Potions | | Theodore Nott

•Part seven

"Look, Theodore is not my boyfriend, I am still single." You told Anthony. "I have to go but we can finish this conversation later on, I promise you."

"I was just about to leave anyway." Anthony said to you. "I'll see you at the party on the weekend, yeah?"

"We'll see about that." You said to him.

Anthony bent down and placed a kiss on your cheek before walking right past Theo, giving him a death stare as he walked past him. Theo just chuckled to himself and then crossed his arms, looking at you.

"Why would you say that? Why would you say that we're dating?" You asked him.

"To get the perv away from you." Theodore said to you and you rolled your eyes. "Who was that?"

"None of your business, and he is not a pervert." You told the boy. "Let's just got on with the project."

You walked down the steps and back over to the table that your stuff was on. Just as you were about to sit down, Theodore opened his mouth and said something else.

"You really aren't gonna tell me who that boy was?" Theo asked you. "It's almost like you want me to tell your brother."

You stopped walking for a moment as soon as he said that. It's almost as if your heart had dropped. You turned around straight away and looked at him.

"You can't tell Draco." You told the boy.

"Tell me then. Who is this boy?" Theodore asked you.

"Why do I have to tell you!?" You asked him a little bit too loudly.

"You really want me to go telling your twin brother about some fuck boy trying to get in your pants?" He asked. "He would go fucking nuts, he'd make all of us beat him up for you."

Draco and you weren't close, but he would do anything for you if it came down to it. If he got told that by Theodore, he would not hesitate to beat Anthony to a pulp and you knew that.

"Fine. Sit down." You told the boy.

He smirked and sat down at the table, you sat down opposite and got to telling him about Anthony and you. You told the boy that you and Anthony met last year and got very close in such a short amount of time.

Theodore sat there and listened while you explained yourself to him, nodding his head along or chuckling at some of the things you said about Anthony.

After you had told Theodore all there was to know about Anthony and you last year, the two of you were packing up your stuff and getting ready to leave the library after an unsuccessful attempt at studying.

You were all ready to go but wanted to be nice and waited for Theodore to be ready.

"Are you in a relationship with this Anthony kid?" Theodore asked you.

"Is that any of your business?" You asked.

"Do you want me to go and tell Draco about him? The fact that he's trying to fuck you and you're going to let him, even though he is basically a stranger." Theo said and you let out a sigh.

"Anthony and I aren't anything, he isn't my boyfriend." You told him. "We had a bit of a fling last year, it stopped during the summer, and I think he wants to start it back up again."

"Is that what you want?" He asked you. "Do you want to start your fling with him again, or do you want more than that?"

"What do you mean?" You asked Theodore.

"He can't give you what you want, Malfoy, what you need... that prick won't provide that for you." Theo said.

You were already stood up and Theo had also stood up to join you. He was slowly walking closer to you, and you just stayed still.

You gulped when Theo was just inches away from you. You didn't know why, but you were so nervous and could feel the blush appearing on your cheeks.

"I don't know much about the Anthony kid, but I know you." Theodore said. "I know that you fight to get what you want... and I know that you deserve a real man. A real man who can treat you like the woman that you are... who can please you in ways that Goldstein cannot..."

"Theodore." You said to him. "What are you doing?"

"Trying to show you what you could miss out on if you stick with boring, old Anthony Goldstein." Theodore said.

He grew even closer to you, his fingertips grazing the top of your thigh and your lips parted. Theodore was looking down at you and you couldn't help but feel butterflies in your stomach at his gaze.

You had noticed Theodore's attractiveness many times before but obviously never acted on it due to him being your brother's best friend and his stupidity. When you were younger, you had the tiniest crush on him, but you figured that was just because you could not be together and you had decided to never act on that crush.

Over time, you lost the spark that you felt for Theodore. You knew that feeling would never come back, so you never really thought about him too much after that.

"No, Nott, no." You said.

With those few words, Theodore stepped back and held his hands up in defence for himself.

"What's wrong?" Theodore asked you.

"What isn't wrong about this? I don't even like you like that!" You exclaimed. "You are my twin brother's best friend, one of the most annoying people in the world, and I kind of maybe have a boyfriend!"

"Wow." Theo said. "You know, most girls don't usually push me away like this."

"I did not push you away." You said. "I said no and you stepped away. That's different."

"Don't tell Draco." Theo said. "Please."

"Oh, I am not telling anyone. This is way too embarrassing to let anyone know what has just happened." You said to the boy.

You picked up your bag and walked straight out of the library, leaving Theodore Nott leaning against the table, all alone.

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