After All These Years

Chapter 40

*TOM RIDDLE POV*

I slightly groaned as I woke up, shifting my body into a more comfortable position from my last one, leaving my body sore and aching from being so still for such a long period of time throughout the night.

Quickly I turned my head around behind myself, suddenly remembering where I had spent the night.

Next to me laid (Y/N), lightly snoring as her body steadily moved up and down, matching her breathing.

I continued to stare at her for a while longer, my fingers lingering on her cheek, somewhat admiring and enjoying the fact that she was here,

with me,

safe.

Upon returning back to reality, I turned my head back around, carefully sitting up and getting out of bed.

Quickly flicking open the pocket watch I had left on the desk the night before, I read the time.

6:28

I thought for a minute as I looked around the room before quietly getting up.

Swiftly, I grabbed a few of my things along with the clothes I had been wearing the other day and quietly left the room.

After locking the door shut, I went straight into my dorm, grabbing a few more things from my suitcase before walking into my bathroom and slamming the door shut.

"It's fucking 6 in the morning Tom!"

-One of my roommates yelled at me as I began to get myself ready for a shower.

*After showering and all that*

As I finished getting dressed, I went straight back to her room, somewhat hoping (Y/N) was still asleep as I left her.

Just as I had wished, she was still asleep.

Relieved, I closed and locked the door, checking my pocket watch as I stood in the middle of her room.

It read 6:54, nearly 7.

She has around an hour and a half before she should start to get up, I'll leave her be until then.

Now I wasn't really sure with what to do with myself, I just awkwardly stood in the middle of the room, looking around for something to do.

I don't want to risk waking her up so I suppose it's best if I don't sit near her, maybe I can find some kind of work to do somewhere in this room.

( -Tom's a workaholic- )

As I was looking around, I noticed a book sitting on (Y/N)'s nightstand.

By the look of it I knew it isn't mine so it was sure to be hers.

As I grabbed it, flipping through it, I almost immediately realized what book it was.

Nearly every page I flipped through had some sort of writing, written by my handwriting in.

Words scattered throughout the book like-

"Rubbish" and "foolish", along with some paragraphs and even pages scribbled out.

I suppose I shouldn't have ruined her book, but to be fair it was a horrible book.

As I felt myself beginning to feel guilty, I decided it wouldn't hurt to give it another try and read it again until (Y/N) woke up, or at least attempted to with all of my writing everywhere.

*Insert Tommy Boy reading noises*

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