// - - - IN MY VEINS { tyler zabini <3

[ashleigh evanna macmillian]

Ashleigh reached for her bag and threw in a pair of pajama and a shirt and a dress and heels. She had purchased herself some packs of chocolate in Ireland two days ago as she went to spend her time with her grandmother so she packed those up too. After the graduation ceremony at Hogwarts, school was over for her. Her parents planned to spend the first few weeks of summer in Ireland with Ashleigh's grandparents. It was one of those place that Ashleigh always had a good time. Her mother was fairly a nice woman, not very kind but far much better than her own mother. It was surprisingly for Ashleigh to see how excited her grandmother seemed to be as she found out that her eldest and only daughter had graduated from the great wizarding school of Hogwarts and stepped into the second level of her life. For Ashleigh, it was exciting to some extend, but seeing the joy in her grandmother's eyes blossomed her with happiness. This was one of those few moments where her family actually made her feel special. As much as happy she was, she felt sad at the same time. Thinking about all her friends, all those times she had spend in Hogwarts with them and turned those moments into golden memories, that she will always cherish, till the end. It had been a week already since all the seventh years got graduated. She was in contact with a few like Mike Lane, Saiph Lupin, Adrienne Zabini and of course, her dear boyfriend Tyler Zabini. A day without him was like hell but there was no chances of meeting him. There was no good luck but they did talk to each other day and night over the texito.

Her parents had an emergency call from work while they were in Ireland at her grandparents house due to which they had to leave for the rest of week. With her mother gone away, she felt so much relieved and relaxed but boredom was killing her. She wanted to go over to her friends and hangout with them because she missed them a lot. Her grandmother was able to read the lines of sadness on her face and told her that if she wanted to go spend her time with her friends then she had her permission. At first Ashleigh thought it was a bad idea. She didn't wanted to leave her grandmother. She was there to spend her time with her and she had to do so but by the end of the day she couldn't resist the offer. She started to talk to Adrienne over the texito who asked her to come over and spend the weekend. Adrienne asked Ashleigh more than thrice that made Ashleigh changed her mind. This was her chance. Her grandmother was willingly allowing her to go, her best friend invited her over her house and she was going to meet her boyfriend, what else was going to make her feel any better? She pulled on a casual jeans and shirt and wore her sneaker. She tugged her wand into the pockets of her jeans along with her texito device and aparated. After fifteen minutes she stood at the door of the Zabini Manor. She had been to this place before for a sleep over and it all went well the last time. She hoped this visit was going to be better than the last time.

She rang the bell and the door was answered by the maid. Ashleigh walked into the hall and spotted her beloved friend Adrienne sitting with Tyler and Tyler's mother walked towards her from the other direction. Seeing Tyler made her day. Adrienne came running to Ashleigh and she wrapped her friend into a friendly hug. '' So here I'm for the weekend. And I've missed you, addy '' she grinned, as her eyes locked onto Tyler. He looked surprised. Of course, it was a big surprise for him. Both Addy and Ash planned to give him a surprise by her sudden appearance at their place. She couldn't help but smile at Tyler. She motioned herself towards him, as her arms were ready to fall around him but she held herself back as Tyler's mother called out her name and walked over to Ashleigh. ' What a pleasant surprise! Out of Hogwarts already, oh goodness, when did you all grow up so old. So is Astoria planning for your marriage any time sooner? Mrs. Zabini told Ashleigh as pulled her into a warm hug. It was welcoming but when Ashleigh heard the question about marriage, she was slightly embarrassed. She didn't know how to answer that. Her mother was always ready to get married and would never stop coupling her up with boys whenever they went to the parties but lately she didn't seem to show any interest which was strange and fishy, but this was not the right time to think about anything else. ' Oh, no. I'm going to be herbologist first and then get married. Really I'm in no rush, not desperate at all. '' she joked and chuckled.

She turned her attention back to Tyler. She wanted to hug him so bad but couldn't. She didn't wanted to make a tiny move that could make Tyler's mother think that they were a couple already. It was their secret from most of their friends, and especially from their parents. So pretending to be a good friend of Tyler she held out her hand towards him with a smile on her face. '' Hello Tyler. It's very good to see you. How have you been?'' her ears burned with redness. It was odd to behave so casual towards Tyler but in front of his mother, they had to act like 'just friends', so there she was playing out her part.

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[tyler alexander zabini]

After finishing Hogwarts, there were few days when Tyler wasn't able to see Ashleigh. It was hard ebough to keep their relationship secret from his closest friends and family, although his sister knew about it, but it was harder for him not to worry about his girlfriend.
It was hell without her. Even one hour was as if he'd been through hot flames and his skin was burning. He missed her, oh how he did, although he knew that he'd see her soon. He had to!

Tyler was hiding in his room all day long, reading a book to make himself feeling better. But not even his favorite stories made him forget about Ashleigh. What was she doing right now? Where was she? How was she feeling? What was she wearing? He wanted to know everything about he right now. Every little detail about her, right now! Tyler sighed as he buried his face into his pillow. Good God! His girlfriend has turned into his drug! It was simply a challenge for him to just... be at home and do nothing without her. Sometimes he even wondered how he had survived without her all those years.

Finally he got up from the bed and went down where he saw his sister, who was rather happy about something. Though he wanted to ask why, he didn't bother doing so. Instead, he sat down on a chair, and closed his eyes. Ah, he was so bored! And so lonely right now. Would Ashleigh be there, he'd feel much better, but the sad thing was that there were his parents. And his father, who most likely hated him, would kill her. Tyler was the member of the Order, and his father was the Death Eater. It was hard to live under the same roof with him. Adrienne, on the other hand, was loved by his father. He adored her, she was his favorite. But that didn't bother him. In fact, he was even happy that his dad didn't care much about his actions anymore.

When the bell rang, Tyler looked up, and when he heard her voice that made him melt from the inside from happiness, he almost jumped up, but seeing his mother, he made himself look perfectly calm, but he couldn't help but smile, when he finally saw Ashleigh. Carefully, he stood up, and shook her hand with a soft smile on his face. He looked at his sister, not knowing what to say. Surprise Tyler? So she had planned this? “Good,“ he replied. Although he wanted to hug her really hard and kiss her, he had to let go of her instead and stand back as if there was nothing between them. “And you? Everything's good?“