sorry i still do not own hp.


Chapter 4 Nev&Kate

From the first moment I saw floor 6 I was scared. Some of the sick patients were out on the halls. There was this woman chasing a nurse with a muggle knife. Where the hell did she get it from? Then there was this man just wandering around with another nurse looking at the ceiling.

"Please come with me. There is one room in special that I need to visit."

The room was entirely white. There was very little decoration. Just a small table with two chairs and a muggle painting of a landscape. There were two beds. A man and a woman. They looked awfully familiar. The woman was staring like hypnotized at the painting while the man was drawing circles with his head on the white sheets. Mrs Kelson moved a hand in front of the woman´s face. She didn´t respond. Again. Nothing. I couldn´t help it. I walked over to her and shacked her shoulder gently. She turned her face to look at me. And I saw it.

"Neville?"- I whispered scared. For Merlin´s beard, either this woman looks a lot like him or I´m the one who´s going mad. I´m starting to see him everywhere.

"Ms Green, these are Mr and Mrs Longbottom."

Whaaaaattttt? Wait a minute what are Neville´s parents doing here in such a state?

"oh, hi"- I said looking at them. They just stared at me completely blanked.

"They do not understand a word. They hear you but they can´t register what you are saying. As if they didn´t speak English."

Oh Merlin. I had no idea. I couldn´t believe I was standing in front of Neville´s parents. Mr Longbottom had stopped looking intensely at the sheets and looked at me with no expression on his face. And then he took my hand and squeezed it. I felt the urge to cry. Who could´ve done this?

After I gave them food I got back to Hogwarts with the rest of the 7th years. I was sitting on my bed thinking about today´s shocking experience. Rachel and Georgiana noticed this.

"Kate! What happened to you today? Now you look like you are insane yourself!"- exclaimed Rachel. She and David had gone to a children´s day care (good training just in case they do have kids) while Georgiana and Peter to help attend the Leaky Cauldron.

"You are never gonna guess who I met today."- I said now looking at them with fear.

"Who?"

"They allowed me into floor 6, you know, mental maladies, the one I wanted to visit so much and guess who are there."

"For Merlin´s sake Kate just say it!"- shouted Georgiana. Good we always put silencing charms in our bedroom.

"Neville´s parents."

"What on earth are you talking about?"- said Georgiana, Rachel´s mouth was open in shock.- "what would Nevi...Professor Longbottom´s parents be doing at St Mungo´s? I mean, they were patients right? Or did you mean healers?"

My eyes were so wide open they would pop out in any minute.

"They´re mad!"

"How come?"- now asked Rachel who had recovered.

"I don´t know! They were just lying there in their own world and wouldn´t respond to any words!"

"What are you gonna do?"

"Well, I will be seeing them every Sunday which is awfully weird with my relationship (*air quotes on relationship*) with Longbottom. I would really like to ask him about them!"

"I can tell he´s gonna freak out."- said Georgiana.

"Yeah, me too."- agreed Rachel.- "make sure to take your wand with you if you really are dying to ask him."

"Bravery is not exactly my best attribute but it´s a risk I feel I must take."

And with that I went to sleep...waking up every hour because of the nerves.

On Mondays I didn´t have Herbology so I had to wait until the last period of Tuesday. I arrived early as usual, took a deep breath to calm myself down, and went over to my seat.

"Uhm, hello"- I managed to say my voice shaking which rarely happens. He seemed to notice this because he gave me a confusing look but returned my greeting. "Hello."

" Nevi...Professor Longbottom I would like to talk to you after the lesson. I m-mean, if that´s...possible."

"I don´t know if I have time." He replied coolly looking at his papers. So the man enjoyed being difficult. Great. I just looove having to beg people.

"It´s very important. Seriously. "

He seemed to think about it for a moment and then answered with a sigh:

"Okay, if it really is important. You can stay and talk to me after the lesson."

"Thanks."

I didn´t listen to half of what he said about plants during the next hour. My stomach was tied in a knot and my mind was racing. I just couldn´t wait, but at the same time it scared to death not knowing whether he would tell me or not. Like I´ve said before, the man didn´t like me very much.

After the lesson was finally over and everyone else left (Georgiana and Rachel giving me encouraging smiles) he just went to open the door to his office. He stopped and the entrance turned his head and muttered: "come in, Ms Green."

I entered and sat on one of the chairs in front of him.

"So, what is it that you wanted to talk to me about?"

"Well, as I told you the other day I decided to go to St Mungo´s for my social service."

He now looked at me with persistence. "Yes." He managed to say. Oh Merlin, I´m gonna die. No sound came from my mouth. I don´t know why but he decided to help me out a little.

"And, w-what exactly d-did you do?"- His lovely stammering gave a little more confidence. He was nervous too. I decided it was now my turn to torment him a little. Ok, just a little I said, not evil tormenting.

I prepared my laid back voice and said:

"Oh, you know the usual stuff. I prepared potions, met this little girl who´s entering Hogwarts in 5 years, went up to floor 6, met Mr and Mrs Longbottom, fixed a couple of broken bones..."

"You did what?"- He almost slams his fist against the table.

"I fixed a couple of broken bones."

He gave me a do-not-act-stupid-you-know-exactly-what-I-mean look.

"Oops!"- I covered my mouth with my hands acting guilty. He didn´t say anything but just stared at me directly in the eyes. He didn´t do that very often. He usually avoided looking at me. I knew it was time to stop playing. My face changed to a concerned look.

"Neville, what happened to your parents?"

"None, of you business."- He answered bitterly.

"Neville, I´m being serious now. I promise I won´t hurt them I just need to know."

He rose up from his chair. So did I.

"YOU REALLY THINK YOUR PLAN IS GOING TO WORK, DON´T YOU?"- It´s official. He was mad.

"What?"

"I KNOW YOUR TYPE AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING! FUCK UP ALL THE LONGBOTTOMS! RUIN EVERYONE´S LIVES! WHORE!"

I was beyond shocked by his use of vocabulary. Beyond hurt by his outburst.

"But..."- did he just call me a whore?

He walked closer to me and bent down (he was about one foot taller than me) until our noses were almost touching. I could smell his scent, feel his breath, but I couldn´t move.

"I said, none of your business. Stay away from them."- He whispered with a rather threatening voice.

He regained his posture and I had hot tears in my eyes. In less than 2 seconds I had already ran out the door.

I couldn´t go back to my dorm. Wasn´t ready to face questions just yet. I was running and crying dramatically until I felt bumping into someone. I raised my face and Professor Slughorn was looking down at me with both affection and concern. So different to Longbottom a few seconds ago.

"Ms Green! Are you alright? How may I help?"

Please tell Longbottom what an asshole he is.

"Nothing Professor I´m fine. I just...I need to go."- I said between sobs and took off running again.


i maaay have wrote Neville a little harsh, and i still need feedback please! even if it´s just "good" or "bad"

(it won´t hurt I promise;))