A/N: here we are with the next part of the Snog Wars saga! Sorry it took so long but a certain beta was too lazy to send a certain author the chapter. This is personally one of my fav ships, just like Harry/Ginny (hence the side romance). So tell me what you think, R&R pwease!

CA/N: Okay, I was NOT being lazy. I had a project to do. So there. And sorry if anyone's an avid Neville fan because this chapter makes him seem like a bit of a wimp. But he's a really sweet wimp. Anyway, I hope you like it. Let us commence!

Chapter 13: Girl and Hippo Hunting

Neville ashamed to stay around his friends ('A girl, I do not look like a girl! Well... I guess I do have some feminine side to me...') so he turned around and walked away, determined to keep some manliness by not crying in front of his friends. He ran straight to his favorite thinking and moping spot; a small room leading off from the Great Hall. No one ever went there which is why Neville could sob as loudly as he wanted without worrying about protecting his image. He took a seat on the dusty ground and cried.

'Great...' he thought, 'No one wants to snog a loser like me. I'm going to end up with... what was Draco saying in the corridor? Oh yeah, boils on my butt. Just to prove them wrong, I'll snog a girl. Unlike them I can probably get one.' He smirked to himself. 'No ones going to question my sexuality anymore. But what girl is there to snog?' He sighed, thinking of one that would be impossible to snog. 'Alright, let the aimless wandering begin.' Neville stood up, dusted his shoulders off and wiped his tears. He stood up straight to emphasis the oh-so-very dramatic moment this was and walked out of his tiny room, ready to snog whatever girl he fancied.

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"So..." Fred said, eating the sandwich he had recently conjured up, "Where's my hippo?"

George sighed, "It's been five minutes! Give me some time; it's very hard trying to find someone with a hippo in the middle of London! Normal people don't have hippos in the middle of a city, you know."

"Who says you have to get it from someone normal? We don't associate with normal people! George, what is wrong with you!"

George gasped. "You're right! Oh, Fred, I am SO sorry! This whole hippo business has gotten to me. I'm losing my head here!"

"Well, that's not good." George stared blankly at Fred. "Fine," he sighed, "Just get me the hippo by the end of the day." He stuck his tongue out childishly like the kid he was.

"And if I don't?" asked George.

"OFF WITH HIS HEAD!" Fred bellowed. George stared blankly at his brother once again. "No... really." Fred replied calmly. His brother gulped and went back to searching for a hippo.

"Heh, I love being older than you."

"Just by three seconds. Go back to watching the board."

- - -

Back at Hogwarts, Neville had walked down the halls searching for any girl to snog. Well, except a Slytherin, who'd snog a Slytherin? Unfortunately, the corridors were devoid of all female life forms (unless you count Mrs. Norris who, for Neville, was a last resort; he didn't go around kissing cats like Filch did). 'Alright... back to the Gryffindor common room. I have a free period, maybe a girl someone's in there.'

Neville headed back to the Gryffindor common rooms completely unaware that he was being watched by a certain sexy, blonde-haired ferret.

"Hey Longbottom." Draco sneered.

'Oh god... where's some other Gryffindor when I need them. No!' Neville mentally slapped himself, 'I will stand up for myself, I will stand up for myself... Oh, I think I'm going to faint.'

"Yes, Draco?" Neville said as politely as he could. Big mistake.

"Don't call me by my first name you mudblood-loving Gryffindork." He replied, "So, what are you looking for Longbottom? Lost your Remembrall or your grandmother's knickers or something?"

"S-s-shut up Malfoy." Stuttered Neville. 'I will stand up for myself... oh, I think I'm going to keel.'

"What are you going to do about it? Potty, Weasel and Mudblood aren't here to help you now!" Draco exclaimed, followed by a maniacal laugh trademarked by the Malfoy family.

Neville shuddered. 'Here it goes.' "PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!" he yelled. Draco's body went rigid and Neville snorted with laughter, sounding like a pig on helium.

"Neville Longbottom..." said a mystical, quirky voice. Neville turned around to face a quite familiar girl he knew and loved.

"Oh, hey Luna."

- - -

"Ginny... wait."

"Let go of me, Harry." She said, staring blankly at the bespectacled boy. Harry dropped her arm and sighed.

"Ginny, what's with you? Ever since that... s-snog... you've been acting so different!"

"The snog was only about an hour ago and you haven't seen me since then! So don't say I'm acting different because I'm not!" her voice grew louder with each word while a blush crept across her face.

"Well, bugger me backwards! I think you've changed now since when have you ever yelled at me before? And since when are you so distant!"

