章節 21: Names
When Scorpius woke up from his third nap of the day, someone else was in the room. He looked vaguely familiar. Yes, he was the boy from his memories! The one who had been hurt. He looked fine now though. Scorpius gave him a smile. It felt natural.
"Hello Scorpius," the boy said. "Good to see you are doing better."
Scorpius just looked at him. He knew who the boy was, but he didn't know the name. It was a nice name. It started with an A; he was fairly sure of that.
"I know who you are." Scorpius said, to prevent the boy from leaving again. "You're the boy that was with me in school. You're my… friend? But someone said you were hurt. Did she lie when she said you were hurt?"
"I was hurt, but I am better now. She didn't lie, she was trying to warn you." the boy replied. He seemed to know who he meant when he said "she", but he didn't say anything more about her. "And yes, I am the boy from school. You are my best friend Scorpius. We have been through many adventures together."
"Adventures? Like sneaking out of the school into the Forest? That was very stupid of us."
"Yes, that is perhaps one of the stupidest things we have ever done. By then, we were in our seventh year, we really should have known better. But let's not focus on that one right now, let's start with something easier. Do you remember the first time we met? We were on the train, going to Hogwarts"
Hogwarts? Oh, yes. That was the name of the school. Hogwarts.
"Hogwarts? Yes. I didn't like it."
"Neither of us did, at first. But it got better. And when we were together, it wasn't so bad."
"You got Sorted wrong. What does that mean?"
The boy laughed. "In a way I was yes. Everyone assumed I would go into Gryffindor, like the rest of my family. But I am glad that I ended up in Slytherin with you."
They talked like that for some time. About memories of Hogwarts. Classes, the Great Hall, and the dormitories. Scorpius found he could imagine these places. He felt very pleased with himself, as he often could imagine the next thing before Albus mentioned it.
"Albus," he said suddenly. The boy looked up. "Albus" Scorpius said again, smiling. "That is your name! Albus!"
Albus smiled widely. "Yes. You remember. That is great!"
Scorpius smiled broadly as well. This was going well. Having Albus here made him remember more. He started to remember the names of the teachers. Though not many other students. Albus explained that the two of them didn't really have many other friends. It had mostly been just the two of them.
Eventually, Albus got to his feet. "I've got to go now. It's late, I need to get home. It was nice talking to you Scorpius."
Scorpius looked up, alarmed. "Go? Why? You could stay here. I'm sure we could get another bed in here. Or you could sleep on mine."
"No, Scorpius, I have my own bed. But I will come back in a day or so, to see how much better you have gotten. Don't worry, I'm sure it will all come back eventually."
Scorpius wanted to beg Albus to stay, to talk more, but he couldn't get the words out. He was tired again, he felt it. But he wanted to know more, to know everything. He hadn't even been able to ask about the woman.
"You know her, don't you?" he asked as Albus was nearly to the door. "The woman I keep remembering. You know who she is?"
"Most likely, yes. We know many of the same people."
"No, you know her more than me. She was with you, that first day on the train. But she didn't like me."
"She did. She just didn't want to admit it." And with that, Albus was out of the door.
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