Unexpected love - Mattheo Riddle

06

"Professor?" I knock on the door of Dumbledore's office, he sent me a letter three days ago, so I though I'd talk to him today.
"Miss Moreau." He says as he opens the door to his office, he tells me to sit down on a chair on the other side of his desk.
"What did you wanted to talk about?" I ask
"Your family history." He answers
"I do not think that's necessary." I respond
"Than tell me about your past." He says
"I killed my mother, went to Azkaban, got out and killed three muggles, got arrested in muggle world but got out because they didn't have proof." I tell Dumbledore "anything else?" I ask as I get up.
"I could always ask Harry." Dumbledore responds, that son of a bitch.
"If he tells you anything I will tell everyone that Snape and Draco tried to kill you and if it wasn't for me you were dead, I will tell them the truth." I say with an innocent smile, Dumbledore can't do anything against me.
"So I should assume that I have earned your trust?" I ask, he nodds.
"Great, do not try to do anything like this again because if I go down I will take you and this school with me." I say, trying to get him to be a little bit concerned, I look at his face before I walk out and I clearly succeeded.

As I walk out of his office I run into Draco, I have been avoiding him but I think it's time that I tell him that he's my half brother.
"Draco." I say, staring into his grey eyes, one of the features that we share.
"Can you come to my room later? I would like to talk." He asks
"Of course, what time?" I ask
"In about an hour from now?" He asks
"Sure, I will be there." I say smiling as I keep walking, I am headed to the Astronomy tower hoping that Mattheo is there.

When I finally get to the top of the stairs I see him, I knew he'd be here.
"Hello." I say as I sit down on the ground next to him, he stays silent.
"Is there anything wrong?" I ask
"No." He answers coldly.
"Can I have a cig?"
"Sure." He hands me a cigarette, I put it in between my lips and he lights it.
"I like your ring." I say smiling.
"Horcruxes." He says "you want my ring." He says, shit I forgot that he can read minds.
"I do actually." I say "I don't expect you to give it to me but-
When he takes of his ring and puts it in my hand while squeezing it I stop talking and I freeze, why would he want his father to be dead? I want my father dead too so we have that in common.
"If I didn't give it to you you would have found a way to get it." He says "just know that I am on my fathers side, even though he did those things to you and many others, he's still my father." Riddle says, why does he need to ruin this? I kind of liked him and he just fully fucked it up.

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"Draco open up!" I shout as I knock on the door, I have been standing here for almost three minutes now.
"I am so sorry." Draco says "I was hoping you wouldn't mind my dad being here." He says after he let me in, I see Lucius standing in a corner staring at me.
"What did you want to talk about Draco?" I ask as I still stare at our father, he sits down on the couch.
"Dumbledore." He says "The dark lord almost killed me because I didn't kill Dumbledore, it was my mission." Draco says.
"Killing makes you stronger, right Lucius?" I ask as I raise my eyebrows, I am not crying because I want to look like I'm actually over it
"It does." He says
"But it also gets you in Azkaban." I tell Draco "trust me, I know." I say smiling.
"How?" Draco asks
"I was forced to kill my mother." I say "if I didn't my father would kill me and my sister." I tell Draco as I side eye Lucius.
I sit down on the chair in front of Draco.
"Listen, I won't let you kill Dumbledore and I won't let fucking Tom Riddle kill you." I say
"Why? You don't know me that well." Draco responds, Lucius still hasn't spoken much.

"Crucio!" Lucius yells as I reach for my wand
"Good try." I respond to his actions "killing did make me stronger." I grab my wand and point it at Draco, I undo my memory charm so he can remember everything again.
"Evelyn!" He yells as he gets up and hugs me.
"Draco go." I respond
"I'm staying." He says
"I will kill our father." I tell him
"You won't, he has changed."
"He did not."
"Yes he did!" Draco yells
I look at Draco and when I look back Lucius is gone, coward.

