"Wishing I'd never come across your face,"

He should have known from the start that she was no good. Gryffindors are never good.

She had been oh, so vulnerable when he had came across her sitting on the staircase. Her light blonde curls falling in front of her bowed face and tears dripping down her nose from her brown eyes caused his usually cold heart to feel sorry for her. Much to his surprise, he had spoken to her, trying to get her to stop crying. That conversation was permanently etched into his memory.

"You okay?" the Slytherin asked the crying girl. He grimaced after he spoke those words because it was quite obvious that she wasn't okay.

The blonde Gryffindor looked up, wiping her tear-stained face. He could tell from her expression that she was just as shocked as he was that he said something to her. "I'm going to say, just based on the fact that I'm crying, I'm more than likely not okay," she replied harshly.

He ignored her cruel tone and told her, "Well, you shouldn't cry."

She raised her light eyebrows at him. "Why?" she asked, her voice was thick but still contained that previous harshness.

The dark-haired boy shrugged his shoulders. After a moment, he answered, "Tears are hardly ever worth shedding."

"Then what am I suppose to do when I find out the guy that I was with broke up with me to go out with my best friend?" A few more tears spilled from her round eyes.

The Slytherin took a seat beside her on the stairs. "Move on," he replied simply. His dark eyes met with her chocolate ones momentarily but the connection was broken when he abruptly stood up and continued on his previous path.

"Wait," called out the Gryffindor just as he was about to open a door.

He paused, not turning back to face her.

"What's your name?"

The brown-haired boy turned around, keeping his hand on the doorknob and answered, "Theo."

She nodded her head and said, "Katie."

"I never planned to carry your burdens"

Katie Bell took his advice – she moved on.

She began coming around him more and more often to just talk. He was reserved at first because of the obvious reason: She was a Gryffindor. After a while, though, he opened up to her and they became more than just friends. Much more.

Theo had never taken their relationship seriously. Katie was a lioness and he knew that they would never last. Much to his surprise, though, they did stay together longer than just a few months. His once lack of feelings towards her developed into something more. Not love, no, not love, but Theo began to feel something for her.

He wasn't naïve, though. He still knew that there was no way they would stay together long enough for those feelings to grow strong enough for him to love her. They were too different.

Theo was right – they didn't last.

What he hadn't factored in was a baby.

"But this child was a mistake"

He had never wanted a child. Hell, at seventeen he was only a kid himself.

"I'm pregnant."

Theo, dumbfounded, just stared at Katie with a blank look on his face. The warm summer breeze ruffled his hair and hit his face, bringing him out of his stupor. "Pregnant?" he repeated slowly, the words heavy on his tongue. "Are you sure?"

Katie nodded her head as she bit her lip lightly. For the second time in Theo's presence, her umber eyes filled up with tears.

"What are we going to do?" he choked out, his mouth suddenly dry.

The blonde lowered her head, staring down at the grass, as she answered, "We aren't going to do anything."

"You're not going to keep it?" he questioned, confused.

Meeting his eyes, she swallowed and replied, "No. I am keeping her – it's a girl. But, what I meant was that it is no longer 'we.'"

"You lay awake crying 'cause your child carries my name"

"You're not going to let me be a part of its – I mean – her life?" he asked, his eyes widening.

Katie placed a slender hand on her stomach while she shook her head. "Your father-"

"I know what my father is," he snapped angrily. "That doesn't mean that I'm going to become a Death Eater, too." He pushed his bare left arm forward so his unblemished pale skin was visible to her. "I haven't been Marked and I have no plans to be."

"Theo," she murmured hesitantly, "I don't want to take a chance…"

"Take a chance on what?" he shouted, fighting back tears of hurt. "Do you think I'm going to corrupt the baby somehow just because my father is a Death Eater?"

"I didn't say that…," replied Katie, taking a deep breath.

"You implied it," he spat at her. "Do you want her to grow up without a father? I know I have to leave for Hogwarts but it is my last year. I'll do my best to take care of her," he said, his tone now sounding desperate.

Katie looked at him and slowly said, "She won't be without a father…"

"You return to the same skylines that leave you broken"

Theo's jaw dropped as he registered her words. "You're going to crawl back to Wood?"

The blonde nodded. "He will make a great father."

"Yeah, he'll be just great until he drops you and the baby just like he dropped you last time to go back to Alicia," replied Theo, sarcasm filling his tone. "I thought you moved on from him?"

"I – I did," she told him, paying no heed to his first statement. "He has a good job and his own house, though. He also told me that he loved me – something you never have." She wiped the dripping mascara from her cheeks.

The Slytherin clenched his jaw as she spoke, a few tears escaping from his dark eyes. The tears were not shed because Katie found a new relationship, he had always expected that to happen, but because she was going to have Oliver play his role as a father. "Don't come crying back to me this time. I won't be there when you're back on that damn staircase, crying your eyes out."

"And who knows

Maybe one day

She will know my name

She'll know

She will know"

He would have stepped up to the plate. He would have made a fantastic father if given the chance.

Katie stayed true to her words, though. Three years had passed and not once had he seen his child. He had sent so many damn letters telling Katie that he still wanted to be a part of his daughter's life but she never replied.

Theo still hoped, dreamed, that he could someday be there for his kid. He wanted to be a better father to her than his own was to him. All he needed was the chance.

Maybe one day.


The song used here is an truly heart wrenching and amazing song called "Children of Divorce" by Jonny Craig. I didn't use all of the lyrics and I changed their order, just so you know. Go listen to the song! Please!

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This might possibly be a multichapter fic. I have no idea where I would take it but I'm going to leave it as "incomplete." Thanks mew for the idea of making it a MC.

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Thanks mew for betaing! *Hands Scorpius && Draco && Lucy-Baby* Have fun!

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