Betrayal

Y/N... - Mattheo's POV

The rest of class, Draco and I stayed silent unless we needed to talk to eachother about the potion.  After we finished the potion, I went on to my next class. During this class and the classes after that, I tried to sneak in some more studying before having to retake my exam. I could not fail this exam another time, so I had to be as  prepared as I could be. Once my last class finished, I made my way over to McGonagall's office. I knocked on the door and heard her say come in. 'Hello, mr. Riddle. Take a seat. I hope you have prepared enough. You'll have one hour to finish the exam. Good luck.' I sat down at the table she had sat up for me and started my exam. The time flew by and so did the answers in my head. I was able to answer every question without hesitation. Once I finished, McGonagall reviewed my answers, while I waited in my seat. 10 excruciatingly long minutes went by, before she spoke up. 'I have to congratulate you mr. Riddle. You have received an 95 on your Charms exam. Good work.' I did it! Now, I just have to keep my first attempt a secret and everything will be over. 'Thank you, professor.' 'You're welcome. Now, go and have some dinner in the Great Hall.' I gave McGonagall a quick nod, before leaving her office to go to the Great Hall. 

Once I got to the Great Hall, I noticed Y/N and Pansy were missing from the table. I sat down opposite Theo and Blaise and looked questionably at them. 'She already left.' Theo answered without me having to ask something. 'Where did she go?' I asked Theo in response. 'Probably the commonroom.' Theo answered. 'Okay, thanks.' 'What happened between you and Y/N? I haven't seen you talk all day.' Blaise asked after Theo's and my conversation. I glared over at him and wanted to say something, but Theo was me first. 'Nothing, he won't fix.' Short, but straight to the point. No details, but enough to let Blaise know that he shouldn't meddle. Blaise didn't ask any more questions about it and I quickly ate some food, before leaving him and Theo behind in the Great Hall. Theo had said Y/N would probably be in the commonroom, so that was where I was going. I needed to try to talk to her one more time. I just hope she will listen to me this time. 

I walked into the Slytherin commonroom and there she was. Y/N was sitting on the couch talking to Pansy about some homework they needed to do for Defense Against the Dark Arts. I slowly walked up to them and they looked up to me once they noticed I was coming towards them. 'Can I please talk to you alone, Y/N?' I asked her. I wanted to talk to her, but I knew I wouldn't be able to say everything I needed to, to her if Pansy was sitting next to her. Y/N looked over at Pansy. Pansy was shaking her head no, but Y/N didn't care. She turned her head back to me. 'Okay.' Is all she said. Y/N walked past me and I followed her out of the commonroom. 'What do you want to tell me, that you haven't told me before?' She said out of the blue. I knew this had to be the moment to tell her about the charms exam. I was ashamed of having failed the exam and I didn't want to share it with anyone, but if I had to, I would share it with Y/N. 'I said all that stuff, because I had a bad day...' 'I know all that and that's not an excuse. So, if that's everything, then I'm leaving.' She tried to turn around to walk away, but my words stopped her. 'But, I haven't told you yet why I had a bad day.' 'Go on.' 'Okay, fuck... here goes nothing I guess... I failed my Charms exam that day. McGonnagall told me earlier that day and it made me insecure, I guess.' 'You hurt me, because you failed your Charms exam? That was all it took for you to hurt me? A failed exam?' A tear welled up in her eyes. 'No, that wasn't all. I don't care about failing any exam, except for Charms. Charms is the easiest class we have and the one class my father has always talked shit about as being the most useless. Knowing that I failed at Charms, I got scared. I knew the moment my father would find out about it, he would be furious with me and next to that I would be the laughing stock with all the deatheaters. I would not only have disappointed my father, but also put his name to shame. I was scared, angry, sad and insecure all at once and I projected it on you. I made it out to be you who was insecure and I used your biggest insecurity to make mine less. And it was the biggest mistake I ever made. And I hope you can forgive me for it.' 'You were insecure?' She asked with a raised eyebrow. 'Yes...' I said hesitantly while looking at the ground. 'Well, you shouldn't be. You're amazing at so many classes, especially Potions. So, having failed one exam, doesn't mean that you would put shame to your father's name and if he can't see that, then that's his problem. I want you to know, that I'm still not okay with what you said to me, but I forgive you.' I looked up at her in surprise. 'You do?' 'Yes, I do Mattheo. You had a shitty day and I know how bad insecurities can be, so I can't stay mad at you for letting them get the best of you.' 'Thank you, love.' I walked over to her and gave her a tight hug. I missed this. I shouldn't care about a simple hug from Y/N looking at the fact she should just be a task for me, but I can't help but care about her. I truly care about her and I'm happy I got her back. 

After a couple minutes, Y/N and I got out of the hug and we just stared at eachother. 'What do we do now?' Y/N asked me hesistantly. 'Now, you're going to talk to Pansy, because she scares the hell out of me and I think she will beat me if I tell her that I finally got you to forgive me.' 'Yeah, you wouldn't survive her.' Y/N said between her laughs. 'Okay, so that's your task. My task will be setting up a date for tonight. So, be ready at 9 for me to pick you up.'  'Sounds good.' Y/N said while her eyes glistened in the lights of the hall. She gave me a quick kiss on the cheek before walking back into the commonroom to talk to Pansy. I'm happy I don't have to be there.