A Badger With All The Snakes

Chapter Three

Madalie will never get tired of watching the first years be astonished as they watch their Prefect Hannah Abott show them how to get into their common room.
"Girls, up the right, boys to the left. Sleep well, goodnight."
Madalie made her way to her room and noticed that she had a single this year, which she was thankful for.
Before heading to bed she decided that she would send an owl to her parents telling them that she had a safe trip. She decided to go against and not tell them about her and Mattheo, waiting to tell them in person. As she sent her mothers owl, Sapphire, out the window, there was a knock at her door.
She wasn't really surprised when she saw Hannah and behind her she saw her friends.
"We really need to talk about me sneaking them in here. I'm a Prefect now, if they get caught-"
"I'll show them how to get into the common room and which way is better to avoid the Prefects patrolling. Thank you Hannah, I really appreciate it." Hannah nodded and walked through the Slytherins.
"Since when did you get your own room? Not that I'm complaining. Girl, this shit is nice. It could do with a little less yellow, but it's so much more roomy."
"Parkinson, do you ever shut your mouth?"
"What's the matter Zabini? I thought you liked it wide open?" Blaise paused, shook his head, went back to arguing with Pansy. The two have never had an intimate moment, Pansy just liked to mess with Blaise. The only person that knew she even liked him was Maddi.
"Oh shit. Ten galleons say Pansy wins this argument."
"You're on."
"Do you two ever shut up?"
Theo and Enzo said "nope" in sync, Draco rolled his eyes. Theo and Enzo continued to watch Blaise and Pansy argue. Mattheo made his way over to Madalie where she was sitting at her desk in her rolling chair. Draco flopped on her bed covering his ears with her pillow and Tom kicked his feet so he could sit at the end.
Mattheo stood behind her and wrapped his arms around her and rested his arms around her collarbone, kissing her temple and leaning his forehead against the side of her face.
It wasn't unusual for Mattheo and MJ to hold each other like this, the group was used to it, Mattheo really only did it when his anxiety was acting up.
"You okay?"
Mattheo didn't say anything, he just nodded his head.
"Are you sure?" Madalie ran her fingernails over his arms, trying her best to resist the urge to turn around and kiss him.
Mattheo nodded again and straightened out, kissing the top of her head, before holding out his hand. Silently asking her to stand up so he could still hold her. Leaning against her desk, Mattheo wrapped his arms around her and rested his head in between her head and shoulder.
"Aww your two are too cute."
"Shut it Parkinson." Madalie chuckled and she could feel Mattheo's heartbeat speed up when she did.
After a few hours of talking and laughing about Umbridge, who they had decided to call Professor Toad, Tom spoke up.
"Alright it's getting late, we should go guys."
"Party pooper. Why do we always have to go? Can't we stay? I mean it's not like anyone in this house cares that we are here."
"Theo, we have been over this. If we get caught in here, we might as well pray to Merlin and beg for our lives. There are six of us guys and two girls. How the hell would that look like to a Professor?"
"Tommy's right. We got to go. We'll see Maddi tomorrow. C'mon." Mattheo always had a way of getting through to Theo and Enzo more than Tom, only because they thought of Tom as an older brother figure, and to them he was incredibly fun to annoy. Pansy gave MJ a hug, then Blaise, then Theo and Enzo practically tackled her, although Draco wasn't a very touchy person, the only people he hugged were his mother and MJ. Tom squeezed her in a side hug. Mattheo fully wrapped his arms around her and nestled his head on her shoulder, she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed his temple. Pansy, Enzo and Theo chorused an "awww." Draco, Tom, and Blaise smirked and patted Mattheo on his back when he was walking back to them. Saying their final goodbyes, they made their way back to the Slytherin common room in the dungeons.
Madalie sighed and swished her wand turning off her light and fell asleep, the only thing on her mind, Mattheo Riddle.

The Slytherins knew that one day, their friendship with the Hufflepuff would eventually have to stop. They were dreading that day. Tom and Mattheo's parents kept trying to contact them, every letter they received, they ripped to shreds, burnt, or sent back unopened. The Riddle boys never had much growing up, it was always so little, or nothing at all. They knew that their parents would never allow them to be friends with MJ, of course they would never stop, only because both of the boys were extremely terrified of Micah Crossett, MJ's father.
Though her parents were supportive of her friends, even Mattheo and Tom, Micah got his point across when he told them to never hurt his daughter in any way.

§ Author's Note §
Possibly one of my favorite chapters to write. Only because of Theo, Enzo, Pansy, and Blaise.
Who else has a Theo or is a Theo, and who has a Enzo or is a Enzo?
Did that make sense?

I'm out.