Author's Note: I'm sorry but I had really little time to work on it so I didn't write very much, nothing that would feed your curiosity or addiction anyway. I apologize!

If the only person you love

Is the person the most dangerous

Is the person you can least trust

Than who else is out there for you?

But think again

Even if the person you love

Is the person the most dangerous

It does not mean that he does not love you

And that he would not do anything for you

Lily Evans was lying in bed, trying to get herself to fall asleep, but it could not be done. Like so many other teenagers in the world, she was worrying about her problems, her issues, and her situations. She, like many others, thought about these things before she can really fall asleep. It was the same night as the one James told her his suspicions about Tom. Why did she ever listen to that silly James Potter fool? Why did she always end up thinking about what he said? Why did his words always affect her? Whatever he said was both silly and ridiculous yet her mind kept hanging on to what he said. She just couldn't help it. Tom being the one who killed Myrtle? Who ever thought of something as prepostrous as that? Apparently, James Potter did, and apparently, Lily couldn't stop wondering about the possibilies of it being true.
"Oh Tom," she sighed out loud to herself. "You wouldn't ever hurt anyone like that, would you? Of course not, otherwise I wouldn't be with you. I wouldn't love you. Only cruel monsters do such a thing and I, for one, cannot love a cruel monster."
She tossed and turned and tried so hard to fall asleep. She would have a Potions exam the next day. She just had to fall asleep.
"Oh Tom," she repeated to herself. "I wish you can come here and be with me. I wish you can prove to me that you have nothing to do with Myrtle's death."
She turned to her side.
"What am I thinking?! It's only Potter who has suspicions about Tom and I know he has something against him. I am such a fool to believe that Potter boy!"
She became frustrated with both herself and James. Why did everything have to be so complicated? Why couldn't everything just be simple and be solved so easily? But then again, nothing about life was simple and if it WERE simple, then nothing would work. It wouldn't be life. There would just be mindless people with useless lives and nothing to live for.
And all of a sudden, her eyelids became quite heavy, and she slept deeply.

For the next few days, James has been bothering Lily with his suspicions about Tom. She would brush him away without thinking twice anymore, and she wanted to make sure that noone would bother her boyfriend.
James finally gave up on her, not just with his suspicions, but also with his friendship and kindness. He realized she couldn't accept the truth, and he decided to move on.

Not much later, there were bad things happening at Hogwarts. Muggle born witches and wizards around the school were being petrified by the Basilisk that Tom had unleashed, and noone but James Potter and Albus Dumbledore knew Tom was the culprit.

"I can't believe there's an actual student who's responsible for all those people who got petrified," Lily mentioned to Tom once when they were walking in the hallway together.

Tom shrugged. "Yes, I know. It's absolutely horrible."

"And I AM muggle born! Do you think I will get attacked?"

"It's highly unlikely."

"Really? You think so?"

Tom gave her a very reassuring smile. "I KNOW so."

Lily smiled out of relief and happiness, knowing that she could trust him in any way, whether he had control over the whole situation or not.

About a week later, everyone knew who commanded the Basilisk. It was none other than Rubeus Hagrid, most people thought. Tom caught him and therefore he was expelled. His wand was snapped in half and he was no longer able to use his powers. Dumbledore had convinced Headmaster Dippet to at least keep Hagrid as the gameskeeper, so the gameskeeper was to train him.

In the hallways, students would go up to Tom and either high five him or congratulate him.

"That was great, Tom! I can't believe you actually solved the mystery and caught the person behind this whole thing!"

It wasn't just Slytherins who congratulated him, but also people from Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw.

"Can you believe it? My lover caught the culprit!" Lily would say to the people who congratulated Tom. "My own boyfriend."

Even Marius Hawks came up to him. "I never kmew you were this great, Tom. You actually caught that blundering oaf! It's a pity Dumbledore got him to stay and train as gamekeeper but hey, what you've done is good enough. I've got respect for you now. And I apologize for what I've done to both you and your girlfriend."

It was the last day of school. Everyone had already done their exams. While they were having a celebration in the Great Hall, Lily was in Tom's dormitory room. They were both sitting on his bed and talking.

"So, you're going to stay here all summer?" Lily asked.

"Yes. I mean, it's a hundred times better than the orphanage. God, I hate that orphanage."

She ran her hand through his dark hair, then touched his soft cheek.

"Oh I know you do. If I could, I would bring you back home with me."

"Well, Hogwarts is the only place for me now."

"Can you believe it? We're sixteen. School's already over, then summer will come, then school will come again. Time flies by so fast. Before we know it, we'll graduate from Hogwarts."

Tom nodded. "That's true."

"Where do you think we'll be after graduation? Do you think we'll be...you know...?"

"Together?"

"Yes. Do you think we'll establish a life together?"

"I very much think so. Yes."

"Do you love me, Tom?"

"Now, Lily, how many times have you asked that? Quite often, and everytime I answer with a 'yes'."

"Oh but I need to hear it. Just once before we depart, before we go our separate ways."

"I won't go anywhere. Only YOU will be the one going away."

"I don't have a choice. And I don't think you'd enjoy muggle life very much."

A look of disgust appeared on Tom's face. "No, I don't."

"Exactly. So let me hear it."

He looked at her with a deep, calm expression. Then, he smiled quite pleasantly.

"Lily Evans, I love you with all my heart."

"Tom Riddle, I love you too."

And she gave him a soft kiss before exiting the room, trying hard not to look back. If she did, she would cry.