking hard, "Wait a minute!" he exclaimed after a moment, and Lily's eyes lit up with hope, "Scorpius Malfoy? Isn't his dad the one Dad used to tell us about?"
Lily sighed and slumped in her seat. "Yes, Albus. But you two have been best friends since you met 7 years ago. And last year you two finally got together."
"I'm sorry," Albus said, "I don't believe that. I'd remember it."
Lily nodded sadly, and stood up. "Go to sleep, Albus," she said, and left for her own common room.
Albus shrugged when Lily left, and headed to his room. When he got there he laid down, and quickly fell asleep.
"After all I went through," Scorpius yelled, throwing his pillow at the wall, "After everything I did to get him to like me! It was all a waste of time!"
He kicked his bedpost roughly, and then yelled out in pain. Scorpius fell on his bed and clutched his hair, pulling it in frustration. The sadness he felt when Albus didn't recognize him had turned into anger, and Scorpius was glad his roommate, Austin Macmillan, hadn't come back to the room yet.
"He doesn't remember me!" Scorpius continued his rampage, "That bloody moron! Why'd he have to go and fall off his damn broom! How could he forget me?"
He threw another pillow and it smashed against a photo. Scorpius sat up and looked at the broken glass on the floor. He picked it up carefully, and looked at the picture. It was of Scorpius and Albus, along with Lily, James, Hugo and Rose. They were in the Hogwarts Great Hall at Christmas time, during his and Albus' 3rd year.
Scorpius stared at the photo sadly for a moment, before an idea hit him.
"That's it!" he yelled happily, running out of his room. He past Austin Macmillan on the way through the common room, and breezed right past him. Once in the corridors, Scorpius was careful to be quiet. Students were supposed to be in bed by now. Scorpius carefully snuck to the Slytherin Dungeons, knowing his was easily since he and Albus used to sneak around the corridor after dark all the time.
Once he reached the dungeons, he knocked on the door, unsure what else to do. He didn't know the password, so there was no way he could get in unless there was a student still in the common room, and not sleeping.
Scorpius knocked again, but was about to give up and go back to his own common room when Thomas Zabini opened the door, confused.
"Aren't you a Hufflepuff?" he asked, "What are you doing down here?"
"No time," Scorpius said, running past Thomas. He ran to Albus' room, and barged in without knocking. Albus was awake, sitting on his bed flipping through his potions book. He looked at Scorpius and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"I came to show you something," Scorpius said, shoving the picture in Albus' face.
Albus' eyes adjusted and he saw himself laughing with Lily, Hugo, Rose…and Scorpius.
"I…" he said slowly, "When was this taken?"
"During our 3rd year," Scorpius said, "and I have lots more pictures to prove we knew each other. You're my best mate, Al. You can't forget me."
Albus noted how desperate Scorpius sounded, and sighed.
"I- I just don't remember," he said miserably, "I'm sorry."
"I understand…" Scorpius said, "I just wanted to show you."
"I don't know what to say about this," Albus said, looking at the photograph, again, "I guess this is proof that I knew you. And…if I did fall off my broom….but I'm sorry," he said again, "I don't like blokes. I can be your friend, but nothing more."
Scorpius nodded, happy that he'd at least accomplished something. Then he shrugged.
"I'll figure out how to make you remember," he said in a determined voice, "Until then…I guess we're back to being friends."
Albus nodded. Scorpius said goodbye and went back to the Hufflepuff common room. He sat on his bed, staring at the picture for the next few hours. When he finally fell asleep, he only had an hour before he had to attend his first class that day. Austin Macmillan, having heard what Scorpius was going through, decided to let his roommate sleep, and explain to their teachers that Scorpius would not be in his classes that day.
Chapter 2 is here. Review please? The more I get, the faster I'll update. :)