This is my first chapter that's all Scorpius' POV. I think I need to give him some more depth and back-story because you pretty much all seem to hate him right now. Oops :P Tell me what you think!
It was Friday night in the Slytherin common room and it was uncharacteristically quiet. Most students had already wandered up to bed, wanting to be well rested for the Hogsmeade trip in the morning. The first and second years were hanging around, mostly complaining about how they couldn't go to Hogsmeade and also appreciating the extra plush couches that the older students usually booted them out of.
In one of the darker more secluded corners of the room Scorpius and Sullivan sat in silence. Sullivan had his head buried in a book and hadn't lifted it in more than an hour. Scorpius had the Daily Prophet spread out in front of him, and he was poring over an article for possibly the 30th time that day. Reaching the end of the article he sighed and leaned back in his chair. Scorpius had been surprised when the post had arrived that morning and his father's face had been on the front of the paper. Stealing a copy from a third year Scorpius read along with every other student in the Great Hall about how his father had sold his million galleon company only the night before and was now happily retired. The few quotes of his father had explained that the merging and selling of his company had been in the works for almost a year and that Draco Malfoy was excited for the opportunity to spend more time with his wife and less time in the office.
Scorpius had only perused the paper in the Hall in front of all the other students, doing his best to look unaffected by the news. His father had said that the sale had been planned for months; of course Scorpius would have known about it. Except that he hadn't. Scorpius' father hadn't breathed a word of this to him. He hadn't seen his father at all since the summer, they barely communicated as it was. Sure, Scorpius sent a letter home now and again, but those were mostly for his mother, and the only letters he ever got from his father were ones admonishing his grades and attendance.
Scorpius knew that his father didn't think too highly of him, but keeping something this huge from his only heir showed that Draco Malfoy didn't respect his son in the slightest. Scorpius had always assumed that one day he would begin working at his father's company and eventually take it over. In one fell swoop his father had pulled that rug out from under him and Scorpius suddenly felt very unsure of what he was supposed to do next. Was his father testing him? Was this some sort of giant lesson in teaching your son how to stand on his own two feet?
"No matter how many times you read that it's not going to change you know." Stephanie walked up behind him and draped her arms over his shoulders. She rested her chin on the top of his head.
"I thought you went to bed a while ago." Scorpius said, folding up the paper. A moment later he thought better and instead crumpled it up and threw it towards one of the fireplaces. He missed by a few feet so he pulled out his wand and sent it into the flames. Scorpius felt oddly satisfied as he watched the pages burn in front of him.
"I thought that maybe I should check on you." She said quietly, "I guess I was right."
"You don't need to check on me." Scorpius tried to reassure her. "I'm fine. So my dad's an ass, what else is new?"
Scorpius heard the tension in his voice and sighed. He didn't even know why he tried to keep things from Steph. She saw through everything he did.
"Are you ready for tomorrow?" She asked, changing the subject.
Scorpius would have rather talked about his father than his chaperoned date to Hogsmeade. After Monday morning Albus spoke barely ten words to Scorpius all week. Scorpius got the strange feeling that Hogsmeade tomorrow was just a way for Albus to hang out with the rest of the Slytherins, who he clearly liked much better than he liked Scorpius at the moment. Scorpius had no idea how to treat the Gryffindor. Did Albus want him to back up and give the Gryffindor time to forgive him. Or did Albus want him to pretend nothing had happened so they could move past it? Should he grovel? Make a joke about it? Or should he just pull Albus into an alley and snog the boy with much more enthusiasm than he had ever given Beatrix.
"It's going to be okay." Stephanie told him. "You just need to get some rest and put all this stuff with her dad behind you."
Scorpius knew she was right. Last time Scorpius had been angry with his father he had taken it out on Albus and he couldn't do that this time. If he fucked tomorrow up then he was pretty certain that he could forget any chance he might have had with Albus. This scared Scorpius, because usually all he did was fuck things up. He didn't want that to happen this time, he couldn't exactly express why he was so invested in Albus, but he did know that the past few weeks had been torturous, and he needed it to end.
"Alright." Scorpius sighed. "Though who knows if I'll be able to sleep." He stood and Steph smiled at him.
"Sully, you coming?" Scorpius asked looking back at his roommate who still hadn't looked away from his book.
