We skipped lunch to finish sorting faster, even though we ended up finishing shortly after.
When we finally did finish, we slowly made our way towards the front of the room, retreating our things before exiting the large closet.
"Did you take the silence charm off?" I whispered to him, before we fully entered the classroom.
"Yes, I did. Just after we got back to work." He replied, smirking at me.
I was about to give him a snarky reply when we both heard a throat being cleared. Causing me to jump in surprise, while I felt Tom's frame tense behind me.
"Would you two care to explain to me what you two were doing in that closet that required a silencing charm?" The professor asked, with his arms crossed.
"Professor, we just didn't want to get in trouble for cracking jokes. While we were supposed to be in detention. It was our only source of entertainment, honestly." Tom explained as he moved past me. "We finished organizing the potion alphabetically just like you instructed us to do earlier this morning." Tom added, calmly, placing his arms behind his back.
He stared at both of us, suspicion clear on his face. The silence stretched in the room, for what seemed to be eternity, before he sighed tiredly.
"Very well." He said, displeased, putting the boxes he held on a lab table by the door before promptly walking out of the room.
I inconspicuously flicked my wrist, casting a spell to restore the previous scent of the closet before we were in there, before I slipped on my smock and left to go back to the common room.
When I got back to my room I slipped out of my shoes and smock. Before quick making my way over to the bed, before throwing myself onto it, sighing as my head hit the soft pillow.
I had a short while, maybe two hours , before supper, so I allowed myself to sink into sleep as I snuggled deeper into the fluffy pillow.
When I woke up, I felt sore, and exhausted.
I quickly reached over to the bedside table, checking the time before I made my way to the bathroom and took a hot soothing shower. Washing my mouth while I was stood in there.
I was going to put my hair into a loose bun on the back of my head, but as I began to gather my hair into one of my hands. I noticed that one side of my neck and part of my chest was covered in small, dark purple bruises.
So, I alternated by quickly putting my hair to the side and focusing on clearing the bruises on my neck, failing completely as I thought of how they got there.
When I realized there was no way these were going to be fading away anytime soon, I went into my room, and towards my trunk.
Pulling out, and slipping on the black, thick gemmed and beaded choker hoping to help conceal the bruises too.
Quickly proceeding to change into my undergarments and another pair of thigh high stockings before slipping on a forest green, angel sleeve blouse, with black floor length skirt.
I put a light layer of black eyeliner, mascara, and my red lipstick before going back to the room and slipping on my ankle boots.
Once I was dressed, I slipped on my smock and slowly made my way towards the Great Hall, taking extra time as I walked towards it.
I was just was about to reach the Great Hall when I heard someone calling my name. It was Bastan and the others making their way rapidly towards me.
"Annie!" Bella called, swinging a bag with her arm as she skipped towards me.
"Where have you been all day? I woke up and you were already gone. We were going to invite you to see if you wanted to come to Hogsmeade with us, but we never did find you." She said, her eyes gleaming as she spoke. "Here. I brought you some sweets from Honeydukes." She told me, extending her arm to hand me the thick brown paper bag.
True to her word the bag was full of candy, caramels, and other delicious sweets. Even a massive blood pop.
"So, where did you disappear all day to?" She asked, curiosity radiating from her and the rest of the group.
"I had detention with Slughorn. I had to organize the back room." I muttered reluctantly, turning on my heels as I walked made my way towards the Great Hall, where I proceeded to make my way towards the Slytherin table.
I sat down on the end of it, holding my head in my hands, as I did so. I could feel as the hall began to crowd.
I sat, staring down at my hands, twiddling and untwiddling them as I waited.
"You smell rather lovely." Tom whispered in my ear as he sat down next to me.
Even from where I sat, I could smell him. The minty smell of peppermint, mixed with pine and something else. It made my mouth begin to water.
"So, do you. Did you shower as well?" I asked lowly, lifting my head to look at him.
Noticing that he had changed his clothes, and had in fact showered. His dark, ebony tresses still slightly damp.
