Safe- Mattheo Riddle

Forgiveness

Aurora

My eyes fluttered open and I realised I was in a room that wasn't mine. I quickly looked at my body under the sheets. Dress still on, underwear still on. Thank god.

I slowly sat up, trying not to make the ache in my head worse than it already was. As I inspected the room more, I realised it was Mattheo, Theo and Draco's dorm. That's good, it means that some random boy didn't bring me back to his room.

My mouth was incredibly dry and my throat felt like sandpaper. I stood up slowly and made my way towards the closed bathroom door, I needed water. As I pushed the door open, I was met with a shirtless Mattheo Riddle, just a towel hung low around his hips. My eyes widened and I quickly covered my eyes "oh my god, I'm so sorry, I didn't-didn't know you were in here" I stuttered over my words. "Aurora, it's okay, calm down" he let out a small laugh. I slowly removed my hand from over my eyes and took in the sight in front of me, brown wet curls were hanging over his forehead, defined veins ran up the insides of both of his arms. His chest and abs glistened from the fine layer of dampness that was still on his body. "Take a picture darling, it will last longer" he said through a smirk. "Oh Shutup Mattheo" my cheeks burned red, he caught me staring. For fucks sake.

"Did you need something from in here darling" he asked softly.

"Yeah I just need some water, my throat hurts" I looked down at my bare feet after letting the words out.

"Here" I looked up to see a glass of water in his hand. I took it from him and drank the whole thing in a matter of seconds.

"Thank you Mattheo" I smiled at him.

"Do you remember what happened last night?" He seemed nervous.

"Uh surprisingly yes, dancing with Pansy and Astoria, Theo doing a body shot off me, Us uh-um making out" I scratched my head nervously when I said the last part.

"And how do you feel about what happened, with us?"

"Well, um from what I remember it was good but I-just, I'm still mad at you for what you said to me Mattheo" my words came out so quiet. I'm surprised he even heard them.

"I know darling and I wish I could take them all back, I didn't mean a word I said. I was just mad and upset, I didn't like how you were pretending you were okay. I just wanted you to open up to me" his words were so full of emotion.

"I'm sorry for acting how I did Mattheo, in all honesty I was freaked the fuck out" I took a deep breath "I've never had someone care for me as much as you did that night and when I woke up and saw you still in my bed, the things I was feeling for you were unfamiliar. I was scared to let them in, so I didn't" I finally let the breath out with a sigh.

"Darling you should have told me, I would do anything to make sure you're okay" he walked closer to me.

"Let's make a deal right now, you have to tell me when your feelings are freaking you out, you need to let me in" he said lowly.

I lifted my head to look into his eyes "okay, I'll try my best but you also can't get mad at me and call me names if I can't"

"Okay darling, deal" he lifted his hand for me to shake, I took ahold of it and we shook on it.

I stood on my tip toes and wrapped my arms around his neck as he wrapped his around my waist and buried his head into my shoulder.

"Okay I need to go back to my dorm and shower and change" I said with a small laugh.

"Okay darling but promise me you'll come back after?" He asked in a sweet voice.

"Of course I will" I pressed a soft and gentle kiss to his lips and when I pulled away, he was looking down at me with a huge grin on his face.

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Walking into my dorm, I was met with a fully clothed pansy fast asleep on her bed and a fully clothed Astoria sprawled out on the floor. I let a small chuckle pass through my lips as I made my way to the bathroom.

I took my time scrubbing my body and my hair. After last night I felt gross and groggy. Once I'd stepped out of the shower I wrapped myself in a fluffy towel and dried my body, I pulled on some underwear and the clothes I'd grabbed for myself. A pair of grey oversized joggers and matching sweatshirt. I used a spell to dry my hair and then pulled it up onto a messy ponytail.

I walked out of the bathroom and back into the dorm, to see both of the girls now awake and sat on Pansys bed. They eyed me carefully, clearly not sure whether I'd be as nice to them now as I was last night.

I broke the tension by speaking first "hi guys" I said quietly.

"Um hey Aurora, how do you feel this morning?" Pansy asked.

"Okay, apart from a raging headache" I laughed.

"Oh yeah same, our hands are banging" Astoria spoke with a smile.

"Look I wanted to apologise for all of the times I've lashed out at you both, I'm dealing with some shit and I know it's no excuse but I thought you should know" I said quietly whilst looking down at the floor.

"It's okay Aurora, we forgive you" Astoria spoke first. "Yeah just forget about it, let's move on and agree to be friends?" Pansy had a small smile on her face.

"Yeah okay, I'd really like that" I smiled back at the two girls. "Um I have to get back to Riddle, I told him I'd come back" I said with a laugh. "But I'll see you both later?"

"Yeah of course" Pansy said sweetly.

Leaving the dorm once again, I felt like a weight had lifted off my chest. In that moment I made a promise to myself that I was going to be better. That I wouldn't push everyone away anymore, it was time to build a new reputation for myself. I didn't want to be the girl that everyone feared anymore, I wanted to be the girl that everyone smiled at, as they passed me in the corridors. The first step in that, was finally admitting that I had a group of friends who I loved more than anything in this world.

Authors note
(1143 words) Aurora is growingggg, this is what I meant when I said the girls would eventually become a part of the close knit friend group eeeeekkk.
Kisses xoxo
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