Albus laughs, shrugging his shoulders sheepishly. "To be honest, I sort of skipped through the plans. I didn't realize most of them worked under the assumption that we'd be together. I'm rather glad you showed up when you did. I was about to go mental."

Albus is exaggerating a bit. He's fairly sure he would have been able to put off a full blown panic attack until at least the end of the week. "Yes, talk. I was just in The Leaky Cauldron and I picked up the paper. There's something you should see."

He shows Scorpius the Daily Prophet, watching his friends face for a reaction. "To say this isn't good would be the understatement of the year."