AD/MM Fan Fiction

I wake up in my dorm room and look at the time. Crap! I thought. I have fifteen minutes until the carriages leave for Hogsmead. I am going to be late for my date with Tom! I jump out of bed, change clothes really fast, and sprint down to the Great Hall. Tom was waiting for me like he said. He smiles and laughs when he sees me running down the stairs.

"I am sorry I am almost late." I manage, catching my breath. "I slept in on accident."

"It's ok Minerva. I saved us a carriage to ourselves" He says as he holds out a hand. I take it and we walk outside. As the carriage stops Tom climbs out and then helps me down and we walk to the Three Broomsticks for a drink. I was having the time of my life. I mean who would want to be on a date with Tom Riddle. Even my best friends, Sarah Abbott and Katherine Bones, had to clue what to say. We talked about school and our friends, he then asked me about my family.

"Well I am a half-blood. My father is a muggle and my mum is a witch, and I have two younger brothers – Malcolm and Robert Jr. - as well." I say. "What about you Tom?"

Tom looks at me sadly and says, "I don't really know much about my family. I grew up in an orphanage. Professor Dumbledore came by and talked to me before I got my letter to Hogwarts. All I know is that I am also a half-blood and I was named after my muggle father." His gaze leaves my face and I look at him sadly.

"I am sorry Tom, I shouldn't have asked…" I say looking at him, not know what to do.

"It is okay Minnie. There is nothing for you to be sorry about, it isn't your fault." He then scoots closer to me and puts his arm around my shoulders. My hands still on my butterbeer mug I lay my head on his shoulder, just enjoying his company. After we got back to Hogwarts from Hogsmead we went on a walk, and we stopped at the lake. He takes my hands and we look into each other's eyes. He then pulls me closer to him, and slowly he goes in to kiss me. Unsure of what to do I close my eyes and closes the gap between us. His lips linger on mine for a while, until we hear a twig snap and footsteps walking away. We jump apart, both knowing that we have been seen. I watch as Tom takes out his wand and yell.

"I don't know who you think you are spying on us, but I will find out who you are and I will hurt you. I promise you that." He yells waving his wand around. I walk up to him, trying to calm him.

"Tom, please stop, you might accidently hurt someone at the point you are going, waving your wand around like that."

"Minnie, someone was spying on us! They will not get away with it."

I sigh and give him trying to calm him. I walk over to where I heard the twig snap and find a piece of cloth stuck on the tree. I look at it, looks at Tom, then looks up at the castle. Knowing exactly who it was, but deciding on not telling Tom.

"I can't believe I didn't see it before" I whisper to myself. "All of the late night study groups in his office ending up just talking and playing wizard's chess. He was there during every fight I got into. I saw him in the library every time I was there, and every time I fall asleep I wake up in the common room. And then there is yesterday's lesson… I must have changed them into animals somehow during the duel…"

Tom stops his ranting and looks at me. "What are you going on about Minnie?"

I smile at him, hiding the cloth. "Oh, nothing. I was just thinking."

He returns the smile and holds out his hand. "Okay. It is getting late, how about we go back inside?"

I take it by instinct, but then lets go and start toward the castle. Tom, a little confused, follows. Inside I kiss him on the cheek and whisper in his ear. "I had fun today. Thank you, but I can't take it the next step… Please understand."

He whispers back "I do understand, friends?"

"Friends." I repeat and we part ways to our dorms. I walk into the Gryffindor common room and sees Sarah and Katherine sitting on the sofa waiting for me.

"So, how did it go?" Katherine asks.

I smile and tell them the whole thing from the moment I woke, up to the kiss, leaving out finding the cloth and our last little conversation. I then walk up to the dorms, takes out my diary and flips to the last page. I stare at the picture of him. I then bring the cloth out of my pocket and smell it. Smiling as I recognize his scent. I put the cloth back into my pocket, and fall asleep. A couple days pass, Tom and I are as close as ever as friends. I lose my diary again, this time not finding it. I give up finding any of my lost items as the end of the year comes, and as I board the train I take out the cloth I found on that night by the lake. Smiling I put it back as Sarah, Katherine, and Tom come into the compartment to join me.