His and Only His | Mattheo Riddle

"You're a cheating skank!"

*the same day as last chapter (Saturday)*
~Cordelia's POV~
I don't even bother to knock on the door, since it is still my dorm. I barge right in and see Mattheo just relaxing on his bed, reading a book. He gets startled from my sudden entrance. "Cor!" He exclaims, standing up from his bed and walking over to me. "No! You don't get to run over to me. Or call me that," I say, on the verge of tears. "What?" He asks, seeming generally confused. "You're a cheating skank!" I scream at him. He's shocked by my sudden emotion and backs up. "I'm so confused. I never cheated.." He states. I scoff. "I came here to let you explain, but if you keep denying it, then I'm just going to leave," I say, walking towards the door. I feel his hand wrap around one of my wrists, making me quickly turn around and pull my hand out of his grasp. "No. You don't get to touch me, Riddle," I say sternly. "I just want to know what's going on!" He exclaims, a single tear falling down his cheek. "Then ask Astoria. The bitch you cheated on me with. Or maybe try talking to Enzo, Theodore, or Pansy. If those three will even talk to you. I know Astoria will talk to you though," I say. I walk out of the door and slam it behind me without letting him say anything else.

I run into Pansy's dorm, tears streaming down my face. "What's wrong, babes?" She asks, pulling me into a hug. "I feel like something's wrong with Mattheo.. He didn't even seem to remember or know that he cheated.." I say. "That's weird.." she admits. I nod and pull away from the hug. "You don't think it was a love potion, do you?" I ask Pansy. "If it was, who disabled it?" She asks. I shrug. "I'm not sure," I say. "How about this, I'll go talk to him. You can stay here and I'll update you on what I think after I talk to him. That sound good to you, hun?" She asks. I nod. "That's a great idea. Thank you so much, Pans," I say with a smile smile. "Of course. I'll be right back then," she says and then walks out.

*Back at Mattheo and Cordelia's dorm*
~Mattheo's POV~
I'm so incredibly confused. I had to have been under a spell or something. I would never cheat on Cordelia. And I don't remember ever cheating on her. Plus, I hate Astoria with my whole soul. I'm just so confused about this entire thing. I keep thinking about the whole "cheating" thing until I hear a knock on my door. "Come in..?" I say. As soon as I say that, in walks Pansy. "Are you hear to yell about me apparently cheating on Cordelia?" I ask. She shakes her head no. "I'm actually head to talk to you about whether you remember being spelled or drinking something weird and then blacking out or something," she states. "I don't really remember much. My brain seems foggy. The last thing I remember is randomly waking up in the potions classroom and seeing Harry Potter walk out of the room," I admit. Pansy slowly takes in the information and tries to think about what that could possibly mean. After a bit of thinking, she comes up with a possible answer to what had happened to me.

"You must've been spelled by Astoria and then Harry realized that you were acting weird and brought you to the potions room and helped give you the cure!" She says. "That's the only way that makes sense.. but how do we find out that's true?" I ask. Pansy's expression changes to nervous. "We'll have to talk to Potter to find out the truth. It's the only way that I can think that would give Lia enough proof," Pansy says. "Fuck. He would never talk to me!" I exclaim. "It's the only way. I'll still tell her that I think you've been force fed a potion, but she'll want proof," Pansy states. "Yeah, Cordelia can be stubborn sometimes," I say with a small chuckle. Pansy laughs slightly as she nods.

"Okay, so here's what we're going to do: I'll go tell Lia what we both think happened. I'll also go tell her that you are getting proof right at that moment. While I tell her that, you have to go and talk to Potter. And then, we'll figure out a time to meet back up, with the whole gang, so you can prove that you were force fed a potion and would never cheat on Lia," Pansy says, out of breath afterwards. I take in every word she said and then nod. "That's perfect! Thank you so much for your help, Pansy. I owe you one for sure," I say, a smile growing on my face. "No problem. Now go and try to talk with Potter. I'll go tell Cordelia what we both think happened," she says before she leaves my dorm. I nod to her before she leaves. I take a deep breath. Okay, I guess I have to go and talk to Potter now. This will not be easy or fun.