Albus
Albus was back on studying mode. He sat on the library the next day with all his things and he didn't plan on stopping until the day ended and he was going to keep at it for a week and then have his midterms and then see what the fuck he would do the week before they left for break. He knew that if he let it in for one second he was going to break down. James had been right. Rose had been right. Even his dad had been right. Scorpius was only ever going to be bad for him. He shook his head and looked back at his things. He refused to think about it.
His system worked though, the more he studied the less he thought about Scorpius and even though when he was back on his bed at night all he could think of was how unreal it felt to be in him, he knew right now he had to keep on concentrating on his books. That or he would wank himself to death. He hadn't seen Scorpius since that day, he made sure of that. Not that he looked for him. The girls stayed away too, at least for as long as they could before coming to question him four days after.
"What happened Al? Scorpius won't talk to any of us. He just doesn't show up to class and then leaves at night to go drinking" Tessa said leaning her head in her crossed arms.
"Was it that big of a fight?" Sam asked. He shook his head.
"It's not just a fight. It's over" Albus said looking back at his potions work.
"What do you mean it's over?" Tessa asked and he saw from the corner of his eye she had gotten to her feet alarmed.
"It means he doesn't want me, not how I want him anyway" he said with a shrug.
"That can't be true, Scorpius is miserable. Not that he admits it but all he does is sulk" Sam said and Tessa nodded. Albus stopped to look at them.
"You really don't know what happened?" he asked them and they both shook their heads. Albus took a deep breath, "I told Scorpius I didn't want to have sex with him, about two weeks ago maybe. He didn't care, he pushed and that night he didn't leave me choice weather I wanted to or not" he said and they widened their eyes at him. "You know how I feel about him, I know he's not serious about me and I can't keep doing this if he's not. He has my virginity now, so he must be proud of himself" he said with a sardonic smile.
"He forced you?" Sam asked looking at Tessa worried.
"Well, I mean, he didn't rape me. He tied me up and sat on me" Albus said with a shrug.
"Woah" Tessa said and Sam nodded.
"Well Al, you have his virginity too then" Sam said with a surprised look. Albus looked at her like she was crazy.
"Scorpius was not a virgin" he said shaking his head.
"He was that kind of a virgin" Tessa said and Albus' jaw dropped.
"What?" he asked weakly.
"He still wants you Al, he's a prick that all. This is the way his mind tells him he must do things. It's fucked up but he didn't think he was doing anything wrong" Tessa said and Sam nodded.
"No, he doesn't. I told him that I loved him, and that I wanted more and that I knew he didn't. He didn't contradict me" Albus said and Sam rolled her eyes at him.
"And you thought that was the appropriate way to tell Scorpius, Mr. Fear of Commitment, how you felt? By putting him on the spot? He froze" she explained and Tessa nodded emphatically next to her.
"He could have looked for me" Albus said and they both gave him a look.
"You told him, in front of everyone he knows not to touch you again. Do you think he wants that kind of humiliation? You've been locked up in this place for the whole week when you're not in class or in the great hall. You are never alone. How is he going to talk to you?" Tessa said sitting back down.
"That's a crap excuse" Albus said but he was starting to doubt himself. Was that true? Scorpius had never let anybody fuck him before him? It couldn't be.
"Well maybe, but he's proud. You should still come to the party on Friday. As my guest and maybe you can talk, if not we'll go to another party and I'll make sure you have a good time anyway" Sam told him sweetly. He smiled at her but shook her head.
"That's a bad idea, it's at your house. I'm not going into his territory" he said.
"It's not, it's in the room of requirement" Tessa said smugly.
"I can't" he said.
"Albus, be ballsy. I swear if it doesn't work I'll fix it" Sam said taking his hand.
"I'll think about it, how's that?" Albus said with a smile. They smiled back at him and after laughing for a while and talk about some other things they left leaving him to his loneliness. He missed him. It was a great thing that he had been skipping classes; Albus wasn't sure he could handle looking at him. If he did go to the party he wasn't sure he wasn't going to break the moment he saw him either.
On Thursday he was walking back to the library after lunch when he was stopped by his brother. Albus turned to glare at him and kept on walking.
