Chapter 4: The Owlery
I was taken out of my reverie by the sound of Peeves the Poltergeist laughing on his way up to the Owlery. Ryan grabbed my hand and pulled me behind a statue of a large owl. I started to giggle at the thought of how ridiculous we looked, crouching behind a dropping covered statue. Ryan immediately covered my mouth with his hand, but he started laughing as well so I covered his mouth as well. We grew silent as Peeves looked around, expecting to find some students out passed curfew. My right hand still grasped Ryan's left, our free hands still covering each other's mouths. Peeves finally left, but we waited another 5 minutes before we allowed ourselves to breathe normally again.
We dropped our hands from each other's mouths, but left our other hands safe in the other person's grip. Our eyes then met once again, my light green with his ice blue, and suddenly we both knew exactly what was going to happen next.
We both leaned in and our lips locked. It felt like my body was on fire, every part of me yearned to pull him closer. The kiss didn't last long, but it was perfect in every sense.
"I have wanted to do that ever since I first laid my eyes on you," he said grinning at me. I smiled back at him and kissed him one more time. I then grabbed both his hands as I stood up.
"Come on! Let's get outta here before Peeves comes back, or worse Filch!" I said. We quickly ran down the step of the Owlery, over towards Ravenclaw tower and up the winding staircase, still holding hands.
Ryan knocked with the eagle-shaped knocker, who said, "What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end and the end of every race?"
"Oh Boggart," he said, "I honestly have no idea."
"That's because you are absolutely AWEFUL at spelling!" I laughed, "The answer is the letter e." The door then swung open and we were alone inside the common room.
I turned towards Ryan and gave him one last kiss, before I headed towards the door on the left and went to bed.
