HP Short Stories

Chasing You

Enzo's Story Part Five

Once the realization hit Enzo he took off towards the barrels, tapping them furiously as they open for him. He storms through the common room, Rue nowhere in sight. He continues his furious strides making his way down the tunnel and right towards her room.

Two knocks hard and fast....her KangaRUE Room sign banging after each pound of his fist. He hears shuffling from the other side of the door before it swings open. Rue stands before him her eyes glistening with tears streaming down her face, her cheeks all rosy. She was breathtaking but his heart clutched tightly in his chest knowing he was the reason she was sobbing like this.

He pushes himself in her room, her objection very evident to him before he shuts her door gently behind him. Those bright blue eyes tearfully watching him afraid of what he's about to say.

"You don't get to walk away like that without listening to my side." his voice was strong and demanding.

"Enzo..." she starts but it was his turn to stop her from talking.

"No Rue...listen to me." he pauses as he steps closer to her, his hands cupping her face watching her eyes close as she leans into his touch. He didn't understand how she had absolutely no idea how incredibly beautiful she was.

"Every time you step into a room I swear it's like the sun is shinning brighter. All I think about is when I'm going to see you next not because you are my best friend but because you make me the happiest person in the room. I can hardly breathe around you because you make me so nervous. The reason we do movie nights every Friday night, and go to Hogsmeade every Saturday and finish up our weekend reading your books by the black lake is because I selfishly want to occupy all of your time so you won't have any to spare dating anyone else. I know it's selfish of me...after everything...after dating Daphne. I don't have any reason to keep you from finding someone who would chose you first. I only dated her because I was trying to drown out my feelings for you. You occupy every space in my mind, body and soul. I realized one night that it would never work out with Daphne because she wasn't you......She wasn't the girl I have loved since the moment we met all those years ago on the train. There is no one like you Rue, you are the most incredible person I have ever known. There's a reason all of my friends love you....why I love you. No one will ever compare to you not in this lifetime or the next. You have always been my only choice I'm sorry it took me so long to tell you....please forgive me Rue, because I don't want to spend the rest of my life without you. You are my home Rue...wherever you are that's where I want to be."

Those caramel eyes search hers waiting for her to say something...anything. Rue's voice was stuck as she stared at him in awe. After a few long seconds which felt like an eternity to Enzo, she speaks "You love me?" she questions him wondering if she was dreaming.

A small smile tilts the corner of Enzo lips "I love you Rue Porpentina Scamander...." Enzo rubs the pads of his thumbs on her cheeks. "I'm sorry it took me so long to tell you." he apolgises.

Rue lets out a small chuckle "I never thought I would hear you say those words. I dreamed of it...wished for it...but I never thought..." she trails off as one of his hands slides to tuck some of her unruly hair behind her ear.

That same hand drops coming to the middle of her back nudging her closer to him. His other hand moves to her neck his thumb on her jaw line tilting her head up slightly. He starts to lean down his lips a breath away from hers. Everything seemed to be in slow motion "Enzo" she whispers, her heart was beating so wildly she swore he could hear it.

Enzo was about to kiss her...her first kiss was going to be with the boy she has waited for all this time.....butterflies took flight in her stomach as their lips gently brushed. He deepened the kiss as her whole world exploded into shards of molten light. This was a kiss that could undo a person...a kiss only love stories wrote about. Rue's arms move to lightly drape around Enzo's neck standing on her tip toes. Enzo moves the hand from her cheek to her waist holding her against him.

He wasn't sure what he was expecting for his first kiss with Rue but whatever he had imagined would never be better than the real thing. Her lips were soft and gentle...the gloss from her lipstick tasted like honey. He pulled back breaking the kiss as her eyes fluttered open, those sky blue eyes on his caramel ones.

She was so overwhelmingly perfect, his heart was beating so rapidly as his lips found hers again, he could never tire of kissing her. Would never be able to describe how much he loved her....there were not enough words in the English dictionary to explain his love for her.

Rue was overcome with a sense of peace and love she has never known before. As they pull apart once more, his hands come back up to cup her face while he takes in those beautiful blues. "You are everything I have ever wanted and more KangaRue."