I stretched out and slowly open my eyes, my back was killing me but only then I realize that I slept in the the floor. I see pink and green feathers from the scarf scattered all over my room. "Pansy", I whispered but there was no answer. My head is throbbing and I slowly get up and see her sleeping on the couch holding a wine bottle. I guess there's my answer for why my head is killing me.
I look around to see a couple more bottles. I look over at my nightstand to see make up scattered out. Zeus somehow managed to get in my room and slept on the bed. "Lucky bastard", I muttered. I didn't want to wake up Pansy so I went to take a shower to get myself awake.
I go into the bathroom and I was still half asleep so I smashed water onto my face. I grab a towel to clean my face and then I see myself in the mirror. More than half of my hair was gone and I no longer had black hair but instead white. "Why do I make stupid choices when I'm drunkkk". Oh wells I couldn't do anything about it anymore, it didn't look bad though.
Once I got out of the shower I wrapped the towel around my body and opened the door to grab my clothes. Pansy was still dead asleep and I couldn't help my laugh. I open my drawers and pull out my outfit for the day.
I walk back into the bathroom and quickly change and dry out my hair. I curled my eyelashes and applied mascara on.
I walk out and start to open my windows and lift up the curtains. I start cleaning up the mess we made and I bump into Pansy's camera and pictures that laid out on the floor. Though some parts were still a blur to me but in the picture I could see I really had a time of my life.
Pansy groans out and I take a picture before she fully wakes up. "Why did you do that?", Pansy was slurring her words and I take the bottle away from her. "Why not?. Come on go take a shower, I'll let you borrow some of my clothes". Pansy stretched herself out on the couch and gets up. She slowly makes her way to the bathroom and closes the door behind her.
I pick up Zeus from my bed and place him on the couch, damn he's getting heavier now. I began to pick up the bottles and place them in a bag and all the feathers I collected went inside as well. In that moment lose comes in, "miss Ashley your hair looks lovely". I smiled at her. "Thank you". I handed her the bag and she left. I leave a dress and undergarments for Pansy to wear and leave a note to meet me down at the kitchen after she's done.
"Miss Ashley there's a gentleman waiting for you in the living room". I look up to see Lisa's father from the balcony. "Thank you sir". I kept walking down the stairs and my heart jumped at the thought that maybe it's Draco who's here.
I push the living room door lightly and slip in side and I feel disappointed that it's not Draco but instead Asher. He has gotten much taller and was built a bit more. Though it looks like he hasn't slept for days since he had dark circles around his eyes and they were hallow. "Sweetheart!", Asher puts down his teacup and hugs me. "Nice to see you too Asher".
He steps back and looks at me strangely. "What's with the hair?". I smacked his shoulder playfully and sticky my tongue out, "Girls night got too crazy". Asher sits down on the couch and laughs.
I take a seat next to him and we start to talk about how or summer's been so far, I couldn't help but notice a dark ink on his forearm. I gotta say I wasn't sure if it was the dark mark but then again Pansy told me that almost all Slytherins became allies with Voldemort. "I'm one of them, I had no choi-". I raised my hand not wanting to hear the rest of what he had to say. "Seems like nobody has a choice anymore". I gave him a sympathetic smile.
"Well I only came here to warn you". He shifted a little and rubbed his hands down his pants. It's surprises me to see Asher act this was, he's always been a confident guy. "Warn me?". I gave him a questionable look . What could he possible warn me about.
"It's about Max, he's goi-".
"Ahem!, I hope I'm not interrupting". Ashers eyes widened at the sight of Max walking in. He quickly stood up and excused himself.
"Wait Asher!". I got up and Max's arms wrapped around my waist. "It's fine probably nothing important". No it is important because it has to do with Max but when he came in he ruined everything. But I wasn't going to discuss that with him, all I know is that Max is up to something.
I grabbed his arm and slip it off me, "yeah probably nothing important". I pick up the tea pot and take it into the kitchen and Max follows from behind. I felt like a prey underneath his gaze, he kept looking at my every move.
