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Chapter Eight

Scorpius' POV

I couldn't stop thinking about what Hagrid said about Al and I being soul mates. It sounded crazy. Hell, it sounded insane! Even so, his words still repeated over and over in my mind.

"-pius. Scorpius!" exclaimed a voice beside me.

"Huh?" I blinked and looked over to the person sitting beside me. It was Alec and he looked concerned.

"Are you okay, man? It's not like you to space out like that. You're not sick or anything are you? Want me to take you to Madame Pomfrey?" He asked.

I shook my head. "No, I'm fine, Alec." I said as I began eating.

"Oken, then maybe you can enlighten me. Why were you kissing that Potter kid? He asked, his eyes narrowing in suspicion.

My hand tightened around my fork as I fought to control the anger that was bubbling up inside me. "I don't think that's really any of your business, Alec," I replied coldly.

"Are you dating him or something?" snorted Alec. "As if that's true. You wouldn't dare date a Gryffindor."

I didn't reply. I just kept stabbing my fork into my mac and cheese. But Alec took my silence as an invitation to keep talking. "No…no I don't think you'd be dating him. I don't even know why I'd consider that." He laughed at his own stupidity.

This guy is really getting on my last nerve…I growled to myself, trying my hardest to ignore him.

"After all, why would you go out with an enemy? Especially a wimp like Potter."

That's when I lost it. I jumped up and grabbed Alec by the front of his robes. "WILL YOU SHUT THE HELL UP, ALEC!" I yelled.

Before he could retort to my outburst, the head of our house, Professor Slughorn, came striding over. "What in the world is going on here, Mr. Malfoy?" He asked, his gooseberry eyes wide in shock.

I let go of Alec's robes. "I was provoked, sir. Alec was bothering me and saying crap about my friend." I explain, glaring at Alec.

"Even so, Mr. Malfoy, violence is not the answer. If he was bothering you that much, you should have walked away not attack him. I will have to give you detention."

I looked down at the floor. "Yes sir," I mumbled.

"Good. You will be polishing the trophies in the trophy room without magic tonight. I believe Mr. Potter has the same detention so you will be working together." He started walking away and I shot one last glare at Alec before moving to sit beside a girl I didn't know a few chairs down. I briefly wondered if Slughorn meant Albus or James when he said 'Mr. Potter'. Deciding that I would find out later, I continued eating my lunch hoping that the rest of the day will go better than the first half.

~~A Few Hours Later in the Trophy Room~~

After my last class I headed toward the Trophy Room, thoughts running through my head. I shouldn't have gotten so mad at Alec…but he was pissing me off with all the crap he was saying about Al. I thought to myself. As I entered the trophy room, I let out a big sigh, not realizing there was someone in there.

"Well if it isn't the Slytherin prince himself! What did you do to get detention, Malfoy?" Asked a voice in front of me.

I looked up and narrowed my eyes angrily when I saw the speaker. It was Albus's brother, James. "I don't believe I have ever referred to myself as a prince, Potter. But thank you for the complement. As for what I did to get detention…I almost beat up Alec and got caught by Professor Slughorn." I explain, my hand clenching in a fist.

"Oh, that's bad luck. I'm sorry to hear that," replied James, smirking and not sounding sorry at all.

"What about you, Potter? What did you do to get in here?" I asked, having to hold myself back to keep from punching him straight in the jaw.

He shrugged, "I let off some of my uncle's Wildfire Whiz-bangs in McGonagall's class and she gave me detention for it. I don't know why. I was only trying to liven things up a bit. Listening to her talking about turning a whistle into a watch was just downright depressing."

I had to bite my lip in order to keep myself from laughing out loud. And so he wouldn't see my eyes sparkling in amusement, I turned around and cleared my throat. "Well, uh, we'd better start polishing or it will take all night."

I heard James sigh. "Yeah…I guess you're right." He threw me a rag and it landed on my shoulder. "You start over on that side, I'll start on this side. We'll meet in the middle."

I nodded and walking over to the other side of the room. It was quiet between us as we worked and, oddly enough, I felt uncomfortable with the silence. James actually isn't a bad person when he's being nice. Well…nicer. He's actually pretty funny and I think, if he wasn't always such an asshole to me and Albus, we could actually become friends.

It was already dark outside by the time we met in the middle. As I went to polish the plaque, I saw Mr. Potter's name along with a boy named Ron and a girl named Hermione. I looked closer and saw that the award was or special service's for the school. James saw me looking and spoke up. "Pretty cool, huh? They won that award for saving Hogwart's from the Dark Lord, Voldemort, 19 years ago." He explained.

I nodded, "Yeah…my father told me about the war…he said your father saved the school along with his best friends. He also said that Mr. Potter saved him from himself. He said he owes your father for that." I smiled softly to myself.

