Tied between two

Finally...

Anna runs all the way through the entrance and up the stairs, as if they weren't even there, and down the corridor to the year administrator's office. She rapidly knocked on the door, no one was in. Anna lent against the wall and sunk to the floor. After a moment Brody caught up, gasping for breath. he jokes, "man, you can run when your upset." His lack of comfort, snapped Anna back into reality. Her hysteria fading, as Brody lifted her to her feet. Her legs seemed unable to support her weight and she slipped into Brody's strong, supporting arms. He closed his arms around her and pulled her in close for a hug. His chest was warm and the regular beating of his heart was soothing. She felt something she hadn't felt in years, she felt safe. Safe in his arms, she closed her eyes and rest her head on his chest, he placed his chin on her head and they stood in each others arms for several moments.

Anna slightly pulled away, only enough to face Brody, and she looked into his eyes. She never noticed it before but his eyes were always slightly different, not one colour. She saw specks of red, green, blue, brown and hazel. She took his hand from around her waist and held it in her own, looked down at it and asked, "will you stay with me?" Brody took his other hand and placed it around Anna's neck -his touch was gentle and warm- and lifted her head to look her in the eyes and responded "Always." He removed his hand from within Anna's and placed it round her back, pulling her in close. Their noses brushed and eyes closed. Brody lifted Anna slightly so she was on tip-toes and his lips touched hers. A sweet kiss. he pulled her in with a slight more pressure, forcing her mouth to open a little. The intimacy got a bit much for the year administrator who, without the pair noticing, had returned and waited to get into her office. She coughed. Brody and Anna immediately pulled apart but continued to stare into each others eyes. "May i please interrupt this romance to get into my office."

A few minutes later, the pair were sat in the office with Miss Rantz, both red faced and embarrassed. "no need to blush, i was waiting for this moment..." she began, "Brody, i want you to return to lesson, I'm going to keep Anna here about what happened earlier in break." she ushered him out of the office. "you know Anna, Brody used to come in here and talk to me all the time about you. At first i didn't know he was talking about you, he never mentioned your name. I soon figured out who he meant by his Katniss though, by the way he looks at you. Its cute, the stories he told me. I remember when he was talking about the day he first met you. he said that you walked into nursery wearing a pretty pink dress, little black shoes with white socks and you had your hair up in pigtails. he described you as an angel, because of the jacket you wore, when you twirled around with your friends it 'flew up like majestic wings' as he had said. he always came in when he was upset, every time he heard you talk about someone else you liked, or he saw you with Ben a few months ago, he was distraught. But the only thing i could tell him was, he needs to tell you how he feels, otherwise you wouldn't have never known..." Miss Rantz, opened the door and indicated Anna to leave, " i'll come find you later, don't want you both to miss all of your lesson, its clear he wasn't leaving without you" she pointed to Brody who was stood on the other side of the corridor looking into the office. Anna stood up and walked out of the room, straight into Brody's arms. He picked her up and spun her around. As he placed her back to floor he said, "You know i'v always loved you."
"i know." replied Anna with a smile. Miss Rantz once again stood staring at the pair. She threw her arms into the air, "you admit it... Finally!"