Cauldron.
(Hannah Abbott/Neville Longbottom)
The blonde girl was serving the tables around the Leaky Cauldron. Altoutgh she never expected being there, she was pretty happy. For the first time, she was with her hair short and never saw so many good smiles in the people there.
Three years after the war. Two after everybody got back to school and finish it properly. One after everything got back on tracks.
Every one of her year was getting on good ways. Harry Potter announced his engagement with Ginny Weasley and her brother, Percy, was getting married in a couple of months. Ronald and Hermione Granger were happy and talking about a future. Even her friend Justin was happy with a muggle girl who was OK with him being a wizard.
The blonde saw a tall man entered the room. She smiled as he came to the bar and sit.
"Hey, Neville! What can I get you today?" She said and noticed that we was not happy "What is wrong?"
"Luna and I broke up, Hannah."
"Oh, I am sorry. I really... well, everyone could see how in love you two were. What happened?" She got him a whiskey and looked at the door. – "Wait here, ok? I will just attend the client and I will be back."
She ran to talk with the costumer. The tall blonde guy sit down and looked at the window.
"Malfoy! What brings you here?"
"Abbott, right?" the man said. She act surprised. "Can get me a pumpkin juice? I need to come back to trial in a couple of hours."
Hannah got him and got back to Neville. She just noticed that he was changed. A good way.
"So, tell me everything" Hannah said while Neville was drinking the whiskey.
"She wanted to travel the world and, well, I am an auror and I want to work with herbology in a few years. She got it but, didn't work."
She was with her back to him and a small smile appeared in her lips. Was weird.
The door opened again. This time, a woman with a dark hair and green eyes. She looked over and smiled when saw the blonde guy looking at the window.
"I hope you get better, soon!" said Hannah with the warmest of the smiles.
"We never really talked, right?" Neville said. "I don't even know how you got here."
"Well, someone needs to work and I wanted to study more but I still can't, so I work here and live upstairs. Tom is ill and I took over sometimes."
"Nice!" he smiled.
Neville never noticed how beautiful she was. Blonde-haired woman, with her hair short and eyes that popped over his head.
"It will sound crazy, but do you have any plans for this Saturday?" Neville asked. Hannah said a "no" with her head while organizing the bottles. "Ginny will have a big party over her entrance in the Harpias team, would you come with me?"
Hannah over analyzed. She had never really a friend of them. She even got mean with the stickers of Cedric on her fourth year. She did not know exactly what to do.
"Well, bloody hell, why not?" She said smiling.
"It is a date, then"