Monster
"I, I care about you,
real, really, I do."
The stammering voice fills her ears,
Sounding hollow even to his own ears.
He took a gulp and continued on,
Slowly unsure of himself.
"It, it's jus, just that,
well,
yo, you see,
well."
Again he paused and looked away,
Unsure of how to continue.
He glanced up into her dark blue eyes,
Eyes that stared back with a calm confusion.
"You can't have both of us."
He blurted in a rush,
the calm confusion,
changed to complete confusion.
She stared at him in shock,
Trying to peer into his eyes and soul.
Searching for an explanation.
As the whispers around them became louder.
"What are you talking about?"
Comes the soft voice.
"I think, I think we should break up!"
She stares at him unbelieving,
Before the hurt and betrayal sets in.
He flinches away thinking that perhaps she will attack.
She won't,
She cares too much about him.
She walks away, slowly at first,
Then her footsteps become quicker
Until she is running down the hall.
She runs down the halls,
Their gray stone walls becoming nothing but a blur.
She finds herself strangely in Professor Mutoh's room.
He glances up from a paper he is grading shocked.
She opens her mouth,
Blushes,
And then disappears back into the hall.
Running toward the Gryffindor Common Room.
The common room is vacant much to her pleasure.
She doesn't want to deal with people.
She just wants to be alone with her cat
And
Her thoughts.
She disappears into her dorm room,
And sinks down the cold stone wall.
Her eyes blink back tears
That threaten to fall.
She stares down at her pale trembling hands.
Hands that at one time had been stained with blood,
Dark Slytherin blood.
Even though it had not been life's blood.
It had been enough to get her branded,
With just one single word that destroyed her very self
Monster