~What Am I Feeling?~
~Chapter 29- Holiday Time~
When Scorpius arrived back at his home that evening, the first thing he did was rush to his father's office. He sprinted past his mother who was interested to know how his day with Albus had been and flung the door open to Draco's study, not even bothering to knock.
Draco was sitting in his chair, working on documents from the ministry. Draco had managed to get a job in the Department of Mysteries a few years ago, only as a secretary . It was a big step up from working in the shop. Although Draco wanted to move up in position in his department, he was very grateful with what he had. Draco was actually a very capable and hard worker and could easily be in very high authority, if it weren't for his past holding him down. So he worked as hard as he could as secretary and hoped that one day he would be recognised for it.
His head shot up at the sudden intrusion in his usually quiet sanctuary. But he smiled immediately when he saw Scorpius standing in the doorway.
"How are you Scorpius?" Draco nodded towards the seat in front of him and Scorpius quickly took a seat.
"Great! I had a really good day." Scorpius bit his lip, blushing as he thought of Albus and his sweet goodbye kiss. It had been hurried, Albus quickly dragged him around a corner so no one saw it, but at the same time it was so passionate. Scorpius missed Albus' daily kisses.
"Where were you?" Draco asked, frowning as he continued to sort through papers.
"Er… with Albus…" Scorpius said nervously, lowering his head.
"Oh," Draco rolled his eyes, "Already?"
"Y-Yeah…"
"Well, if you had fun, then that's what's important."
"F-Father…" Scorpius hesitantly mumbled, "The Potters are going down the coast for a few days… to the beach and stuff like that."
"Oh, are they?" Draco raised his eyebrows, uninterested and continued with his work.
"They have invited me to come with them…" Scorpius whispered, staring at his father through his eyelashes.
Draco finally looked up, scowling at his son. Scorpius tensed up on the spot, squeezing his eyes shut as he listened to his father speak, "Really? Well, I'm not sure about that, Scorpius."
"Father, I know you don't like them but I really do and I did really want t-"
"It's not so much that Scorpius," Draco shook his head, pushing his papers to the side, "I'm worried about… your power. It's not that I think you'll lose control of it or anything like that, I'm just worried that you don't have someone to take care of you who knows about the power. Just in case something did happen, you could go to. You have Professor McGonagall at Hogwarts…"
"Al knows…"
"But Albus isn't an adult."
"Well… We could tell Mr Potter."
Draco crossed his arms stubbornly, instantly returning to his childish ways at the mention of Harry Potter, "I don't trust him with you."
Scorpius chuckled, "Dad-"
"No," Draco interrupted, "I don't trust him."
"But I do." Scorpius firmly said.
Draco stared into his son's eyes, seeing the longing and desperation there. Scorpius really wanted to go. Despite how much Draco disliked the Potters, Scorpius didn't. He in fact liked them very much and wanted to go on holiday with his friend. It was understandable, really and Draco knew he needed to be reasonable, "Okay. I'll think about it."
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Similarly, Albus had gone straight to his father to confirm his invite for Scorpius. Harry sat at the table with Ron next to him, still slightly hesitant about inviting the Malfoy.
"He really wanted to come, dad. He hasn't actually gone to the beach in England before. Please!" Albus begged, rolling back and forth on his heels.
"I'm just not sure… Mr Malfoy will be happy with it." Harry sighed, pushing his glasses onto the bridge of his nose.
"I'll be very surprised if he lets him." Ron added sceptically.
"But we might as well ask!" Albus insisted, "Please dad! I really want Scor to come! Can't you just send a letter to Mr Malfoy telling him about what's happening? Scor will probably to most of the persuading himself! Please!"
Harry shook his head chuckling, "You will never give up when it comes to Scorpius, will you?"
Albus stilled on the spot, almost worried that his father might have sussed him out. What he said was true, he would never give up on Scorpius, never give up being with Scorpius. His eyes were wide but thankfully Ron butted in, "At least he's not actually asking Draco himself to come."
