And as I looked into his eyes, I knew something was wrong. Very, very wrong.
I didn't see his eyes lit up like it did whenever he saw me for the past few years. I didn't even see any form of recognition in them.
It was as if they weren't the same ones who could calm me down in an instant, make my heart beat a little bit faster and the ones where I could stare all day long.
And therefore I faltered in my steps a little. I didn't want the thoughts running in my head to be , Scorpius kept tugging my hand and therefore I kept walking. But his gaze had already shifted from me to the other occupants in the room. He had barely glanced at me before turning his attention to his family.
I drew a sharp breath. This is not him. No. Deep down I knew what happened. Oh! I knew it alright. But, I refused to believe it. I can't, to be honest. I love him too much. I can't lose him. And not like this.
So, I kept walking towards the bed he's occupying. He's laughing with Rose and James. I smiled. Seeing him happy made me do it. It's like an instinct actually. Like it just happened. But the nagging feeling was still there.
I reached his bed. Nothing. He didn't even look at me. Just continued to joke with James. Rose quickly took a note of this and horror took over her features. One glance at me told her I was fearing the same thing. Of course she would be the one to figure it out first. She is the brightest witch of our age after all. What with her getting her mother's brains and all.
"Louis?" She called getting his attention. She wanted to find out. Her face was telling me that she was praying to merlin for it to be false. She knew I couldn't afford it. Hell, she couldn't afford it. No one could. Seeing me heartbroken would break them just as seeing any of them would do to me. And as soon as he looked at her she tilted her head in my direction.
He looked at me. Did a once over. Confusion graced his features. Dread pooled in my stomach. This is not happening. I felt my knees go weak. And if I hadn't been clutching on to Scorp I would have surely fallen down.
As he opened his mouth I prayed to merlin and to every God and deity out there. I prayed fir them to make me wrong for once. I prayed to them to make Rose wrong for then he did or said those dreaded words. Words that broke my world.
"Sorry! Do I know you?"