My Deal with a 7th Year

Part Sixteen

The walk through the tunnel was fairly quiet. We were both super exhausted from the day, but there was a small part of me that was filled with excitement from running off during school.

We finally reached the castle, and Mattheo lifted the trap door. He stepped aside as he helped me up before climbing up himself.

"Okay where did we put our bags again?" I asked.

"Uh i think they were right over here," he did a little run and jump thing to get over to our bags.

"Oh am I supposed to be all impressed now?" I walked over to my robe and slung it over my uniform, "because if so, it's not working."

He smirked, "Come on, you know you loved it."

I shouldered my bag and laughed, "You wish,"

I turned to walk back to the Ravenclaw tower when i caught a glimpse of myself in front of me.

"Shoot," I exclaimed, shoving mattheo back against the wall.

"Ouch! What was that for?"

"Shush, we're going to have to sneak out after they- we leave."

Mattheo looked like he finally understood and pointed to a small table a little hidden from the hallway. Without a word we both snuck under it and sat down. Now we wait.

Our past selves wandered their way over to the tunnel and took off their robes. They tossed them about 2 feet away from where we were sitting.

"I sure hope you know what you're doing," Past me said.

"Please, princess," Past Mattheo continued but I just glared over at the current one hiding under the table with me.

He looked back and smiled, giving me a slight wink, to which i just rolled my eyes.

What felt like an eternity later past us headed into the tunnel, and we were free to leave our little shelter.

I crawled out from under the table and laughed a little, "Okay now I have to go grab some stuff from my dorm before charms. You better be there."

He started walking the opposite way, "i wouldn't miss it for the world."

I let out a small laugh as he walked down the hallway, his hands stuffed in his pockets.

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I walked down from the ravenclaw tower with my books in my arms to find Mattheo waiting at the foot of the stairs.

I jumped back in surprise, "Mattheo! You scared me!"

He chuckled, "Sorry princess, didn't mean for that to happen."

I rolled my eyes, "Okay you need to stop calling me that."

He turned to me, "Do I gotta? I kind of like it."

I punched his arm and started walking to charms.

He followed behind me, running a little to catch up, "Slow down there princess, you don't want to out-walk your charms partner."

I scoffed, "You're the one following me, I for one never agreed to walk with you."

"You know you like me."

"You wish."

Authors note

well y'all i am so sorry it's been a wild few weeks and i haven't had a lot of time to chill and write. i've gotten a fair amount of videos out on my yt channel though so at least there's something :)

thanks for all your support even though i haven't necessarily been super active on here!!

love you all <3

- pheobe

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