~Albus~ Late Night

Lucy was sleeping in her dorm room when she woke suddenly. It felt like someone had dumped a bucket of ice cold water over her. When she looked around she saw a ghost sticking it's tongue out at her. "Oh you stupid ghost." she said out loud. SHHHH! she heard her dorm mates say. She just laid back down and about ten minutes realized That sleep was not going to come soon. Getting out of bed and placing on a robe and bed slippers and out the door Lucy went. A late night walk might just to the trick. It usually did so a walk she did.

Walking out of the dorm room she made her way to the ground floor. She hid a few times here and there to avoid the Prefects, heads, and professors. She has been caught a few times all ready since school had stared and now and she most likely didn't need a detention this close to Christmas. Letting out a sigh shr finally reached the fouth floor. She tip toed her way to the Student Lounge and walked inside closing the door quietly behind her. Walking over to an arm chair she sat down with her legs over the arm of the chair and let out a happy sigh.

Albus laid in his plaid pajama set looking at the ceiling. There were many things on his mind this evening, his birthday was tomorrow, he had an exam he was barely prepared for and he was a secret. A dirty little secret and he needed to stop thinking so negatively about his relationship. Lucy had told him once upon a time he was worth the world and anyone he dated should be proud to have him. Yet why was everything so damn complex. Merlin, it was getting to him and he needed a distraction. Albus pushed himself from his bed. Maybe a patrol might do him some justice. He quickly put on his wool socks and his slippers and walked out of the dorm. A few students were still up bickering in the common room about things that didn't concern him. Albus had bigger problems. The small boy exited the room walking the cold hall til he came to the staircase. Who would he catch and what would they be doing. The prefect was feeling a bit devious and wanted to deduct some points. Maybe this trait was why he was placed in The Slytherin house. Albus wanted an argument something to get his mind of being a secret.

When he was on the main floor he walked around waving to a couple of the other prefects. Albus made up his mind he was heading to a higher floor once up he listened to foot steps and walked toward them standing in front of the closed door to the student lounge. Albus hesitantly opened the door peeking in and his eyes locked on his cousin. A smirk crossed his lips as he closed the door quietly behind him walking over to her plopping down on the couch. This was better then deducting points, he had good company. Lucy acted as his psychiatrist at times, even if he thought she was pushy and nosy. "So, so Lucy you going to ask me anything, like about my life? That I so don't want to tell you because I just don't do that." Albus hinted sarcastically, he wouldn't just come out and explain his issues he liked when she dug into his soul and made him reveal his personal business. Albus smiled looking over to her, maybe this was not the best approach. "You can't sleep either?" Albus asked trying to make conversation with his favorite cousin.

Lucy looked at her cousin for a moment when he came into the room and plopped down on the couch near her. She loved him. In fact he was her favorite cousin. It was probably because they were the same age. Who knows why really? It didn't seem to bother her any. Nor did it bother their parents. She sort of did wish that she was in the same house as Albus cause then they could talk for days on end into night in the common room but that wasn't so. Not that had happened they were in different houses. She still remembers the day she got a note from her pa saying that this way she would be able to make her own friends.

"So you are hiding something huh?" she asked him for a moment. "Tell me you know the drill or do I have to douse you in cold water?" she asked with a mischievous smirk. She liked dousing him with cold water. It was always funny to see how his reactions to it looks. She then looked at him for a moment. "Well I was a sleep until a stupid ghost walked right through me and woke me up." she said with a slight smile on her face.

Lucy and he shared a sibling like bond, even if they were cousins Lucy seemed to inquire about his well being more then his owe brother and sister at times. Albus made a point to separate himself after he lost his father. The boy learned that coping with the death of a loved one was easier for him to process without letting others grieve with him. Perhaps he was being a bit selfish, but he had to stop that pattern. As much as he thought it didn't bother anyone he knew it was effecting his little sister most. Albus put his thoughts to rest, listening to Lucy.He gave a sly smirk and shook his head. "You'll have to do better then that to get this info from my grasp Luc. I don't think you can handle it." Albus explained with a sheepish grin.

