I had thought, considering he had already planned his entire future including mine he would have already decided whether he would have a child or not. Most people when they plan their future had already decided on this topic however Riddle was no ordinary person as I have to keep reminding myself.

Apparently, judging on the long silence that had followed my question, he hadn't even considered such an option let alone thought about it. His future after all was all about him and he was the main focus; why would he want to focus on something else that took the focus from him?

The silence continued and Riddle pretended he hadn't heard my question by rummaging through his wardrobe.

"Well?" I prompted.

He froze and slowly faced me, his face void of any warmth that had glowed through it before and his voice was like a breath of ice cold wind.

"Why would I want such a thing in my life, when I detest all children so openly?"

The happy bubble that had been floating merrily around inside my chest suddenly burst and my chest filled with dread and the clear desire to leave.

"Well I just thought-" Riddle cut across my abysmal explanation.

"You didn't think at all! How dare you ask me such a question!" there was a maddening gleam in his eyes that made my insides recoil and squirm.

Despite the fact that I felt utterly repulsed by his reaction I burst out in defence "It was just a question!"

Before he had the chance to yell back I stood quickly and headed for the door. However he intercepted my path taking hold of my arm.

"Let me go!" I was now struggling against his tightened grip and fury was etched onto every twisted corner of my face, though I kept my face turned away from him I was that disgusted.

He grabbed my chin and roughly pulled me around to face him. The anger in his eyes was now gone and he looked remarkably calm.

"It's my birthday you know. Don't leave here angry with me" his voice was also calm but I couldn't really distinguish what emotion was emanating from him because I was now murderous.

"How dare you!" I screeched raising my hand and bringing it down to slap loudly against his cheek "don't use your birthday against me to make me feel guilty!"

Using his other hand that didn't have hold of my arm, he rubbed the spot that I had slapped looking somewhat shocked that I had actually hit him, something I know would never have happened before.

After a small pause he muttered "I guess I deserved that"

Another bout of violent anger boiled beneath my skin at his reaction which wasn't the one I was hoping for. But when I raised my hand again he caught it on the way to his cheek.

"I think once is enough" he smiled weakly.

Tears were sliding down my face I was so angry.

"I think what we have here is a very big difference in our characters that in the end it will push us apart"

Riddle gave a puzzled confused sort of look before he said calmly "nothing is pushing us apart…"

A short burst of sarcastic laughter spewed from my mouth making Riddle look fairly alarmed but I answered his horrified face, "you don't want a child in the future whereas I do, there's the massive difference"

He released my arm very quickly and threw me up against the wall holding me firm so that I couldn't move except just stare back into his fiercely determined eyes.

"We are fighting over our future ambitions something we shouldn't even be thinking about! This is absurd! You said yourself that neither of us knows what the future holds; things change. At the moment I am twelve and definitely not wanting children."

"You have planned your future with me in it" I explained.

"So this is why you're getting so pathetically angry?" he questioned, eye-brow raised.

"Don't go calling me pathetic! You were angry too!" I protested.

"I was only angry because you asked a very horrible and personal question of me" he explained wiping a tear off my nose.

"There is no room in your life is there for anyone except you is there?" I asked of him.

His brow furrowed and he opened his mouth to reply but I placed a finger across his lips silencing him.

"It didn't require an answer"

He moved backwards and away from me so that I wasn't squashed between him and the wall. He didn't look too pleased.

"You think the only person I care about is myself?" there was disbelief in his voice like what I said was unthinkable.

"Everything has been about you!" I argued taking another step toward the door.

He blocked my path with expert ease.

"I opened myself up to you! I told you I liked you! I held you closer than anyone has ever been before and this is how you treat me! This is what you truly think of me?"

"No Tom you did this on your own, even now we are discussing you. Besides our so called 'friendship' only ever eventuated because you wanted to know my secret" I said calmly.

There was a great battle going inside him. His breathing was accelerated, his fists were clenched so tight his knuckled were white and his jaw was tightened.

"I didn't want to just be your friend because of some stupid secret!" he spat.

Ignoring him I stepped around him and opened the door.

"From…from the moment I saw you I knew that I was…that I was in love with you" he burst out just as I had made to step from the room.

I was frozen in mid-step not expecting such an outburst but he rushed on ahead before I could say anything.

"And before you question me and ask; why did I try to hurt you if I loved you? its because I didn't want to love you; I haven't been loved ever and I figured you would hate me like the rest of them but you were different…I am telling you this now because if you walk out of this room you will regret it"

Slowly I turned to face him and his expression was so muddled with different emotions that I couldn't tell what he was thinking.

"you love me?" I asked stunned.

He came extremely close and gave a stiff nod.

There was a moments silence as we just stood gazing at each other.

"I love you too" I said faintly.

A small smile appeared on his face as he pulled me close kissing me gently.