Chapter 3
Fix You
The Great Hall was filled with chatter and laughter immediately after the sorting had finished. Arianna picked at her food slowly as she stared absent-mindedly at her food. As soon as Owen and her had arrived at Hogwarts, he was immediately called to the headmaster's office and she had yet to see him return. She began to toss and turn her food as she began to worry.
Tom Riddle, who she had knew about but never did speak directly to him or ever gave him a second thought was well talked about through teachers and students. Many girls had referred to him as the handsomest guy to have ever set foot in Hogwarts and of course many would have loved to shag him. Perhaps Arianna was the only one who paid him no mind. She gave a small distant glance at the Slytherin table to see him surrounded by who she assumed were his friends. They were in what looked like in a great mood as they were laughing. That is, all but Tom Riddle himself wasn't.
She studied his expression with a small frown as she noticed, he himself hardly ate like her and seemed to just pick at his food while all the while he was mindlessly nodding to Lestrange and Avery's words. She could tell he was in deep thought as she nearly jumped when she noticed him cast a single glance at her. She quickly felt her face start to burn as he eyes grew wide and looked back at her food before sighing in frustration.
As dinner was slowly coming to an end, Owen had finally returned with a pout on his face as he sat as usual across from Arianna. Arianna raised a brow in question at his expression.
"I have a months detention," Owen shrugged and ran his hands through his hair, messing up his already messy hair.
Arianna tilted her head to the side and asked, "Is that all? I mean... you did technically set fire a public property, which I think the ministry owns."
He slowly looked over his shoulder and she noticed his face harden as his eyes were narrow. She followed his gaze towards the Slytherin table and sighed as she noticed his glare was directed towards Tom Riddle. She grimaced.
"Let me guess..." Arianna spoke quietly, hesitant as Owen had cut across her words.
"Yeah, that foul little git gets to decide when my detentions are and I have a tiny suspicion that he's going to take full advantage of that," Owen growled as he turned back towards her.
She flickered her gaze from Tom towards her best friend and felt a grin coming across her face, but held it in. The poor chap looked like he was up and ready to jump off the Astronomy Tower and she didn't doubt it one bit. She reached across the table and patted the poor boy's shoulder as she began to finish her meal before glancing once more back at Tom.
Arianna frowned as she examined her schedule and sighed. It was going to be a busy year and she felt her face grimace.
"Anything wrong, Miss Abel?"
Arianna glanced up from her schedule and looked at the ever famous Professor Dumbledore. He was as many students named, Hogwarts finest professor and was most definitely favored in most students books, herself included. He was she studied the blue eyes behind his ever famous half moon spectacles that seemed to twinkle as if they held some sort of amusement, yet they were kind. She also noticed that his Auburn-Reddish hair was beginning to gray slightly and had grown slightly since she had last seen him.
She smiled warmly at the Professor and replied, "Oh no Professor, I was just looking at my schedule and I had realized how much harder I have to work to achieve becoming a healer."
Dumbledore's eyes twinkled once more and he smiled as he spoke, "Ah, a fine career path Miss Abel, I am quite sure you will make a fine healer."
"Thank you Professor," She answered, feeling her cheeks warm up as smile spread across her lips.
"Ah well, perhaps it is time for you to go Miss Abel," he spoke; his voice was as usual light. "Best not be late for your first day."
And with that he was gone.
Arianna smiled as she shook her head, it was not surprising when Professor Dumbledore had come and gone randomly. He was the head of Gryffindor house and was highly favored by all of her housemates; he was as she could describe in her own way, a selfless man.
She glanced down once more at her schedule and sighed once more. The hallways were nearly empty and her first class was Defence against the dark arts. She groaned when she realized that she was going to be late at this rate and Professor Merrythought was not going to look past it at all. She began to pace herself across the school as she realized the halls were clear of all students. She gasped as she nearly bumped into what felt like a solid wall and felt a hand grab a hold of her wrist to prevent her fall.
Arianna winced as she hesitantly looked up at her savior and felt her cheeks slightly heat up when her dark green eyes fell upon familiar icy blue ones. Slowly she let her eyes wander down to where he still had a hold on her and without a second to spare, she quickly yanked her hand away from his.
"Thank you," She spoke quietly, all the while lowering her eyes to the ground as she began to walk around him and began to sprint to her first class.
"You're welcome,"
She paused, hearing the ever soft spoken words. Without a second thought, she glanced slightly over her shoulder to find him gone.
Author's Note
Shorter chapter today... In case you were wondering why chapters have been flying out like no one's business, well it was because the first few chapters were written ahead of time. I thought you guys would appreciate it if the chapters came out sooner rather than later. I still need a beta writer... so if any of you are willing, I'm up for taking haha.
I'm sorry if Tom is out of character but... I've really never have written any fanfiction before and I thought that Tom would be an interesting character to write and exactly who I had in mind that would suit him if he truly were to ever fall in love and/or have a certain interest to.
Regardless of everything, the more reviews and alerts I get, honestly the more inspiration I get to write. I'm serious. Usually I get unmotivated sometimes and I never finish writing what I started haha.
Anyways,
One to a few new characters will be introduced next chapter.
