Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

ACT TWO, SCENE TWELVE
HOGWARTS, STAIRCASES
ALBUS walks up a staircase. Looking around as he does.
He doesn’t see anything. He exits. The staircases move in almost a dance.
SCORPIUS enters behind him. He thinks he’s seen ALBUS, he realizes he isn’t there.
He slumps down to the floor as the staircase sweeps around.
MADAM HOOCH enters and walks up the staircase. At the top, she gestures for SCORPIUS to move.
He does. And slopes off — his abject loneliness clear.
ALBUS enters and walks up one staircase.
SCORPIUS enters and walks up another.
The staircases meet. The two boys look at each other.
Lost and hopeful—all at once.
And then ALBUS looks away and the moment is broken—and with it, possibly, the friendship.
And now the staircases part — the two look at each other — one full of guilt — the other full of
pain — both full of unhappiness.