Skinny Love [SCORBUS] ; hp next generation

Chapter Six

Albus's pov
Christmas Eve

Albus took a deep breath, sitting down at couch near the fire place. Scorpius was due to arrive any minute, and he couldn't help but feel nervous. It wasn't as if Scorpius had never come over before, it just felt different this time since Albus had discovered his feelings.

And he was alright with them now, he had accepted them, and accepted that they were alright to feel. He had also accepted, that Scorpius probably won't feel the same way, because Albus was pretty sure Scorpius was straight. He had only ever talked about Rose.

He was snapped out of his thoughts when his dad walked into the room. Harry chuckled at his surprise, and sat down next to him. "Albus, are you alright? You're looking a little pale?" He questioned his son.

Albus shrugged, and then nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine..." he trailed off. He supposed it was now or never to confide in his dad. "Well, I'm actually a bit nervous for him to come over. This kind of takes back to the day where I ran out of your office...sorry about that by the way. But I like him dad, I really do. And I-I don't know what to...I don't know what to do." Albus shrugged helplessly.

Harry smiled, and felt proud, not only from Albus coming to terms with his feelings, but of himself, for being a good enough dad that Albus felt like he could trust him with this. "Well for starters," Harry began, "I forgive you for running out of my office with no explanation. And I have to admit, I had my supiscions for why you were coming, and they were confirmed with your cover up. But it's okay. And Albus, honestly I think Scorpius likes you back, every bit as much as you like him. And in the same way. Your mother thinks it's the most adorable thing in the world."

Albus shrugged. "I don't think he does dad. He likes Rose." Albus frowned.

Ginny walked into the room, shaking her head. "Sorry for eavesdropping, but I really don't think he does Al." She sat down next to Harry. "He may think that he likes Rose, but he had never looked at her the way he looks at you."

Albus's cheeks reddened, and was about to deny it, but the fireplace lit up, and Scorpius stepped out, brushing his shirt off. Albus stood up, and Scorpius looked over at him, and set the gift he was holding down on the table next to him.

"Al!" Scorpius exclaimed, lifting his arms up, and pulling Albus into a hug. "I missed you," he whispered into his hear.

Albus smiled into Scorpius's shoulder. "We just saw each other a few days ago, but I suppose I missed you too." He replied.

Their hug would have probably gone on longer, but Lily had come into the room and said, "ew romance, they're not going to start like, snogging, are they? If so then no thank you, I am out." She joked.

Albus and Scorpius jumped apart, their faces almost as red as Lily's hair.

Albus didn't know what to say, so he retorted, "Why are you acting all disgusted at the possibility of snogging, didn't you say you had a boyfriend? What was his name...Ivan McLaggen?"

Scorpius gasped. "Albus!" He exclaimed.

Lily's eyes narrowed at Albus, glaring quite scarily at him. "I told you not to tell dad, you bloody arse!" She crossed her arms.

Harry looked over at Ginny, and then Lily. "Boyfriend what? Who? McLaggen??" He spluttered.

Ginny shook her head at Harry, and shrugged. "She's growing up, Harry. She's in third year."

"Exactly! She's our baby! She doesn't need a boyfriend! Does he treat you right?" Harry said and questioned in rapid fire.

Lily sighed, and rolled her eyes. Albus and Scorpius took that as their cue to back out of the room, Scorpius grabbed the gift off of the table. Once out of eye sight, they ran upstairs into Albus's room, and collapsed onto his bed. Scorpius sat the present down on the floor, by the ones Albus was going to be taking to The Burrow tomorrow.

Albus laughed. "Merlin, I thought Lily was going to kill me there for a second." He said between giggled.

Scorpius sat up and faced him. "She still might! You can never tell with her...." He trailed off, and shuddered, possibly thinking of her magical mood swings. Lily was talented, and good at controlling her magic, until her emotions got in the way.

Albus nodded. "She'll forget all about it when her friend gets here. Speaking of that, Eva should be arriving soon, and Samantha should be too, for James. They're all spending the night like you, and joining us at the Burrow tomorrow. You cool with that?" Albus asked him.

Scorpius nodded. "Yep! I am cool with anything, and thank you so much for inviting me! My dad is coming tomorrow too, is that alright?" Scorpius questioned.

Albus nodded, "yep, he was invited too. Eva will be on her own, her parents couldn't make it, but Dean and Seamus are also joining us tomorrow."

Scorpius was about to reply, but was cut off when Ginny yelled upstairs. "Boys, everyone's here! Come down here for dinner."

Albus smiled, "come on," he said, and grabbed Scorpius's hand, pulling him out of his room, and down the staircase.

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Dinner was eaten, and they were finishing up desert. It was getting quite late, as it was a late dinner, and everyone was getting a bit tired. Across the table, Samantha had her head on James's shoulder, and Ginny was smiling at them.

Albus looked over to his friend, to see that Eva had moved her chair closer Scorpius's. She was leaning closer to him as chatted about her classes, and how she was thinking about trying out for quidditch next year. Albus furrowed his brow and frowned. He didn't like how close she was to him. But Scorpius hadn't seemed to catch on.

But then, Eva casually placed her hand on Scorpius's, and left it there. Scorpius's expression shifted, and Albus could tell that he had realized that Eva was flirting with him, and he looked uncomfortable, like he wasn't sure what to do. Lily noticed Eva's hand and looked between her and Albus, and sighed, mouthing, 'oh merlin', over to James. He looked over and chuckled.

Albus decided that was enough, and put his arm across Scorpius's shoulders. Scorpius to took that as an opportunity to shift, and pull his hand away sublty, making it look like he was repositioning because of Albus. He absentmindedly put his hand on Albus's leg, and started rubbing circles on his thigh. Albus blushed.

Eva snapped her eyes to Albus's arm, and then Scorpius hand, and backed her seat up, glaring at Albus, before turning away in a huff to Lily. Scorpius's cheeks pinked, because he must of realized what she was thinking, that he and Albus were together, but he didn't move, and he kept his hand where it was. Albus couldn't keep the smile off his face, and noticed one was making way to Scorpius's face too.

Samantha and James were chuckling at the display from across the table, and Ginny was hiding a smile behind her hand. Harry appeared to have not noticed anything and was looking confused, as usual.

It was going to be an interesting few days.

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After everyone left the table, Albus and Scorpius went back up to his room, and got ready to sleep. Scorpius came out of the bathroom last, and stood by the doorway, yawning sleepily. Albus found it adorable.

"So...we didn't have time to set a bed up for you, Lily declared that for Eva, so I can sleep on the floor and you can have my bed?" Albus asked Scorpius.

Scorpius shook his head. "No no, it's your bed, and I'm the guest, I don't want you sleeping on the floor because of me." He answered.

Albus shook his head back at Scorpius. "No, it's fine, I can sleep on the floor. You can have my bed, it's alright." He said, moving off of his bed.

Scorpius thought for a moment. "Maybe we could...I don't know...both...sleep on the bed?" He asked cautiously. "We don't have to! If you don't want to...it's just a suggestion."

Albus's cheeks redened, but he nodded. He slid to the far side of the bed, leaving room for Scorpius. Scorpius got in the opposite side, with a little bit of room between the two boys. His cheeks were as red as Albus's.

"Well, goodnight" he whispered, and Albus said it back. After a short while, Scorpius was fast asleep, while Albus was still awake. Albus felt Scorpius shift, and he didn't move in fear of waking the boy.

Scorpius rolled over, and threw his arm around Albus, snuggling into him, still asleep.

Albus could get used to this.