A/N: I do not Own these Characters (Except future Children) I just get to play with them!
Prologue: After the Battle
Neville was exhausted, even though he was surrounded by people who were congratulating him he was still exhausted. He could see Hannah across the room, sitting with some friends and other students. Even though she was covered with dust from the battler and had a cut on her forehead Neville never thought she looked more beautiful. But now wasn't the time to drag her away from people. He decided that he needed to walk.
The sun was beginning to set when Neville finally was able to get out of the Great Hall. He hadn't slept in 24 hours but all he could think of now was that life was just too short. He'd seen friends, people he knew and were close to, die. Colin Creevey definitely stuck in his mind, he's been so young, only 16, but now he was gone. As his thoughts began to overwhelm him he saw Harry. He could see Harry looked tired and old, he could see a lot of the same emotions on his face.
Neville smiled weakly when they met up, "Hey…You get any rest," he asked, knowing that Harry had disappeared that morning
"Not much but some," Harry admitted, "You look like hell," he said bluntly
Neville laughed weakly, "Yeah, I've been in the Great Hall all day…I needed air," he said honestly
"I understand mate, that's why I left earlier," Harry said with a sigh and sat down
Neville sat beside him and for about 10 minutes they just sat in silence, watching the sun sink lower over the forest. "Harry," he finally said, "Do you think life's too short…to wait for what you want," he asked
Harry looked over at Neville, surprised at the question but was nodding before he even realized, "Yeah…after all this, I think life is way too short," he said quietly
"So…would you marry Ginny, if you could grab that moment?"
"Gin? Yeah…I'd marry her in a heartbeat," Harry said with a smile, thinking of Ginny, "But I gotta win her back first…I hurt her-bad."
"You'll get her back, everyone always knew it would be you two," Neville said with a grin, "I kinda…I guess you could say I met my girl, Hannah Abbott-You remember her?"
"Yeah, Blond pigtails from Hufflepuff right?"
"Yeah but she doesn't wear pigtails anymore, She lets it loose with just a headband," he said smiling, "We got real close this last year-She became my girlfriend over Christmas," Neville said with a wide grin as he thought of her, "I think…I think you're right Harry," Neville said, suddenly standing up
"What do you mean? What am I right about?"
"Life's way too short…I'm not gonna wait," he said firmly and before Harry could react Neville was walking away at a fast page. He has to find Hannah.
Harry watched him go and then went to find Hermione and Ron, Maybe they would know what he apparently just told Neville to do because he was clueless.
It took Neville about a hour to find Hannah and when he did he couldn't help but smile at her. She'd gotten cleaned up and he reached out and touched her silky blond hair. She smiled and pulled him closer to her, not caring that he was still covered with the dust and grime of battle, and kissed him. She'd fallen in love with him and she had noticed that more and more lately they didn't need words to understand each other. Hannah reached out and brushed his hair back and looked into his brown eyes for a moment and then kissed him again, wanting him to know everything would be ok.
Neville kissed her back deeply then pulled away and dropped to his knee's. He was so tired but he didn't want to wait another moment-Life was too Short, "Hannah-I love you. I never thought I could feel like this about anyone…I don't have a ring but…Hannah will you marry me," he asked, brown eyes meeting blue as he looked hopeful.
Hannah was stunned, while she had recently been imagining being Neville's wife it had never occurred to her that he would propose. Before she could even get a proper thought in her head-her mouth answered, "When?"
"Now…I don't think we should wait another moment."
"You're right…We shouldn't wait but…" her voice trailed off as she tried to find the right words then leaned down and kissed Neville, "Tomorrow…Not today, not when so many of our friends…" she trailed off uncertainly.
Neville pulled her down into his arms. "Tomorrow then, just me and you," he whispered, he knew Hannah's entire family had been killed during the previous September and though he did have some family he didn't want Hannah hurting.
Hannah smiled, "Just me and you," she agreed and kissed him again.
He brushed some hair from her face and then stood and pulled her close to him, together they walked towards the Gryffindor Common room, he was exhausted and needed rest and to wash away the battle. They needed no words to ask if Hannah would be there with him. Hannah would always be there with him and he would always be with Her.