Devils Snare (Natalie)

[Lucas Gotti]

Lucas sat there silently and only glanced back at her when she spoke again. " You were doing your job. Trying to protect me. " She told him and Lucas frowned. He did not agree at all. "I obviously did not do enough." He replied now in a low voice. "I could have done more." He sat up now and let his own legs hang over the side of his bed.

The pain was slowly fading. Lucas felt worse then he ever had before. He had killed so many and had not felt remorse. Yet with this girl, Lucas had nearly killed himself to save her, and yet he felt bad that he had let her get injured. whether or not she had hurt her ankle before coming upon him, Lucas had let things get much worse.

It hurt him to stand but he did so anyways. Lucas stood and his legs felt like they were going to give out from under him. He held onto the head of his bead and then the beside stand before taking her table and then the edge of her bed. Lucas lowered himself to sit on the edge of her bed with a sniffled moan. He looked over at her now and gave a small smile. "Thank you for your kind words Miss Longbottom."

[Natalie Alice Longbottom]

Natalie watched the man cross over to her bed. She was terrified he was going to fall. She held her arms up as he hobbled over. When he sat down, she inched back to give him room to fall into the semi-comfort of the bed. She turned to face him, caughting the small smile. She had never seen him smile in so it kind of took her off guard. She dangled her snow white casted foot over the side of her bed. Snow white was so drab, if she had her wish, her cast would be bright neon pink.

" You've earned them. " She said. He said that he was just doing his job but he could have fled at any moment, leaving her to the the spider. A shiver went down her back. Okay, time to change the subject. Enough creepy thoughts for one day.

Natalie handed him one of the pillows Madam Prompry had stacked under her head and gave it to him to use for support on his back. She reached over into the drawer of the nightstand and fished out a marker one of her friends left behind. " Be the first to sign? " She asked with a slight tilt of her head.

[Lucas Gotti]

Lucas took the pillow gratefully and placed it against his lower back. He watched as she leaned over and went into the nightstand. Lucas let his eyes wander over her stretched body quickly and then met her eyes again as she straightened up again. " Be the first to sign? " She asked him now holding a marker out to him. Sign her cast? It was a harmless request. Lucas nodded after a moment.

He motioned for her to give him her leg. There was no way he would be able to bend over to sign the cast. He realized however that she would most likely not be able to lift her leg with the extra weight and pain. Lucas bent slightly and place one warm hand against her leg just above the cast. He lifted her leg and turning her in the process, stretched her leg out across his lap.

His hand rested on her thigh now and as he thought what to write, his hand massaged the limb almost unconsciously. He could not think of anything remotely interesting to write except how sorry he was that this all had happened. Finally, he sighed and took the lid from the marker.

I hope for a speedy recovery.

Professor Gotti.

He finally wrote in a artistic flare. He blew on the ink to dry it and then sat there. Lucas did not bother to move her leg. "Does it hurt badly?" He asked her now. He glanced at her face now. The girl was attractive. Or maybe that was just his lack of female attention lately. But then again, she was a child. Lucas had gone that way once already and it had not gone well.

[Natalie Alice Longbottom]

Natalie's ears turned a light shade of pink when he held her leg and turned her. She folded her uninjeried leg under her body and watched him. the corners of her lips turned up in a little smile as his hand danced across the white material. The guy had a mean exterior to hm. She didn't want to go on first glances in her life. Anther life lesson Gran had taught her. When he was done, She leaned over the cast to look at it. She turned er face up to him again.

" Does it hurt badly? " he asked. Natalie shook her dark brown had a couple times. Her hair rested on er shoulder as she spoke to him.
" I mean, at first, yeah. It hurt like hell. " She said with a shrug.THe proper word would be " burned " She didn't think of that until just now when the words left her mouth. She didn't correct herself though. " But now i just stings. " She said. She looked over his self looking for any trace of battle wound. " What war injuries do you have? " She aske. Her mind ha beenracing through most of the epsode. It didn't settle down until just now.

[Lucas Gotti]

Lucas' hand continued to move on her leg. He had not seen her smile. He listened to her words about her pain. " What war injuries do you have? " She asked him. Lucas' hand moved just a little higher before he realized what he was doing. Once he did realize, Lucas jerked his hand away quickly. "I am so sorry..." He told her. Lucas was careful as he lowered her leg. What was he thinking? First he almost got her killed and then he was touching her like that. Lucas was a truly a despicable creature. Normally he was proud of that but not this time. "I should get back to my own bed now." Lucas told her not looking at the girl. "And you need your rest."

[Natalie Alice Longbottom]

Natalie's cheeks burned as his hand crawled up her leg. She turned her head away so he wouldn't see the red in her cheeks. She shifted as he jerked his hand away from her leg and lowered it. She found it odd to be honest. She had heard about his reputation with the female students but just thought they were rumors spread by other, bitter students that he had failed. She believed in giving everyone a fair chance when she first met them. No matter what little comments were floating around about the person.

" I'm so sorry. " He said to her. Natalie felt her cheeks cool down. She really didn't know what to say. She never had a male touch her. Now she was just making a mountain out of a mole hill...He spoke up again before she could answer. She helpped him up the best she could. Natalie really wasn't any help to the man yet again. She turned around and press her back against the head board. She brifely rolled her head to him once more. " See ya in the morning, Professor. Sweet dreams. " She said.