Run Hard, Fly High, Love Deep Chapter 7

Emma stood stalled at the Fat Lady. "It's the mixing of emotions. He'll be so happy to see me but I'm so sad. I want to run or fly forget how much it all hurts." Emma let tears slide her cheeks as she stood there alone or maybe she was talking to the pink lady that listened sympathetically. Time passed slowly and she remained statuesque. Her mind didn't want to deal with the pain so it simply stopped.

"I am not going to just. . ." the portrait suddenly swung open and Wood appeared before her, mid sentence. She looked up in shock. Soon her breath started to catch in her throat and her eyes grow warm. She started to break down completely. Instantly he lifted her into his arms and carried her into the common room. At his pleading expression the occupants quietly left. The girls, too terrified to sleep alone, went upstairs to huddle together on one bed.

"I almost killed him." Emma was curled up against Oliver in front of the dying fire. If any two people in the world wanted to be closer, they would have found it difficult. "If Minerva, hadn't stopped me I would have."

"I wouldn't blame you," he promised. His fingers were woven into her hair as she buried her face into his shoulder. "I would have, for everything he put you through. I'm so sorry I wasn't there for you." She could feel the pain melt away as she looked into his eyes. To know some one else shared what she felt was enough. "I found you gone and I thought I would never see you again," Oliver confessed. "I'm.I'm in love with you." She could see tears starting to form in his eyes and she kissed him softly. "And if you hadn't come back I don't know what I would have done."

"It's alright," she assured him softly. "You don't have to worry anymore."

Dawn wasn't faraway but it found them lying together. The Griffindors left them in peace as they went about their day. Oliver woke around noon in a panic. She was gone and he almost didn't see the noted left beside him.

"You looked so adorable and while I spent most of the night passed out you were awake and worrying. There are three joys in my life; running through the woods with the wind in my fur, flying fast and high, and you. And that's in the order of how much I love them; you're at the top, just in case you wondered. If I know your stomach you are waking just in time for lunch and I'll be in the great hall. Love Emma p.s. you only nip the ones you love." Wood smiled and ran for his dorm. She was right, it was nearly lunch and he didn't want to disappoint her.

Fine

I will try to work on the extra ficlet I promised earlier. Until thank you for reading. Puppy