Forbidden Love

Chapter 33

Theo's POV:

I lay there, finally able to open my eyes and move my hands and feet again. Draco and Mattheo are seated to my right as I watch Eden leave the infirmary. 

"What happened, mate?" Mattheo asks.

"A lot happened actually," I confess to them.

"You told Eden you couldn't remember," Draco points out. 

"Yeah, I know. I didn't want her to freak out.." I remain silent for a few seconds before continuing. "Before I blacked out, all I could think about was her. How captivated I am by her, and how good she makes me feel." I lean my head to the side and stare at Mattheo and become infuriated.

"Blaise told me that just because she accepted the mark it doesn't mean your father will leave her alone." Mattheo darts his eyes up at me through his eye lashes. 

"And you'd believe Blaise over us?" He asks.

I sit there staring at Mattheo for another minute, not able to find the right words to say to him. I don't even want to give him the time of day right now.

"Just get the fuck out. Both of you," I demand.

They remain sitting in their chairs after I literally made my point with that simple sentence. I roll my eyes and lean my head back onto the pillow, waiting for Eden to come back. Silence fills the room for a few minutes before Draco attempts to clear the awkwardness.

"You know how I feel about her, Theo. Why are you trying to complicate things?"

"What the fuck am I trying to complicate, Malfoy? You left. Ghosted out of nowhere. I stepped up and was there for Eden!"

"It wasn't that fucking simple, Theo. Trust me, I never wanted to or intended on leaving." He says gritting his teeth. 

"You were too scared of Voldemort to be a man and come back for 'your woman'," I air quote and roll my eyes. 

Mattheo stands up, causing his chair to tip back and rushes forward, getting in my face.

"I'd be very careful with that loose tongue of yours and how you speak about my father, Theodore." He threatens with a darting stare into my soul.

I sit there trying to slow my nervous breaths as Mattheo paces around the infirmary. Draco remains seated at my bedside, looking down at the ground shaking his head. 

"You have no idea the torture I went through just to get back here." He says with a laughter. I scoff at his comment and shake my head. 

"It wasn't just a little vacation away from school to meet with my family. I endured endless amounts of mind-bending torture from him." He adds scooting closer to me and whispering as if he doesn't want Mattheo to hear him.

"Don't test me when it comes to Eden, Theo. Do you understand?" He raises his voice while narrowing his eyes in a threatening manner. 

I look away from him and try not to hop out of this bed and just drop him right here in the middle of the infirmary. 

"You'll never know the lengths I'd go to for her, Draco. Until she tells me that she doesn't want me, I won't stop trying. I won't stop loving her. Don't try to pour out your love to her just because you know she feels strongly for me. How about you let her decide? Hmm?" I turn my head to face him again and raise my eyebrows, challenging him with my calm tone. He fucking hates when anyone does that.

Without hesitation, Draco stands up from his chair and walks out of the infirmary, but before he turns the corner, Eden appears out of the darkened hallway with my black sweater in hand. She looks so angry. Fuck, she heard every single syllable of our conversation..

She walks into the infirmary and lays my sweater down on the bed. She turns around to face Draco and Mattheo who are now standing just inside the doorway staring at her. She places a hand on her hip and starts laughing under her breath. I look between her and the guys, confused at why she's laughing, and notice that Draco and Mattheo have the exact same expression as me.

"I find it pretty fucking amusing that you're fighting like pre-schoolers over a box of paints because of me," she says placing her free hand on the back of the chair that Draco was sitting in.

The three of us remain frozen in our places, not daring to say a word out of order against her right now. 

"Draco, you will never know the hell I went through while you were gone," she confesses. I watch as Draco takes a step forward to get a better look at her facial expression. The silence in the room is deafening at this point.

"Honestly, it all lasted a mere 30 seconds before Theo was fucking me in the Prefect bathroom," she says taunting Draco with a smile.

I watch Mattheo's face drop as he turns to glance at Draco whose fists are clenched by his sides. I try to refrain myself from laughing, but a chuckle escapes my mouth and Eden turns her head to look at me and wink.

"What.. What are you talking about, Eden?" Draco stutters.

She looks at him with pure amusement. 

"Theo took my virginity. Whether that was a bullet point on your agenda or not is absolutely none of my concern. I just thought you'd want to know." She says folding her arms over her chest. 

She takes a seat beside me on the hospital bed and places her hand on my knee. She begins rubbing her thumb over it slowly and I instantly feel a sense of peace rush over me. She is my kryptonite. On my darkest days, she is there to pull me out of the deepest depths of despair. 

Draco and Mattheo walk over to sit down by Eden and me once again. She keeps her gaze locked on the floor, refusing to look up and see their expressions, which is nothing less than wrecked.

Finally, she breaks the silence between the four of us. "I will never be made to feel like I have to choose between the three of you. It will never happen. Truth be told, I'm in love with Theo... And if you both can't respect that, then I can't do this anymore." I watch as tears begin to flow from her eyes. She wipes them away with the sleeve of her sweater and sniffles. 

"I just.. I can't do this. I can't help how I feel, for any of you. You three will never understand how I feel right now. It's not a fucking competition on who I feel for more." She stands up from the bed and walks over the foot of it. She leans down over my bottom half and begins to sob. 

Draco stands up and comes to her side. I watch him snake his hand around her waist as she just stands there, melting away in her emotions and I hate myself that I can't find the strength to stand up so that I could take his place instead.

"Eden, we would never make you choose. It's just that.. the three of us care for you so deeply and it's coming across as jealousy."

"No.. it's coming across as ownership," she interrupts him.

"Eden, I promise you, we would never make you choose between us." Mattheo speaks up. 

She stands up straight and grabs a tissue from my bedside table and proceeds to wipe her eyes. 

"I'm going back to my room for awhile." She walks over to me and kisses the side of my head before departing. 

"I love you so much, Theo.." She whispers in my ear and I watch as she exits the infirmary.