NPOV

I lazily opened my eyes around 10.30, quickly turning and pulling the covers back over my head. I didn't want to get up, face Cathy, see her face. I hated the fact she was here. It made not being with her ten thousand times worse. Maybe I had dreamed it. I climbed out of my bed and went to the spare room. The door was wide open, the bed made. but her things still sat in one corner. The room even smelt like her now. Perfect.

I started making my way back to my room when a loud crash came from downstairs causing me to nearly jump out of my skin. What in Merlin was that? I grabbed my wand from my nightstand quickly and sped down the stairs halting outside the room were the noise came from.

"Nan?" No answer.

"Cathy?" I pushed the door open wand at the ready but was greeted by Cathy sat up against the wall. Her lip was bleeding and I saw faint traces of blood going down her chin. What the hell had happened?

I walked over and knelt down beside her dropping my wand to the floor.

"Cathy?"

She didn't look at me at first. Se was clutching her wand to her chest, her were shut tight and she was taking deep breathes.

"Cathy?"

This time she opened her eyes and looked at me. "I have some really horrible luck Neville. I just wanted to see my house. I didn't think she would be there."

"Who?"

She took in a deep breathe. "Bellatrix."

I felt instant terror wash over me but had to keep my cool. "Did she do this?"

"No. Greyback Did. He threw me onto some glass." She held out her hands and I saw the dozens of little cuts spread across her palms. "Smacked my face." She said while pointing to her lip. "And" she pulled a disgusted face. "Tasted my blood."

I was mortified by this point.

"I smashed a mirror over his head and used a stunning spell. Got the hell out of there."

"Where was bellatrix?"

"No. freaking. Idea."

"Greyback didn't…You know?" I had heard about him, he was a werewolf. Bloody Insane. I couldn't help but fear the worse. I couldn't even bring myself to say it.

"Rape me? No. I had a feeling he might of though if I didn't get the hell out of there."

She pressed a hand to her lip. "It really hurts."

"Here let me see."

I placed My hands on either side of her face bringing it towards mine slightly. One side of her bottom lip had now swollen and there was a slight cut but the bleeding had stopped.

"It doesn't look too bad. Do you want me to fix it?"

"Please."

I grabbed my wand from the floor and did a quick spell causing her lip to heal and return to its normal size whilst the cuts on her palms disappeared.

"Thanks Neville."

"No problem. Surprised I didn't mess it up." I joked.

"You're not that bad. Realistically I should be spread across my hallway right about now" she chuckled even though I knew she was just trying to make fun of an awful situation. I didn't know what I could say to her. She had pretty much just fought off Greyback single handed while I was still asleep upstairs.

"What can I do for you?" I asked.

"You don't have to do anything for me Neville…except…" she stared at me but shook her head. "Never mind I need to go wash. I can still feel him on me."

She pushed herself off the ground walking out of the room and I could hear her footsteps up the stairs. I sat there thinking about what happened. She had just been attacked by that guy but was acting like it was no big deal. The Cathy I knew would be freaking out. In floods of tears. I couldn't believe she was being so calm. So grown up. If it was me I would have been freaking out.

Eventually I made my way upstairs and found her sat on the edge of the bathtub drying her hair. She looked up and I started fidgeting awkwardly. "I should..." I pointed towards my own bedroom door mentally cursing myself for being so dim witted and started to made my way towards it, but I felt small fingers clench around my wrist forcing me to stop.

"I'm sorry Neville."

I turned to her with a confused look. "For what?"

She looked up at me with wide eyes and I could see was pain. She was really hurting, trying to cover it up. Be brave. "For breaking up with you. For getting myself into so much trouble. I think I am a magnet for it"

"well, you're not as bad as harry and them lot."

"I guess."

"are you ok though, honestly?" I asked.

"Honestly?"

I nodded.

"Yeah. I mean.. I am a little freaked out, But I think I am ok."

I pulled her close to me encasing her in my arms and she quickly wrapped her arms around me. Her skin was still warm from the bath and I was fully aware of that fact she was just wearing one piece of extremely loose fabric right now. I had to fight hard to think with my brain and not what was trying to burst out of my trousers.

"I'm just glad he didn't hurt more than he already did."

She lifted her face towards mine and I could feel my heartbeat quicken. I could never understand how she made me feel like this, all nervous, causing my stomach to twist into a knot.

"Can I kiss you Neville?" she said it with a slight smile on her face but it was absolutely infectious.

I smiled back. "You don't have to ask."

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