Monster From Hell | Tom Riddle

forty

"I'll see you in the morning," Tom smiled at me as he walked out of the room silently, giving Pansy a small dirty look before closing the door behind him. Pansy looked at me with a slight smirk.

"So..." She started, "What happened?

"What are you talking about?" I asked like I had no clue what she was talking about.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about Victoria," She sat on the edge of the bed, "Did you see the way he was holding you?"

"I couldn't really see it," I commented, "But I felt it," I shrugged.

"So what happened? You must know what happened, unless you don't want to tell me?" She assumed.

"No, I'll tell you," I started, "I just don't want you freaking out or anything," I chucked a bit.

She chucked along and then she brought her eyes to my neck. Her smiled faded along with her laugh, "What's on your neck?" She asks.

"Oh,um...those are from the Yule Ball," I shrugged. Those marks faded since then. Although I don't think Pansy noticed.

"The marks faded. Besides these ones look new," She comments, "Did you guys..."

"Yes," I sighed, "We did it again."

"I knew you were trying to hide something," She muttered.

"I wasn't trying to hide it," I shook my head, "I knew you would find out one way or another."

"So...are you two together now?" She asked with interest.

"Just because we fucked twice doesn't mean were dating," I rolled my eyes, "I-I don't really know where we are right now, it's kind of awkward I guess..."

"Well, how do you honestly feel towards him?" She asked.

"I don't know," I exclaimed with a stern tone. I sighed, "Sorry, I'm just so confused that's all. Sorry about that again."

"You're cool," She nodded, "You should go to bed."

"Yeah," I agreed while nodding. I laid back down in bed while Pansy talked about the rest of the party to catch me up. Nothing really happened she said, it was just like a normal party.

Pansy fell asleep before me as always. Meanwhile I laid in bed drowning in my thoughts. I couldn't help but think about my feelings towards Tom. They felt so on and off. It would be like one minute I loved him and hate him the next.

...

I eventually drifted to sleep that night. I woke up the next morning and headed down to the great hall with the others for breakfast. Tomorrow term would resume. I would have to go back to going to classes almost every day, I would go back to normal school.

I saw Tom in the great hall this morning. He looked a bit tired to me. As if he stayed up all night in his thoughts. I could feel his sharp stare every few minutes. Every time I would look at him, he had his eye back on the book. Like he wasn't even paying attention to me at all.

I went back to my dorm for the rest of the morning and read yet another book that Tom gave me. Even though it seemed like I've read through almost all of them, I still had further to go.

"You've been reading so much lately," Pansy starts, "Honestly, where did you get these books from?"

"Tom, didn't I tell you that?" I asked.

"Not that I remember," She shrugged.

Pansy eventually left the room to go to Hogsmeade with Draco. I wasn't exactly sure what Blaise was doing today, maybe he went with Pansy and Draco. Or maybe he just stayed in his dorm like me.