Wendy sat down at breakfast in a happy daze. She had slept better than she could ever remember. Her first time apparating had been a thrill, and she couldn't wait to try it again. She glanced around the rest of the Slytherin table, beyond her small friend group. The rest of the students thought she was dumb, a brainless beauty. Sometimes she started to believe them, but not today. Today she knew that she could do something amazing, something that none of them had ever dreamed of. She sat, happily munching on an apple as a swarm of owls flew in from the ceiling. She glanced up just in time to see a letter slowly float over to her. However, this letter wasn't being carried by an owl. It was floating on its own. It was as if someone in the Great Hall had taken the flurry of owls as an opportunity to get a message to her without anyone noticing.

She glanced around as the letter float carefully onto her plate, but none of her friends had noticed it's peculiar delivery method.

She quickly opened the seal, and read the message. It took every bit of self-control she possessed not to squeal in delight.

"What's that then?" Andrew asked her, noticing her excitement over the letter.

"None of your business." She said, waving him off, and shoving the page into her pocket quickly so that no one could make a grab for it.

Then she continued to eat her breakfast, grinning to herself. This week just kept getting better.

Scorpius was waiting for Albus outside of his classroom when he got out of charms. As soon at the Gryffindor noticed him, a big goofy grin spread over his face and he raced over. Scorpius kissed him softly, trying to ignore the students around them that were staring.

"Couldn't wait to see me?" Albus teased. Scorpius smiled at his boyfriend, feeling the same giddy feeling in his stomach that he always felt when Albus was around.

"I could have." He replied, "Just didn't want to."

Albus grinned and pecked him on the lips again, which caused even more stares and whispers around them. Albus pretended not to notice and set off down the hallway, Scorpius following behind.

"Bloody annoying." Scorpius grumbled, once they were no longer surrounded by other students.

"What is?" Albus asked, glancing around.

"The stares, the whispers." Scorpius shrugged, "You'd think they've never seen two blokes kiss before."

Albus grinned a little sheepishly and shrugged.

Scorpius recognized Albus' embarrassment. "What? Do you like it? All the attention?" He smiled as Albus blushed slightly.

"I don't know." He replied, "A little bit maybe. It's kinda fun, I feel like a celebrity." Then he laughed at himself, apparently realizing how silly he sounded. "Well at least it's better than being an outcast. Being ignored was much worse than getting attention."

Scorpius thought about this for a moment. He was surprised that this was Albus' response, he hadn't expected it.

"Well you sure didn't like the attention when you got that Howler." He pointed out.

The smile dropped from Albus' face and Scorpius cringed, he wished he hadn't said anything, the howler was still a sore subject it seemed.

"I'm sorry Al." He said quickly.

"No, don't be," Albus replied just as quickly. "I know that you're right. I shouldn't confuse attention for people actually liking me, or caring about me. They just like a good story." Albus nodded, affirming himself, "I should be more careful."
Scorpius couldn't help but chuckle. He grabbed Albus' hand in his and pulled him down a hallway towards the main entrance to the castle.

"You're plenty careful already." He teased. Then, wanting to change the subject, "Care to go for a stroll in the woods."

They both knew that meant going inside the secret hedge in the Forbidden Forest. Scorpius had already told his friends to make themselves scarce that afternoon so that he and Albus could be alone.

"Sounds lovely," Albus smiled again, and the two walked the whole way hand in hand.

Nothing could be better than this, Scorpius thought a little while later. He and Albus had arrived in the woods, opened the hedge and then immediately sat down on the couch and started making out. It felt so good, not being rushed, not having anything else to worry about. Even though they had just started dating Scorpius already felt more compatible with Albus than with any of his other hook ups. Albus usually let Scorpius take the lead, which was fine with him. He loved pulling Albus into his lap, and kissing him until he resembled a puddle. He loved climbing on top of him and teasing him, nipping on his neck and ears, and holding him down as he snogged the living day lights out of him.

