Forbidden Love

Chapter 36

Theo's POV:

I watch as Eden picks up her textbooks and runs down the hall to her first class. I feel so guilty that I didn't stop her, or check on her while she stood in front of me crying.

What the fuck did he say to her to make her cry on cue like that?

Draco turns to Mattheo and me and his face is pale white. More than it already is normally. 

"What the hell did you say to her, Malfoy?" I ask him demanding an answer immediately. 

"I told her she can't choose between us, Theo. It's impossible, not only for herself, but for the situation that we're in."

I squint my eyes in confusion as he walks down the hall with Mattheo. What the hell does that mean?

I decide to skip class and go back to the common room. It's completely empty and silent, thankfully. I sit down on the sofa, thinking about everything that's happened over the last few days.

When I was released from the infirmary, I ordered flowers from Floriblunder's Florist and had them delivered to Eden's doorstep after she returned to her room from visiting me. I decided to lay low, so I skipped classes for the entire day on Monday and just laid around my room. Eleanor came in Monday evening to tell me that Eden was sick. She said she was emotionally distraught and that she would barely speak to her. Draco is the only one to blame for her emotional instability right now. He should have never allowed her to take the dark mark.. but I know that she wouldn't be here right now if she hadn't agreed to do it.

This entire situation is fucked..

I'm pulled from my thoughts when a crashing sound echoes from upstairs. I walk up to the edge of the first step and listen closely for another noise. 

"Hello? Is someone up there?" I yell.

Without hearing another sound or a voice, I walk up to see that the door to my room is cracked open. Weird.. We always keep it closed, even when we're drunk we remember to close the door. I push open the door slowly to find our room completely empty. However, a decorative vase has been smashed against the wooden floor by Blaise's bed. I walk over to begin cleaning up the mess when the closet door creaks open. 

"Theodore Knott, my my my how you've grown up." 

Voldemort..

I stand there frozen, not daring to speak a word to him and spout something idiotic off. He walks over to me and grabs my arm revealing my faded dark mark. He presses the tip of his wand into it and speaks something in Parseltongue. I look down and notice that the faded ink on my arm has turned into a brightly vivid black now. He releases his grip on my arm and looks into my eyes.

"Destroy her, Theodore. Make her wish that I had killed her that night. She doesn't deserve someone as headstrong and dominant as you, my boy. Do this, and you will be rewarded with eternal glory. Do this.. and you will no longer suffer from being her second choice to Draco."

I turn to look into the mirror behind me and see that my eyes have turned into a darkened black. I smile devilishly to myself, staring at my reflection, as Voldemort stares into it the same way. Just as I turn to speak to him, he vanishes.  

I quickly return to my normal self as Blaise enters the room.

"Shit Theo, you scared me man. What's going on? Why aren't you in class?" He asks abruptly.

I walk away from his side of the room, taking off my robe, sweater vest, and white button up in the process and throw it onto the bed. 

"Why aren't you?" I ask him rudely.

"Woah, cut the attitude, bro. What's going on with you?" He walks over to stand in front of me and puts a hand on my shoulder. "You alright?" He positions his head underneath my gaze as I look down at the ground.

"Are you sick? Your eyes are like, really fucking black, mate. Do I need to take you back to the infirmary?" 

I don't respond to the one thousand questions he's asking. Instead, I grab my black fleece jacket from my closet and leave. I don't know what's going on with me, but I knew if I had stayed there in the room with him a minute longer, I would've done something I may or may not regret for the rest of my life. The way I'm feeling right now, I think it would've felt really good to free myself from him, forever.

I shoot passing glances at some students in the halls as I quickly speed walk to the courtyard. It's the end of first period, so I know Draco and Mattheo will soon be looking for me. I walk among the fresh air and decide to just flee the castle. Part of me wants her to come find me so I can hurt her so badly for even thinking about choosing between me or Draco, but the other part of me just wants to hold her, kiss her, and just be in her presence. 

Blaise was right after all. 

Eden Haynes, will be my downfall..