The Quiet One

23. New romàunt (and tongues)

I sigh.

Oh, life.

I promised to meet Scorpius in the corridor before breakfast so I clamber out of the portrait-hole and see him standing about 10 feet away, leaning against the wall.

"Ap- Alyssa!"

He leans off the wall and comes toward me.

He hugs me, even though I saw him yesterday.

"I want to go out with you," he says.

Which is exactly what I was thinking.

"Yes. Yes!"

He kisses me on the cheek, and I blush.

I can't believe this.

Ah, this is just too good.

"We are absolutely not telling Eddie, alright?"

"Absolutely not," I say. "You might want to go back to the Slytherin tower, people might think it's a bit suspicious that you're walking around Gryffindor."

"You're right. See you!" he says as he walks away.

Goddammit.

I go down to the hall where the majority of the school is eating waffles and blueberries.

I see Eddie by himself devouring a large plateful.

I sit next to him and he smiles at me.

It is so hard.

But at least he doesn't know about the letters, I don't think.

I stare back.

I have a boyfriend.

I have something to be happy about.

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During Charms, Birdy asks why I'm so happy.

"Oh, I'm back at Hogwarts. No better place!"

Goddammit. She can tell when I'm lying.

"Really?"

"I'll tell you later." I mutter.

"Okay, whatever."

At lunch, Birdy sits next to me so she can hear the news.

I explain that Scorpius and I sent letters to each other during the holidays and got to know each other really well, and then I explained the events of the morning.

She seemed quite intrigued.

I told her not to tell Eddie at all costs.

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After classes, I meet Scorpius at the owlery. I think it's the best place because it's not in the castle and it's not outside.

And I'm still dressed as Alyssa.

Anyway, I meet him and he hugs me.

"I'm glad we did this."

"Me too."

"I love you."

"I love you more," I say.

Don't judge me with this part! It just felt right.

We move in closer to each other and kiss.

It lasts for a while.

But it was like life was paused; our lips connected, just held there.