"No, I'm almost done. I think I'll finish it before bed." He responded without looking up. Scorpius just shook his head. There were easily 200 more pages in the enormous text, but Scorpius figured there was no point in arguing. He waved goodbye to Steph before glancing back at the fire where he had thrown the Daily Prophet and saw that nothing was left but ash. He then began down the hallway to the boy dorms, and off to bed.
"Shut up Jaysen!" Scorpius said. He had already told the other boy to shut it ten times since breakfast. If Jaysen didn't stop soon he was going to hex him into next week. Jaysen was taking his chaperone duties very seriously, and had spent all morning laying down the rules to Scorpius, telling him what he could and couldn't do on his 'date'. Scorpius was beginning to wonder if he should even call it that. Albus had eaten breakfast at the Gryffindor table. Tess, Wendy and Steph had gone to fetch him while the rest of them waited in the main entrance to the castle. It was taking them a rather long time, but Scorpius just figured it was another one of their stupid little tricks. The longer they kept him waiting the more nervous he got. What if Albus told them he had changed his mind? What if they had decided to go without him?
"Hello boys!" Wendy called, appearing around the corner and thankfully Scorpius noticed that Albus was right behind her.
As they got closer Scorpius smiled and waved at the Gryffindor, feeling stupid immediately after. Albus didn't wave back but he did smile, which allowed Scorpius to relax a little bit. He noticed Albus was dressed in muggle fashion and he could only assume that it was yet another result of his shopping trip the girls. He wore a shirt with a large lion sketched on it. Over it was a hoodie and a vest. Scorpius noticed approvingly that Albus was wearing the jeans he had been wearing on the train. Scorpius smiled, at least this way if Albus didn't want to walk with him he could walk behind and have something nice to look at.
"You look nice." Scorpius said once the Gryffindor was close enough.
"Thanks." Albus said with a small smile.
The rest of his friends just stood around awkwardly, watching them. Scorpius could only imagine that the day was going to get much more awkward as it went on, but this is what Albus had wanted.
"Should we go then?" Scorpius said finally.
"Yes!" Jaysen said quickly, clearly not being able to handle the atmosphere either. He set off, leading the group out of the castle towards Hogsmeade.
As they began walking Scorpius sidled up to Albus.
"Thanks for coming." He said shoving his hands in his pockets.
"Your welcome." Albus replied quietly. They drifted back into silence.
"How was your week?" Scorpius asked a minute later.
"Good. How was yours?" Albus responded.
"It was alright. I was really looking forward to today, so the week went by really slow." Scorpius smiled at the other boy.
"Yeah?" Albus said back, smiling a little as well.
"Well yeah," Scorpius swallowed, "Were you looking forward to it?"
Albus' smile faded and turned into more of a smirk. "I dunno maybe."
"Maybe?" Scorpius asked, dejected.
"Yeah, maybe." Albus confirmed. Then he walked ahead and began to talk to Tess and Andy. Scorpius sighed, this was going to be harder than he thought.
Their first stop in Hogsmeade was Honeydukes. Their first stop was always Honeydukes because Sully refused to go anywhere else first.
"Saving the best for last is for idiots who cant fathom their own mortality." He always said. "You should always do the best as soon as possible because you might drop dead after."
Mostly he just really liked candy.
After Honeydukes the seven of them walked around, picking up this and that at various shops. They went to the small bakery for lunch and grabbed pastries and muffins.
Scorpius tried to buy Albus' pastries for him but this only seemed to offend the boy. In fact every time Scorpius did anything it seemed to offend Albus or make him unhappy somehow. Stephanie pulled him aside at one point.
"You're not doing too well." She said crossing her arms and looking at him disapprovingly.
"I'm trying my best!" He said angrily. "I don't know what he wants from me!"
"He's not a girl Scor. He doesn't want you to tell him that he looks pretty and buy him things. He just wants you to be honest with him, have you tried that yet?"
In the next store, which sold specialty quills Scorpius approached Albus again.
"I heard they have a new quill that will take notes even if you're not holding it." He said pointing at a display across the store.
Albus scoffed, "Figures you would be interested in that one."
"Of course," Scorpius laughed, "That way I can sleep through class."
"But you would still actually have to show up to class." Albus pointed out, "Which you don't." Scorpius just shrugged and Albus rolled his eyes.
Scorpius figured now was as good of a time as ever, he had Albus' attention at least.
"Listen Albus, I wanted to tell you something." He said nervously.
Albus' attitude changed, he looked more seriously at Scorpius, "What is it?"
