Monster From Hell | Tom Riddle

twelve

Losing mom was really hard for me, considering how close I was to her. It was hard to face the fact that she was gone. It took me almost a year to face the fact.

Life never felt the same after she died. Dad started drinking, then after a year he stopped thankfully. He didn't abuse me or anything, but he did bad things like skipping work and going out to a bar every night, leaving me home alone most of the time.

My grandma would come over often because she knew what was up with my dad and she didn't want me to be alone. Grandma to me was like mom, she was elegant and caring. Just like mom.

"Hey," I heard a voice from next to me, interrupting my thoughts. The girl had long blonde hair and was wearing a Ravenclaw robe, "Can I sit here?"

I nodded my head and she sat down next to me.

"I'm Luna by the way, Luna Lovegood," She smiles. Her blue eyes shine with the sun. A silvery tiny mixes with the shade of blue.

"I know," I nodded my head, "You were on the carriage with Harry Potter at the beginning of the year. I'm Victoria by the way." I held out my hand for her to shake.

"Nice to meet you, Victoria," She says in a light tone, "I was coming down here as I do everyday, and I saw you. Are you ok? You looked deep in thought."

"Oh yeah, I'm good. You're right, I was deep in thought," I take my knees to my chest.

"What were you thinking about?" She asks.

"My mom," I replied, "She died when I was 7, I come down here a lot and think about her."

"My mom died too," Her smile fades and she looks forward, "She died when I was nine. She did a spell that she created, then all of the sudden, she died."

"I'm sorry about that Luna," I placed my hand on her shoulder.

"It's ok, don't be sorry," Her voice saddens, "What happened to your mom? Unless you don't want to talk about it."

"No, it's good. My mom died in a car crash," I looked down at her necklace and showed it to Luna, "She gave this to me before she died."

"Pretty," Luna admires the necklace and smiles, "We should get back though, night fall will be soon."

"What time is it?" I asked.

"4.45, dinner will be starting soon," She stands up from off the ground, "We could walk back together if you'd like. I really like talking to you. You're cool,"

I blushed and stood off the ground, "Ok,"

Luna and I walked back together side by side and talked about my necklace.

"Does it represent anything?" She asks me while pointing at the necklace.

"I guess it just represents my mom," I looked down at the necklace, I don't think it represents anything important, except for her of course."

She nods her head.

"So what's up with you and Tom. Tom Riddle," She asks after a few seconds of silence, I looked at her with an unreadable expression, "It's ok if you don't want to talk about it, i completely understand."

"No, it's ok really. Just....how did you know?" I asked.

"Rumor," She said, "Don't worry the rumor is dead now. No one talks about it anymore."

"A rumor?" I furrowed my eyebrows.

"Yeah, a rumor went around that something was happening between you two. Some believed that you two hate each other." She explains.

"True," I stated.

"Some rumors are weird. Some people think that you guys slept together," She goes on.

I stopped, my heart froze, "Did you say..."

"Yeah," She nodded, "Some people think that you guys hooked up or something like that."

"Wait, how did t-these rumors go around?" I asked and continued to walk.

"Some people like to spread stupid rumors, Victoria," She shook her head, "I know for a fact that it isn't true, unless...."

"Unless what..." My furrowed my eyebrows again.

"Did you guys actually sleep together," She asks.

"No, I'll never sleep with him. Ever," I stated.

"Knew it?" She nodded, "Just wanted to make sure."

...

Later at dinner, Pansy was talking to me about the quidditch game that was happening this Friday, although I wasn't listening.

I was thinking about what Luna said. About the rumors. Did people really think Tom and I slept together? Who spread these rumors? Did Tom know about these rumors? Was he the one that spread them?

"You okay Vic?" Pansy asks, "You haven't eaten anything," She pointed to my empty plate.

"I'm good Pansy it's just, i'm not hungry," I lied.

It was true that I wasn't hungry, but that wasn't the main reason. It was the rumors.

I had to confront Tom again. I knew that I said that I wouldn't talk to him, but it was serious. He could be the only one that told someone and the rumor got out there.

"Ladies and Gentleman, it's time to go to bed," Dumbledore announces from the front of the great hall where all the teachers say, "Off to bed everyone."

Pansy and I walked to the Slytherin common room with all of the other Slytherins.

No sight of Tom.

Tonight when almost everyone is asleep, I am going to sneak into the boys dormitories and knock on Tom's door. Then I'll confront him.

"Are you sure you're alright, Vic?" Pansy asks again, "You never act like this."

"Yeah, i'm good," I nodded, "Just tired that's all."

"I'm tired too," Pansy yawns and opens the door to our dorm. The sheet sheets of the bed were still unmade from this morning.

Pansy and I got changed into our pajamas and got under the covers. We talked for a bit like we do every night.

Pansy yawns and stretches her arms up high, "Ok, let's go to bed. We've got a test for Dark Arts tomorrow."

"Yeah," I pull the sheets up over me and close my eyes, "Goodnight Pansy."

"Goodnight Vic,"

...

After about an hour of laying in bed, thinking about what I would say to Tom in the calmest way possible, I was ready to go see Tom.

I pull the sheets off of me and stand up off my bed. Quietly, I walked to the door and stand there for a second.

Did I want to do this?

Whatever. He's a total buchanan anyway and I don't care if he hates me.

I twist the knob of the door, causing the door to crack open. I step out of my dorm and close the door behind me so Pansy didn't wake up.

I crept into the common room and into the boys dormitories. I remembered that Blaise told me about how his dorm was next to theirs.

Luckily I managed to memorize where their dorm was, and I've been to Tom's dorm before  so It shouldn't be that hard to spot.

I stood in front of his door for about a minute, thinking about if I wanted to do this.

After a while, I took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

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