"Please Al. I've told you I'm sorry. I shouldn't have written that to Dad" James whined and Albus looked back at him.
"So why don't you get it over with?" Albus asked looking at him and knowing by James softened expression he looked the mess he felt.
"I'm not here to tell you I told you so. I've told you that all week, I'm just trying to be here for you because I know you're feeling like shit right now Al" James said walking closer to him. Frankly Albus felt too bad already to keep this up with James. He shrugged and James walked closer and wrapped his arms around him.
"I still want him" Albus said weakly.
"I know you do Al, but it's okay. Just don't shun me out, I'll help" he said and grabbed him by the shoulders and looking at his face, "I'll even set you up with some bloke if that's what you need" James added with a shrug and Albus laughed and hugged him again.
"Thanks" he said letting go and walking towards the library before James grabbed him and pulled him back.
"Oh no you don't. Albus you can't memorize those books any better. You're coming out to the sun with me" he said pulling on him and grabbing his book bag.
"James, I still have a million things to do. I can't go out now" Albus complained but walked after his bag.
"Al I haven't seen him all week. If you want to keep avoiding him I'm sure the quidditch pitch is a fine place. Plus you look pasty" James said not looking back at him and Albus followed him with a frown. It turns out it wasn't such a bad idea after all. James forced him to play a seeker's game, which was nice and made him think about summers with the family, just relaxing and not having these many problems. He had never loved flying as much as James or even Lily, but he still liked it. It made him feel free and just unloaded. Having spent every waking second filling his head with information, he felt ready to burst but this just revived him. They walked back to the ground laughing and some of James mates walked over to them.
"Potter why the hell haven't you tried out for the team? We could use someone that could go against James" Lorcan Lovegood said to him crossing his arms. He smiled at his roommate and shook his head.
"Nah, quidditch isn't my thing" he said with a shrug.
"It's a good thing too, Ravenclaw is up against Hufflepuff next match" Blake Brown said to him with a wink. Blake the Hufflepuff seeker; the bloke Scorpius had hooked up with.
"Yeah, good luck with that" Albus said and Blake nodded at him and smiled.
"James you up for a beer at the tower? The girls are going up" Kent, the Hufflepuff team captain and Sam's conquest, said wagging his eye brows. James nodded and looked at Albus.
"You have to come. Lockwood's a mate of yours isn't she?" James said with a look that said he meant business if he said no.
"You should come" Blake told him with a smile. Albus looked at him and nodded.
"Just for a while, I have work to do" Albus said to James and he rolled his eyes at him.
"Fucking Ravenclaw" James said messing up his hair.
"Hey" Lorcan said in mock offense and James laughed. Albus missed that sound, he missed talking with his brother and not feeling like a fucking outcast from his family. He knew Rose would be there because of Lysander and maybe a couple of others more, considering the whole Weasley clan loved quidditch and James and his people were all quidditch. They walked up to the tower and a small crowd was already there with beers in hand. Albus took one from his brother and shook his head smiling at his persistence. Maybe this wasn't such a bad idea.
"I never thought I'd see you up here" Albus turned to look at Blake who stood next to him; his smile firmly in place.
"James is having a persistent brother day" Albus explained and Blake laughed.
"Well, I'm glad he did" Blake said and now Albus was sure he was flirting. Blake was good looking, he had to be otherwise he would have never caught Scorpius attention. He had light brown hair and blue eyes and that kind of attractive smile that always made you want to smile right back. He wasn't quite as tall as Albus but he was of a bulkier build like the athlete he was. Yeah, he was pretty attractive. Albus smiled back at him.
"You're in seventh year right?" Albus asked him and Blake nodded.
"Yeah, Kent is going crazy about getting the cup before he graduates" he said with a shrug.
"I heard about that, James said you're pretty good. Have a good chance at it. You beat Slytherin last game right?" he asked and Blake nodded.
"Did you come watch?" he asked and Albus shook his head.
"Nah, I'm not that into quidditch really. I come when James is playing occasionally, but mostly I avoid it" Albus explained and Blake nodded.
"You should come to tomorrow's game. If not least try to make it to our celebration party" he said and Albus laughed.
"Pretty confident you're winning then?" he asked and Blake nodded.
