Albus
Albus sat on the Ravenclaw table pretending to eat while being completely miserable. He had made a complete ass of himself and nothing Lilly could say could bring him out of his despair. So yes, Scorpius Malfoy had flirted with him and tried to kiss him but he had royally fucked that up and now he was never going to look at him again. Not only that but hanging out with the Slytherins had been nice; yes albeit awkward but it was still nice. It was like being a normal teenager which was very weird for him. He had gone out after hours and gotten drunk and had a hang over the next day. It was exactly what he wanted. If only it was marred with the misery of knowing he had fucked it up with Scorpius. He looked towards the Slytherin table and saw them all sitting there, laughing like they always had. Albus had been a blip in their radar and now it was over. Scorpius hadn't looked at him once and it had been almost a week ago.
He had told Rose about it, only because she had overheard him and Lilly talk about it. It was nice to see the look of envy on her face for a change. But that only meant she had stayed clear from him and made him feel even more lonely than usual. He got his things and started to make his way out to the greenhouse for his next class. October was creeping in but it was still unnaturally warm. He pushed his sleeves back and walked out on the field. After the class was over he decided to take a small detour to the lake just to clear his mind from his misery for about ten minutes when he heard someone screaming out his name. He turned to the sound and his eyes widened with surprise; it was Sam and Tessa.
"Albus!" Sam said reaching his side and pulling on his arm.
"Hi" he said to them and they both laughed.
"Hi baby Potter" she said biting her lip.
"We haven't seen you all week!" Sam said pouting at him. Now he was confused.
"I've been in classes" he said and they both laughed. They both started pulling him towards the lake.
"We tried to look for you after you left but you just disappeared! Scorpius was being such a dick" Sam said and now he was even more surprised. Wasn't Scorpius their friend?
"That he was, and we wanted you to hang out with us a bit more" Tessa said with a smile. He looked ahead of him and saw the Scorpius posse sitting out by the lake by the far side where the trees got thicker. He shook his head.
"I don't think this is such a good idea, we have class" he said but they just pulled on him harder.
"Nobody is going to mind, plus you do amazing on all your classes anyway" Tessa said and panic flooded him as they got closer. Scorpius still hadn't noticed them.
"Tessa I really don't think this is a good idea" he said shaking his head again. Sam took off in front of them and greeted the rest of her friends. He was going to notice him now. He looked at Tessa and she looked back with a soft pitying look that did nothing to calm his nerves.
"Baby Potter, man up, you are never going to get his attention with that attitude. Now I want you to come and sit with me and act as if nothing was wrong okay?" she told him and after a second of consideration he nodded and she grabbed his hand and pulled him towards his nightmare.
"Well, well if it isn't baby Potter" Tristian said as they approached. Scorpius looked up at him then but his face was a mask of indifference. It made Albus' heart hurt. He smiled at them.
"Hi" he said and knew it was a weak sound and cleared his throat.
"Albus come sunbathe with me" Sam said pulling him closer to the lake and sinking down on the ground. The rest of them sat on the shade of a tree. Sam pulled her jumper over her head and then her shirt leaving her with a very small black top on. He raised his eyebrows at her and she laughed.
"That's bold" he said to her and she laughed again.
"I won't get any sun if I'm all covered up. Plus I've got a crowed to please" she said laying on her elbows and pulling a pair of sunglasses from her pocket and slipping them on. She raised her eyebrows and nodded her head to the side and he spotted the Gryffindor quidditch team standing off to the corner, his brother included, all looking at Sam and him. His eyes met James and he just shook his head at him.
"He's not happy with me" Albus said with a shrug.
"You two don't get along?" Tessa asked sitting down next to Albus and proceeding on pulling her jumper and shirt off. She heard the cat calls from afar but then all ignored them. She pulled on her sun glasses too.
"Not much, James has always been popular and a player and just very unlike me" Albus said and started to feel very warm. He sat up and pulled his jumper off. Both of the girls catcalled him and he laughed at that.
"James' a dick" Tessa said simply.
"Tessa slept with him and he never talked to her again" Sam explained from his side. Albus looked at her shocked.
