Astronomy

A/N- This chapter is so cute in my opinion

Violet Black

I decided to clear my head by going up into my dormitory. I walk in and throw my books on the floor, flopping onto my warm memory foam mattress.

I slip into slumber, dreaming of meeting Leo later tonight and how it potentially would take my mind off Tom and his cruelty.

I was rudely awoken by the slamming of my dormitory door. I jolt up to find Abraxas and Cassie making out and ripping each other's clothes off as they begin to walk toward her bed.

"Ugh! really guys? I was fucking sleeping!!" I yell as I immediately hop out of bed and down the spiral stairs, slamming the door behind me.

"Sorry!!" I hear Cassie distantly yell followed by giggles.

As I get to the common room, I notice the grandfather clock that was standing in the corner had its hand at 7:00.

I began walking toward the portrait hole to go up to the Astronomy Tower. But before I could get both feet out of the hole I hear someone clear their throat, making me spin around to see who caught me slipping out at such time of night.

"Going somewhere darling?" Tom's voice booms from in front of me. I stare at him, gulping. "Y-Yeah and is that any of your business?" I ask with an attitude.

"I would lose the attitude Violet - " He snarls, as he fingers his wand in his back pocket. I stare it him with daggers, "I dont think you control me anymore Tom..." I spit back.

He scowls at my response but I ignore him.

"Anyways... I am meeting someone so I really should get going..." I continue as I spin on my heel and out of the portrait hole before he could stop me.

I walk through the corridors and up into the chilly air of the Astronomy Tower. As I enter I see Leo standing at the edge, both hands resting on the railing.

He turns around as he hears my shoes beating against the floor, "Almost thought you weren't coming..." He says, inching ever so slightly closer to me.

I smile faintly, "Sorry, I ran into someone - " I respond as I look down at my hands, fiddling with my fingers.

He comes closer, gripping my small hand in his. "Well - I suppose I owe you an explanation of why Amelia and I were expelled from Durmstrang institute..." He says softly.

His touch felt cold as his silver rings pressed against my skin. Chills were sent down my spine at the sudden touch. I look back up at him with clouded eyes and a look of curiosity. "Yeah I suppose you do - "I respond.

He lets go of my hands and sits on the ground.

I mimic him, sitting crisscross beside him. The ground felt cold, like ice almost but it was some what comforting.

He shifts so that he is facing me, our knees barely grazing each other.  His eyes were glistening with sudden adoration as he stared deeply into my eyes.

He grips my chin, gently running his thumb down my bottom lip. I look at him with utter surprise but let it happen. "You have to promise not to hate me when I tell you - "

I quirk one eyebrow as he pulls his hand away from me. "I - promise -" I whisper.

"Alright - " He responds, backing up a little bit. "The reason Amelia and I got transferred here is because..." He pauses for a moment.

"So Amelia - she's my cousin - and she had this boyfriend - real arse he was. I found him getting really handsy with this other girl in the boys lavatory one day. Obviously I wasn't going to let him cheat on my cousin like that - and I honestly can say I don't ever regret doing what I did - or what she did -"

Silence for a moment.

"I used an unforgivable curse to get him to tell me how many other girls there were that he cheated on her with. He told me all the names and I told Amelia. She has quite the temper -" He chuckles slightly before continuing.

"She found all of the girls all were from different houses and she crucio them until they went insane and ended up St. Mungos. She was crying - and pissed and all I wanted to do was see him hurt for hurting her. I knew she went to far but - I didn't blame her - I know I sound - well — insane but...." He runs his fingers through his hair.

I thought to myself.

I really know how to pick the hot psychotic ones don't I?

"They had made a deal with us - that we were never to step foot in Germany or near Durmstrang ever again and if we ever used an unforgivable curse on anyone again they would throw the both of us in Azkaban for life - but since we were only 16 at the time they decided to let us off with a warning and an immediate expulsion."

"Wow - okay -" I say, as I was almost speechless at this point, but not completely surprised from what I had dealt with, with Tom. 

