Take away the Pain (Joey)

[Simon Sarima]

He had sent an owl to Joey, due to the fact it was 4 am and there was no way he could get her any other way. It told her he needed to see her and to meet him in the room of Requirement. Now for ten minutes he had been dancing, the room was filled with two walls of mirrors one infront of him the other behind. He was dancing away the pain or well trying to. He needed to just get it away. He had been sitting up in the commons with Kennie.. he had woken up .. she dragged him to the hospital due to something that caused him not be able to move or breath for what felt like a half hour and then when they got back to commons, he fell once more asleep but then something told him he needed to check on Joey. He had the worse dream and parts of it just kept reoccuring like he was trying to change in his mind for good.. till instead in the dream he forced the bottle away from her and took, killing himself in the dream, which caused him not to breath for three minutes in actuality.. he remembered tell her something and then he just shot up, said he was going for a walk and left. Went to the owlry and no was in the Room of Requirment, dancing away to music that could only be heard in the room of Requirment. He ran, sprung back off his feet doing a flip then planted his feet back on the ground. He was angry, sad, he was well he didn't know, all he knew is that he needed to see Joey, that he couldn't avoid her any longer.

[Josephine Raegan]

Joey sneakily walked towards the seventh floor to get to the Room of Requirement. She had already been awake from one of her dreams when the owl came from Simon to see him. She wanted to see him anyways. It wasn't fair that he was avoiding her. She had done nothing wrong from what she could think of.

She stepped into the Room of Requirement and saw Simon in a room with two huge mirrors as walls, dancing. She always liked watching him dance. She leaned against a wall and looked at her reflection. She really did look like hell. Her dreams kept getting worse and she had finally sent her godmother a letter asking about her parents... a week ago. She was probably busy or taking a trip to America. Still, her owl had to've found her by now. Her skin was an unusual...almost deathly pale... and her body looked more fragile and she had dark circles under her eyes. "Hey...." She finally said quietly.

[Simon Sarima]

He felt like she looked. As soon as he saw her come in, he made the music stop. He wasn't sure what to do, but a huge sigh of relief came to him when he saw her there. Should he tell her he dreamed a horrible dream where she was to sacrifice herself for her friends lifes and died in his arms. He didn't think he could bare talking about it. The image was clear as day eahc time it would just repeat over and over again till that time he changed it to where he drinked to poison. Which was when he realized he needed to see her. He moved over towards her , no words from his lips. The emotion in him was running crazy over different things, different facts. He brushed the hair away from her away from her face and behind her ears. "I am so happy you are alive" He then noticed that she must of had a dream because the look on her face seemed to say it. "You alright. . right.. " He wanted to kiss her, no he needed to kiss her, but when was the moment to do so, he wasn't that sure.

[Josephine Raegan]

Joey sighed and observed Simon and then gave him a weak smile. "Of course I'm alive..." She said, closing her eyes, but then they shot open again. They were blood shot and she was wearing nothing but a blue satin nightgown and slippers. She wasn't completely okay. She had missed Simon so much since he had started avoiding her. She crossed her arms. "Yeah I'm fine.... well... I will be once I figure this dream out. Or why I have to be having it. And why it won't let me sleep," She said bitterly. She was starting to give up on it. "What about you?" She asked. He didn't look much better than she did. Well, he looked great. But tired. Like her.

[Simon Sarima]

As the images came back to his mind, he blinked to get them out, but they kept coming back and the sene of really needing her came back. He placed his arms around the girl and embraced her tightly. Placing a kiss in her cheek, then another on her lips. The first time was a bit rough and fast like he was running out of time. But after their lips parted for a moment, he kissed her once more , a bit more gentle. "You.. were.. dream.. I don't thin you'd want to know." He kissed her once more, not allowing her time to react in words to the kiss. HIs arms placed around her to keep her near him. "I couldn't take it. I ended up taking the posion the last time the dream went around .. I ended up not breathing for three minutes in real life.. I can't.. hold back any more.. I won't.. After what happened to Kennie.. after what happened in my dreams.. the pain I felt as you lay in my arms lifeless.. I.." He just stopped, his hands had fallen to his sides by now and he had walked to the other side of the room. He couldn't believe he just did that, said all of that. SHe probably was confused, but he didn't know what to say, he just wanted to make sure she was ok, she was always his primary concern.

[Josephine Raegan]

Joey's head was spinning as he kissed her. It gave her chills and she just held onto him and kissed him back. He then told her about his dream....where he'd taken the potion instead of her. And that she was dead and how he felt. Tears welled up in her eyes as he kissed her again and then walked to the other side.