"Obviously, and if not then we'll still have a thank you for trying party" he said with a shrug, "You should come either way" he insisted and Albus nodded.
"Yeah, maybe" he said dismissively.
"Albus!" he heard Sam shriek and he turned to look at her surprised face. He opened his arms knowing that she would hug him anyway. She laughed and wrapped her arms around him.
"Hi Sam" he said when she pulled back. She smiled at him and then looked at Blake at his side and then back to him.
"What are you doing here?" she asked him pulling him away from Blake. He looked back and shrugged apologetically and Blake winked at him again.
"James dragged me" he said and Sam looked at him expectantly, "We made peace" he said and Sam shook her head.
"What about the big pile of hunky seeker that was hitting on you?" she wanted to know throwing her pretty blonde hair over her shoulder.
"It helps my low self-esteem caused by your best mate" he said and took a swig of his beer. She pulled it off him and took a drink of her own.
"Your dick of a brother tell you that?" Sam asked narrowing her eyes.
"No, I figured it out all by myself" Albus said with a sweet smile, "I don't want to keep fighting with him Sam and he didn't say one bad about Scorpius, he just told me he missed me and that he wanted to be here for me" he said and Sam's shoulders sagged.
"And then he conveniently threw Blake at you?" she asked and Albus laughed.
"I'm pretty sure Blake did that on his own. James just took me flying" he said and shrugged. He looked back at Blake and saw him talking with Kent. He looked up to meet his eyes and smiled at him. "He's very flirty" Albus said looking at Sam and she let out a laugh. Then Kent came up to them wrapping his arms around Sam's waist and pulling her towards him she winked at Albus and giggled.
"Hey love, didn't bother to come say hi?" he asked teasing her.
"I was on my way, I had things to say to Albus first. Bros before hos and all that" she said and Kent smiled and kissed her cheek moving to her side.
"Will you get her to come to the party tomorrow?" Kent asked him and Albus looked at him questioningly. Blake moved over to them and to his side.
"The one I was telling you about" he explained and Albus nodded.
"She keeps saying no because of her Slytherin party, but ours will be so much better and less gloomy" Kent said smiling at her winningly.
"Like I said, bros before hos" she said and winked at Albus.
"We could go after" Albus said and Sam froze looking at him.
"You're going to the Slytherin party?" Kent asked with a puzzled face, "I thought no one outside of Slytherin was invited" he asked Sam raising his eyebrows and looking unamused.
"Albus' especial" she explained.
"Because of Scorpius? I thought you two broke up?" Blake asked him. Albus felt a stab in his midriff.
"We weren't really going out" he said quietly and drank again.
"Albus is going with me and Tessa not with Scorpius, we asked him ages ago. He gets along so well with everyone there and since its no dates allowed from others houses, we got him in like an honorary member" Sam explained and Kent frowned.
"Well then, now you have come after" Kent said his smile coming back up.
"You weren't going out? What about the whole kiss in the great hall?" Blake asked and Albus looked at the ceiling. He couldn't think of conversation he wanted to have less. Sam looked like she wanted to step in but Albus was done with that.
"Do you want another beer Blake? I could use one" he said and Blake smiled. Albus started to walk towards the crater where they had them.
"Sure just the one though, game tomorrow and all. I'll make it up to you at the party" he said walking after him.
"Sure" Albus said grabbing another one and passing it to him and then getting one of its own. He saw Rose walking in from behind Blake and she frowned when she saw him. He looked back at Blake and smiled.
"So about you and Scorpius" he began and Albus felt his smile disappear.
"Albus" Rose called out to him and Albus rolled his eyes. He should have stayed at the fucking library.
"We're not going out" Albus said once again and started moving away to avoid Rose. Blake stopped him walking in front of him; he was biting his lip.
"I don't mean to come off this strong, it's just you're very hard to come across" Blake explained with a laugh and Albus just couldn't help but return. "Since you're not going out with him, do you think you'd like to, with me?" he asked and tried to contain his smile. Albus froze. For all his screwing around with Scorpius he hadn't ever been asked out before.
"This things with Scorpius. It's recent and I'm not sure what's going to happen yet, but thanks for asking" Albus said and Blake's shoulder sagged.