"I want to apologize for what happened on New Year's and for the way I treated you. You didn't deserve it and I was being extremely cruel. I promise I wont do something like that again."
Albus was silent for a while after Scorpius spoke.
"You shouldn't make promises that you cant keep." He said finally.
"I know that." Scorpius responded seriously, "But I'm going to keep this one."
Albus stared at him for a while before nodding, "Okay then."
After that Albus seemed a little kinder towards Scorpius. He laughed at the blonde's jokes and stopped ignoring him as much as earlier in the day.
Later that afternoon when they finally sat down in the Three Broomsticks Albus took the seat next to Scorpius.
They spent the next few hours ordering rounds of Butterbeer and talking about everything they could think of. Apparently Sullivan had been talking to a girl in Ravenclaw quiet often, though he insisted it was nothing. Albus even told them all about the signal that his cousin had come up with to tell him when Scorpius was staring at him in the Great Hall.
"I have all the bruises to prove it too." Albus laughed loudly with the rest of his friends while Scorpius scowled, too embarrassed to respond.
Finally the topic shifted to Scorpius' father in the newspaper the day before.
"That must have been exciting." Albus said, oblivious to the tension at the rest of the table.
"Yeah, it should be nice. Maybe he'll take more vacations this summer so I don't have to see him." Scorpius laughed, but it didn't reach his eyes.
Stephanie quickly changed the subject, but Albus was still watching Scorpius carefully.
Finally after they all had finished their fourth round Wendy looked up at the clock on the wall of the pub.
"Is it already 4? We should get back to the castle to get dinner soon." No one looked very excited at the prospect of going back to the castle, but they slowly began gathering their coats.
"Oh wait, there's a book I want to look for." Albus said suddenly. "Anyone have any interest in going to the bookshop."
"I'll go with you." Scorpius said quickly. Of course he didn't really need anything from the bookstore, but couldn't see another opportunity for him to be alone with Albus.
Albus looked around the table for any more takers, "Sullivan?" Albus said finally, "They might have that apparation book you were talking about."
"Oh..." Sullivan said glancing at Scorpius, who sent him a sharp look, "Yeah, I actually already ordered that in the post." He said smiling. "You too have fun."
Albus looked nervous as he stood and began to bundle back up.
The two boys left the pub and began walking towards the library. They were completely silent and Scorpius realized he would have to say something.
"What book is it that you are looking for."
This seemed to be the right question because Albus perked up. "It's all about the early development of centaurs and their habits and abilities while they grow."
Scorpius was trying not to be rude but he couldn't hide the look of confusion on his face.
Albus laughed, "Hagrid helped deliver some centaurs last month in the forest. I thought he might like it, he sees himself as a sort of god-parent now. He always goes in and visits them. It's pretty cute, he said I could go see them soon as long as no teachers know, because you know we aren't allowed to go into-"
Albus cut off suddenly. Scorpius looked around in confusion before he noticed that they happened to be in front of Madame Puddifoots. Inside Scorpius spotted Rose Weasley and Jeremy Astor sitting next to each other at a table, snogging and apparently making up for lost time because it didn't look as if they were going to stop any time soon.
"Albus..." Scorpius said carefully.
Albus didn't reply but strode off again in the direction of the bookstore. Scorpius had to jog to catch up to him.
"Hey, you okay?" He asked when he finally caught up to the brunette.
"Yeah. Of course. Why wouldn't I be?" Albus responded tersely.
"Uh, I dunno maybe because your best friend is back with an abusive asshole who hates gays."
Albus shook his head, "I was the one who told her to do it." He said quietly.
"What?!" Scorpius reached out and grabbed Albus' arm making the boy stop. "Why would you do that?"
Albus stopped, but stared down at the ground. "I dunno." He responded quietly. "She was so upset, I just wanted to make her feel better. I thought I had forgiven him, but now every time I see them together I wanna hurl."
Scorpius sighed. "You know, you can be too fucking selfless sometimes. Think of yourself a little more often will you?"
"But doesn't Rosie deserve to be happy too?" Albus asked looking up at the blond.
"Yeah well maybe, but not at the expense of your happiness." Scorpius said, frustrated that he would even have to explain something this simple to Albus. "You come first, okay?"
Albus nodded glumly. "That's something you're really good at isn't it? Putting yourself first."
Scorpius couldn't argue with that. "True," he said with a smirk, "but you don't need to reach expert level anytime soon. Maybe start with self-preservation level."
