Re: Another Kitchen

[Albus Severus Potter]

Albus walked into the kitchens alone, still moping about Scorpius. It’s not like he expected things to go swimmingly, but he still wished they would have. He still wished that he and Scorpius could just get along the way they used to, but now that Al had finally told Scorpius everything, the chances of that were not even close to being a possibility. Part of him wished he hadn’t walked off on Scorpius. In fact, he had stood outside the door the second he left the common room, contemplating walking back in to apologize and try talking things out with his friend. It was then that the other part kicked in and reminded Al that there was really nothing to talk about. Al had feelings for Scorpius. Scorpius was straight and dating Al’s cousin. No amount of consoling would have made Al happier. What he wanted was to have Scorpius and still have his cousin be happy, and he knew that he couldn’t have both.

But none of that matter now. What mattered was Al left, and he couldn’t expect Scorpius to ever forgive him again if he kept doing this to him. What had he expected? He’d expected to feel better at least. Like he had this weight lifted from his shoulders now that he finally confessed his feelings for Scorpius, but really he only felt worse. He felt like he had taken that weight and forced it onto Scorpius’ instead. He knew his best friend well enough to read those expressions. All he had seen was guilt, confusion, and unhappiness. Things that Scorpius wouldn’t be feeling if Al would have just stayed behind to talk through everything with him. So now not only did he feel upset, he felt guilty as well. He wished terribly that he would have just kept this to himself. Then he could pretend like everything was fine, rather than forcing all of this onto his friend. Scorpius didn’t need to know. About Al being gay? Yes, Al didn’t regret telling him that. But about his feelings, Al felt awful. It was just a stupid crush that he would have surely gotten over without having to tell Scorpius all about it and making things uncomfortable between them.

As he closed the door behind him, he realized that someone else was in here. That he wasn’t alone. He looked up and saw some Gryffindor making pies on the other side of the room. “Oh. I didn’t think anyone would be in here. Sorry, man. I’ll just let you get back to your pie making,” he muttered as he gave the other kid a small wave and turned back towards the door to leave.

[Guest]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! MY INNER RAD IS SCREAMING AT ME DEMANDING HE LIKE, RUN IN, AND GIVE THIS KID A FUCKING HUG.

[Scorpius Malfoy]

UM. WAIT.
SO IS RAD PRO-SCORPAL INSTEAD OF PRO-SANSY NOW?

[Guest]

NO. HE WILL FOREVER BE SHIPPING SANSY. HE JUST REALLY WANTS TO GIVE THIS KID A FUCKING HUG AND BUY HIM A SMOOTHIE.

[Scorpius Malfoy]

....................
RAD BETTER STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM MY AL.

[Guest]

DUDE HE WOULD NOT GO THERE, ESPECIALLY NOT RIGHT NOW. HE JUST WANTS TO HUG THE GUY WHAT IS SO WRONG WITH THAT.

[Remus Lupin]

Remus looks up, hearing the door close on the other side of the room, and sees some Slytherin who looks just as, or more, miserable than he felt himself. Remus wasn't very good at consoling others, though he definitely liked to try, and wondered if maybe he could help cheer the kid up a little. "It's okay. You can stay if you'd like. I'm just finishing up...would you like some? I can't eat it all myself and...sitting in here moping and eating pie alone isn't exactly the funnest thing in the world. Plus you look like you could use some cheering up too, if you don't mind me noting." he pointed to the pie that was sitting on the counter to cool, "It's cherry."

[Albus Severus Potter]

Al opened his mouth to protest. To tell Remus that he probably wouldn't want some sad, sulky guy hanging around him. But he had cherry pie, and that was Al's favorite. And it turns out that being alone wasn't actually making him feel any better, so what harm could hanging out with this guy do? "Alright," he said, smiling a little as he walked over to Remus. "Just as a warning though, I've already ruined one person's day. If I start getting all whiny and pathetic sounding, please slap me, sound good? Do you always bake pies for fun, or were you expecting me to come in here? Cherry pie...It's sort of my favorite," he said with a small grin. "I'm Albus, by the way. Albus Severus."

[Albus Severus Potter]

He does look like he needs a hug...*sniffs*

[Pansy Parkinson-Malfoy]

UM. WAIT.
SO IS RAD PRO-SCORPAL INSTEAD OF PRO-SANSY NOW?

NO. HE WILL FOREVER BE SHIPPING SANSY. HE JUST REALLY WANTS TO GIVE THIS KID A FUCKING HUG AND BUY HIM A SMOOTHIE.

Pfft. Sansy > All.
Erm. After Panco. >.>

[Remus Lupin]

Remus chuckled, shaking his head. "I had no idea you'd be coming in here. Honestly, I do bake for fun a lot...but today I just needed the distraction. Looks like we have something in common here," he sighed, looking somewhat sadder for a moment, "we both apparently ruined someone's day. Though for me it was the other day, not today exactly...he's probably still upset about it and I'm too much of a coward to just outright go and talk to him about it." he blinked and turned slightly red, looking up at Albus, "Sorry. Now I'm sounding whiny and pathetic. You should slap me too if I continue like that. I'm Remus Lupin. It's nice to meet you."

[Albus Severus Potter]

"You too," he said, his smile faltering as he realized that Remus wasn't in the best of moods either. And here Al was, feeling like he had it off worse. Well, there's another selfish act he's committed today. "Okay then. Story time," he said as he picked up a knife and cut two slices out of the pie, putting them both on individual plates. He flashes a smile up at Remus before gesturing over at the table where he goes to sit down. "You can go first, seeing as you seem to be dealing with this better than I have. At least you're being productive," he chuckled, taking a small bite of the pie. "Really productive. This pie...is...It's totally awesome!"

