The One with the Parchment

''Are you free tonight?'' Thalia questions. You wanted to say yes but then something shot through your mind. ''No, I'm sorry,'' you apologise, ''I need to help with the Christmas decorations. Prefect huh?'' Thalia chuckles, ''oh yeah. Right, you are a prefect.''
     ''Who is the other sixth-year prefect anyways?'' she asks while walking you to the Great Hall. ''I thought it was Tom Riddle,'' you say. ''Oh, the one who is always quiet and mysterious,'' she smirks. ''Yeah, that one. Alright, see you later,'' you say, quickly hugging her before gathering with the rest.

With twenty-four prefects, you had to decorate the whole castle. The sixth-years Slytherin gets their own part to decorate, which you and Tom have to do. You both took off towards your spot in silence.
     You draw your wand and start to decorate, just as Tom. Everything happened in silence. You peek at Tom sometimes and end up smiling for no reason. When you focussed on the decorations, Tom examined you short times.
     Once you were done and satisfied with it, you smiled. ''It's great. It's beautiful,'' you say, admiring it. Tom didn't say anything and you didn't expect him to.

After Christmas, the classes started once again. The sixth-years Slytherins sat in their potions class, Professor Slughorn had an unusual surprise. ''Welcome back, everyone. I want everyone to shuffle your seats.'' Professor Slughorn claps in his hands while the students get up and shuffle seats.
     Everyone had already taken their seat except for you. ''That went super fast,'' you mutter and walk towards an empty seat. Which happens to be next to Tom Riddle. Slughorn looks satisfied and starts his class.

You ended up brewing a potion on your own. It happens that the two best potion makers are sitting next to each other. You had finished even earlier than Tom, earning points from Slughorn. Tom tilts his head with a frown on his forehead. You glance at him with a smirk.
     After potions, Tom took off towards the library, which he always did. His mind seemed more clouded than usual. He wasn't used to somebody sitting next to him. He always sat alone.
He sat next to the girl who happened to be a prefect too. Both were paired up to do the Christmas decorations.

This is how the Potions classes were, you and Tom sitting next to each other. You had started to greet him, both in or outside class. Professor Slughorn was obviously okay with it because you two were his favourite students.
     One day, Slughorn had told his class to write a five feet essay. Unfortunately, Tom ran out of parchment and couldn't find more in his bag. Yet, he hesitated to ask you and he didn't know why.

Just ask it, merlins beard. Tom turns towards you and whispers, ''is there any chance you have extra parchment? I'm out.'' You search through your bag and turns to him to give it. ''Here you go,'' you smile. Tom looks at you, accepting the parchment, and gives you a small smile.
     You bent over your work while Tom was still watching. You didn't notice, but Thalia did and she couldn't wait to tell what she just saw.

At the end of Potions, you and Tom were walking next to each other. "What are your plans today?" you ask, looking at him. Before he could answer, Thalia, burst into the conversation.
     She grabs your arm and drags you away, "okay. See you later, Tom!" Tom watches you being dragged away by her friend and secretly has to smile at the scenario.
     "What is it with you and dragging me through the whole castle!" you comment when Thalia finally stops walking. "I saw a certain Slytherin, watching you," she says with wiggle eyebrows. "Okay, so?"

"So?! Don't you want to know who it is?" she asks surprised. "Uhm, yeah I guess then," you say slowly. Thalia's smile found their way back in her lips and clapped in her hands, "great because it is your fellow prefect."
A light blush crept up your face, more because Thalia is so hyped up about it. "Okay," you chuckle, "and?" "And? I have never seen him looking that long at a person."
     "And?" you ask again. "I dunno, maybe you're the first person he shows interest in."

"Are you finished? I'm heading to the library," you chuckle, pointing to the exit. She nods, "yeah, I'm coming with you."
     You had taken one step into the library when Thalia started to act strange. ''What are you doing?'' you ask, obviously confused. ''Somebody is looking at you,'' she chuckles. Thalia focuses her gaze on you while you examine the room. You spot Tom looking at you, you smile and wave.
     ''Okay, you go join him. I uh I just remembered I need to do something, bye,'' Thalia rambles and swiftly walks away. ''Yeah, sure,'' you call after her. You roll your eyes and walk over to Tom. ''Do you mind if I join you?'' Tom glances up once again, ''go ahead.''

You sat there in silence, enjoying the presence of each other. Studying with small chats. That one time you felt someone was watching you, you glanced up to see Tom looking at you. He quickly shifts his gaze to his work with a light blush on his pale cheeks.
     ''Thalia, you don't have to spy on me,'' you say, turning to her location. Thalia groans and walks to her friend and sits next to her. Tom didn't pay any attention to her, but he looked at you instead. You had focussed your gaze at Thalia while Thalia noticed Tom watching you.
"I wasn't spying on you," Thalia tried, "I was checking up on you." You raise a brow, "checking? Why?" "Because you are with a boy and don't want you to get hurt."

