She had woken up afraid. Her heart beat rapidly in her chest as she quickly sat up, throwing the contents of her lap onto the floor. Something was burning her. She jumped away and looked down at the scroll, he felt silly at her reaction. Shaking her head she rubbed her eyes and read the message within.
I summon you to the astronomy tower. Quickly. – D
I summon you.
That made her blood boil. She was not something that could be summoned at the master's command. She looked at the book on the ground, a small page on vanishing cabinets, and closed the book stretching her arms above her head.
She could not be summoned, but her legs of their own accord took her to the doorway. She would be anyways.
She walked through the door way and into the silence of the room. There were no banging doors or crying like there had been before, just him, legs dangling further off the ledge than she would have liked. Her heart lurched in her chest at the height of it. From the middle of the tower she could ignore it, from where he sat, the dangerous position he put himself in made her heart beat quicker in her chest.
"You summoned me" she let some of the venom linger on the word, she would have given him hell for it if he was on solid ground.
"Shut it Granger, come here." He patted the empty space next to him and her heart sunk in her chest. There was no way that was going to happen.
"Why don't you come to me, more solid ground, okay?" He laughed and bowed his head, looking out into the darkness.
"That night, feels like ages now I think. If I had to be honest I would've jumped. Had Snape not come into the room. It would have been easier to explain that way." He pushed himself further off the ledge, relying on his arms to keep him afloat.
"Let's not do any jumping tonight please." Timidly yet quickly she approached and grabbed the back of his shirt and pulled slightly towards center, away. He laughed and obliged, moving his legs around he stood on the solid ground. Holding his hands up in a peace gesture.
"Oh, how I think you will change your mind on that soon. Have you been reading?" she nodded her head, crossing her arms over herself. "You haven't found anything of interest yet?" He walked back towards the open wall. How she wished she could build a barrier, prevent him from getting closer.
"You didn't give me anything to go by, its not a thin book." She played with the hem of her shirt, pulling at the loose threads. He laughed and grabbed her hand pulling the fidgeting fingers away.
"No, it's not a thin book at all, but dog earing the pages would have been to easy for you." He examined the palm of her hand running his calloused fingers over her smooth ones. She could feel the nerves in her stomach come alive. "What are you going to do when you realize you can't stop me?" he kissed her fingers one at a time before dropping her hand and walking away.
"Try harder." He laughed at her again.
"You need to try harder then Granger, because I think I'm getting closer." She heard the panic in his voice, saw it in his eyes and he turned to her, before planting himself back on the ground legs hanging over the side of the wall again. She sat herself behind him, holding onto the bottom of his shirt.