Luna Mia || Theodore Nott

Chapter: 28

As time passed, I was getting increasingly bored and hungry. I had missed lunch, and dinner wasn't until an hour later, so I decided to go to the owlery to send the letter to Padfoot. As I arrived to the common room, I saw Hermione sitting alone, so I sat next to her.
"Hey mione"
"Oh sara, hello" she said, but her voice was laced with sadness.
"Are you okay?" I asked
"Yesh... It's nothing" she said
"This is about Ron and his stunt yesterday isn't it?"
"How did you know?" She looked at me puzzled.
"I saw you guys fighting in the hallway"
"Right" she sighed, opening her mouth after a beat of silence.
"He's a daft idiot. He had to ruin the one night I truly felt happy and appreciated, all because he didn't have the guts to ask me to the ball, and Harry is too busy with his own troubles. Merlin..." she sounded so angry and pissed and heartbroken.
I held her hand in mine.

"Hey, just because Ron is a twat that doesn't have the balls to ask a girl out doesn't mean you have to dwell on it. Ignore him, ignore them both. Don't bury yourself for these two boys. You always put them first and forget about your self, it's about time you think about yourself for a change."
She smiled at me and hugged me.
"Thank you Sara, I love you" after we broke the hug, she added
"By the way, I wanted to talk to you about-" before she can  continue, Harry approached us, Ron following like a sulking child, clearly not wanting to be around Hermione.
"Sara, haven't seen you in a while, thought you'd started living in the Slytherin's dungeons by now" Harry said as he sat on the couch opposite to us, Ron standing at the arm of the couch, crossing his hands and scoffing in disgust at the mention of Slytherins.
"Well hello to you too Harry" I said, giving him fake smile.
"Why aren't you with the Slytherins" Ron said rudely. I rolled my eyes at him.
"It's none of you two's business" Hermione told the two before I can reply.
"So, Nott then?" Harry ignored Hermione, directing his words to me.
"I do not understand how my personal life is any of your concern" I was getting really pissed.
"You can't be friends with the Slytherins" Ron was spitting his words like poison.
"Sara, you know who the people you're... friends with are right?" Harry's tone was careful.
"You have no right judging the people I am friends with because of their house or families when you clearly know nothing about them, and I know you voiced your 'concerns' about my company to Sirius. Who I am friends with doesn't hurt you so stop spitting your venom in my face." I got up to leave, but before and I turned around and added
"Also, who ever our dates to the yule ball were, it is none of your concerns and you don't have the right to ruin someone's night or mood just because you decided to be salty." I purposely looked at Ron, as my words were both about them being rude to Hermione and Me for our dates.

I left the common room and headed towards the owlery to breath some fresh air. I was furious. Talk about prejudice huh. The way they were treating me as if I was a traitor for being friends with the Slytherins was infuriating. They didn't know anything about them, they just  judged them based on their family names when in reality I knew they were struggling because if it. I blew out some steam during my walk and sent the letter with an owl.  I also had wrote a letter to my dad, Remus, and I sent it as well. Walking back to the castle, it was already time for dinner, so I decided to take some food and go continue hiding in my room. In the great hall, I glanced quickly at the Slytherin table, and to my relief Theo wasn't there. The only people I recognised were Katie and Blaise, sitting next to each other, Matheo Riddle opposite to them. Katie waved for me as she saw me, and just for a second I contemplated if I should go sit with her. I ended up going any way.
"Hello love birds"
"Hey Sara" Blaise chuckled as Katie blushed slightly. She motioned for me to sit down and I stood next to her, hesitant.
"Don't worry, I left Theo sleeping in the dorm" it was Matheo who spoke. I nodded softly and sat down on Katie's other side. I wanted to ask how he knew, but before I could utter the words he chuckled at me.
"No one other than us knows, he couldn't stop blabbering about how he haven't seen you yet, so I figured you were hiding." I guess my face showed my shock and confusion.

The way he was talking to me, as if I've been his friend for years, just made Harry and Ron's words infuriate me more. These people, the Slytherins, never judged me at all. They were misunderstood, and I found myself thinking that maybe I related to them more than I thought. I always had acted a certain way around the golden trio, unconsciously tuning in with their hero complex. Gryffindors were always better than anyone else in their opinion, and Slytherins were the dirt of the school. I sometimes didn't dare mention Elle infront of them since she was a Slytherin, and their thoughts on her were like of any other Slytherin. But here, with these people, I felt comfortable being however I want. I can do wrong, I can be imperfect, I can choose not to be a hero and no one judged me for that. These people who I grew up hating and thinking were evil, it's just that no one bothered to know them at all. They all drew the Slytherin's lives and futures and the people they are based solely on their house and families. I didn't want that. I wanted to explore them for who they really are.

So as I ate my dinner, I allowed myself to relax and open myself to these people. We chatted about a bunch of random subjects, and I wasn't afraid to talk, joke, or laugh with them freely. I am not going to lie, I ate my dinner in a bit of a rush. Even though Riddle said Theo was sleeping, I didn't want to risk seeing him. So I wiped my mouth with a napkin and excused myself to go to my dorm. Katie said she'd be back soon, but I knew her and Blaise were going to stay together for the rest of the evening. I headed towards the Gryffindor tower, and as I was passing one of the corridors, someone grabbed my arm and threw me into a broom cabinet nearby. I was so close to screaming since I thought it was that Durmstrang guy, but I stopped myself when I saw a pair of green eyes staring into mine in the semi darkness of the closet.
"There you are, I've been looking for you all day" It was Theo. I wanted to scream. I should've known I wouldn't be that lucky. I frantically tried to open the door but he just cast a looking spell on it, swiftly snatching my wand from my pocket and putting his hands on both sides of my head. My heart was racing, my breath barley coming out at the proximity. His cologne clouded the narrow closet's atmosphere, making my head swim with endless possibilities.
"Where do you think your going" his face was so close to mine, i could feel his breath hit my face as he spoke. I turned my face slightly, shifting my gaze away from his eyes.
"Open the door" I tried to sound strong but my words were barely a whisper.
"Not before you tell me why you're hiding"
"I'm not hiding" I argued lamely, and he gave me a 'be for real' look.
I then sighed.
"Why?"
"You know why Theo"
"Listen if this is because of the kiss, then you don't have to do this. We were both tired and I was emotionally unstable at that moment because of the chat we had. It's just a kiss, you don't need to ignore me because of it."

I snapped my gaze into his, my inside boiling and my heart shattering. I stared at him frowning, was he being serious? When his expression didn't shift, I took both of my hands and pushed him really hard away from me.
"Give me my fucking wand" I said in a  low angry voice as I grabbed my wand angrily and turned around to open the door.
"Sara what- wait were are you going-"
I opened the door and headed away, walking fast as my anger fueled me.
"Sara! Wait- Bloody hell" I heard him try to get me to stop, but I didn't turn around, only walking faster. I eventually got to my room and slammed the door. I got out of my clothes and put on my pjs, heading to the bathroom to wash my face and cool my nerves. As i looked into the mirror, my eyes caught the necklace on my neck, his necklace. I furiously grabbed it and was about to take it off, but then I took a deep breath and let it go, sighing. As I laid in my bed, staring at the ceiling, his words echoed in my brain. "It's just a kiss". It was just a kiss. It was just a kiss for him. It meant the world to me but to him it was just a kiss. A few tears rolled down my cheeks as I closed my eyes, letting sleep erase all thoughts of him in my head.