Albus slowly opened his eyes when he felt Scorpius shaking him gently. He looked up, and saw Scorpius smiling down at him.
"I hate to wake you," Scorpius said quietly, "But we do have classes. I missed all my classes yesterday, so I can't miss them today."
Albus nodded and stood up. He noticed that Scorpius was limping slightly as they walked out the door together.
"What's that matter?" he asked.
"My leg is asleep," Scorpius stated, "You were sort of sitting on it."
"Oops," Albus grinned.
Scorpius laughed and kept walking, feeling eventually returning to his leg. They parted ways and went to their classes. Scorpius sat down in Defense Against the Dark Arts and put his head down on the desk. Austin Macmillan sat next to him and Scorpius tried to hide the burning blush that was covering his face.'
"Why are you so red?" Austin asked in a slightly teasing tone.
"No reason," Scorpius said, looking up at his friend and smiling innocently.
"Uh huh," Austin said sarcastically, laughing, "You were with Albus weren't you. I saw you chase after him during breakfast. Is he ok?" His tone had turned serious.
Scorpius just shrugged. "He doesn't remember…it's got to be really hard for him."
Austin nodded.
"Still…" Scorpius continued, talking to himself now more than Austin, "He seems to want to remember. I think somewhere, deep down he misses me and is struggling to remember."
"I'm sure he does miss you," Austin said, "You two were so close…It must be hard on you too."
Scorpius looked at Austin and said, "It is. But I'll be fine. I'm mainly just worried about Albus. He's going through a lot. I wish there was some way for me to help him remember."
"I've read about amnesia before. I think the easiest way for him to remember would be for you to spend time with him. Eventually, something might trigger his brain to remember."
Scorpius nodded, wondering if that would really work. Would it really be as simple as spending as much time with Albus as possible?
Professor Teddy Lupin walked into class and began teaching, so Scorpius put his thoughts on hold until after his last class that day.
Albus walked with Scorpius to the Hufflepuff common room and they walked to Scorpius' room. Austin was sitting on his bed reading a Muggle comic book and looked up at them as they walked in.
"Oh. I'll just…go," he said slightly awkwardly.
"You don't have to do that," Scorpius smiled.
"No, I was supposed to be helping Thomas with his Potions essay, anyway," Austin said, checking the time. He left Albus and Scorpius alone and the two of them sat on Scorpius' bed together.
"Do you want to play Exploding Snap?" Albus asked suddenly, and Scorpius laughed.
"Um…no not really, How about Wizard Chess instead?" Scorpius asked, thinking about all the time the two of them spent playing chess together in the beginning of the school year.
"Sure," Albus said happily, and Scorpius pulled his Wizard Chess set out of his trunk. They set it up on Scorpius' bed, laughing whenever they shifted positions, causing the pieces to stumble around and look up at them, scowling. Albus poked one in the back and it swung it's weapon at him violently. Scorpius laughed and nudged Albus playfully. "Shall we actually play now?" he asked.
"Fine, but I hope you know that I'm going to win," Albus said confidently.
"How could I lose?" Albus exclaimed, looking at his shattered chess pieces laying all across the board.
"Simple. Because I won," Scorpius laughed. He pulled out his wand. "Reparo!" and the pieces pulled themselves back together.
"You only won because it's your board. The chess pieces like you better."
"No. We've been playing together with these pieces for years. You're always the white pieces and I'm always the black. The white pieces like you."
"Oh. I forgot," Albus said, then laughed at the irony.
Scorpius smiled ruefully and leaned back against the headboard. Albus leaned back too and rested his head on Scorpius' shoulder.
"I wish I could remember," Albus said for what felt like the thousandth time. "I want to remember everything about you."
Scorpius stayed silent and looked at Albus. He kissed Albus' forehead gently and took hold of his hand.
"I love spending time with you. It seems natural. I wish…." Albus' sentence drifted off and he sighed.
"You know…" Scorpius said cautiously. "Just because you don't remember doesn't mean we can't kiss." He felt his face get warm and knew he must be bright red.
"No…I suppose you're right," Albus said, sitting up and looking at Scorpius. "We could kiss."
Scorpius leaned in towards Albus slowly, giving him time to pull away if he wanted to. When Albus didn't pull away, Scorpius closed the gap between them and gave Albus a deep kiss. He knotted his fingers through Albus' hair and held him close. Albus put a hand on the back of Scorpius' neck and squeezed gently. They deepened the kiss even more and Albus moaned slightly.
Scorpius pulled away, breathless.
"Why'd you stop?" Albus asked.
"I- I don't want to do this," Scorpius said.
"What?" Albus looked heartbroken.
"No, don't get me wrong. That was amazing. I just don't want to go any further."
"Have we ever…um…you know?"
"No," Scorpius said, "And I don't want to when you can't even remember our past. It would feel all wrong."
Albus nodded. "I understand. But can I kiss you again?"
Scorpius smiled. "I was hoping you'd want to."
They leaned in towards each other again and kissed gently. Scorpius lay back on the bed, pulling Albus down with him. They sped their kissing up and this time, Scorpius moaned.
"You have no idea how good it feels to kiss you again," he whispered, trailing a finger up and down Albus' back.
"It feels so right, kissing you," Albus agreed.
"You'll remember eventually," Scorpius said, "I know you will. And then you'll understand why I've missed kissing you so much. I love you, Al. You don't have to say it back, because I know you don't remember. But I love you so much."
"I…I love you too, Scorp," Albus said, snuggling closer to Scorpius' side.
"You called me Scorp," Scorpius smiled. "You always called me that."
Albus rested her head on Scorpius' chest and the two of them fell asleep side by side.
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