Riddle Me This

I'm Not Sure How To Respond

The six of us were back inside the Slytherin Common room. All of us were fuming over the fact she could give us detention still. Octavia and Draco were still a little disheveled but came out soon after we arrived yelling. They now sat together on one of the black leather couches.

"That old toad! I can't believe she gave you two detentions. I wonder if she'll make you do the lines again, or if she's banned from doing that." Octavia said, thinking out loud.

"She's such a prat, it makes me want to claw her face," Tania growled, bitterly. She was sitting next to Octavia and Draco, but she was on Blaise's lap. 

"Well, if she makes you use those bloody quills again, my father will personally see to it that she is fired," Draco vowed. I sat in silence with Mattheo's arm around my shoulders. I wasn't hyperventilating anymore, which was good, but I still wasn't feeling too good.

"Alright, love?" Mattheo asked me.

"I'm fine," I muttered. "Just tired."

"Then go to sleep," Blaise said.

"No,"

"What do you mean 'no', Taylor? You fucking just said you were tired." Draco said.

"I don't want to go to sleep. Who wants to jump in the Black Lake with me?" I asked all of a sudden. Draco, Octavia, and Tania were all looking at me with quizzical looks on their faces.

"I will," Mattheo said.

"I guess I will, too." Tania shrugged. One by one, the rest of the group agreed to come with Mattheo and me.

"But I want to change into my bathing suit first," Tania said, getting up. I nodded and Octavia and I followed Tania to our dorm. Tania was rustling around for a bathing suit while Octavia was already putting hers on.

nia_ashers

Ready for the Black Lake! #spontaniousdescisions #noregrets

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tay_ashers

Let's face it, this is the most conservative bathing suit I own #fuckyeah

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"Octavia, d'you want me to take a photo of your swimsuit?" I asked, picking up my phone again.

"Maybe once we're down at the Lake." She said, putting on her shoes. "I'm ready." We walked up to the common room where the boys were already waiting in their swim trunks.

"Finally," Whined Draco, "I thought you would never get here! What took you so long?"

"We have over 30 bathing suits to chose from, combined. It takes time to be a girl." Tania responded, fluffing her hair.

"You girls are way too complicated, just pick a random swimsuit and call it good," Mattheo said, rolling his eyes, I walked up to him and placed my hands on his cheeks.

"Aw, so cute. He actually thinks it's that easy." I said.

"Isn't it?" Blaise asked, holding Tania's hand.

"We just said it isn't, genius," Octavia said, rolling her eyes. We walked up the stairs and out of the common room. We passed Theodore Nott and Millicent Bulstrode on the way to the Black Lake.

"Oi, Riddle," Theodore said, chuckling. "How's it feel to have your girlfriend's arse beat by my girlfriend?" Milicent cackled.

"How's it feel to have a girlfriend that's dumber than a box of rocks?" Mattheo retorted, his eyebrows were furrowed and I could feel the anger radiating off of him. Nott scowled and ran at Mattheo, throwing punches. Theodore tackled Mattheo to the ground and began hitting him as hard as he could.

"Stop! Stop!" I screamed. I ran to where the two were wrestling, Mattheo managed to get out from under Nott, and was throwing his own punches, Mattheo's face was bloody and bruised, Theodore's wasn't in the greatest shape, either. I pulled Mattheo off of Theodore, who was out cold. Millicent scowled and sat down by Theodore.

"Look what you've done, Riddle!" She yelled at him. He flipped her off and took my hand, together we began walking ahead of the group to the Black Lake.

"I've been thinking," He began.

"Yeah?"

"About what you told me in your room." I nodded for him to go on. "Well, you were pretty rash at the moment." I frowned.

"Thanks, Mattheo," I said, rolling my eyes.

"What I mean to ask is, do you still feel that way?" He asked as we walked out of the school.

"Why?" I asked. I wasn't going to get my hopes up again.

"Do you?" He asked, raising his eyebrows at me.

"I guess," I said, "But you still haven't answered my question, why?" I said.

"Maybe I'm not sure how to respond." He said, leading me to the lake. I looked behind me to see where our friends were. They were just now coming out of the castle. I took my shoes off and walked waist-high into the water. I shivered.

"It's cold," I murmured. Mattheo climbed a tall hill by the lake, I looked up and I saw him jump off, I couldn't move away fast enough, and his jump splashed me. I sucked in a breath as the cold water hit me.

"You're right, it is cold." He said as he resurfaced from the water. I splashed him with my hand when he swam over to me.

"You splashed me!" I squealed, and he used his hand to splash me again, soon enough, we were splashing each other and we were both soaked to the bone. He walked closer to me, so our bodies were pressed together.

"What if I told you I know how to respond?" He said, seriously.

"I would let you respond," I said, giggling.

"What if I liked you?" He asked. I opened my mouth to respond but I heard someone coming.

"Good to know you two waited for us," Tania rolled her eyes and waded into where we were.

"Sorry," I said, "But you all were too slow."

"Too slow? You were just too fast. How about that?" Draco said when he resurfaced from the water.

"Whatever," Mattheo joked, splashing Draco with a wave of cold water, but instead of hitting Draco, he accidentally hit Blaise, who hadn't got fully soaked yet.

"Fuck you, Theo," Blaise growled.

"Hate to break it to you, but Taylor's already doing that." He joked. I dunked his head underwater.