Scorpius looked through the books on the library shelf. He sighed when he couldn't find what he was looking for. He really needed the book for his potions homework and it looked like someone had already checked it out. Maybe Ivy would be able to help..that thought left as soon as it came after last time she threatened to never help any of them again.
Scorpius jumped when he felt two arms wrap around his waist. No one was in the library to see them... "What are you doing?" he smiled turning around to look at...someone who was not Albus.
It was James looking down at him with a smirk. "What the hell are you doing?" Scorpius growled shoving James away from him. For a second Scorpius had almost thought it was Albus and was about to say something he would not have been able to take back.
"Oh, were you expecting someone else?" James asked almost innocently. Scorpius glared at him. What could he say? He was cornered and his mind had gone blank. "It would have to be someone you're close to, to let them touch you like that," he laughed acting as if he was trying to think.
"I don't know what the hell you are trying to get at," Scorpius growled trying to shove past James and get out of there.
Before he could go anywhere James grabbed his arm and threw him into the bookshelf. As scorpius hit he heard James' hands hit the bookshelf on either side of his head. This was bad, there was no way he could run now. "So tell me, Scorpius, who did you think I was?" James asked, Something like fury crossed his face for a second before it turned back into a dark sneer.
"No one! I just didn't think a guy would be doing something like that!" he growled.
James slowly shook his head, "Stop lying to me."
"I'm not!"
"You thought I was Albus," James growled making Scorpius back up slightly only to be reminded he was already against a bookshelf. He tried to think of something to say but nothing was coming out of his mouth. "And don't try to deny it. I have proof."
Proof? What did he mean by that? They had always been careful that there was no one around them. In the room of requirement and on the roof if anybody had been close enough to see them they would have noticed.
"You look confused," James smiled reaching for something inside his robe. "I'm talking about these," he said handing Scorpius a pile of photos. Scorpius was confused for a second before he realized that he was the one in the photos. His head was thrown back and he was probably screaming or moaning and he could see the outline of Albus next to him but covered by his arched back. "I have to say, that one is my favoite," James laughed reminding Scorpius that he was still standing there.
"How the hell did you get these?" Scorpius growled not wanting to know what the other ones had captured.
"Don't worry about it," James smirked. Scorpius wanted to curse James so badly right now but knew that would end badly for him. Instead he took his anger out on the pictured ripping them to shreds. "Aw, and those ones were for you. I have my copies somewhere else."
Scorpius paled, he had copies? Scorpius hadn't even looked through all of them but if the first one was anything to go by then he would be in trouble. They showed his face clearly, but would anybody recognize Albus. If not then maybe he could still deny everything. No, even in the picture that he had seen enough of Albus showed to know it was a guy and there would be people who knew it was him. There was no way he could get out of this.
"If you don't want me sending any of those out you will do exactly as I say," James growled grabbing Scorpius face. He did not like being ignored. Scorpius flinched when James had grabbed him, he was nothing like Albus.
"Sending them out?" Scorpius asked stupidly.
"Of course, I'm sure your father would like to see them before they are printed in the Daily Prophet. I can see it now, the headline, a Malfoy seduces the middle Potter. I wonder how people would look at you then."
Scorpius could not believe what he was hearing. "Th-that's not what happened," he gasped past the hand that was still holding his jaw.
James sneered, "Oh yeah, and how many do you think would believe you?" It was true his family was already outcasts because of the side his father and grandfather had been on during the war. Even if he denied everything he would probably get his family in even more trouble. "If the ministry were to think this was you trying to get more magic for your family I bet all of it would be taken away. Your father already can do nothing for the aurors except paper work, all to try and gain their trust. And with one little thing you could make all those years of misery worth nothing."
Scorpius was shaking now. All he wanted to do was kill this bastard and he could barely move. James was bigger then him and a year older, he knew more powerful spells then Scorpius. He could only stand there helplessly and wait to see what James wanted.
"So to make sure your family doesn't get scorned from the magical world again," Scorpius flinched at that last word as James paused, "you are going to do whatever I say."
Scorpius glared at him. If anybody had said that to him before now he would have probably laughed but the look in James' eyes told him this would be like hell. "And what would that be?" he asked trying not to show that he was actually starting to get a little freaked out.
"First you are going to go break-up with my brat of a brother, but you better not tell him why. If you do, your father will be getting an interesting package full of pictures that I'm sure he would love to see."
Scorpius glared at him, he couldn't be serious. Brake up with Albus? Why would he do that? Albus was half of the reason he was even considering listening to James. "Don't give me that look. You brought this on yourself when you decided to start doing that with Albus," he growled finally letting go of Albus and walking away.
When Scorpius was sure that James was gone he bent down and looked at the pictures he had ripped. He could still see them moving, both of their faces obvious in some of them, what they were doing was even more obvious.
