Short Story

“We were just about to get out the pizza!” April grabbed my hand, and then led me through a huge web of people. Wow. I hadn’t been around this many people for a long time. It was almost shocking.

He started raising his fist, I threw my arms up so they covered my face. He went to swing but missed. He started to stumble towards where the knifes are, "You-YOU better leave this house a-and don't come back!" Swinging the knife around

“What would you say if I asked to go away, just like we did after we met the hunters?” I brought up.

"Will you stay?" he interrupted, his expression soft and vulnerable as he reached for her hand. "I don't think I can bear being parted from you again."

"I saved your life. If you want to walk outside again and actually get killed this time, that's fine with me." he smirked. "I'm sure they are looking for you since you didn't show up on the news."

"Who's that boy that walked you to our door?" My mom queries, scaring the life out of me when she pops out of nowhere. I had just finished locking the door behind me and I just wanted to go upstairs and change into some pajamas. But I guess not.

I looked at him. I know I must've looked like a mess. My hair was hacked off. My face red. My eyes puffy. I wanted to scream. To hit him.

“Don’t take my answer of ‘no’ as a coward’s response, but I’m trying to make it back home to my family. Up until this point, we’ve only been gassed. We’re still in the dark, but nothing is attacking us. I think if we tough it out, we’ll make it out of here alive. But if we go snooping in the dark, there’s no telling what we might find.”

A door creaked open,showing a room with a burnished nightstand and two twin beds with freshly washed white blankets,as well as two suitcases,one packed to the rim looking as if it were to explode,and the other wide open with clothes sprawled out next to it messily,making it seem like someone was in a rush. A family of four entered,the girl exhausted jumped onto the bed,her father looked amused while her mother and brother were silently judging her for having a lack of manners.Her brother stopped eventually and gave in to his own tiredness and jumped onto the bed laughing a bit when it made his sister jump up slightly,their mother sighed at the antics,and the father gave a booming laugh.

“You know I'm not really smart, you're gonna have to help me out here…” With that, you attacked his lips, wrapping your fingers in his hair. He flinched in shock when his lips met your, but gradually melted into your arms. They were surprisingly soft and warm. However, you broke the kiss a bit too quickly, so you could see how he reacted. You gazed at him, questioningly.

The rest of the evening to tried to come up with excuses to avoid having to spend much of the night with Sirius Black and his group of horrid friends. You tried everything, you mustered up all of your acting skills and took to the hospital wing, attempting to convince Madame Pomfrey that you were seriously ill; she, of course, saw right through you, and you left the wing feeling defeated and shameful. You even went as far as to provoke Professor McGonagall, hoping that she’d give you detention for the evening, but all you got was a scolding and a 2 foot essay.

“This is it”, muttered Max, his words shattering the silence of his study as he entered coordinates into his computer.

Basking in warm sunshine, I slouch in the back seat. The late ‘90s van that seems empty for its size carefully drives down streets full of Chicago’s infamous potholes. This ruby red automobile carries a chatty friend beside me, his brother sleeping soundly in the far back and his troubled mother in the driver’s seat. Drawing closer to my friend’s house, I need to drift into my imagination to prepare myself for the long day ahead with him. However, my friend’s mother interrupts my escape, complaining to us about the grueling work of adulthood ranging from lots of taxes to having no leisure time. I paddle through my thoughts and listen out to her call for help. I want to be her problem solver. Opening the floodgates of my mind will put

"At first I thought you didn 't recognize me," She laughed running and giving me a hug.

"You can join us. I know I just met you but you seem like a nice person Tessa" I smiled. She looked over at Harry and he looked at her then me." Were set to be seated in fifteen minutes." She gave him the puppy eyes and he sighed nodding.