'Must be in my blood.' || Y/n x Theodore Nott reader

Guilt

As I get seated in Dumbledore's office, I get some foul looks from professor Snape. I sit there, legs crossed. A stoic look on my face. "Care to explain what happened, miss Riddle?" Dumbledore says. "Beatrice started talking about my mother." I say, Dumbledore has had experience with people talking about my mother and the situation ending up in drama. "I see..." Dumbledore says calmly, Snape glares at me. "She lost her temper and almost used the cruciatus curse." Snape points out, I swear this man wants me gone. "I bet you wouldn't have pointed it out if I wasn't a Riddle." I say annoyed. "Silence." Dumbledore speaks.

I turn to dumbledore. "You will get a week detention, and you will apologise to miss Levine. I know it is hard Arabella, but some things must be done." He says. Im not apologising to that bitch! I think to myself. Snape lets out a huff and rises from his seat to leave. Dumbledore speaks to me privately.

"Arabella, how have you been sleeping lately?" He asks me. "Not good, can be worse.." I mumble. I look at the floor and immediately feel a wave of sadness. "and at home?" He asks again. "Fine I guess." I sigh. "Can I go, sir?" I ask, my face looking tired. "If you'll apologise to miss Levine." He says firmly. I nod and leave his office.

"Apologise.. to her?" I mumble, just then I stumble into someone, Theodore. "Apologise to who, Cara mia?" He asks. "Dumbledore wants me to apologise to Beatrice." I say annoyed. He looks at me with a troubled look. "Promise you wont end her and her whole family tree?" He asks sarcastically. I laugh a bit. "Sure.." I look up at him. He suddenly gives me a soft kiss on the head, then walks off. I feel shivers all over my body, and boy was I flustered.

I am really confused for a second but I shake it off, I walk towards the courtyard to find Beatrice. While walking I stumble into the weasley twins. "Hey Bella, looking for someone?" George says, I smile. "Hey boys, Yeah I'm looking for Beatrice. Mind if I borrow the marauders map...?" I ask and the twins look at eachother. "Well ofcourse!" Fred says. "Just say the words-" I interrupt George: "I know the words." I grab the marauders mal from Fred's hands and walk further while opening it. "Thanks!" I say while walking. George and Fred laugh and walk off.

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." I say while walking. I find the name "Beatrice Levine" on the map, but not in the courtyard. She was in the girls bathroom. I walk towards the girls bathroom, she hasnt moved yet in 3 minutes. I start to get a little worried, I mean I know she said bad stuff.. but ive been friends with her since year 1. I can't let her down, she's lost a lot last year.

When I reach the bathroom I check the marauders map, shes still there. "Tris?" I call out, my voice echoing in the bathroom walls. No response. I call out again: "Beatrice? It's me.. Bella.." I speak softly, in a guilty tone. "Go away Riddle." She says in a broken tone, you can hear her breathing sharply. I try to ignore the way she called me Riddle instead of Bella, or even Arabella. "Beatrice please, hear me out." I say desperately, deep down I did want to apologise.

After a few moments of silence and my guilty thoughts filling the room I hear a bathroom stall unlock. I see Beatrice standing there in the stall, her eyes glossy and red, her nose is red aswell. You can see on her face that she is exhausted. "Tris.." I say and I rush over to her. "Tris im so sorry, I didnt mean to hurt you, Please tell me you're okay." I say quickly. She doesnt say anything and just stares at the ground with no emotion in her eyes. "Tris, say something! Tris you're freaking me out!" I say panicked. She now moves her gaze to me. "Tris?" I say in a more soft tone now. "It's not you who's hurt me. It's mattheo." She says in a low and exhausted voice.

"Matt? My brother matt?" I say confused. I can see her holding back tears. "Tris tell me what happened." I am worried, Mattheo is known for breaking hearts.. "When u left with Dumbledore, I noticed him laughing. When madam Pomfrey left.. he said I was pathetic. he said-" She paused. I had a frown on my face, this did sound like mattheo, but why? "He said he wished you had performed the curse, so he couldve laughed even harder." She said a tear rolling down her cheek. I immediately hug her. "Hes a jerk."

She hugs me back and lets her tears out. "Its okay Tris, im here.." I comfort her, my hand holding her head, and my other holding her back. She cries into my shoulder, I hear the heartbreak in her voice. I warned her, but she didn't listen. I feel bad for her, I would think of all the ways I could approach mattheo about this but comforting her was my number one right now.

After about 10 minutes of me hugging her and her apologising to me aswell in tears, I help her get cleaned up. "Come on wash your face, you'll feel better." I say while helping her get up from the ground. We missed class, but who cares. I'm sure McGonagall will understand. "Should we go to class?" Tris asks. "If you're ready to, sure. Don't forget Matt will be there though." I say with a troubled look. "Venessa must be worried." She says and grabs her bag. "Im ready to go to class." She says, I nod and go along with her.