Tied between two

Powerful things

"Anna.. Anna!" called the school councillor. "just to remind you, your appointment with me is in 20 minutes." Anna looks at her blankly. 
"excuse me? i don't understand. why do i have an appointment? i haven't done anything wrong." She turns to Brody for conformation. He looks just as confused as she did. 
"have you not had a falling out with Anita? And did you not disturb your English class yesterday and damage the wall in the English department. which by the way we are nice enough not to charge you for." the councillor fold her arms across her chest, standing dominantly over Anna's meek 5foot 4inch frame. 
" that wasn't intentional." Anna blushes with embarrassment and looks down at her grazed knuckles. "but i still don't understand why i need counselling, even if i did do that." the councillor stands motionless, glaring at Anna before rolling her eyes and sighing with pity. She turns to walk away. 
"Miss! Miss Swanson."Anna called after her. Miss Swanson turned her head round slightly, showing she heard Anna but seemingly unaware of how rude she was being.
"you will know why counselling is the best thing for you turn up to our meetings. oh.. and young lady, i will not be happy if you talk to me like that later, show some respect. Also, dont even think about not turning up, ill know where to find you." She whips her head back around and continues to walk away down the corridor. Anna turns to Brody. 
"well that's me screwed. She has clearly heard about everything that happened yesterday and thinks i'm a stroppy teenager with anger issues." She kicks the locker next to her, bending the corner of it in slightly. 
"i don't think it's like that. Maybe she's just annoyed because you like almost told her that her job is pointless." he turns her around to face him, and places his hand on her cheek, brushing his thumb along her jaw line. She sighs, relaxing her shoulders.
"But what if i say something disrespectful again and she starts accusing me of everything. What is she makes me angry and i snap and lash out like i did yesterday." Anna sniffles, trying to hold back her tears. She reaches her arms round and pulls in Brody's waist. She could feel his closeness, his heartbeat as she rested her head on his chest, she could feel his warmth, how hot he was through his thin shirt, layered under his fluffy, tartan jacket. 
"i'll be there for you, always. don't ever forget that." Brody muttered into the top of Anna's head, where his chin sat. She looked up at him, and tip-toed slightly to kiss him. 
"i know... you always have been, even when i didn't realise it. i can see that now." She pulled her hands up to ruffle his hair, highlighting his slight curls that made his hair look fluffy. Brody gave her a charming smile that sent a shiver down Anna's spine as he ran his fingers back through his hair, in an effort to sort it out. Anna giggled and sneezed. Her sneeze sounded like a kitten, as per usual. 
"now then Kitten, i think it's about time for your meeting or appointment, well whatever it is... you ready?" Brody had started calling Anna Kitten as a sort of synonym for sweetheart, when he first heard her sneeze. He pulled away from Anna and stood by her side and slide his arm around her waist, and they began walking in the direction of Miss Swanson's office. She could never understand why but, every time Brody was near, she felt safe. she didn't know how he did it but when he was around she felt like nothing else in the world could hurt them, like everything else just disappeared.