I began to wash a couple dishes that were left in the sink trying not to think much about being watched like a prey by Max. After I finish I turn around to grab a paper towel but instead bump into him. Max grabs a couple strands of my hair, "I like the new look". I smiled and his eyes were no longer on me but on my lips. I start to think back about the conversation I had with Jackson about having this Sumer fling and how Max would be my best option but I thought it's ridiculous, but now it didn't seem to ridiculous anymore.
Max pressed his lips on mine and gently our lips moved together. They were cold and soft but with a couple of second they became warm. I threw my hands behind his head and he wrapped his arms around my waist picking me up. Max didn't break the kiss so I kept going along with it until he started walking. I was a bit confused and saw that he was taking me into the back room were we have all the tables and chairs stacked.
To my surprise there was a sofa and Max gently placed me and hovered over me. We kept kissing and he kept biting down on my lip. I push him up gently trying to catch my breath, "I think we should go back. It's almost time for breakfast". Max smiled and got off of me and walked out of the room leaving me there stuck in my thoughts. This definitely wasn't supposed to happen but I let myself get carried away.
I walked out just in the moment my siblings and Pansy started walking in. My siblings mouth dropped when they noticed my hair. I rolled my eyes playfully and laughed at their reaction. "Are you guys going to help me set up the table..?". The boys snapped out of it and started setting the table.
I open the cupboard to grab plates. "Here let me help you". Max reached for the plates and stacked them on the counter. I close the cupboard and he gives me a quick kiss on the cheek and I couldn't help to smile, "thank you". I turn around to see if anyone looked but nobody did, everyone is too busy talking and setting up the table.
I go ahead and take a seat and Max takes a seat next to me and everyone starts to take a seat as well. Some of us made small talks here and there and others just enjoyed their food.
"Pansy do you really have to leave?". I pretended to be upset that she was leaving. "I'm going to be out for a couple of days", she said while placing her stuff in her backpack.
"Fine but be careful and remember I need you here to help get ready for the ball". Pansy promised to help me get ready and I fully trusted her to do my makeup. There isn't much to do with my hair anymore.
Pansy put on her backpack and grabbed her camera off the desk. "I told you I will be here, plus I gotta make sure you look good for Max."She sent me a wink and I felt my face heat up. This made her laugh and I smiled awkwardly not sure what to make of her comment. "I saw you two kiss this morning."I bit my lip to stop myself from breaking into a wide smile but it was useless.
"I think it's time for you to leave." I throw a pillow at her and she dodged it. "Well take care."I pull her into a hug and walk her down to the living room. Pansy walks in front of the chimney and waved goodbye before walking into the fire and apperated to the Malfoy manor.
Jackson walks in with a book in hand and I quickly sneak up from behind and snatch it out of his hands,"hey give it back."I give it back. "What is so interesting about this book anyways?."Jackson shrugged his shoulders.
"Come and I'll read it for you."I agreed and we went up to his room. I took a seat on the couch and he layer comfortably on his bed. Jackson began to read and I started to get bored, so bored that I was fighting to keep myself away. I eventually gave up a little nap wouldn't hurt.
I wake up and find Jackson spread out on his bed dead asleep. I grab a blanket from the closet and cover him. I turn of the lantern and leave his room. I look at my watch and it's 9:58 pm. Wow I couldn't believe that I took a three hour nap.
I hear one of the door rooms open and I turn around and I'm pulled into a room. I look behind me to see Max, "ughh it's you."We laugh and I noticed papers all over the desk. They were drawing and my I was surprise of his hidden talent. My eye land on a drawing that looks similar to Zeus. "Is this who I think it is?."Max nodded and my jaw dropped, I'm pretty impressed with every detail he put in.
Max showed me every drawing and a story behind them. He had plenty of drawing of his sisters and brothers. In one of the drawing was Ryker and I smiled. I had almost forgotten had he looked like, I felt my eyes get watery so I placed it faced down. "You can have it if you want."
I smile at him. "Thank you but this belongs to you."
Max goes in his clothes and pulls out a hoodie and throws it at me, "put this on."I was a bit confused but I put it on anyways. The hoodie fell just above my knees and the sleeves were super long. "I'm going to take you somewhere." I felt hesitant to go anywhere with him. "Where?."Max rolled his eyes playfully, "Well I would just ruin the surprise."He put on his hoodie and slipped on a pair of shoes.
