Chapter 17

Albus stepped out of the fireplace just as Alison flooed in behind him. He just stood there in a daze, not moving just thinking about the events that had just occurred. Alison's hand brought him back as she slid her hand into his and gave it a small squeeze. He looked at her next to him and put on a sad smile.

"Come on," she said as she began to lead him upstairs towards his room. He allowed her to guide him past the bathroom, into his bedroom, where she made him sit down on his bed. "I'll be right back," she said as she squeezed his hand reassuringly. He simply nodded and she left the room.

Albus sat there deep in regret. He knew he was going to apologize first thing in the morning. He knew he should have never brought up Scorp's parents, that was asking for a whole lot of hurt; which he was reminded of as he nibbled on his lip as he thought. Stopping immediately, with a small hiss at the pain, he looked over to where Scorpius usually slept and sighed. He wondered what had happened after he left, if Scorp regretted what had happened as much as he did, if he had anyone to comfort him. At that moment, Albus was so glad he had Alison with him.

The situation suddenly hit him with full force, as he heard her moving below him in the kitchen. He was alone with Alison, with the whole house to them for at least a few hours, at the most, until late morning tomorrow. They hadn't been alone together like this since school. His heart rate increased as he thought about what happen last time they were this alone. He quickly stood up and took off his suit jacket and vest. He freed himself of the bow tie, popped open the top two buttons on his shirt and cuffs before rolling up his sleeves to his elbows. He quickly ran his fingers through his hair and sat back down on the bed as he heard her coming up the stairs.

Alison walked through the door, walking straight over to Albus and sat on the bed beside him. With her, she had one wet cloth and something else wrapped in another cloth. Albus couldn't tell what as they hadn't bothered with the light, just using the light streaming in from the bright moon. She turned her body as he did his, to face each other. By the way she caught her breath when she realized how close they were and looked into his eyes, he knew she was also aware of how alone they were. She quickly diverted her eyes and focused on the problem at hand.

"Ahh…I…um…I am just going to get rid of the blood and numb it with some ice before I heal it," she stuttered, as she raised the wet cloth to his lip, blush settling in her cheeks. He moved closer to her, as she gently dabbed the cut on his lip soaking up the blood, caressing his opposite cheek with her other hand. "Just in case, I'm not a healer and I don't want to hurt you," she explained in a worried tone, now giving in and looking him in the eye. They stayed in a locked gaze, silently, searching each other for a reaction to their current situation. Alison gasped and dropped her stare as she felt Albus stroke the bare skin of her thigh, shown due to her violet dress hitching further up as she sat on the bed. Trying to control her senses, she quickly lowered the wet cloth and raised the ice wrapped in cloth to his lip. However, Albus gasped her hand, stopping her and forcing her to look into his eyes again. This time he was even closer.

"You know, I can think of a other way to heal something like this," he said huskily as he leaned forward resting his forehead against hers. Alison closed her eyes at the sound of his deep voice; her breath became rather shaky at the lack of distance between them. Albus' left hand rested on the bed beside her, supporting him as he leaned into her. However, his other hand slowly moved up her thigh, sliding her dress up further, exposing him to more of her smooth skin.

"How?" she whispered as her arms slid around his neck, drawing them even closer, enjoying his caress.

"Kiss it better," he whispered before he dove in and claimed her lips. She returned his kiss just as passionately as he guided her backwards, laying her down on his bed, never breaking their lip lock.

The room was alit with a light blue glow from a flame, sitting on the bedside table, in a small jar. Their wands sat next to the flame while their clothes littered the floor around the bed. They lay spent, together in Albus' bed, skin against skin. Alison snuggled in close to Albus', resting her head on his right shoulder while drawing meaningless patterns on his chest. Albus' right arm wrapped tightly around her, holding her to him while his fingers, absentmindedly, traced small circles on her hip. They lay there content in each others arms, enjoying each others pleasant caressing, listening to each others breathing.

Alison tilted her head up and kissed his neck before whispering as though it was a secret, "I love you." In turn, Albus leaned down and placed a lingering kiss on her forehead.

"I love you too," he murmured, without pulling away so she could feel his lips move as he spoke, his breath warm against her skin. "I am so glad to have you," he added honestly. However, he couldn't stop the guilt spreading through him. Scorpius didn't have anyone but him, the rest of the Potter's and the Weasley's. He had other friends but no one he would even come close to opening up to. 'He still doesn't open up to me, for Merlin's sake', Albus thought. Now, Scorpius was had no one, he knew his family would be too friendly with him until they made up.

Alison sensed the conflict in him, the happiness and the regret; the guilt he felt as he lay here happy with her while his best friend is probably feeling anything but happiness. She pushed her self up, supporting her body with her elbow, looking down at his conflicted expression.

"What are you thinking about?"

"You mean besides how amazing you are?" he said immediately, his giddy smile returning to his face, causing her to let out a little giggle.

"No seriously, I know that's not the only on your mind," his smile dropped, confirming what she had just said, "tell me, we can work it out together." Alison knew what it was, but needed him to say it. He needed to get it off his chest, to talk about it, to make it easier.

"Its just I feel really bad about what I said to Scorp," he finally opened up, "you know, about his family."

"Mmm Hm," Alison murmured in agreement.

