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Time Paradox

Chapter Five: Blossoming Relationship

Harry had arrived back at Hogwarts to be greeted by Tom, Mathew and Nicholas. He still missed Hermione and Ron, but they were okay, even though he knew their kids (grandkids) as well as how Tom turned out after school. He was going to become friends with Tom, hoping that he could stop him from becoming Voldemort.

He was sitting in the common room alone a few nights after he had gotten back. It was past three in the morning. He had been woken up from a nightmare, it was about Cedric Diggory, and even though it had been a couple years since that night it still haunted him. He didn't think he would be able to get anymore sleep, so he decided to read some of the books he had gotten for Christmas.

"Hello Harry, what are you doing up at this time of the morning?" came a smooth voice from behind him.

"Huh." Harry turned and looked at the source of the voice, it was Tom. "Oh hi Tom, I had a nightmare so I came down here to study."

Tom came over towards him and sat own on the couch with him. "Don't you think you could get anymore sleep Harry?" he asked gently.

Harry looked up at him and answered, "No, I can never sleep after a nightmare so I try and do something constructive."

"Do you want to talk about it?" he asked softly. "It may help you to talk about what is bothering you."

"Someone I knew was murdered in front of me, it hurt to see him die when it should have been me," he said, looking down at the thick green carpet.

Tom took Harry into his arms to comfort him and said in a gently tone, "It's alright Harry, everything will be fine."

"How about you Tom?" he asked from within Tom's arms. "Have you got anything you want to get off your chest, some memories are better shared."

Tom looked down in the emerald green eyes and replied sadly, "Yes I have many. I don't want to bother you with them though."

Harry pulled away from him slightly and said, "Don't worry about that, I'm here to listen to you, after all you're my friend. What are friends for anyways?"

Tom smiled and began to talk. He told him about his father being a Muggle and when he had found out about his mother being witch he had taken off and left her pregnant. She had given him his father's, name because she stilled loved him. She didn't have any money, so he was left at an orphanage.

"It's horrible there; they don't care at all about the children that are under their care. If something is not done they beat us all. When I'm there I always try and protect the younger children, but I never could do enough to help them all," he finished sadly, not looking at Harry at all.

"Oh Tom," Harry said sympathetically, as he brought his arms around him and held him close to comfort him. "Hey why don't you, when school is all over, open your own orphanage, you could do so, couldn't you?"

Tom smiled slowly. "I would love to do that, but I don't have the money to do so, I don't think I would be good at it anyway."

Harry smiled brightly and encouraged him by saying, "I think you could, I'll help with the money problems, and it would be a nice thing to do."

Tom looked up at him and smiled. "You really think I could run an orphanage? Are you sure about the money thing?" he asked him.

Harry smiled back and said, "Yes I'm sure on both questions, I know Simon would help. I found out he wanted to do something like that as well, but never got the chance, so I know he would help with the money side of things."

Tom nodded, thinking about it all, it would be nice to do and rewarding. "By the way Harry, are you going to tell me the truth about how you ended up here?"

Harry looked panicked for a moment then said, "I don't know what you're talking about."

Tom snorted and the told him, "I was the one that found you Harry; you were in the Great Hall unconscious and hurt. I had never seen you before, you appeared in thin air. Where did you come from and what happened?"

Harry bowed his head and said, "Alright Tom I'll tell you the truth, but you mustn't tell anyone what I say, okay?"

Tom nodded his head. "I won't tell a soul, I promise Harry"

Harry started to tell him a revised past, "My parents were murdered when I was just a baby, I never had the chance to know them. Instead of being sent to an orphanage, I was sent to my only living relatives. They were Muggle and they hated magic, I was made to be their House Elf, until I got a letter from someone wanting to teach me magic, which I accepted and was taught until now."

"I'm sorry to hear that Harry," Tom said gently, squeezing a shoulder in comfort. "But how did you end up here?"

"There is someone I didn't get along with, he mispronounced a spell and it hit me, they sent a letter here saying that it was alright for me to stay until I graduate," he told him, coming up with something to explain how he had come to be in Hogwarts.

"How come Mr. Potter adopted you though?" Tom asked confused as to why the man would adopted a stranger.

"My father, James was a Potter, so am I. We related distantly. So when he was told I had appeared here he took me in and adopted me," Harry said smiling.

They continued to talk with each other about things that had happened in their past, though Tom didn't tell Harry about the Chamber of Secrets. They both confessed to be able to talk to snakes. Harry told him about the time he accidentally set a python on his cousin, the two were laughing when Harry described the look of panic on his cousin's face when the python had gone near him. The morning came and with it was the rising students, getting ready for a day of lessons.

It was around March now, and the thing within Tom and Harry's relationship changed from friendship to something else. They didn't see it chaperoning at all. They both understood each other more than anyone else could, they had both been neglected by those that should have taken care of them. It was a Saturday after a Quidditch practice, and the two were sitting outside by the lake, watching the squid play in the water.

Tom looked at Harry who was smiling at the squid's antics. "Erm... Harry I need to tell you something, but please don't leave me, still be my friend," Tom said, unsure of how to tell his first, real best friend.

Harry turned his bright and shining eyes towards Tom and said happily, "What is it Tom, I won't go anywhere, I already told you that, no matter what happens."

"I think I love you Harry," he confessed quickly as he looked away from those beautiful, emerald green eyes to the green grass.

A shadow fell over Tom as Harry stood within the path of the sunlight. "Tom look at me please," Harry said, as he then knelt down in front of him.

Tom slowly looked up, panicking at the thought of losing his one true friend, and said, "I shouldn't have said anything Harry, I'm sorry forget it."

Harry gently placed a finger on tom's lips to quiet him. "Don't worry Tom, because I feel the same way about you, I never thought I would fall for you Tom, but I have. I don't care either I love you," he said firmly, looking into the blue eyes that had hope shining within them.

Tom smiled and leaned forward their lips touched softly at first, gently letting the feel of the other immerse their senses. Tom gently stroked his tongue on Harry's bottom lip, asking to be let in. Harry did and they sat kissing, letting hands wonder around getting to know the body of the one they loved.

A few days after their first kiss Tom had set up a romantic dinner in the Room of Requirement, the room was lit with floating candles and a blazing fire kept the place warm. The table was set up in front of the large fireplace. Food was already on the table, waiting for the two that were invited to eat it. Harry and Tom entered the room and sat down to eat.

During the meal they talked about what they both wanted to do after school had finished, Tom had talked in great detail to Simon about the orphanage. Simon had loved the idea and had given them a lot of money to start up with. Harry had told him of his wish to become an Auror, which Tom supported him in his decision. Harry had already applied for the training course; he had a letter back saying he was accepted that morning.

With the meal at an end, they took to the couch that had appeared; they sat entwined within each other. Gently exploring the other's body in the fire light, things became more heated as they carried on. The couch then turned into a bed, the two laughed and carried on.

They basked in the afterglow of pleasure and lay within each others arms. They had fallen asleep, not caring if they never made it to their dorm rooms. Gently moonlight was now the only source of light in the room. The candles had disappeared and the fire had extinguished itself. The two lay there until the sun finally showed itself, the beams of light falling upon the bed where they lay waking them from sleep's embrace.

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