Max stood in front of me and grabbed my arm. "I think I'll pa-."We apperated behind a couple of trees and I felt my stomach twist and I don't know if it's because the nerves of being out here seen by my father or the fact that I didn't trust Max. "Relax, I just wanted to take you to the Eiffel Tower."I smiled trying to cover up how nervous I was. I gripped on my wand from my back pocket while he guided me through the city.
I couldn't help but to look in Aww, this place is so full of life. Many people are walking around and eating at restaurants. Many people consider Paris to be the most romantic place in the world, but I think that just cliché. "Why are we here?."I smile at Max and look back still at the beautiful sight.
Max hooked his arm with mine, "Well it's said to be the most romantic place, so I though I would show you how romantic I can be."I play rolled my eyes and but my lip to ignore his stupid comment.
We walked around the city and he took me inside a couple of shops. Max finally took me to see the Eiffel Tower, which I've been dying to see since we got here. I think he noticed how impatient I was. "Woah this is...-." I couldn't even finish my words.
"Breath taking?."Max ended up finishing my sentence. I slowly nodded and just enjoyed the sight. We walked some more around the city and it was already half past midnight. I kept yawing and Max finally took us home.
I felt too tired to walk up the stairs so I went into the living room and laid on the couch. Max turned in the fire place and grabbed a couple pillows and blankets and made a bed on the floor. "Ash come." I slowly got up and I laid on the floor. Max snuggled in next to me and wrapped his arms around my waist pulling me close to him. "Thank you for tonight." I smile and close me eyes and I could feel him plant a kiss on my forehead.
I wake up to see that the fire had died down, I look down at my watch and it 4:26 in the morning. Max is still sleeping I trace my finger over his forehead to remove a couple strands of his hair. I hear a loud crash coming from somewhere outside, Max immediately gets up and so do I. "What was that?." His voice barley above a whisper. I shrugged my shoulders and get up. I grab my wand off the table and so does he, "let's go find out." We slip on our shoes and we split up .
Max went to look outside in front of the manor, I went to go look in the back yard. Many things ran through my head the moment I stepped outside. Could it be my father, or the boys playing some kind of joke. I know it isn't any of the members of the illusion, they always leave around 6. I grip on my wand even tighter, "Who's there!." Nothin just complete silence. A vase breaks and I see someone making a run for it and I run after. "Stop!."
The person kept running and went into the forest, without thinking I ran after. This person is too fats for me, I draw my wand and point it at the person. "Carpe retractum." A rope of light surrounds the person and pull them towards me.
"Let go of me!." The male voice said. I walked around and I was faced with Matteo Riddle. Anger rose over me, I still haven't forgotten the things he's done. I clenched my fist and connect it to his face and he chuckles, "I deserved that."
I grab him by the collar. "What are you doing here?!." My hands were trembling at how mad I was and he's lucky that he's still even breathing.
"It's hard to try to get you alone." His voice was seductive. I give him a disgusting glare and this makes him laugh. "Well anyways I came to warn you th-." I pushed him back not wanting to hear the rest of it but he continued. "That I was given orders to take the Elderly wand from your father".
I turn around and give him a confused look, "and that has to do with me because...?." By then the spell wore off and now he's walking closer to me and I gripped my wand from my back pocket.
The boy towers over me and removes a strand of hair and places it behind my ear gently. I could feel his cold hands ghostly caressing my right cheek. I didn't flinch nor reacted to any of his actions. I wasn't going to give him the satisfaction to put my guard down. Matteo rest his cold hands on my neck and yanks me up to look at him in the eye. I could barely even get a glimpse of his face, but his eyes swirled with nothing but complete darkness. "If your father doesn't hand over the elderly wand at the ball..." he leans in towards my neck and his nose tickles down my neck sending goosebumps everywhere. I tried to pull away but he held me back into the same place again. "Then I'll just have to take something away from him, something that hurts him the most."