Then every once and awhile Albus would push back, he would take control and it drove Scorpius wild. Something about Albus' inexperience mixed with his occasional confidence was a huge turn-on. This turned out to be one of those times, where suddenly, instead of sitting on Scorpius' lap, with arms around his neck, Albus turned and straddled the blond, gripping his shirt with both hands and pushing the blond into the couch. Albus' kissing was still a little sloppy but the whole thing was so bloody erotic. Scorpius felt himself getting hard, and to his embarrassment, since Albus was on his lap, that meant the Gryffindor did as well.

Albus broke their kiss, and Scorpius was worried he was going to tease him about getting hard from just a kiss. Instead Albus' face was red, and he seemed nervous.
"I want to try something." He said quietly. Scorpius felt his body react to the words. He had no idea what Albus wanted to try, but in this context, he was sure he was going to like it.

"Go for it." He said, a little too excitedly.

Albus slowly stood up, and then dropped to his knees in front of the couch. Scorpius didn't breathe, was this really happening?

"I want to return the favor from the other night." Albus said. It was his normal voice, but in Scorpius' ears it sounded like the most seductive sentence the Gryffindor had ever uttered.

"You… don't have to." Scorpius offered, because he felt like he should, although it was painfully obvious that he didn't want Albus to stop.

"I want to." Albus repeated. And then his hands were on Scorpius' thighs, and moving upwards towards his belt. His fingers quickly undid the belt and started working on the buttons. Scorpius was trying to calm down but he could already feel himself reacting to what Albus was doing. Albus had unzipped his trousers and pulled his pants down revealing his half-hard cock. Scorpius was expecting Albus to get nervous, or to hesitate, but to his surprise Albus wasted no time. He took Scorpius' member in his hands and started rubbing up and down the shaft. Meanwhile his lips were paying special attention to the head, kissing and licking it softly. Scorpius was fully erect at this point. He ran his fingers through Albus' hair gently. He was still struggling to take in the image before him. Albus looked so erotic and Scorpius' loved knowing it was all for him.

Then, without warning, Albus stopped licking and began sucking on Scorpius' cock. Scorpius struggled to stay silent, groaning slightly at the new feeling. He continued like this for a few minutes, occasionally glancing up at Scorpius. Whenever their eyes met, Scorpius felt his heart pounding in his chest.

"Shit Albus." He muttered. He could already feel a familiar heat building in him, and he tried to push it down, tried to imagine disgusting things, but all he could see what Albus Potter kneeling in front of him, sucking his dick. Scorpius groaned again as Albus slowly took more and more of him in. If Scorpius didn't know better, he would have been certain that Albus had done this before. Just then, Albus began using his tongue again, swirling it around Scorpius' cock, while it was still in his mouth. Scorpius couldn't hold it in much longer.

"Albus." He said, trying to nudge the Gryffindor off him with his hand, but Albus didn't move, or slow down.

"Albus, shit- I'm gonna cum." He said more frantically. But Albus continued. Scorpius tried to stop himself but it was no use, the sensation just kept building and building until he came. To his complete astonishment Albus didn't shy away, he continued sucking until Scorpius had rode out his climax. He then swallowed it all before pulling away from Scorpius.

"Where?" Scorpius asked incredulously. "Where did you learn that!?"

Albus had conjured up a glass and filled it with a stream of water from his wand, which he was drinking. Once he had emptied the glass, it disappeared.

"Wendy." He said sheepishly, not moving from his spot on the ground, obviously unsure of what to do next.

"And I suppose she told you to swallow." Scorpius rolled his eyes, as he buttoned his pants back up, "Ugh, she would. You don't have to do that you know." Scorpius grimaced, thinking about Albus chugging water, probably to get the taste out.

"I didn't mind it really." Albus said, his face was turning red, and he was picking blades of grass out of the ground, not making eye contact with Scorpius.

The idea that Albus enjoyed the taste of him was something that would cause Scorpius to jump the boy right then and there, so instead he focused on something else.

