All Our Broken Pieces

Chapter 25

*Mattheo's Pov*

"I think it'll take me more than one date to fall in love with you" she scoffed, clearly still pissed off at me.

Malfoy had not helped hugely in calming my nerves before hand, and my god she made me nervous.

I didn't know what to wear, I didn't know what to do with myself. After a large hole in my wall and a lot of mess we settled for a casual suit.

Casual.

I felt very much so wrong stood next to her. She was quaint, opinionated but respectful. And I was too much for most people, hurting everyone I came across.

Even her.

But it felt so right, we fit.

I should hate her, I really should, but forcing myself to hate her would drain me so much more than allowing myself to love her.

Although she deserves so much better than me, never could I ever let her be with someone else.

It was hard to explain, all the feelings I had towards her. Due to the fact that not all of them were good.

She made me angry. Angry because I felt weak around her, vulnerable. She could read me like a book and nobody could do that. But around her I felt whole. Complete. Like that part of me that was always missing, that hole in my life had been filled. I wanted to protect her, lock her away for only myself, but at the same time show her off, let the world see how amazing and beautiful my girl was.

She was my girl.

Not that she knew it then.

All mine.

All I wanted was to be better for her, capture the innocence she so desperately desired and hand it to her in a box with a bow.

My gift to her.

Everyone loved Nora, how could they not? I wanted to know how she did it, how she hid away her feelings and fears for so long.

I wanted that strength. The strength my father had so disgustingly attempted to beat into me. But still I was weak.

If there was one thing I had to do, in this life, it was make her happy.

That was all I tried to do.

And yet each time I managed to fuck it up one way or another. Scrambling to find another way to bring her to me I needed this date. I needed her to see how much we belonged together and how much I needed her.

Never in my life had I put so much thought and effort into something, everything had to be perfect. It had to be.

There was planning and schedules. It was chaos, I just hoped it would all be worth it.

*Nora's Pov*

Silence filled the air as Pansy shut the door, leaving us alone again.

"So what have you planned then?" We began walking, he lead me out of the common room and out of the dungeons in a quiet stroll.

"That's for me to know and you to find out." he smirked, a small twinkle in his eye as I stared up at him, huffing.

"Can you at least tell me where we are going?"

He chuckled, his arm falling gently against my shoulders, his everlasting scent bringing me much comfort as it his my lungs.