I couldn't help it but chuckle, "good luck figuring what is it that hurts him the most." My father isn't one to be messed with and he definitely didn't have a weak point, so what could it possibly be?. "Well my people don't lie... his weakens is you". I fight to get out of his grip, this dude is definitely out of his mind. I keep pushing him and trying to get him to let go of my arms, and I started to yell for help. Panic washed over him and then the unexpected.. he pressed his warm lips on my and he muttered for me to shut up. I kept trying to fight him off and I couldn't help but notice how good his lips felt on mine.
No I wasn't going to give in and I definitely wasn't going to give him what he wants. The more I was fighting the more tighter he held on to me and the more he deepened the kiss. I finally gave up and let him think I was enjoying the kiss, which I really was but this guy is the enemy. I couldn't understand why I felt this way, I've never felt this way before. I pushed him off and made a run for it. "You shouldn't have done that." The boy said tauntingly. I felt my lips aching for some odd reason it's as if they still craved for his.
Matteo started throwing spells towards me and every time he missed. Lights were striking all over the place but I kept running. I feel something tangle around my ankles and I fall hitting my face on the dirt. I look down towards my ankles and see a rope, fuckkkk. I seen him walking faster towards me and I take this time to try to entangle myself. I was so desperate to get out but I kept looking up to see that each second he was getting closer and closer. The more closer he got the more angrier he looked. "Fuck , come on just". I mutter trying to entable myself and he laughed at my desperation.
It was too late his hand grabbed my cheeks tightly and pushed me back onto the ground. "Shh..you didn't let me finish." I look up at him and try to find a way to make him have mercy on me. "I can't get close enough to your father but you can, so let's make a deal you give me the wand and I'll make sure not to tell your father about your siblings hiding back there." Anger rose over me once again. "Don't you dare!." Matteo pushes me back down and leans into my ear. "Then make sure I don't say anything and do what I told you". His hot breath roamed around my ear down my neck.
I nodded, "fine!." I wasn't going to let him get away with this one. "The night of the ball when you get there meet me at the library." Matteo looked at me in the eye and then down at my lips for a couple of second and got off , of me. "Don't do anything fun Grindelwald or I'll show you who I really am." I snarl at his threat, the ropes fell lose and I quickly brushed myself off. When I looked up Matteo was gone.
I walked back to the manor and tried to forget about my encounter with Riddle. I walk up the stairs and walk inside the kitchen and grab a glass of water. I feel a small sting on my lips and draw my finger on my lip and a red liquid covers my finger tips. I groaned internally Matteo. Fuckin. Riddle. Bit my fuckin lip. The door open and in comes Max, "I was looking for you". I hand him a glass of water he seemed like he's been running around. "Sorry, did you find anything?." He asked me and I shook my head, "nope."
I hook my arm with his and we walk back into the living room. We both go under the sheets and I turn my back towards him, and try to get some sleep back but I couldn't take my mind off the stupid kiss and the way it made me feel. Maybe it was just my stupid hormones acting up. Well whatever it was, it's just wrong and I need to snap out of it.
I wake up and see that the sun is rising and I slowly get out of the sheet and go back to my room to change into my clothes. The tile floors were extremely cold and I wished I had some socks on but I left them back in the living room somewhere.
I slipped inside my room and see that Zeus is asleep on the bathroom floor. A note that's set on the table catches my eye.
All your siblings have a nice room, don't make me turn them over. Also what's with the white hair?, did you get the inspiration by your father. I guess you really are daddy's little girl.
-M.R.
"You fuckin bastard". I run out my room and rush into my sisters room. I felt relaxed that they were fine and asleep, Matteo hadn't done anything to them.
I closed the door gently and ran down into the boys room, some were locked. The ones that weren't lock were Jackson's, August and Alexander's. They were all fine. I couldn't believe this bastar got into my home and roamed around here. Worst of all I can't even say anything about it but just deal with it.
But I wasn't going to let this asshole win. I'll just do the same thing I did before, I'll use the Geminio spell . It will give me enough time to bring my dad in and after that I'll take care of the Matteo and Voldemort.
I went back into my room and changed into my workout clothes, today I had training. I needed to get myself even more prepared for anything. I don't care what happens the night of the ball, all that matters is that I get my dad out of there alive.