Author's Note

Cuthbert72: Thanks for your review! Yes, I did mean bear. I write very quickly, so sometimes I get the letters mixed.

Sabrina-luna-potter: Thanks for your review! I'm basing Greys on a mix of people I know, and I'm trying to make him really hateable.

Guest: Thanks for your review! I made Luna more carefree for two reasons: 1) I'm very different from her, so I can't quite figure out some parts and I make her more, as you said, carefree. 2) After all, she went through a war, and I reckon that would be enough to change somebody a bit. I'm glad you liked it!

On with the story!

Neville woke up the next morning with only one thought: He had to tell Luna. He walked down the table and found Luna chatting happily with Greys. He sat on her other side. "Hi Luna." he said. "Hi, Neville. Walt and I were talking about the new sprit-wost infestation, near the lake." Greys smiled in triumph. "Oh Luna, really? It's terrible, I'm so sorry."
"Why are you sorry?" Neville felt definitely confused. "Isn't that bad?" Greys started laugh. "You don't know what they are?"

"Of course I do." Neville said, defensively. "Well, Neville, they kill wrackspurts." Luna said. He blushed. "Don't you have to go, Longbottom?"
"No, I don't."
"Neville! C'mon, we'll be late for charms!" Hermione called him. She was a sort of alarm clock for him, he was always late for class, so she had the habit of calling him in time. "You were saying?"

"Walt, c'mon. Neville, see you later in our place?"
"Yes. I love you. Don't you have class too?"

"I love you too. We'll start later, today." They kissed quickly and he left. That evening, he met her in their place. "Neville, you seem very nervous. What's the matter?"

"Nothing." he lied. "Neville." Luna looked at him pointedly. "Ok. You really want to hear it? It's Greys."
"You mean Walter?"
"Yes! Him! I mean, have you seen how he looks at you?"

"Neville, you are crazy."
"I'm not! He... he likes you!"
"Listen to me very carefully. I love you. Walt, he's a friend. And he's wonderful. But he's nobody, believe me when I say nobody, next to you. I love Neville Longbottom. You already had an issue with this. Do I ever doubt you because you hang out with... I don't know, Ginny? Or Hermione? Or anybody else, really?"

"No, of course not, but Hermione is in love with Ron, and Ginny is in love with Harry. I'm in love with you, but Greys is too!"

"But I'd choose you. If I ever had to choose, you're the one who I'd pick. And I'd do it a thousand times over. You hear me?"

"Yes. I'm sorry."
"Well, I have one comfort, though."

"Do you?"

"Yes. If you worry so much, it must mean you really do love me."

"You knew that before."

"I did. But... you know. It's always nice to hear." Neville's anxiety, though, wasn't calmed. In the days that followed, he'd always be careful to make sure Greys was off, and kissed Luna more than usual. A part of him thought it was childish. He was trying to make him back off. But he knew, from experience, that if that guy was really in love, he wouldn't back off. Not so easily. That was why, one day, he took him and talked to him.
"What do you want?" he asked. "I'd rather pass time with Luna than with you."
"I know that. And I also know why."
"Why?"

"You're in love with her, aren't you?"
"Of course not. She's a friend."
"Friend. Interesting word you've got there. You're in love with her, I see you."

"And you're worried. You're worried because you know she'd pick me." Greys smiled acidly. "No. She'd pick me."
"What makes you think so?"
"Because I told him." Luna said, coming in view. Both boys blushed. "I'm sorry, Walt, we can still be friends."

"I... I'd love that." Walter said. Neville felt better now. Better than he had in days.

Author's Note

Will this be the last of Walter Greys? Will he be a threat to their relationship? You'll find out in the next chapters! I really hope you liked it. Please review and tell me what you think about it!