"Why Wendy?" He demanded. "Don't let her bully you into talking about these things."

"I asked her." Albus said, still not looking up. "I just… didn't want to mess up. You were so good at it and I was worried I would suck." He glanced up, realizing what he had just said. "Um, no pun intended."

Scorpius couldn't help it, he burst out laughing, and thankfully a moment later Albus did too. The awkward tension disappeared, and Scorpius motioned for Albus to join him back on the couch. The brunette leaped up, and snuggled into Scorpius' side.

"There is no way I wouldn't enjoy it." Scorpius assured Albus a few moments later.

Albus sighed, "I didn't want you to just like it." He explained, "I wanted to drive you crazy. The same way you did for me. I mean, after Valentine's day, I couldn't stop thinking about it. I didn't want you to compare me to everyone else, you know. I wanted to be, hands down, the best head you'd ever gotten." Albus stated the whole thing so calmly that Scorpius could tell he had thought about it a lot. He put his arms around Albus and pulled him close.

Scorpius hadn't really stopped to think about how his number of past partners had affected Albus. He loved the fact that Albus was a virgin, and the fact that everything he did with the other boy was the first time, it made everything so exciting. It had to be hard for Albus to constantly wonder how he measured up. Scorpius suddenly felt guilty for not realizing it before.

"You were the best." He said. Albus scoffed. "No I mean it." Scorpius repeated. "You don't have to believe me, but… well… the things you do, they just drive me crazy. You turn me on like no one else does." Scorpius felt incredibly awkward saying these things aloud, but he understood that Albus needed to hear them.

"I've never felt this way before." He felt Albus snuggle into him closer, "I mean it Al." He added for good measure.

"Thanks." Albus mumbled, his head buried in Scorpius' shirt.

"You don't get to be the embarrassed one." Scorpius said, pulling the other boy free. Albus eyed him nervously. "I'm the one saying all the sappy crap."

"Well it's the same for me." Albus answered him, "You know that. I've never been able to resist you."

"And you think I can resist you?" Scorpius asked, "Albus, do you have any idea how badly I want to have sex with you?"

Albus froze and his eyes grew wide. Suddenly Scorpius felt like he had said the wrong thing.
"I mean, no, it's not like I can't wait." He said quickly, " I mean, I know we just talked about this. I'm going to wait, for as long as you need." He was blabbering, but he just had to get that look off of Albus' face. "I just don't want you to think that because we are going slow that I'm not into it, into you. I am so into you, it's all I can think about most days, ok? And the waiting, it's not easy for me, but I do it because I care about you, and I don't want to hurt you Albus. That's the last thing that I want to do."

At the end of his rant Scorpius noticed that Albus seemed to have calmed down a little.

"I think I better go to class now." He said hesitantly. Scorpius' face fell as Albus got up and collected his things.

"Albus, no please." He said, grabbing the other boy's hand. "I'm an idiot, I know I always say the wrong thing, please don't be mad."

"I'm not, I promise." Albus said kindly, smiling at him. He leaned down and kissed the Slytherin softly on the lips.

"Don't go then." Scorpius insisted.

"I have to." Albus said, "I can't be late. I'll see you later." He pulled his hand away, opened the hedge and disappeared.

Scorpius' head fell into his hands as he cursed himself loudly.

Rose stared at the clock. It was two minutes until class started and Albus still hadn't shown up. She was worried about her cousin for a multitude of reasons. In the last few weeks he had been spending more time with the Slytherins than ever before. And over the weekend her boyfriend Jeremy had confirmed that Albus had spent every night down in the dungeons. Rosie had slowly been seeing less and less of her cousin. Although he had told her about Scorpius becoming his boyfriend, they hadn't really discussed the topic, and Rosie longed for the long chats they used to have, where Albus would tell her everything in his life. Now, at times, he even felt like a stranger to her. The professor stood and stepped in front of the class to begin lecturing, and seconds later Albus sat down in the seat next to her.