"That's a no then. It's okay, I had to ask" he said and smiled again. Albus nodded and resumed his walking away only he didn't make it far enough to evade Rose, more like ran into her.
"Albus!" Rose said exasperated, "I've been looking for you all week" she said and Albus looked at her tiredly.
"I was in the library all week" Albus said and she shrugged.
"We should talk" she said and Albus couldn't think about anything worse just then his arm was pulled. He turned to look at Sam.
"Sorry! Albus time!" she said and pulled him away from her.
"Thank you for that" he said and she looked serious.
"What was all that with Blake?" she wanted to know.
"He asked me out" Albus admitted, "Why are you mad at me?" he asked her looking at her face.
"Because you're supposed to be with Scorpius, not with Blake! I've been team Albus from the start but Blake really? Scorpius is down there brooding over you, with a bottle of firewhisky for company and you're here flirting with the Hufflepuff seeker?" she said and Albus looked at her annoyed.
"Sam come on. He doesn't want me. How much more do you have to see me get hurt until you let it go?" he asked her.
"He does want you. He's just Score, he's an idiot. But you are not and at least give it to tomorrow" she begged and Albus shook his head.
"I said no to Blake" Albus told her and her shoulders sagged.
"Oh" she said and Albus laughed.
"You should know by now I'm hopeless when it comes to him" Albus said with a shrug. Sam looked at him with something akin to pity and Albus let out a laugh. He downed the rest of his beer and left making his way back to the library.
Scorpius
Scorpius was finishing the buttons on his shirt in front of the mirror completely plastered. He gave himself a one over shrugged and took another swig of his flask. He looked back to his bed and sighed; it had been a whole week now. He hadn't seen Albus in that time, no doubt he was shutting himself in the library like a good little mouse. He didn't miss him, he didn't miss him one bit. He couldn't miss him, if he did he'd have to crawl back and apologize and then he'd have to be in a relationship and that was truly unacceptable. No, Scorpius would go to this party and not think about Albus or his stupid hair or his perfect smile or his firm arse. Scorpius groaned and took another drink.
"Okay, so heads up" Stephanie said walking into his room, "Albus might be there today" she said and Scorpius looked back at her horrified.
"No, why the fuck? We're not" he started, thinking about for a second, "whatever we were anymore. Why is he still coming?" he asked her and Stephanie shrugged.
"Sam and Tessa made him" she said and Scorpius rolled his eyes, of course they did.
"Well that's great" he said and looked at Steph, "Now what? I can't see him" Scorpius said sitting on his bed.
"Maybe he won't come, Sam said they got invited to the Hufflepuff victory party" she said.
"Sam got invited, why would Albus get" Scorpius started and then he saw it clearly, "Blake. That asshole couldn't wait one whole week to pounce on him?" he said getting out of the bed enraged.
"Yeah, he asked him out, I think" Stephanie said checking her dress in the mirror.
"What? Blake is such a fucking creep. He waited what? Two days after he knew we'd broken up to ask him out?" Scorpius fumed.
"Broken up? I thought you said you couldn't have broken up because you weren't really going out" Stephanie said smugly.
"Oh fuck off, will you? Can we focus on the fact that for all the undying love Albus Potter supposedly felt for me he sure got over it pretty fast" he said and took another drink.
"Well, he might not go, Sam said he was coming to our party. Do you want him to now?" she asked him and Scorpius just looked back at her.
"I can't see him, Steph" Scorpius said shaking his head.
"You're being a prick about this, you really like him Score, but you fucked up. I'm sure if you just apologize to him, you can have him back" she said sitting on his bed.
"I can't because he doesn't want this anymore, he wants more, just like you said he would and I can't give that to him" Scorpius said.
"Yeah you can, you like him, you don't want anybody else, so why can't you just bend your own stupid rules for him?" she asked him and he looked at her.
"Who said I didn't want anybody else?" he asked with a scowl in his face.
"Scorpius I'm not blind, you haven't even snogged someone else since Albus was in the picture" she said and Scorpius shook his head.
