Monster From Hell | Tom Riddle

eight

About an hour passes since the party started. I was standing against a wall, not knowing what to do.

Draco and Pansy disappeared out of nowhere. Blaise was talking to a girl named Gabby. Who he had a crush on since year one.

Here I was standing against a wall. Alone.

Tom was right, i am pathetic.

Right before I was about to leave to go to my dorm, I am stopped by someone grabbing my arm. It was Ryder.

"Where are you going?" He asked.

I just stood there, I felt sweat form on my fore head. My face was red as a cherry.

"Let's go outside," He walks out of the common room, i'm following behind him.

And of course, there was Tom making out with the same girl from earlier. He turned his head to face towards us.

"Ah, Ryder," He smirks, "You got a girlfriend? Might wanna be careful with her, she's a hot headed one,"

I felt my cheeks turn red, sweat rolled down my face like tears. My back had the chills with sweat, one of the worst feelings ever.

"No I'm not dating her Riddle, and she's not hot headed at all. She's the complete opposite."

I felt my cheeks get redder and redder by the second.

Two years of liking Ryder, down the drain. Guess he never felt the same way.

"Really?" He furrowed his eyebrows and started chuckling quietly, "Name one thing nice about her. I dare you."

Ryder stops and thinks for a second, then opens his mouth before Tom interrupted him.

"See Ryder? There's nothing good about Victoria at all, you know deep down that-"

"She's beautiful," Ryder starts.

He thought I was beautiful?

"Beautiful?" Tom asked Ryder in disbelief, "How is she beautiful?"

"S-She's got...nice eyes," Ryder looked back at me with a smile, I smiled back and blushed.

"Eyes? What's so important about eyes," Tom mutters.

"Her eyes remind me of...apples, green apples," He responds.

"Green apples," He raised an eyebrow, "Who are you, Draco Malfoy?"

"Guys, let's not start drama, come on Tom," The girl grabs Tom's arm, trying to pull him away.

"Fine," He looks at Ryder, then looks at me. They walk away together into the common room.

Ryder and I stood there awkwardly looking at each other before Ryder broke the silence by saying, "Let's go outside."

"Outside," I furrowed my eyebrows, "Isn't going outside during late hours against the rules?"

"Who cares honestly," He shrugs, "Follow me," He starts walking down the hall, I follow behind him.

...

After a few minutes of walking we reached the courtyard. The courtyard was empty, the only sound heard was the howling wind and the leaves swirling around on the ground.

"It's cold," I shivered as the wind blew against my bare skin. I probably should've grabbed a jacket before coming out here.

"Here," Ryder started taking of his jacket.

"No, it's fine, I'll be fine," I rejected.

"Just take it, I don't mind," He hands me the jacket. I take it out of his hands and put the jacket on me. The scent of his cologne came from the jacket.