Friends with 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒔

The Truth Always Gets Out

Later that day, it was just about time for the party so I began to get ready. I didn't want to go all out but I mean obviously I still wanted to look sexy.

I decided on a simple, short, strapless dress, leaving my hair down, with light makeup.

For some reason I felt the need to impress, no specific person, it was just a lingering feeling. It was close to 7:50 and finally I was ready, I had about 10 more minutes on my hands to do whatever I felt, but I had no idea what to do.

Neither of my dormmates were here for some reason, they both must've just been out with their friends or something. I was still slightly nervous about the tension that would probably be between me and Astoria, I haven't spoken nor even seen Astoria since this morning.

Every second it was getting closer and closer to be time for the party until the clock struck 8:00PM. I don't know why I felt so anxious, I just did. I had confusing feelings filling me up about Draco, Astoria, Theo, just literally everyone at this point.

As I arrived in the Slytherin common room I immediately spotted Astoria, she gave me a quick glance up and down before turning back to her friends. I felt a deep pit in my stomach form as she looked at me, I felt like she was angry at me but I decided to brush it off.

Later in the night people started to head up to their dorms, it was around 11PM at this point and nobody wanted to be caught up this late except for a group of people who continued to party.

All of a sudden, I felt a hand on my shoulder, as I looked up I saw it was Blaise.

"The rest of us are gonna play spin the bottle, you in?" I saw a smirk creep up on his face as he said this, I had never realized how genuinely attractive Blaise was up until now.

"oh- um- yeah sure." I  nervously kept stumbling over my words because of the fact I was feeling extremely intimidated from him looking down at me. Blaise has always been the tallest throughout all our group of friends, he stands at the height of a full 6'8, I'm sure practically everyone becomes intimidated by him, even some of the professors.

Without a word, he grabbed my hand and pulled me over to where everyone else was sitting Infront of the fireplace. All of us were sat in a circle, Blaise on my left and Draco on my right. I felt squished in between them even though I had a decent amount of space between them.

There was about 10 of us playing, really just our group of friends including Draco, Blaise, Theo, Mattheo, Tom, Enzo, Astoria, Daphne, Pansy, and of course..  me.

Mattheo began the game by grabbing an empty vodka bottle and placing it in the middle of the circle.

"I suppose I'm going first then." Mattheo quietly mumbled this to himself as he leaned over and gave the bottle a harsh spin.

"Mattheo are you fucking serious? You spin the bottle not make it whirl around the world." Everyone could hear a clear state of anger but also annoyance in Draco's voice, most of us just rolled our eyes and moved on.

The bottle gradually began to slow down until it stopped on Astoria.

I could see a clear look of annoyance covering both their faces, Astoria and Mattheo have never been very close, they've always had some type of tension between them so this was obviously gonna be a miracle if they actually kissed.

"I'm not kissing her." He was blunt with his words, purposely abbreviating the last word. 

Astoria got a nasty look on her face before speaking.

"I was gonna say no, but why are you saying no?" I could fully hear the agitation throughout her words, she was used to having everyone fall to their knees Infront of her just at her words, so someone rejecting her was something new.

It went fully silent for a moment, no one daring to speak until finally I decided to.

"Just spin again Mattheo." Everyone immediately looked at me as I said this, I could feel my cheeks heating up for some reason, maybe it was a mistake to say that.

"Oh yeah, wouldn't you like that? Moving on to a new bitch every fucking day." Astoria spoke to me in an amused voice, watching as the humiliation filled me.

"The fuck is that supposed to mean?" Draco questioned. everyone was confused at her words.. what did she mean?

"Oh Dray.. you didn't really think you had something with her, did you?" My eyes widened as I heard her speak, I began to slightly shake my head trying to tell her to stop, but she didn't listen, she just smirked at me before speaking again.

"Well innocent little Y/N.. isn't so innocent after all. She's been taking turns with each of you, and you guys were just too pathetic to realize it.

"What is that supposed to mean?" I heard the suspicion fill Theos voice. Astoria was confusing everyone with the fact of not being specific.

"Fuck sake, do I have to spell it out?" I could hear the irritation in Astoria's voice but it also had a hint of amusement, she knew she was confusing everyone.

"Y/N first, had a thing for Theo, then she moved on to me and we.. well.. fucked." She laughed and took a moment to think before speaking again.

"Now, little miss Y/N is playing both Blaise and Draco at the same time, how utterly pathetic." She laughed as she saw my reaction, I was pissed off but deep inside of me, I felt as if I had just ruined practically all of my chances in one second. Abruptly, I felt rage fill me up, without thinking, I began to speak my mind.

"You know Astoria, you're just a cunt with no life, I'm not fucking playing anyone.. they are my friends, but obviously that's something you can't understand because you don't have anyone, nobody actually enjoys your presence- they're just all too scared of you to say something or.. leave." I felt regret fill me up as I finished speaking, if I hadn't made Astoria mad then, I definitely had now.

"Yeah? Say that again for me." I could tell that Astoria was just trying to intimidate me as she spoke so I just shook my head and stood up.

Within a second, I immediately ran upstairs to my dorm and slammed the door shut, locking it. I turned my back against it before letting out a slight scream as I saw Millicent up out of bed walking over to me, I wasn't expecting her presence and until that point, I had completely forgotten about the fact she shared a dorm with me.

"What the fuck are you doing up still?" Tiredness filled her voice as she spoke, "It's like almost one." I could hear irritation fill her voice, she was obviously pissed off that she had been woken up.

"Shit.. I'm sorry Millie.. just go back to sleep." She gave me a slightly confused look as I called her Millie. That was a name I hadn't called her since our 2nd year at Hogwarts. It took a moment to realize what I had called her before speaking again.

"I- I didn't mean to say that, my brain is just all.. fuzzy right now.. that's it." I don't know why but calling her by that nickname I had made for her so long ago made me feel a certain type of.. comfort, which I could visibly see that it had done the same for her. 

We hadn't really spoken basically at all since all the drama that happened last year, it was hard without her, she was the oldest friend I was still close with.

"No- It's.. fuck I missed you." Without another second she pulled me in for a deep hug, her touch was one of the most comforting feelings of this world, I immediately relaxed in to her.

Neither of us said a single word for a few moments before she let go of me and took a step back.

"Im- tired." I just gave her a soft nod as she spoke, I couldn't get out any words. I was just so overwhelmed about everything that had happened since I've arrived at Hogwarts.. I just needed to sleep it off for now.