Harry nodded, "True, true. Okay, Albus. I'll write a letter to Mr Malfoy. But don't be too upset if Scorpius isn't allowed to come."
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To Mr Malfoy,
I'm sure you've heard by now that we are going to Cornwall for a few days later this week and Albus has invited your Scorpius to come along with us. I'm very willing to have Scorpius come with us. We have plenty of space and I'm sure they will enjoy themselves greatly, but I wanted to make sure you and Mrs Malfoy were completely fine with it beforehand.
We'll be leaving on the Saturday of this week, early in the morning and we'll be going until Thursday. Scorpius can stay with us in a cottage we will be renting and we'll probably stay at the beach most days.
I hope Scorpius can come and if not, I hope to see him soon.
Your sincerely,
Harry Potter
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To Mr Potter,
In reply to your previous letter, I will allow Scorpius to go with you on holiday. I trust you'll look after him well. I'll drop him off on Friday evening, so you're ready to go in the morning.
Your sincerely, Draco Malfoy
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The letters were awkward and forced but they were sent quick so preparations could be made. As soon as the words: Fine, you can go Scorpius left his father's lips, Scorpius had rushed upstairs to start packing.
Friday morning, Albus was lying in his bed, the Marauders Map sprawled over his lap. There was the soft glow of his bedside lamp radiating across the room.
In his hand, he fiddled with a small heart shaped charm. It was encrusted with a gold border holding a deep red ruby. He ran his thumb over the corners of the heart, taking glances between the pendant and map.
The charm was one of the three things Albus' father had given his mother for their engagement. He first gave a silver bracelet which was engraved with words of affection, two days before he proposed. One day before he proposed, he gave this charm, on a necklace of course. And finally, on the third day he proposed with a diamond ring.
When Albus turned sixteen earlier this year, his mother gave him the charm. James had been given the silver bracelet on his sixteenth birthday too and Lily will receive the third gift, the diamond ring on her sixteenth. It was the most precious thing they had inherited from their mother.
And she had given them only one instruction while sharing her gifts.
To give it to the person you love wholly and more than anyone on the earth. To give it to the person who makes your heart beat faster and stronger than it does in the presence of anyone else. The person who you want to spend the rest of your life with…
And Albus was seriously considering giving it to Scorpius.
He ran a finger over the moving footsteps in Malfoy Manor, marked Scorpius Malfoy. He was uncontrollably in love with Scorpius and this was not unknown to the boy obviously. He would do anything for the boy who he loved more wholly than anyone else on this earth, who makes his heart beat faster and stronger than it does in the presence of anyone else and he even wanted to spend the rest of his life with. His best years had been with Scorpius in his life and it was hard to imagine a future without Scorpius now. And he also couldn't imagine being anything other to Scorpius than the person who would protect him and love him no matter what.
It was always going to be Scorpius. From the moment they had met, it had always been them, despite the people who tried to get in the way, they still stormed through together. And that would never change.
Then he thought of his parents, and what they would think of him liking a boy. They would never be as harsh as Scorpius' dad would be no, but he knew that they would be disappointed in some way. They wanted Albus to marry a nice girl and have beautiful grandchildren for them. Why would they want anything less?
But Albus and Scorpius could not provide that for them. And he had to prepare for the day he would disappoint his parents.
However the biggest challenge, would be Scorpius' father. He had to prepare for the inevitable attempt to break him and Scorpius up and they would have to fight through it. Draco Malfoy would not want to do it and he would try to stop it.
Albus knew it would happen. But he wouldn't let the outcome of that situation be that he and Scorpius break up. Whether it was in a month, six months, a year, ten years or even longer than that. Whenever it happened, he would not be able to stand being apart from Scorpius. And he would not give Scorpius up. Not for anything or anyone.
Scorpius was too special for that.
Albus leaned forward steadily and pressed a kiss to the footsteps. Tomorrow, his footsteps and Scorpius' would align yet again.
