How could a woman attract this much attention? Was it her beauty or perhaps her name? In the end, it doesn't matter because Josephine Riddle had become the talk of the school. Both the Riddle twins.

Almost every single girl in 6th year fancied Mattheo Riddle, and who could blame them? Every girl loves herself a bad boy, they all think they could fix him. How can a person fix someone who is beyond repair?

The Riddle twins matched the hallways like they were untouchable, which they were. People were scared of them, mostly due to their father. But they also couldn't help but want to find out stuff about them.

It had only been their third day at Hogwards, but they still managed to make a name for themselves.

Josephine had obviously stood up to Lucy and Kylie, two of the most popular Ravenclaws in the school. She didn't fear them, in fact she felt bad for them, thy felt the need to show off that much when deep down they were just two insecure individuals, craving attention from everyone.

Josephine had always been observant. Having to grow up in a house hold where she did not know what was going to happen each day made her cautious. She would either wake up to her father calmly reading in his office, or to the screams of her brother being tortured by him.

She felt horrible.

She wished she could jump in front of Mattheo to protect him. She felt horrible that she got the special treatment.

She always felt like she was walking on needles around her house, it never felt like home. She never felt safe. Never.

She sat in the library after her class, studying. She already knew all the things the school was willing to teach her, but she was particularly fond of literature.

She way an author or a poet could capture emotions in some pages always amazed her. Especially since she didn't know how to express her own. After her mothers death, her father taught her that emotions were a weakness.

She sat there reading until she heard a familiar voice approach her.

"Mind if I join you?" Theodore Nott asked as he took a seat next to the brunette.

"Suit yourself Nott" she said as she did not raise her eyes away from her book. Theo leaned closer to her to see what she was reading.

"Frankenstein?" He asked as he raised an eyebrow.

"Do not judge before you read it" she replied defensively as her eyes hadn't left the book for a moment since he appeared next to her.

"I never took you to be a fan of literature" he said as he sat back on his chair, spreading his legs as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"I like to be a surprise I guess"

"Well you definitely surprise me Josephine" he said. That finally made her look away from her book as she looked at him and smiled.

She was about to speak as her gaze dropped, she felt her forearm burning, right where her dark mark was.

"I'm sorry I have to go" she spoke quickly before she stood up and left the library in a hurry, so hurriedly she forgot her book behind.

Theodore just looked at her stunned as she ran out. Was it something he said? Something he did? He didn't know. He looked back at the table and realized that she left her book.

He took the book and walked out of the library in an attempt to find her and give it to her. He couldn't find her anywhere.

That was because Josephine had apparated back to her house, the riddle manor.

When she felt her mark burning, it was like her father was calling for her, and he did not like to wait. She stood at the entrance of her home, which did not feel like her home ever since her mother died.

The Riddle manor was dark, no colors except from black, and dark red and green. There were wide gardens around it, spreading out for meters. As she stood in front of her house, two death eaters opened the door for her. She walked in and was met with the familiar smell of her childhood home.

It smelled of death, that was the best way to describe it. Not actually dead human bodies, but it smelled of the metal smell of blood, but at the same time it smelled clean, almost empty.

She walked all the way to her father's office, where she knocked on the door. It opened.

Her father's office was intimidating to say the least. There were bookshelves covering the walls, a large window right behind his desk that was centered in the middle of the room.

"Father" she spoke in a low tone, but loud enough to catch his attention. He looked up from the papers in front of him, a half smile spreading across his lips.

"Josephine, please enter" he said as he sat back on the chair. Josephine walked all the way to his desk, sitting at the opposite side of it. Two death eaters closed the door behind her.

In some way she was treated like royalty in her home. Some many people had devoted their lives to her father, they didn't dare treating Josephine with anything but respect.

"Tell me, how is Hogwards?" He asked, no sort of emotion on his voice of face. It was as if he was looking through her eyes into her soul.

"Well both me and Mattheo are in Slytherin, obviously" she was always taught to speak with confidence in her voice. She never dared to show emotion in front of her father.

"I expected nothing less. How are your classes?" He asked curiously as he looked at his daughter.

