As the Stars align ( Regulus Black )

Twenty-Seven: Spark

*24 hours later*

Regulus POV

She froze as her lips were met by his and so did I. I stared at the way his hand rested on her wrist and on the way her eyes were ripped open in shock. She regained her composure before I did and pushed him off of her. The Bastard had the audacity to look shocked.

I couldn't quite hear what she was saying to him but she rushed to the exit soon after. I pushed my drink into Evans hand and contemplated whether I should hit him or go after her. When I spotted the Marauders starring at him like he had committed a grave crime, I knew that I wouldn't have to take care of him.

When I stepped out of the common room I spotted her flying skirt as she rounded the corner. I ran after her as fast as I could but she was surprisingly fast. While I had the advantage of not wearing heels, she still had a head start.

Her steps grew slower and slower until she stopped all together. Maybe she thought she was alone now. Far away enough from the party and the people to finally show her fear, or even anger

When she came to a halt she was breathing heavily, furiously yanking at the restraints of her Corset. She scoffed out a huff of air and pulled at the corset once more. I calmed myself for a moment before approaching her and touching the lacing of her corset.

She whipped around, her face red with anger.

"Leave me alone" she hissed, pointing her finger in my face. Her chest pushed heavily against the restraints of the Corset in an attempt to breath. I tried reaching for the lacing again, but this time she slapped my hand away with hers.

"Stop being Stubborn, Red, I want to help" I hissed back

"I don't need your help" she yelped as she took a step back

"You need help!" I stated

"Yes!" She yanked on her corset again "But not from you!"

"Stop it, Red" I watched as the fabric cut into her skin, leaving red lines that would surely turn into bruises soon enough "You're going to hurt yourself if you keep doing that"

"I told you to leave me the fuck alone, Black!" She almost yelled, turning away to face one of the window sills while still pulling at the corset "I don't need help from you"

"Bullshit" I knew that she would hate me for it, but I'd rather have her hate me then have her hurt herself. I used the fact that she couldn't see me to my advantage. One of my hands grabbed her hip while the other pushed her torso forward.

Alexis had no other choice then to use her hands to catch herself on the window sill. I got to work before she could gather herself. I had the alcohol she had drunken to thank for her delayed reaction. My fingers made quick work of the lacing and pulled apart each knot until the restraining dropped to the ground.

I hastily took multiple steps back and held my hands up in surrender. Alexis whipped around moments later, her face displayed emotions I could only identify as rage. This was different from any other time she had been angry at me. Normally she was the kind to be the clam type of anger. The Icy cold kind of anger.

This was explosive, hot anger

"What the fuck!" She yelled. Her Voice bounced off the walls. "Who the fuck do you think you are! You cant just undress someone against their will"

"I'm sorry" I had nothing else to say

"You know, Black, I am fucking tired of hearing you apologies" she huffed "You always fuck shit up and expect that an apology is going to fix everything" she took a step closer to me. In that moment she looked more like a predator hunting prey then she did a girl who was close to having a panic attack seconds earlier. "Guess what?! It doesn't fix shit!"