A blush crept up on your face, and on Tom's face as well. "You always know how to embarrass me," you sigh, pinching the bridge of your nose. "That's what I'm living for," she says proudly.
You roll your eyes, "fill up your brain with something useful, honey." This is her turn to roll her eyes, "dinner is almost starting." You nod, "yeah, I'll be right there." You pack in your stuff.
You watch Tom while he watched you, "I'll see you later." You smiled and Tom gave you a small smile and nod.

After dinner, you sent Thalia back to the Common Room while you were preparing for your patrol. You present yourself on the clipboard and notice Tom hasn't presented himself yet.
     You stood in front of the board when you saw an arm in the corner of your eye. You glance over your shoulder to see a pale face, directing his eyes to you and smiles. ''I'm done thirty minutes before you are,'' Tom smirks. You roll your eyes, ''then you have to wait for me.''
     ''For what?'' he asks curiously. You genuinely didn't know, ''oh, I don't know.'' You turned around and started to walk through the corridors of the school. Tom watches you when you walk away, feeling this strange knot in his stomach.

Tom had finished his patrol thirty minutes earlier than you and waited near the fire until your arrival. He has been reading a book while you are still on patrol.
     You enter the common and scan the room for students. You spot someone near the fire and his hair was too familiar. You take a seat next to him and Tom glances up. ''You actually waited?'' you ask, astonished. He shot you another smile, ''yeah, why not?''
     ''What are you reading?'' That was the start of a long conversation. Both got to know each other and you had fun together. ''Are you a pure-blood or half or muggle?'' Tom asks eventually. He was surprised by his own calm voice, because he always preferred pure-bloods, even though he isn't. ''Pure-blood,'' you say, laying your head on his shoulder. ''And you,'' you yawn.
     Tom sighs and whispers, ''half-blood.'' You glance up but Tom doesn't dare to look at you. You gently force him to look at you, ''are you ashamed of it?'' He barely nods, but it is enough for you. ''I am not ashamed of you being a half-blood. I like you as you are,'' you say, gazing in his pretty eyes. Tom shifts his eyes to your lips and back, but you don't seem to notice. ''Thank you,'' he whispers.

After some talking, you drifted off to sleep. Tom had noticed and smiled. He wants to bring you to your dorm, but that obviously isn't possible because he will slide down. Then something crosses his mind, he doesn't share his dorm.
     He scoops you up in his arms and walks the stairs to the boy's dormitory. His bed was big enough to fit three people and laid you down. ''I think that's not very comfortable sleeping,'' he mutters and decides to levitate you. He changes you into one of his shorts and hoodies.
Tom changes himself into his night clothes and carefully lays himself next to you. He watches you while you sleep - realising you are stunning. With you next to him, he fell asleep.

The next morning, you woke up and notice you aren't in your own bed. You turn around to see Tom. Your eyes widen as you realise you slept in his bed.
     "Goodmorning," his morning voice reaches your ears. A blush spread over you cheeks, "g-goodmorning."

In these few weeks, you grew close. You started to like him. You had late night talkings and when you drifted off to sleep, you had woken up in his bed.
     Thalia went crazy when she didn't see you in bed that first morning. You had explained everything and she became too hyped with it. "You like him," she smirks.

You and Tom had finished your prefect duties and sat on the couch. Your head is resting on Tom's chest while you are staring into the fires.
     ''You know,'' you begin, drawing Tom's attention, '' you know what is scaring the hell out of me?" "No, you tell me," he whispers softly. His voice is always so smooth and silky, you thought.
     "Love," you whisper. Tom was caught off guard by the sudden L-word. "The feeling of falling terrifies me. The only way how it ends is with hitting the ground," you continued. Tom snakes his hand around yours and whispers, "not if I catch you."
     "You can't catch me if you are falling with me," you comment sadly. Tom pulls your chin to look you in the eyes. ''Darling, I started falling long before you did," he pauses for a second before breathing,  "I will catch you". When his words hit your brains, your eyes widened.
     ''Y-y-you,-'' you stutter, not able to finish your sentence. ''I just confessed how I feel about you and I don't regret it,'' he whispers softly, leaning in closer. Your faces are only a few inches away, breathing the same air.

You seal your love for him by closing the remaining space between you. Tom puts his free hand on your back to pull you closer. He didn't want to let go and you didn't want to let go either.
     You slowly drew your lips away, without increasing the distance. You push him backwards, causing you to fall back onto the sofa. While giggling, you crash your lips onto his once again.

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