"Hey." He said a little breathlessly.

"Cutting it kind of close aren't you?" Rosie noted. Albus didn't respond, he was reaching into his bags for some parchment.

"Albus?" She said again.

"Huh?" He responded, turning to look at his cousin, "Did you say something?"

"You were almost late. What were you doing?" She asked.

Just then the professor cleared his throat and the lecture began. Rosie started taking notes, glancing over every few minutes at her cousin. For the first ten minutes Albus seemed to be paying attention. He diligently wrote down what the professor said on his parchment in his neat, careful handwriting. Then, about fifteen minutes into the lecture Rosie glanced over and saw that Albus had stopped writing. He didn't even seem to be paying attention. He had his elbow up on the desktop and his chin resting on his hand. He seemed to be daydreaming about something.

She nudged him in the ribs and it seemed to do the trick. He was pulled out of whatever had consumed his brain and again, began taking notes, but Rosie noted that they weren't as neat or careful this time. When she glanced back again not ten minutes later Albus had resorted to drawing lazy spirals on his page. Rosie thought about nudging him again, but decided not to. This just meant that Albus was going to come to her later and ask for her notes, and when he did she could confront him about what was going on with him.

Eventually Albus did snap out of it again, with about ten minutes left to go in their hour-long class. He magically erased all his doodles, and began furiously writing what was on the chalk board. After the professor ended the lecture Albus still hadn't finished writing, so Rosie waited for him as he scribbled down the last few lines.

"You were a little distracted today." Rosie said casually as they walked out of the classroom. They had their last class of the day together, it was a good distance away, so they always walked quickly to make it in time.

"Yeah, I guess." Albus said, shrugging. Rosie realized she wasn't going to get anything out of him so she switched tactics.

"So, how is your essay for transfiguration coming?" Rosie had spent most of Saturday outlining it and had almost finished it the night before. She had hoped that her and Albus would work on it together, but he hadn't been around.

"Oh…" Albus' face dropped. "Yeah, I haven't started it."

"What?" Rosie was horrified. "Albus, it's due tomorrow!"

"Yeah, I know Rose." He said, clearly irritated with her. "I'll get it done. I've just had a lot going on."

Rosie wanted to ask what exactly he had going on, but thought better of it. She didn't want this to turn into a fight, and Albus seemed unusually protective of his new life.

"Albus!" A voice suddenly called from behind them. They both turned to see Wendy Damille walking towards them. Rosie's face fell, but she noticed that Albus broke into a smile.

"Hey Wendy!" He said. Rosie muttered a greeting. She did not like Wendy. Wendy was the type of girl to get by on her looks and Rosie couldn't stand it, she pranced around the castle without a care in the world, and shook her long blond hair in the face of men to get what she wanted.

"How did it go?" Wendy asked Albus excitedly.

"How did what go?" Rosie interjected. Wendy turned to look at her, as if just realizing she was here.

"Oh, um… private business." She said, with an annoying giggle.

Rosie ignored her and turned to look at Albus, hoping he would explain.

"Rosie, why don't you go ahead. I need to talk to Wendy about something." Albus said, already beginning to walk off.

"But Albus, you're going to be late to class!" Rosie insisted.

"I'll be right there!" He replied, then he and Wendy linked arms and walked off together.

Rosie rolled her eyes and continued on her way to class. She arrived with a few minutes to spare, and sat down in an empty seat. She considered saving a spot for Albus but thought better of it. If he was going to exclude her from the on goings of his life and go talk to Wendy about some secret thing then he could find his own damn seat.

Sure enough, when the lecture started Albus had not yet arrived. It was about ten minutes into the class when the door opened and Albus tried to sneak in. Unfortunately for him the door to the classroom was rather creaky and his entrance was noticed by everyone.

"Nice of you to join us Mr. Potter." Their professor said, a hint of amusement in his voice at finally being able to call out one of his best students. Albus smiled apologetically.

