Seventh year was supposed to be simple. Then Theodore Nott and Mattheo Riddle stopped pretending they only wanted your friendship. They both want you. They both know exactly what the other wants. No jealousy. No fighting. Just two boys refusing to step aside—and you caught between the one who makes you wonder what would happen if you moved closer... and the one already daring you to. Their feelings run deeper than either of them admits, and choosing one means hurting the other. But one night, one closed door, and one moment of weakness is about to make pretending impossible. And once you cross that line, someone will know exactly what your answer is.
Theodore Nott was supposed to be your forever. Two years together. Two Slytherin heirs. One perfect future. Then you catch him kissing Daphne Greengrass. Heartbroken, you walk away—and straight into an unexpected friendship with Hogwarts' golden boy, Cedric Diggory. Cedric was never supposed to become more. But stolen glances become lingering touches, friendship becomes something dangerously tempting, and Theo isn't ready to accept that he may have lost you for good. Now Theo wants back the future he destroyed. Cedric is making you imagine one you never expected. And somewhere between the boy you can't quite forget and the one you never meant to want, one terrifying question remains— What if your heart doesn't want what you thought it did?
You're in your seventh year at Hogwarts: the prettiest girl in the school, an heir to one of the wizarding world's oldest families, and a formidable match anyone would be lucky to have. Anyone, apparently, except Theodore Nott. You've loved your best friend since third year, you finally tell him how you feel, but Theo has made one thing painfully clear: he only sees you as a friend. You bury your feelings deep, pretending they never existed so you won't lose your friendship. You stop flirting. Stop hoping. Stop letting yourself want more. And when someone else starts giving you everything Theo refused to... Theo discovers there's something worse than ruining your friendship. Watching you fall for someone else.
Sixth year at Hogwarts was supposed to be different. You have always been impossible to ignore—the most beautiful girl in the castle, a Slytherin surrounded by five boys who would do almost anything to protect her. Theodore Nott. Mattheo Riddle. Draco Malfoy. Blaise Zabini Lorenzo Berkshire. Together, they're the most feared and talked-about group in Slytherin. But beneath the teasing, late nights, jealousy, and reckless adventures lies something none of them are prepared for. Theo Nott is hiding a secret. He's falling hopelessly in love with you. He'll deny it. He'll hide it. He'll push her away before he'll ever admit it. But as other boys begin to pursue you, Theo's carefully controlled emotions start to unravel. Jealousy turns into anger. Friendship turns complicated. Secrets begin surfacing. And the closer you gets to the truth, the more everything threatens to fall apart. In a year filled with forbidden feelings, dangerous secrets, betrayal, jealousy, and heartbreak, the line between friendship and love becomes impossible to see. Because sometimes the person protecting your heart... is the very person who is destined to break it. And in Slytherin, love is never simple
Everyone at Hogwarts thinks Theodore Nott is just your friend. They don't know he spent nearly two years loving you—or that you broke each other's hearts while still desperately in love. Now you're eighteen, single, and pretending you've moved on. So is Theo. New dates. New kisses. Someone else's hands where his used to be. And neither of you gets to be jealous, because admitting it would mean admitting the truth: The hardest person to fall out of love with is the one you never wanted to lose.
At eighteen, you’re tired of being inexperienced. So you make a questionable decision: ask your experienced friend—and longtime secret crush—Theodore Nott to teach you. He says no. Until you mention asking someone else. Suddenly, one lesson is on the table. But one becomes two. Boundaries blur. And every time Theo gives you another reason to come back, pretending this is only practice—and not something you feel—gets harder. It was supposed to be simple: a few lessons, no strings attached. Now you can’t stop wondering if choosing someone you already had a crush on was the one mistake you were never going to learn from.
You wake from an eleven-day coma with amnesia—the last five weeks of your life completely erased. Your last clear memory? Being hopelessly in love with your boyfriend, Theodore Nott. But now Theo won't touch you. Won't be alone with you. Barely even looks at you. You don't remember what changed. Theo remembers everything. And while you're desperate to recover the five weeks you lost, he's desperately hoping you never do. Because buried somewhere in your missing memories is the reason you stopped loving him.
Finding a boy who wants you has never been difficult. Finding one you'd break your own heart to keep is another story. At eighteen, you're Hogwarts' most desired girl—brilliant, beautiful, top of your class, and destined to become Queen and lead the Wizengamot. Everyone wants something from you. Theodore Nott makes you feel like he wants you. He sees past your perfect smile, matches your mind, and understands your ambition. Cedric Diggory makes you forget anyone wants anything from you. With him, you're simply eighteen, laughing too loudly and falling for someone who makes life feel easy. Theo makes you feel understood. Cedric makes you feel free. But as graduation nears, dating them stops feeling like fun. Because eventually, you'll have to choose. And how do you choose between two people when losing either one feels like losing a different version of yourself?
