Always || Tom Riddle

A black eye out of jealousy and spite

I was walking through the halls to go to Divination class when I saw Quinn with a black eye.

"Quinn"I called out after him but he didn't stop he just completely ignored me and then turned the corner.I decided to follow him.

"Quinn stop have I done something wrong?"I said following close behind him as his strides got bigger but then he abruptly stopped right in front of me, twirling round on the soles of his shoes and pinning me to the wall.

"Quinn what are you doing?"I said and he let go as if getting hold of himself again and backed away to give me a bit of space.

"Sorry I lost control"He apologized looking down to the floor.

"Who gave you that black eye?"I asked looking around to see if anyone was coming up or down the small corridor that we were in.

"I cant say"Quinn said and I huffed crossing my arms over my chest.

"Tell me, I am not going to go around telling everyone that you got beaten up"

"It was Tom he told me not to tell anyone and he also told me to stay well away from you if I wanted to live."Quinn mumbled through gritted teeth.

"Are you dating him?"Quinn asked, finally meeting my eyes.

"I couldn't tell you if I wanted to"I said and Quinn punched the wall just above my head and let out a yell.

"I am fed up of this just stay away from me if you don't want to see me dead!"Quinn yelled and stormed off.I made sure to be quick about getting up the stairs to Divination because someone would have surely heard that.

"Ah dear your late"Professor Twelawney said her frizzy hair bobbing as she turned her head.

"I ought to give you a detention for the way you behaved last lesson"She warned me and and I stood awkwardly by the door as everyone stared at me.

"I lost control of myself and it will not happen again"I said quickly and politely before rushing over to Penelope and sitting on the chair opposite her on our table. 

"Are you ok?"Penelope asked and I frowned but nodded.

"Yeah why wouldn't I be?"I asked as the professor began to move around the room pouring a bit of tea into everyone's cups.

"You seem distant that's all"Penelope said and I when I looked at her closely I could see her eyes were still red and puffy where she had cried herself to sleep last night.

"Now drink everyone and leave the tea leaves in there"Professor Twelawney instructed us and I picked up my cup and took a quick large gulp of it to get it over with as I wasn't very fond of tea.

"Swap cups"I handed my cup over to Penelope and opened the book on the table to read what shape the tea leaves took and what it meant.

"Can anyone tell me what the tea leaves are foretelling?"Professor Twelawney asked walking around the classroom and placing a hand on my should crouching down beside me.

"What does yours say dear?"She asked sweetly but I knew she was picking on me.

"It says that Penelope will face evil with a fierce determination and get over a certain boy cheating on her"I said quickly exchanging a look with Penelope who laughed at the last part because she knew it wasn't what the cup actually said it only really said the first part.

"I believe you are correct at the first part but the last part a bit wobbly"Professor Twelawney said snatching the cup off of me.Penelope laughed a bit more as I tried hard not to laugh by covering my mouth with my hand.

"I think we should go over this after dinner please come back here when you are dismissed from your class"Professor Twelawney said and handed me back the cup,Penelope was still laughing and I was smirking as the Professor walked away.

"Miss Fudge if you find it so funny that Miss Pevensie is making fun of the insightful art of Divination then you can come back as well"

"But Profess-"I began but was cut off.

"DETENTION THE BOTH OF YOU MY OFFICE ALL WEEK!"Professor Twelawney shouted banging her fist down onto her desk making the cups rattle and me and Penelope jumped with shock.I looked down at my hands as Penelope couldn't help herself and began to laugh again.

"Penelope sshh"I whispered as the class was silent but she only laughed harder.

"MISS FUDGE DO YOU NEED TO STAND OUTSIDE?"Professor Twelawney yelled her normally soft voice cracking a bit with the strain as she never shouted.

"N-no professor"Penelope said still laughing her head off.

"Get yourself together girl"I said which made her laugh more as I prepared to get a full  two weeks detention.

"Does she always do this?"Professor Twelawney asked gesturing with her hands to the red as a beetroot Penelope.

