Different Times: Sebastian Sallow x Reader

11 - New Slytherins

Delilah's POV:

As the summer passed I spent my days reading and thinking of the might've been if they would have stayed, if he would've stayed. I filled my days with music and books, fighting off the occasional poacher looking around the Graphorns.

My nights were filled with dreams of him and the few days we had spent together. I never read his note afraid of what it would say good or bad, I didn't want to ruin what I thought it was to me. It was only three days but when you know you have feelings for someone, you just know.  And I knew in my heart Sebastian meant more to me than I could've ever dreamed of, but here I was left alone. Alone preparing for school where everyone assumed the worst of me. I had never done anything to make them think so other than be related to Tom Riddle, very few ever noticed I wasn't that kind of person.

I packed up my trunks and got dressed in my school robes, instead of my vest though I put on Sebastian's leaving it unbuttoned in the casual way he would wear it. 

I then disapperated to the front entrance of Hogwarts. I sent my stuff to my dorms and made my way into the Great Hall. I found the rest of Slytherin at the table already, when I saw a boy around my age at the table waving at...me? All of a sudden new memories flooded into my brain, it's Able Thakkar.

"Delilah! I saved you a seat." he yelled to me. I noticed his face looks just like Ann's.

"Able how was your summer?" I asked taking the seat beside him that he had offered to me.

"Oh spent most of it on a huge family camping trip so gramps could star gaze, you know him nose always in a telescope unless he's with grandma." I laughed knowing exactly what he meant without having truly lived through the events. Ann was happy, it warms your heart knowing they made it back and she was living so happily.

"What don't you share his obsession with the stars?" I asked teasingly knowing he does with exceptions.

"You know I do but I also like my beauty sleep." he said laughing with a fake hair flick. The two of us laughed and caught up about our summers.

We heard a loud sigh and someone plop down at the table across from us. She was pretty dark brown hair and brown eyes, I had a feeling in my heart I knew her but my brain was still fuzzy from the new memories.

"Why are you staring at me funny Gaunt?" She asked snippily with a heavy Irish accent.

"I just can't remember who your family is for some reason." I said trying to laugh it off.

"Be serious, Delilah, with a last name like Reyes-Black? It's a family combination no one can forget." Imelda rolled her eyes at me, all of it becoming clear.

She was like the third Imelda in her family and she was one of my closest friends. I finally had close friends... I vaguely remembered a story of Ann and my grandma setting Imelda up with an older student Phineas Black Jr. he was disowned for standing up for muggle rights. All of us were outcasts in the Slytherin house, especially with the way the Malfoy's took over. I was no longer alone, all because of Ann. I had no new memories of Sebastian however, which made fear wash over me at the thought he didn't make it back or get better. 

I quickly broke out of that though as the three of us kept talking while waiting for the sorting ceremony to begin. Weasley twins waved a quick hello over to me before watching as they tricked some second year into eating one of their many creations. I had friends in other houses now... I wasn't alone and outcasted anymore.

Once the dreadfully long event was over and we headed back to our common rooms talking and joking around still. This year instead of feeling drained about being alone I was thrilled to have such amazing friends and memories.

I walked arm and arm with my new old friends into the Slytherin dungeon and to the common room entrance. We were the first ones to walk through the door when I noticed a messy brown haired boy sitting on the couch facing away from the door. I felt my heart drop to my stomach as I took small steps closer.

"Are you a new student?" Imelda practically scolds as we walked toward him. The subtlety of her grandma shining through.

"Something like that." He turned around and faced us a smiled breaking onto his face. "Isn't that my vest there princess?" He gave me a wink, and held up the book I gave him. "It's a great read." I could see the letter tucked into the pages, I regretted not reading his.

"You? Here? Why? How? Your time." I struggled to make any sense of it, or any sense at all as I just stared at him.

"You know who he is?" Able asked me while staring at him, "I mean he does look familiar but I don't know him."

Sebastian chuckled and extended his hand to Able, "Sebastian, Sebastian Sallow."

"You." Is all I could get out again.

Able shook his hand, "Oh so your grans brother's descendent. Good to meet you cous." He said giving him a big Thakkar kind of smile.

"Something like that." Sebastian said with a devilish smirk towards me. "We've got some catching up to do." he gave me a wink matching his smirk.

"You." My brain couldn't think of other words, why is he here, now.

"I'm Imelda." She said interrupting our stare down and extending her hand toward him. His eyes widen slightly as he's staring at her. "My grandma was only the greatest Slytherin quitch captain to ever roam these halls until me." I laughed as I watched his face relax.

"Nice to meet you too." He said shaking her hand, "Can I have a conversation with Miss Gaunt here," the two stared at him with dumbfounded faces, "alone?" they both let out an ahh and nodded walking away to their rooms.

"You never answered my questions." I stated crossing my arms finally having words.

"Good to see you too princess, also my vest looks better on you." He said shooting another wink at me as he walked toward the windows viewing into the lake.

I rolled my eyes at the nick name even though it made my heart race, and walked over beside him. "Answers please."

"I just...I thought...I don't know," He sighed and put his hands on his face, "I didn't belong there anymore, especially after meeting you."

"Meeting me?" I said with my own smirk finding a way onto my face. "I'm just another person."

"You're not just another person. Do you have any idea what that letter has meant to me for the last two months?" he slowly got closer, just a few inches away. Suddenly the door bust open and a whole bunch of younger students came storming in.

"I can't believe that Potter." The blonde Malfoy one began to rant

"That's my cue to go to bed." I whispered to Sebastian, "he'll be ranting about that kid for the next two hours at least."

"Can I come with?" he whispered back with a damn sexy smirk on his face again. I gave him a funny look in return. "Fine, can I at least walk you to your door?"

A giant grin spread across my face, "I mean if you would like to I won't be the one to stop you." A smile appeared on his as he smoothly grabbed my hand in his and laced our fingers together.

"Good, because I want nothing more than for you to be the last person I look at before going to bed."

"The odds of that are low considering who your dorm mates are." I told him with a light chuckle. The two of us slowly walk toward the rooms his thumb rubbing across the back of my hand making my heart flutter.

"Good night Sebastian." I couldn't help but smile as I looked up at him. He was actually there in front of me, I was able to feel him, this wasn't another one of my dreams.

"Good night." He held both of my hands in his and gave me a kiss on the cheek, with a final squeeze of my hands he turned around and walked toward his dorm while I went into mine.

I walked in with a stupid grin spread from ear to ear. "So are you going to tell me about him?" Imelda asked looking at me with a smirk.