[Remus Lupin]

Remus blinked in surprised when Albus suddenly took matters into his own hands and was having Remus sit and tell him what was going on. He didn't even know where to start; he wasn't exactly comfortable with telling this guy that he'd just met that he was gay. He smiled brightly though when Albus complimented his pie. "Thank you! I was really bad at it when I first started baking..but I think over time and with practice I've gotten better." he took a bite of pie himself and noted that it was pretty tasty. He took a moment to think before telling Albus sort of what was going on. "Story time...well, basically, earlier in the year, with help from a few friends I'd say, I found something out about myself but couldn't figure out how to tell my best friend about it. So I spent weeks lying to him about it, which was really dumb because he can always tell when I'm lying, and then to make matters worse I realized something else having to deal with him which I was lying about to. The other day I told him I'd tell him everything, but I ended up lying cause I only told him the first part, not the rest. We ended up fighting because he was mad that I was lying to him so much...and now I think he's going to go yell at one of my friends..plus, even though he said things wouldn't change in our friendship, it'll be hard because there's still that other thing that I'm keeping secret that makes it really tough to be around him because I know he'll be able to tell soon that I'm still lying to him about something and I can't tell him. I really really can't." he took a deep breath, feeling awkward for rambling so much. "I'm sorry...I don't think any of that made any sense because I'm not sure how you would respond if I told you I'm gay...which I just told you...so...yeah. That might make the story make more sense." his gaze was concentrated solely on his pie in front of him.

[Albus Severus Potter]

Al listens quietly, forgetting about the pie in front of him as Remus tells his story. He's almost unsure of if he believes it or not, because it's almost as if Remus is just telling Al about his problems with Scorpius. "Woah. You...basically just summed up my past few weeks right there," he said in disbelief as he took another bite of pie. "Apparently, being gay is a new trend around here. I just sort of realized that I'm gay too," he confessed, not feeling any reason to hide it from Remus, especially not after he just told Al all that personal stuff going on with his friend. "And I told my friend this morning after keeping it from him for a while. He actually took it really well. It was me telling him that I actually have feelings for him that he didn't really handle like I wanted him to. Not that I'm surprised. He's totally straight, and he's dating my cousin. So, now I'm not so sure how our friendship is going. I sort of walked out on him, which didn't help at all, but...I didn't know what else to say to him after all that. Huh. We have a lot in common, don't we?"

[Remus Lupin]

Remus gives Albus a surprised look. "Wow, we do have a lot in common...except you were brave enough to actually tell your friend that you have feelings for him. There's no way I can tell my friend that...he's probably one of the straightest guys I've ever met and I really don't think he'd handle it any better than your friend did. It would just make things super awkward, I know it would...so I'm just sort of hoping the feelings will go away if I ignore them enough, which is not going well." This is a fun little pity party. Hehe.

[Albus Severus Potter]

Al sighed and began lightly shifting the remainder of his pie around the plate. "You know, when I first told my friend everything, I regretted it instantly. Now I'm not so sure if I would have done it differently. I mean, obviously I wouldn't have walked out on him like I did. But...I don't know if I'd feel any better if I didn't tell him. Our friendship probably would have been better off, but not for that long. We know each other well enough to see when the other is lying. He would have figured it out eventually, so maybe it's better that I told him myself. How long have you realized you like your friend?"

[Remus Lupin]

Remus was trying to ignore the pain in his chest which was troubling him again with all this thinking about Sirius. "Honestly, I think the feelings have been there for a while now. I was just too oblivious to realize them...I only realized I liked him like this the other day." He also apparently had a habit of denying things like this - like he did so heavily when he wouldn't admit that he was gay - so he'd probably been denying his feelings to himself for ages as well.

[Albus Severus Potter]

Al nodded in understanding as he turned his attention back to his pie, wondering what Scorpius was up to now, though it was hard to focus on anything other than the look Scorpius had given him when he found out that Al had feelings for him. "Well, I wish I knew what to tell you, but I honestly don't know what to do myself. And it doesn't help that my friend is dating my cousin either. That just makes it all more complicated."

[Remus Lupin]

"Oh dear," Remus smiled sympathetically to Al, "that would make things more complicated. I wish I knew what to tell you too." What a predicament they shared.

[Albus Severus Potter]

Al smiled sadly at Remus before setting his fork down. He suddenly wasn't all that hungry. "Well, I'm sure your life isn't all doom and gloom. There must be something good going on," he said, hoping to change the subject to something more cheerful.

[Remus Lupin]

"Hm," Remus smiled and thought about it, glad to have a change in subject, "I did meet a nice guy the other day while hanging out with my friend Molly. We talked for a bit and decided to hang out again some time. How about you?"

[Albus Severus Potter]

Al really needs to get out more. Oops. "That's nice. I...haven't been up to much. Just been talking with my cousin, Dom, and my little sister, Lily," he said with a shrug, wishing he had some more friends. That'd be nice. "I've always been pretty close with them."

[Albus Severus Potter]

[I HAVE TO GO FOR A WHILE! I don't know how long but I'll be back later! <3]

[Remus Lupin]

Well now Al has another friend! Yay! "That's fun. It's nice to have someone you can talk to that you're really close with. I haven't spoken to my brother in ages." and the other person that he was really close to, the person that he normally went to when he really needed someone to talk to, was the person he was fighting with currently and had strong feelings for. He sighed, missing Dean a lot. He wondered what was going on in his brother's life right now.

[Remus Lupin]

[Okies!!! *clings* I'LL MISS YOU!!!!!]

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