"You know, it was after I forgave Jeremy that I decided I could forgive you too." Albus told him.
Scorpius smiled, "Well then I guess that something good did come out of it." He grabbed Albus' hand and pulled it forward, "Come on, let's go get that book."
Albus didn't pull his hand away and the two walked into the bookstore together.
Once inside, Albus went to talk to the owner to see if the book he wanted was in stock. Scorpius began perusing the shelves. One title in particular caught his attention. "The Expert's Cauldron: A Guide To Progressive Potion Brewing". Scorpius picked it up and began flipping through the pages. They were detailed with lists of ingredients, and their effects when prepared in different ways and combined with different things. He became so absorbed that he didn't notice Albus was next to him until the boy spoke.
"What's that?"
Scorpius jumped, closed the book and quickly put it back on the shelf.
"Nothing." He said, "Did you get your book?"
"No, but they ordered it. Said I can come pick it up in a week." Albus grabbed the potions book off of the shelf. He examined the cover and then flipped through a few pages.
"Woah, this is really advanced stuff." He said, his eyes widening.
Scorpius began to feel embarrassed. Of course it was too advanced for him, just because he liked potions didn't mean he was any good at it. He hadn't gone to class too often this term, which didn't help.
"I was just looking at it." He said finally.
Albus looked up at him, "You should get it."
"What?" Scorpius laughed, "No way, why would I?"
"You like potions don't you? It looks interesting. I could never understand it, but you'd be good at it."
"How could you possibly know that?" Scorpius asked still laughing.
"I can just tell." Albus thrust the book into Scorpius' hands, "Get it."
Scopius looked down at the book and laughed bitterly as a thought crossed his mind, "I guess I am in the market for a new career."
Albus looked at his quizzically. "This is about the Daily Prophet article isn't it?" He asked.
Scorpius was startled, but looking at Albus' face he realized he wouldn't be able to fool the other boy. Besides, Stephanie had said that all Albus wanted was for Scorpius to be honest with him.
"My dad didn't tell me about it." Scorpius admitted finally. "His one son, and he didn't think I deserved to know that he was giving up his life's work and my future career path."
"Maybe he wants to create a path for yourself." Albus responded.
"Yeah, well I little notice would have been appreciated." Scorpius replied bitterly. "He said he had known about it for a year!"
"Yeah that's horrible." Albus frowned, "I think honesty is really important in a family. I know I always have trouble keeping things from my parents…" Albus trailed off and Scorpius had a feeling he knew what the Gryffindor was talking about.
"I wouldn't worry about it too much." Scorpius replied, "You are a really, really good son. I'm the fuck up in my family. I lie to my parents enough, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that they lie to me as well."
Albus nodded, "Maybe you should tell your dad that. Admit that you know you've made mistakes and then call him out on his. Maybe if you both apologize you can move forward together." Albus looked so hopeful but Scorpius could only laugh.
"I can tell you've never met my father Albus. He's nothing like yours. We don't talk, and we definitely don't apologize and tell each other about our feelings."
Albus rolled his eyes. "Maybe if you two both weren't so stubborn you wouldn't have these problems. I say make the first effort, your dad is sure to follow." Albus pointed to the potions book that Scorpius still had in his hands, "And get the book."
Scorpius did as he was told; he walked up to the counter and purchased the book. While the owner was carefully wrapping it in paper Scorpius couldn't help but stare at Albus.
"What?" Albus asked nervously.
"I'm just glad I can talk to you again." Scorpius admitted. "You give really good advice."
Albus blushed slightly, "Yeah, well I like being able to talk to you too. I can't tell a lot of stuff to other people, so I appreciate you listening."
Scorpius smiled and Albus smiled back. Behind them the owner of the bookstore cleared his throat to inform Scorpius that his book was ready. They took the book and walked out of the store. Feeling brave, Scorpius reached out and grabbed Albus' hand. His heart began pounding when the Gryffindor didn't pull away.
As they approached the Three Broomsticks Scorpius saw that everyone was waiting for them outside.
There were many raised eyebrows as the two approached hand in hand.
"Do I even want to know what happened in that book shop?" Steph asked with a smirk.
"Scorpius bought a book about potions." Albus told them.
After that his friends were so busy teasing him about purchasing a book that they forgot to tease him and Albus.
The walk back to the castle was much more comfortable than the walk to Hogsmeade. The group was in high spirits after their day in town. They joked and laughed the whole way. Albus and Scorpius walked close together and every once and a while would bump into each other. This caused them both to look at the other and share a small smile.
