Chapter 10 - Neville
Well that's something I didn't see coming! I might not be the sharpest person in Gryffindor, but I know roughly what's going on...... most of the time! Hermione kissed Ron today. We are all still in shock. Ron's over the moon, of course, but the rest of us are still recovering from the moment. Hermione has loved Harry since... well, forever. Yet she kissed Ron. Harry looks mortified. He hasn't spoken to anyone since he found out. He just sat there, in a chair by the common room fire, polishing his Firebolt absent mindedly, a horrified expression on his face. He didn't even avoid the Creevey brothers when they approached him. Something's definitely up with him.
I just spoke to Hermione about Ron, and she seemed....... fake, somehow. Usually, she's such a genuine person, and always speaks her mind, but today it seemed as though she was glossing over the subject and avoiding the real issue. You know what I think? I think she's going out with Ron to make Harry jealous.
How can I have said that? Hermione would never do that to one of her best friends. If she wanted to make Harry jealous, she'd go out with someone she barely knew - like someone on one of the quidditch teams or something. Not Ron.
Wouldn't she?
Enough about Hermione and Ron and Harry for the moment. I have more pressing issues. My grandmother sent me a letter this morning by owl post, saying that my mum and dad have been asking for me. I don't want to go. At least, I don't want to go now. Maybe at Christmas or something, but they're asking for me now. They have no real concept of time, or something like that, the doctor said to me - but I don't want to miss school. can't just disappear in the middle of term. That would mean missing lessons, which I can't really afford to do, and also it means I have to explain where I'm going. Which means telling people. I don't want to. Not now. It's too upsetting.
I have to go now. My grandmother will want a reply soon. I have to go to dinner. I have a potions essay to finish.
Neville.
A/N - Just another short, minor character, chapter I know, but I have been spending more time on my other fanfics recently. At the end, Neville is really upset, which is why he talks in short, almost emotionless sentences.
Will update soon!
Rachel xx
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