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13 | the conversation: part one

WHERE GREEN MEETS YELLOW
mattheo riddle - hp universe
act one - chapter thirteen
" the conversation: part one "

"hey, theo." smiled charlotte, walking to his seat at the back of their potion's class. the boy glanced up at her as she moved to stand right behind the empty seat on his left, before looking back at his books. "can i sit here?" she asked, brows furrowed at the distant reaction.

"uhm, draco's, uh, gonna sit there." he said, his right hand moving the rub the back of his neck.

"what about draco?" asked a nearly skipping blonde as he walked up to the two.

"nothin'" mattheo mumbled, causing draco to turn to the girl confused. she merely shrugged in response.

"hey, char, you wanna sit there?" draco asked, pointing at the spot next to the brunette.

"uh—"

"no, she was just saying how she was going to sit with luna." mattheo said, cutting her off quickly before she could answer.

the girl whipped her head away from draco to look at him, annoyance lacing her face. she dragged her tongue along the inside of her cheek, before speaking. "yeah, i was just leaving. have fun, draco." she said, going out of her way to hit mattheo's shoulder with her own as she passed, storming off to see the blonde ravenclaw.

"woah, what's wrong, char?" asked luna worriedly, watching as the hufflepuff annoyedly sat down.

"nothing." she muttered, but the girl kept staring at her, invoking a different response. "what the fuck is his problem?" she asked, turning to luna with a huff.

"who?"

"theo!"

"theodore?"

"no, mattheo!"

"okay, sorry. what happened?"

"i don't fucking know! yesterday, we're sitting in the library, flirting and coming up with nicknames, and then today, all of a sudden, he won't even look me in the eye as he makes up excuses for me to not sit with him."

"wait what? that's so weird."

"i know!"

"well, just calm down, i'm sure there's a reason."

"so i'm going to assume there's a reason you're ignoring your little crush there." draco asked mattheo, after having sat next to him in silence for a few minutes.

"huh?"

"charlotte. you just ignored her. i thought you two were, like, getting on."

"yeah, well."

"yeah well what?"

"yeah, well her best friend seems to think i'm corrupting her or something. thinks i'm stealing her away."

"cedric?"

"yes fucking cedric. who else?"

"snapping at me isn't going to solve anything."

"you're right, i'm sorry. i just don't know what to do, man."

"try talking to her, maybe? possibly even cedric himself?"

"i can't."

"why? it's not that hard."

"no, dipshit. i overheard them. they were walking around the castle last night and i heard him talking about it to her. if i say something, she's gonna think i was, like, stalking her or something."