p id="docs-internal-guid-2ea429bf-7fff-b897-1f68-53ca1acf9a6e" dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood were, in their own opinion, the perfect couple./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"She loved listening to his passionate rants about plants and correct flower care, and she loved seeing the grounds of Hogwarts covered in all the daffodils and daisies that he had planted after the battle. She loved the creatures those plants attracted and she loved the look in his eyes when he saw a seed he had planted, sprout./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"In short, Luna Lovegood loved Neville Longbottom./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"She couldn't help the rush of affection she felt for him when he took care of his plant life./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Neville himself loved Luna as much as his plants./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"He loved those nights cuddled on his couch, playing with her silver hair as she talked about her day. He loved the far-off look on her face when she thought about something interesting. Neville Longbottom loved Luna Lovegood. Plain and simple./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"So, he proposed./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"He gathered as many flowers as he could. All as strange, as wonderful and as beautiful as Luna herself./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"He filled his apartment living room and waited for her to arrive./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"It was a few hours before Neville heard keys jiggle in the door./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Neville shot up from his seat, grabbed the ring from the table and dropped to his knee before the door had a chance to open./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"'Neville? Whys the door covered in Nargles?" Luna asked as she walked through the door and immediately turned her back to the room to hang up her coat./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Neville didn't move or say anything. He just waited until she turned around./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Neville? Oh!" she gasped as her eyes landed on the beautiful room. Her eyes scanned from left to right before settling on the man in the middle of it all./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Luna Lovegood." Neville started, his voice surprisingly strong compared to how he felt./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Will you do the honour of becoming my wife?" Her hands flew to her mouth and took a second to collect her thoughts./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"That second felt like a lifetime to Neville and just as he was beginning to doubt her accepting his question she had all but tackled him to the floor sending petals flying everywhere./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Yes! Of course, I will!"/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"They spent the rest of the night lay on the floor, talking excitedly and laughing with each other, covered head to toe in Luna's new favourite flowers./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"She loved listening to his passionate rants about plants and correct flower care, and she loved seeing the grounds of Hogwarts covered in all the daffodils and daisies that he had planted after the battle. She loved the creatures those plants attracted and she loved the look in his eyes when he saw a seed he had planted, sprout./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"In short, Luna Lovegood loved Neville Longbottom./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"She couldn't help the rush of affection she felt for him when he took care of his plant life./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Neville himself loved Luna as much as his plants./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"He loved those nights cuddled on his couch, playing with her silver hair as she talked about her day. He loved the far-off look on her face when she thought about something interesting. Neville Longbottom loved Luna Lovegood. Plain and simple./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"So, he proposed./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"He gathered as many flowers as he could. All as strange, as wonderful and as beautiful as Luna herself./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"He filled his apartment living room and waited for her to arrive./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"It was a few hours before Neville heard keys jiggle in the door./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Neville shot up from his seat, grabbed the ring from the table and dropped to his knee before the door had a chance to open./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"'Neville? Whys the door covered in Nargles?" Luna asked as she walked through the door and immediately turned her back to the room to hang up her coat./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Neville didn't move or say anything. He just waited until she turned around./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Neville? Oh!" she gasped as her eyes landed on the beautiful room. Her eyes scanned from left to right before settling on the man in the middle of it all./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Luna Lovegood." Neville started, his voice surprisingly strong compared to how he felt./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Will you do the honour of becoming my wife?" Her hands flew to her mouth and took a second to collect her thoughts./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"That second felt like a lifetime to Neville and just as he was beginning to doubt her accepting his question she had all but tackled him to the floor sending petals flying everywhere./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;""Yes! Of course, I will!"/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"They spent the rest of the night lay on the floor, talking excitedly and laughing with each other, covered head to toe in Luna's new favourite flowers./span/p