He nodded in response, just as the food appeared in the middle of the table, tilting his head silently telling me to start serving myself so I could eat. Before he pulled out a book, eating slowly as he read.
I grabbed two spoonfuls of mashed potatoes, a roll, some freshly chopped salad, and three pieces of grilled chicken. Before filling my goblet with fruit juice.
I ate quietly lost in thought as I did so.
"Annie, what is that on your neck?" Bella suddenly asked, gapping at my neck.
"Oh fuck." I muttered under my breath.
"Nothing. I somehow burned myself earlier this morning as I was attempting to curl my hair." I said quickly, a little too quickly.
"Right... and my name is Martha May, and I live in a cottage in the woods." She retorted sarcastically.
I narrowed my eyes at her, my wrists itching to move.
I felt as Tom's hand quick gripped my hand, as he put his book face down on his lap. His lips twitching for a second before he looked at her with an unreadable expression.
"Tell me something, Bellatrix, did you go to Hogsmeade today, with Rabastan?" He asked, casually, his tone rather bored.
She looked at him warily, before answering, "Yes, I did. We went to Hogsmeade as friends." She replied, looking around the room.
"Interesting... Did you know that while you were doing that Rod was here, snogging the brains out of Jenny Smith in the common room for the better part of the day?" He asked, his lips twitching slightly as he watched her expression change from an excited one into a hurt one, unaffected.
I frowned at him, elbowing him twice on the ribs, before shaking my head at him in disbelief. He groaned in response, lifting his eyebrow at me in question.
'You bloody git.' I thought towards him, shaking my head disbelievingly as I finished eating.
When I finished my meal, I quickly excused myself and Bellatrix and went back to our room. By the time we reached the room Bella was wearing a heartbroken expression, tears running down her face as she walked in quietly, and sat down in the chair by the fire.
Much to my surprise, she stayed sitting in the same spot, her shoulders rising up and down as she cried silently. Her hands covering her face.
"Was he really?" She asked in a whisper, staring at the dancing flames.
"I don't know. I was in detention for a better part of the day, so I haven't got a clue, but Tom was with me so I don't think what he's told you is true." I admitted.
She perked up as that bit of information slipped out.
I shook my head at her, attempting to hide the smile that began to spread across my face.
"Yes, we were in detention together today." I admitted, sitting down before her.
"Why were you guys in detention together in the first place? Tell me. Come on, Annie, you've got to tell me. Tell meeee." She begged, smiling at me eagerly and bouncing in her seat.
Tears utterly forgotten.
"Wait, what happened last night- after we all left you two alone?" She asked, waving her hands up to stop my pacing.
"Nothing happened, we j-just... talked..." I said, avoiding her eager gaze.
"Something else happened. Didn't it? Why did you two have detention this morning?" She asked.
"We were caught having an intimate moment in the common room, when the headmaster, along with head of the house and a few members of the ministry of magic caught us." I relented, lowering my head.
"What?!" She exclaimed excitedly, cackling at my facial expression.
"What were you two doing?" She asked, snickering under her hand.
"Tom was on top of me when they walked in, his hand was on my thigh, and my leg as wrapped around his waist. We were grind into each other's hips... and may have been snogging.." I muttered her reluctantly, feeling as my face began to heat up.
"Wow. How good of a snog was it? Did he take your breath away? Did you feel his size?" She asked curiously, wagging her eyebrows suggestively at me.
"I did. But that's not something I plan to discuss with anyone. That is classified information ...and it will stay that way." I said, getting up and going into my trunk to pull out my navy blue, flowered, night dress, which had a thigh length slit on the right side.
"Quick question though. Did you do anything today? You seem to have a trail of hickeys leading from your shoulder to the hollow of your ear." She asked, from her bed.
"What no, he started right—oh." I said, shocked as I put the tips of my fingers on the side of my neck.
"What I would give to know what actually happened today." She muttered, as she changed into her night dress before climbing into bed and snuggling into the covers.
"You can give me the whole world and I still wouldn't tell you what happened." I quipped as I changed quickly into my night dress, climbed into bed, falling asleep as my head hit the fluffed pillow.