All The Lies You Tell - MATTHEO RIDDLE

Chapter 15

The rubber bottoms of my dark grey flats slap against the marble floor of the Gryffindor common room. The sound echoes against the stone walls and mixes in with the sounds of mingling people. Once the sound vanishes I try to listen and see if I can hear it again, but inevitably it is lost. Instead the voices of my new found friends fill my ears.

Smiling faces greet me as I approach the little group sitting by the fireplace.

"Finally decided to wake up?", my roommate mocks.

As if on cue, I raise my hand to rub the sleep out of eyes. Afterwards I reply, "It isn't that late, is it?"

"No it's only nine. She's just messing with you", Enid chimes in. I look over from across the small table stuck in between the couch and the fireplace to see Enid sat criss-crossed and wearing loose blue jeans and Ravenclaw blue knit shirt.

I examine the rest of my friends. Olivia and Loui are relaxed on the couch, a comfortable distance between the two. Marco and Gia are nowhere to be found. I'm not surprised Gia is not here because of her public disdain for me, but Marcos absence does shock me. Despite Mattheo's strength, Marcos injury was only minor and he should've left the infirmary ages ago. Maybe he's just busy, I think. He could even still be asleep. I mean it is pretty early.

Diving out of my thoughts I lightly smile at Enid's words.

"I'm not messing with her. Everyone else has been up for hours", Liv reiterates.

Loui faces me. "Well don't feel bad Plum, I just got here a few minutes ago."

I make a disgusted expression at the recurring nickname. The others notice my face and laugh.

"So he gave you one of his fruit names, huh?", Enid says between laughs.

"He gave you guys one too?", I ask. 

Liv nods. "It's like an initiation. If anything you should feel flattered. He only gives them to his friends-"

Enid cuts her off. "Or the girls he's screwing."

That makes Loui go red and chuckle humorously. I cringe at the thought of being grouped into the category of the girls Loui sleeps with. "You got me there", he agrees.

"Anyway", Liv continues rolling her eyes. "I'm peaches, Enid is pineapple, Gia is coconut and Marco is mango."

"That's the weirdest thing I've ever heard.", I state.

"Hey I can't help that those fruit just happen to remind me of you guys", Loui defends himself, throwing up his hands.

"How could fruit possibly remind you of us?", Liv questions.

"Well Enid is pineapple because his hair sticks up like one." Enid throws up a middle finger at Loui. "Olivia knows why she's peach", Loui says while winking at Liv. She cringes and makes a barfing motion with her mouth. That makes me silently giggle. "Marco is Mango because... they sound the same and Gia is coconut because I really dislike coconut."

"Don't let her hear you say that", Enid says.

"You don't like Gia?", I ask in hopes I'll have someone to bond with over our mutual distaste for Gia.

Loui sighs loudly. "Nah, not dislike. She's just a ball buster. Total bitch."

Everyone laughs as Liv tries to defend Gia but ends up chuckling herself.

"Wait, you never said why I'm plum?", I remember.

Loui is silent for a few seconds.

"Plums are my favorite fruit.", he says, shrugging nonchalantly.