The next morning was utter chaos, particularly in the girls' dormitories and bathrooms.
Almost all of the existing girls lavatories were filled to the brim.
Many of the girls found themselves complaining about how little time they had to find what to wear, and what way they were going to style their hair.
I sighed annoyed, pulling out a rather old black dress one of the sisters from the orphanage had given me, and quickly performing a charm to change its color and recreate its appearance.
I watched as it slowly changed to the image I had in my head.
It slowly changed to an emerald, angel sleeved, floor-length, backless, lace dress.
I smirked as I hung the dress by my bed, before going to shower.
After showering I slipped into a breezy cap sleeve summer, floor-length dress before slipping my cloak and knee-length boots on.
I quickly made my way to the Great Hall and to have breakfast.
Bellatrix, Cissy, and Dromeda sat on the far side, with empty plates, and were both having a heavy discussion from the looks of it.
Tension radiated from all three of them.
"Relax. I'm sure everything will be alright. You know, our mother, she can be mad but eventually, she'll understand, Andi." Narcissa said.
"Well, I think this is wrong. Mother will 'Crucio' you when she finds out what you're planning on doing after you graduate if she gets her hand on you." Bella sneered, scowling as the food began to appear before us.
"But she won't find out. At least, not until it's too late to stop me." Andi said, looking firmly at Bellatrix, who scowled back.
I sat there next to Andi, who would begin twitching in her seat, every few minutes.
Cissy looked paler than usual. Her platinum and black striped hair looked dull and lifeless.
It was rather peculiar watching her usually bouncy hair sit limp just beneath her shoulders.
"What's going on with you three? Why all the long faces?" I asked, slicing through my crepes, spearing a strawberry before I scooped up a piece of the crepe and threw it in my mouth.
"We received an owl last night. That's why I wasn't in the room when you got back from... wherever you were." Bella whispered, lowering her voice slightly.
She looked over to the professors' table, we realized Professor Dumbledore had his eyes on us.
I rolled my eyes at that fact before I continued to eat my food vigorously.
"Why do you think he keeps staring this way?" Cissy asked as she finished chewing through her food.
"I suppose it's because we are friends with Tom, I don't think he's ever trusted, Tom. He's always been rather suspicious of him. I suppose it's because he thinks there's something going on." I said, looking down at my food with a shrug of my shoulders.
My suspicions were confirmed when Tom sat down next to me.
Dumbledore's eyes never left our growing group's location.
I ignored the stares, and inconspicuously grabbed Tom's thigh, under the table, pushing into his mind.
'Dumbledore has been staring this way since I walked into the room.' I thought, releasing my grip and bringing up my hand to continue eating.
'Is that so...' He thought, amused.
To which I nodded and continued eating my food.
"What did the letter you received last night say?" I asked with faux casualty, as I speared a piece of home fries that were on my plate, attempting to keep calm.
"Our—our grandmother and grandfather have passed on... They were involved in an accident." Andi mumbled, her voice trembling.
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that," I replied, pullingAndromeda into a one-armed hug, by putting my arm around her shoulders.
"Does that mean that you'll not be going to the get-together tonight?" I asked, cautiously.
"No, w-we will be attending, but just for a short while." She said as the other two nodded simultaneously.
I nodded in response, before attempting to finish eating.
A moment later, I felt Tom's hand slid onto my leg and began tracing small patterns on my thigh. I closed my eyes, taking in a deep breath.
"Have you tried these crepes? They're delightful." I said, moaning and closing my eyes as I chewed.
"Annie, calm down, they're just crepes with glazed strawberries and powdered sugar," Cissy said, smirking at me, amused.
"You're right. I don't know what gotten into me. It's probably just. the fact that I am rather hungry." I said, letting out a small whimper again as I took another bite and felt Tom's finger trail up my leg again, teasingly.
I was almost done with the food when I felt my face heat up and my entire body began to feel warm.
"I have to get out of here. It feels too warm in here. I'll see you three back in my room, I am going to go take a small walk and try to get a bit of fresh air." I gasped, standing up abruptly and briskly walking out of the hall to get some air.
