Well…not that much longer till the fifth book finally gets released…*giddy*…that weekend you can be assured that I will not be posting any new chapters…I'll be with friends having a weekend long HP party (Quidditch and all too…^_~)…but there's still nearly two weeks till then…so I'll still be posting new chapters…
Chapter #25 – Joining the SlytherinsSoon it was time for the Halloween Feast and the next day was the first Quidditch game, which, as usual, was Slytherin versus Gryffindor. After that the rest of the days before Christmas holiday seemed to disappear into the snow that soon began falling on the grounds. Before anyone knew it, the holiday was there. The first day of the holiday nearly all the students could be found in Hogsmeade, all of them buying presents for their friends and family – including Tom.
During the first week of their holiday, Tom and Lena completed their homework then quickly went about starting their search again since most of the students were out in the snow playing. Tom's friends all started asking him about where he was all the time but he only smiled. He was sure they knew he was with Lena but were not sure of what they were doing together. Tom figured it was time to use the Invisibility Cloak for other reasons.
After dinner, Lena ran up to where she usually hid the cloak and wrapped it around herself then went back down to where she had planned to meet Tom. She got there, touched his sleeve so he knew she was there, then they headed down into the dungeons. He led her to the secret entrance to his house and said the password ("cobra"). The wall slide away and they entered the Common Room where not many people were sitting. They eased down the hall to his room, where he entered, leaving the door open behind him until he was sure that Lena was inside. He smiled to his roommates, who were all there.
"What *are* you waiting for?"
"May I present," he grinned, closing the door finally, "Miss Lena Westbrook."
Lena pulled the Invisibility Cloak from her face and all the boys gasped. Darcy dove under his sheets since he was in nothing but a knee-length nightshirt. She giggled.
"She's a Ravenclaw!"
"She's a *girl*!"
"She is one of us," Tom corrected.
The rest of the boys fell silent.
"I will keep all secrets told within these walls, as I have done for several years already with Tom." She smiled at them all. "May I be accepted into the folds of this room?"
They all looked at each other for a while, seeming to have a silent conversation amongst themselves. Finally, they turned back to her, her head the showing still, and, in near unison, all nodded.
Rather pleased to know they accepted her being there, she rushed to each of the boys, giving them all a kiss on their cheek and thanking them quietly. When she got to Darcy, he tried to go even further under his covers to get away from her, but she was able to grab him and hold him in a tight hug for a moment.
"So *why* did you bring her here? If she's caught…"
"I know the consequences, Crinis." Tom walked to Lena. "She is here because of all that she has done for me. She belongs among us as we make our plans."
"I thought she was the one *helping* you formulate all those plans," Nathan said.
"His plans are his own. I am simply assisting him, for, as he once told me, I am a Ravenclaw and who better to help with library research but a Ravenclaw." Lena smiled at Tom. "And I am more than happy to help my lord in any way."
"Your lord?" Darcy laughed. "Oh…yes, *great* Lord Voldemort."
Tom raised an eyebrow at the teenager. "You mock me?"
"Oh, no, I'd *never* mock *you*." He sniggered, burying his face into his pillow. "Her lord!"
Though he could hardly hear Darcy's muffled voice, he glared over at his roommate for a while, who was still hiding under the covers. He stood there for while, listening to his muffled laughter. "You think it's amusing, don't you?"
"Yes." He looked up, his face red and a little wet from having laughed so hard he had started crying. "You are not great yet."
"But he is still *my* lord," Lena said, not turning her eyes from Tom, "even if he is not *your* lord yet."
Tom smiled at her then kissed her on the lips gently. After a moment of his lips lingering there, their kiss deepened and they wrapped their arms around each other tightly. They did not care that the others were gaping at them, shocked by this. When his lips left hers, she fell onto his chest with a sigh.
"And just what *else* have the two of you been doing…wandering around the castle under that Invisibility Cloak," Crinis asked, looking at the two of them curiously.
"Various things," Tom said with a grin while Lena giggled into his chest.
Crinis' eyes widened in slight shock. "You and her…you've…"
"Yes, several times," he said, still grinning and Lena giggling more.
All the others in the room gasped at that, all shocked that they had… Tom laughed along with Lena. He had known that they would react that way when they finally found out about them. He held Lena while his friends recovered from the shock.
"How long have you two been…been…er…having…uh…," Rex just could *not* get the words out.
"Nearly a year." He kissed Lena's neck. "Right, Lena?"
"Mm-hmm." She did not move, happy where she was. "A wonderful year."
Tom smiled down at her. "Yes, it has been."
"You don't intend to bed her *in here*, do you," Rex asked, a little worried he might.
"That sounds like a wonderful idea, actually," he said, more teasing than anything since he caught the worry in his friend's voice.
Rex swallowed hard. "If she is caught in here…"
"Her roommates will notice her not being in her dormitory for a whole night, Tom," Nathan said, being quite the voice of reason among the group.
"I would not keep her here an entire night even if I *did* ever take her in my bed."
"Give us prior warning before you do anything like that so we won't have to be in here," Rex said, somewhat bothered by the thought of having one of his roommates having sex while he was in the same room.
"I shall." He kissed Lena's hair, resting his lips there for a while. "And if I do ever have her here, she will be out before midnight."
"Midnight?!"
"Yes, and no later."
Lena settled back on his chest with a slight groan.
"Unless any of you disagree with that." The other four teenagers in the room thought for a minute but all ended up shaking their head. He kissed her hair again then lifted her face. "What do you want to do now?"
"Whatever my lord desires," she said quietly and somewhat sleepily.
"You sound exhausted. Go on back to your house and get your homework done then get to bed."
"Okay." They kissed again then she pulled the cloak back onto her, disappearing. "Thank you, Boys."
Tom left with the hidden woman and left the common room with her. Once they were back to the second floor, they went to their meeting spot and Lena hid the cloak there, as always. They kissed one more time, neither of them wanting to part for the night.
"You know where my house is now. If you want to come see me, go down there. I'm sure someone will be along at some point and you can sneak in. We have a lot of comings and goings in my common room."
"Alright."
"Now go on to bed."
With a final kiss, they parted, going their separate ways. As Lena hurried to her own common room, Tom turned to head back to the dungeon. He paused, though, in front of the girls' toilet that was on that corridor and looked at the door. After a moment, he shook his head and went on his way…not realizing what his intuition was trying to tell him.
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To my reviewers –
Liv – you? Powerful? *giggles* yeah right…Lena's far more powerful…she fears no one…^_~
RivanKnight – yep…Voldemort is French…*eats strawberry cupcake*…mmm…
Riddle Light – of course you think it's good…:-P
Morgan – consistant with my facts? How so? I'd like to know what you think on that…