Distance far

[Amorentia]

Sara POV

My hand was throbbing, the demon spawn they referred to here as a doctor had made sure of that.  By the time he was done setting and snapping everything back into place, I was sure I was going to be sick from the pain that was radiating everywhere.  Not even the pretty blue cast he wrapped around my hand and wrist helped, but I decided to let every twinge of pain serve as another reminder of just how pissed I was at Regulus Fucking Black, asshole extraordinaire.  By the time I left the office with the little bottle of white pills I knew I would never use in hand, I had a game plan set.  Out of sight of the muggles, I apparated back to Peni's, putting the pills on a shelf and grabbing a pain potion before heading to my room for a thick blanket and my IPOD.

Once under the shelter of the tree's outside, I made a make-shirt bed for myself, burrowing in and charming the blankets to stay warm, putting on my IPOD and going over the day in the place that worked best for me...inside myself.

Time passed and I watched the light begin to fade, the sun setting and the pink and purple wash coloring the blue backdrop over the tree's.  I knew I needed to head in, to see what fallout had occurred...to make sure everyone was still breathing.  Grabbing my stuff, I snuck into the guest house.  After checking on the kids, I walked into our bedroom, noting the closed blinds and non-exsistant light, I got a little worried, calling softly,  "Hey"

I saw Blaise's head raise from the pillow in the small sliver of light coming between the folds of the blinds as he said,  "I was starting to get worried."

"I'm sorry, I just needed some space," I walked over to the edge of the bed, asking tentatively, "can I join you?"  He laid back on the pillow, stretching his arm out to the side and creating a space for me to curl against him.  Laying with my head over his heart, I whispered. "I love you Zabini..."

He laughed softly, "I love you, sweetheart. With all of my heart. I don't want to make you upset with my insecurities."

Blaise POV

"Well, since your constantly having to deal with mine, I guess it's only fair that you get to through a few of your own in every now and then." Sara untucked my shirt from the waist band of my pants so she could play with the hair under my belly button. The swirl of her fingers was relaxing and exciting all at the same time. She asked, "Did you talk to him?"

Knowing my girl was independant, I wasn't sure how this would fly. But I had to try. All I wanted was to protect her and our family.

"If you don't mind, I'd like to handle things with Reg for awhile. Just to make a point. I know we're all here in close proximity right now. Neither of is comfortable with him taking Brailee to Great Hallow, so we're kind of stuck with him. But I think we need to make a statement that we standing together against his egomantical nonsense."

Sara POV

The idea of being in the same house with Reg and trying not to talk to him, left me making a face I was glad Blaise couldn't see, I was fairly certain it was unattractive, "Yeah, we can do that.  If I talk to him, I'll just fold anyway.  I know he's in a rough spot, being here, seeing us together day in and day out, all the stuff with Tori is starting to look like more than just a good time, the stress...Reg doesn't deal well with a little pressure, and this is alot." I laughed, knowing this was exactly why I needed to keep the broken hand, because it was so easy for me to try to find reasons to cover for his sorry ass, "And I will make all his excuses for him and he won't learn a thing.  You handling him sounds perfect, your far less forgiving"

"Between you and I," he said with a small smile, "I know this won't last forever. But he still thinks of us as some passing fad. Like we don't have children and a life together. I think we have to do something that shows him otherwise. All he did the whole time I tried to talk to him was tell me how everything would be finished as soon as he could talk to you again. we both know what that means." Ugh, Reg and his stupid manipulative mind. 

Blaise POV

Sara sighed, "I know, I'm easy." I just held her close to me. It wasn't that she was easy. It was that Reg was a manipulative bastard who played on everyone of her weaknesses.

"You have a huge open heart full of a lot of love." I rolled on my side to face her beauty. Her trusting me with this meant the world to me. It would be the first time I would be standing as the head of our family to Reg. "And he takes advantage of that. A lot of people do. Thank you for giving me a shot at dealing with it. At least for awhile."

The smile of Sara's face was a breath of confidence that made me feel taller as she said, "You are more than welcome to deal with any of my problems whenever you want." Her finger caressed the line of my jaw. I gave it a soft kiss. "And, do you think it will help if we let it slip that I hired a wedding planner and our wedding date is actually not moving this time,  that it is set in stone and no one, and I mean no one, is going make me budge from it." My heart swelled to twice it's normal size as she laughed a little, "Not even myself.  I am going to be there if it kills me."

I had hoped marrying me wouldn't be that hard for her. I told her sincerely, "I hope marrying me doesn't kill you. That would make my life really miserable. I'm glad we have a date. Sweetheart, even if you postpone it for years, I'm here. I don't need another ring to tell me you're my girl. "

Sara POV

Laughing I replied, "Apparently we need it so everyone else gets a clue"  I needed to stop stalling, I knew I loved him, I wanted him forever, I just had to get out of my own way long enough to prove it to everyone else.

"We could just elope. Or so it won't kill you, just put the ring on and tell everyone we eloped. Or I can tell them all to go to hell everyday and they can see the truth that time can tell. I'm yours and you're mine, end of story."  He offered sweetly, but I could hear the insecurity in his words.

Shaking my head, I tried to reassure him, "We are not eloping, and we are not lying about it.  And you have enough reasons to tell everyone to go to hell everyday without adding to it." leaning up, I placed a tender kiss on his perfect lips, "And I want to be your wife...belong comepletely to somebody remember?"

"I like reminders. They are very helpful. You know I have a short term memory." he raised up on his forearm, leaning over me as he said softly, "I love you, Oni-temi. I belong to you with all my heart."

Smiling, I linked my arms around his neck,  "So, lately we have learned, I have a short fuse and act before I think, that I need to learn to let you handle more and me try to take less on myself, and that your memory sux and I need to spend more time reminding you of the good thing we have going here...did I miss anything?"

Blaise POV

Laughing I had to agree, "And distance with our friends is a very good thing."

"But not with us," Sara stressed.

"Not with us." I curled her so that she was on her side so that I could rub down her back to her hips making my mind turn to more carnal closeness as I said with a smile, "I want to be as close to you as I can be."

"Ya know," Sara told me. "I will happily fight with everyone else and just have make-up sex with you."  

I needed no further Invitation. I would happily lay up in love with her all the time - fights or no. She was my world. My reality began and ended with her. There was nothing that didn't exist without Sara. Taking her into my embrace, we made love with all we had for each other. With each other, we were enough.

Sara Black written by shtteredprncess. Blaise Zabini written by Amorentia.