evermore || sebastian sallow

chapter 32 - clandestine meetings

chapter 32 - clandestine meetings

Sebastian's Perspective

I hadn't seen Y/n in a week since she received that letter from her brother, and I'd been drowning in anguish ever since.

It was the first day back at Hogwarts and I was in Charms class. I was feeling restless, my foot tapping rapidly on the floor while I used my wand like a drum on the table.

Garreth was sitting on the table, his foot resting on the seat and leaning over, laughing over something Poppy had said. Imelda, Natsai, and Amit were chatting on the other side too, but I was too distracted to listen to their conversations.

"Sebastian, you're driving me bloody insane with your incessant tapping," Ominis grumbled from the table next to me. "You're making me wish I was deaf too."

I sighed. "I'm sorry, alright? I'm worried about Y/n."

"Y/n? Is she alright?" Poppy inserted into the conversation, the others curiously looking over at me.

Was I supposed to lie? How much did they know about Y/n's family? And to what extent?

I opted for something neutral, not wanting to accidentally betray any secrets Y/n wanted to keep. "I just hadn't seen her today, Poppy. That's all."

Amit said, "I saw her in the common room with Constance this morning. She seemed alright."

I nodded, feeling a bit lighter but unsure. "Good. That's good. I just hope that she—"

My words caught in the air when a stunning sight flashed in my view.

Y/n Gray walked in, Ravenclaw robes swishing behind her, a book tucked to her chest while her delicate fingers clutched her wand.

Her familiar eyes found me, making my pulse quicken. But something was different, my heart sinking like a ship after an unexpected storm. I knew her too well not to notice.

Her eyes, once adorned with sunlight, were now dimmed. Even if she kept a smile on her face as she walked over.

Y/n's Perspective

It took a lot of effort to ignore Sebastian Sallow. And I mean a lot. I still sat beside Ominis in Charms class while Sebastian was on the other side because I didn't know how much I could hold back from him if our bodies were in such close proximity to each other.

But who was I kidding? Any distance, even if he was worlds away from me, was still too close of a proximity to me. Nothing could ever come in between how much I wanted him these days.

I still didn't know what I was to him. A girlfriend? No idea. But I knew that being away from him for a week only amplified my feelings even more.

I suddenly got chills with the reminder of what happened back at Gray Manor. And yes, I called it Gray Manor. I refused to ever call it my home ever again after what happened.

Professor Ronen was lecturing us on some kind of tracking charm, but I was blanking out the whole class, my head filling with too many thoughts to the point I started to feel nothing again.

I was supposed to be paying attention. Learning and taking in all the information so that I could beat Samantha—and even Sebastian because I wasn't going to give him a pass just because we slept together—in the class rankings, but I just couldn't today.