Always || Tom Riddle

Picking a dress

Me and Penelope were at Madam Pudifoots buying some dresses for the yule ball.Penelope had tried a few on while I looked at a beautiful dress which caught my eye from the very beginning.

"Now lets just do this button up"I could hear the ruffle of a dress as the shopkeeper helped Penelope into her 100th dress she had tried on since we arrived.Penelope came out of the dressing room looking like she may burst at any minute giving a little twirl and obviously liking what she saw in the mirror.

"Wow!"I said putting the dress down on the chocolate brown seat that I was sat on.

"I love it"Penelope said and to be fair that was the only dress she had admitted to actually loving the rest we just "Its ok I suppose" or "It doesn't look quite right".

"Do you think I should get it?"Penelope turned round expectantly while I took a step back to get a proper look.

"I think you should get it"I said happily and Penelope burst hugging me then the surprised shopkeeper and back to me again.

"Now what are we to do with you?"The shopkeeper turned to me after Penelope had calmed down but she was still hogging the mirror posing and pouting.

"I think...I will try this on"I said and walked over admiring the dress which lay perfectly on the seat.

"If you will come this way Miss"The old shopkeeper said her wrinkly old hand holding the velevet blood red curtain back for me to step inside the dressing room.She helped me into the dress doing up the back and stepped back to get a better look.

"Wow Miss don't you look quite the beauty!"The old shopkeeper said her voice croaking a little and her face lighting up.

"Thank you"I said and turned from her to the mirror smiling and fluffing out the little frills at the skirt.

"Shouldn't we show your friend"She said and I smiled nodding,following her out of the dressing room where Penelope stood still in her blue icicle dress.

"You look...beautiful"Penelope said her mouth agape as she gasped.

"Twirl"She instructed putting her hands on her hips as I spun round in a circle for her to see the whole dress.

"You just look...wow"Penelope said still looking shocked.

"Well I am glad you like it"I said and turned to go back into the changing room.With the help of the old shopkeeper I managed to get out of the dress and back into my normal clothes of jeans a warm black coat,hat and boots along with a furry jumper underneath.After me and Penelope had paid for our dresses we began to make our way back to the castle but I had a parcel which was too big for an owl to take so I had to take it into the post office.Alone I went into the post office as Penelope had been eager to get back, I opened the cream door turning the handle and pushing it causing the bell to go off signalling the owner that I was here.

I wandered around the wooden floor boards cracking and squeaking beneath my feet.It was kind of creepy as there was very little light with the exception of a small candle on the other side of the counter.After a few more minutes I heard the sound of footsteps and a post mistress walked through the small corridor just ahead of me behind the counter putting on a sweet smile which I am sure she gives everyone.

"Good evening sorry about the wait, what can I do for you?"

"Uh I was hoping I could send this parcel off"I said and took the firmly wrapped parcel out of my bag and placed it onto the counter.

"I will be sure to make sure that it arrives at its destination safely"The postmistress said sweetly her earrings twinkling in the low light mixed among her blonde curly hair which fell out of what would have been a neat bun. 

"Thank you"I said and spun round on my heels only to come face to face with Tom.

"Tom!"I said slightly cheered up and happy to see a familiar face at this time of evening.

"Looks like we are both going to get scolded by Professor Dumbledore for being late back"Tom said walking past while I turned on the balls of my feet to listen as he paid for some stamps.

"About earlier I am sorry I-"I began but stopped mid sentence when Tom put a long cold finger to my lips.

"Sshh"Tom said and removed his finger smirking,he gestured with his eyes up to above our heads and when I looked up I noticed that there was some mistletoe floating above us and I heard the post mistress leaving to give us a bit of privacy.

"We cant break the tradition now can we?"Tom said cocking an eyebrow at me.

"Why do I get the feeling you are extremely happy about this?"I asked as Tom leaned in and I wrapped my arms around his neck.

"Because I am"Tom mumbled inches away from my lips seconds before pressing his lips to mine and locking me in a loving embrace.

AN:There we go two updates in one day you lucky lot...or not!!Thanks for the lovely comments you have all been leaving it really helps me to continue to write so please keep commenting you don't have to of course but it does help and I love when I get comments from you all.Hope you liked the chapter :)