Through her eyes - Matteo Riddle X reader (completed)

Chapter 7

Lucie's POV

After this rather weird talk, I went to my room to brush my teeth and freshen up. I made sure to be careful on the stairs and got to class right on time. I was surprise to see that Matteo was already here in his usual seat. We had a ton of classes in common and always sat together, it was kind of a habit.

In the middle of class he taps on my arm:

"

- Lucie

- Yeah?

- So you know a lot about the muggle world right?

- Kind of, why?

- We want to organize a party in our common room for the break but we don't know how to make it more fun

- Is there alcohol involved?

- Obviously

- I know, we can do jello shots, beer pong. If we're smoking I have another fun game too

- I wanna know more about the jello shots

- You just put alcohol in jello, put the jello in tiny cups, and eat the jello instead of taking a shot

- Ohhh, that's fucking genius!

- I know right

- What about beer pong?

- I'll explain later, it's kind of complicated. Just trust me on this, I'll be in charge or drinks and games. Music as well, I'll put you guys on, trust me

"

As soon as class ended, we had a free hour that him and I spent on a bench while I explained in details the many party activities of the muggle world. Surprisingly, I did attend my fair share of parties in the muggle world and I can confidently say they cannot be compared to the parties here.

After about 30 minutes, him and I had the entire party planned with a mind map, another map and a list as well. It was time to go our separate ways. I attended the rest of my classes, ate, and got ready for the party. Matteo did ask me to come a bit early to help them set everything up. 

I got dressed, all nice and pretty, did my hair, put my shoes on, I was now finally ready for the party. I discretely left my house and sneaked into the Slytherin common room. I greeted everyone, helped them decorate and made the jello shots for later, which was an idea that they all adored. I gave instructions on how to set everything up, especially for the beer pong. I also took a look at the guest list and was working on the playlist as well. It was amusing to see there were near to no Gryffindors at all. Which is definitely expected. 

A little before the party started, I looked around and was satisfied to see everything was set up perfectly and I knew in advance this was going to be one of the best parties Hogwarts has ever seen. Once people started coming in I stood behind the bar, ready to start making drinks. 

I had a phase where I was hyper focused on learning how to make cocktails and I'm basically a really good bartender now, having a really good memory definitely helps. The first two hours I was basically dancing behind the bar and making everyone amazing drinks, along with making myself a few good ones, enough to get me going, but not too much so that I cannot differentiate my left from my right anymore. 

At some point Matteo came to see me and pulled me away from the table. "You made this possible, enjoy the fruit of your labor". As the music started getting good and the alcohol started hitting, him and I started dancing. It was one of the best parties I've attended and organized in a while.

It was the kind of party where you left your reputation and common sense at the door and came in with reckless abandon. I started loving the feeling on my heart beating to the tempo of the music and the beautiful hands that were holding me close to him. After a while we sat down and I had to go to the bathroom. 

I did my business, washed my hands and went back to the main hall where I saw Matteo was with a girl, a drink in his hand. I didn't really mind and walked towards them until Matteo threw his drink at her, shouting something I couldn't hear over the music. Some people pulled them away from each other and I joined them. "What the hell is going on?"

"Hold me back before I beat his ass" the girl barked, which made me turn to her. I wasn't going to get involved but this is my business now, no violence at my parties, especially not directed towards him. 

"Calm the fuck down, you're not beating anyone's ass, especially not his. Now do you want me to make you a drink or something to cool you down?" The girl forced herself out of the grip she was in and tried to hit me. I leaned back, dodging her hit and grabbed her collar. "Now if you don't want to calm down by yourself, how about I help you yeah?". I pulled her towards the bar, gave her a good, calming slap. Not too hard to hurt her, but enough to get her straight. As she held her cheek, I made her a sweet but strong drink, exactly what it seemed like she needed and gave it to her. I also got her some tissues so she would dry herself a bit.

I could now finally join Matteo who was on the same couch where I last saw him. I sat down and he put his arm around my shoulders. "You know Lucie, you're one hell of a woman". I looked at him with a small, confused smile, urging him to elaborate. "You saw a girl mad at me, oddly enough took my side, slapped some sense into her and then made a drink. Way too much going on". We both laughed, this was indeed a weird situation. 

I explained my side of this, "Well I know you don't cause trouble for the sake of causing trouble, so she probably deserved to get that drink thrown on her. Plus, I'm not a big fan of violence". Matteo straightened himself, giving me a look saying "You? Not a fan of violence? Be for real" which made me laugh. 

"It's true though, I don't like violence, especially not at parties I organize. Then, she tried to hit me, which gave me the jurisdiction to hit her. Lastly, nothing better than a good drink to cool her down and calm her, so yeah, that's basically it". He smiled and look at me. I stared at his face, noticing each and every detail. I've always known that he was really pretty. I've told him that a few times even, but how is it that I only realize just now, that he's such a beautiful man. 

I could see him stare at me too but I didn't care about that. I didn't want to take my eyes off of him, or maybe I couldn't? I wasn't too sure.

To be continued