Emerald Eyes

Part 2

After un-packing in our dorm me and pans head down to the common room to hangout and smoke with the boys. When we get there they are already sitting on the couches and passing around a cigarette. The room was filled with the smell of tobacco and alcohol; home.

When Blaise saw me and Pansy walking towards them he said "hey we were just gonna play truth or dare wanna join?"

"Isn't that a children's game?" I asked.

"Not the way we play it" he looked at me with a malicious grin plastered on his face.

"Fine"

"Great! I'll go first" Blaise says in excitement

"Pansy truth or dare"

"Dare"

"I dare you to go kiss Draco"

"Bro c'mon really?" Draco looks at Blaise and throws his hands up.

"Okay" she says with a look of confidence

"What!?" Draco says obviously confused

Pansy walks over to Draco and straddles him and then leans in and kisses him while he grabs her waist.

"Ugh! He said kiss not make out!" I say but Draco just flips me off with one hand while still kissing Pansy.

When she tries to get up to come back over to me he just pulls her back down on his lap and she stays with him. Disgusting.

After a few rounds Theo says "y/n true or false, you ran into Mattheo Riddle on the train"

"I-" I stammer but before I could get a clear answer out a deep voice from behind me says,

"True"

We all look behind me and see Mattheo standing there taking a drag on a cigarette.

"Uh hey Mattheo" Theo says cautiously, "we're playing truth or dare, wanna join"

Blaise whips his head around to give Theo a death stare.

"Truth or dare?" Mattheo says looking not impressed

"Isn't that a children's game?"

Everyone looks up at him in confusion and disbelief

"What?" He says defensively.

I look at him almost a little dreamily, "that's exactly what I said"

He looks at me for a few moments,

"Yeah, well, that's what anyone would say. It's a stupid game for kids"

And he walks away leaving a cloud of smoke behind him.

Weeks go by and it's the big day of the first quidditch game of the season, and it's Slytherin against Gryffendore.

"Hey Y/n!" Someone jogs up from behind me.

"Are you going to the party tonight?" Theo asks me a little out of breath.

"What party?"

"After the game tonight, gryffendores team this year is crap so there's no chance they'll win. We're planning the celebration early"

"Ya that sounds fun, I'll go"

"Great! I gotta go but I'll see ya at the party"

"And hey!" He says a little bit infront of me walking backwards looking at me,

"Save me a dance okay?"

"I'll see you later Nott" i say with a big smile on my face

"C'mon y/n" he says while still walking backwards giving me puppy dog eyes

"Ok ok, I'll save you ONE" I say emphasizing the one.

He smiles and turns around and walks right into a group of ravenclaw girls who death stare him as he turns his head back to look at me, when I see this happen I giggle and he smiles. He has a nice smile. And good hair.

When I get to potions I go to my usual seat next to Pansy who is across from Enzo and I'm across from Mattheo.

During the lesson Pansy and Enzo both get up to go get ingredients leaving me and Mattheo alone at the table.

After a moment of silence he looks up at me,

"So are you going to the party tonight?"

"No I think I'm going to stay in my dorm and study tonight" I say

He looks up at me surprised and says, "really?"

I look at him with a little smile

"No, I'm kidding. I'm definitely going"

He almost chuckles but definitely smiles for a millisecond

"Are you going?" I ask my cheeks a little red

"Yeah, Enzo's making me"

"Wow I didn't think the son of Voldemort could be told to do anything he didn't want to do"

I look up and he's just staring at me

"What?" I ask suddenly getting self conscious

"You said his name. You aren't scared" he doesn't phrase this as a question but a statement. Like he was explaining to me about how I feel. It was a weird feeling.

"It's just a name, people hide behind names, especially powerful people, so they don't have show whatever insecurity or doubt about themselves that they bury deep down where no one can see" I say matter of factly.

"That's not true" Mattheo says almost defensively.

"Yeah it is people of all ages have things about themselves they try to hide. And a powerful, well known, terrifying name is the best shield. Everyone will be so scared of the name itself they'll never get close enough to the actual person to discover their weaknesses"

I just look at him and his face shifts for a second from annoyance to panic and then back to annoyance.

"You really are dumb. Names are powerful things that shouldn't be thrown around like nothing"

He looks at me and scowls and his eyes don't look pretty anymore instead they look threatening and empty.

"You should really think about what you say sweetheart, if you want to keep your tongue"

When he says "sweetheart" I flinch, because it wasn't mocking, or joking, or endearing, or admiring, it sounded like a threat, like a dagger being shoved into my stomach. It hurt. I don't know why I took his words to heart. I mean else did I expect from the son of Voldemort.

MATTHEO'S POV
When she started talking about that whole name thing I panicked. What she was saying was exactly what I was doing. Hiding behind my Father so people don't get close to me. I almost admire her for calling me out. Almost.