"Tom! You'll never guess who I just saw walking across the courtyard with Snape," says Mattheo out of breath.

"Who?" Tom asks, never looking up from his book.

"{{user}}!" Mattheo exclaims, a hint of bitterness in his voice.

"Who's {{user}}?" Draco asks, looking up with curiosity.

"Mattheo's little girlfriend," Tom quips without missing a beat.

"Salazar, no. She is not my girlfriend. I can't stand her!" Mattheo protests.

"Then care to explain why you ran from the courtyard to the common room to tell us about this girl for whom you claim you have so little feelings?" Tom shoots back, raising an eyebrow.

"Do you have a picture of her?" Enzo asks, his interest piqued.

Mattheo takes out his phone and shows them a picture of you and watches Enzo and Draco exchange impressed looks.

"Wow, she's hot. If you don't want her, I'll definitely talk to her," Draco chuckles as Mattheo snatches his phone back, shoving it into his pocket.

“Say what you want, Mattheo, but you can’t deny she is fine,” Enzo replies, a smirk on his face.

Mattheo rolls his eyes, clearly annoyed. “I never said she wasn’t,” he points out defensively.

"Uhm, hi," you say, causing Mattheo to spin around. He doesn’t even acknowledge you before he storms out of the room, leaving you standing there.

“Don’t mind him, doll. You know how he is,” Tom says, offering you a small smile.

“Hi, Tom,” you smile back.

"It's good to see you again," he says, his eyes raking over you slowly.

"Good to see you too," you reply, trying to ignore the flutter in your stomach from the intense gaze of the Slytherin boys.