Love Can Be Deadly

"I did it."

This better work or else I may never see Severus ever again. I just need Liz to convince Luke into helping us and we are a go. Only thing is, Luke seems like the kind of guy who can't be convinced at all. Isaac better be right about him having a tiny soft spot and I'm wondering what it is.

As soon as I see Luke about to pass me, I block his way so he won't ignore me if I just call out to him.
"Luke. I-"

"I'm not here." He pushes me aside to get through but I block his way again.
"Move."

"Isaac needs to talk to you, in private."

"What for?" He asks with a raised eyebrow.

"If I knew, I would've told you by now." I say with a bit of sarcasm.

"I'll be there in a few minutes."

"But it's important!" I stop him but accidentally place my hands on his chest so he won't go any further. The moment I realize where my hands are, I instantly remove them and back away from him.
"Um...it's important. He wants to see you, now." I lower my head while blushing in embarrassment. I can now tell he works out a lot.

Luke just looks at me for a few more seconds before leaving towards the stairs without saying another word. Must have pissed him off even more. No wonder he hates me.

Oh well.

"Why are you out of your room?"

I jump a little from fright when I hear my father's voice behind me. I don't want to see nor talk to him at all.
"I, needed fresh air." I roll my eyes and begin to walk away.

"Isaac told me what happened earlier."

I end up stopping in my tracks right when I was about to go upstairs with my hand on the railing.
"Let me guess. You don't believe him. Just like you didn't believe me about your brother."

"Your uncle wa-"

"Don't call him that!" I finally look up at him while letting go of the railing.
"Don't you dare call him that! He was family to you but not to me! That disgusting man raped and tortured me when you sent him to look for me! I told you what happened after his death and what did you do? Nothing! You didn't believe a word I said!"

"So you think I won't believe it this time?" He folds his arms and looks straight into my soul.

"Even if I told you myself what happened earlier, you still wouldn't have believed it! You believe what Isaac tells you but not me! You believe in everyone else's words except mine!" Angry tears well up in my eyes and I'm hoping they don't fall. It becomes a stare down between the two of us and it gives me time to compose myself.
"After years of knowing I survived and existed, you never even bothered to find me yourself. I know I'm not important to you and I know mom didn't want me to be near you but I needed you to be a father figure to me. I needed you to at least care what I think or believe me when I told you what happened. I just needed you in my life but you were never there. And even if you were, you should've been proud of who I've become but I just don't matter to you do I?"

He stays quiet for a moment just watching the single tear slowly roll down my cheek.
Just as he was about to say something, Jack appears from the other side of the Manor. He whispers something to my father while I wipe away the tears forming in the corner of my eyes.

"We'll talk more when I get back." My father says before leaving out the door with Jack.

"Of course. It's not like I'm important to you anyways." I say while sitting on one of the steps, burying my face in my hands.

'Can't I just go back with Severus? I just want to be in his arms where I'm safe from everything around me.'

"Fun talk?" Isaac approaches from behind and sits on the same step beside me.