"Sorry Professor." He said, sitting down at the empty seat closest to the door. And then the lecture continued as before. Rosie glanced back at Albus and saw that he was still staring off into space like he had been in the last class. He hadn't even taken his notes out this time. He was staring at the front of the room, but obviously not listening. Rosie wished their professor would notice, and call him out again, to jolt him into paying attention.

Rosie realized that worrying about Albus had distracted her from the lecture as well. She turned back to the front of the room and tried to focus back in on the lecture.

To Scorpius' relief, whatever had happened in the woods seemed to be quickly forgotten. The few days afterwards Albus had seemed the same as ever. And in the following few weeks Scorpius was happy to say that their relationship seemed to be working somehow. Albus had stopped coming down to the common rooms as often, and when he did, he made sure to leave with plenty of time before curfew. He told Scorpius that his brother had it in for him. Apparently, James had been waiting for him the night after their apparation practice and threatened to give Albus detention if he caught him again.

This meant that they had to get a little creative when it came to practice times for Operescahog, since nights were no longer an option for their Gryffindor. Days were hard too since Albus insisted on attending all his classes. Most days they met at lunch and spent half an hour or so trying out different locations of seals. Everyone was greatly improving, there was no more vomiting or nausea for any of them, and they could all apparate from one seal to the next in a matter of seconds. Over the next couple weeks, they tried greater distances and even moved one seal inside of the castle. Sullivan set it up in an abandoned classroom. Then the group split up, with half going down in the woods and half going to the classroom, they would apparate back and forth, making sure that someone was always on either side, keeping a look out.

Around apparation and Albus' classes and his nosey brother Scorpius was worried that he wouldn't see much of the Gryffindor, but Albus spent every free moment he had with Scorpius. During breaks they would disappear into the woods, or a forgotten wing of the castle. Scorpius was happy to say that Albus was putting his new found skills to good use, and Scorpius was always more than happy to demonstrate the things that Wendy had forgotten to teach him. Scorpius had even started going with Albus to the library while the Gryffindor did his homework, though Scorpius noticed that when he was around Albus rarely got any work done, and they ended up just talking. All in all, their relationship was great, Scorpius still couldn't believe that it was going so smoothly, after all the things that had come before. He could never get enough of the Gryffindor, and could only hope that Albus felt the same. He was still concerned about how terrified Albus seemed about having sex, but he had to remind himself that they hadn't even been dating a month, and lots of relationships moved a lot slower than theirs. He was careful not to bring it up again, because it was obvious how Albus felt. He would just have to wait until the brunette said that he was ready. But Scorpius couldn't help but hope that it would be sooner rather than later.

The first Friday in March was a beautiful sunny day, the type that gave a glimpse of spring. Scorpius found himself a little warm in his robes and scarf as he and Jaysen walked down to the Care of Magical Creatures classroom.

"It's a beautiful day." He remarked. This is something that would have never come out of his mouth a few months ago. Albus had changed Scorpius more than most people realized. The Gryffindor was always so cheerful, it had started to rub off on Scorpius. He was only slightly annoyed by it.

"It would be more beautiful if we didn't have to sit through this stupid class." Jaysen grumbled. Scorpius and Jaysen had skipped Care of Magical creatures quite a few times that term, what with it being on a Friday afternoon and all. Professor Hagrid had informed them that if they skipped another class they would fail, and with less than a month left in the term, they really didn't like the idea of having to retake the whole course again.

However even the thought of dealing with one of the disgusting creatures that their professor always brought couldn't dampen Scorpius' spirit. Friday afternoons were one of the times that Albus and him would spend a lot of time together. The Gryffindor would finally take a break from his homework and hang out with them right up until curfew. It still wasn't as much time as he wanted to spend with his boyfriend, but he took what he could get.

The lecture seemed to drag by, Scorpius glancing at the clock every five seconds or so, willing it to go faster so he could go see Albus. However, when class finally was dismissed their professor called him and Jaysen over to "have a word". Scorpius begrudgingly listened to Hagrid berate them again for skipping so many classes. He was just in the middle of telling them that he ought to give them both D's in the course when the door to the classroom opened, and Hagrid's mood shifted considerably.

