heartache - mattheo riddle

5

'this is ms florence vandeluer. i expect you will all make her feel welcome.' he says

'take a seat' dumbledore tells her, pushing a stool out for her to sit on and placing the sorting hat on her head

'hmm, interesting. very ambitious, got lot's of potential talent. strong, very strong. let's go with... slytherin!' the sorting hat announces

the slytherin table cheers, while professor mcgonagall hands her a set of uniform

the girl walks up to the slytherin table and sits on the end

'one second' i say, standing up and walking over to her

'hey florence, i'm amirah. i'm assuming you're in the 4th year, right?' i say to her

'yes' she smiles kindly

'awesome, me and my friends are sitting over there, do you want to join us?' i ask

'that would be good, thank you' she says, standing up from her seat and walking back to where everyone else was seated

'florence, this is dahlia, blaise, mattheo, enzo and draco' i say, pointing at each of them as i said their names

'hi guys' she smiles

'hey' they all say collectively, except mattheo who just keeps staring at me

florence sits down next to me and we start talking 'what do you like to do for fun?' i ask her, hoping we would have something in common

'i like painting, baking, collecting flowers. things along those lines' she tells me

'that's cool' i reply

'so why did you move to hogwarts?' dahlia asks her

'my dad, he's calling it "work" but i know it's not. he's joining some sort of evil cult or something. he's fucking mental' she tells us

'same' i tell her 'yeah, same' draco says, to which dahlia agrees 'mhm, me too' enzo says

'wait, seriously?' florence says in shock

'what's it about? you don't think it's the same one as my dad, right?' she asks

'most likely is.' draco tells her

mattheo stays quiet, no longer staring at me but at his hands as he plays with his rings

'do you reckon we can leave?' dahlia asks us, referring to the fact that we were still seated in the great hall and none of the professors were talking anymore

'hopefully' i say, standing up and walking out, with the whole group following behind me

nobody stops us so we keep walking down the hallway and to the slytherin common room

'pure-blood' blaise says, unlocking the doors and revealing the fresh smell

'wow.' florence says in shock

'it's pretty cool right' i tell her

'it's unreal' she says, looking up at the tinted green windows and dark green furniture

'wait till i show you the astronomy tower' i tell her

'i love it here' she says with the most adorable little kid smile on her face

'come up here, i'll show you my dorm' i say, following up the stairs and to my dormitory

i unlock the door and show her my room, the group follows us inside. enzo sits down on my bed, while draco and mattheo sit down on a sofa

'wait, do you share a dorm with anyone?' florence asks me

'no, it's just me in here.' i tell her

'why is there two beds?' she asks me