Tucking the Marauders map under the bed, Albus squeezed the heart pendant in his hands.
"When the time is right…" He whispered hoarsely to himself, hardly noticing he was doing it, "I'll give this to Scor."
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It wasn't long before Scorpius was standing outside the Potter residence with his father, suitcase in hand and itching to start his first proper holiday with Albus.
Draco had a pouty look on his face. He still didn't want Scorpius to go. Scorpius had managed to convince him eventually, but that still didn't mean he was happy with it. Spending nearly a week with the Potters and Weasleys, he couldn't believe he was letting his son; his own flesh and blood go on a holiday with them.
He was concerned.
Not just for Scorpius and his power, but he was worried they would brainwash him into all their weird morals and blood traitor traditions.
He just had to stick it out though. It was what Scorpius wanted and he already spends a considerable amount of time with Albus Potter and hasn't seemed to pick up any of these tendencies. Draco nodded to himself in assurance.
The door to Grimmauld flew open and in a split second, Scorpius was wrapped in a tight embrace which he returned eagerly.
Albus clung onto Scorpius desperately, not giving a damn that Draco was standing behind them scowling. He continued to hug his boyfriend, squeezing him as tight as he squeezed that pendent the night before.
"Argh, I'm so glad you're coming!" Albus held Scorpius' shoulders, grinning like an idiot. He turned to Draco, his smile not fading, "Thank you so much Mr Malfoy."
"Hm, yes," Draco said dismissively, "Can I just speak to your father?"
As if on demand, Harry came to the door with a hesitant smile covering his face. Him and Draco shared an awkward moment where they didn't know what to do when finally Harry held out a hand for Draco. Draco looked at it, remembering when he had offered his own hand all those years ago to the boy who lived, and now it was the other way around. And this time, the boy who lived was offering it to him. How times had changed.
But that didn't mean everything they had been through was forgotten. Draco still hated Harry.
Draco shook his hand, glaring at Albus in particular.
"Do you mind if I speak to you before I leave Scorpius?" Draco said coldly, glancing at his son.
"Of course."
Draco wasn't exactly sure how to say it to Potter, "Um, I need your assurance that you will look after Scorpius on this trip, that you'll make sure he's okay."
"Well, of course," Harry said like it was obvious, "Of course I will."
"It's not that simple…" Draco placed a hand on Scorpius' shoulder as Albus and Harry stared at him curiously, "Scorpius has said I am allowed to tell you this. Scorpius was born with a power called Emovere which means he can feel what others around him can feel…"
Draco went on to briefly explain the essence of Scorpius' power. Scorpius and Albus stood there uncomfortably. Scorpius' head was lowered in shame and fear of what Mr Potter might think of him. No one knew other than his parents, Albus, McGonagall and Chris… no, none of hem had judged him, but that didn't mean Mr Potter wouldn't.
"Oh…" Harry was too shocked to know exactly what to say, "I-I didn't even know Scorpius. Didn't suspect it at all…"
"No… I keep it quiet…"
"And, Albus, you knew this?"
"Yeah, Scor told me back in the first year." Albus smiled softly.
"Well, both me and Albus will look out for you. I'm sure nothing will happen, it sounds like you're in good control of your power anyway. But if you need anything, anytime, I'll be there for you."
"Thank you." Scorpius breathed carefully.
Draco shifted awkwardly, steadying his eyes on Scorpius as he was the only one he was confident in looking at, "Well, I better get going then. Please look after my son."
Harry nodded, forcing a smile, "Of course."
"Have a good time Scorpius…"
Scorpius' father left and Scorpius joined the Potters for dinner before he and Al settled for bed. Albus had a Muggle TV which played Muggle programmes.
Albus was not hesitant to lock the door so they could have their privacy. Kissing properly, without fear of anyone seeing them for the first time in a week was bliss. The voices from the TV radiated in the background but it was ignored. Their lips were sealed too tight and heart was pounding in their head so loud that they didn't even notice.
