Hey everyone, I'm sorry I forgot to update last week! I don't have time during the weekends, so I am changing my updating schedule. Expect an update every Tuesday or Wednesday! Now I can write it on Monday and then post it one or two days later. For everyone still reading this I love you and thanks for sticking with me! Special thanks to Animexstream, natsuki23 and WolfOfSiberia1 for commenting on every chapter so far!

Another thing (and this is directed at everyone who feels insulted by Dani being a Christian): I definitely didn't mean to insult anybody! I'm Christian myself. I really don't think all Christians are against homosexuals! It's not even the main reason she hates Scorp. She hates him more because of jealousy. I'm very sorry if I offended you!

Right, on with the story!

Chapter 17

"Draco, darling, I think we should let him go to the Potters' for Christmas," Astoria said to her husband when Scorpius had been home for a week.

"Why? I don't feel comfortable sending Scorpius away for Christmas. We should celebrate it all together."

"He hasn't come out of his room! Not even for dinner! He even locks his door and ignores us when we want to talk, only turning up the volume of his Muggle music when he gets annoyed with us."

Draco stood up from the chair he had been sitting in and strutted out of the room, walking up to his son's bedroom door.

"Scorpius, could we talk for a minute?" he said, knocking.

As way of responding, Scorpius turned up his music, making the windows almost break to the sound of Pitbull's Fireball.

"Alright, I'm so done with this childish shit," Draco grumbled angrily.

He got out his wand and pointed it at the door. "Alohomora," he mumbled.

He opened the door. His eyes widened at what he saw.

The covers of his bed were on the ground full of what appeared to be bloodstains, the curtains were drawn, the only light coming from the little lamp on Scorpius' nightstand. Scorpius himself sat on the ground, leaning against his bed with his eyes closed. He wasn't wearing a shirt. His arms were covered in cuts, all the way from his wrists to almost his shoulder. They all had blood around them, as if he hadn't cleaned them. His stomach, which looked deathly pale and was showing his ribcage, had some cuts too. A bloodied razor was on the ground next to him. The food he was supposed to be eating in his room, was all in the trashcan (which was of course threatening to spill over with food) next to his desk.

Scorpius opened his eyes and looked at his father in shock.

"Dad, I-I can explain!"

"Explain what? Your anorexic body? Your disgusting arm? Scorpius, what the heck is going on?" Draco yelled.

"Darling, what's wro-" Astoria had come running when she heard Draco's screaming, but stopped mid-sentence when she saw Scorpius's condition.

"Oh, Merlin, Scorpius!" she shrieked, running up to him and hugging him as tight as a toddler holds his stuffed animal. "Scorpius, why?" she cried.

"Mother, I-I… why what?"

"Scorpius, your arms! Your stomach! What happened? Is this what you've been doing here all week?"

"Y-Yes…"

"Why?"

Scorpius thought for a second. How am I gonna talk my way out of this?

Don't get him wrong, he wanted to tell them, he just couldn't. How could a Malfoy be bullied. It was unheard of. It was too complicated to explain.

Should I tell them about Albus? I'll do that, but I won't tell them it's Albus. Let's hope that enough.

"T-There's this guy…" he started, his voice still raspy from not being used for a week. His eyes started to fill with tears, thinking about Albus. It was a miracle he still had tears left, as he had been crying all through these past days. "I-I'm so, so in love with him… But he's is straight. He'll never love me back, and that just hurts. Hurts so freaking much…" He choked up.

Well, at least it's half the truth.

"Oh, Scorpius, honey. Who is it?"

"I can't tell you… I'm sorry."

"It's okay, I know enough." She stood up and faced her husband, who was still standing in the doorway, too shocked and angry to move.

"He's going to spend Christmas with Albus," she said determined.

"What?" both Draco and Scorpius said in unison.

"You see how he's doing? It's obvious he misses Albus. Shouldn't you spend Christmas with the ones you love? He loves Albus. You see what not being near him does to our son!"

