"Why did you stay?" I could hear the curiosity in her voice
"Why did you?"
"Touche."
"May I ask why you two were not in potions?" I turned and found myself looking at the headmaster
I hate life at this very moment.
No response, not from me or her "Since you two don't want to give a reason I will just assume the worst."
"I know how it looked but we had only-"
"I had expected this from Mattheo, but you Aurore," he shook his head back and forth "I didn't expect this from you."
Ah great the 'I expected this from him but not you talk'
Great way to start my day.
"Headmaster, we only fell asleep there, when we woke up class had began so we went into the closet to not disturb the class."
"But you did disrupt the class. And you used vulgar language which the first years heard. They look you too you guys. This isn't a good impression."
"What's the punishment?" I just want to fucking leave
"Detention in the forbidden forest, and since you two love to spend time together you will be doing it together."
"What exactly are we doing?" I asked
"I would like you two to look for a few items that have happened to have gone missing. I have not found the culprit that has allowed these items to go missing."
"Let me get this straight you're sending two students to do your dirty work." I squinted my eyes at him
"This is a punishment, you can not come back to the grounds unless you have retrieved all items." He quite obviously ignored my comment
I scoffed "We miss one class and we get detention in the forbidden forest."
"That is only part of it, the teacher believes that you guys were-"
"Were what? Fucking." I asked
"I do not want you to use such vulgar words while speaking to your headmaster. But yes we believe that you two were-"
This time it was Aurore who cut him off "We weren't shagging. I would rather shag Filch for gods sake. I can't belive you would think so low of me that I would shag him."
I whipped my head towards her "You think you're offended." I turned my head towards the head master "I have standards."
Aurore huffed out a breath of surprise
"When will we serve detention." I really don't want to be here
"On Friday night."
"Are we done."
"Yes you two may go."
I got up and walked out of his office and when I had reached the hallway I felt a firm grip on my wrist, I turned to see her
"You never answered my question."
"I'll answer yours when you answer mine."
She scoffed "I should've known that I wouldn't get a real answer from you."
"Yes you should've, see you at detention." I smirked before walking away
"Fuck." I felt a burning sensation from my arm, I pulled up my sleeve discreetly to see my mark
I was used to this but right now?
He fucking sent me here.
Bipolar ass bitch.
I scoffed.
I tugged my sleeve back down and went over to the lavatory.
I looked in the mirror and barely recognized myself.
My cheeks were hollow and my skin was pale.
I looked dead.
I laughed at myself.
Pathetic,
So fucking pathetic.
I balled up my fist before shooting it at the mirror in front of me. I felt the glass cut my knuckles but I didn't care.
I didn't care that I was bleeding.
I felt numb.
Completely and utterly numb.
I punched the mirror again.
Nothing.
I peeled the glass away from my hand but didn't feel a thing. I looked up at the now shattered mirror and looked away.
I didn't want to go to my dorm room so I went to the only place I could go beside there.
The astronomy tower.
**
I lent my head against the wall and laughed.
Why?
Who the hell knows.
I looked at my hand "Look at that. Still bleeding."
I couldn't think straight.
There was alcohol coursing through my veins.
How was I supposed to think straight?
I heard footsteps but didn't acknowledge them.
"What the fuck Mattheo?" I looked up and found her
I took another swig, until she took the bottle "No more of this." She shook her head back and forth
"What the hell happened to your hand?" Could she just go away
"Mattheo. You can't keep doing this. It has to stop."
"Just leave Jackie."
Jackie was like my sister.
But sometimes she could be annoying as fuck.
"Mattheo you are slowly killing yourself." She took the alcohol and through it out the window
"What the hell was that for?" I stood up abruptly
"It was to get a reaction out of you. Have you been-" She shook her head back and forth "'You told me you would never do that again." She jerked my head up "You fucking promised me."
I through her hand back and she grabbed my hand the one that was bleeding it. She took out her wand and muttered a spell that had been inaudible to me.
"Do you realize what could have happened to yo-"
I cut her off "I hate to break it to you but no one gives two shits if I live or die."
Her eyes were bloodshot "I do. I have been here for you through everything." She placed her finger on my chest "When your mom hit you. When you felt like you were nothing. When you almost died."
"I."
Poke
"Was."
Poke
"There."
I brought my face in my hands "It just fucking hurts Jackie. It hurts so fucking much and I can't make it stop."
She brought me into an embrace "I'm here Theo. I'm here.
I always will be."
**
I sat in Jackie's bed while she was at classes.
Lucky for her, she had a dorm room to herself. I couldn't go back to my dorm room after that. I just couldn't.
And Jackie is great at calming me down.
She's just great.
But she would never hear me admit it.
She was there when I was nothing and that is all that matters to me. Unlike everyone else, she stayed.
I drank a sip of tea as I looked around the room.
It was yellow. Considering she is a hufflepuff it is not that surprising.
I heard a loud knock on the door and just sat until another knock rang through the room.
I stood up and quickly opened the door so I could get this interaction over with.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" I was considering slamming the door in her face
"I could ask you the same question?"
Aurore fucking Potter.
"What the hell do you want?"
"I wanted to talk to Jackie about potions since we were partners and she told me to meet her at her dorm room." Aurore talked quickly but I was mostly paying attention to the shadow behind her
The one that was Jackie Hendrickson.
Aurore turned after my gaze had been lingering on me for far too long "I believe you have met Mattheo." She entered her dormitory and beckoned for Aurore to do the same.
"Yeah he threatened me." She took a step in and Jackie turned toward me
"Why can't you be nice?"
Pause.
If anyone else had asked this question they would currently now have a bruise on their eye. But this is Jackie, so its okay moderately.
Resume
"What's the fun in that?"
**
I would give you the rest of the boring details.
But right now.
That's not my current priority.
I have important things to do before-
Well let's just say.
I've got shit to do.
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I wanted to show you guys what Mattheo goes through. The interaction with him and Jackie- I hate to say that I loved writing it a little to much.
I ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO PUBLISH THIS A WHILE AGO.
SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG.
Happy Reading