"Sam!" Tessa said with a blush and then shrugged, "It's not like he kept it a secret I suppose" she said and shrugged again and pulled flask from her pocket and took a swig. She offered it to Albus. He looked back to his brother who had his eyebrows raised at him. Albus smiled and raised to cheer at him and then took a swig. James fumed and walked away from them. Both girls laughed at that.
"Ballsy Potter" Tessa said approvingly. She turned on her stomach to look at the others. "Scorpius lend Albus your sunglasses! You're way over there in the shade!" she said and Albus felt himself going red.
"Tessa don't" he whispered.
"Albus keep on being ballsy" Sam said shoving him playfully to the side.
"Don't fucking ruin them" he heard Scorpius say from the back and then he had them in his hand. Keep on being ballsy huh? Albus kneeled and pulled his shirt off. He really, really hoped his working out had played off as much as he needed it too. He turned around to face Scorpius and slipped the glasses on.
"Thanks" he said with a smile and then turned back to lay next to the girls on his elbows.
"Albus that was very ballsy" Tessa said in a whisper.
"Why are you so fit?" Sam whined looking down at him and he laughed. He took another swig form the flask and felt lighter than he had all week.
Scorpius
"When the fuck did Potter get that ripped?" Tristian asked besides him. Scorpius had no idea. He was still trying not to salivate at the view. Fucking little baby Potter was playing him was he?
"He's not that fit" Scorpius said and Stephanie laughed.
"Can you be more transparent?" she asked while Tristian joined in on the laughing.
"What?" he asked and Stephanie just shrugged at him.
"Just don't be a dick when you try to make out with him next time. If you want to get into his very tight pants you are going to have to take it slow" she said and he looked at her horrified.
"That was not the plan" he said to her.
"Yeah it wasn't the plan last time but that didn't stop you did it?" she said back to him and he looked away from her. Fine. So Albus Potter was fit. And maybe he was interested. Interested in licking his whole body if he had a say in it. What was getting into him? He needed to find someone else soon, lest he start acting weirdly about this whole thing. Potter was just a play thing. A means of entertainment while the year passes. But then Albus stood up; well Sam pulled him up and started to dance around him while laughing and well maybe that changed things a bit. Because fuck him if he didn't look amazing standing there glowing with the sun and looking hot with his sunglasses and taking drinks from the flask.
"Why don't you guys join them?" Scorpius said to the others and they just rolled their eyes at him and got up to do just that. He saw the look in Albus' face when they all came over. He looked apprehensive and turned to look at him for just a second but he really couldn't tell because of those damn glasses. So he just sat there ogling Potter until he couldn't take it anymore.
"Potter" he called out and Albus turned to him immediately. The smile vanished from him face. Scorpius nodded for him to come over and after a second of hesitating he came over slowly; like a sacred little dear.
"Scorpius" he said standing over him. He pulled his sun glasses off and those green eyes looking down on him with his muscles shining. He didn't think it through. He just pulled on his hand; he meant to make him sit next to him but Albus as graceful as we was, stumbled and fell on his knees in front of him. "Hi" he let out lamely and Scorpius couldn't help but smile. He heard Stephanie in his head telling him to go slow but the look Potter was giving him just made him feel powerful.
"I'm sorry Potter" what the hell did he just say? Potter looked just as shocked as he felt.
"It's okay. I'm sorry Scorpius, I shouldn't have" he said looking away from him. Well that was about as much as he could take. He reached with his hand to the back of Albus' neck and pulled him closer. He got a glimpse of those shocked green eyes before he crashed his lips on his. He waited one second, then two and Potter didn't push him back. He sighed over his face and moved his lips over Albus' and felt him move against him slowly. Fuck that felt amazing. Albus was so incredibly warm; he reached out with his other hand to his neck and ran his fingers into his hair. He saw from the corner of his eye Albus' hand press next to his head against the tree he was leaning on a second ago.
