Abditory [H.S]

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I think im in love w this chap

Luella Jones

"Luella, wake up."

"Luella- for fucks sake wake up!"

I groan, blinking as I open my eyes. I can feel my neck hurt from how much it's been bend, my back aching in pain while my head throbs.

"Fucking hell what do you want?" My voice comes out dry and raspy.

I soon realize that I still have my head on his shoulder, raising it off to sit up and rub my eyes.

"What time is it?" I finally open my eyes, seeing him stand in front of me.

"It's almost 8am, we need to go before they open the tower." He grasps my hand and holds me off the floor in one scoop, making me gasp at the sudden action.

"Come on, nerd!" He says through gritted teeth.

"Okay, okay!" I exclaim and follow him down the stairs in a hurry.

I notice the way the sun hasn't fully risen up yet, small bits of sunshine only coming through the clouds, the sky still blue with droplets of water dropping from the dark clouds. I feel them on my hair, my nose, and my fingers which are still intertwined with Harry's in hopes I catch up with him.

He's going strangely fast, for some reason that scares me.

"Harry- chill for a second, I can't keep up." I say through my heavy breaths. I'm not about to go down those three floors in one run.

He suddenly stops, making me stumble on the steps and fall forward. Before my face meets the ground I'm being held backwards again, feeling his hands around my waist to pull me up again. Once I'm up, with my hands on his shoulders now, I speak.

"Why...are...we...going so....fast-" I pant, feeling the air knocked out of my lungs.

"Because we need to be there first and look like we just came here, there are guards set beside the stairs down already. We have to be fast." He looks down for a second before pulling my hands off his forum.

"Can't we just take the lift?" I ask as he now semi-walks, his hand tugging on my wrist.

"They'll notice us when we come out. With the sun rising now we'll be more seen." He, himself, is now panting as well.

"Let's just wait until some people go up and act like we were with them before taking it then." My feet are going so fast against the steps I can't focus anymore.

"Luella, to be completely honest with you right now, I have better things to do in the morning than wait for a lift to get down." He stops in the middle of the floor between the other staircase, looking directly at me.

"Then leave me alone! I'm not running down a three hundred meter long tower with you at eight in the morning!" I admit, saying that rather loudly.

"I'm not leaving you to get caught alone! You might go to prison for this." He argues.

"I'd rather go to prison than lose a lung halfway-down." I cross my arms over my chest, now regaining my breath a bit.

He huffs. "You don't want that." Harry shakes his head and goes to grab my arm again.

Between our loud fighting and the sound of rain dropping over our heads more now, a new set of voice brings both mine and Harry's attention.

"Hey! You two! What are you doing up here?" Harry's eyes dart behind me, making me turn my head to see an angry guard, looking down at us from the top of the stairs.