Different Times: Sebastian Sallow x Reader

14 - The Undercroft

"Where are we going?" I asked as he dragged me up the stairs of the Defense Against the Dark Arts tower.

"You'll see." He pulled me into a dead end hall way under the stairs where an old clock stands.

"You brought me to a broken clock?"

"Just shut up and watch." He tapped it and the clock started moving and opened up to a passage way.

"Are you taking me somewhere to kill me?" I asked jokingly as I stared into the dark entrance.

"I wouldn't bring you to my favorite place to kill you." He let out a low chuckle, "If anything I'd take you to the scriptorium I found with your grandparents, if I were going to."

He grabbed my hand and intertwined our fingers as he lead me down the path and into a large room filled with old furniture and boxes. "What is this place?"

"This is The Undercroft, the place to go to escape what awaits above." He walked over to a group of couches in front of a fireplace and dusted one off and flopped down. "A calm place to study or practice dueling without being heard."

"Why did you bring me here then?" I asked looking around at all the old books and suits of armor in the corners.

"Why wouldn't I." He stated watching me walk around.

"Because this is your place to escape and hideaway, by inviting me here you now have no where to go to get rid of me." I teased giving him a smirk as I walked back over.

"I don't need to get rid of you. I like having you and enjoy your company around even if you are extremely annoying." He pulled me onto the couch beside him.

"Oh really? You think I'm annoying?" I asked jokingly.

"Very much so, but annoying in a good way." His gorgeous smile covering his face. He grabbed my hand and kissed it softly. "I-I umm...never mind. We should head to our next class. Don't want to be late." I gave him a smile knowing one day he would tell me what was on his mind.

The two of us walked hand in hand down the hall till we had to go different directions for our next classes. I had Professor Binns so it was about to be a long, slow, excruciating class period. As I walked in making it before most of the class Cedric called me over.

"Hey what's up?" He looked at me and pulled out the chair next to him.

"Just figured we could sit together, better to have someone to hang out with in this class." He said flashing me a cheeky smile.

"Your logic is sound with this class." I returned his smile while taking the seat he pulled out.

As everyone filled in the seats Professor Binns started his droning lecture about the history of magic.

"Let's make a game of this," Cedric whispered to me, "every time the professor faces away, you and I take turns making faces through him to Able and Imelda on the other side of the room."

"You have peaked my interest," I whispered back, "first one to get caught owes the other their desert at dinner."

"You have yourself a deal Gaunt."

We played the game as well as studied for other classes and talked for most the class. Neither of us were caught, over all the class seemed less painful having someone to hangout with, but also making me wish Sebastian were here.

After class ended and we started walking with Imelda and Able we continued to joke a goof off, but my laughter came to a hault when my eyes met the gaze of dark annoyed ones. His eyes weren't trained on me but the smiling Hufflepuff next to me. In the blink of an eye Sebastian was standing in front of me making intense eye contact with Cedric.

"H-Hey Sebastian," I tried to break his glare in Cedric. "What are you doing over this way? You were already closer to the next class."

"I wanted to walk you to class, but I can see I am imposing." He said as his eyes flickered over to mine briefly then back.

"There's no imposition mate, we can all walk together." Cedric being his usual Hufflepuff self giving a bright smile to Sebastian.

Sebastian POV:

I almost told her I love her am I crazy. It took everything out of me not to tell her or kiss her in the Undercroft. I walked to my next class beating myself up over the fact that I didn't tell her but that if I had told her it would be crazy.

I found a seat in Muggle Studies in the back of the room hoping that I would get the table to myself. Adrian and Terence though had other plans as one sat by me and the other in front of me.

"What is going on with you and Gaunt?" Terence asked looking at me.

I let out a sigh starting to beat myself up again, "nothing but a friendship, why?"

"Well I've always fancied her but never asked her out and after talking to you and Able last night, I was thinking a should." He shrugged slightly but all I saw was red and clenched my fists so hard my knuckles were white.

"You really shouldn't." Is all I got out.

"Are you in love with her or something?" Adrian asked studying my face. "You do you totally do."

"I'm sorry mate, I didn't know." Terence said shaking his head. "That makes a lot more sense now."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"The way you look at her the way you talk about her. It just all clicks now." He said with a chuckle, "my only question is how does she not know."

I put my head in my hands and just endured the questions from them for the rest of class. I wished Delilah was in this class because the more time I spent with these two the more I missed her. As class was dismissed I basically sprinted out the door toward Professor Binn's classroom.

As I slowed myself and rounded the corner I wasn't really ready to see another guy making her laugh so much. He was handsome and apparently funny what the hell, even Able and Imelda liked him. From what I gather Imelda didn't really like much of anyone. I hadn't even realized how annoyed I was till I was standing in front of them looking at the guy.

"H-Hey Sebastian." Hearing her voice almost made me break my glare. "What are you doing over this way? You were already closer to the next class."

What was I doing over this way? Did she really not have any idea? "I wanted to walk you to class, but I can see I am imposing." I said glancing over at her, her eyes shown bright as if she was about to say something.

"There's no imposition mate, we can all walk together." What a Hufflepuff thing, and smiling at me, that's annoying. I just nodded in agreement thinking of what to say, it's not like I'm her boyfriend she can walk with whoever she wants, what was I doing getting jealous. We kept walking down the hall and my mind kept wondering what I could say, or do other than apologize. I'm not good at saying sorry, and even though I should probably say it that is not what I did.