Borrowed time; Mattheo Riddle

Chapter 4

Bella's pov

I was sitting in the library waiting for Mattheo to show up so that we could work on the project. I had gathered a few book on the constellations and was reading through one of them when someone sat down in the chair across me.

"So what are we doing?" Mattheo asked taking the book from my hands.

"Well firstly we should decide on which constellations we want to write about"

"Great well you figure that out and let me know when you're done" he said leaning back in his chair with his hands behind his head closing his eyes. Was he really thinking he could just sleep while I did all the work? I picked up one of the books I had gathered and threw it at him hitting him in the chest. His eyes flashed open filled with anger, "Did you just throw a book at me?"

"Yes I did, so why don't you pick it up and start reading"

"You better watch how you speak to me witch" he said, anger radiating off him.

"You know that's the second time you've said that to me and I still don't give a shit" I responded givning him a sarcastic smile.

He stood up making his chair fall backwards and before I new it he had grabbed me by the neck lifting my out of the chair and slammed me against the wall behind me.

"Somebody got anger issues" his grip around my throat tightened but I still had enough air to breathe somewhat properly. At first he didn't say anything, he just stared at me with his deep brown eyes. Taking a moment to study his features, his sharp jawline and prominent cheekbones made it seems as though he was sculptured by a god, his brown locks slightly falling over his forehead. He had a big scar running across his eyebrow and down to his cheek just missing his right eye and a smaller scar on the bridge of his nose, they gave him a dangerous look and somehow made him even more attractive.

He noticed me studying him, "Like what you see?" he said raising an eyebrow and forming a smug smile on his lips.

"Would appreciate it more if I weren't being choked to death" I replied now looking directly into his eyes.

"I don't like your attitude" his eyes staring daggers into mine.

"And I don't care"

"You better fix that attitude of your's and start showing me some respect or things are gonna end very badly for you darling" he growled releasing his grip on my throat and walking away.

Being pissed off by Mattheo I left the library and walked back to my dorm, leaving the project to be a problem for another day. As I made my way through the hallways of the school I heard a familiar voice call me name. I stopped in my tracks entering the classroom of which the voice came from.

"Sevy, how are you?"

"I told you those nicknames of your's had to stop" Snape replied.

"Ohh please nobody's here anyways " I answered taking a seat on one of the desks in the classroom.

"I see you have made some new friends" he said ignoring my last comment.

"Yes I have"

"I'm not gonna tell you who to be friends with and not but be careful and make good choices" he said trying to sound fatherly.

I small laugh escaped my lips "No need to worry, they're actually really nice, except for Riddle he's a stuck upp brat. Didn't think it was possibly to have your head that far up your own ass but he clearly proved me wrong."

A small smile spread on Snapes face, "And how have you been feeling".

"Good, so far"

"Good, that's good. Well let me know if it changes. Now get back to your dorm before curfew starts" he said leaving the classroom.