**Written for Fanfiction: School of Imagination and Creativity, PDHPE Assessment 1 and Camp Potter: Arts and Crafts, Week 4**
A Better Life
it was never meant to be like this...
.
it all started one day back when you were in your fifth year
you came to me needing help with your o.w.l herbology work
so i helped you
(and in doing so i hindered you, for a lot longer than i intended)
you've always been a pretty girl, rose
and i suppose i just couldn't help myself
your red hair
the way your lips down turned with confusion
the way your eyebrows crinkled
it was all too much for me
(it didn't help that you were flirting with me either)
so . much . flirting
.
please,professorlongbottom?helpmewiththis
*insert flutter of eyelashes here*
*insert pout of lips here*
.
what could i do?
i was helpless under your spell
i know it was wrong, and i know i could have gotten fired
but really, i thought you were worth it
i'd never felt like this about anyone before
well... not since hannah died five years ago
i know i shouldn't have feelings for you
but you made me feel higher than i had in years
you've made me myself again
.
and then we got caught... in your sixth year
it was my own fault for not locking the greenhouse door
and i shouldn't have left an open door policy with the students
but how was i meant to know that scorpius malfoy couldn't do his homework?
of course, he told everyone and the natural course of events took place
interrogation for you
interrogation for me
detention for you
the sack for me
.
i bet your parents were furious
ron... hermione...
i don't know how i could have done that to them
but like i said before
you're worth it, and so much more
they are my best friends
but you're my one true love
.
i wrote to you all the time
i wrote until the ink flowed all over my hands.
but you didn't write back, and i didn't know why
did you not want to?
or are my letters getting read beforehand, so you didn't receive them?
each and every one of them declared my love
.
maybe it wasn't meant to be
(though, i wish it was. from the bottom of my heart)
you're a ravenclaw
*insert intelligence and ability to make a wise decision here*
(you should've been wise and backed away)
i'm a gryffindor
*insert courage and ability to jump right in here*
(i shouldn't have jumped right in)
but now it's too late.
now we can't get out.
(not that i want to)
.
since hannah died, you've been a source of light to me
my world is no longer in the dark
its no longer an eclipse
the moon has moved and all i see is the sun
(you)
and i think you do understand what that means to me
because you understand me more than anyone
.
now you've finished school, and i can see you again.
( i was forbidden to see you before)
I can't wait to see your eyes, lips, hair...
*insert excitement here*
and i can tell you're excited too
because i see you look around when you step off the train
you see my face and your face lights up
(seeing your face light up, lights my world up)
you run over to me
it...seems...to...take...forever
but you're finally with me
in my arms again at last
.
we apparate away before your parents see us
i can't face the hurt expressions on their face
all they've ever been is good to me
and i am basically stealing their daughter away from them
(on the plus side, at least it's not illegal now)
.
being with you is like a new lease of life for me
you're a breath of fresh air
being with you is like flying on a brookstick
exhilerating
daring
(but without the fear of falling off)
because i know i will never get off this broomstick of love
and i hope you never will either
.
i can't wait for acceptance to finally come our way
because it will
i know it will
it will just take time
once they see we're meant for each other, it will all blow over
and we are meant for each other
i love you
you love me
we love each other and deep down, that is what matters
that we love each other no matter what stands in our way
your parents
laws
age gap
who cares?
i, for one, am glad it did end up like this
*insert love here*