"How do you know it's Albus he's talking about?" Draco asked.

"Maternal instinct. And logical thinking." She turned back to Scorpius. "Sweetie, go grab your stuff, I'll send Albus an owl. You're going."

"Do I have a saying in this?"

"No," Astoria simply said, walking out of the room, Draco following her.

After taking a well-deserved shower (he hadn't showered all week. He just sat there and cut himself, crying all the time and thinking about how worthless he was and how miserable he was), put on some sweatpants and a black hoodie, before starting to pack a suitcase.

Meanwhile, Astoria wrote a note to Albus:

Dear Albus,

You don't know me, but I am Astoria Malfoy, Scorpius's mom.

I wanted to ask you if you would be so kind to let Scorpius stay with you for the remainder of the Christmas Holidays. It would make his day.

Only now I realize how badly he misses you and I don't want to see him sad.

Happy Holidays!

Kind regards,

Astoria Malfoy-Greengrass

She thought it would be better if she didn't write about what Scorpius had been doing this past week.

-o-O-o-

That evening Scorpius stood in front of the fireplace, suitcase in hand. Albus had responded that he would love for Scorpius to come and that he would have to go by Floo.

"Have fun, honey. If something's wrong, send us an owl," his mom said, hugging her son tightly.

"I will mom, but don't worry. I'll be fine," Scorpius said back, still wearing the smile he'd been wearing all day.

Next up was his father.

"I still don't think you should go, but there's no stopping your mom when she wants something. Have fun, son." He hugged Scorpius.

"Thanks dad, I will."

He stepped in the fireplace and grabbed a handful of Floo powder.

"Number 12, Grimmauld Place," he said clearly.

And then he was gone.

When he reappeared in what he hoped to be the Potters' fireplace, he was immediately enveloped in a tight hug.

He smelled the familiar smell of Albus, and his suspicions were confirmed when he heard Albus mumble: "I missed you Scorp…"

They stood there, hugging a little longer than normal friends usually do, before letting go.

"Let me introduce you to my family. These are my parents, Ginny and Harry."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Scorpius. We've heard so much about you already," his mom said.

"I'm glad to finally meet Albus's parents in real life too, Mrs. Potter."

"Please, just call us Ginny and Harry," Harry said, shaking Scorpius's hand. "And she's right, Albus hasn't shut up about you."

Albus turned red and quickly dragged Scorpius out the room.

"I'm taking him to my room!"

"Don't fuck!" Lilly called after them, giggling, earning a "LILY!" from Ginny and "SHUT UP!" from Albus.

"Lily thinks you and me need to be a couple," Albus apologized. "She thinks we'd look cute together."

"Aha, that's… Odd…" Scorpius faked a laugh. Oh, how he wanted to be a cute couple with Albus. Oh, how sad it was Albus was straight. Oh, how badly he needed to shut up.

They got to Albus's room.

"This is where we'll be sleeping the upcoming weeks. The bed next to ours is for Ricky."

"Our bed?"

"Yeah, we're kinda sharing a bed these weeks. I hope you don't mind. I used to share a bed with Ricky, mostly because Damon always said sharing a bed with us would be for the "fag", meaning you, but Ricky is a menace to sleep with. He never lays still and I annoys the shit out of me. So I kicked him out and we're sharing a bed now." He smiled awkwardly.

I smiled back warmly. "I don't mind, Al. It's fine."

It really was…

SCORPIUS SHUT UP!

Sorry! I'm a teenager.

It's not like you're gonna rape him in his sleep.

Of course not, but I can imagine right? We'll look like a real couple now.

You're terrible, Scorpius…

I know.

Aaaaaaand DONE! The last part was a conversation between Scorpius and his conscience, just so you know.

Btw, I didn't edit this bc I'm really tired… Sorry for the possible spelling/grammar mistakes

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BYEX ('-')/