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Scorpius' P.O.V

          Early Monday morning I walked out of my house and I was gonna skate to the school when I saw another boy walking out of the Potter's house. He saw me and walked over to me.

            "You're Scorpius right?" He asked.

            "Yeah, who are you?" I asked.

            "I'm James, mum told me that there was a guy who moved in next door around my age." He explained.

            "Oh hi."

            "So you wanna walk to school together?" He asked and I shrugged.

            "Yeah sure." I put my skateboard down and we started down the road.

            "So do you like it here so far?" He asked.

            "Yeah the neighborhood is very nice. How about you? Do you like it here?" I asked.

            "Yeah it's a cool place. School is cool too. Are you gonna miss your friends from your other school? I reckon you can just drive to see them."           

            "Oh no. I didn't have any friends at school." I told him and he looked at me.

            "Why's that?"

            "I just didn't like school so I figured I didn't want to associate with anyone." I explained to him with a shrug.

            "Oh that's kind of depressing. And you're an only child?" He asked and I nodded. "So you must be lonely."

            "Nah I mean... I'm okay being alone."

            "Hmm." He hummed. "How about I be your first friend then?" He asked.

            "Sure." I laughed. "I guess I can start making friends."

            "That's the spirit." He told me and I grinned. We hung a left and then a right.

            "So how are you doing James?" I asked and he sighed sadly.

            "I guess alright. It's been hard. Mum's crying a lot and dad is always out hoping to find him or something."

            "I'm sorry." I muttered.

            "It's not your fault. I just hope that somewhere he's alive and hopefully gonna come home soon." He told me and I grinned.

            "I'm sure he will." I squeezed his shoulder and he nodded. We stopped in front of a building.            

            "Well we're here. I'll show you the office." He told me and we walked in. Kids flooded the halls and he grabbed my arm. "It gets a little crowded here. Here's the office." He told me and I nodded.

            "Um thanks."

            "Don't mention it. I'll see you later, yeah?" He asked.

            "Yeah sure." I nodded and then walked into the office. I walked up to the secretary and she smiled at me.

            "What can I do for you dear?" She questioned.

            "I'm a new student and I need my schedule." I told her.

            "What's your name?"

            "Scorpius Malfoy." I told her and she nodded. She typed something into her computer and then printed out something.

            "Here you are Scorpius." She handed me the paper. "Your first class is just down the hall."

            "Thank you ma'am." I told her and then walked out. I clutched the paper in hand and started to walk through the crowd of people. I sighed when I got through and got to my class.  I walked in and the teacher was already there but the rest of the class had ten minutes before class. The young woman spotted me.

            "May I help you?" She asked.

            "Hi erm... I'm a new transfer and I was put in this class." I handed her my schedule and she read it before nodded.

            "Brilliant." She piped. "You're seat will be in the back to closest to the window."

            'Thank you." I told her and then took my seat. I looked out the window and it was slightly drizzling. I beat my fingers on my desk and waited for class to start. Only for me to tune it out when it did.

            During lunch, I found James and he insisted that I'd sit with him. He was sitting with two other boys and two girls.

            "Guys, this is Scorpius. He just moved in next door to me." James introduced.

            "Nice to meet you." I nodded.

            "I'm Rose, James' cousin." A red headed girl introduced. I shook her hand.

            "Rose is supposed to be in Albus' year but she skipped a year and is now a year behind."

            "Wow you must be smart."

            "Sort of. This is my best friend Jana. And the rest of the guys are Joey and Mike."

            "Nice to meet you."

            "So Scorpius, are you gonna walk with me home or do you need to stay after?" James asked and I checked my schedule. I had gym last so I shrugged.

            "I have gym last so I could be late getting out." I told him and he nodded.

            "Okay cool."

            "I'll give you my number to tell you." I told him and he nodded. I put my number in his phone and then texted myself so I have his number. We chatted a bit during lunch and then when it was time to part, Rose seemed adamant about showing me my next class.

            "So Scorpius, you got a girlfriend?" She asked me and I nearly snorted.

            "No I can assure you I don't have one of those."

            "So you're single?" She asked me and I nodded. "That's interesting. I'm single too so I understand what's it's like."

