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"Well?" he asked again
Lily turned her back to him, "I don't know, Tom, I. just don't know."
Tom came behind her and put his arms around her waist, "It's not that hard, you leave your parents, you come with me, we live happily ever after."
"But Tom-" she broke off, "I just couldn't, I love you and I thought you loved me."
"I do!" Tom interrupted
Lily continued, "You say you love me, but how can you love a person unconditionally when you hate others without reason? How can you kiss me here. and kill them there?" She turned away again.
"So." Tom said in a dangerously low voice, ".are you saying you love me, but you won't show those feelings because I don't love every Squib and Mudblood in the streets?"
"I'm not asking you to love them!" Lily broke out passionately, "I'm asking you to stop what you're doing and leave them alone! What do you want from them and what do you want from me?"
Tom chuckled, "When I started school and learnt what I could do with magic, I wanted just one thing: Power. Then I met you, I had such strange feelings about you, I LOVED YOU!!!" he thundered, his eyes flashed, "I knew that love was the enemy of ambition and power.MY ambition and power, but I still wanted you. So I took you and loved you while you stayed under my power, and now you stand here, demanding that I leave power. for you" His lip curled.
Lily stared at him during his tirade, and her eyes widened at every revelation and they were soon filled with tears, which swam about, threatening to fall. She blinked and turned around to face him. Tom stared at her and when he noticed the wet lashes, his anger and contempt dropped away. He hurried to her and put his arm around her shoulders, "Lily, I'm sorry, I didn't mean that.I wanted your love so much and.and I was afraid that you would leave me." He turned Lily to him and she buried her face in his shoulder.
After a few moments of quiet sobbing, Tom lifted up her head and held it in his hands, he was about to bend his head down and kiss her when she wriggled away. She stood upright in front of him and her eyes blazed, "No, Tom Riddle, if that is how you feel.then go, I thought I knew you.I don't."
Tom stood there shocked, "So you won't leave with me?"
Lily shook her head defiantly
"Don't you love me?"
"I do, but I'll never show those feelings to you again."
"So, all these months, everything that has happened between us, means nothing?" he asked gently
"Nothing." Lily whispered
"You love your muggle parents, don't you?" His eyes glinted maliciously.
She nodded, watching his changing expressions fearfully.
"Will you still love them when they're.dead?" he demanded
Lily gasped, than drew herself up again, "Get out! Get out of my life, of my family and out of my."
".Heart?" Tom chuckled again, "Lily Evans, you love me and you'll never stop loving me. You are the slave of Love and because of that, you are my slave."
"No." Lily trembled, "I'm not.never-I won't be!"
"You are and I'll wait for the day that you'll come to me. because your love is absolute."
"I HATE YOU!"
"You don't." he walked to the fire, ".and you never will!" He disappeared
Lily crept into bed, exhausted by the clash, and silently fuming, she tossed and turned, and only dozed restlessly, her sleep punctuated by vivid dreams of dead and dying people. When she awoke the next morning, she was depressed and gloomy, she slipped on some old robes and got ready for the office, it was Monday and she had her special assignment.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------- I'm sorry that this chapter is so long, but I wanted to finish of this scene so we could progress to James. I'm changing it from PG-13 to PG, as I can't bring myself to descend my characters to the level of sex before marriage. Please carry on reviewing and Thanx!!!
"Well?" he asked again
Lily turned her back to him, "I don't know, Tom, I. just don't know."
Tom came behind her and put his arms around her waist, "It's not that hard, you leave your parents, you come with me, we live happily ever after."
"But Tom-" she broke off, "I just couldn't, I love you and I thought you loved me."
"I do!" Tom interrupted
Lily continued, "You say you love me, but how can you love a person unconditionally when you hate others without reason? How can you kiss me here. and kill them there?" She turned away again.
"So." Tom said in a dangerously low voice, ".are you saying you love me, but you won't show those feelings because I don't love every Squib and Mudblood in the streets?"
"I'm not asking you to love them!" Lily broke out passionately, "I'm asking you to stop what you're doing and leave them alone! What do you want from them and what do you want from me?"
Tom chuckled, "When I started school and learnt what I could do with magic, I wanted just one thing: Power. Then I met you, I had such strange feelings about you, I LOVED YOU!!!" he thundered, his eyes flashed, "I knew that love was the enemy of ambition and power.MY ambition and power, but I still wanted you. So I took you and loved you while you stayed under my power, and now you stand here, demanding that I leave power. for you" His lip curled.
Lily stared at him during his tirade, and her eyes widened at every revelation and they were soon filled with tears, which swam about, threatening to fall. She blinked and turned around to face him. Tom stared at her and when he noticed the wet lashes, his anger and contempt dropped away. He hurried to her and put his arm around her shoulders, "Lily, I'm sorry, I didn't mean that.I wanted your love so much and.and I was afraid that you would leave me." He turned Lily to him and she buried her face in his shoulder.
After a few moments of quiet sobbing, Tom lifted up her head and held it in his hands, he was about to bend his head down and kiss her when she wriggled away. She stood upright in front of him and her eyes blazed, "No, Tom Riddle, if that is how you feel.then go, I thought I knew you.I don't."
Tom stood there shocked, "So you won't leave with me?"
Lily shook her head defiantly
"Don't you love me?"
"I do, but I'll never show those feelings to you again."
"So, all these months, everything that has happened between us, means nothing?" he asked gently
"Nothing." Lily whispered
"You love your muggle parents, don't you?" His eyes glinted maliciously.
She nodded, watching his changing expressions fearfully.
"Will you still love them when they're.dead?" he demanded
Lily gasped, than drew herself up again, "Get out! Get out of my life, of my family and out of my."
".Heart?" Tom chuckled again, "Lily Evans, you love me and you'll never stop loving me. You are the slave of Love and because of that, you are my slave."
"No." Lily trembled, "I'm not.never-I won't be!"
"You are and I'll wait for the day that you'll come to me. because your love is absolute."
"I HATE YOU!"
"You don't." he walked to the fire, ".and you never will!" He disappeared
Lily crept into bed, exhausted by the clash, and silently fuming, she tossed and turned, and only dozed restlessly, her sleep punctuated by vivid dreams of dead and dying people. When she awoke the next morning, she was depressed and gloomy, she slipped on some old robes and got ready for the office, it was Monday and she had her special assignment.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------- I'm sorry that this chapter is so long, but I wanted to finish of this scene so we could progress to James. I'm changing it from PG-13 to PG, as I can't bring myself to descend my characters to the level of sex before marriage. Please carry on reviewing and Thanx!!!