The Astronomy Tower
It was later that night , time for Celia to meet Mattheo at the astronomy tower . She wasn't entirely sure what she was doing by going there , all students were supposed to be in their designated house spaces at this hour but she found he seemed to have this quality about him that drew everyone towards him. Drew a lot of the girls in the school towards him too she had noticed . She thought she would be surprised if she wasn't the only girl at the astronomy tower this evening . But Celia had never thought of Mattheo in that way , and had never wanted to . She had always had her mind taken up by her and Draco's friendship to ever spare any sort of feeling towards a different boy . That was how it had always been . Had .
She sighed and glanced into a mirror that hung on the small iron staircase that led to the astronomy tower , it was past evening lesson time so she knew that their conversation would be private . Her reflection stared back through the unenchanted screen : she had been so busy with lessons she had forgotten to use her blonde hair dye spell , small auburn roots taking place close to her scalp that she reminded herself to fix tomorrow morning while getting ready with Hermione . She had glassy green eyes , Lucius had always said she looked as though she was on the verge of tears , Celia had only ever glared in response . The scar on her throat that cut down to her neck made her raise her head with pride at her reflection . Her eyes that were like mirrors themselves didn't make her feel weak when she had been marked by a beast as deadly as a dragon .
The dragons . Excitement stirred within her as if the creatures themselves were stirring her feelings like a potion in a cauldron , she would find them .
Later , right now she was going to see Mattheo . She turned the corner and rolled her eyes .
He was watching the stars from the roof , his back turned to her as a cigarette dangled from his lips.
'Put that thing out for Merlin's sake Mattheo , we're fourteen .'
'Age is in the eye of the beholder ..' Celia thought sounded wistful , a bit like Dumbledore ,' Or whatever people say .'
Maybe not .
Celia walked over to him and stared out towards the sky , her shoes clunked on the floorboards with each step ,' Why did you ask me here ?'
Mattheo took a long drag of the cigarette , Celia rolled her eyes even more dramatically , he sighed and put it out ,' You want me to be honest ? I feel a bit lonely .'
'How on earth could Mattheo Riddle feel lonely , you are like the most popular boy in the school apart from Diggory .'
He sighed ,' It doesn't matter . I thought perhaps you'd understand , you know , like not knowing your parents and everything . I know mine and as much as I love my mum her and my father messed each other up . And these people here , I talk to them but I think I have a habit for keeping everyone an arms length away . But you seem like a person here I could talk to . With family and , I am sorry to bring up Mr Malfoy but with friends too . We seem to almost be in a similar predicament .'
Celia nodded ,' I do understand how you feel , it's difficult with family . Friends are a whole new thing for me , the Gryffindors are -'
'-lovely as you would expect ,' Mattheo finished ,' The slytherins , they have nothing against other houses really , it's all just old-fashioned ideas they want to keep up to impress their parents . But it still annoys me . The way Draco treats Hermione is shit , I think the reason I like her so much is that she stands up for herself . Nobody seems to do that with Draco apart from well , Me , yourself and Granger .'
'How about I do you a deal ,' the cogs in Celia's mind turned ,' You know about how I want to find my family and stuff ?'
'Yeah I've seen that huge fuck-off book you carry everywhe-'
'Shut up or I won't continue .'
Mattheo dramatically rolled his eyes back in return ,' My lips are sealed .'
'Hermione is helping me try and find my parents too . I'm feeling lost with trying to find out who my relatives are , you're feeling lost with well everything . What do you say you help me figure my ancestry out and in return you get some quality time with Hermione Granger . It's not like Draco would care or anything , you're already friends with everyone .'
'But I've never really spoke to her before . She probably hates me .'
'I can work on that ,' Celia replied
'Well , I will help you figure out your family stuff , but I want something else in return too .'
'What's that ?'
Mattheo stared at her bluntly ,' Please make friends with Draco again . He was insufferable when he wouldn't shut up about you , but even worse when he can't talk about you at all or even talk to you at all . '
'But -'
'Pansy's a bitch to everyone , it isn't just personal to you ,' Celia was surprised that words like that could be said in such a soft tone ,' She's getting bored of him now she finally has him , we are too , he is as dull as a brick wall when he's around her . I can tell he misses you as well , so if anything just do this for me ?'
Celia looked to the stars , the constellations tracing patterns in the sky like the dots aligning in her mind .
She shook her head to clear it , then shook Mattheo's hand after ,' Deal .'