We Are Meant To Be

Chapter 3: The Suitecase

I climbed up the stairs, up and out of the case, and saw all the materials we needed, spread out across the room. I walked over to grab a few pieces of wood, and walked back to the case.

"Ready?" I yelled down to Newt.

"Ready!" he responded.

I started to hand him down the supplies that we needed.

"Ok, that's good! Let's get started!" he yelled up.

"Ok, I'm coming down!"

I started to climb into the case, and Newt helped me down the ladder again, taking my hand into his, and warmly smiling.

"Ready?" I asked

"Ready."

We start building different habitats and pens for the different animals that we thought that we may meet someday, with specific emphasis on the creatures we knew were around Hogwarts, and near our homes.The day consisted of cutting wood, and hammering it together. Luckily, even though both of us were clumsy and uncoordinated, we didn't hurt ourselves.

"What color?" I asked Newt, holding up two different paints, one a brownish-red, and the other a pale tan.

"Um," he said, tilting his head to the side while looking at them, "This one!" He said,.

"Good, that was my choice, too!" I laughed, getting the paint ready.

I started to paint, and Newt joined me. While painting, i flicked my brush upward, and a dollop of the reddish paint got on the tip of his nose.

"Oh Newt, I'm so sorry!" I apologized.

"It's fine" he said, laughing, obviously finding the whole thing.

We continued painting, and as we did, a cheeky grin grew on Newt's face.

"Newt?" I said, in suspicion, "Why are you acting like you're up to something?"

"Because, payback" he said, taking the paint brush, and lightly slapping me on the cheek with it, and immediately running away.

"NEWTON ARTEMIS FIDO SCAMANDER, YOU GET YOUR BLOODY ASS OVER HERE!" I yelled, running after him.

I ran in the direction that he did, to go and try to find him.

"Jeez, does he know how big that this case is? This is going to take forever" I said to myself.

I continued to walk around, before I feel Newt's warm hands wrap around my waist, pick me up and twirl me around. He placed me back on the ground, and I still felt hands around my waist and a head on my shoulder. It was comforting. His arms around my waist felt so comforting, so warm, so homelike. I never wanted to move. His head on my shoulder felt like the weight on your heart when in love. It's heavy, but a good kind of heavy. I could hear his slow breath, and feel its warmth on my neck. I felt as though the two of us were one with another, and it felt like an eternity, but it felt as though the eternity was not enough time. His hair brushed against my ear when he laid his head on mine, and tightened his arms around my waist. I knew that this was the man that I loved.

"You found me" he said in a whisper, a happy yet gentle whisper.

I chuckled. "I guess I did."

I turned around and to face him, though his head was lifted off of my shoulder,his hands were still wrapped around my waist.I look him in the eyes, and started to blush.

"Today's been fun," I said.

"We've gotten a lot done," he said, looking around

I look behind him at a clock to see that it was almost dinner.

"Shoot, it's almost dinner! We must have skipped over lunch, we need to get going!" I said, pulling away from him.

"Oh, right," he said, with a bit of disappointment in his voice.

We cleaned up a bit before leaving the case.

"We must keep this a secret," Newt said sternly.

"I promise."

He opened the door to the hall and peeked out, before leading me out, too.We sneaked around a bit before we got into the halls with everyone that was heading to dinner.We walked over to Kelly and Jennifer, already sitting at our spot at the Hufflepuff table.

"Hey girls," I said, sitting down, with food appearing in front of me.

"Hey, where have you two been?" Jennifer asked.

"Um..." I stuttered. I was at a loss for words.

"Studying... I've been lacking in some areas of potions and...well, Crystal was... Helping me to... Understand it better," Newt said, looking away.

I smiled at him, and he returned it.

"I see" Kelly said, but I knew that she saw through that excuse. "What's that on your cheek?"

I reached for a mirror in my bag and looked at myself, forgetting that newt slapped me with a paint brush.

"Oh, paint." I said, trying to wipe it off with a napkin right next to me.

"From?" Kelly and Jennifer asked in unison.

"Studying. She was quizzing me on the different potions, and... Was having me paint the ingredients onto parchment... some of it kind of exploded." Newt said, continuing to avoid eye contact.

"Okay, well let's eat! I'm starving." I said.