Blinded By The Past, Ignored In The Future
Chapter 24
TWENTY-FOUR: London Without Permission
Response To Reviews:
xcyanide: That's a good idea but I think I've got it all worked out…at least I hope otherwise you can laugh at me for not taking the advice.
Deadly Fate: Damn! I hate me! I'll get it right next time! (if there is a next time.)
Marauder1prongs: My new attitude is no business of a Ravenclaw's. Kindly never mention it again. *sniff*
Liz: Yeah I do have a snake but she's just a little bitty baby. I have no idea if I mentioned it but her name is Angina. She actually is a type of albino snake. Her eyes are red but she is not white. And about that rush of mushy kissing and the stuff I want to say yuck to between Hermione and Tom you're right. People just keep saying when's the Hermione/Tom coming up????? So they got it even though it wasn't all that great. And I may explain it better soon.
Miss Mina Murray: Sorry to keep you waiting for that. It wasn't all too good either but I'm glad you though it was ok. But this is only the beginning of the mushy stuff (gags) and they haven't realized their feelings just yet.
deathsoul-shinigami: I'm sorry this update took too long! Wow! 22? I'm nowhere near that age. I hope this chapter isn't a let down.
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Previous Chapter: He shook off the snow that had covered his black hair and joined the Gryffindor prefect on the back porch. Though he had no idea why he looked up and saw, to his surprise, mistletoe hanging all around them. He had no idea what made him do it, he didn't even think of doing it, but he did. "Mistletoe," he said, pointing up. On instinct they both leaned forward and before they knew it they were kissing, completely oblivious to the snow around them.
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By the time Tom had the courage to open his eyes they had broken apart and Hermione had turned away. Not sure what she was feeling but knowing that he was very embarrassed, Tom decided to turn away too, pretending to be fascinated with a nearby snow covered tree branch.
Tom was angry and happy with himself all at the same time; he wasn't all too sure what had possessed him to talk to the girl let alone kiss her. He mentally gagged and then nearly kicked himself for being do mean. No one could know what had just happened because Potter and Weasley would definitely be furious with him. No, scratch that, they would kill him on the spot.
A wave of anger coursed through him as sudden as the ocean's waves. He had just betrayed Ruby. The only girl he had even loved, the only person willing to give their friendship without expecting anything in return, the only person who would have cared (with the exception of Lucius maybe) if he had dropped dead for no reason.
"Tom?" The future dark wizard jumped at the unexpected voice; Draco Malfoy. The blonde pulled his cloak around himself tightly and stepped onto the porch to escape the almost blizzard-like weather. "I had to sneak out of the Malfoy Manor on my broom just to get here!" Draco exclaimed, brushing the snow out of his hair. He glanced from Hermione to Tom and saw that the Gryffindor was blushing. With the silence that followed Tom guessed that the Malfoy heir had no idea what he just missed but was quickly proved wrong.
"I was watching you both from a distance," declared Draco with a grin. "And only one thing crossed my mind. Don't you think Potty and Weasel will be mad that you were snogging their girlfriend?"
SLAP! Draco's hand jumped to his face instinctively after Hermione hit him hard across the face, leaving a red handprint on his right cheek.
"I'm not either of their girlfriend!" she warned, pointing a threatening finger at the Malfoy.
"Won't Rid get jealous if you stare at me too long, Star?" Lucius asked Ruby jokingly and right in front of Tom.
"Oh shove it!" Ruby exclaimed, pushing him onto the grass playfully.
"You better watch yourself, Ruby Rosewood," Lucius warned, acting as if he were angry.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Malfoy, sir," said Ruby apologetically as she extended a hand to help hi to his feet.
"You'd better be," Lucius replied in a stuck up manner and no sooner had he brushed himself off had he been pushed to the ground by both Ruby and Tom who were now laughing uncontrollably.
"-so I'll tell you what. If Tom accompanies me to London I'll forget to mention your little midnight session with him to your Gryffindor buddies," he heard Draco say as he snapped out of his thoughts.
"Why would he trust you enough to go with you to London?" Hermione inquired, challenging his request.
"Why wouldn't either of you trust me? I went through hell and came back alive with you two," Draco pointed out. "Not to mention I tried to warn Tom about the Dark Lord's plans."
"After you helped him!" Tom snapped, finally joining in. Hermione nodded in agreement.
"I had no choice!" retorted Draco.
"Like hell you didn't!" said Tom sarcastically.
"I didn't!" insisted the blonde. Tom could tell that he was dying to say more but he was holding back. "And if wanting to take a friend out for a bit of fun is wrong then I must be the worst person in the world."
"I don't trust him," Hermione said.