"Did you even hear what he did to me?!" I shout "he made me kill my mother!"
"I don't believe you, I know him. He is my father too remember?" Draco shouts.
I sit down again, I don't want to fight but if Draco doesn't believe me I will make him believe me.

"I'm his child too." Draco says as he also sits down, calmly.
"Are you?" I ask, after a short period of silence I start talking again.
"When you were a little kid did he torture you for fun after he got drunk?"
I ask him, tears rolling down my cheeks.
"Did you ever once, clean your sisters and your wounds up because he had beaten both of you up? And when he didn't come to visit at all, did you ever think it was something you did that drove him away?" I wipe my tears as I get up
"DID YOU!" I yell really loudly.
"No." Draco answers "I didn't do any of those things, see I knew I had a father. He was just never there for me." Draco says.
"But you turned out okay Draco." I say with a weak smile and tears rolling down my face.
"Look at you, you are amazing, you know how to deal with things, you know who you are!" I grin, he has tears in his eyes now too.
"Me? I'm just another version of him, I'm just as bad as he is and I hate myself for it every single day." I say, wiping my tears as I walk towards the door, I open it and walk away.
Now he knows, every single thing I made him forget, he knows.

I am walking through the hallways as fast as I can, trying to hide my face in my hoodie and looking down at the floor.

"Evelyn." Not Riddle again "I assume you don't want to talk to me." He says coldly, I hate him right now.
"No I don't but I would appreciate it if you would apparate me to my room." I say with a fake smile.
He grabs my hand and looks at me, he looks almost worried, he apparates us to my room and to my surprise I see my father there, looking at the picture of my mom, my sister and I.
"Please don't leave, just stay." I whisper to Mattheo, I don't wanna be alone with this man because I'm not sure what he wants.
"You took them from me." I say as I walk towards him and snatch the picture out of his hands "you took everything from me."
"You are lucky with me as a father, I made you strong!" He raises his voice, Mattheo is standing behind me and he reaches for my arm and pulls me away from my dad but I pull my arm back and get closer to Lucius.
"You don't get to call yourself my father." I say "a true father won't let their eight year old daughter go to prison for something he forced her to do." I say while smiling and crying at the same time.
"You ruined my life and I am going to ruin yours." I say, he starts laughing really loudly.
"You killed your mother, so that's on you, his father killed your sister so that's on him." He says as he points at me and then at Mattheo.
"I did not do anything wrong!" He yells, Mattheo tries to get to Lucius but I pull him back.
"If you don't leave right now I will bloody kill you." I say while chuckling "you are nothing compared to me and you fucking know it don't you?" I ask him "you should have done your research before getting a stranger pregnant." I say "crucio!" I yell as I point my wand at my father, he immediately falls to the ground and Mattheo grabs my arm tightly and spins me around, he looks angry.
"That's just stupid." He says, I undo the curse and my father gets up and walks out of my room.

"Do you want to go to Azkaban?" He asks, I don't answer I just sit down on my bed staring at the floor.
"No, I just want to be..." I mumble as I feel my head getting heavier, I fall onto my bed.

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"Come on, wake up." I hear Mattheo's voice, what the fuck happened.
I groan as I try to sit up, I need a drink.
"You can't have a fucking drink you just passed out for almost half an hour." He says.
"Did you read my mind the entire time?" I ask
"I didn't, however I'm sure it would've been interesting." He says as he hands me a glass of water, he got it with his magic I guess.
"You can go now, if you want to." I say
"I thought you wanted me to stay." He says with his signature smirk.
"Sure, if you want to be here you can stay." I say "but I'm taking a nap if you don't hand me that bottle of vodka over there." I say while smiling.
"Sleep well." He says, he's really cute like this and I know he knows it.
"Thank you Theo." I mumbled as I turn around and hug my blanket, it's quite cold.

I am so tired, I haven't slept properly since I got here because it doesn't feel safe but I do feel safe right now, maybe it's because of Mattheo. Screw that 'maybe' it is because of him, I just don't know why.

After a minute of thinking about today and my mother and father crossing my mind every second I finally close my eyes and drift away into a deep sleep.