"It was wrong and I shouldn't have done it," he paused for a bit before continuing. "Plus I feel bad for Rose, I know now that she feels something for him. For her to see Scorp like that would have really hurt her," Alison just listened intently, as he voiced similar thoughts to her. She nodded her head but look away from him in thought. Albus' question brought her gaze back to him. "What are we going to do?"

"Sorry. What?"

"What are we going to do? They're our best friends and they can't even be in the same room as each other now," he rambled rather quickly, suddenly realizing the circumstances. "Not without feeling pain and wanting to leave, anyway."

"Well, that's just the way it's going to be for a while," she said honestly, "we will just have to make time to see them separately." Albus nodded, but he was far away in his own thoughts. "It will be okay," she added, placing a quick reassuring kiss against his lips before snuggling back down at his side, in her previous position

"Hey, I have to tell you something," Albus said feeling a little guilty and nervous. Alison sat up holding the sheets up the cover her, looked down at him suspiciously, wondering where this was going. "Well actually two things," he added nervously. Alison couldn't tell if they were good or bad things and she wasn't sure she wanted to find out but she remained silent. "I'm moving in with Scorp. Well that is if he will forgive me." Alison was a little shocked because they had talked about finding a flat of their own. She could not stop that feeling like this was him trying to let her down easy.

"When did you decide this?" she asked stiffly, not looking at him.

"A couple of weeks ago," he answered. Alison just nodded, removed herself from the bed and began getting dressed. She had no idea why she was mad at him but she was. Maybe it was because he led her to believe that they were getting a place together or maybe it was because he didn't tell her sooner or was it because, in this moment, she felt like he was pulling away.

"Hey, what are you doing?" he asked as she finished hooking her bra together.

"What does it look like Albus?" said frustratingly, as she began looking for her dress, "I'm leaving."

"What! Why?" Alison ignored him. She sighed as she found her dress at the end of the bed by his shirt. Picking it up of the floor, she slid it over her body, zipping it up on the side. By this time Albus was out of bed and clad in his pants. "Alison don't go," he pleaded, "Why is this such a problem?"

"It's not a problem, I just wish you'd told me," she snapped, raising her voice, turning around to face him.

"I was going to but it never seemed like to right time," Alison just scoffed disbelievingly as she sat down of the bed putting her heels back on, "besides I didn't know what your plans were."

"What do you mean my plans? They were our plans!" she bellowed at him, standing up taller now. Emotions started to get the best of her, tears began to form in her eyes as she spoke, "but obviously you didn't care." She collapsed on the bed again, her hand on her forehead, trying to shield him from her tears.

"Baby, how can you think I don't care? I love you," he said moving to sit right beside her. He immediately wrapped an arm around her. "I just think that he needs me right now." Alison knew he was right. Scorpius definitely needs support from a friend right now, he shouldn't be alone, but that didn't mean she liked it. She felt so selfish but she couldn't help it. She leaned into his embrace, allowing him to wrap her tightly in both his arms. He kissed her forehead before explaining. "Listen, I don't want to stop our plans, I just want to postpone them for a bit," he said nervously, not sure if he said the right words. She could feel him tense in waiting for her response.

So she lifted her head, looked into his green eyes and said, "I'm sorry, I was just being selfish."

"No, don't be sorry," he said smiling, "you had every right to be selfish, I mean look at me," he added gesturing to his bare chest. She laughed and lightly smacked him, on the shoulder, half heartedly.

"Well I am glad you took my apology seriously," she said through her laughter.

"Okay well seriously, you don't have anything to be sorry about," he started, taking hold of her hand. "If I had told straight away we wouldn't be in this mess, I wouldn't have led you on." He caressed her hand with his thumb. "So, I am sorry," he said before he leaned in and kissed her.

"Al, what was the other thing you wanted to tell me?" Alison asked nervously, when she pulled back. Sensing her worry, Albus quickly faced her, and looked her straight in the eye.

"I have been offered a job in Muggle Relations at the Muggle Liaison Office and I have accepted it," he said proudly. The bright smile Alison gave her boyfriend said that she was really happy and proud of him; however, she had to voice it as well.

"Oh Albus," she almost squealed as she flung her arms around his neck and hugged him. Pulling back she said, "That's just so brilliant," she dived back in for another quick kiss, "I am so proud of you."

His smile affectionate as he was pleased, that she was happy again, "Thank you," he said. He leaned in and kissed her, his lips moving lovingly against hers. She returned the kiss; all negative feelings and thoughts were whisked away from her as she felt the love between them. Just as she was about to deepen the kiss, he pulled away. "Can you do me a favor?" he asked as his eyes glanced down at her lips before resting on her eyes again. Alison smirked, at his giddy expression. She could tell that he wanted this chat to be quick, so that they could return to more passionate activities.

"Sure," she said, as she ran her hand up and down his thigh, teasing him.

"Can you just remember for future reference, if I take a little long to tell you something, to go easy on me as I am a Slytherin and I don't have the courage a Gryffindor."

"Hmm...Okay," she kissed him lightly before pulling back. She swung her leg over him so that she was straddling his lap. "I guess I should count myself lucky that you have more then Scorpius, huh?" she said, grinding against his bulging pants, teasing him again. He rested his hands on her hips, looking up at her, nodding in agreement, his eyes begging for her lips. She didn't disappoint him.

Okay that was a bucket load of Albus and Alison, but I hope you liked it. There is another filler type chapter before we get to see what Scorpius will do but don't worry you will.

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