"…And so then the female Ferringer burrows into the ground and stays there for months and months until the male digs her up and as soon as she is exposed to the sunlight again she gives birth. Isn't that amazing? It's a wonder that my father could even study the process at all, it took a very long time. I would have loved to see it happen though and-"
"Luna, I've been really patient." Neville held his head in his hands, massaging his temples to fight the head ache that was threatening to take over his body. "But none of this has anything to do with our Potions assignment which is what I thought you wanted to work on which is why we're in the library in the first place."
Luna was not deterred, unfortunately. "Oh but you see, Neville, it has EVERYTHING to do with our assignment. You'll see, I just need to get to the part about what happens when the calf leaves the nest and then-"
Neville tried to keep his voice calm as he cut her off again. "No, Luna. No. See, If you don't stop telling me about Ferringer mating habits and nutritional facts about mutated radishes and how gnomes secretly want to take over the world then I will hex your mouth shut. And I'm not kidding."
He was surprised when Luna just smiled at him, that crooked insane smile that she was so prone to and shook her head. "No, Neville, see the gnomes don't want to take over the world. They just want to kill all of the humans who subject them to –"
"Luna, Shutup."
This time she just laughed. She laughed and laughed for so long that Neville was starting to get offended not just irritated. When she finished laughed she sat back in her chair, catching her breath and clutching her stomach as though it was aching which he was sure it was after so much laughing.
"Oh, Neville, you know what I like best bout you? The fact that even when you're trying to be mean you're just so good. Really, I don't think there is an evil bone in your body." She smiled at him again and leaned forward to scribble something on her parchment, though he had no idea what, they hadn't talked about their potions essay in over an hour.
But he was thoroughly offended now and stood up, gathering his parchment and books. She looked at him curiously, as he hadn't said anything yet. Clearing his throat and turning to leave Neville looked back at her quite solemn and serious.
"I will have you know I can be very evil if I want to be."
Neville's blood boiled as he left the library and heard an eruption of laughter from the blonde he had left behind.
