Disclaimer- Characters and setting belong to the great, J.K.Rowling. The plot is mine!
A/N- The characters (main) names aren't mentioned in this because, well, naming them made it too...I don't know how to put it into words, but saying there names wasn't working for me. So, you can tell me who you think they are...(it's really obvious! lol) Anyways, onto the reading, huh?
The Life Preserver
Again and again, her fist pounded into his chest. She scratched and screamed. Swore and yelled.
And he took it all.
Finally, her screams of anger, turned to screams of pain, and her brown eyes over flowed with tears.
She started shaking and fell against his chest. His arms encircled her small, and terrified form. He held her tight, as if it would drain away all the bad, and leave only good.
If there was any good left.
He was running his fingers through her curly, brown hair when she looked at him, and he choked on a scream.
Her normally bright, fiery eyes, were almost completely hollow. One emotion shown through, and that was the hurt. The pain. He hoped she could see the concern, the sympathy, and the apology that was in his own silver pools.
Her parents had been murdered in their muggle home earlier that night. By his Father, and his Death Eater cronies.
When Professor McGonagall informed her of this in an empty Transfiguration classroom, she had excused herself politely, and left the room. As soon as the classroom door was closed, she had sprinted down to the dungeons.
Upon reaching the Slytherin Common Room (being a Prefect had its perks) she waited in the shadows of the dimly lit corridor. She knew he would be alone when he came because he always left the Great Hall alone. And before anyone else.
She didn't have to wait too long before he came strutting down the corridor.
She grabbed his arm, and pulled him into the shadows. In his scrabbled to get away from her, they both ended up with their wands to the others face.
He seen her eyes, basically hollow, and it scared him enough to lower his wand. She lowered hers as well, not having the energy to duel with him anyway.
And that's when she began to scream and curse and hit him. He knew he deserved it so he didn't protest.
When her breathing had returned to semi-normal, he shook his white-blonde hair out of his eyes, and lowered them both to the ground.
She was sitting in between his two out stretched legs, his arms around her protectively, and her grabbing onto his arms and chest as if he were her Life Preserver and not some one she should hate.
And at that moment, he was her Life Preserver.
Okay, this is the first story I've written in a while, soo...Don't be too harsh, kay? But constructive critism and compliments are always welcome!My inspiration for this story was quite odd.. My baby cousin was crying and screaming and kicking for almost half hour straight, and after he was calmed down this story came to mind...so yeah. I decided to write it. Like I said at the top, I know who the main characters are and I'm sure you do too, right? lol why not tell me who you think it is in a review? lol thanks for reading
TK