"Is this better?" he asked Albus, pulling away from him but not moving very far away. He met those green eyes that were half lidded. He nodded slowly and smiled biting his lip. Scorpius reached his hand to his jaw and pulled it out with his thumb and pressed back to him this time running his tongue over his lower lip. Albus let out a small gasp that let him tease his tongue into his mouth and after a few times, call his own out sending warmth all over his body. He moaned and pulled Albus closer to him. He had fooled around with guys before, but Merlin, no one had ever felt this good. Albus moved his hands tentatively to his neck and Scorpius really wished he could push him on something so he could kiss him as harshly as he wanted to right now. So he pushed himself up and to his knees pressing himself over Albus and fuck did that feel amazing. He ran his hands down from his face to his back and his waist and pulled him closer. Albus' hands threaded through his hair softly like he was scared anything he did might make Scorpius run. He smiled to that, thinking how impossible it was that anything could pull him off him.
"Albus?" They both pulled apart at the sound of the stern voice. He looked to his side to see Professor Longbottom look at them with a very puzzled expression on his face. He looked back at Albus who was currently trying to push him off but he was holding him still very close. He let go regretfully and sat back down.
"Professor" Albus said still breathing heavily and touching his chest like he was just realizing he had no shirt on.
"Could we maybe have a word?" he asked turning around and walking towards the greenhouse.
"Shit" he said and got up and walked towards his things and Scorpius watched him regretfully put his clothes back on and say goodbye to his friends. When he turned back to Scorpius his face was still all red. He pushed himself to his feet and walked towards him. "I'm sorry I have to go, if he tells my dad" Albus said shaking his head. Scorpius just nodded and reached out to pull on his neck and kiss him again. Albus just melted to him.
"Go" Scorpius said pulling away. Albus nodded and smiled at him and then turned walking away very fast. Scorpius sighed in disappointment.
"Not that into him are you?" Stephanie asked coming closer to him. He scowled at her halfheartedly.
"That was possibly the hottest thing I've ever seen in my life" Sam said jumping up and down.
"Even I must admit that's true" Tristian said patting him on the back.
"So, change in plans?" Tessa asked with a smirk. Scorpius nodded.
"Change in plans" he said with a nod. Fuck he was in trouble.
Albus
"I can explain" was the first thing Albus said upon entering his Godfather's office.
"Please do" he said looking up to him.
"I like him. A lot" he confessed and Professor Longbottom smiled at him and nodded.
"That much was clear" he said with humor in his voice, "Does Harry know?" he asked and Albus shook his head fervently.
"No he doesn't, nobody does, that was the first time we" he started and then blushed and looked down.
"Kissed?" he asked and Albus nodded turning even redder.
"Very heated for a first kiss. I noticed your clothes were else were" he said and Albus continued to looks down to the floor.
"I'm sorry" he said still not looking at him.
"And during class hours" he said a bit more sternly and Albus closed his eyes.
"I'm really very sorry. It's just that I really like him and he is" he said and tried to look for the right words.
"Unpredictable, yes I know" Longbottom said. He took a deep breath. "It's okay Albus, I'm not going to give you detention or tell your father, but I do hope you think about the choices you're making and the repercussions they might have" he said and Albus looked up at him hopefully and smiled nodding.
"Thanks Neville" Albus said.
"Now off you go, to lunch and then back to classes okay?" he asked sternly and Albus nodded.
Later in the library Lilly and Albus were very close to getting kicked out from their over loud talking.
"Scorpius Malfoy kissed you?" she asked him and Albus laughed and nodded.
"He did, and it was bloody amazing right up until Neville came up to me" he said and she squealed and laughed.
"No! He didn't!" she said and Albus nodded some more.
"This is the last warning Potters!" Madame Twinkle said with a stern voice. They both looked at her apologetically and started to whisper.
"And I was shirtless mind you" he said and Lilly put her hands over her mouth to contain herself.
"What? Albus Potter, why were you shirtless?" she asked looking at him with awe.
"Sam and Tessa were the ones that asked me over, and they wanted to sunbathe and well I wanted to show off maybe a little so I took my shirt off. It must have worked" he told her with a wink. He couldn't help it he was just so happy right now. Scorpius had kissed him.
"That sounds so amazing Al. I'm so happy for you" she said reaching out to pinch his cheek, he shoved her off.
