(A/N): Hey Guys! Please hold your shoe throwing till the end, please!

I've been super busy lately- no, that's a lie. I've been working on other stories- no, that's also not very true. Look guys, I have no excuses, it's just that every time I sat down to write for this story, my mind would go blank, I'd get a headache, and I'd shut my computer down rather than have to look at it. However, today, I wrote this. I hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I own nothing but Leo, Elaine, Shari, Nicholai, Brooke, Quiggly and Mia.

Leo

A few hours later, that same day, it was time for another one of Elaine and I's flight lessons.

"Do you think you can handle being on a broom by yourself yet?" Her head whipped around and she stared at me, wide-eyed, terrified, I could feel it.

"Do...do I have to?" She asked in a small voice, and I stared at her for a minute.

"No, but it will quicken this along. You need to learn sometime, Damsel." I gave her a small smile, grabbing and squeezing her hand lightly before releasing it quickly.

"Well then...I guess...so." She managed to say slowly, mounting the broom I had brought, and I rested a hand on her back reassuringly.

"Don't worry Elaine, I'll catch you if anything goes wrong." She relaxed slightly, but still gulped as she tried to kick off. The broom shot up quickly, too quickly, and I grabbed both end of the broom roughly, keeping at the height it had reached, not letting it go any higher.

"Thank you." She choked out, wide-eyed again, and I released the broom slowly, so it didn't just launch upwards like last time.

"It's fine, you'll do great. I know you will." I told her comfortingly, trying to sound confident, even though that last attempt had me worried still.

She started coasting around the Quidditch pitch a few feet over my head, and I walked underneath her flight path, keeping up the guidance as she went.

"I think...I think I'm going to go higher." She called down with a gulp, and I stared up at her for a second, slightly worried, before nodding and realising she couldn't see it.

"Yeah, alright." I called quietly, just loud enough for her to hear, and she glanced down to me at my tone.

"Leo? What's wrong?" I looked back up at her again, confused.

"What do you mean?" I asked, genuinely not knowing what she was talking about. She smiled at me lightly.

"You look like a father teaching his kid to ride a bike for the first time, following me around, making sure I don't fall off." I chuckled quietly, but still somewhat worriedly. I pulled on my mask, and she frowned before I put a confident, easy-going grin in it's place.

"I'd have to say learning to fly is significantly more dangerous, but not with me around." My grin widened, and she stared at me. "Don't worry, Elaine, I'll catch you if you fall." A few seconds later, fate decided to test me on that.

As Elaine angled the broom upwards, she glanced back at me, just as a gust of wind blew past her. The broom jostled lightly, but because she wasn't paying attention, or holding on very tightly, she slipped over the edge, falling to the bone-crushing ground.

Or, well, she would have, if I hadn't moved.

I caught her in outstretched arms, and she gasped, staring at me for a second before snuggling into my chest.

"It's okay Damsel, I've got you." I slowly let her down, so she wouldn't be startled, and as soon as her feet touched the ground, she flung her arms around my neck, my arms still wrapped around her waist tightly.

"It's okay, your okay-" I started to comfort her, but she chuckled quietly and pulled back tears in her eyes.

"I know that, you big idiot! This is my thank you." She pulled me closer again, standing on her tiptoes so her chin could rest on my shoulder. "Ugh, when did you get so tall?" I grinned into her hair, breathing in for the first time, gingerly. I froze slightly before forcing myself to exhale, and inhale again.

"What are you doing?" She asked quietly, amusement in her tone, and I could tell she was smiling.

"Trying to get used to this." I felt her blush lightly, and I smiled, shaking my head. "Your scent, Damsel, your scent." Now she was just confused.

"My scent...?" She asked, her voice higher slightly as she was still straining to rest her chin on my shoulder. I grinned lightly, lifting her off the ground by a few inches so she could rest herself more comfortably, and she gasped.

"Don't do that, you'll get tired!" She scolded, and I burst out laughing, still holding her up.

"Damsel, I could hold you like this for hours and I probably wouldn't even get tired." I explained, and she raised an eyebrow.

"Oh? Mr. Muscles is confident of this?" I frowned at the new nickname, but shrugged.

"I could, Damsel. That's the truth." We fell silent for a little while, and I just relished in the fact of holding her so close, forcing myself to keep breathing in and out as regularly as possible, trying to get used to it.

"So, why are you trying to get used to my scent? I thought you said I smelt like...apples, chocolate and cinnamon?" I remembered that conversation, and smiled fondly at the memory.

"Green apples." I corrected. "And I'm trying to get used to the scent of your blood, not the scent of you." She stiffened slightly, and I panicked for a second before she nuzzled my neck lightly.

"Having any luck?" I shrugged.

"Don't know yet. Only time will tell, I guess." She smiled, and I set her down gently, releasing my arms from around her waist, and a second later, she removed her arms from around my neck.

We were standing close, too close, and I coughed trying to clear the tension.

"I'm going to go get the broom, we can continue this tomorrow." As I walked away to collect the broom from where it had fallen to the ground, I blushed furiously, having realised what I had just said.

"Alright uh, we should be getting back." As we walked, side by side, she moved closer, fitting her side to mine, wrapping an arm around my back, and I cautiously settled my arm across her shoulders, pulling her even closer.

I just hoped I was doing the right thing.

(A/N): So, what did you think?

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