"Albus!" He beamed. Scorpius turned, and sure enough, Albus was standing in the doorway.

"Hello Hagrid!" He said with a smile, "How are you?"

"I'm fine." Hagrid replied, seeming to forget the two other students standing in front of him. "I haven't seen ya in ages. Where have ya been?"

"Oh Hagrid, you know how the end of the term can be." Albus shrugged, and Hagrid nodded in understanding.

"Actually, I came here looking for these two." He grinned at the Slytherins. "Any chance you're done yelling at them?" He chuckled and Hagrid joined in.

"Alright, off with you two." He said, giving them a harsh look, that completely disappeared when he spoke to Albus again, "Make sure to come and see me soon, won't ya? Wayne and Gibbs are growing up real fast, I want ya to see 'em again."

"I promise I will Hagrid!" Albus replied and the three walked out of the classroom.

Once they were out of earshot of the hut Jaysen groaned loudly.

"Thank Merlin you came to rescue us Albus," He said, "That oaf would have kept us until dinner."

"Well that's what happens when you stop showing up to his class." Albus said with a laugh, clearly not sympathetic to their plight.

Scorpius reached out and grabbed Albus' hand. It was so good to see him, and after thinking about him for the last hour, Scorpius really wanted to be alone with his Gryffindor.

"You want to go somewhere?" He suggested casually.

"Yeah, the Slytherin dorms." Albus responded quickly, "I have something to show you."

Scorpius had not expected Albus to have an agenda. He had no idea what Albus would want to show him in his own dorm, but he was happy to go along with it. The three of them made their way down and into the dungeons and when they entered the common room Scorpius saw that the rest of his friends were all sitting in their usual corner. As they approached everyone looked at them with knowing smiles. Scorpius had the feeling that they all knew what Albus was up to. He hated being the last one to know these things.

"Albus, what's going on?" He asked, but Albus didn't responded. He just walked over to Sullivan, who handed him a white sheet and said "It's all ready."

"What's all ready?" Scorpius demanded.

"Come on, I'll show you." Albus grinned, dragging Scorpius back towards the dorms.

When they entered the sixth-year dormitory it took Scorpius a moment to notice what had changed. At first glance nothing look different, but eventually he noticed that on the floor, next to his bed someone had drawn one of their apparation seals on the floor.

"What's that?" Scorpius asked. He immediately felt stupid, because he knew what the seal was, but he wasn't sure what it had to do with Albus, or the sheet the boy was holding.

In response Albus unfold the sheet to show that another seal had been carefully painted on the fabric. Scorpius felt like he was missing something, was Albus showing him their next apparation practice?

Albus, noticing Scorpius' confusion, began to explain. "My brother has been really serious about making sure I don't miss curfew." Albus explained, "Most nights, he won't leave the common room until after I've already gone up to bed. I think he even has Jeremy spying on me or something."

Scorpius nodded, unsure of what this had to do with anything.

"So… well, now I will go to bed." He said grinning, "And then I can come down here." He indicated to the sheet, "And no one will ever know."

Suddenly Scorpius understood, "Holy shit, that's genius!" Scorpius exclaimed. He felt like an idiot for not having thought of it before.

"Sullivan made the seals for me." Albus explained. "All I have to do is put this one on my bed." He held up the sheet. "And then if I close the curtains around me, everyone will just think that I have turned in early."

Scorpius was so excited, he had been desperate to see more of Albus, and now he would. But he immediately felt guilty for not being more worried.

"Wait, are you sure you are ready to apparate by yourself?" Scorpius asked. "What if something happens?"

"The classroom we've been using to the woods is a lot farther than the two dorms." Albus said, clearly having thought this through. "It'll work, I'm sure of it."