Scorpius was very aware of the eyes of all of his friends on them, but he couldn't bring himself to care. Somehow he had done it, he had gotten back in Albus' good graces. The feeling of Albus' hand in his was making the Slytherin happier than he could have imagined.
When they reached the castle Scorpius realized that Albus would be eating at the Gryffindor table. Their date had just started, and it finally felt like a real date, he couldn't let it end already. Something needed to be done, and quickly.
"I'm not really that hungry." He said as they approached the large front doors to the castle.
"I think I'm just going to go back to the dorms. I want to read my new book."
Not a moment later Albus spoke up, "I'll go with you. I wanted to look at it, I only saw a few pages in the store."
Scorpius' heart raced.
"Great." He responded calmly, hoping that his hand wasn't sweating profusely and giving him away.
The looks on his friends' faces were priceless. They all looked ready burst into laughter.
"Let me get this straight." Andrew said, "You're both going to the dorms to look at a book? Yeah, good luck with that."
They all filed into the castle and waved goodbye as Scorpius and Albus passed the Great Hall.
Wendy waved, "Have fun reading." She laughed.
To the two boys credit they did look at the book. Both seated on Scorpius bed, they unwrapped the book from its brown paper and began to flip through the pages pointing at things that they each thought were interesting. While they skimmed the different potions Albus began leaning in closer to Scorpius. Then Scorpius rested a hand on Albus' thigh. Soon enough the book laid forgotten on the floor and the two were eagerly snogging each other.
Scorpius ran his fingers through Albus' new hair, loving the velvety soft hairs that had been buzzed short.
Albus deepened the kiss, pushing against Scorpius' chest. The Slytherin lost his balance and tumbled back onto his bed, pulling the Gryffindor down with him. They continued like that for a few minutes before Albus seemed to realize that he was straddling the Slytherin. He pulled away quickly and tried to move, but Scorpius held him in place.
"I like this view." Scorpius said with a smile. He had to admit that there was something incredibly arousing about seeing the Gryffindor on top of him.
"You're not so bad yourself." Albus replied trying to catch his breath. Scorpius propped himself up on his elbows and Albus leaned back down. The two shared a few soft kisses.
"I'm glad I forgave you." Albus said with a grin.
"I'm glad you forgave me too." Scorpius replied. It was then that Scorpius saw the glint of Albus' earrings. Not behind able to resist, he quickly sat up and kissed his way up the boy's neck until he reached Albus' ear. He grabbed the lobe with his teeth and pulled it gently. Albus didn't complain so Scorpius continued sucking and biting, swirling the earrings around with his tongue.
"Scor…" Albus complained a minute later. Scorpius noted the needy tone in the other boy's voice and he quickly brought their mouths back together in another kiss.
After a few more minutes of snogging Scorpius' hands began to roam lower and lower down the Gryffindor's back until he reached the waistband of his jeans. Attempted to slip his hands under the fabric Scorpius noticed with frustration that Albus' new jeans were too tight.
Well then they will just have to go, Scorpius thought cheerfully. He brought his hands around to the front of the jeans and began to attempt unbuttoning them when Albus abruptly broke the kiss.
"Wait." Albus said nervously, pushing Scorpius' hands away. "I-I don't want to do that today."
Scorpius frowned, he hadn't expected Albus to resist. They had gone farther than this before. "What don't you want exactly?" Scorpius asked.
"I just want to take it slow." Albus mumbled. Scorpius sighed and shook his head.
"Alright," he said calmly, "Above the belt today, is that alright?"
Albus nodded and so Scorpius reached down, lifted up his shirt and pulled it over his head.
"Now you." He said smirking at Albus. The Gryffindor's eyes had gone wide as he took in Scorpius' naked torso. Albus carefully reached down and pulled off his own shirt. Scorpius pulled the boy forward and pressed their chests together while kissing down Albus' collarbone, but before he started sucking too hard Albus pulled away again.
"No way. No more hickies where people can see them." He covered the spot on his neck where Scorpius had been sucking. Scorpius groaned, Albus was sure making a lot of rules.
"Fine," Scorpius responded, grinning. A moment later he flipped them over. Albus now lay beneath him looking suddenly uneasy. "I guess I will have to leave them where people won't see them."
With that Scorpius began kissing down Albus' chest. The Gryffindor shivered lightly with every lick and nip. Scorpius had reached the boy's stomach when an extremely loud grumbling came from beneath.
