Hello my pets! I am back with another chapter of Brother Against Brother! I'm sorry it's so late again, however I have a very good reason this time. I had mid-terms to study for and I'm in college so it was very stressful for me. But I am back and plan to write more fluffiness between Albus and Scorpius and also introducing James x Rose! Now replies to the reviews.

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Warnings: I forgot to do this as the beginning of the story, but there will be some incest as I am making James and Rose a pairing and they're cousins.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters; I only own the plot line of this story

Chapter Three:

Scorpius' POV

I woke up the next morning, the greenish glow from being under the lake making the dorm room look darker and more dreary than usual. I climbed out from under my warm blankets and started to get dressed, shivering as the naturally cold air of the dungeon caressed my body.

"Good morning, Scorpius. Glad to see that you're finally up," said one of the boys in my dorm with a smile.

I nodded and focused on tying my tie the right way. I hoped the boy would go away and leave me alone. However, the boy came over and tied my tie for me rather than leaving. "I'm Alec by the way. You were so quiet last night that I didn't have the chance to introduce myself. Then you ran out when the Gryffindor boy ran out," he said, stepping away from me after tying my tie. "Any particular reason you ran after him?" Alec asked, sounding suspicious.

I narrowed my eyes at the suspicion in his voice, "I don't think it's any of your business as to why I ran after him, but if you must know Albus is my friend and he was upset so I went to comfort him," I explained coldly, my eyes hard.

Alec's eyes widened. "You're friends with a Gryffindor? Why? They're nothing but cocky scum!"

That was when I lost it. I grabbed Alec's collar and pushed him against the wall, glaring at him. "Don't you ever say that again! I won't have you badmouthing my friend's House! So what if he's a Gryffindor and I'm a Slytherin? The Sorting Hat told me that I had some traits of a Gryffindor and that I would do well in that House, but I asked it to put me in Slytherin because I knew my father would be upset if I got put into Gryffindor! So I will be friends with Albus if I want to and you can't tell me otherwise, Alec." I let go of his collar and stormed out of the dorm room leaving Alec to stare after me with wide brown eyes.

Just as I walked through the door to go to the Great Hall, I heard someone running after me and I turned around, my eyes narrowing as I saw Alec coming toward me. "What do you want now?" I growled.

He leaned over with his hands on his knees, panting as if he had just run a mile. "Scorpius…I really didn't…mean to upset…you or…anything," he said between pants. "I was just surprised that you were friends with a Gryffindor, that's all."

"But it shouldn't matter," I hissed, feeling tears begin to prick at my eyes. "I met him before we got to Hogwarts, on the Hogwarts Express. He was the only one who actually wanted to sit with me. You have no reason to judge our friendship!"

Alec flinched and looked up, meeting my grey eyes with his brown. "I know, and I'm sorry. I won't say anything about it. I really want for us to be friends, Scorpius. That's why I stayed in the dorm room while Neil and David went down for breakfast." He smiled a small smile at me and I looked back at him in shock.

Why would he want to be friends with me? I wondered. I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose. "Fine…I suppose we could be friends, even though you pissed me off. Come on. Let's go eat breakfast before classes start," I said, turning away and starting to walk again.

He rushed after me until he was walking beside me and together we walked into the Great Hall. Immediately, my eyes searched for Albus amongst the sea of students. I finally saw him talking and laughing with a red haired girl. He looked a lot better than last night. Thinking about last night, my chest started to feel warm.

I always knew I was different. I always preferred playing with barbies and dolls (although I would never admit to that in a civilized conversation) to playing with cars and video games. And it was when I was 10 that I realized that I preferred boys over girls.

Albus looked up and saw me, lifting a hand to wave at me, smiling brightly. I smiled and waved back, feeling my heart pounding in my chest as my eyes met his soft green ones. That was when I knew that I was falling dangerously fast for someone who was supposed to be my enemy. I just hoped I would be able to hide my true feelings for Albus so as not to ruin our friendship.

"Scorpius, what are doing? Come on. Let's go sit down. Professor Slughorn is handing out our schedules," said Alec, nudging me towards the Slytherin table. I sighed and reluctantly followed Alec, wishing with all of my heart that I could sit with Albus.

Albus' POV

I stared with wide eyes as Scorpius was dragged away by another Slytherin and my throat started to feel tight. I felt like crying again. If Scorpius made a new friend, then he wouldn't want to be seen with me, I thought sadly.

That thought stuck in my head for the rest of breakfast and when I was walking out of the Great Hall, I heard his voice call out my name. I turned around and saw him running towards me. I couldn't stop the big smile from forming on my face at the sight of him. "Hey, Scorpius!"

Scorpius smiled back at me, "Hey, Albus. What class do you have first?" he asked, a bit breathlessly.

I took the timetable that McGonagall gave to me out of my robes and looked at it. "I have Transfiguration first with McGonagall. How about you?" I replied.

"Same here! Let's walk together!" he said excitedly.

I looked at him, my eyes wide in surprise. "B-but don't you want to walk with your friend?" I asked quietly.

His gray eyes narrowed in confusion at my question. "My friend? What are you…OH!" He suddenly smiled at me again. "You must be talking about Alec!"

"I think so. Is that the boy you were sitting with during breakfast?" I asked.

Scorpius nodded, "Yeah. That was Alec." He lowered his voice then. "Between you and me, I don't really want to be his friend. He's a snob. He's my roommate and he practically forced his friendship on me. Anyways, come on. Let's go or we'll be late."

We started walking, occasionally talking. We finally got to the classroom and I looked around. I saw Rose waving at me and I waved back before turning to Scorpius. "D-do you want to sit with me?" I asked nervously.

Scorpius looked at me, his eyes soft as if understanding my nervousness. "Actually, Al…I think it would be best if we sat with someone from our own house. But let's study together in the library later!" he quickly added as he saw my face fall slightly.

"Okay…" I muttered, feeling tears filling my eyes. I blinked them away and forced a smile on my face. "Okay! Let's do that!"

When I turned away, I felt Scorpius's eyes on my back, but I kept walking to sit beside Rose. When I sat down, Rose looked at me.

"Are you okay, Al? Who was that with you?" she asked, worry creasing her eyebrows.

"My best friend," I replied. I never noticed Scorpius still standing at the front staring at me.

Scorpius' POV

It broke my heart to see Albus so sad. I didn't want him to be sad. I wanted to sit with him, I really did. But I didn't want to draw attention to us. Although his father defeated Voldemort and saved the wizarding world, Slytherin and Gryffindor were still rivals.

But I'm not a true Slytherin. Even the Sorting Hat said that! It was going to put me in Gryffindor, but I asked it to put me in Slytherin, I argued with myself.

I sighed and followed Alec , who had just walked in, to a seat in the middle of the room. I looked back at Albus and saw that he was looking at me as well. Neither of us looked away and my heart thumped painfully in my chest. This has to be love! I thought to myself. I must have a crush on him because no one has ever made me feel this way.

When McGonagall walked into the room, I was the first one to break eye contact and as much as I tried to follow the lesson about transforming a pencil into a needle, my thoughts kept on drifting back to Albus. That was when I decided. When we study in the library today, I'll tell him that I'm gay. I won't tell him that I have a crush him, though, until I work out if these feelings are in fact love.

With that in mind, I could finally listen to McGonagall's lesson, looking forward to mine and Albus's study date later tonight.