Scorpius nodded, trying to hide his excitement. "It'll be just like before." He smiled, "We can all hangout and your stupid brother will have no idea."

Albus smiled at the idea of tricking his brother. "Well maybe not just like before." He added.

"What do you mean?" Scorpius asked.

"I just mean that maybe we won't be doing the exact same things as before." Albus restated, suddenly looking nervous.

"Well, what do you want to do then?" Scorpius asked, suddenly confused.

"Something new." Albus said, "Maybe something that we haven't done before."

Scorpius' eyes widened, but he didn't say anything. He was afraid that if he spoke he would be wrong, that this would be a misunderstanding and he would scare Albus off, so he just stood there.

Albus looked even more uncomfortable with the silence.

"I want to have sex." He said finally. His voice was clear despite his nerves. "I have been thinking about it a lot and I want to try." He continued, "That's why I asked Sullivan to make these seals."

"Albus…" Scorpius didn't know what to say. He didn't know what he had been expecting, but this was without a doubt the last thing he had expected.

"So… I thought that I could come over tonight, after dinner." He said, turning red. "I mean, if that's okay with you."

Scorpius still didn't say anything. He didn't know how to process what he was hearing.

"Scorpius?" Albus asked quietly.

"You don't have to." Scorpius blurted out. "I-I didn't want to force you!" He said quickly, "I meant it when I said I would wait."

"I know!" Albus interrupted him. "You aren't forcing me, I do want to!" Albus sighed, "Remember what you said a few weeks ago? About how I didn't have to ask Wendy for advice on this stuff, because I could ask you? Well, when it came to this I had no idea what I was doing. I thought I needed all this advice. I thought I needed someone to tell me how to do it. Well, I don't want that anymore. I just want to try it and see what happens. I trust you Scorpius, and I'm not afraid of messing up anymore, because I know that you will be there with me."

Scorpius couldn't resist anymore, he pulled his boyfriend in and began kissing him. Albus kissed back with enthusiasm. Scorpius felt his heart beating quickly in his chest. He and Albus were going to have sex, tonight! It was almost too good to be true. Suddenly Scorpius felt nervous. He had plenty of sex before but there was no way to be sure that he could please Albus. Everyone was different, what if he hurt Albus or what if Albus just didn't like what he did? Scorpius cleared those thoughts from his brain and focused on kissing his boyfriend. He had to be confident, Albus was relying on him.

Albus broke their kiss after a little while. "Alright, well, if I'm apparating here tonight I need to remember what it looks like. So give me a few minutes."

Scorpius nodded seriously. As excited as he was at the thought of Albus being able to come down and visit him secretly, he didn't want to forget that what he was doing was dangerous. It was very important that Albus be focused when he was apparating. Scorpius sat down on his bed and didn't bother Albus, as he stared around the room, trying to remember all of the specific details to focus on later that night.

After about ten minutes, he sat down next to Scorpius on the bed, apparently satisfied with his inspection of the room. He leaned into Scorpius, resting his head on Scorpius' shoulder.

"I am nervous." Albus admitted. "Just so you know."

"Me too." Scorpius replied, feeling silly. "I think it would be a bad sign if we weren't nervous." He joked.

Albus cracked a small smile. "I just… I don't really know what to do or how to do it." He said finally. "I know that sounds dumb, but I feel like I am going to do it wrong."

"It's not a one person thing Al." Scorpius said, "Don't put so much pressure on yourself." He wrapped one arm around the Gryffindor. "And don't worry about tonight. I'll take care of everything."

"Really?" Albus asked.

"Yes. You just show up whenever you are ready."

Albus sighed, looking relieved. "Thanks Scorpius." He smiled and kissed his boyfriend softly. "I'm going to go back to my dorm before dinner and get this ready." He held up the sheet in his hand.

"Well then I guess I will see you tonight." Scorpius whispered in his ear. Albus shivered involuntarily.

"Tonight." He agreed, his face turning red. Then he got up and walked out of the room without another word.

I hope you enjoyed the chapter!