A ghost woke her up? Albus sucked his teeth and shook his head. "You know these bloody ghosts push it, I swear. The other night I was off lounging in the prefect bathroom. Reflecting on my day in the large bathtub which was rather soothing to say the least. Then I look between my legs and there is the head of a whiny ghost. Umm Moaning Myrtle, that is her name." Albus said in recollection of his bathroom experience, he cringed at the thought and shook his head. "So continued to flirt with me til I was uncomfortable and I have yet to return to that bathroom since." Albus explained rolling his eyes. The ghosts in the castle were a bit of a bother at times. Yet they were just trapped souls he couldn't complain too much. Al wished his father had passed at Hogwarts and he could always see him. He pushed the thought away and looked to Lucy. "So I will tell you this about my little secret. I had my first kiss with him..." Albus hinted his cheeks tinting a pink color. He knew Lucy would want more details but for now he'd tease her with small ones.

Looking at her cousin the young lady put a smirk on her face. "Oh really my dear cousin?" she asked him for a moment. "Do I really have to try harder to get information from you when I could just tickle you out of it?" she asked him for a moment. She had forgotten though if he was ticklish or not. She was a bit sad though herself. She missed her Uncle. She couldn't believe that he died. She laughed a bit when she heard Al saying she couldn't handle it. "I can handle anything you dish me Alby and you know it." she said with a slight smile on her face.

getting up from the couch she stood up and walked over to where he was and sat down next to him and placed her head on his shoulder. "Moaning Myrtle liked um you know who a lot." she said for a moment. It sort of hurt saying her Uncle's name. She was quite close to him. She was always over at their house hanging out with Albus and talking to her Uncle Harry who gave her advice a lot of times. She looked at him for a moment. "No way you kissed a guy and liked it?" she asked him. She knew he was gay but she couldn't help but tease him a few times.

There was just too much on his mind now a days, he had dated his brother's best friend, had a break up and was now in awkward circumstances. Albus felt maybe it would have been better if he had never dated Ben, it hurt him so to think that way but maybe perfect wasn't enough to keep the love alive. The boy ruffled his hair looking over to Lucy as she threatened to tickle him. In the past she would constantly have him pinned down, laughing til he was red in the face. Albus moved closer and rested his head on her shoulder for a moment pulling his knees to his chest. "This is just something that I need to say, I love holding secrets from you but your the only one I can talk to sometimes." Albus admitted looking into the fire place watching the flames dance.

The boy remained silent listening to her reference 'you know who' Albus licked his lips. "I know she did. She told me how nice he was, and said I have his eyes." Albus admitted not speaking more on the topic of his father. Albus knew it effect the whole family differently but he and his father were the most similar when it came to technicalities. At a young age he didn't adapt to his mother well. This was why Ginny thought the boy hated her til now but that wasn't the case. Al would always just be Harry's son. Perhaps someday he'd have to rebuild those walls with his mother but for now he wouldn't over think. There always already too much on his mind. At her words he chuckled sitting up looking over to her. "Yeah I had my first kiss, it wasn't magical or anything. It was rough and I didn't expect it but the one after was." Albus admitted his cheeks tinting a pink color. "I've also had my first breakup and I'm dealing with it well. Considering when I was dating this boy, he liked to keep 'us' a secret." Albus said looking down into his lap twiddling his thumbs. If Albus knew anything love wasn't meant to be hidden but it sort of hurt his first relationship was that way. His aqua eyes rolled up to lock with hers and it was read in his eyes he was hurt but he smiled anyways. "Any idea of how to stop the broken feeling?" Albus asked unsure if Lucy had ever even experienced what he was feeling at this point.

Some people might think that Albus and Lucy were siblings cause they are so close. Lucy usually loves telling people they aren't siblings but they are cousins and they are all like no way. Looking over at her cousin she had to let out a smile for a moment. "So you like to hide secrets from me huh?" The young girl asked her cousin for a moment with a small smile on her face. That wasn't surprising though. Cause she was used to it. She would get it out of him one way or another though that was for sure. "I think that is because we are close to each other that we could actually relate to each other a lot more then some." She said with a slight smile on her face.

"Well you do have his eys. You have more of him then you think Al. You look like a split image of him." She said with a slight smile on her face. Which was true. And she couldn't deny it as much as she wants too. Standing up a bit she did a few steps of dancing not sure why she did but she did. She however did stop when she said that he had his first break up as well.

And when he looked at her directly in the eyes she could read them clear as day. He was hurt and had been hurting for a while. "Awe Alby it's going to be okay. You are going to make it through this and you know it. And you can't hide the fact that you are hurting. I can see it in your eyes. It is all right to cry Albus. If you need to cry you can." She said as she went over to him and gave him a hug.