After breakfast, I ran up to the Room of Requirement. Luna wasn't there yet, so I sat down to wait. I would wait forever for someone like her...
Luna came in and shut the door behind her. "What was it you wanted Neville?" she asked. And she looked at me with those eyes, those beautiful misty eyes, like molten silver... Snap out of it Neville! I told myself. What are you in love with, her eyes? "Uh...uh...I..." I stammered. "Uh...I have something for you..." How stupid am I? That sounds all wrong. Luna looked at me, curiously, and for a split second I saw something in her eyes that wasn't confusion, or curiosity. It scared me as well as delighted me. "Um...we all have coins and you didn't get one yet..." I was beginning to sweat slightly.
"Oh! Well why didn't you say so Neville?" said Luna cheerfully. She came forward and took the coin from me. Her hand was so soft...
"Well I have to go, I'll be late for Divination," she said. She backed out of the room, keeping her eyes on my face. The minute she was gone, I smacked myself in the forehead. "You complete idiot, Neville, you're obsessing!" I muttered angrily.
Then I hurried off to my own class...Potions. Ugh.
"Your late, Mr. Longbottom." Professor Slughorn said to me as I walked into class mere seconds after the bell rang.
"Yes, I'm sorry Professor, I left my things in my truck and had to go back to get them." I said, I had learned a ton of excuses and this was one of the best, but only on the first day.
"Well, seeing as it's the first day, I'll let it pass, please take a seat." Slughorn said. I walked over and sat between Ernie Macmillan and Hannah Abbott, I silently passed them DA coins and then focused on Slughorn, who was beginning to talk about Amortenia, which I swear we had already covered but...
" How about you Mr. Longbottom, what do you smell?" I was startled, I hadn't noticed the smell in the room until it was mentioned, but then my nose registered the smell. I smelled cookies, bubble gum, and... Luna's hair.
"Uh... I smell... bubble gum and cookies and... And something floral... kind of like roses." I said, blushing a bit.
"That's very nice. Now, just between this class and me, I smell chocolate, butterbeer and oak made wine.
"Ms. Abbott what do you smell?" Slughorn added.
"I-" she said with a half glance at Ernie. "um, strawberries, honey and blue."
"Excuse me but blue?" Slughorn asked, all the while I noticed that Ernie's eyes were, indeed, blue.
"Yes... I don't know how, I just smell blue." Hannah said.
"Well... that's a first." Slughorn said and proceeded with inquiring about what people smelled. The bell rang and I headed to... Muggle studies.