Bad Romance

Loose Ends

-From Tom's POV-
Y/n and I stood in her room as Aria's now lifeless body lay on the floor and the mirror in Y/n's hand glows green. We were both staring at Aria and then y/n broke the silence. "It really is a shame it had to end this way." She says flatly before sighing.

"She knew too much. She would've told someone." I say back. Y/n looks at me and nods.

"Envy and curiosity is deadly I suppose ." She sets the mirror down on her dresser. "What do we do about her?" She says as she looks back at Aria. I think for a moment.

"I think there was something in your dads book about it." I reach into my robe pocket and flip to the chapter something about discarding a body would be  in. "Here, page 234." Y/n makes her way over to me, looking at the book over my shoulder. Our eyes quickly scan over the section that has a disintegration spell. "It's only been tested on animals before." I tell her. She takes in a deep breath before letting out a sigh.

"Guess we're testing it on humans today." She says as she pulls out her wand. "Archis deluva." She flicks her wand and within seconds, the corpse starts to crumble to dust. We both sit and watch with an emotionless expression as we wait for the process to finish. "This our life and foreseeable future, isn't it?" She says. I weave my fingers into hers.

"I believe so." We both go silent. "Are you alright?" I ask her. She nods and sighs again.

"I knew this was coming the minute she betrayed my trust over holiday." She starts shaking her head. "I've realized that I only loved her on the surface. Not even love, really. You've made me realize that I should've re-evaluated who my friends were a long time ago." She explains. We continue looking at each other and then turn back to the pile of dust on the floor.

"Shall I get the broom and dustpan from the Common Room?" I offer. She nods her head and collects the scrolls that ultimately led to Aria's death.

I left the room and came back a few moments later to see the scrolls on fire in Y/n's hands. At first I feel my eyes slightly widen in shock, but then I realize why she's doing it. We just make eye contact as the scrolls finish burning. She drops the remaining tinder in the pile of already existing ash. "No loose ends." She says.

The mood of our tonight was obviously brought down, so we snuck into our secret room and just sat in there talking. The thing about Y/n and I was that we didn't feel remorse; the only emotion we really felt was love for each other. "Tom?" She asked me.

"Hm?"

"I don't want to sleep alone tonight." She admits hesitantly.

"Do you want me to sleepover in your room?"I ask her. She thinks for a minute and shakes her head no.

"I'll just be thinking of the pile of ash." She says.

"Do you want to sleep here?" She nods. "Okay, I can do that.". With that confirmation, she stands up and walks over to me. She sits in my lap and I wrap my arms around her. She lays her head on my chest and soon, she drifts off to sleep.

She did it for us.
She did it for me. She knew that Aria would split us up and have us both in huge trouble.
I have to protect her. I trusted her before but I trust her even more now.
Talk about testing loyalty.
I pulled my wand out of my robe and quietly whispered a charm out. It was meant to remove any negative feelings about Aria's death that May have been lingering in her mind. She's a world-class liar, as I've seen before, so I wasn't worried about that. But she has to stay focused on her mission. Our mission. I knew that the next few weeks would entail some type of investigation as to where Aria is. And that was potentially dangerous. VERY potentially dangerous. No loose ends. I already knew I was going to spend all day tomorrow making sure that there were no loose ends. But for now, I slid my wand back in my pocket and rested my chin on top of Y/n's head and drifted off to sleep.