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Written for the February Event (Teamwork) over on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments)

Teamwork Prompts: (Quote) "There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment." (Sarah Dessen), (Title) Love, Actually

Chocolate Frog: Silver – Pansy Parkinson – Challenge – Write about Pansy Parkinson

1000 Word Challenge: Brave

Word Count: 464

Love, Actually

There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.

You can find love in the most unexpected of places, and sometimes you don't even realise that it's found you until you're head over heels in love.

Pansy racked her head as she tried to figure out just when and how she had developed feelings for Neville Longbottom.

Of all the eligible guys at Hogwarts, she had to go and fall for an undesirable on the opposite side to her. It didn't matter that he had the correct blood status, the Gryffindor was a muggle and mudblood lover, and therefore he was the enemy.

She supposed that it had been pretty admirable the way that he had stood up for the first years, even the ones in Slytherin house who definitely wouldn't have thanked him for it.

The way he gave the Carrows what for was so impressive. Pansy secretly wished that she could have done the same, but with her pure blood status and ideology it would not have been the wisest idea. Instead she secretly cheered him on, and contained a sly smile when he outwitted them

And she supposed it was extremely brave the way he had taken his punishments and torture like a man. Pansy had been able to witness this first hand when she was handing out the punishments as part of her duty as head girl. In hindsight the Slytherin figured that it had been around this time when she started to develop feelings for him.

As she tossed over onto her other side the Slytherin made a vow to herself to never reveal her feelings for him, to anyone, not even her closest friends and allies.

Love, Actually

The Battle of Hogwarts was in full swing, and against her will her eyes searched for the Gryffindor, hoping and praying that she wouldn't see his cold and lifeless body lying on the ground.

She didn't think she could bear it if he died. The world would be a duller place and she didn't think her life would be worth living with him gone, even though he could never and would never be hers.

Her heart skipped a beat when she saw the Gryffindor tear past her with his wand drawn.

The young witch gazed on at Neville as he fought his way through the huge crowd of witches and wizards to get into the thick of the battle. Pansy had to restrain herself from chasing after him and fighting alongside the wizard.

If anyone was to see her in that moment, if they looked closely enough and saw the longing look in her eyes, they would later only be able to describe what they witnessed as love, actually.