I walked down the corridor, walking mindlessly. Before realizing where I had walked I began to hear the rushing of water. I now stood in front of Black Lake.
"This is getting to be out of my control. What is going on with me?" I asked, weaving my hands through my hair, as I paced alongside the lake.
I stood there, for a couple of minutes attempting to clear my mind before I turned to go back. Realizing I had to begin to get ready for the party later.
As I walked back into the Castle grounds, I ignored anyone who called my name, trying to capture my attention, as I quickly made my way towards the Slytherin common room and then towards my room.
I saw the Bloody Baron passing from one wall to the one across from it.
As it turned out, I believed he knew where Salazar Slytherin's sleeping quarters were. I just had to get him to talk to me. Or Tom. I shook my head once more in a poor attempt to clear my mind, as I walked in the direction of my room.
When I finally reached my room I headed straight to the bathroom.
I quickly stripped myself of my clothes and stepped into the shower.
I showered in soothing warm water. Washing my hair in my favorite honeysuckle shampoo and conditioner.
As soon as I finished showering, I quickly performed a quick-dry spell and slid my undergarments on.
Quickly proceeding to put on my nude garter belt and stockings. Before walking into the room and slipping on my green silk camisole.
I then sat down and began looking through the pairs of shoes that I had, to see which fit better with the dress I had chosen.
I decided later that a nice pair of sparkling silver heels would go best with my dress.
The girls came barging into the room with their dresses and shoes as I had crossed one of my legs over the other, gaping at my lack of clothing.
"Woah. Well, isn't this a sight to behold..." Bella said, averting her eyes, as she pulled out her dress.
It was an A-line, princess halter, gray, knee-length, chiffon dress. And I knew for a fact that she despised it.
I laughed at her disdained expression as she pulled out a pair of the same colored add-on silk sleeves from a different box.
"Why the long face, Trixie?" I asked sarcastically, as I stood up and walked to the front of the mirror to begin fixing my hair.
"Mother sent this to me and said that if I didn't wear it, that she'd know. Told me black isn't a 'feminine' color. That I needed to stop wearing it so much. I mean it is my last name, for Merlin's sake!" She ranted, pouting at the floor, "I have a feeling she went through my wardrobe back at home too." She complained, scowling at the ground as she began to take her things out of her trunk.
"The shower is ready to use," I said, as I took small sections of my hair and watched as they began curling at the ends.
After almost an hour of nonstop curling my hair I sat down and threw my head back. Listening to the Black sisters as they discussed how to style one another's hair and how much makeup to smear onto their faces.
After a while I began to braid the front sections into thick braids and pinned it back, adding a silver brooch in the shape of a snake's head that had emeralds as eyes. Quickly slipping on my dress, and proceeding to step into my shoes, before fastening them around my ankles.
I applied some black eyeliner and two coats of mascara, before adding some ruby red lipstick that made my lips look extra pouted.
"Again. How is it that it took us a better part of the day to shower, get dressed, and do our hair and makeup but you did it in less than two hours?" Bella complained as she walked out of the bathroom with everything on but her shoes.
"Well, for one, I did my hair and makeup by myself. Second, I showered as soon as I got back from my walk earlier today, and three, I left my dress hung on the cabinet over there this morning before breakfast, and all I had to do was get dressed and pick out my shoes." I said, sticking out my ankle, to get a better look at my shoes.
She rolled her eyes at me. I noticed that her usually disarray of raven-colored curls was up in an elegant hairdo held up by an elegant silver broach. Her makeup was done lightly. Wearing only eyeliner and mascara.
"Well, don't you look... different. Not that 'different' is a bad thing. That color truly does suit you, Trixie. You should wear it more often. You look wonderful." I teased as we walked out of the room.
She rolled her eyes at me in response.
I had set a spell to lock the room as soon everyone cleared the room. Testing it to make sure it was secure.
Once it was clear that nothing but the counter-spell would open the door. We slowly made our way towards the common room.
Leaving my wand behind in the room, along with the rest of my stuff already packed for the next day.
I only packed the essentials in an enchanted bag I found amongst my things, asking Bellatrix to take my stuff to her house, shrunken trunk and all.
As we walked down to the common room, Bellatrix looked down at her feet, her sullen expression changing to an unsure and hurt one.
