The Black Twins

Chapter 11

2 Months Later

Aurora and Tom kept their relationship, if you can even call it that, a secret outside of both of their dorms. The only people who know are Asmodeus and Ember. Tom completely ignored Aurora when he was sat with their group or when they were in class. Mattheo thought it was strange that his brother stopped speaking to the girl out of nowhere, but chose not to comment on it.

The Slytherin group were currently sat at dinner, conversing and enjoying their desserts. "McGonagall gave me a detention, when Pottah was the one making noise in the classroom. Honestly, that old woman should stop lying about having no favourites!" Draco dramatically exclaimed. "Well, she is the head of house for Gryffindor, so obviously she'll be biased" Lorenzo told the blonde. "Plus, maybe if you hadn't kicked Potter and then elbowed him in the ribs aswell, she wouldn't have given you it" Ember voiced.

Draco huffed at her response, causing the whole group to laugh. Once she was finished eating, Aurora left to her and Ember's dorm, only to find Tom sitting on her bed. The minute she pushed the door shut, she made her way over to the bed and lay down beside him, glancing over at Tom who was lost in a book. "I wish we didn't have to do this" Aurora suddenly announced. "Do what?" Tom asked, not taking his eyes off the pages of his book.

"Completely ignore each other, I mean it's so hard ignoring you when I love you so much!" Aurora exclaimed. "Aurora, we've been over this. We cannot be seen as weak, when we are both powerful sorcerers" Tom answered, closing his book. "I know. I know but sometimes I feel like maybe we could show some loving emotion outside of our dorms, like when we go to the library" Aurora continued.

"Aurora we can't. You may aswell stop with such thoughts, because you know I can't love" Tom told her with a slightly harsh tone. "Now that's Bullshit, Riddle! If you don't love me, or you don't care, why are you always in my dorm, or calling me to yours? Or asking me to sleep next to you, when you have a nightmare? Or ask for hugs and kisses, huh? Best friends don't go that far, so don't deny it!" Aurora almost shouted, having got off the bed and stranding in front of Tom.

"Alright, fine! I lied. I can feel! I want to love you back, but I can't!" Tom shouted at her. "And why not?" Aurora screamed back. "Because there's another girl!" Tom shouted. "W-what?" Aurora breathed in complete shock at the words that had just come out of his mouth. "I was with another girl, and I fell in love over time, but then my father found out about her and killed her! I can't let that happen to you too!" Tom yelled.

Aurora was speechless. She couldn't believe it. She knew she obliviated his memories and he could have found a new girl , but he wasn't meant to be able to fall in love. His father  had prevented it, so how? And how was it not her after all they had been through together? After they had promised to only care for each other, never for anyone else. Tears welled in Aurora's eyes, and she stomped out of the room, tears blurring her vision as she went.

Tom slumped onto her bed, tears forming in his own eyes. In truth, some memories had resurfaced a week ago, where he was with a girl and clearly in love. Her face was blurry, so he couldn't tell who it was and he felt sure Aurora couldn't have been the girl as she had been with The Order of the Pheonix when he was kept with his father for a while before Hogwarts.

The memory also showed the girl was murdered, just like he told Aurora and she was alive. However, he was confused about who it could be then, since he wasn't able to love. The tears started to pour out if his eyes, and remembering he was not in his own dorm, he wiped his face and replaced it with a cold expression , before heading to his own dorm and breaking down.