Persuasive

twenty-eight

I groggily fluttered my eyes open to the feeling of my head throbbing in pain.
"Ow.. what the hell." I muttered as I massaged my temples with my fingers.

When my vision finally cleared up I saw Tom's face three inches away from mine. I hurriedly sat myself up and roamed my eyes around us.
We were laying on top of the astronomy tower on the cold stone floor, his jacket was covering me, and he was shirtless.

He hazily opened his eyes and yawned, stretching his arms out as he sat himself up.
"Good morning." he mumbled in his deep, raspy morning voice. Hearing his voice sent goosebumps throughout my body.

"What the fuck are we doing here?" I yawned as I stretched my arms out and laid back down. I shot my head down towards my clothes to see I was wearing a black, satin two piece.
I shot my head back over to him to see him shirtless..
Oh no..

"Did we fuck?!" I exclaimed as I widened my eyes and sat myself up.

"Of course we did." he mocked as he laid back down.

"What?!" I gulped as I swiftly stood up and slipped my heels on.

"I'm joking, i'm joking." he snickered as he rubbed his eyes. "No we didn't fuck."

I sighed in relief and looked around the tower.
"I remember bits and pieces of last night but I certainly don't remember falling asleep up here. Actually, last night was mostly a blur." I ranted as I rested my head into the palms of my hands.

He stood himself up and came closer to me, glaring down into my eyes.
"You almost died yesterday, Avalon." he mumbled.

"What do you mean.. I almost died?" I pressed my eyebrows together and came closer to him, still holding my gaze on him.

He started chuckling and pointed to the railing behind us.
"You see that railing? Your dumbass climbed over it and dangled off the edge. If it wasn't for me you would've plumaged down."

I took a deep breath and sighed, giggling at myself. All of a sudden, I realized that we were probably late for class.

"What time is it?" I questioned as I made my way over to the stairs.

He grabbed his jacket from the floor, put it on and followed me.
"My watch says it's 11:00 am." he replied.

"Shit!" we both blurted at the same time.

"They're totally gonna think we shagged if we walk into class at the same time." I sighed.

"Then let's walk in at the same time." he smirked.

I rolled my eyes at him and we made our way all the way down the stairs, eyeing Dumbledore walking in our direction.

"Shit shit shit turn around." I whispered to Tom as I clinged onto his arm.

"Avalon? Tom?" Dumbledore called out from behind us.

We stopped in our tracks and turned around hesitantly, waiting to see what Dumbledore was going to say.

"Hello Professor." I beamed as we froze in the middle of the hallway.

"What are you two doing out of class?" he interrogated as he made his way over to us. "And why aren't you in your uniforms?"

"We were just um.." I stuttered. "He was feeling uneasy so I'm taking him down to the infirmary." I nodded with my head held high. "And.. our robes dropped somewhere on the floor on the way here." I lied.

Dumbledore shifted his eyes between Tom and I as he glared at us, with a doubtful look on his face.
"Mmhm. Alright." he muttered quietly.

"Yeah.. I have explosive diarrhea." Tom grunted as he grasped onto his stomach.