How could this have happened? No one was supposed to find out! Scorpius fell on his knees and couldn't stop the tears that were now running down his face. What was he supposed to do now?
xxxx
Albus barely paid attention as his professor prattled on and on about some spell. He was pretty sure he should be paying attention or he would never be able to finish his homework but he just couldn't concentrate. Who could? After the night that he had spent with Scorpius, even a week later it still made him giddy. He had been waiting for this for so long and finally they were together. Not only that, Scorpius really loved him.
"Hey! Pay attention," Lysander growled smacking the back of Albus' head. Albus glared at him for a second before turning back to the lesson that he was supposed to be learning. It made reasonable sense and whatever he was missing he could look in the book for, that wouldn't be a problem.
Finally class was over and he was free for the day. Dinner was still about an hour away and after classes he didn't feel like studying in the library. He could just go to the common room in the Gryffindor tower and see what his house mates were doing, but that sounded boring too.
He shrugged and started walking towards the library, if nothing else he could at least play a couple rounds of wizard chess with whoever was there. He smiled to himself, maybe Scorpius would be there. Playing wizard's chess in the library was one of the rare times that they could actually do something together outside of their secret dates. It wasn't much, but it was something.
He finally got to the library and looked around, there were plenty of people here. Most of them were Ravenclaws, as always, but there were a few scattered hufflepuffs, gryffindors and slytherins here and there. Albus sat down in front of one of the chess boards and looked at the pieces. He may not be in ravenclaw but when it came to chess, he was a master. He loved the game, it was so violent yet at the same time made you think about your next move.
"I don't think the pieces are going to move if you just stare at them," laughed a voice that made Albus smile. He looked up to see Scorpius standing there with what looked like a...nervous smile. Albus wanted to ask what was wrong but Scorpius motioned for him to follow.
Albus looked around to make sure no one was watching them before quickly following Scorpius into the rows and rows of books. He was surprised when Scorpius passed by all of the rows and into the restricted section.
Albus couldn't help the smile that came to his face. There was only one reason that he could think of that Scorpius would want this much privacy in the library. He looked around, this would be the first time they had done anything outside of the room of requirement.
Albus smiled, just the thought of Scorpius with a lust filled face in the library made him excited. If he knew Scorpius wanted to do this kind of thing he would have suggested it much sooner. Then again, he did love Scorpius' assertiveness sometimes. He might even consider being on bottom to see just how hot Scorpius could be.
Albus was too busy imagining to notice that Scorpius had stopped walking. He stopped just in time not to run into his lover. "Albus..." Scorpius started not knowing what he was supposed to say, he had never done something like this before.
"I have to say, I love this idea," Albus whispered wrapping his arms around Scorpius. Scorpius looked at Albus confused when he realized that Albus had no clue what was going on. He had totally misread the situation.
Scorpius' mind was racing a mile a minute and suddenly came to an abrupt halt when he felt the soft lips collide with his. He loved this feeling, he never wanted to give it up. Suddenly the image of his father looking at those pictures raced through his mind. "Stop it!" Scorpius hissed shoving Albus away from him.
"Wha...this isn't what you brought me back here for?" Albus asked completely confused.
"No, you bastard! If you listened to me before you attacked me maybe you would know that!"
Albus couldn't believe what he was hearing. This didn't sound like Scorpius at all. "D-did I do something wrong? Where is this coming from?" Albus asked trying to figure out why Scorpius was saying this.
Scorpius hated the look that Albus was showing him. If the thought of those pictures wasn't running through his mind right now he would have hugged Albus and apologized for being such an ass, but he couldn't do that. "Where is this coming from? Are you really surprised? God, you are an idiot!" Scorpius laughed cruelly. "I was screwing with you! I got bored of you, that's all." There was nothing else he could do, maybe if Albus hated him it would hurt a little less. Maybe.
Albus didn't know what to say to that. Had this really been some sort of sick joke to Scorpius the entire time? Had he fallen this hard and Scorpius had felt nothing? Albus was speechless, what was he supposed to say to that?
"What are you two doing back here?" Ivy asked angrily popping her head in, not noticing the visible tension between the two boys she was talking to.
Scorpius froze, this was not happening. If Albus wanted to he could tell Ivy everything. Scorpius knew that that was exactly what he would do if he had just been dumped the way that he had dumped Albus.
"Nothing," Albus laughed walking past Ivy, "we were just talking about the quiditch match that's coming up. I guess we got too loud for the library, sorry," he said before walking away leaving Scorpius staring after him.
Albus stormed out of the library trying to keep his motions in check. He didn't even know if he was more angry or depressed. He was pissed off at himself for falling for some jerk that didn't feel anything for him. At the same time he was sad because he really had loved Scorpius and now they were nothing. He would probably never get to even talk to him again, they would never have a real conversation again.
Albus punched the stone wall that was next to him. There was nothing that he could do about it now. Even worse, all the memories of them together kept running through his mind. Even knowing that Scorpius had probably been screwing with him, there was not a time that Albus felt that he had been played. Was he really that much of an idiot?
