The Accident (A Harry Potter Love Triangle)

Chapter Twelve

So, it's after lunch, and I'm going to the greenhouses to meet Neville. Only he's not the guy I see when I get there.

"What the bloody hell are you doing here, Malfoy?"

"Saying hello to your boyfriend." He points his thumb over his shoulder. And there's my sweet, precious Neville, laying on the ground unconscious. I gasp, then glare at Draco.

"You flithy, no-good, evil little ferret!" I try to pull out my wand but before I can, Draco's got me on the ground underneath him and his lips have smashed into mine. When I pull away, he says.

"Now, you listen to me, Heather: I stunned your boyfriend. When I reverse the spell, you're going to break up with him, and start going out with me. You will make it convincing. Or, second option, you don't play along and I take this knife and carve a M into your face, and you still go out with me. Got it?"

I nod as the tears begin to flow. "Good," he says, letting me up. He reaches out to help me up, and right when I'm off the ground, his fist connects with my face, and I feel my nose break. He continues betting the crap out of me, until I'm bruised and bloody all over. I don't fight back. I submit to him. I curl up on the ground, trying to protect myself.

When he finally stops, I crawl over to Neville, my entire body aching. Malfoy reverses his spell and Neville wakes up.

"Heather? What happned??" I'm sobbing fresh tears.

"N-neville. I'm-m-m breaking up-p w-with you. I'm going-g-g out with Draco." I look over to Draco, who motions for me to continue. I've stopped crying now. "I never loved you, I only went out with you to hide my love for Draco."

Neville looks dumbfounded, so I get up and try to leave, but Malfoy grabs my arm, and pulls me into his embrace.

"Tough luck, Longbottom." Malfoy puts his arm around me and helps me into the castle, leaving my Neville crying, still on the ground.

Once we get to the hospital wing, Malfoy helps me onto a bed and fetches Madame Pomfrey.

"Dear Lord, what happened to this poor girl?!" she exclaims, and I open my mouth to answer, but Draco answers for me.

"See, she was going to meet her boyfriend, to dump him and inform him that we're" he motions to me and him, "going out now. And then he beat the living shit out of her."

"And how do you know of this?"

"That's what she told me when she found me on my way to the quidditch pitch."

"So she walked all the way around the school just to find you?" Madame Pomfrey looks at him suspiciously, so I chime in.

"That's exactly what happened."

"Well, darling, who beat you up?"

"Her ex!" Malfoy says, annoyed.

"But who's her ex?"

"Neville Longbottom." I say quietly.

Okay, I know it's short, but hey, it's two chapter in a week so don't complain!