Consuming Darkness: Sebastian Sallow

Chapter 48

-Ronnie-

   Sebastian ran his thumb along the outside of my thumb and I could feel him watching me as we walked, hand in hand, toward the Quidditch pitch. The butterflies in my stomach forcing my lips into a silly smirk.

  "Have you told Natty, Poppy or Professor Weasley about meeting with the Keepers tonight?" He wondered.

   "No..." I hesitated. After all they'd been through last year... I couldn't bring myself to call on them for help again. It also could possibly have been nothing and I was stressing myself out for no reason. "And I don't think I will..."

   "There's no shame in asking for help..." he said softly.

   "You should take your own advice Sallow," I replied sharply. My words came out harsher than I intended but instead of apologizing I stared forward. I felt off about all of this... it was weighing on me.

   He chuckled. "Touché," he responded lightheartedly, unaffected by my tone.

   "Like I said yesterday... I would honestly rather do this alone... I saw so much... pain... last year I just... I don't want that to happen again," I struggled to voice my concern through the sorrow in my heart.

   "Well... you're not getting rid of me, so you won't have to be totally alone," he mused, and tugged me closer to him.

   I laughed weakly as we reached the field only a few minutes before Sebastian's extra practice. He asked me to walk with him and there was simply no way that I could refuse him.

  Instead of walking in the front entrance, he lead me around the field. I knew he was wanting to talk to me further about all of this but I, in fact, did not. There was something else, that had been weighing on my mind, that I needed to discuss with him. "We still haven't finished our conversation about your..." I looked around, and despite the lack of people I lowered my voice to a whisper. "Shadow magic..."

   "What about it?" He asked casually, as if we weren't talking about an ancient, unknown form of dark magic.

  "Do you plan on continuing to use it, despite our promise we made with Ominis?" I asked once we were on the backside of the pitch. I stopped and looked up into his brown eyes, searching them for answers.

   His mood shifted from care free to defensive. "I promised that I wouldn't use the unforgivable curses. I said that I did not plan on ceasing my use of dark magic entirely."

   "I'm not going to use dark magic anymore," I told him

   He chuckled. "Good for you," he mocked.

  I let out a surprised laugh. "Seriously?!"

   He moved closer to me, a fire in his eyes. "Yes seriously," he challenged.

   "Do you think that Ominis would be okay with that?" I shot back as my eyes narrowed.

   "My parents are dead so I'm not sure why you and Ominis feel the need to fill in for them," he scoffed.

   I snorted in laughter and looked him over. "Well then I guess you really aren't as smart as I give you credit for, Sebastian Sallow," I argued. I moved towards him and took a step back.

   "Now what in the blood hell is that supposed to mean, darling," he hissed and moved towards me.

    I pointed my finger at his chest. "We care about you, you daft sod! That's what people do when they love someone! They protect them! Even if it's from themselves! I will not let you fall again Sebastian!" I retorted.

   "That's why I'm doing this Ronnie!" he shouted causing me to step back. He grabbed onto my arms and looked desperately into my eyes. "I can't stand by and watch you take the world on by yourself!"