His Mark [Tom Riddle's son] DISCONTINUED

Apologies and gifts

His Mark
[Knowledge is Power]

4th October 2016
Tuesday

Aileen

"I should probably apologise to Simon..." I muttered under my breath- shaking the past events from my mind.
"Don't do it now...when you woke me up, I wanted to murder you at first. He'll probably be the same." Cordelia replied with a tired smile.

"I guess, I could give him some time..." I answered and stared off into the distance.

I shouldn't have reacted in that manner...

"Meh, he'll probably be relieved that you're not looking like you're going to murder anything for breathing. I-" Her sentence was cut off by a loud yawn followed by a crack from a stretched spine.

"I should probably take you back to your dorm... your friends are surely wondering where you ran off to." I spoke in a calm voice, silently praying that Cordelia would take the hint and threat this day like any other.

I don't do birthdays...

"Both of them would probably be snoring their heads off-but yeah I should go. Oh,what was that potion? I have an odd feeling it was what made the...incident happen," Cordelia said carefully as she stood up.

"It wasn't a potion, that's all you have to know. Let's go." I replied avoiding eye contact and made my way towards the end of the room, and holding the door open- patiently waiting for Cordelia to do or say something.

Cordelia stood there for a few seconds, as if deep in thoughts.

She shouldn't have seen this room...nobody is supposed to see this room. I'll have to take drastic measures so that nobody besides me sees this version of the room of requirements.

"Just to keep your peace of mind...anything that happened tonight stays between us. This I swear on my life." She promised as she made her way towards me.

"Nothing happened." I murmured just loud enough for Cordelia to hear, as she walked out the door.

The two of us- three if you count Momo, silently made our way down the stairs, with Cordelia stealing glances at me every few seconds.

She wasn't supposed to see that memory.
'Maybe you should just make her for-'
'No.' I thought firmly back at Momo, clenching my hands into tight fists.
'I promised myself that I wouldn't do that to her any-'

"I can find my way from here," Cordelia said quietly as we reached the staircase to the ground floor.
"I know you can." I replied, still accompanying her towards the staircase that leads to the dungeons.
"No, really," she protested, pulling up in front of me,"I've intruded on your privacy long enough. Besides..." She added with a wince,"the last time you brought me up to the common room at night didn't end so well."
"Julius?" I asked with a sigh, looking her in the eyes for the first time after leaving the room of requirements.
I can only imagine the hell she went through after what I did- sometimes I ask myself why she hasn't run off yet...anyone in their right state of mind would avoid me.

I'm related to a mass murderer- if I were her, I wouldn't want to be around me.
And yet she stood here before me- looking at me with a searching look.
She had the audacity to challenge me during classes and tried to comfort me when she thought I needed it.

It's like she's looking for trouble.

"Yeah, Julius. So, goodnight I guess."
She finished with a small smile before turning her back towards me to descend down the stairs.

"Thank you." I called out to her, just before turning around and walking the opposite way.

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"You've got to stop listening into other people's conversations." I called out to two figures hiding behind a slightly ajar door.