"Yeah -" 

We stayed silent for awhile. The sky started to turn incredibly dark, and stars were starting to fill the night sky. It truly was beautiful. I always adored Astronomy.

I laid down with my hands behind my head looking up into the open ceiling at the stars shining through, all sparkling down on Leo and I.

His skin was so fair it almost seemed as if they were glistening off him. He truly was a beautiful site to see. 

As the night went on Leo started to stare at me, as I started to analyze every single star in the sky. Analyzing the constellations and the moons, just everything that stood in the universe I was thinking deeply about it.

"You like the stars?" I ask after several minuets of long silence. He smiles down at me, "Yeah they're - they're beautiful." He says as he lays down next to me, placing his hands behind his head on the cold cement floor of the Astronomy tower. 

"You see those stars right there? That's Andromeda - and right next to it - that's Draco and there's Cepheus - see!" I say as I point up into the dark sky, smiling up at the stars.

He looks over at me, propping his head up with his hand. He smiles at me, "How do you know all the names of them?" He asks softly. 

I turn to face him, "My family - they love Astronomy. My brother his name is Cygnus - after the star. And my father - Pollux. "

"You should teach me more about it." He says softly, maintaining eye contact with me. 

"I could - I- I would love to!" I say with excitement. No one had ever talked about this with me. I felt special that he wanted to understand what I loved so much about the stars and share the information I had about them with him. 

I nearly forgot all about Tom. And I wasn't even upset about it, I was happy right now - with Leo.

We stared at each other in silence for a few minuets before he moved his hand, tucking a strand of my hair that hung on my face behind my ear. 

I felt my face begin to heat up as he rubbed his thumb across my cheek. I subtly bit on my lower lip, still staring into his beautiful brown eyes.

"You're beautiful Violet - so fucking beautiful." He whispers as he inched closer to my ear, trailing his tongue behind it.

He started to lay gentle kisses down my neck, as goosebumps spread across my body, "T- Thank You -" I try to spit out. But I was distracted by his lips sucking on the sensitive parts of my neck.

He grips my hands as he pulls away from my neck and wrapping one around the back of my neck. He leans in a places a small peck onto my lips. 

His lips tasted sweet, and they were soft. It felt weird kissing someone other than Tom but  it felt good. I kiss him back, sliding my tongue across his bottom lip asking for entrance. 

Our tongues intertwine, as his hands slide down my body and gripping onto my thighs. Our kisses turn passionate, and almost hungry for more.

I pull away before we took it to second base, "We should stop - " I say nervously. He stops immediately, taking his hands off of me and quirking an eyebrow up. 

"Okay - I'm sorry I didnt mean to-"

"No - It's okay really -"

"Are you sure?" He asks looking very concerned at my sudden words. "Yes - It's okay I liked it honestly - I just -"

"Still have feelings for someone else..." He finishes my sentence before I could finish it. He looked down at his hands as he said it, looking disappointed.

I stand up, straightening out my plaited skirt and sweatshirt that I had on, "I should probably get back -" I say awkwardly. 

"Yeah - you should - I will probably come down later -" He says as he stands up after me. 

I start to walk out of the room of the tower before he grabs one of my hands, "Before you go..." He says softly. 

I almost immediately read his mind on what he was going to say, "Yes Leo - I would love to go to the ball with you." I say as I smile at him. I felt good when I was with him, maybe he could help me get over Tom. I certainly wanted to try.

His lips curl into a smirk, as he slithers his hand behind my neck and places a kiss on my forehead. I felt warm when he touched me. It was so much different from Tom... I wasn't sure how to explain it.

"See you tomorrow night then." He smiles widely down at me. 

"I guess you will-" I respond, mirroring his smile as I looked deeply into his honey colored eyes as they bore into mine.

I stand on my tip toes and kiss his lips softly. "Goodnight Leo -" I say softly before turning on my heel and waltzing  out of the tower and down the stairs ever so quietly.