"Trixie, hey. Don't do that to yourself. You're beautiful, inside and out. If Rod can't see that, Bastan sure can." I whispered, winking at her and smirking ahead of us as we walked into the common room.
Tom, who happened to be pacing the length of the fireplace, stopped and slowly began making his way over to us.
I smirked at her as I watched Rod's head snap up and watched as the same smirk appeared on Bastan's face as he began making his way over to us as well.
Tom automatically stopped, scanning me to from head to toe, before a smirk appeared on his face and he leaned down to whisper something into my ear.
"You look wonderful in that dress... But must you wear things that accentuate... all of your assets like that?" He asked, a low rumble forming in the back of his throat.
I felt my body get hit by a wave of heat, radiating from my head to my toes. I let out a small nervous giggle, as he stepped back, smirking down at me.
"Shall we get a move on, then?" I suggested as I realized Cissy and Dromeda had already walked into the room.
They all nodded in agreement, as we all began making our way out of the common room and towards the Great Hall.
When we reached the Great Hall after a few minutes. I straightened out the nonexistent wrinkles on my dress before Tom reached to take my left hand and pulled it through the curve of his right arm.
The room was practically bare of tables and chairs. Instead, for a change, there were two large, rectangular tables positioned by the far wall with a plethora of food and drinks. A large fountain, made of chocolate, with different fruits and sweets to dip in it. The room itself was decorated in all of the house colors.
A massive Christmas tree was positioned in the far right corner of the room, decorated with different sized glass spheres. Shiny blue, green, silver, red, and golden ornaments. Along with a massive gleaming white star at the very top.
It had been years since I had seen any type of Christmas tree. At the orphanage, we hardly celebrated anything besides Easter.
They did put up a Christmas tree each year but it was practically bare of any ornaments, a couple of lights here and there, to give it some form of decor.
"Wow." I gasped, as my eyes scanned every corner of the room.
"You took the word right out of my mouth," Tom whispered, in awe.
We slowly made our way to one of the very few tables available and sat down.
The night was filled with laughter, dancing, and snacking on the delicacies that were prepared for the night. Tom made me dance most of the slow songs with him, whispering sweet nothings in my ear as we spun around the dance floor, ignoring all the curious glances we got.
The girls and I danced together all the other songs, laughing as we stepped on or bumped into one another.
At the end of the night, Tom and I were walking back to the common room, when I heard a groan come from Tom's direction. Suddenly, I felt as I was pushed against the cool, stone wall, Tom's lips pressing roughly against mine, and his hands gripping firmly onto my hips.
"Mm.Tom?" I asked, as his lips began trailing down my neck, sucking gently as he went down.
"Hm?" He replied, his lips never leaving my neck.
"Tom, we have to get...back to the Slytherin common room. We are leave rather early tomorrow morning. Do you really want to take an eight-hour-long trip back to London feeling tired before it's even begun? Or worse get caught necking a few hours before we're off on holiday?" I asked, letting out a gasp as I felt him bite down onto my neck.
He didn't reply, choosing to keep his lips attached to my neck instead.
I tried to not to keep my eyes from rolling to the back of my head, and let out the small moan formed at the back of my throat as his lips kept the onslaught on my neck. Nipping and sucking in up and down my neck.
His deep chuckle made me gasp, as I realized that he was taunting me. I rolled my eyes at him, and pushed him back, smirking at his slight sullen expression.
"Let's go. We really should try to get some sleep. I don't know you, but I'd rather not sleep in a sitting position on a train for eight hours. " I said, smiling at him as I pulled him towards the common room.
When we finally did arrive at the common room, it was still rather full of students who were coming down from their sugar highs or resting their feet. I chose to forego the common room, and pulled him past it, just before the entrance towards the girls' sleeping courters.
I turned tiredly as I did so, reaching up to pull his face to mine. Pecking him on the lips, goodnight before I turned and climbed the stairs towards my room.
Once in my room, I changed into my nightdress rather quickly and washing all the goop off my face before I made sure there was enough firewood burning in the hearth before turning and climbing into my bed, where I sunk into a dreamless sleep after doing so.