"He was just a hand full and getting him into bed was a full time job, now that I don't have to worry about that I can fuck someone else. Someone who won't cling when I do" he said and walked out of the room. Just who did Albus Potter think he was? Demanding everything from him, getting close to his friends and now dating fucking Blake Brown. He wasn't going to win this. He was. Scorpius Malfoy was.
He thought it would have been more dramatic. That Albus would punch him, or cry or do something dramatic, but he just looked at them and then leaned over to Tessa and walked out of the room of requirement. His friends on the other hand, they liked dramatic.
"What the fuck is wrong with you?" Tessa said walking over to him and shaking her head.
"I don't owe him anything Tessa, you're being ridiculous. He shouldn't have even been here" he said feeling himself stumble slightly on his feet. Alexis was practically holding him up.
"This you just did Scorpius, it was vicious and you know it" she said shoving him, he stumbled on the floor. He looked up at her and smiled.
"But it was efficient wasn't it? He won't be coming back any time soon" he said and he hurt himself just by saying that.
Turns out Albus had shown up at the party after all. Scorpius had gotten one look at him and knew he had probably taken hours deciding whether to come or not and trying out all his clothes before chose what he did. He looked incredible and that was impossible to deny. It was also impossible to deny that he really didn't want anybody else. He just wanted him. Albus had seen him too, as soon as he walked in, but he had avoided looking at him. So that had been the game he had been playing; pretending he didn't exist so Scorpius would be the one to come to him. Scorpius had seen Alexis then, it was impossible not to because she was practically throwing herself at him.
"Come with me to the back, I'll fuck you there if that's all you want" he whispered to her and she shoved his arm playfully and pretended to be offended before nodding her consent. He had walked after her and pointed at the room and told her to wait there. He saw Tessa and Sam after, Albus was thankfully not around.
"I want to talk to him" he said and they both looked at him surprised but happy.
"You are going to apologize to him?" Sam asked but you could see her ill contained excitement. He pressed his lips together and smiled with a shrug.
"I just need to talk to him, can you tell him to please meet me at the back I don't want to do it in front of everyone" he said and tried not to slur his words. He walked away from them and Stephanie caught up to him.
"So you're really going to do this?" she asked him and the smile in her face made him realize she had no idea.
"Yeah I am, here's to not wanting anybody but Albus" he said raising his glass at her confused face and walking into the back. That's how they walked in on him and Alexis half naked practically going at it. Albus just turning around and leaving and the others looking at him like he was the worst person in the planet.
"That was unnecessary" Stephanie said shaking her head at him.
"No it was not! He was going to keep coming back like a lost puppy and I'm not fucking going to be his bloody boyfriend! Not fucking ever" he said pushing up from the floor.
"You didn't have to do that" Tessa said pointing at Alexis, "to prove that, you could have just not talked to him or something, but no. You just had to be dramatic and make him hate you" she said shaking her head and leaving the room. That hurt.
"Where are you going?" he called out, "To find poor little Albus?" he asked and he heard Alexis' laugh at that and it somehow made everything worse.
"Yeah I am, and when I do I'm going to fucking shove him on Blake Brown" she called back and Scorpius felt the sting of that too. He looked down at his feet and then back at Stephanie. She just shook her head and walked out. He was an idiot, he knew it, but he was winning and Albus couldn't win. He just couldn't.
"So, are we going to have sex now?" Alexis asked and Scorpius couldn't think of anything less appealing.
Albus
"Albus wait" Sam called out and Albus stopped in his tracks. He was on his way to the courtyard were the Hufflepuff party was supposed to be going on.
"What Sam? Do you want me to go back and see if he wants to get back together after he fucks her?" he asked pretty close to hysteric laugher.
"No, I just wanted to say sorry, this is all my fault. I pushed you into going" she said wrapping her arms around him, "He's such a dick, but I didn't think he would do that" she said pulling him away and looking up at him.
"It's not your fault, it's mine for being an idiot for him. Can we just forget that and go to this party? You said you would help me if things didn't work out" he said and she nodded. They walked together and all Albus could think off was Scorpius wrapped up around Alexis flint. Scorpius who he thought might have been his was back to being public property. He shook his head and walked into the courtyard. He saw the drinks table and walked over to it before saying hi to Blake. He was taking the first swig of his drink when his eyes met his across the room. He smiled and Blake returned it making his way to him.
