Fucking schoolwork-,- I've been so caught up in my schoolwork lately that I don't have time for any hobbies! Sorry for the late update! So, for the ones still reading this: Rose is introduced in this chapter. Also, Quidditch will come soon. To be honest, I totally forgot about Quidditch when I started this fic, so I'm sorry if the Quidditch-part doesn't make sense. Also, Rose is an idea I only came up with because I want this fic to be as canon as possible and Rose and Al are good friends. So, her appearance is a little sudden too… :$

ENJOY!

Chapter 5:

"Hey, Rosie."

Awkward silence.

"Hi, Al."

Albus coughed nervously and opened his mouth to say something, when Rose suddenly enveloped him in a tight hug.

"I missed you, Al!"

"I'm sorry, Rose. I really am." He really meant this. When he started dating Danni, she forbid him from hanging out with any other girl, scaring them away and keeping an eye on Albus. He'd just ignored Rose from then on, not even telling her why he was doing this. He was very ashamed of himself.

"It's okay, Al. Just don't let her boss you around like that again."

"I won't let her."

"Good. So, what's up? You look worried and very pale. Have you been eating healthy?" she asked worriedly.

"No, I'm fine. It's just… Scorpius is in the Hospital Wing," Albus said.

"And you are worried about that because…?" she wondered.

"Scorp's a good friend of mine."

"Since when are you and Malfoy friends? You are the social opposites of each other!"

"Long story. I found him one night after he'd been beaten up by Damon and Ricky and we started talking. As it turned out, he is really nice and an amazing friend. Why does nobody like him?!" he asked.

"I like him," Rose stated matter-of-factly.

"You always talked bad of him," Albus retorted.

"That's because he rivals me in almost every subject, save for Potions. It has nothing to do with any of the shit Paul and Summers hate him for."

"Fortunately."

"Now, why is Scorpius in the Hospital Wing?" her facial expression was worried again.

"He was beaten up in Hogsmeade," Albus started his story. After he'd told his story for the fourth time that day, Rose looked outright furious.

"Oh, no, they didn't," she screamed angrily, before leaping from the chair she was sitting on and storming out of the library.

Albus followed her, hoping to calm his cousin down. Rose was very dangerous when she was angry.

When she reached the Slytherin common room, she pushed aside a small First-year, before turning and facing Albus.

"Password," she spat.

"S-Salazar," Albus said hesitantly.

When the door opened, Rose stormed in. She spotted Damon and Ricky sitting on a couch close to the fire and walked over to them, drawing her wand. She tied Ricky up in a rope that spat out of her wand, before using Levicorpus on Damon.

"Why did you do that to Scorpius?" she hissed.

"Do what?" Damon said with a voice a little higher than usual.

"You know what I'm talking about. You two aren't that dense, are you?"

"Even if we knew, I don't see how this is your business," Ricky said.

"It's my business because it's Al's business. Albus and Scorpius are friends and I don't see how that is causing you any harm."

Like they had only just spotted Albus standing there, Ricky and Damon turned and faced Albus angrily.

"Why are you letting your cousin solve this? You too faggy to do it yourself? Told you hanging out with Malfoy was a bad idea!" Damon sneered.

"Don't talk to Albus like that!" Rose said, dropping Damon to the ground. She walked over to him, leant in close, and whispered: "If you go near Albus or Scorpius again, I'll drop you off the Astronomy Tower." She looked dead serious and Damon knew this.

She took a step back. "Just let them be friends already. It isn't a bad thing to be friends with someone who happens to be gay."

She flicked her wand, so that Ricky was released and walked away, leaving everyone in the common room to stare after her scared or confused.

Albus looked at Damon, who looked back angrily.

"Why did you let her do that to us? I thought we were your friends!"

"If we were real friends, you would accept Scorpius as my friend and be nice to him, rather than trying to break us apart. We aren't friends. Not anymore," Albus said, looking furious.

Damon actually looked surprised. He obviously hadn't expected Albus to end their friendship. He quickly recovered, however, and said: "You're making a mistake, Albus. Sooner or later you'll see what Malfoy really is and then you'll come crawling back to us. But I don't know if I'll still want to be your friend by then."

"We'll see about that, Damon," Albus said, before walking off to his dormitory.

When he entered it, he walked over to his bed and fell onto it, face-down.

He let his sudden decision to end his friendship with Damon sink in.

He sighed.

Scorp, you're giving me a lot of difficulties. Please, if you wake up fine, that'll be a whole lot better.

He sat up when he heard a knock on the door. Thinking it was one of the boys of his dormitory, he laid back down, figuring they would open the door themselves.

"Albus?" he heard a familiar voice say.

"Ricky? What do you want. I thought I made myself clear just now."

"No, Al, I want to apologize."

"You want to what?"

"Apologize. Merlin, Al, you don't know how bad Damon pushed me to do all this horrid stuff to Scorpius. I had to act like I hated him, while I actually think he is really nice. And then Damon said he was asked by someone to beat him up… I said I didn't want to do that, but he said he was gonna tell the school about 'that one time' and I had to. I'm so, so sorry."

"Ricky, while I'm glad you've come around and told me this, Scorpius is the one you should be apologizing to."

"I-I know, b-but he i-is… i-in the Hospital Wing b-becau-ause of me…" Ricky started, tears leaking from his eyes. He fell onto his own bed, sobbing.

Albus was shocked to see Ricky like this. He'd never seen him cry before.

"Rick, I think you should tell someone."

"But then Damon'll get angry."

"So be it. Ricky, someone needs to know this. Do it for Scorpius."

"Alright, I'll talk to Professor Vector."

Alrighty then! Chapter 5 is done! The ending is a little weird, but yeah… Next chapter you'll see some AlbusxScorpius friendship fluff I think. WARNING: QUIDDITCH COMING SOON!