"You have already taught us all of the material that we are currently studying, so i find them easy"

"Good. Have you been spending time with any other students?"

"Me and Mattheo have both been spending time with a group of Slytherins in our year"

"And what are their last names?" Her father, obviously, has a very big issue with blood status. It's always been that way, since he didn't grow up a pureblood himself.

"Malfloy, Zabini, Parkinson, Greengrass and Nott"

"I recognize those names, all purebloods very good Josephine. Most of their parents work for me too, very well."

"Have you summoned Mattheo here too?" Josephine asked. Even though she portrayed no emotion in her face, she wished he hadn't summoned him, since it would have probably ended up bad.

"No, i did not wish to speak with him, i wanted to talk with my daughter, why is there an issue?" His tone got a bit defensive.

"No of course not"

"Very well, you should head back, i have a meeting in a few minutes." He said as he turned his attention back to his papers.

"Goodbye father" Josephine said as she stood up and walked out, her father not even acknowledging her.

When she walked out of the riddle manor, she let out a deep breath. Talking with her father always stressed her out, being in that house always stressed her out. She was so glad that Mattheo wasn't also there.

She appareted back to her dorm room. When she went to put her bag down on her desk, she noticed the book she was reading in the library there, along with a note on it.

You left this in the library, thought I'd bring it to you
-Theo
(see you at the party tonight)

Her heart warmed up as she saw that note, she hadn't even realized that she left the book there, and he was kind enough to bring it to her. Even though this wasn't even that big of a gesture, she still appreciated that he went out of his way to do it for her.

The party.

She had completely forgotten that she had a party to attend, she had nothing to wear. The party was in two hours.

Josephine walked out of her dorm, all the way to Pansys. She knocked on the door and stood there for a little while, before Draco opened the door.

"Is Pansy here?" Josephine asked him. He opened the door to reveal Pansy sitting on her bed, smoking a cigarette.

"What's up?" Pansy asked as she sat up on the bed, sitting on the edge of it, while taking a drag from her cigarette.

"Do you have anything I could wear to the party?" Josephine asked before she looked around the room, Draco had taken a seat on Pansys couch.

"Hold on let me check" Pansy said as she stood up from her bed, looking through her closet.

Josephine looked at Pansys closet, it mostly had dark clothes, but some light ones too, she looked like she had a good sense of style.

"Didn't know you could smoke in your dorm" Josephine said as she waited for Pansy to give her something to wear.

"You can't, but Draco is a Prefect and he won't say anything. Here I found just the thing" Pansy said as she turned away from her closet, and walking towards Josephine.

She held up a glittery low rise mini skirt along with a black sleeveless top. Josephine's eyes widened at this. She never wore clothing like that.

"This will definitely look good on you" Pansy said as she handed Josephine the clothes. "You wanna try it?" She asked as Josephine nodded.

"Draco I'll see you at the party" Pansy said as she gave Draco a smile, he walked out of the dorm leaving the two teenage girls there to get ready.

"You wanna get ready here?" Pansy asked, smiling. Pansy seemed to be one of the only people at Hogwards who wasn't terrified of Josephine, and made her feel welcomed.

"If you don't mind" Josephine didn't want to intrude.

"What? Of course I don't mind, it will be fun. Now try on the outfit, I'm sure it will look amazing on you." Pansy said as she gave her another big smile.

Josephine walked into Pansys bathroom, before trying on the outfit. It made her body look amazing. The skirt hugged her curved perfectly as the top made her waist look tiny.

"How do I look?" Josephine asked as she walked out of the bathroom. Pansy audibly gasped as she saw her.

"I swear to god if you don't wear that I will be forcing you. Your body is amazing" Pansys jaw had slightly dropped at the sight of her friend in that outfit. She truly looked amazing.

Pansy wasn't one of those jealous girls that tries desperately to bring her friends down, she was a girls girl. She actually felt happiness when her friends were happy.

"Wait, have you been to a party before?" Pansy asked curiously as she walked over to Josephine. Josephine shook her head and Pansy squealed excitedly. "Oh my god your first party! That's so exciting!"

