Disclaimer: Still don't own Harry Potter and if I did I would totally try and buy the tenth Doctor AKA Barty Crouch Jr (trust me he cleans up quite nicely once he isn't a criminal) AKA the awesome David Tennant

Chapter 16- Asking

The first time I asked a girl out was er- different to say the least;

"Albus!"

I jumped as Scoprius aimed a painful kick at my leg.

"Bloody hell! What was that for?" I demanded rubbing my leg.

Scorpius looked around, making sure Madam Xavier wasn't around to scold us for talking (we were in the library) and muttered, "You've staring at Victoria Zabini for the past ten minutes, you're starting to appear creepy."

I blushed and stared at my hands, I still hadn't gotten up the courage to ask the fourth year out yet, even though I've had at least half a dozen chances.

The thing was she made me so nervous, I could talk to her and laugh, but whenever I go to ask her out I end up blurting some random thing out.

Once we were talking about an article in Transfiguration Today when she said the next time she went into Hogsmeade she would pick up another copy since hers was used so much, she gave me this look like she wanted me to ask her and what did go and say;

"Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans are terrible."

I ran away after that, Lily had to comfort me as I banged my head repeatedly of off the castle wall.

Yeah I'm that pathetic.

"Mate just ask her out already!" Scorpius said exasperated, I felt guilty knowing I've been acting like a love-sick basilisk, and using him as my sounding board, if you will, to get all of these stupid emotions of my chest..

"Scorp…" I groaned resting my head on the table, I literally couldn't ask this older, beautiful, funny, sweet….Well you know.

I heard Scorpius growl and get up, I looked up as he stomped away…to Victoria.

No….He wouldn't… no, Scorpius would never do this to me…No.

Oh, Merlin he's talking to her rather eagerly, and Oh Godric they're looking at me, no… she's walking over here…She's smiling… she has such a pretty smile… I thought watching my best mate and the girl I liked.

"Hey, Albus," Victoria said grinning, her silvery eyes sparkling with happiness.

I sat up, my face red, "Um, hi, Victoria."

"So, Scorpius was telling me you were going to ask me to Hogsmeade." Victoria said smiling, brightly, she even had pretty teeth.

I choked out some words which even to this day I don't know what they were, but I can remember thinking I was going to hang Scorpius upside down from Astronomy Tower.

"Uh- Yeah, I was thinking we could eat and do erm- stuff." I said feeling like a walking zombie.

I watched the girl's eyes from across of me light up excited and suddenly my stomach was clenched not uncomfortably, "Oh, that would be great, Al, Meet me in the Entrance Hall next weekend at ten?"

I nodded dazedly, she got up gave me a quick hug (my heart defiantly stopped beating for a few seconds) waved to Scorpius and her and her friends left giggling away.

I'm pretty sure I didn't move a muscle until I felt Scoprius' hand on my shoulder, and what did I do?

I punched him in the stomach.

"You bloody git! How could you?" I said loudly causing people to look our way.

Scorpius was doubled over but managed to wheeze out, "Merlin's Beard, Al! I was getting you a date, Godric you'd think you would be a bit more grateful!"

I sighed and was about to apologize, but was cut off with an Angry, "Potter!, Detention with Mr. Filch Tuesday night!"

"Damn!" I muttered as I got lectured by Madam Xavier*, who seemed to read my mind and hit me on the head with a feather duster, chasing me and Scorpius out.

Yeah, my best mate got me my first date then I punched him… Yup, smooth right?

Authors Note: Hello, one and all, sorry for the late update but I'm afraid I've got another obsession (You all probably think I'm bonkers, I'm not, really, I have some effed up Obsessive disorder, that some annoying psychologist diagnosed me with in the seventh grade. You know that just makes me sound worse :p) it's Doctor Who and ultimately Torchwood (Captain Jack, hehe), Oh God I am such a fan girl of the tenth Doctor (who, I stared at for a good five minutes waiting for him to do something, IDK what until I realized I was waiting for him to do the weird tongue thing in HP4, yeah, mom thought I was going to fall off my chair from laughing so hard)and Rose, shit I have actually sobbed watching it, gosh, my dad thought I was watching Titanic for all the heart wrenching "NO! ROSE!"'s I was shouting (: So I have been catching up by watching the series' and not writing, oops.

Ok, the story, I have come to a bit of fork in the road, I can either go down the path were Al has prophecy or Al doesn't. But WAIT, what is that another path is opening OH MY OLYMIPAN GODS, I could maybe do both? Gawrsh! That's a helluva lot to do but I'm willing if you guys will read them both, so tell me ladies, gents, and aliens: If I were to write both which would you like first? Prophecy or No Prophecy? Leave me the feedback ;)

Brittany :P

PS* Madam Xavier's surname is from Professor X (Charles Xavier), yeah know from X-Men…sigh….I do love me some Charles/Erik slash…..er- never mind