In the Shadows (Mattheo Riddle)

chapter 31

It look a second for it all to settle in. The magnitude of what he had just done. I shot up out of my seat. I couldn't even form a sentence. My chest felt as if it were about to explode.

I stumbled away from the table, trying to walk in a straight line back to my room. The walls started moving, my breathing was slowing. I couldn't breath.

I woke up in my room some time later. Pansy and Mattheo at the foot of the bed.

"Amelia, thank merlin! You scared the fuck out of us!" Pansy exclaimed.

"What the fuck happened?" I mumbled as I sat up holding my head, where I'm assuming smacked the great hall floor, very hard.

"You stormed off from the table, and about 5 feet later hit the floor. Are you okay?" Mattheo said very softly, inching closer to me.

Thats when everything came back to me. What Draco had done. Fuck, I feel sick all over again.

"I'm alright I guess, just a horrible headache." I groaned.

"Amelia look, I don't know whats going to happen, but some shit is going to go down. I understand if this is too much for you, if you want to walk away from me, from us. I wouldn't blame you." He grabbed my hands.

I took a moment to process this. This behavior is so opposite of Mattheo, I didn't know how to react.

"I love you Mattheo, I am not walking away from you. Anything I go through, will be worth it." I reassured him, although still trying to convince my self of the same thing.

I didn't know much, but I did know that I loved him. I've never felt love in my life, and I know he didn't either. By any means, I wasn't going to let this slip away from me.

"That was fucking deep" pansy huffed, "Now, can someone explain to me how you two are so in love, that your willing to face his father and admit it?"

We explained to her how it all happen, word for word, moment to moment. We thought if we could show her our feelings, she would get the others on board with us.

She certainly believed us. Theres no telling what the others will say or feel about this though.

"We didn't mean to hide this from you guys, it just happen. We certainly didn't want to get caught like this either. I'm sorry pans, I really am. It killed me not to tell you." I pleaded for her forgiveness.

"Its okay Amelia, I can see its love and not some random hook up, your brother on the other hand." Her face showed what everyone was thinking.

"Ill handle him" Mattheo spat.

"No. Ill handle him." They could tell I was serious.