Love. Had Tom ever known love? It was a doubt. His whole life, Tom had a wall built around any emotion other than like and dislike. Minor emotions. But then, it would be natural for any feelings he had to burst out like it was now, for he could now freely use them. Of course, trapped in a diary for 50 years could make anyone appetizing. But then, there was a huge urge to trust him inside Ginny she couldn't explain.

It wasn't till later she realized that she had lost something just then- her first kiss. And her second, and third, and all to go with it. Her virginity was still firm, however, so she couldn't explain, along with the feelings of trust, the feelings that it had gone too far. Perhaps Fred was right in saying she was too naïve. Perhaps.



A few days later, the good spirits fell on the grounds at Hogwarts, dumping school students all over the yards. It was an opportunity too good to miss for a great population of the Hogwarts students. However, Percy pinned his Prefect badge onto his robes and said, "I have duties. I'm not going to do childish things when I have Prefect, er, things to do." And walked over to a Ravenclaw prefect.

Playing in the leafy ground, Ginny noticed something. Harry. It wasn't Harry, no, Ginny had noticed Harry at the age of ten, a year ago, but the fact that she was immediately reminded of someone at the sight of him, but she couldn't place who.

Ginny's life, as tedious and pointless as it always seemed to be, was at a high point. Sometimes Tom would come out of the diary, but not always. The relationship was innocent puppy love, being more of Ginny's nature.

It was autumn, and Halloween was in the air, though it was 7 weeks away. Nothing really was happening, and the Hogwarts atmosphere was boringly pleasant, save the Gryffindor Common Room, where random people in random years complained rather loudly about homework. Ginny was bored, and there was only one cure for boredom for her. Tom.

But the boredom wouldn't last very long. Soon, she'll be wishing for boredom.





A/N: TROUBLE AHEAD! Heh. . . this is going to be VERY fun. But I'd like to thank all my reviewers, my adoring fans, for letting me know people actually read my stuff! (