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26.

26. truth 
• • • 

I WASHED MY FACE and hands, getting off the blood that had been drying and rubbed cream on my bruised knuckles and the tenderness around my nose. Around my eye, another bruise began to form. 

Though I tried to keep busy with taking care of myself, my mind was racing, I could barely keep up. I could never face Riddle ever again. First my drunk ass, then Enzo, now this? I can't believe I haven't obliviated myself yet. 

As I washed my hands yet again, my phone lit up. 

• • • 

panda 🐼 - elsa ❄️ 

panda 🐼 
hey 
just checking in 
i heard from riddle that you got into a fight 
he also said you hadn't been in class for like two weeks either 
what's going on? are you okay? 

elsa ❄️ 
that mother fucker. 

panda 🐼 
edith. 

elsa ❄️ 
sorry... 
i don't like talking about what's been happening to me 

panda 🐼 
you know i love you, right? 
i'll always be here and will support and help whenever you need it 
i'm judgement free 

elsa ❄️ 
how did that son of a gun tell you all this? 

panda 🐼 
i'm more worried about you 

elsa ❄️ 
yeah well 
i'm worried as to how he gets all this info 

panda 🐼 
i was just walking in the corridor and he approached me 

elsa ❄️ 
i would've run 
ain't no way i wanna be in a 10 foot radius of that mosquito 🦟 

panda 🐼 
edith are you okay? 

elsa ❄️ 
lol no 

panda 🐼 
wanna talk? 

elsa ❄️ 
not over text 
but you need to promise you won't get mad 

panda 🐼 
i won't 
come to my dorm 

elsa ❄️ 
idk the hufflepuff password ma'am... 

panda 🐼 
i'll open it 
just get here 
i also miss you and i don't want you getting hurt anymore 
you can tell me anything and everything 

elsa ❄️ 
fine 
be there in 5  

• • • 

I wrung my hands nervously as I waited for the access to the Hufflepuff House to open. I kept checking my phone, hoping for a notification or something else that would distract me. I just looked at the time, but it never seemed to change. 

I sucked in a breath as the door opened and Pandora invited me in with a soft smile. I wasn't reassured. I was a nervous wreck. I didn't know how she'd react to all the fucked up things that happened ever since the end of summer. Oh god. 

We went to her dorm which was empty and her roommate's bed was not made while Pandora's looked like nobody had ever slept in it, but without the dust. "You okay?"