"Well he tried to save my life so I trust him," Tom said, rubbing his chin with his right hand and studying Draco with his steady bright eyes. He looked through Draco's eyes and straight into his mind using Legilimency and saw that the Draco was telling the truth. He desperately wanted Hermione and him to see that. "I shall accompany you to London if I may, at some point, do a bit of Christmas shopping."
Draco grinned. "For the lovely lady?"
"Now why on earth would you suggest that, Malfoy?" Tom asked, raising an eyebrow. "I would never waste your money on a filthy mudblood." That aught to prove I don't like Granger, Tom told him silently.
Hermione glared at him as Draco asked, "What do you mean my money?"
"Well you are the one who is going to pay, right?" Tom sneered, re-finding his Slytherin nature after living with a Gryffindor for so long.
The boys went to walk off of the porch but tom stopped after noticing that Hermione hadn't moved. "Coming, Granger?"
"To my death? Not likely!" snapped Hermione. "It freezing out here."
"But not freezing enough for a-" Draco was cut off by Tom who stomped on his foot.
"Then go back in. I'll be back in two hours at the most," Tom told her. The trio walked around to the front of the house and Tom made to open the door but found that it wouldn't budge. He turned to Hermione and Draco and said, "A miner setback. The door is locked."
"Oh, no it's not!" exclaimed Hermione, pushing him aside to check for herself. When it still wouldn't open she hit it with her fist and turned to the two Slytherin. "Well now what?"
"Well now we have a motivation to go with Draco until Remus gets home," Tom answered with a shrug.
"You mean he's not home? Meaning we have to take Granger with us?" Draco asked incredibly.
"Looks like it." Tom ran a hand through his hair and looked to Draco. "How are we all three going to get to London?"
"Hold on! I'm not leaving this spot! Remus, Harry, and Ron will worry themselves to death if they come back and find that we've gone missing!" Hermione pointed out.
"We'll be back before they get home," argued Tom. "Besides I'm not going to pass up this good chance to get out of that blasted house. I've been confined to it for months and frankly I just need to get out."
When Hermione kept quiet Draco decided to say his part, "I expected Tom to come back with me so I brought a spare broom. You can just ride with him." When no one seemed appalled at his idea he decided to explain how he got the extra broom here. "It's in my pocket. I used-"
"A shrinking spell," finished Hermione and Tom absentmindedly. They looked at each other and did question the coincidence.
"Who do you wish to ride with, madam?" Tom smirked at Hermione as he raised an eyebrow.
"I'd rather not go at all," she replied stubbornly.
Draco whispered to Tom, "In other words she wants to ride with you." Tom hit him hard upside the head.
"Just use the reversal spell on the damn brooms so we can get going!" snapped Hermione who had obviously heard his comment. Draco snickered to himself as he enlarged his broom and the spare one and he threw one of them to Tom.
"I hope you can fly," Draco sneered as he got onto his broom.
I hope you can keep up," Tom said, mounting his broom and taking off as soon as Hermione grabbed a hold of him, Draco not far behind.
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A/N: Sorry if this chapter took to long! I've been sick and still am. I hope to post another chapter soon and it WILL be longer.
~Moony~
"Somewhere I Belong" –Linkin Park
When this
began
I had nothing to say
And I'd get lost in the nothingness inside of me
I was confused
And I'd let it all out to find
That I'm not the only person with these things in mind
Inside of me
When all the vacancy the words revealed
Is the only real thing that I've got left to feel
Nothing to loose
Just stuck, hollow and alone
And the fault is my own and the fault is my own
I wanna heal
I wanna feel
What I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain I felt so long
Erase all the pain till its gone
I wanna heal
I wanna feel
Like Im close to something real
I want to find something I've wanted all along
Somewhere I belong
And I've got nothing to say
I can't believe I didnt fall right down on my face
I was confused
Looking everwhere only to find
That it's not the way I had imagined it all in my mind
So what am I
What do I have but negativity
Cause I cant justify the way everyone is looking at me
Nothing to loose
Nothing to gain, hollow and alone
And the fault is my own and the fault is my own
I wanna heal
I wanna feel
What I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain I felt so long
Erase all the pain til its gone
I wanna heal
I wanna feel
Like Im close to something real
I want to find something Ive wanted all along
Somewhere I belong
I will never know
Myself until I do this on my own
And I will never feel
Anything else, until my wounds are healed
I will never be anything
till I break away from me
I will break away
I'll find myself today
I wanna heal
I wanna feel
What I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain I felt so long
Erase all the pain till it's gone
I wanna heal
I wanna feel
Like Im close to something real
I want to find something Ive wanted all along
Somewhere I belong
I wanna heal
I wanna feel
I wanna feel like I'm somewhere I belong
I wanna heal
I wanna feel
I wanna feel like I'm somewhere I belong
Somewhere I belong