"Hi" he said shyly.
"Hi Albus" he said back, "I didn't think you would come" he said moving closer. Blake seemed like one of those people that didn't really get personal space when talking.
"Yeah, the other party wasn't really that great. That and Sam wanted to come say hi" he said pointing at Sam who was currently making out with Kent against the wall vigorously. Blake let out a laugh.
"She really did" he said, "Do you want to go talk somewhere?" he asked him and moved a little closer. Yes, Blake was one of those people. Albus tried to step back casually and nodded.
"Sure" he said and Blake nodded towards the other end at the benches. Albus walked over with this uneasy feeling in his stomach. He sat down and downed his drink, Blake sat unsurprisingly close.
"Ready for midterms then?" he asked him and Albus shrugged.
"About as ready as I'm ever going to be" he said nodding.
"Why aren't you a prefect? I've always wondered that" he asked.
"I take four extra classes and I have to do most of the work myself. McGonagall doesn't admit time turners, so this was the agreement. She asked me if I wanted the extra responsibility but I said no" he said and Blake looked at him impressed.
"You're amazing Albus, no wonder you're in the library all the time" he said with a laugh and Albus nodded.
"Yeah, I want to get into healing maybe, and I couldn't pick which classes to drop, they would all be useful" he explained.
"Divination?" he asked with his eyebrows raised.
"I felt bad, I didn't drop anything but divination? It seemed mean" he said with a grimace. Blake laughed at that.
"Only you would think that, I makes sense though. I kind of expected to see you in the prefects compartment this year" he said with a shrug.
"You expected to see me somewhere?" Albus asked and he nodded.
"You have to be the most unapproachable person in this place, you know that right?" he asked and Albus shook his head confused.
"What?" he asked.
"You sit in the great hall reading, you spend all your free time in the library and build this barricade around you only Rose Weasley occasionally is allowed in. You don't come to quidditch games, or any of your brother's parties. You're unapproachable. I was truly amazed when Scorpius and his friends started hanging around you" he said and Albus shook his head.
"You make me sound awful" he said with a laugh, "That was because we sat next to each other in potions, with Scorpius I mean" he explained and Blake nodded.
"Yeah, you're not in my year so that makes it a bit harder for me" he said tilting his head attractively. Yes, Blake Brown knew how to flirt.
"You keep saying that like you've been interested for a while" Albus said shaking his head and Blake nodded.
"Can you blame me? You're ludicrously fit" Blake said and Albus was taken aback by that.
"No I'm not" he said and Blake moved if possible closer to him.
"That makes it so much better, you honestly have no idea. You probably thought Scorpius going out with you was great for you and not him" Blake said and Albus frowned in confusion, "Scorpius was lucky to have you Albus, not you him. You're fittest bloke in Hogwarts" he said lowering his voice. Albus shook his head.
"No, I'm not. I'm sure Scorpius or you are way more desirable" Albus said with a shrug. Complements had always made him uncomfortable.
"You think I'm desirable?" Blake asked with a smile and Albus shook his head smiling; well he felt right into that one.
"You know you're attractive" he said dismissively.
"Yes I do, but really want to know if you do" he said and Albus turned to look at him. Blake was trying his best not to smile and just sat there looking at him.
"You make me uncomfortable" Albus let out before he could stop himself. He was horrified at what had just come out of his mouth but Blake just laughed.
"Wow, that's nice to hear" he said sarcastically.
"No, that's not what I meant, like in a bad way. I meant you do this thing with eye contact and if I didn't find you attractive it wouldn't make me nervous" he said trying to explain. Blake stopped laughing but the smile didn't leave his face. His pretty blue eyes were fixed on his and flicked down to his lips and back cranking up a whole new level of nervousness.
"So are you reconsidering going out with me?" he asked leaning a bit closer.
"Yeah, I thought if you still wanted to" Albus said fighting back the impulse to run away from him.
"Next Friday?" Blake asked smiling and leaning a bit closer.
"Sure" Albus said and Blake looked back down to his lips and up.