Falling back on the bed, Albus' hand grasped the small of Scorpius' back, his tongue roaming Scorpius' mouth freely and without any restraint. Scorpius moaned quietly, reaching up sharply to tug on Albus' hair.
Neither were considering that things might be getting too heated between them and they weren't ready for that. They were desperate for each other, for their boyfriend's touch, for their kiss.
Albus' hand was creeping over Scorpius' bare stomach when the material accidentally rode up over. Scorpius gasped loudly, his arms shooting out to grab the sheets on the bed, "Oh Albus…"
Albus' lips smothered Scorpius' neck with kisses, small affectionate ones as well as deep and passionate ones too. Scorpius writhed underneath Albus but when he felt the heat pooling in his groin, he knew it was enough. He still wasn't ready to feel this way yet. He was still scared and uncertain of being physical with Albus and it was the same with Albus. He was uncertain about being with a boy and worried that he might hurt Scorpius. He hadn't been ready with Danielle, not at all. Plus, he wanted it to be special with Scorpius. He wanted the time to be absolutely right so they had no regrets later. Regrets would only tear them apart and they couldn't deal with that.
"Al… enough…" Scorpius whispered and Albus pulled away almost immediately.
The brunette grinned widely and held the back of Scorpius' head, pressing their foreheads together lovingly. Scorpius smiled gently too, ghosting his fingers against Albus' cheeks.
Unaware, Albus was still blushing from the heated kiss and Scorpius giggled at this, "You're so cute sometimes."
Albus raised his eyebrows, trying to look confident, however his cheeks only reddened further, "Me? Cute?"
Scorpius nibbled on his lower lip, erupting with giggles every once in a while, "Absolutely, amazingly adorable."
"Says you!" Albus squeezed Scorpius pale cheeks, listening to the tinkles of laughs, "You're the cutest person ever."
Albus laughed along, "I love you."
"Love you too." Scorpius pecked Albus' lips once more.
They both collapsed into each other's arms, kissing much more tamely as they watched the Muggle programmes together.
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A/N: Gah! It feels like so long since I updated this story but I don't think it was even that long ago... Oh well. I'm on holiday this week and next (yay) so I should be updated quite regularly!
This chapter was quite bitty, which I was a bit nervous about while writing it but I actually liked the way it varied between the two and then ended with them together, in a really sweet moment :)
Not got much more to say, other than thank you EKdark, Japanese Sinister, Lizzy0308, XxKit-ChanxX and Aldastan for reviewing the last chapter! Remember to read the character description at the bottom! It's Albus' this week!
Next chapter:: The car journey to Cornwall turned out to be very long, but it's all made worth it when they arrive.
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Albus Potter
Albus is quite clever, though not really to the extent of a Ravenclaw.
He is extremely bubbly and friendly and is most comfortable with Scor. Absolutely loves banter, especially with Scor because Scor is always clever enough to challenge him.
Appears to be very confident, though he does have a lot of insecurities about himself.
Very caring for Scor and absolutely loyal, even throughout his relationship with Danielle.
Loves Quidditch, Seeker, and would love to play professionally but thinks its an unrealistic goal so would like to be a Healer instead.
Very family-orientated as expected, very close to his siblings but does put Scor at priority in some ways.
Finds it hard to live under the public eye at some points and the press frustrate him.
Found it hard to accept his sexuality.
Can be quite hasty and confrontational (especially with Chris). Puts Scor at priority in this aspect to, can be the source of losing control.
Loves sweets (Bertie Botts) and is interested in Muggle aspects of life because of Teddy. Likes to rise early and take a walk or a jog.
Quote- ""So, you're a Malfoy," Albus grinned, as he leant back in his chair, "Our dads had a bit of a rivalry. Do you think we will?"
"I'm not like my father." Scorpius said nervously, but with a small smile.
"Me neither," Albus' smile grew even brighter, causing Scorpius' heart to pick up again, "Maybe that means we could be friends? My dad's always said we should have nothing against the Malfoys. And you seem really nice.""