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27| New Plan

''𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙝, 𝙗𝙪𝙩, 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧.''

𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑹𝑫 𝑷𝑶𝑽

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𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺. Albus had pushed through a few of them, getting to the door in time to see Scorpius. His head whipping back and forth, trying to catch the familiar figure of his friend. 

Albus smiled before creeping up behind Scorpius, prodding him on the shoulder before ultimately scaring him. Scorpius yelped and lightly slapped Albus on the shoulder, looking for the last of their small trio. Albus did the same, catching Teddy just now leaving the classroom. 

The three of them ran down the corridor, books in their hands as they quickly apologized to the people they had pushed past. Scorpius was faster than Albus and Teddy, leaving Teddy second and Albus to be last. He always thought that Scorpius or Teddy could be on the Quidditch Team, but he never brought it up.  

They didn't slow down, even while they entered the Courtyard. They didn't stick around long. Scorpius led the two of them over to the Black Lake, near the docks, where they always met up after classes. Whether those were spent together or not. They had free time until dinner, anyway. 

Getting to the docks, Albus was the first to plop down under a tree, giving out a dramatic sigh. Teddy laughed, before falling next to him. Scorpius gently set his books on the ground, settling himself down next to his friends.

Albus was the first to say something. 

''So,'' He started. ''How did it go?'' 

Scorpius and Teddy shared a look, before letting Albus in on the details. After all, they did come up with the idea together. They even told Albus about Theo and how he was more than willing to help in any way possible. 

Teddy was mainly the one telling the story, with Scorpius either correcting small things or throwing in a few extra details here and there. Albus listened to it all, leaning forward with his elbows against his knees. And he couldn't help but laugh when Teddy got to the part of him transforming into a small white mouse. 

''Well, looks like the first part of the plan had worked.'' Albus threw his hands behind his head, leaning against the trunk of the tree with a smile. He was happy that the plan worked, seeing as it made his friends happy. 

''Seems so.'' Scorpius nodded. ''Now, we just need to find something else that will work.'' 

 Albus opened his mouth, but Scorpius quickly interjected.