Bloody Valentine

Neville's POV:

It was the night after Valentine's Day. It had been a whole day of fluffiness, pink hearts and kissing couples. Some hearts were rejoiced, others were abandoned. Some people got a lot of valentines. You, Pansy Parkinson, were one of them.

Oh, my love, please don't cry
I'll wash my bloody hands and we'll start a new life

The area in front of you was loaded with paper hearts. With your usual superior air, your wavy hair, your snobby grin, you read every one of them, laughing at what they had written and breaking a few hearts with it. And then there was mine.

I ripped out his throat
And called you on the telephone to take off my disguise
Just in time to hear you cry

You hadn't expected to see my card. It surprised you, and you opened it with curiosity. I'll never forget how slowly you read the words, and how I felt my face blush. That's when I saw you blush. It was a complete surprise for me that you'd actually like the words I wrote. I saw your eyes twinkle, and you looked to me from that table.

When you mourn the death of your bloody valentine
The night he died
You mourned the death of your bloody valentine
One last time

I felt as if I could sink through the ground. But you didn't laugh. You didn't frown. You didn't try to jinx me. You just smiled. Something I never saw you do. A rare smile. A smile from Pansy. But then came Malfoy.

Singing...

He snatched the card from your hands and read it. He laughed viciously. He talked to you and you laughed too. But your laugh wasn't as the others. Then Malfoy tore up the card, and you pretended to watch with glee.

Oh my love please don't cry I'll wash my bloody hands
And we'll start a new life
I don't know much at all, I don't know wrong from right
All I know is that I love you tonight

I know how Malfoy treats you. I know how much you love him, and he pushes you down. He abuses your love, he treats you like dirt. I have seen the bruises. Because of my stillness, I notice more than others. You are a smart, pretty woman, yet you lower yourself to the standard he put you. It's not right.

There was...
Police and flashing lights
The rain came down so hard that night and the
Headlines read "a lover died"
No tell-tale heart was left to find

In the afternoon, Malfoy came to me. He bullied me, like he always does, but it was worse. He hurt me, he made me bleed. And when he was done, he laughed and left. Usually I would just scramble my things together and walk off, but not then. I felt so much hate, so much dangerous anger rush into me, taking over my mind.

When you mourn the death of your bloody valentine
The night he died
You mourned the death of your bloody valentine
One last time

That night, when a lot of people were outside enjoying the full moon, I had followed you and Malfoy outside, to the lake. The evening was perfect, hadn't the couple been so wrong. He tried to kiss you, make you crave for him.

Singing...

He wanted to do things to you, things you didn't want. You pleaded him not to, be he didn't listen. He never listens. And I couldn't take it anymore. I sprang from my hiding place, and beat him.

Oh my love please don't cry I'll wash my bloody hands
And we'll start a new life
I don't know much at all, I don't know wrong from right
All I know is that I love you tonight

I never recalled a time where I hit someone so hard. I let all my fury upon him, while you stood there, scared as a small child. In the end he fell down, and I knew he would never wake up again.

Tonight...

You started to cry, but you didn't touch him, shocked from all the blood that was on his face. I washed my bloody hands in the lake, watching as the redness faded away in the silvery water.

He dropped you off I followed him home
Then I stood outside his bedroom window
Standing over him he begged me not to do
What I knew I had to do 'cause I'm so in love with you

I put my arms around you and led you back inside the castle. I told you not to worry. If they found out who killed Malfoy, I'd take up any punishment they'd serve me. I also told you I loved you, and that I'd do anything to protect you. You then hugged me, and I could feel your tears through my shirt.

Oh my love please don't cry I'll wash my bloody hands
And we'll start a new life
I don't know much at all, I don't know wrong from right
All I know is that I love you tonight

The next day Malfoy was found dead near the lake. Punched to death. I have no regrets. Malfoy will never be able to hurt me, or you again. You smile a lot more now. And your friends are surprised, to see Pansy smiling more than usual. They suspect it has something to do with Malfoy's death. But they don't say a word.

Tonight...

At the moment, no one knows it was me. But I fear they will find out soon. But if they do, I will go with my head high and our hearts connected.

On the tree, next to the area where Malfoy died, a heart has been carved with the text:

NL + PP 4ever

FIN