"It's not that big of a deal" Josephine smiled as she shook her head slightly.

"It's a huge deal! I'm gonna make sure you will have so much fun, I will make it my goal, now come on let's get ready" Pansy said before dragging Josephine to the bathroom.

The two girls got ready for the next two hours, talking, laughing, doing their makeup, their hair. This was the most normal Josephine had felt in her life. Just a teenage girl getting ready for a party.

They did a few shots in Pansys room before they decided they were gonna be enough people there already and decided to head down. The Slytherin common room was filled with people. Not just slytherins, from all the houses.

There were teens drinking, smoking, dancing over the loud music. It was so nice. Pansy dragged Josephine over to the table with the drinks, before pouring two shots for them.

"Cheers to your first party" she said as they both held their cups up, downing them completely. They were both smiling and laughing. Before they decided to dance.

The alcohol had already hit them, since they also drank a bunch in Pansys room. Josephine felt amazing. She finally had a friend, a real friend. They both danced among the other teenagers, they were having the time of their life.

Eventually Draco walked up to pansy and dragged her away, pansy mouthed "sorry" to Josephine to which she just shook her head, signaling that it was fine.

She wasn't left alone for long, since Theo approached her. Their eyes locked. It was as if the whole room disappeared at it was just them two. It was a feeling Josephine could not describe, even if she wanted to.

"You look good Riddle" Theo said as he looked at her up and down, admiring her body.

"You don't look too bad yourself Nott" she said, smiling up at the tall boy in front of her. She wouldn't admit this to anyone, not even to herself, but she was severely attracted to Theodore.

She looked deep into his dead looking eyes, as he looked into her own. They stared at each other for a few seconds, before they were interrupted by Blaise, asking them if they wanted to play spin the bottle with them.

Theo looked at Josephine, waiting for her to reply before she gave Blaise a nod, and the three of them walked over to a couch where the rest of the group as sitting.

Josephine sat in between Theo and Blaise, as Daphne spinned the empty bottle. It landed on Mattheo, he leaned in and kissed her. The whole group cheered for them.

"Okay my turn!" Pansy said as she spinned the bottle. It landed on Josephine. Josephine's eyes widened as the bottle landed on her.

"You mind?" Pansy asked Draco as she walked up to Josephine.

"Go ahead" Draco said smiling as Pansy walked in front of Josephine, pulling her in and kissing her, deeply, passionately.

Josephine had never kissed a girl, she had never even kissed anyone.

Pansys lips were soft, gentle as she kissed her. Josephine was straight, but what's the harm in a bit of fun?

The group cheered for them, as they were basically giving them a show. To say Theo enjoyed it would be an understatement.

"Okay okay I think that's enough you two" Draco said before pansy pulled away, both of the girls laughing as she sat back down next to him.

The game continued on for a while, Blaise kissed a girl who Josephine hadn't met, Pansy kissed Daphne and Draco. It was Theos turn, Josephine was secretly hoping the bottle would land on her, and it did.

Theo turned his head around to face Josephine, who was smiling at him. He grabbed her by the back of her head and kissed her, deeply. Their tongues fighting each other. They had both been wanting to do this for a while.

"Get a room you two!" Pansy laughed out. Josephine broke the kiss apart, before looking at Theo, smiling at him. He too her by her hand, leading her away from the group, to the other side of the room before pushing her back slightly against a wall.

"You don't know how much I have wanted this" Theo said as he leaned in and kissed her again. Their lips and tongues moved in perfect sync. Her hand ran through his dark curls, pulling him even closer to her. The kiss was getting deeper and deeper.

"There's a professor coming!" A random guy yelled out, causing them to break apart their kiss.

Suddenly all the teenagers in the room started running off to their dorms. Theo looked at Josephine before leaning close into her ear

"See you around Riddle" he said before giving her a wink, and walking up to the boys dormitories.

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authors note:
I actually love this chapter
also TRUST me this won't be as fast paced as it seems, something bad will happen
also for the sake of the book pretend you can apparate in and out of Hogwards
anyway
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