2 weeks later, I sat in the common room with Kim, and we tried to study. But the situation with Tom and Sebastian is still on my mind. Kim notices that something is bothering me
Kim looks up from the book she was reading and sees me looking a bit troubled right now. She puts her book back on a table, and she looks over at me with a concerned expression.
Kim: "Hey Lucia, what's going on?"
She asks me in a genuinely worried tone of voice now.
"I'm still thinking about the situation with Tom and Sebastian two weeks ago. Sebastian and I have just weird conversations since I rejected him, and I haven't seen Tom in general since then.." I whisper to her because I don't want anyone to hear it besides her. Her eyes go wide in surprise after I tell her about how I haven't seen or heard from Tom in two weeks now.
Kim: "Two weeks? And you haven't heard anything from him? Not even seen him once?"
She leans in closer to me now, and she starts to whisper back at me, as if wanting to keep it a secret between the two of us as well.
Kim: "That's a bit odd, don't you think? Do you have any idea where he might be?"
"It is. But we were arguing last time I saw him, so maybe he is just avoiding me?" I whisper again, holding my book up. "I'm still mad at him somehow, but he doesn't even try to fix this.."
Kim continues to lean in towards me now, still whispering but seeming to speak a bit more angrily and passionately now about this situation.
Kim: "What a stupid way to behave. We all know how Tom can sometimes get when he's mad, but I've never seen him go this far before to avoid someone after an argument or fight. It's ridiculous. Why isn't he even trying to fix this or even speak to you?"
Kim is visibly annoyed by this situation still.
"I have no idea. But the worst is.." I pause for a moment looking ashamed for myself."I really started to .. like him, and he gave me a special feeling. I thought he would be different from anyone saying"
I can see Kim gives me a sympathetic look as I continue to speak to her about my feelings for Tom, as if I have nothing to be ashamed of. She nods at me a bit and then speaks to me in a reassuring tone of voice now.
Kim: "He always had that effect on people. He's charming and charismatic, he's smart, and he's handsome. He's bound to have an... effect on anyone who sees him."
She pauses for a moment, seeming to almost forget something now as she remembers something else.
"That's true, but you said it yourself. The way he was acting towards me...he never was like that with anyone else. "
Kim: "Yeah, I know. It's true that he was behaving a lot differently around you. I think I kind of sensed it before how he was always... How he was trying to spend as much time with you as possible these past few weeks."
"Hm.. doesn't matter anymore. Whatever we had, it seems to be over." I look sad now, but I concentrate on my book again
Tom is sitting in a dark corner of the room watching Kim and me. We didn't notice him, and it seems he listened to our conversation, seeming sad for himself
Lucia: "You know what, I left something in the library. I will come back later, "
Kim: "Okay, Lucia. See you later!"
Kim nods at me and then resumes her study of the book as she watches me leave the common room and head towards the library. Tom is watching me leave too. He sees me enter the library, and he waits a moment before he decides to follow me into the darkened and eerie library.
On my way to the library, I heard these strange noises again, so on my way back to the common room, I hurried up. I can hear the noises again. Strange whisperings and .. cracking. I turn around but I can't see anyone. I walk faster through the corridor. No one is there. Suddenly my eyes just go black and I fall to the floor without consciousness.
YOU ARE READING
Tom Riddle - Downfall
Fanfiction"The monsters were never under my bed. Because the monsters were inside my head. Because all this time the monster has been me." This is the Story of Tom Riddle and his life in Hogwarts when he was 17 and Lucia Grey, a popular girl from Slytherin bu...
