Tom Riddles Princess -Book 1-

Five

It took a while to get used to but I think I was able to find a balance between seeing my friends and seeing Tom. I was sitting at a table in the library next to Lily and smiled when I saw Tom, " Tom come join us" he stopped and glared at me " Why would I want to join you or your mudblood friend?" He scoffed before walking away. I felt my smile drop and my heart ache " What?" I asked myself quietly " What the hell was that?" Lily asked " I have no idea, he's never acted like that before" " Maybe he's just in a bad mood. Ask him to meet you later and figure it out". I made my way over to Tom's table and received nothing but glares from his friends while Tom didn't look at me at all " Tom, I was his wondering if we could talk later?" He says nothing and I sighed " Eight o'clock at our usual hang out" I said before leaving. I sat in the courtyard where we always hung out and waited for him.

I waited and waited, I looked at the clock to see it was half eight, I sighed " He's not coming" I walked into the great hall and sat next to Lily and put my head on her shoulder. " How did it go?" " He didn't show up" " That asshole" " What's going on?" Lupin asked. " Tom gave Odette the cold shoulder earlier, said he didn't want to be near her so she asked him to meet her at they're usual spot but he didn't show". Sirius wrapped his arms around me and held me close to him " I'm sorry Odette, I know how much you liked him" " He's staring" James said " For someone who doesn't want to be with you, he sure hates when another guy touches you".

After dinner we slowly made our way to the common room, I stayed in the back as I wasn't in the mood to joke or laugh. He had broken my heart and I didn't know why, I gasped as I felt a hand grab my arm and turned around to see Tom. I sighed and tried to pull my arm away " Just leave me alone, I already got your message" " What are you talking about?" " You broke up with me, you insulted me and you never showed up to talk so please just leave me alone". Tom pulled me into a room close by and sighed " My followers think I am getting weak because of you, I wanted to show them different" " By being completely rude to me? I thought we were together?" " We are together" " How? So you can be sweet to me alone but rude in front of everyone else?" " Yes actually". " That's not a relationship Tom, that's you using me when you feel like it" " But we are so good together" " No, we were good together. I really like you Tom, but I can't be with someone who is ashamed to be with me in public, so unless you change that, we can't be together anymore".

I felt the tears sliding down my cheeks as Tom stared at me confused " Your leaving me?" " Yes I am" " After everything I've done for you?" " It's not about any of that, it's about you being ashamed to be seen with me in public because your friends think you got weak! I'm not doing this, goodbye Tom" I said as I pushed past him only to be pinned against the door " Please don't do this" he begged which made my eyes shoot open, he's never begged for anything before. I sighed as I looked into his pleading eyes, " What do you care about more, me or your friends opinions?" He stayed silent and I sighed " That's what I thought" " No! No it's you, I care about you, but I can't have my followers thinking I'm weak because of you" " Then what are you going to do?". He thought for a second as he paced around the room before stopping as if he got a brilliant idea " I'll discipline them" " I'm sorry what?" " I'll teach them to never question me again" he said with a evil smirk on his face, then his head shot to me " Then we can be together".

Tom brushed my cheek with his fingers gently and stared at me with a loving glare but there was some crazy, insane flare hiding behind it and for the first time ever, I was scared of him. " You do want to be with me" " Of course I do, but I don't want someone getting hurt" " Don't you worry about that" he kissed my forehead " You go up to bed, I'll bring you to breakfast tomorrow" " Goodnight Tom" I smiled before leaving. When I got into the common room I told everyone everything " That is not good at all, are you alright?" Lily asked " Honestly, he kind of scares me now" " I wouldn't blame you, it seems his feelings have gone to obsession" " Maybe he's just having a weird day, maybe it'll all go back to normal when he talks with his friends" " Hopefully, we want you safe" " I promise I'll leave if I feel unsafe". The next morning I saw him, standing at the end of the stair case " Hi Tom" " Hi" " Did you get a chance to speak to your friends?" " No" I sighed and walked past him down the stairs " Odette" I stopped and turned to him " What do you want Tom?".

He looked at me confused " To take you to breakfast" " I'm already at breakfast" " Not there, it's Saturday let me take you out" " I don't know" " Please, it's my way of apologising for how I've been acting" " Fine". We talked the whole way to Hogsmead and I smiled at the cute cafe Tom brought me to, we sat down and ordered our food and tea and joked with each other. " I knew you had gotten weak" Tom's smile dropped as he stared at one of his followers, Jason I think his name was. Tom stood up, towering over him " Do you mind? I'm trying to have breakfast with Odette" " That girl is making you weak" " That girl is making me stronger" " She's your weakness" " I have no weaknesses" " So if I touched her, or put my wand to her you wouldn't care?" " Not at all" Tom said and I could feel my heart break.

Jason walked over to me and put his wand to my throat, he got extremely close to my face " So you don't care what I do to her?" " Of course not" " Tom" " You heard him love, he doesn't care about you, your nothing". Jason sniffed my hair " You smell good" he was trying to get under Tom's skin but he just stared at me with a blank expression, finally Jason let me go " Fine, but if I see any weakness I'll be taking over" he said before storming out. Tom sighed and sat back down " I'll have to deal with him later" I stared at him " Are you serious?" " What?" " You let him threaten me" " You weren't harmed" I stood up and took my things " I don't want to see you again Tom" I said before storming out of the cafe and running as fast as I could to the shrieking shack.

I threw my stuff on the floor and pulled at my hair before kicking the wardrobe a few times. I sat on the floor and cried " That stupid selfish prick". I stayed there for a while, staring at the sky, crying and thinking until I noticed it was dark. I slowly made my way back to Hogwarts and went straight to my room. " Oh my god Odette where have you been?" " I needed time alone" " What happened?" I sat myself on my bed " I broke up with him, he let one f his friends threaten me to show he wasn't weak, then acted as if nothing happened". " Where did you go? We searched everywhere" " I went to the shrieking shack, it was hidden and away from everyone and I knew nobody would find me there". " I'm sorry Odette" " Don't be, this is for the best".