The Light Of Daye

Title:The Attempt
Rating: PG
Characters & Pairing:Albus, Roxy
Word Count: 2 x 100
Content: Pining
Disclaimer: The characters, settings and HP Franchise as a whole are owned by JKR and not by me. I make no profit from writing this piece of fanfiction.
Summary:Albus tries to ask a question.
A/n: For "Challenge 107: Tis The Season To..." at hp_nextgen100. Sequel to Clearing The Air et al


Albus steeled himself outside his own front door. He resisted the urge to check out his reflection on the way home. He looked fine, he knew. He’d only dallied a couple of days after his night out with James to do this. He could hardly have done it hung over after all. His hand brushed the box in his pocket. Just a nice necklace, nothing extravagant.

Flowers, he thought I should have flowers. But that would be too obvious. He took a deep breath and opened the door.

“Hi Roxy!”

“If you’re going to ask me out I will scream!”


Roxy was half a head shorter than Albus, but he quailed in front of her wrath; all narrowed eyes and wild hair. Yet his heart still beat at double-time for another reason entirely.

“I’m not joking. Scorpius actually asked me out!” Roxy said. “You’d think he only wanted to live with us to do it.”

Ask her anyway. Al thought. You can pass it off as a joke.

“And then he acted like he was joking!” Roxy continued. “The Prat.”

Al could just hear a song through the wall.

“Tis the season to be jolly...”

He’d never felt more depressed.