"Um…Scorpius? C-can I ask you something?" asked James, sounding a bit nervous.

I looked up at him, surprise evident in my eyes. That was the first time James called me by my first name. "Uh…sure. What is it…James?"

He hesitated before continuing. "What made you choose my brother? I get that you two met on the train, but I thought you would have cut off ties with him after you got into Slytherin…"

I sighed. "Al is…Al is my very first friend ever. When I was growing up…I never had many friends because I was too shy and plus everyone hated me because I looked different. When I bumped into Al on the train, I thought he would be the same as everyone else. Judging me based on my looks or thinking I'm an ass or something like that. So…when he asked if I wanted to sit with him on the train, I was in so much shock that I didn't know what to say.

"As we got talking, I realized how nice of a boy he actually was. At first, I was too scared to tell him I was…you know…" I couldn't say the word.

"Gay?" James finished my sentence.

"Yeah, that…I was too scared to tell him that because I thought it would scare him away. But…when I finally told him…he accepted me with no questions. I think that's when I realized that I liked him as more than just a friend…"

James was quiet for a few minutes before he finally spoke. "Scorpius…I-I'm sorry…" he said quietly.

I looked at him in surprise. "About what?"

"About…you know…being a dick to you and all…I guess I was just…I don't know…stuck in the past." He mumbled. "Dad always used to talk about your father, but the way he spoke about him made it seem like they were nothing more than enemies. So…I thought you would be the same and I was worried about Al getting hurt."

"Don't worry about it, James…I understand why you were worried. Hell, even my father told me that he wasn't a very good person in school. Which is why he raised me differently than my grandpa raised him. He didn't want me to make the mistakes he did in school, so he raised me to be polite, kind, and non judgmental. But now you can see that I would never do anything to hurt your brother."

"Yeah…I can see how much you care for him…" he said quietly.

"But, James…I want you to promise me something." I said, suddenly serious.

"Yeah sure."

"You have to apologize to Al as well. He's really hurting about the things you said and did to us. You even punched him so hard you gave a black eye!" I exclaimed.

He grimaced, "I know and I felt awful about that…but I've never fought with Albus before. What if he doesn't accept my apology? What if he hates me now?"

"Al isn't the type of person to hold grudges. Trust me, he'll forgive you." I said earnestly.

"Well…I'll apologize to him, but not yet. Our fight is teaching him to stand up for himself which is something he needs to learn." James smirked.

I just rolled my eyes. "As long as you do apologize to him. Now come on. This is the last one we have to do."

We continued polishing the trophies and plaques, giving extra care to Mr. Potter's plaque. As soon as we finished, McGonagall and Slughorn walked in.

"Well, it looks like you two did a good job. You may go up to your dorms now. Thank you for doing this and I hope that you have learned your lesson."

James and I nodded and left the Trophy Room. "Man, my shoulders are killing me! I can't believe they made us polish that whole room without magic!" I complained.

James chuckled, "I know what you mean, but hey, we're finished now."

We got to the spot where we had to go our separate ways. "Well…I guess I'll see you tomorrow, Scorpius."

"Yeah…see ya, James."

I started heading down into the dungeon when James called out to me. I turned back around and looked at him.

"You should…talk to McGonagall about maybe switching to Gryffindor. I'm sure Al would like that." He said just loud enough for me to hear.

I looked at him in shock. "But…is that even allowed? I've never heard of someone switching Houses…"I frowned.

"Well…it never has been done that I know of. But maybe McGonagall could make an exception. I don't know. It's worth a try. See ya." He walked up the stairs.

I headed to the dungeon and said the password to get into the Common Room. As soon as I walked in, I was ambushed by Alec. But I just ignored him and walked up to my dorm where I lay on my bed, thinking about what James had said. Move from Slytherin to Gryffindor? I never heard of anyone doing that….can it even be done?

I remembered what the Hat said to me at the Sorting Ceremony. It said I had more traits of Gryffindor than I did of Slytherin…I only asked it to put me in Slytherin. So…maybe it was possible for me to switch? I decided to ask McGonagall about it tomorrow and, without putting on my pajamas, fell asleep quickly.

Hey guys! So, I'm sorry that this has been taking me a long time for me to write and I'm double sorry that this chapter is so short. I've just had writers block and a bunch of crap going on in my life, so I haven't been able to write. I hope you liked this chapter! This chapter was supposed to be the turning point for Scorpius and James, when James realizes that Scorpius isn't like his father, so yay! They're acquaintances now! The next chapter will be a timeskip to Christmas, so look forward to that! Also, I need my reader's opinions on something. Should I keep writing with Scorpius and Albus through the years at Hogwart's, or should I just go up to say their third year? I just want to put a lemon in this story, but I can't really do that when they're only 11 :/ Let me know! Please read and REVIEW!

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