Yule Ball with Neville

by WizMonCruWil

I wrote this quickly, because I have never actually seen a fic about Hermione going to Neville with the Yule Ball after he asks her, and more importantly, the potential for a romance to come out of that scenario. I wrote this quickly, but please enjoy it! Review if you want - I always love to hear the thoughts of my readers!

4. Epilogue

Epilogue

From then on, Hermione and Neville entered a romantic relationship. When they first revealed to Harry and Ron that they were dating, Hermione's best friends were shocked, but nevertheless supportive. All the same, both boys gave Neville a speech to treat Hermione right, acting like her big brothers. Viktor Krum was more disappointed at the development, but Hermione didn't care. And he left after the Tournament, anyway.

Neville and Hermione dated throughout their remaining years at Hogwarts, even as the war drums beat and storm clouds grew. It was with great pain that Hermione kissed Neville goodbye at the end of their sixth year, not knowing if she would ever even see him again once she and Harry and Ron disappeared into the wilderness on their Horcrux Hunt.

Thankfully, the pair lovingly reunited with a passionate kiss before what would be the Battle of Hogwarts. Hermione was concerned by, but nonetheless proud of, how Neville had lassoed control of the DA and led a brave stand against the Carrows and Death Eaters infiltrating Hogwarts.

After Voldemort was killed and the Second Wizarding War over, Neville and Hermione returned to the castle to make up their seventh year. At graduation, Neville was handpicked by a retiring Professor Sprout to take over as Professor of Herbology, and Hermione was given the pick of any professorship she wanted; she chose Charms. At graduation, by the Black Lake, Neville unexpectedly presented Hermione with a ring - and a second enchanted rose - and asked her to marry him. Hermione happily accepted.

The two professors began their respective tenures the following year. That spring, they held a private wedding ceremony on the Hogwarts grounds, their fellow staff colleagues, Harry, the Weasleys, and Neville's Gran as the only witnesses. With that, the Greatest Witch of Her Age became Mrs. Neville Longbottom.

Hermione fell pregnant soon after the summer honeymoon, and inside the Hogwarts castle, gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. She was named Rose, in honor of the enchanted rose that had first brought her parents together. A son, Neville Jr., followed two years later.

With her teaching job, her beloved husband, and their two babies, Hermione knew she would live happily ever after.