In the Shadows (Mattheo Riddle)

chapter 10

I fell back as Blaise and Mattheo walked ahead of me. I needed to collect my thoughts. Any other year having so many classes with Mattheo would be typical. I go, pay attention, do his work, never speak. But given what happen just last night, and me realizing how close in proximity well be, I don't know how it made me feel.

It should make me feel nothing. He clearly felt nothing.

While my head was in my thoughts I heard, "Amelia! Wait up!" The boys also stopped dead in their tracks.

It was Ron and Harry. I motioned for the boys to continue walking, instead I got the nastiest look I've ever seen from Mattheo.

"Hello boys! How are ya!" I exclaimed, greeting them with a hug.

"You look brilliant, Amelia!" Harry said very cheerfully, like I said I've changed a lot this summer.

"You don't look bad your self! Hello Weasley, how was your summer?" I asked continuing walking towards my class.

"It was amazing, harry spent the whole summer at the burrow with my family, felt good to be around friends." Ron started to explain.

I couldn't imagine how it felt to live with so much family, a loving family. To have friends actually want to come stay with you, to have genuine friends in general. Most people considered me lucky, for what I come from. But in my eyes, these two boys were the luckiest fuckers walking.

They turned up the same stair case as me, "Defense against the dark arts you two?"

"Yes ma'am, I'm assuming you as well?" Potter asked, I just nodded back at him.

When we turned the doorway into the class room, Blaise and Mattheo were already eyeing the door, awaiting our entrance, "well boys it was a pleasure catching up, but its best I go now, but ill catch you in the great hall?" I said dreadfully.

They nodded, they understood, a conversation with me wasn't worth an argument.

I took my seat in front of the henchmen, laid my head on my hand and waited for class to begin. It bothered me deeply that I couldn't talk freely to people of other houses or blood status's. But bickering with them right now was the last thing I wanted to do.

Professor Lupin was the new teacher this term, he was odd. Something definitely off about that one. He explained how next class we will be working on bogarts and to be prepared. It was meant to face your worst fear, and I honestly didn't know what mine was.

Class was over and we headed back to the common room. The boys wouldn't shut it about quiditch try outs this afternoon. My head was going to explode. They were already on the team, they just had to assess their skills. Which they already knew, were beyond par.

The second we reached the common room I darted straight to my dorm, I was done for the day and I knew pansy had class until this afternoon so I can finally get some alone time with my thoughts.

I threw my bag on my bed and just paced the room, my head was everywhere but no where. I couldn't concentrate on anything.

Just then, my door quickly swung open, and just as quickly slammed shut.

I got overly startled and turned quicker than I thought I could.

"Pansy Merl-" I immediately stopped my sentence.

Mattheo.