"Stop that. It was so amazing Lil. I don't know what I'm going to do if I don't get to kiss him again" he said looking worried.
"Why wouldn't it happen again? He clearly likes you" she asked and Albus smiled at her again.
"He did apologize to me" he said smugly.
"Scorpius Malfoy did not apologize to you! What did he say?" she asked hitting him on the arm.
"I'm sorry Potter" he mimicked trying out Scorpius' posh accent. Lily laughed out loud and they got another stern look. They laughed quietly.
"Oh my Merlin, look who just walked in" Lilly said and Albus turned expecting to see Scorpius but it just turned out to be James and some girl.
"Ugh, he's such a hypocrite" Albus said rolling his eyes at her. They both knew he wasn't coming here to study with her.
"I know, plus he's with that Slytherin slag" she said and Albus turned around alarmed thinking it was Sam but it was just Alexis Flint. She was a seventh year and the queen bee of Slytherin. She had this on and off relationship with James for as long as he could remember.
"Again?" he asked and Lily just shrugged.
"Let's go get some dinner and you can give me more details. Albus smiled and they both walked out laughing at Madame Twinkle's relived face.
Scorpius
Scorpius sat on the first row of the potions class and looked back at the door when someone walked in; he glared at the Ravenclaw girl.
"It's hilarious seeing you look like this" Stephanie said leaning over his desk. She had a smug smile in her face.
"Shove off will you?" he said nastily. He wasn't in the mood for this.
"He'll be here soon, stop brooding" she said and walked to her table in the back. He noticed his leg was bouncing in its place and he willed it to stop. This was ridiculous; since when was Scorpius nervous over someone? This was unheard off and it was going to stop right now. His leg stopped bouncing and he smiled down at it. The door sounded once more and this time he didn't turn to look at since he heard loud and clear Tessa' "Hi Albus!" from across the room. Silly bint. A smile was trying to make its way out but he tried he's best to quell it. He heard the station next to his being occupied by none other than Albus. Why the hell was he so jittery? He looked sideways casually and met his gaze. Albus smiled and looked down blushing. Now he really couldn't keep his smile in check. Why was he so damn adorable?
"Hey" he said biting his lip.
"Albus" Scorpius said with a smile. Just then the professor walked in and they we reduced to this awkward smiling game. But Scorpius had a plan, oh yes he did. He just needed Potter to get to the supply closet by himself and then he could follow him and proposition him like he already discussed he would. It took him about an hour to get his opening but when he did he looked back at Stephanie and Tessa and winked at them to let them know they had to keep people out. He walked into the room and Albus was reaching up for a jar, he didn't even notice him walking in. Scorpius walked very close behind him and leaned to talk in his ear.
"I need your help with something" he whispered and Albus jumped and almost dropped the jar he was holding but Scorpius reached up and held his hand up to it. Merlin Albus felt good.
"What?" he asked and cleared his throat nervously. Scorpius ran his hands down from his all the way back to his shoulder and then down to his hip, not moving an inch away from him but rather pressed himself closer.
"I don't understand this book about advanced potions. I was wondering if maybe you could explain it to me, later today in the library?" he asked not being able to stop his smile.
"In the library?" he repeated and Scorpius nodded, the movement causing Albus to shiver with their proximity.
"If you're up for it. I think I'd largely benefit from some one on one" he paused, "Potion's tutoring" he finished and let out a laugh at Albus' choked sound. "I'll take that as a yes" he said and started to push away from him.
"Wait" he head Albus say and felt him pulling lightly at his arm. When he turned to look at him Albus pulled him with his other hand and pressed his lips on his. Fuck that felt good. Albus pulled away, smiled at him grabbing the jar he had gone in for, and walked out. Scorpius stood there baffled. Albus had just kissed him; just like that. Like he had all the right to do so, and he'd let him. This might be getting out of hand. When he walked out Tessa gave him the thumbs up and he smiled at them. Potter was still flushed and that somehow left him giddy and uneasy.
AN: Hi! sorry for the delay, Saturday is my off day, but here's the next chapter to the story. Please let me know if you like it!