smile↪ tom riddle

-chapter 22

a/n: i want you to listen to a song called "i love you baby" by frank sinatra when victoria started to sing for better experience but you can still read this chapter without the music on. it's your choice...

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Victoria was drinking next to Stanley who was surrounded by his friends from Ilvermorny.

Victoria didn't interact to one of her friends.

Meanwhile, Gideon, The Corpus Siblings and Kathleen sat down with a drinks in their hands. They didn't enjoyed the Ball at all, especially Henry. Although, Kathleen, his date, had been keeping him accompany, he can't help but to stole some glances on Victoria, who looked happy with Stanley and his club.

In the other hand, Professor Slughorn kept Tom accompany by introducing him to some of Ministry Officials who attended the Ball. Well, Tom being a polite student, went on introducing himself, shaking hands, then he will talk about political matters then repeat. Tom was beginning to get irritated by it so he excused himself from Slughorn and went to the Table with his followers.

As Tom arrived to the table, he instantly threw his eyes to Victoria's direction.

"She looked gorgeous..." Abraxas commented while looking to Victoria

"The exact word is fit" Rodolphus Lestrange said

"Don't call her that!" Ariana hissed as she hit her brother

"Ow!" The Lestrange male exclaimed as threw a deathly glare "Had gone soft now eh? Defending a blood traitor. You'll be disown if told mother that you're defending a filthy blood traitor!"

"Have you've forgotten that we have to befriend her to recruit her?" Ariana argued back

"Right you are Female Lestrange.." Tom suddenly spoke "Thank you for reminding me... What progress had you've all done for your mission?"

Tom's followers went silent.

"Then i guess that instead of fighting like a cat and dog, you all should been doing your mission!" Tom scolded

"Yes, My L— Tom..." Rodolphus muttered

Tom drew his attention to his drink then suddenly the people singing a boring songs stopped. This cause all the people in room to looked at the stage and there they saw Victoria Cygnus, looking rather slightly intoxicated.

"Give me the bloody mic!" Victoria hissed and stole the mic from the singer's hand

Victoria first cleared her throat and began to sing without the music maestro.

"You're just too good to be true

can't take my eyes off you~"

Victoria started, singing so beautifully while looking directly to Stanley. As the crowd heard Victoria's voice, they cheered so loud and music maestro started to play.

"You'd be like heaven to touch

I wanna hold you so much