Peepz, Idk if y'all still reading this, cuz I'm so late with my updates all the time… If you are, please comment because otherwise I might take it down. I won't blame you if you got fed up with waiting, but still. School's killing me and now we had this Turkish student here and I had a busy weekend, so I'm terribly sorry! Please forgive me! Now, I promised y'all some Albius friendship-fluff, so here it is! Enjoy!

Chapter 6

Albus still had trouble processing the story. He believed Ricky, but it still seemed as if Ricky only wanted to not get in trouble.

Also, when Albus said he'd have to tell Professor Vector, Ricky said he wouldn't want Damon to get into trouble, which seemed weird. Of course Ricky wanted to keep Damon as his friend to avoid being bullied too, but still. It seemed like the right thing. It all didn't make sense anymore. Ricky was still in his bed, sleeping, and Albus went to the Hospital Wing to see if he could visit Scorpius.

He knocked on the doors of the Hospital Wing, and Madam Valderrama opened.

"Can I visit Scorp?" he asked.

"Of course, dear, come on in," she answered kindly.

"Thanks," he muttered when walking past her over to Scorpius' bed. He looked so pale. Paler than usual. He looked so… Fragile.

"He is still recovering from the loss of blood, but he's is breathing on his own again."

"That's good. Is that why he looks so pale?" Albus asked.

"Yes. Now, when changing him into his hospital clothes, I noticed he has some remarkable scratches on his arms. Do you, by any chance, know if Mister Malfoy hurts himself?" she asked knowingly.

Oops! Madam Valderrama couldn't know Scorpius used to cut himself! He wouldn't want anyone to know. However, the nurse looked like you could trust her with your heart, so Albus thought she could know. She wouldn't judge.

"He does, actually. But don't tell anyone, please! He wouldn't want anyone to know!" He quickly added.

"His secret is safe with me. I presume you have told him to stop, right?"

"Of course, but I'm not with him all day. We don't have all our classes together."

"Mister Potter, I am no certified psychologist, but I can tell right now Mister Malfoy is depressed. Very depressed. He has not been eating either. He suffers from anorexia," she proved Albus' suspicions from earlier.

"Mister Potter, I expect you to keep a close eye on him when he wakes up."

"Of course, when do you expect him to wake up?"

"That's not for certain, but I suppose when his blood level is back to normal again, which will be around the day after tomorrow."

"Merlin, thank you, Miss!"

"It's my job, dear boy." She walked away.

"Scorp, please wake up soon. I know we've only been friends for a week or so, but you already mean so much to me. I don't know what to do if you're gone. I really don't know," Albus said, tears forming in his eyes.

"I talked to Rose again. We talked it out, and I hope you two can become friends, too. That'd be amazing. She actually went to Damon and Ricky and hung Damon up-side-down for what he did to you. Seems like not everyone hates you, unlike what you say all the time. After Rose left, I ended my friendship with Damon. If he can't accept you, I won't be friends with him. After that Ricky came to me. He apologized and told me he was forced to do all the horrible stuff he did to you. Damon forced him. I told him to come to you and apologize and to go to the Headmaster, but he doesn't want to get Damon in trouble out of fear of getting bullied, too. I suppose I can live with that, you know. He'll apologize to you when you wake up."

Albus stood, leant over and brushed Scorpius' cheek. He kissed his forehead.

"Please wake up soon, Scorp. I miss you."

He walked away, not noticing Madam Valderrama standing in the doorway to her office, wiping away a tear from her cheek.

"I don't have the heart to tell him. I really don't," she whispered to herself.

-o-O-o-

"Al! Where have you been?" Albus heard someone behind him say.

"Hey, Danni. I went to see Scorpius. He's still out." He hoped she would leave. He was ashamed to admit it, but he really didn't feel like talking to her.

"Fuck him," she said coldly. Albus was shocked to hear such language from his girlfriend. She usually didn't use any bad words.

"Excuse me? Danni, he is my friend. Don't speak of him like that. By the way, I spoke to Rose yesterday."

Now it was Danni's turn to look shocked. "Albus, I forbid you to speak to any female student at Hogwarts!"

"Danni, she's my cousin. How can you think I'll cheat on you with her? What's up with you anyway? You've changed."

"No, Al, you have changed. Now that you're friends with Malfoy, you act all distant. Are you trying to tell me something?"

"No, I'm not-"

"Because if you want to break up with me, you can just tell me!" she said with teary eyes.

"Danni, I don't want to break up with you, don't worry," Albus reassured her. He didn't make an attempt to comfort her, though. What was up with her?

"I don't know, Al. I need time to think," she said, walking away.

"What the fuck," he whispered.

-o-O-o-

"Damon!" Danni called.

"Yes, m'lady?" Damon answered, smirking.

Danni slapped him. "This is serious."

"Sorry. What's the plan?"

"Al is not breaking. He is still supporting Malfoy," she said with teary eyes.

"It's okay," Damon soothed her. "He'll see he was wrong. That we were right about Malfoy. He'll see, and then he'll come right back to us. Just wait."

"I'll wait. Until then, however, I want you to make Malfoy's life a living hell from the moment he wakes up," she said coldly and determined.

"I can make that happen," Damon said with an evil grin.

-o-O-o-

"Madam Valderrama? What's wrong? Why'd you summon me?" Rose questioned when she walked into the Hospital Wing. She noticed the nurse had teary eyes and she was holding a napkin to wipe away her tears.

"It's terrible, Miss Weasley. I couldn't tell your cousin. He looked so hurt already. He really misses his friend."

"Tell Al what? Miss, what's wrong?"

"Miss Weasley, I'm afraid Mister Malfoy is in a coma."

TAMTAMTAAAAAAAAAM! So much drama going on! Next chapter is Quidditch I think! I really love Madam Valderrama (btw, Idfk how I came up with the name XD), she's so caring! Btw, lately I've been into Magcon (idk if you know it) and I really like Nash Grier and Cameron Dallas together! I wish they were a real couple. They're like one of my otp's!

See y'all ;)