His Chance | By : Lou-Snape Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Hermione/Voldemort Views: 3990 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1 |
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Hermione woke up to angry voices around her.
"Why are you so against her? She seems lovely." Hermione recognized Victoria's voice, she sounded annoyed.
"She's weird, I get weird vibes off her. And she's half blood! She doesn't belong in our house!" Camilla shouted. Hermione had no doubt who they were talking about, she sighed and put her pillow over her head, trying to block out the noise.
"Camilla, you do not want to be heard with such views. It's uncouth!" She heard Arabella scold.
Camilla scoffed "Yeah, because you don't share those views at all, do you?"
She heard someone spluttering, and assumed it was Arabella, but before she could say anything Victoria chimed in "Girls, enough. We don't want to wake her. Lets just go to breakfast, OK Camilla? we won't wait for her if it makes you feel better."
Hermione heard a mumbled "Ok" and footsteps then a door shut. She let out a deep breath. Well that was interesting... It looks like Camilla is suspicious of her for some reason and was possibly kicking up a fuss because she didn't want to wait for her to wake up? Hermione scowled as she stretched then swung her legs over her bed. She un-drew the curtains around her bed and checked the clock on the wall. Crap, she was running late! She hurriedly put on her uniform, she didn't have time for a shower, then ran into the bathroom to brush her teeth and hair. Her hair was an utter mess since she hadn't washed it and no matter how much she combed it, it seemed to only make it look worse. Giving up, she collected her books and half-ran out of the dormitory.
Tom Riddle was waiting for her, and there were only a few people left in the common room. He looked her over and seemed faintly amused. "What?" she snapped. She wasn't in the mood to deal with people ridiculing her appearance.
"Nothing" He hid his smirk behind a kind smile, but Hermione saw through it and walked away towards the entrance to the common room. Hermione didn't realize that he was a step behind her and when she suddenly stopped to make sure he was following they crashed into each other and fell to the floor in a heap, legs entwined. Hermione said 'Oww!' as he fell on her, but then blushed deeply at their compromising position while his rich laughter carried across the common room. He was holding himself over her body with his arms on either side of her head. Hermione tried to ignore the stirring in her stomach at him being so close to her. She quickly pulled down her skirt which had ridden up around her thighs and she hoped he hadn't noticed then untangled herself from him and stood up, he soon followed suit, a smirk still plastered on his face. "Are you quite alright?" he said with mock concern, she nodded and walked out of the common room, with Tom Riddle on her heels.
"What lessons do you have today?" he asked in a more serious tone and she handed him her timetable. He read over it and raised his eyebrows "You have all the same classes as me. You must be quite smart." He said, impressed, and seemed to look at her in a different way.
They entered the Great Hall and took seats next to each other. She was greeted by Malfoy and a few of the other boys, including Artyom Dolohov and Orion Black. Orion was very handsome, he had the typical Black looks, long dark curly hair and bright blue eyes with a cheeky glint in them. "So, Hermione, what was it like being home-schooled?" He asked with a smile, his elbows on the table and his chin leaning on the back of his hands paying rapt attention.
Hermione internally started to panic but quickly came up with an answer "It was quite lonely, if I'm honest, and there was a lot of pressure to get things right the first time around ."
"Really? why?" Riddle suddenly chimed in, staring at Hermione intently with those big brown eyes.
"Well, my tutor was really strict and so is my mother, they wanted me to always get things done before schedule." Hermione hoped that would satisfy their curiosity, as Dolohov, Black and Riddle were all listening attentively.
"That must have been shit. Oh sorry, shouldn't swear in the presence of a lady" Dolohov said with a wink, his grey eyes twinkling. Tom Riddle shook his head and continued eating his toast.
"What lessons do you have?" Black asked, changing the subject.
"Umm, hang on a second." Hermione looked down for her timetable and when she found it gave it to black who read it then blew out a whistle.
"We've got a smart one here. You've got the same as Tom, haven't you?"
"Yes I think so." Hermione said, and felt uncomfortable at the admiring looks the three of them gave her.
Hermione finished her breakfast at the same time as Riddle.
"Shall we get going then?" She asked him and when said yes she stood up and bid her farewells to Orion and Artyom before walking out of the hall next to Riddle.
"What have you got now?" She asked Tom Riddle, looking over at him.
"I've got potions with you. We're in the same classes for everything so I'll be able to show you to every class." He didn't seem to mind this fact, but Hermione internally sighed at having to spend more time with him but knew it was for the best in regards to her mission if she wanted to get close to him.
Professor Slughorn greeted Hermione with a wide grin. "Hello, Miss Granger! How lovely to meet you. I was told that you passed your potions test with outstanding results, very good to hear!" He shook her hand in a firm grip. And directed her to the only open seat, next to Riddle.
"It seems like you just can't get rid of me." She joked as she approached him. If she wanted to get close to him she had to be nice, after all. Some of the girls seemed to stare open mouthed as she joked with him, the open mouthed stares soon turned to evil glares. She ignored them.
He chuckled and shook his head "I don't mind at all." He watched her as she sat down and continued watching her as she payed rapt attention to Slughorn's lesson.
He wasn't lying, he didn't mind. This girl, Hermione Granger, had caught his attention. She must be very bright to be in some of the classes she was in, very few people took arithmancy and they were almost all shit at it except himself, so it would be interesting to see how she got on. She had an aura of intelligence and also mystery about her, Tom noticed. He was interested to see how she would perform in potions today since what they were brewing was quite complex.
And hour later, and Tom's musings about her intelligence were confirmed. She was very intelligent indeed, she'd brewed the potion without a hitch, hardly even looking at the instructions. He was curious about the girl, very curious indeed.
Hermione had a free lesson so went straight to the Library. Tom Riddle was elsewhere, and she didn't mind one bit being on her own to trawl through the books, a favorite pastime of hers. She found her usual spot, near the back by a large bay window overlooking the forbidden forest and put her books down there. Half an hour passed when she felt someone reading over her shoulder, she felt warm breath caress her neck and it gave her goosebumps. She knew who it was before he spoke. "Occlumency? How interesting." He mumbled in her ear, she swatted him away before he made her feel even more alight with butterflies and he just chuckled. She was reading up on Occlumency with hopes of learning it sometime, she had a lot of memories to protect after all.
This was her chance to ask him what had been on her mind when she picked up the book "Do you know Legillimency or Occlumency?" she asked innocently.
"Of course not, nobody in our year would be able to do that. What would we need to hide, anyway?" he finished with a suggestive wink. Hermione wasn't sure whether he was telling the truth or not, it was so hard to tell with him since he was such a good actor. She had to remind herself that the whole nice, helpful Tom Riddle was a lie, and he was damn good at playing it.
She laughed "Yes, that's true. I'd be interested to learn it though, just as an extra skill"
Tom looked at her considerngly "Would you like to practice with me? I'd be interested in learning for the same reason."
Hermione thought, fuck. No way did she want Tom Riddle trawling through her head.
"Hm, don't you think you're spending too much time with me as it is? I'm sure you'd rather hang around with your friends." She tried to joke, hoping he'd drop it.
Not so lucky, it turned out. He gave a dismissive gesture with his hands and said "I spend enough time with them as it is. So what do you say? want to practice with me?"
Hermione gulped. "Um, actually no. I'm quite busy at the moment, you know, getting to know the school and all that. Speaking of which, it's our next lesson soon. Do you want to walk me there?"
Tom knew she was hiding something if she was so keen on not having Occlumency practice with him. Most girls, no scratch that, all girls would cut off their wand arm to spend some time with him. He was determined to find out what exactly she was hiding.
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