Chapter 38:
Tom leaned against the stone wall with his arms crossed and glared.
'What's taking that simpleton so long?' he wondered impatiently. 'We've got to get to the Great Hall already!'
It was a cold morning in the middle of December. The halls of Hogwarts were decorated festively, along with the Great Hall and in all four common rooms, a large Christmas tree stood next to the fireplace.
Abraxas Malfoy walked out of the door leading to the boys' dormitories. Tom sneered.
"What took so long?" he demanded. Abraxas glared.
"I was packing my things! I already told you I was going home for the holidays, git," he shouted back. Tom raised his chin and scoffed.
"Feh. Whatever. Let's go," he began to walk towards the passage wall out of the common room.
"What's the rush, Riddle?" asked Abraxas as they walked out of the common. "And why are you in such a foul mood?"
"Just shut up. You ask too many foolish questions," claimed Tom. Abraxas raised an eyebrow.
"I won't even bother asking what this is about," he said, crossing his arms. Tom stopped, his eyes widened.
"What was that?" he asked angrily. "This isn't about that Mudblood, okay? I don't even give a damn about that trash!" he shouted. Abraxas smirked.
"Of course you don't," he replied. "Darrion, Arcturus and Aubriella already in the Great Hall?"
Tom's anger relaxed. "Yeah, I told them I was going to wait up for you, but you took so bloody long!" he replied. Abraxas scoffed again and rolled his eyes as they continued their way.
xXx
"Hey, Nessa!" cried Victor as he, Henry and Jason entered the Great Hall. Nessa stood and turned to them, a huge smile on her face. Victor engulfed her into a tight hug.
"Hi Victor," she giggled. Kat, Arabella and Rockeala all exchanged looks of excitement.
"Today might be the day!" whispered Kat.
"Yes! The day that Victor finally asks out Nessa!" said Arabella, also in a hushed tone so the others couldn't hear.
"Sleep well?" asked Victor. Nessa's wide smile dropped a bit. She chuckled nervously. Why today of all days was she thinking of…him?
"I—I did. Thanks for asking," she replied. Victor eyed her curiously, but then dropped it. As Nessa sat down, Henry nudged him in the side.
"Hey, you're still going to ask her, right?" he whispered in his ear.
"He better! Victor, you've been planning this since the first day you two met! You've got to go through with this!" Jason whispered rapidly.
"I have time. Besides, now that Nessa and Tom don't even look at each other, I can even wait till we graduate! As long as she and Tom are disconnected, I have all the time in the world. So stop bugging me about it!" snapped Victor. Henry and Jason exchanged disappointed glances and sighed.