"Would you mind terribly if I kissed you right now?" he asked but he still leaned closer probably not willing to wait for an answer. Albus looked down at his lips and swallowed. This was what he came for, he had no loyalty for Scorpius and he had been devouring Alexis Flint not half an hour ago. "Or am I making you uncomfortable again?" he asked smiling. He stopped moving and Albus realized with kind of a shock that he was waiting for an answer.
"Could I ask you favor?" he said and Blake nodded pulling back a little. "Could you do it when I'm not expecting it so much?" he asked and Blake laughed again.
"I'm coming on to strong again?" he asked and Albus nodded with a smile. "I'll go get you a drink" he said taking the cup from his hand and walking towards the table. Albus let out a long breath.
"You are such a coward. Why didn't you kiss him?" Tessa asked sitting next to him and scaring him.
"Merlin, Tessa! What the fuck?" he asked looking around him.
"You aren't think about Scorpius are you?" she asked disapproving.
"Maybe a little, I just got my heart broken like it just happened" he said and her face softened.
"You're right, but this might help" she said and Blake came back with a drink in his hand.
"Hi Tessa" he said handing it to Albus, who downed it practically in one go.
"Hi, I was just leaving" she said and looked back at Albus with a meaningful look before leaving.
"Was she talking you out of it?" Blake asked looking back at Tessa and biting his lip. He knew realistically he was never going to feel comfortable doing this especially with Blake staring at him the whole time. So maybe if he took the leap himself; he moved closer to him and when Blake turned to look at him leaned forward and kissed him. It took him a second to react, but when he did he brought both of his hands to the side of his face and kissed him back softly. He didn't kiss like Scorpius; he was way softer and unrushed. His tongue barely made its way into his mouth, he just kissed him and gave soft licks right on the edge. It was a bit frustrating actually. Before he even realized what he was doing, Albus pulled him by his neck and chased his tongue back into his mouth smiling to himself for succeeding. He pulled away and their eyes met.
"No, she wasn't" Albus said with a smile which Blake returned. He leaned back and kissed him again; Blake dug his fingers in his hair.
"You're a great kisser" he said biting softly on his lower lip.
"So are you" Albus said leaning back to him. Blake moaned softly into his mouth and dropped on of his hands to his shoulder and then his back pulling him closer. "I need to tell you something" Albus said pushing him back a little.
"What?" he asked but not moving very far away.
"I don't know how serious I am about this. I still sort of, you know, with Scorpius. I just don't want you not to know that" he said in a rush and Blake nodded.
"I figured that much, but you do at least find me attractive? Or is this just a revenge plot?" he asked moving back a little.
"It's not a revenge plot, and I do find you very attractive. I'm just trying to be honest with you" he said and Blake nodded.
"That's refreshing" he said with a laugh.
"He's not going to get jealous anyway" Albus said shaking his head.
"You keep telling yourself that" Blake said and backed off. Albus blinked at him surprised, "Want another one?" he asked pointing at his cup; Albus looked down at it and then back at him confused.
"Sure" he said and Blake got up, "I'll go with you" he said and got up and walked with him. He had never quite had that with Scorpius, with him kissing was usually intense and it didn't end until one of them came. Maybe he had done something wrong.
"You're having fun" Kent said to Blake walking up to them with Sam tucked under his arm. She winked at him, "Hi Albus" he said and Albus smiled back.
"I'm allowed aren't I? I won you your game" Blake said and passed Albus another drink.
"So full of yourself, tell me Albus, is one of his moves just talking about himself looking to woo you with it?" he asked and Albus shook his head.
"Leave him alone" Blake said and Albus felt his hand on the small of his back. This was weird.
"Let's do shots" Sam said moving away from him and grabbing a golden bottle.
"Sure" Kent said walking after her like a besotted puppy. He wondered if he looked like that around Scorpius. Sam got into her job of giving out drinks which somehow most ended up going either to her, Albus or Tessa. Blake didn't leave his side and he touched him lightly from time to time but didn't attempt much more than that. When they were through with the third bottle Albus was sure it might have been a good idea to stop. He got up from where he was sitting and walked out to try and get some air. He closed his eyes and breathed. Tried to clear his head.
"Drunk?" he heard Blake ask him and he turned to nod. He laughed and Blake walked closer.
