Persuasive

thirty-five

The next day

I was feeling kind of on edge about entering Snape's class, after Tom and I's fight. I couldn't bare to see his face again, but I'm just going to have to learn to put up with it for the rest of the year. I hesitated before trudging inside, but when I finally did I saw Tom Riddle seated next to Pansy.

Pansy fucking Parkinson.

They were laughing together, while she was being extremely touchy with him. I tried brushing it aside but I simply couldn't.

Tom quickly saw me entering the class and he scooted away from Pansy, hoping I didn't see any of it.

I took a deep breath in and roamed my eyes around the room, wondering who I could possibly sit next to. Then, the perfect person popped right into my head, Harry Potter.

I saw Harry turned around in his chair, facing Ron while they were whispering to each other. I made my way over to Harry and seated myself next to him, feeling Tom's glare in the back of my head.

Me sitting next to Harry caught him by surprise, and he almost choked on his own spit.

"Hello Avalon. I wasn't expecting you to sit here." he couldn't help himself but smile.

"We're friends now, so of course I'm going to sit next to you." I grinned while I nudged his shoulder, purposely trying to make Tom spiteful. I could practically feel his eyes burning the back of my head.

We all chatted for a while, today was full of giggles and enjoyment. But I couldn't get my mind off Tom and Pansy. The way she was so carelessly brushing her legs against his, whispering into his ear while they were laughing so freely.

Wait until Draco hears about his girlfriend being a complete slag.

I continued feeling Tom's glare, so I made sure he saw my thighs brush up against Harry's.

I could tell Harry has never been touched by a girl before. Hell has he ever even kissed a girl before? The way my legs were brushing against his was driving him crazy. It was sort of amusing.

Tom saw it all, and he quickly broke a pencil in two. The whole class turned around to see a broken pencil below Tom's feet, and him glaring at them back.

"What the fuck are you all staring at? Mind your business." he spat, and snatched Pansy's pencil away from her hand.

I couldn't help myself but chuckle, and turn back around to face the front of the class. Tom couldn't control his anger, especially when it comes to me, and it's so entertaining.

At the end of class, we all stood up and made our way out the door, Tom made sure to trail right behind us.

I was walking right beside Harry, laughing with him and whispering into his ear when we were soon interrupted by Tom brushing past Harry and hitting him in the shoulder forcefully.

"Hey watch it halfwit." Harry snarled as we continued walking.

Tom stopped in his tracks to turn around and face Harry, eyeing him and towering over him.

"What the fuck did you just say to me?" he hissed through his teeth as he clenched his jaw.

"I said watch it. You bumped into me-"

Tom briskly pushed Harry against the wall and grabbed him by his collar, quickly attracting the attention of all the students in the hall.

"Listen to me very carefully, if I ever catch you with Avalon ever again it's not going to end up good for you. Understand?" he hissed into his ear as Harry stood there still as a statue.

"Get the fuck off of him!" I thundered as I pulled Tom off of Harry and glared him in the eyes.

They were both breathing heavily, trying to catch their breath. I've never seen Tom so angry, so protective over me.

"He can do whatever he wants, and so can I. Leave him alone." I badgered as I kept my eyes steady on Tom's.

He scoffed and trekked away, not daring to look back.

I hugged Harry and made sure he was okay, before I went off and followed Tom. When I finally caught up to him I pushed him against the wall next to us and grabbed his robe.

"Leave me the fuck alone, and stop harassing my friends." I spat through my teeth, glaring him in the eyes.

He found this amusing, and he raised his arms up in surrender.

"Oh no Avalon has me against the wall, i'm so scared!" he mocked in a high pitched voice as a smirk curled up on both sides of his lips. "She's gonna kill me-"

"Shut the fuck up, i'm being serious." I snarled as I tightened my grip on his robe.

He stood there with a evil smirk on his face, enjoying watching me so furious.

He swiftly grabbed my neck and turned me around, so that I was now pinned against the wall with him towering over me.

"I think you forgot who the stronger one is here." his breath fanned against my lips.

I pressed my lips together and gulped, trying to look away but my eyes stayed glued to his. I couldn't let him win.

"Let go of me." I hissed slowly, as I grabbed his arm with both of mine trying to pull it away from my neck.

"You know how much I despise Harry, and now you're out and about with him by your side like a lap dog. " he voiced, keeping his grip on my neck.

I could feel his rings creep up against my skin, digging deeper and deeper the more angry I made him.

"Did you forget how you so carelessly broke my family apart?" I choked on my own words, gasping for air. I could practically feel the airways in my throat closing up. "Why can't you just let this whole plan go-"

"If you think I'm discontinuing my plan for you?" he scoffed. "You must be a fool."

My eyes were starting to sting and my head was starting to spin.

"Then why can't you leave me alone?" I questioned with a shaky voice.

His hand released from my neck and I bent down grasping on to my throat, gasping for air.

He grabbed both my arms and pinned them against the wall, restraining me from moving.

"I can't bare to see you with anyone else. I have the urge to fucking kill them." he panted into my ear. "Especially seeing you with Harry."

"You and me Tom, there's nothing between us anymore." I stated. "You made your decision by continuing on with your plan, and that's that. So all that's left for me to do is protect Harry Potter-"

"Protect Harry Potter?" he ridiculed as his grip on my wrists became tighter. "Someone as weak as you could never protect Harry from me." he mocked.

"I'm not weak." I scoffed.

"You're not weak?" he raised his eyebrows at me and released his grip from my wrists. "Let's see then."

"What-"

Before I could say anything he grabbed me by my waist and threw me over his shoulder effortlessly.