Albus gasped, but Scorpius just burst into laughter.
"I'm sorry! We skipped dinner and I'm just a little hungry." He said quickly.
"More than a little it sounds like," replied Scorpius, getting up and still chuckling.
"Where are you going?" Albus asked as he watched the Slytherin put his shirt back on.
"Food obviously." Scorpius said, "Nothing kills the mood like an empty stomach."
Albus laughed lightly, clearly pleased that Scorpius wasn't angry with him. After Albus redressed the two walked out of the dorm together.
Walking into the common room Scorpius recognized some familiar faces.
"Now I wonder what you could all being waiting for." He said as they approached the group of 6 all sitting in a circle around the main fireplace.
"Waiting?" Stephanie replied sweetly. "Why we weren't waiting for anything."
"Right." Scorpius rolled his eyes but couldn't help grinning. "Well Albus and I are going to get dinner."
The look on Steph's face demanded details and Scorpius sent her back at look that said 'later'.
Albus said goodbye to all the Slytherins and then followed Scorpius out of the common room and into the hall.
"Have you ever been to the kitchens before?" Scorpius asked as they began walking.
"Only once," Albus admitted, "But my cousin Hugo goes all the time. I swear he eats ten meals a day." Albus began to tell the story of the time when Hugo had eaten an entire blackberry pie off of the windowsill at his grandparents house. His grandmother had left it on the counter to cool and when she was out of the room Hugo had some how managed to get it down and devour the entire thing. He had been two years old at the time.
By the time Albus had finished his story they had reached the entrance to the kitchens. Scorpius tickled the pear on a painting of a bowl of fruit and a moment later a doorknob appeared in its place.
The boys entered and were immediately bombarded by house elves.
"Do you sirs need anything?" One squeaked.
"A cup of tea? Milk? Brandy?" Asked another.
"Maybe a nice cobbler." Suggested a third.
Scorpius thought for a moment, "I would like a blackberry pie."
Albus grinned.
The boys spent a long time the kitchens. The elves kept bringing them different dishes and every time the boys got up to leave the elves would insist that they sit back down to try one more thing. The boys finally got away but not before they were both extremely stuffed.
When they left the kitchens Scorpius began to follow Albus back to the Gryffindor common rooms. It didn't take Albus long to notice.
"Um, Scorpius, the Slytherin dorms are that way," The brunette said, pointing behind them.
"I know. I'm walking you back." Scorpius reasoned.
"You don't have to do that." Albus quickly replied.
"I want to." Scorpius said. He reached down and grabbed Albus' hand, "Most of our day together was spent in the company of some very loud and obnoxious people and I want some time with you to myself."
"I seem to recall spending some time just the two of us." Albus responded, a small smile on his face.
Scorpius smiled too. The two walked down the corridor in silence.
Scorpius noticed that the halls were entirely empty. It had to be near curfew, and walking all the way up to the Gryffindor tower and then all the way back down to Slytherin dungeons would most likely make him late, but he couldn't leave Albus just yet. He couldn't describe what had happened today but being with Albus felt like someone was sending electricity through his body, and not only when they were snogging. Whenever he heard Albus' laugh or saw his smile. Whenever he heard Albus tell yet another story about his crazy, large family. He wanted to be around the boy all the time. He wanted to continue to learn everything he could about Albus. He wanted to confide in the Gryffindor and let Albus confide in him as well. Scorpius knew that the last thing he wanted to happen was to lose Albus again. Scorpius unintentionally gripped Albus' hand tighter.
"What is it?" Albus asked, looking up at Scorpius.
Scorpius wondered if he should tell the Gryffindor what he had been thinking about. Instead he just replied, "Nothing."
When they reached the entrance to the Gryffindor common room Scorpius pulled Albus in for one last kiss goodbye.
"Can I see you tomorrow?" Scorpius asked as the broke apart.
Albus looked up at the Slytherin, confused. "Tomorrow? But we spent the whole day together."
Scorpius just nodded and Albus blushed.
"I have a lot of homework to catch up on, but maybe after dinner." The Gryffindor finally responded.
"After dinner it is then."
Scorpius waited until Albus had disappeared behind the portrait before turning around to leave. It was lucky for the Slytherin that the halls were so deserted because if anyone had happened upon Scorpius that night they would have caught him grinning to himself like an idiot all the way back to his dorm.