Tam Riddle: Sometimes the Hero Doesn't Win (HP Fanfic)

I Can Help

Author Note: Another completely rewritten chapter. Sorry. After I read through it, I decided that this isn't how I want it to go anymore. And unlike our beloved J.K. Rowling, I can go back in and change it after reading it again years later. I hope you guys like where these chapters are heading though. I hope I'm not going to be completely changing any more chapters, but if I do it will be because I don't like how Tammy's development, or lack thereof, is taking the story. So bear with me okay?

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I froze at the sudden question. He's only now officially asking me to be his girlfriend. After everything that had happened in the last 24 hours, I don't think he deserves a filthy, disgusting whore to be his girlfriend.

"Tammy?" he asked after waiting for a reply. 

"Let me think about it, Draco, please," I managed to choke out. "I think you could do so much better than me, Draco," I said quietly. I unplugged the tub and turned the shower on so I could finish taking rinsing my hair. I heard the knob turn slowly.

I heard a zipper unzip and I got really scared. It took me back to earlier in the day when ALez had done the same thing. I stayed absolutely still under the water. The curtain opened slowly and Draco stepped into the shower behind me and wrapped his arms around me.

"Don't be stupid," he said as we stood under the water. "Even if I did, which I don't, I'd choose you over every other girl in the world," he said softly as he kissed my neck. "I can't imagine my life without you," he confessed, "when I saw you and Alex together, it tore me apart. I thought I had lost you and I realized that I can never be okay without you by my side."

I began to cry. I turned around in his arms and kissed him hard. He was surprised only for a moment before he began kissing me back. We kissed for a little longer before I pulled away first.

"Draco," I said quietly as I looked him in the eyes. "I want to be your girlfriend," I finally said. His face lit up and he kissed me so passionately it made me weak at the knees.

When I was finally done taking a shower, we got out and dried ourselves off. I lent him some sweatpants to wear and a baggy shirt that I had, but he was without an underwear which he was okay with. I picked up Alex's jacket and threw it on my desk chair with full intent of giving it back to him.

I looked at Draco as he took a seat on my bed. "How far have you gotten with your mission?" I asked him as I sat down next to him. A dark look crossed his face.

"It's taking a lot longer than I thought it would. I don't think I'm anywhere near ready for this," he said. I had no idea what he was talking about, but I nodded anyway.

He sighed loudly then fell back on to my bed and closed his eyes. I smiled and laid down next to him.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" I asked quietly. He smiled before opening his eyes and looking at me.

"Well there is one thing you can do to help me," he said as he wagged his eyebrows at me. Inside I was repulsed by anything happening to down there ever again or at least not so soon after...that. 

So I giggled like a little schoolgirl and smiled. I pushed him away and said, "No, Draco, come on be serious. Is there anything I can do to help you?"

He smiled and kissed my nose. "You already are helping me, my love," he said quietly.

I was confused. "How am I helping?" I asked as my eyebrows knitted together.

He smiled again. "All I need from you is your love and support, you don't need to know what I'm doing and for your safety I want to keep it that way," he said as he kissed my cheek.

"My safety is moot at this point," I told him matter-of-factly. "Voldemort is after me and he wants me to kill Harry. If you don't want to tell me what you're doing then that's fine, but I will continue to bring you food and let you have some much needed rest," I said.

He kissed me on the lips this time. "And that's why I love you, you stubborn ass," he said playfully. I smiled and kissed his forehead.

We went up for dinner after that. When we got into the Great Hall, I didn't give Alex a single glance, but I knew he was watching me. I ignored him and ate in peace with Draco's hand in mine.