She walked towards him slowly, tears falling down her cheeks. She couldn't help it. Everything was spinning but when she saw Simon, everything stopped. She took hold of his hand and then put her arms around him into a tight hug. She felt so warm and safe in his arms. "It's okay Simon. I'm right here... nothings going to happen to me. Nothing like that anyways. I wouldn't put you in that position," She said as she kissed his cheek and then gently kissed his lips.

[Simon Sarima]

"It wasn't up to you in that dream. there was a masked voice.. I just.. I hate my dreams sometimes.. they mean nothing.. They just scare the crap out of me sometimes.." He held onto he, and then released her. The kissing part hadn't hit him full on just yet. He looked over towards the mirror, watching himself for a moment then Joey thorough the mirror. The Mirrors slowly faded, because that wasn't what he required, he just wanted Joey, that was it.. a safe room he could just be himself in. "I kept thinking if something .. ever happened to you.. and I hadn't kissed you.. if I hadn't told you .. that I love you.. and have since the day I met you.. with your hair haning down as you hung from the tree branch.. that I would never be able to forgive myself. So I'm telling you now.. I love you Josephine "

[Josephine Raegan]

Joey sighed. "Your dreams mean something, Simon. Just like mine. We just have to figure out what they mean. Seeing my mom die every night gets old. Maybe they're telling me that its my fault she died," She said. It had been hanging over her head for a while now. The voice asking her mother 'wheres the girl?' that had to've been her. Thats why she hid Joey in the closet.

She watched as the mirrors faded and she looked Simon carefully as he confessed his love for her. "I love you too, Simon. I always have, I think," She said finally after he was finished. "I've been waiting for you to tell me for so long.... but I didn't think you ever would."

[Simon Sarima]

" I was hoping you would say that." He moved back to being close to her, his arms wrapping around the Ravenclaw, he smiled as he leaned his forehead against hers. The thing was now, making sure Kennie didn't feel like a third wheel. Though there was Charles.. who seemed to like her.. why a 7th year so crazed by a 5th year, he dind't know. IT was only a rumor going around the castle, maybe one he started himself? His thoughts disappeared as he looked into Joey's eyes. "now what.."

[Josephine Raegan]

Joey sighed and took in the moment that was happening now. She felt peaceful for the first time all year, even though her heart was racing. She didn't know exactly how to answer his question... 'what now?' She laughed and stared into his eyes for a moment. "I-I don't know, honestly," She knew Kennie might feel like a third wheel, which she wasn't. She never was. Of course, she had heard around that she and the Head Boy were hitting it off. She thought maybe he was a little old for her but she didn't care as long as Kennie was happy. She deserved it.

[Simon Sarima]

Rumors about the head boy and kennie seemed to be spreading.. but kennie didn't seem to interested in the head boy at least he didn't think so. His eyes ran across her eyes a smile running from cheek to cheek. He felt much better now that it was out in the open. He moved to kiss her once more, this time it was a bit more awkward like it was the first kiss, unlike the rest. The others happened out of the moment.. and fast.. but notw that they were talking again to try and kiss her again it was a bit nerve racking even though he knew she liked him. "I guess first.. I should ask you... Will you be my girlfriend?"

[Josephine Raegan]

Joey's stomach filled with butterflies as he kissed her rather awkwardly again. It made her blush and smile brightly. She laughed for the first time in months. "Of course I'll be your girlfriend, Simon..." She said and kissed him again, less awkwardly but softly. She sighed happily and rested her head on his shoulder, nuzzling her nose against his neck. "Well this brightens my mood quite a bit," She said with a smile.

[Simon Sarima]

"As mine.. " He smiled resting his head against hers. He could get use to the kissing thing. "Now we must focus on Kennie.. I'm afraid if she doesn't improve soon.. it'll be too hard for her later on.." He was worried about Kennie.. which left him not able to be as happy as he could be.. and he felt so much better just from confronting the girl. He didn't realize that holding back on telling her could cause him to feel so bad, even make him sick.

[Josephine Raegan]

Joey nodded. She had been worried about Kennie too. They needed to make her feel better somehow or catch the creep who did it. "What should we do?" She asked, grabbing hold of his hand and playing with it until she intertwined her fingers with his. "I don't know how to fix something like this..." She said, shaking her head. Seeing her best friend in that shape broke Joey's heart.

[Simon Sarima]

" I'm not sure.. find something that makes her happy... maybe get her to interact with other guys.. Maybe she might gain some trust or something.. I Mean I know she trusts me.. but i'm not sure about other guys.." He didn't know what was the right thing to do. "Kennie would proabbly want us to let her deal with it on her own." He looked down to her hand in his for am oment looking back towards Joey, he moved a bit away from her. Just because they were dating didn't mean they had to be all over each other all the time. Though he really didn't mind the kissing part.