This chap is all about Neville. Enjoy!
Chapter 7
The next day in Transfiguration, Harry took a seat next to Neville.
"Hey, Harry, I haven't really gotten the chance to talk to you in a little while. I just wanted to let you know that I'm really sorry about you and Cho," Neville said before class started.
"That's okay Neville, no hard feelings," Harry said, "I've moved on."
Neville was silent for a moment, but then said in a very puzzled voice, "Why would there be any hard feelings?"
"You know, since Cho cheated on me with you," Harry said.
"Oh, Cho told you about that?"
"Neville, you do know that Cho is pregnant right?"
"Yes, of course I know. The whole school knows."
"Has Cho told you whether or not she knows when the baby will be born? I heard she went to the doctor yesterday to find out," Harry said.
"No," Neville answered, "why would she have told me?"
'Does he not know that he's the father?' Harry wondered. "Neville, you do know I'm not the father, don't you?" he said aloud.
"You're not?" Neville said, taken aback. 'Wow, Cho sure sleeps around,' Neville thought.
"Who's the father then?" asked poor naïve Neville.
"You mean you don't know?" Harry said.
He shook his head.
"Neville, you're the father."
"Me?" Neville whispered, hardly able to get his mouth around the word. He couldn't believe it. He was the father of Cho's baby. 'Why didn't she tell me?' he wondered. After Transfiguration, Neville ran to find Cho.
He finally found her walking with several other girls toward the Great Hall.
"Cho, can we talk?" Neville asked.
Cho knew what this was about. She told her friends to meet her at the Ravenclaw table, and turned to Neville.
"Cho, why didn't you tell me?" Neville asked. He sounded so hurt. Cho felt sorry for him.
"I was trying to figure out how to tell you," she said.
"The entire school knew before I did!" Neville said.
"This whole thing is such a mess," Cho said. "I wish it never happened."
"So do I," Neville lied. Neville did wish that Cho had never gotten pregnant, but he wasn't sorry at all that they had had sex. Neville loved Cho.
"If you ever need any help with the baby, you know I'll always be there for you," he said quietly.
"Neville, you live with your grandmother, you're hardly qualified to be a loving and supportive father." Cho said, examining her fingernails.
Neville didn't know what to say. He felt very hurt that Cho would say something like this to him. He was just trying to be helpful. The baby was half his, after all.
Cho saw the hurt expression on Neville's face. "I didn't mean it to sound like that," she said to him, "I just meant that you're still young and in school. By the time this baby's born, I'll be out of Hogwarts and in the real world. You just concentrate on school and on your life, and I'll worry about the baby." There, she thought, that sounded pretty good. She decided not to tell Neville that she was planning to move in with Roger Davies once she was finished with Hogwarts; He had a place in Hogsmeade and had said that Cho could stay with him until she could find a job and a place of her own.
Neville felt a little better after hearing Cho's speech, but something still didn't feel right. He really wanted to help Cho with her baby. He was about to tell her this, when she said, "I'm starving. Shall we go to lunch?"
Neville decided to talk to Cho about this later. He nodded and followed her into the Great Hall.
Chapter 7
The next day in Transfiguration, Harry took a seat next to Neville.
"Hey, Harry, I haven't really gotten the chance to talk to you in a little while. I just wanted to let you know that I'm really sorry about you and Cho," Neville said before class started.
"That's okay Neville, no hard feelings," Harry said, "I've moved on."
Neville was silent for a moment, but then said in a very puzzled voice, "Why would there be any hard feelings?"
"You know, since Cho cheated on me with you," Harry said.
"Oh, Cho told you about that?"
"Neville, you do know that Cho is pregnant right?"
"Yes, of course I know. The whole school knows."
"Has Cho told you whether or not she knows when the baby will be born? I heard she went to the doctor yesterday to find out," Harry said.
"No," Neville answered, "why would she have told me?"
'Does he not know that he's the father?' Harry wondered. "Neville, you do know I'm not the father, don't you?" he said aloud.
"You're not?" Neville said, taken aback. 'Wow, Cho sure sleeps around,' Neville thought.
"Who's the father then?" asked poor naïve Neville.
"You mean you don't know?" Harry said.
He shook his head.
"Neville, you're the father."
"Me?" Neville whispered, hardly able to get his mouth around the word. He couldn't believe it. He was the father of Cho's baby. 'Why didn't she tell me?' he wondered. After Transfiguration, Neville ran to find Cho.
He finally found her walking with several other girls toward the Great Hall.
"Cho, can we talk?" Neville asked.
Cho knew what this was about. She told her friends to meet her at the Ravenclaw table, and turned to Neville.
"Cho, why didn't you tell me?" Neville asked. He sounded so hurt. Cho felt sorry for him.
"I was trying to figure out how to tell you," she said.
"The entire school knew before I did!" Neville said.
"This whole thing is such a mess," Cho said. "I wish it never happened."
"So do I," Neville lied. Neville did wish that Cho had never gotten pregnant, but he wasn't sorry at all that they had had sex. Neville loved Cho.
"If you ever need any help with the baby, you know I'll always be there for you," he said quietly.
"Neville, you live with your grandmother, you're hardly qualified to be a loving and supportive father." Cho said, examining her fingernails.
Neville didn't know what to say. He felt very hurt that Cho would say something like this to him. He was just trying to be helpful. The baby was half his, after all.
Cho saw the hurt expression on Neville's face. "I didn't mean it to sound like that," she said to him, "I just meant that you're still young and in school. By the time this baby's born, I'll be out of Hogwarts and in the real world. You just concentrate on school and on your life, and I'll worry about the baby." There, she thought, that sounded pretty good. She decided not to tell Neville that she was planning to move in with Roger Davies once she was finished with Hogwarts; He had a place in Hogsmeade and had said that Cho could stay with him until she could find a job and a place of her own.
Neville felt a little better after hearing Cho's speech, but something still didn't feel right. He really wanted to help Cho with her baby. He was about to tell her this, when she said, "I'm starving. Shall we go to lunch?"
Neville decided to talk to Cho about this later. He nodded and followed her into the Great Hall.
