(Sawyer's P.O.V)
I just stand there, numb, broken, confused and defeated. "Sawyer come on let's go," Mark says grabbing my arm. "I-I'm tired, i'm just gonna go to bed." Without waiting for a response I run to my room and wait for Mark to leave. I start sobbing and throwing everything around. Why is he leaving? What does Mark know? A thought comes into my head to ask the one person he would tell everything. I walk out of my room and sit in front of the painting. "I know you only talk to Hudson but I could really use your help here," I whisper. "Help with what my boy?" I let out a sniffle sob and wipe my eyes. "Why did Hudson put his name in the goblet?" "It's not my place to say, but, just know that he cares for you" "He left me alone, he doesn't care" I look to the ground to hide my tears that came with that sentence "You know your mother was the same way" I gasp and lift my head. "What do you mean?" "She thought that she was not worthy of someone's care" More tears stream down my face and I pull on my hair. "I don't deserve love, I don't deserve love." He scoffs, "Everyone deserves love you just gotta find the right person, your mother made a choice, and it costed her life." There is chattering down the hallway, and the painting freezes. "You'll never find yours just face it." I can tell it's first years. There is laughing and a girl comes running down the hall crying. "Hey, hey what's wrong?" I catch her in a hug and she cries into my shoulder. "We were learning about love potions and how they can never match to meeting your soulmate. The girls said I wouldn't find mine." I look at her robes and see she's a Hufflepuff. "Come here." I pick her up and take a seat next to the wall. "Why would they say that they probably don't even know what they're talking about." She shakes her head and wipes her eyes. "They didn't even explain them, What's a soulmate?" I think for a minute and all I can think about is how i know Mark isn't mine. "Well, it's like a best friend but more. It's the one person in the world that knows you better than anyone else. It's someone who makes you a better person, actually, they won't make you a better person you do that yourself, Because they inspire you. A soulmate is someone who you can carry with you forever. It's the one person who knew you and accepted you, who believed in you before anyone else did. Or when no one else would. And no matter what happens, you'll always love them. Nothing could ever change that." She thinks for a minute then asks, "Do you have a soulmate?" I bite my lip to hold back my tears. "Love is not for everybody, it's not for me." She looks at me very confused and hugs me again "Why would you not want love?" I choke back the tears. "It's not that I don't want it, believe me, I do but, with my reputation, no one would love me." I look at her and hug her tight "If the person really loves you though, why should they care about your family's reputation" she puts her head on my shoulder. "My family did a lot of bad things, and I'm expected to be just like them, it's just better if I don't fall in love" I pull away and look at her. "You're wrong, everyone deserves love in any way." I wipe my eyes and bite my lip. "I wish I could believe you."