Harry rested his head against the back of the black armchair, eyes shut, he was exhausted. He had spent the whole day with Hermione catching up with the homework that he had been ignoring for the past couple of days. As punishment she had forced him to do extra reading, so as a result he had spent the whole day in the library. He thanked Merlin that he had finally finished and even gotten ahead on a few assignments. Once they had finished the Homework Hermione demanded details of his date with Tom.

When he mention the Library, Hermione made him promise to take her there next time, and jumped up and did a happy dance, singing 'I knew it' over and over again when Harry had told her about the kisses that Harry had Tom had shared.

He hadn't seen Tom at all that day and was wondering why the charming older teen hadn't bothered him today. As thoughts of Tom came to mind, images of there date popped into his head his cheeks began to stain a light pink. He shook his head he was so confused.

The man he knew clearly wasn't the Tom from this time line, he wasn't insane, a bit on the dark side, well maybe a lot but he wasn't insane. Harry knew they were the same person in context but this Tom had yet to cross the invisible line that Lord Voldemort had. Harry had started to see what Hermione was talking about, he had the chance to change the future in a big way. He was destined to defeat the dark lord, but that didn't imply killing him what if it meant stopping the dark lord from even existing in the first place. Harry didn't really want to admit it yet but he liked Tom, he knew everyone knew, he just didn't want to admit it to himself, because what if he was wrong? That would mean he was falling for an evil guy.

Harry buried his head in his hands. Just then a hand came and touched his shoulder he jumped.

"Woah, didn't mean to scare you, I tried talking to you but you didn't respond."

Harry looked up to see the very person he had been thinking about.

Harry blushed. "You didn't scare me.."

Tom chuckled and reached a hand to ruffle Harry's already messy hair. "Yes you just jumped into the air for no reason."

Harry glared at Tom, swatting away his hand. "I admit that you startled me but I wasn't scared."

Tom rose an eyebrow but didn't say anything more about it. "Have you been avoiding me again, I haven't seen you since Hogsmeade?"

Harry shook his head, "No I just had a Ravenclaw on my case about homework, we spent the day in the Library."

Tom chuckled "I'm glad you aren't avoiding me."

Harry suddenly just stood up.. "Come for walk by the Lake, I need to go outdoors."

Tom grabbed Harry's hand. "Lead the way."

Harry blushed as he felt the warmth of Tom's hand, he found that he quite like the feeling of his hand in Tom's, surprisingly it made he feel safe. Harry shook his head he really must be going crazy to think such a thing.

Harry lead Tom around outside toward the lake, Harry continued to tell Tom about the horrible things that happened, how his godfather died, how he had defeated Voldemort by beating him to the stone in first year but he started to tell him some good things as well. Harry told him about the time that Fred and George planked Dudley, that Harry had blown up his Aunt Marge, how Draco had been turned into a ferret and bounced around the room, how he Ron and Hermione had became friends. He found that it was easier to talk to Tom and it began to feel like a weight had been lifted off his shoulders, he had talked to Hermione a few times, but nothing like he was talking to Tom. Hermione had no idea how bad it had been at the Dursley's, Harry had never gone into this much detail.

Tom listened and laughed along with Harry. Tom told him about things he had learnt in the chamber of secrets. They were so consumed by each other that the didn't notice the strange looks by those around them, the other students were whispering and pointing at the two but neither noticed. They continued to walk around the lake until Harry reached his favourite spot.

"This is the place Sirius asked me to live with him, when we thought his name was cleared... That was before Peter escaped but for about a minute and a half, I was the happiest I had ever been, for a split second I didn't have to go back to the Dursley's.

A tear escaped Harry's eye and Harry quickly wiped it away, looking at his feet not wanting to show any weakness. Tom lifted Harry's chin so that he would look at him. "I'm sorry for the pain that was caused by my future self's insanity... Don't take that lightly either, I have never apologised to anyone. Tom wrapped Harry in a tight embrace that Harry eagerly returned, the embrace caused Harry to break down into tears, he felt that since that night in Dumbledore's office he hadn't been able to mourn his Godfather, he even joked about it in the hopes it wasn't real.

Harry feel to his knees and Tom, cast a notice me not charm and held the green eyed teen, making soothing noises as Harry continued to cry into his shoulder. He could hear Harry whispering to himself. "It's my fault" over and over again.

"It's not your fault Harry, you told me what happened that night, you went to save your godfather and he went to save you... That is a strong bond that you to had, it was not your fault, it was mine I lured you there... Harry I promise that will not happen, this time around."

Soon Harry calmed down enough and he just sat there staring at the sun shimmering on the lake in Tom's arms. He looked up at Tom, "Tom?"

Tom looked down at Harry, and Harry without thinking, kissed the other teen, it was a soft and loving kiss, a lot different then the ones they shared in Hogsmeade. The kiss lasted a few minutes before Harry came for air, "I promise to give you a chance to prove you are not Voldemort."

Tom gave Harry the biggest smile he had ever seen on the other teen. "And I promise I will make it worth it." He then kissed the teen once again.

Meanwhile:

Lord Voldemort woke with a start with a frown on his face.

"Did I just kiss Potter?" He asked himself in the quite of the room.

Sorry for taking so long to update, and then posting such a small chapter, but I thought an update was better then no update right? Please reveiw it makes me happy! :)