Ginny stopped to think of some way to reply to that. "J-just leave me alone, Harry..." she replied.

"You know what? Fine."

"Fine."

The two stalked off in their own directions; secretly not wanting to leave the other. Ginny turned around and watched Harry leave the library. A feeling of remorse and guilt built up inside her. 'What did I just do...?'

- - -

"What are you doing here, Luna?" Neville questioned.

"Well, seeing as I have no friends in my own house, I figured I'd walk around and look for Ginny but Merlin knows where she is." Luna sighed, sounding distant, sad and abnormally... normal.

"Oh, she's off stalking Harry like she did in our second and third year," said Hermione who was walking past the two (reading a fascinating book on the Goblin Wars of 1678) to get to Gryffindor common room. "By the way Neville, you only have 7 minutes left." She stopped and took a long glance at Luna who, like it was mentioned before, was acting quite unlike her usual self. She shrugged her shoulders and went on her way.

"And people say that I'm odd."

'7 minutes... 7 minutes... must find girl. Wait...' Neville began to panic but then he realized something. "Hey, Luna… you're a girl!"

"Why, thank you for noticing!"

'Here it goes.' "You wouldn't happen to know what day it is would you?" said Neville coyly leaning against the wall.

- - -

Harry felt awful but what was there to do? Ginny had asked him to leave her alone and he only wanted to make Ginny happy. 'Screw it.' He decided, 'I'll find her anyway and tell her how I feel. But what should I say? I mean, I know I'm no good at the whole talking-to-girls-thing.' He momentarily paused and searched his brain for an answer. 'I got it! What would Dean Thomas do? I mean, he's a ladies man and a great guy at the same time. He's probably the nicest guy I know and Ginny's going out with him so let me ask myself... WWDTD? What would good ol' Dean Thomas do?' (CA/A/N: -hint hint- potion –hint hint-)

Harry turned to re-enter the library. As he turned around, he saw Ginny behind him looking like a deer caught in the headlights.

"Oh! Uh... Hello, Harry." She said, rushing past him with a blush creeping onto her face.

"Ginny, please, I'm begging you…just wait and listen to me." Harry said pleadingly.

Ginny turned and faced the boy she had loved since the age of 10. "Fine, Harry but make it quick. I have to go find Luna and go to class soon."

- - -

"No Neville. What day is it? Don't tell me I missed Nargle Appreciation Day again!" Luna said in a panic.

Neville chuckled, "No, it's Pass the Snog Day, silly!"

Luna lightly slapped Neville across the face, "Merlin's balls! Don't scare me like that; I thought it was something important!"

"It is..." Neville said softly, brushing Luna's blonde hair out of her face. He slowly leaned into her, hoping that she knew what he was going to do. Neville suddenly stopped; their faces about an inch apart. 'Is this okay?' He looked at Luna, who was standing with her eyes closed looking quite anxious and he smiled and leaned in.

- - -

"Oh, hurry up Neville! It's bad enough that you're clumsy, now you have to take forever to snog someone too!" exclaimed Fred, "The last thing we want is for you to be stuck with boils on your bottom too."

"Yeah..." agreed George absentmindedly, obviously not paying attention, as he was scouring catalogs and magazines in search of a place to find a hippo - cheap and fast.

- - -

Neville cupped her chin and gently kissed her. It was his first kiss with a girl, especially a girl other than his grandmother.

He pulled away and Luna sighed, "This must be what if feels like to have a boyfriend..." She said sadly and turned to go look for Ginny.

"Wait!" Neville shouted. Luna turned around, eyes sparkling, "You forgot the folder." (CA/N: the folder has been passed in the last few chapters, we just didn't mention it. ;) He said, blushing profusely, and handing her the snog folder. Disappointed, Luna snatched the folder and turned around to leave.

"Wait..." Neville said again, "you forgot just one more thing." He grabbed her shoulder and turned her around. Neville leaned in once again and snogged her quite passionately. When they broke apart Luna was beaming.

"This is better then having friends!" She said cheerfully, "but I really have to go Neville; must find Ginny and then be off to class. I'll... um, see you later."

Neville bid her farewell, smiling giddily. 'She really is a nice, pretty, amazing girl.'

- - -

"Awwww... well, that's sweet. A bit creepy though, those two are definitely odd.' Said Fred. "Anyway, how goes the hippo hunting?"

"Ugh!" George replied, his voice muffled by the stacks of magazines he was searching in.

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CA/N: Yeah, you can leave your potion guesses now. : That would mean you have to review. Hope you liked this chapter. Chapter 14 shall be coming soon.