I couldn't stop my cheeks from flushing as I thought of the night I had with Leo, looking at the stars and just talking all night. He made me happy, and I needed to be happy.

I quietly tip toed down to the dungeons and through the portrait hole and into the Slytherin Common Room. 

"Ah- hello gorgeous nice to see you finally arrive..." A deep voice sounds as I walk through into the warm fire lit common room.

I startled as I heard the voice, spinning around to see none other than the 6'1" brunette Slytherin, dressed in a dark black suit with a glass cup of what looked like bourbon in it.

"Tom-" I say, rolling my eyes. "Were you waiting for me to get back?" I ask suspiciously.

"Wanted to make sure you got back safe -" He responds, taking a sip of the brown liquid in his glass cup. 

His legs were split in a man spread position, sprawled out on the couch.

I try to ignore him as I walk past the fire and couch, "That's kind of you but I can get back safely on my own.. thank you." I respond with a slight attitude towards the Slytherin Heir.

He grips my hand before I could walk any further, "What is that?" He asks, pulling me closer to him. 

I panic, "W- What is what?" I ask trying to play it cool. He pushes my hair to the side to reveal the red marks on my neck.

Fuck. Fuck. I forgot to cast a charm to hide them...

"Oh - uh just - just a birthmark... you haven't noticed?" I lie. 

His expression turn cold and hard as he examines me, he tightens his grip on my wrist and slowly getting tighter.

"Ow- ow you're hurting me Tom - ow" I spew out as his grip gets even tighter around my wrist, it felt like the circulation was being cut off. 

I could feel his rage radiating off of him. "Violet -" He seethes. "I have examined every single last inch of you're body - over and over and over again-  I would have fucking noticed!" He raises his voices towards the end. 

I felt my eyes begin to water at his sudden rage outburst, but I pull myself together and yank my wrist violently away from his grasp. 

He smirks at me, "You little whore." he seethes. "Who'd you shag? Let me guess - was it Henry from Ravenclaw? Or no - maybe it was Will from Hufflepuff - ah dont tell me it was a Hufflepuff!!" 

"You're such a fucking hypocrite!" I yell at him, anger coursing through me. 

"Or- was it Leo? He's nice chap right? Surely you shagged him?" He continues maliciously. 

"Or maybe you didnt even shag him you just led him on like the little slut you are - and left after he barely got a taste. Right? You're good at that aren't you Violet?" 

I stand silently, looking down at my hands. "Fuck you." I whisper. I was trying hard not to make him even more angry, in fear of what he actually was capable of.

He slams the glass on the table, watching it as it shatters. "Fuck!" He yells. 

I jump back, startled and honestly afraid of what he might do. 

"Look what you fucking do to me Violet! You make so fucking angry." He yells, shooting daggers with his emerald eyes. 

Tears were beginning to sting at my eyes again, as well as rage that swelled inside me. I wanted to walk away, just forget about him and just go to sleep.

I turn around without uttering a word to him and walking up the spiral stairs. 

"Where the fuck are you going?!" He yells from down in the common room. I ignore him and walk into the dark dormitory. 

"Violet?" A soft voice sounds. 

"I-I'm sorry Cass I didnt mean to wake you.." I whisper as I make my way toward my bed, crawling into the duvet covers. 

"It's okay. Are you okay? I heard yelling..." She continues. "Oh yeah I- I am okay. " I lie. 

"Alright - well I'm here when you need me. I know Brax and I have been spending quite a lot of time together lately but - you're my best friend and I'll always be here." She says with a tired, groggy voice. 

"I love you Cass." 

"I love you too Vi." 

We slowly drift into slumber. It took me a bit longer too, considering my clouded thoughts. But eventually I did.

A/N- Okay!! So sorry this is kind of slow burn but I got carried away with this story and now its like a whole plot line and I already have everything planned up till the end....

Sorry for Tom being so mean in this... but it has to happen.

And I really hope you guys aren't bored because it will get good soon... 

Also spice next chapter !!!