The One That Got Away

Wedding

"Abraxas, do you take Ana to be your lawfully wedded wife?"

"I do."

"Ana do you take Abraxas to be your lawfully wedded husband?"

"I do"

"Then by the power vested in me by the ministry of magic, I now pronounce you husband and wife."

"Can I kiss her now?" Asked Abraxas

"Yes, of course." Said The officiant.

Everyone cheered as the pair shared a kiss.

Freya stood next to her friend as a bridesmaid, doing her very best not to look into the crowd. Ana and Abraxas walked away arm in arm down the long aisle. They had chosen to get married at the Malfoy's summer villa. After a they had shared so many amazing memories there. They had gotten married on the beach, on a beautiful day. And now they would have their first dance together as newlyweds where they had shared their first dance together as newly betrotheds. 

Tom sat in the crowd. Staring directly at Freya the entire time. Willing her to look at him. But she never did. Once Abraxas and Ana had left down the aisle leading the crowd of nobility to the ballroom, he decided to go get her. But several people beat him to the punch.

"Frenchy?" 

"Candy. Olly." Said Freya looking at her friend and her friend's husband, the pair had eloped. Of course Freya had been there as their witness but they never got to use that big binder they had been using to plan. "Have either of you seen Arthur?"

"I think he is inside wondering where you are." Said Olly.

"I do not think he is the only person waiting for you though." Said Candace.

"The press is here? I thought I got them to go away after I sent out the official wedding photos and then there is the fact that I am the press. What independant magazine wants to piss me off? Oh who am I kidding, where are they I will give them an exclusive, maybe that will get them to go away." Rambled Freya.

"It is not the press." Said Olly

"Dear god, if it is one of the Notts I will just-" Freya looked up to meet the gaze of Tom Riddle, a man she had not seen for a very long time. 

"I bet you did Nott see that one coming." Said Olly, to which Candace hit him in the rib cage. 

"So nott The time." Said Candace who then giggled a little bit.

"Let's just go inside, I do not want to miss the first dance." Said Freya

"I hate that guy." Said Olly.

"Maybe he will do us all a favour and leave." Said Candace. 

Freya said nothing she refused to meet is gaze again, and he knew better than to approach her when Candace was around. He watched as the three friends made their way to the ballroom, all so eloquently dressed. Freya looked stunning all he wanted to do was have them trade places with Abraxas and Ana. Get married surrounded by the wizarding world's elite. 

He followed her into the ballroom, and watched as his classmate twirled the bride around in an elegant waltz. Tom scanned the ballroom, nothing had changed, it was still all the same, he could see a seventeen year old Freya sitting across from him. Everything in the room took him back to the start. How her father had called her Diamond. How they had danced together. How he had watched her put those awful Nott brothers in their place. He remembered the blue dress she wore on the first night, and the satin one on the second. Tom looked at Freya to see she was wearing a blue dress.