"Very" he said walking over to him, he reached out for his hips and pulled him close. Blake bit his lip and leaned into a kiss. Albus grabbed his neck with both hands and kissed him harshly, he felt Blake move his arms around him as he responded perfectly. Albus pushed him back until his back hit the wall behind them and he pressed himself against him. Blake's hands roamed lower until they reached his arse and grabbed him hard.
"You are so hot" he said breaking their kiss and Albus pushed back kissing him roughly letting out a low moan. Blake kissed him back not relenting even for a second and letting him take change; that was until he pushed closer and rubbed his groin on his. Albus broke apart and stepped back from him. "I'm sorry" Blake said lifting his hands in surrender.
"It's okay" Albus said dismissively.
"I just thought that was what you wanted" Blake said and Albus shook his head.
"I'm sorry, you're right. It's the shots" he explained and Blake walked back to him, Albus stepped back.
"I'm not going to attack you" he said with a laugh and Albus nodded and when he stepped closer he tried to stay still. Blake reached for his neck and leaned back in kissing him slowly; Albus relaxed into the kiss. "Do you want to go back in?" Blake asked him and Albus shook his head and kissed him again. They stayed like that for a while longer until Blake's hands started wondering lower and when they reached his arse he pushed him away.
"I'm sorry" Albus said again and moved towards him but Blake stepped back this time.
"Albus I like you, but you forcing yourself to kiss me isn't really that flattering" he said with a laugh but the smile was gone.
"I'm not forcing myself to kiss you, it's just you do those things and it makes me think of him and it freaks me out" Albus said and Blake's face softened.
"Something happened today?" he asked, Albus nodded. "Well why don't we slow down and wait until you don't freak out?" he asked again and Albus shook his head.
"No, I need this" he begged and Blake's face of utter disappointment told him he has screwed it up.
"You don't need to make out with me to forget him. Come on, I'll walk you back to your common room" he said walking towards him and pressing a hand to the small of his back ushering him back to the group and past them. He saw Sam and Tessa trying to catch his eye but he just kept on walking. They were in complete silence all the way up to the tower. Albus looked sideways at him and saw his smile was still gone.
"Are you not going to talk to me again?" Albus asked and Blake looked up at him.
"Do you want me to?" he asked.
"Yes I do, I'm so sorry. I'm not trying to use you" he explained.
"Yes you are" Blake said with a condescending smile, "but I suppose it's my fault and a bloke could do worse" he said with a wink. Albus looked at him confused.
"Why was it your fault?" he asked and Blake shrugged.
"I heard from your brother that you two broke up and I thought it had been you" Blake said and Albus just blinked at him. "He said you told him never to go near you again; I thought you broke it off" he said and Albus shook his head.
"No, I" he said shaking his head again. Scorpius didn't want him, he was the one that was making out with Alexis Flint. He didn't want Albus.
"He broke it off?" he asked and Albus shook his head.
"He crossed a line" Albus said with a shrug, "and then I suppose I did too and he just didn't" he explained vaguely. Why had he asked him into that room? Why had he made him think that there was a chance before he fucked him over like that?
"So it was inconclusive" Blake said and Albus let out a laugh and nodded.
"Yeah you could say that" he said and felt that pit in his stomach again. They got to the entrance of his common room and he thought about the first time he had brought Scorpius with him. The feeling intensified. It felt like the wall was starting to break down.
"Don't worry about tonight I'm not mad at you or anything" Blake said with a smile, Albus smiled back a little forcefully.
"Good" he said lamely and Blake moved closer to him and gave him a soft kiss. He smiled once more and then walked away. Albus walked back to his empty room sat on his bed and suddenly everything caught up to him and he couldn't help but feel defeated and miserable as the tears ran down his face. Why did he have to be a dick to him? After everything? After all the kissing and the long stares and just everything. Why did he have to break his heart the worst possible way? Fucking Scorpius Malfoy. Nothing had hurt this much in his entire life.
AN: Sorry! I swear Scorpius won't forever be a dick! He's just well you know, a confused teenage boy who like to think of himself as a bad boy, but let's face it, he sucks at it. Any way, let me know what you think and I'll post back tomorrow with the next section.