            "Oh, um Rose, you seem really brilliant and all it's just-"

            "I'm not your type." She sighed. "A lot of guys say that."

            "Hey, it's not that you're not my type. It's because I don't like girls much. I prefer boys." I told her and she went quiet.

            "Boys?"

            "Yeah I like boys. Always have. My parents don't seem to mind either."

            "So have you had a boyfriend?" She asked.

            "No."

            "Then how do you know you're gay?" She asked and I huffed.

            "Because I'd rather suck a guy's dick then stick my tongue in a-" I stopped midsentence when she slapped a hand over my mouth.

            "Okay I get it." She hissed. "This is your next class. I'll see you later." She told me and I nodded.

            "Okay see you later." I told her and then walked into the class. I took my seat in the back after being directed by the teacher and tuned him out as well. School sucked.

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            James Potter- You coming with or are you running late?

            Me- You go ahead, I'm gonna go talk to the advisor for a bit.

            James Potter- Okay, see you later J

            I snickered at his message and sent him a peace emoji. I knocked on the adviser's door and he opened the door.

            "Ah you must be the new student, Scorpius?" He asked and nodded.

            "Yes." I shook his hand.

            "Please sit." He told me and I did. He took a seat and then pulled up my records.  "Scorpius, your grades are great and it seems that we've put you in the appropriate classes. Just one thing, almost all of your teachers have mentioned that you don't pay attention in class."

            "I don't sir. I hate school." I told him and he smiled.

            "But you do well and I've heard you're very intuitive." 

            "I just don't like school sir. I don't like having to do piles and piles of work that I'm just gonna forget."

            "So you think school is a waste of time?"

            "In layman's term yes." His lips quirked. "You just told me that I'm bright but school just measures my memory not how bright I am."

            "I do believe you are correct. What do you want to do then after school? Go to university?"

            "Maybe take a year off and go from there." I told him and he nodded.

            "Good. I think it's a good idea." He told me. "Are you adjusting well?" He asked.

            "Yeah I've made a few friends I think."

            "You think?"

            "Well I ate lunch with them. My next door neighbor, James Potter, said we were friends."

             "That's good." He nodded.

            "I didn't have any friends at my other school so it's kind of nice."

            "How come?" He asked and I just shrugged. "Okay well I'm glad you're adjusting well." He told me. "Go on and go home."

            "Okay, thank you sir." I shook his hand and then made my way out. It was getting dark so I sighed and started to make my way to towards my house. I tried to remember the way and I thought I was going the right way but somewhere along the line, I hit woods. I sighed and went to turn around when I heard rustling. I quickly went to reach for my pocket knife. I grabbed my phone and shone the flashlight in the woods. Nothing. I took a deep breath and turned around. I was just about to start again when something colliding with me knocked me down. A loud wail came from the other thing next to me and quickly looked to see what knocked me down. It was a boy and he was cowering in the fetal position.

            "Hey." I spoke gently. He let out a whimper and I crawled towards him. He looked small, maybe around ten, and he was really skinny. "Don't be scared." I told him and I placed my hand on his back. He jerked violently and let out a whimper. "I promise, I won't hurt you. If you can hear me, I'm gonna turn you over." I told him and then turned him so I could see him. His face was covered by his arms as he cowered. "I won't hurt you, can you look at me?" I begged and very slowly he looked up. His eyes made my breath catch, "Albus?" I gasped and he jerked. "You're alive. My god you really are." I whispered. "Albus, my name is Scorpius and I'm gonna take you home, okay?" I told him and he whimpered again. "I promise you, I won't hurt you." I told him and I pulled him into my arms. He curled up to my immediately and I stood without any issue. I looked around and it was pretty dark but I could just make out street signs. "I'm gonna get you home." I told him and trudged in the direction of our homes. He hadn't said one word but he was holding on to my tightly. I could see our houses so I made my way to the Potter's. "You're home Albus, you're home." I promise. I rang their door bell and awaited for them to open the door. When they opened the door, the look of shock on Mr. Potter's face made heart twinge, and I swallowed the lump in my throat.

            "I found him."

I said I would update every Friday but I'm not patient so I'll update every few days

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