ONE LAST TIME | Mattheo Riddle |

5-Dorm Number 7

I strangely feel a pang of sadness and start to overthink everything that happened, trying to figure out why i'm feeling like this. In the heat of the moment, the things they said didn't get to me but now i feel hurt.

I feel surprised thinking back to when i said to them that i thought they could be great friends. I don't even know if i meant it, but the more i think about it, the more it gets real. Yes, i seem to hate them as much as i can based on what people tell me or my intuition. But the truth is, when i first saw them in the Great Hall, all laughing and having fun, i had only one thought, i wanted to be apart of their group. And even though everyone keeps saying i shouldn't go near them, that's all i want to do. And knowing Enzo, there's no way he could be friends with assholes.

I have this terrible habit of seeing the good in everyone, until they truly do something to hurt me volontarly. Which hasn't happened with them yet. Yes, they didn't say nice things earlier but it was more towards Gryffindors in general other than me. And everyone knows that the hatred between Gryffindor and Slytherin doesn't have anything to do with being a bad person or not. It just became a kind of bad tradition. I guess only time will tell me what are enzo's friends intention.

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I finally enter the common room and my eyes lay on Harry, sitting on the couch, reading a book. I smile to myself and approach him.

"Hey" I say with a warm smile.

He looks up from his book and i can see his eyes light up as he realises it's me.

"Oh hey, we haven't seen you all afternoon, where were you ?"

"Oh uh, enzo wanted me to meet his friends and um... Well, it didn't go that well" I respond as i sit next to him.

"I'm sorry, what happened ?"

"Kind of the same thing as when we met. They couldn't bare hanging out with me because i was a Gryffindor. But that's fine, i don't really care that much."

I can see harry looking at me with an *i told you so* expression.

"Don't say it. I know what you said but i still don't think they could be that bad. I mean look, you acted the same way because i knew some slytherins and now we're friends right ?"

"Yeah you're right... I'm really glad we're friends by the way. You're really nice. And as for them, i don't fully agree with you but it's not my place so, you do you i guess. And if you become friends than good for you but don't expect me to hang out with them" he says with a chuckle at the end.

"Yeah yeah, i won't push it don't worry" I roll my eyes. "and yeah i'm really glad we're friends too, you're great."

We hear a sudden loud sound. Our heads snap and we see Hermione dropping a huge pile of books on a table near by. Harry and i look at eachother wide eyed.

"It's the first day, don't tell me you're already working ?"

Hermione shoots her head towards me and glares at us.

"Well yes, i am. I didn't have enough time to read the book of transfiguration twice before our first class, and i have to finish my potion essay."

"You do know that we have to read the book one time and only for the second semester, right ?" harry asks.

"Only idiots read a school book only once and i like to be prepared"

"Fine, fine" harry puts a hand up in surrender.