I awoke to the sound of the dorm door slamming. I jumped up in bed and turned to the clock. It was 5 am

I looked at the door to see mattheo leaning over it, clutching his back.

His white t-shirt was covered in what looked like blood. I ran into the washroom and returned with a towel.

"What happened?!" I asked while slowly guiding the shirt up his arms.

He was bent over, his breath hitching every now and then, from what I could only assume was pain.

His back had slash marks on it, as if someone had carved those with a knife.

I quickly pressed the towel on his back as he let out an ear rattling scream.

I felt tears pool into my eyes.

"W-what happened Mattheo?"

He turned to face me, his brown eyes swimming with pain. He brought his hands and cupped my face with them.

"Nothing happened Y/N. Dont worry, I will be ok."

Tears streamed down my cheek seeing his pained expression. I looked into his eyes as he wiped away my tears with the pad of his thumb.

I reached up to his face and kissed him full on the lips. I couldn't bear seeing him in agony.

He held my arms to steady himself and kissed me deeper. His lips were soft and the kiss warm as our bodies were flush against each other.

After a few moments we pulled away, the both of us smiling from ear to ear. I guided him over to his bed. I ran over to the cupboard and spoke rather loudly,

"Accio Dittany!"

The essence of dittany flew into my open palm and I unstoppered it as I made my way to his bed.

"This might hurt."

I warned before dropping a few drops on his wounds. They healed before my eyes as mattheo held the sheets tightly to prevent more screaming.

once they had healed I put a big bandage over his back and pulled the blanket over him. He was already drifting off to sleep.

I lingered for a moment, studying his face. When I turned to leave I felt him grab my wrist slightly.

"S-sleep here tonight" He said in a whisper.

"Here, as in, your bed?" I asked taken aback.

He nodded feebly as I smiled and got in beside him. He held me tightly from behind and I felt at peace.

I felt safe in his arms. Also I never thought he would be one for cuddling. How Cute.

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It was morning now but we had decided to skip classes and just stay in bed.

I quietly removed myself from his arms and cleaned myself up. I couldn't stop thinking about what had happened earlier.

I went over to my cauldron and started brewing a simple draught of strength.

I was rather good at potions, but an absolute menace at arithimacy.

Once the potion was done I gave it to him and he drank it all.

"Better?"

"Loads"

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It had been a few days now and we were back at classes. There were a few rumours here and there but none really bothered me.

Most of my classes were with mattheo but some I was alone in, for example, Astronomy.

Leanne, Astoria and Ananya had started to accept him a bit into our gang but they were ever cautious.

Me and Mattheo did have a casual banter here and there but nothing much. Mostly me being shoved against a wall, but then again it was pretty normal.

He would occassionally recive a letter and then leave after burning it as always.

I was growing a bit curious and concerned. I needed to know what the letter was about, but everytime I would ask mattheo, he would just ignore it and change the subject.

The end of term was approaching, the Slytherin's were throwing a party in the common room.

All the 1st to 5th years has been bullied and bribed into staying in their dorms.

The 7th years were setting up the common room with drinks and decorations.

We went to our room and were told to wait until we heard four knocks on the door.

I opened my closet and pulled out a short red dress with a cut around my midriff.

"Hell no, you are NOT wearing that."

Mattheo spoke from his side of the room.

"And why not?" I asked.

"You really think I want people looking at my wife like that."

"Like what?!"

"You know exactly what" He said as he tossed a leather jacket over my shoulders and I wore it with a groan.

The knocks were heard and all the Slytherin's left their dorms.

The common room had been decorated with a dance floor in the middle and a bar on the side. It looked great.

We all made our way to the floor and started dancing almost immediately.

Mattheo left to get us drinks and I moved around trying to spot my friends but instead I spotted the devil.

Camellia

She was all over him, trying to talk to him over the bar.

I could see mattheo trying to ignore her but she put her grubby hands all over him. I was not having it.

"GET AWAY FROM HIM." I threatened her as I walked towards them.

"Ohh look who is here mattheo! Is it your wife, come to save you?" She asked in fake concern and pouted her lips.

"LEAVE HIM ALONE." I warned again and she let out a cackle. Ofcourse she did. She was bellatrix's daughter at the end of the day.

The whole room was silent now. The music had stopped and everyone was looking in our direction.

"Oh and what if I dont, what are you going to do?" She spoke again.

"Trust me, you dont want to know."

"oooh im so scared! someone come save me!" She said putting her hand on her head.

"Very well then." I said and threw my wand to the side.

"No wands." I spoke.

She threw hers onto the couch too.

"No wands."

Seeing the enraged look in my eyes mattheo took a few steps into the crowd and away from us.

I was livid. I was not gonna let her go this easy. My face with filled with pure anger and I clenched my fist as the people around us formed a circle and started chanting,

"FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT."

I Could see mattheo in the corner of the room, sipping his drink with a smirk on his face.

I winked at him before I took off my jacket and threw it away.

Me and camellia never broke eye contact and started circling each other when I heard a voice in my head.

"Punch her in 3..."

I was utterly astounded and looked around for the source of the sound.

"..2"

I looked at mattheo. His lips were sealed but I knew it was him talking. How? There would be time to know that later.

"..1"

Right now, its time to beat up a bitch.

==========End of Part 12==========

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