Albus walked onto the Quidditch Pitch feeling happier than he had in days. He had gotten a chance, after a long while, to talk – to properly sit down and talk- to his best friend. And even though he hated that Scorpius was hurt, he couldn't have been happier that he was single again.

His mood translated to his team, who all flew wonderfully. It was the most fun at practice that he had had in a very long while. When they had finished their last drills, and Albus was satisfied with the execution of a technique that he and the other two chasers had been trying, he called a meeting. The team settled down on the pitch, all smiling and laughing; waiting for Albus to speak.

"So, I talked to Bones today and," he grinned broadly, "we're good to go!"

The team cheered and started chattering excitedly; Albus managed to quiet them down.

"This means that we can start taking pictures as soon as we get the poses lined up" he continued, "Why don't we all think about it and then next practice we can try and put them together?"

There was general agreement to this, but then Rose Weasley, the second team beater (Zenneth was the other), spoke up, "Al, since you told us about the idea last night, a lot of us have already come up with a few ideas. Why don't we throw some around now? While the whole team is together?"

At the smiles and murmurs which broke out after Rose's suggestion, Albus agreed.

"Okay, so we need thirteen pictures; one for the cover, and then one for every month of the year" he said, "any ideas, dear cousin?" he teased Rose.

She smiled "Actually, the girls and I worked it out last night. Here's what we propose;" she looked around at the boys as the two other girls on the team giggled, "There should be a team photo on the cover, the Gryffindor Crest and the year of the calendar"

No one disputed her idea, or suggested a new one. There were nods from the rest of the team.

Blake, a talented third year who was their Seeker picked up from where Rose left off, "Then we thought that since there's seven of us, each of us could get a month. We should all be in uniform, and it would be brilliant if we could get some of our stats printed on the picture; sort of like we were professional players!"

More agreement followed her words so Martha, a sixth year chaser and the last girl on the team continued, "That leaves five more pictures. Since there are four different positions, we thought they could each get a month; a month of beaters, chasers, the seeker and the keeper. These would be strictly action shots. That leaves one picture, we couldn't really figure out what to slip in there."

Zenneth quickly spoke up; cutting off whatever Albus had opened his mouth to say "Well, in the dorms, our mate suggested that Al goes shirtless for a picture. I mean, he is the captain, and I firmly believe that it would really help sales if we could say that the middle Potter is half-naked in our calendar."

The teams roared with laughter, a chorus of Yeses, Do it Als and general cheering filled the empty pitch. Albus went scarlet and punched Zenneth in the arm playfully.

"I'll think about it! Think only! I'm not agreeing to anything yet" he laughed

The team headed inside soon after, with promises to think of their respective poses. Albus was deep in thought about the calendar when his fellow chaser, Kevin caught up with him on his way back to the dorm.

"Hey Al!"

"Oh, hey Kevin. Great flying today. I think Martha, you and I are going to be able to nail that formation in our next game!" he said enthusiastically

Kevin smiled broadly "Yeah, I reckon we'll be unstoppable! But, uh, I had a question for you. I mean, I know we're going to take pictures in a practice or two, but I was wondering who's going to take the them?"

Albus' smile evaporated, he hadn't even thought of that detail. He voiced this to Kevin, who smiled apologetically, "I know I don't say much, I probably should have brought it up at the meeting. Maybe you and Zen could ask around the seventh years if anyone could do it for us? Preferably from our house of course?"

"Yeah, thanks for reminding me mate. I'll look into that tonight!"

…

Albus found that most of his dorm mates were studying in the common room when he walked into Gryffindor. Zenneth had beaten him upstairs and was sitting at a table with Max and Scorpius. Parker was talking to his girlfriend on one of the couches.

"Heya" Albus said, settling down on an empty seat beside Scorpius. He nudged him discreetly and saw Scropius smile out of the corner of his eye.

"Hey Al, Zen was just filling us in. Bones approved the calendar!" Max said, reaching over to give Albus a congratulatory thump on the back.

"Thanks Max! We only have one minor problem now"

"What is it?" Zenneth said worriedly.

"We don't have a photographer. It completely slipped my mind!"

Silence fell over the four boys, all of whom were looking downcast and thinking hard.

"I could do it" Scorpius said quietly, "I know how to work a muggle camera."

Albus laughed "Yeah, good one Scor, but seriously, we need to find someone who'll take the pictures"

"No, I really can! My Aunt Daphne married a muggle, and he loves photography. Last Christmas they gave me a really good camera. I could just ask my Dad to send it here and I could take the pictures." Scopius explained, looking around at Albus and Zenneth.

"That sounds brilliant mate!" Zenneth cried, a grin returning to his face.

"Yeah, that is brilliant" Albus said, he was still surprised. He had no idea that Scorpius could work a muggle camera, let alone that he owned one, "That settles it then. You can take our pictures for us."

They fell into an easy silence after that, each concentrating on their own work. Albus was preoccupied however, wondering what else he didn't know about his best friend. He shook his head and pulled out a piece of spare parchment and jotted down the poses for the Calendar to distract himself. By the time people started to head back to the dorm rooms, Albus had finished half of his History of Magic essay, and his list.

Quidditch Calendar:

Cover – Team photo

January – Blake

February - Craig

March - Rose

April - Zenneth

May - Kevin

June - Martha

July – Albus

August - Seeker: Blake

September – Keeper: Craig

October – Chasers: Albus, Martha, Kevin

November - Beaters: Zenneth, Rose

December – Shirtless Albus?

…

It was well past midnight, but Albus was still lying awake. Everything was quiet and dark, and he didn't know why he was still wondering about Scorpius. It was like he took it as a personal insult that he hadn't known about his friend's photography. He knew that he was being stupid, but he couldn't help it. Why hadn't Scorpius told him? Was it because he was just preoccupied with Lorenzo? Did he think Albus would laugh? Albus tried to push it to the back of his mind. Just as he started to fall asleep, he heard his name

"Al? Al, it's me." Scorpius whispered.

Albus sat up and pulled the curtains open. Scorpius was crouching down beside his bed, casting his eyes around the room, looking like he didn't want to be caught.

"What's wrong?" Albus whispered, looking concerned and trying to see if Scorpius was crying like the previous night.

"I just, I don't… Can I sleep in your bed?" Scorpius grimaced, knowing he sounded pathetic.

"What?" Albus said dazedly, "What? In…with me?"

"Al, wake up will you!" Scorpius hissed a little louder, "Please just let me?"

"What? Oh! Oh. Yeah." Albus slid over and Scorpius climbed into his bed, closing the curtains quickly behind him with a flick of his wand.

"Scor, is something wrong?" Albus asked once Scorpius had settled beside him.

"I, um, I didn't want to be alone, if that's okay. I know two nights in a row is a lot to ask of you. It's just that, you make me feel better about everything and..."

"It's okay Scor" Albus murmured soothingly, "It's okay, just feel better alright?"

Scorpius sighed in relief, "Thanks again Al"

"Night" Albus whispered, turning over and smiling to himself

"Night"