"When she has sugar yes"I replied and picked up her cup which had traces of sugar in it.

"I may need to take her to the nurse she is having a sugar rush"I said and Professor Twelawney who seemed more concerned than angry.

"Very well I think you should take her"She said nodding her curls bouncing.I stood and grabbed my bag putting my book away.

"Come on Penelope lets get you to the nurse"I said and she picked up her bag still laughing.

"I cant stop"Penelope said and I rubbed her back helping her walk as she gasped for air.

"Will she make it to the hospital wing?"Professor Twelawney asked me.

"Yeah she will be fine its just a sugar rush it has happened before and shes been fine"I replied as I helped Penelope out.

"Oh and Clara you still have a detention with me after dinner ok?"Professor Twelawney confirmed and I nodded before turning round and taking Penelope down the stairs to hospital wing.

It had been a few hours that I had been with an unconscious Penelope who lay so still and quietly on the hospital bed that I forgot she was there a few times while getting lost in my thoughts.When we had come to the nurse she had tried to calm her down but it had not worked so we had to give her a sleeping remedy so that she could breathe properly otherwise she could fall unconscious from lack of oxygen,when she woke up she would be back to normal and not remember a thing about earliers events.

"You are here late"The nurse said walking in to join me.

"I want to be here when she wakes up"I replied and the nurse smiled sweetly at me coming to a stop beside me.

"I will get you some soup then"The nurse said and walked off to the kitchens.A new set of footsteps awoke me from my daze and when I looked up Tom was standing beside me.

"Are you alright?"Tom asked looking concerned and I nodded taking his hand.

"I am fine"I said looking back to Penelope.

"She wont be attacked will she?"I asked and swiveled round on my seat to face Tom.

"I cannot promise anything"Tom replied tensing."She is after all a mudblood"

"I know what you did"I said suddenly and Tom who had previously been  looking at Penelope turned to me shocked.

"Sorry?"He asked furrowing his eye brows at me.

"I know that it was you who gave Quinn a black eye"I said and Tom backed away from me a little.

"And how would you know this?"Tom replied smirking and remaining calm.

"It was pretty obvious that you were jealous the other night"I said and Toms jaw clenched.

"And what if I was?"

"It would make you punch him out of jealousy"I replied and Tom said nothing.The nurse came in with my soup and handed it to me.

"It looks like we have quite the crowd here now"She said and smiled at me and Tom before walking off back to her office.I wasn't feeling very hungry so I put the soup down onto Penelopes bed side table.

"You see that girl over there she is a muggle born witch she had done nothing wrong to the Slytherin name"I said and Tom looked to motionless girl who was still frozen.

"See what your basilisk did to her?"I said it sounded like a question but it was more of a statement.Tom breathed deeply before turning back round to me.

"Are you trying to make me feel guilty for these people?"Tom asked his face cold and angry.

"I am merely trying to make you see what you are becoming!"I said and stood from the stool which I was sat on.

"And what is that?"Tom said coldly giving me a glare which made me want to back down but I wouldn't not tonight when my best friend needed me most.

"A monster"I said slowly"A cold blooded monster...your heart is nearly as cold as that stone wall over there"I said no longer caring for what Tom thought of me.

"But yet you are scooping down to my level you will soon be as cold and as dark as me"Tom said with each word moving towards me until we were inches apart.

"I ought to punish you for saying such things"Tom continued his voice laved with venom.

"Try me"I said and it looked as if Tom was about to hit me but instead he pressed his lips to mine and held me close to him.I was shocked mostly he had seemed so cold and reserved before and to kiss me so softly filled with so much need and passion it was almost as if he had changed completely.When we pulled apart though all of that seemed to leave him as he brushed away some of my hair.

"What was that for?"I whispered as we were so close to each other it would feel as if we were shouting if we were to talk normally.

"That was to show you that no matter what I become I love you"Tom whispered back before letting my waist go and walking out of the hospital wing swiftly,leaving me behind out of breathe and a heart beating so fast that it made me nearly not be able to hear anything apart from the blood running through my veins.