Trinity woke up in the morning and headed down to the Gryffindor Common Room. She noticed Neville was already awake, reading another book about plants. Every time she saw him lately, he was reading a book about plants or happened to be with Luna Lovegood. Things between them just didn't seem the same anymore. It broke her heart sometimes to think about how close they had once been and now a girl had become between them.
Trinity plopped down on the same sofa Neville had been sitting on. She pulled out her own book and began reading about some potions. She had always excelled in Potions, even if it was weird for a Gryffindor to be good at them. Usually Slytherins achieved at Potions or the Dark Arts, but for Trinity, she had become well accomplished in Potions. The subject came very easily to her. She never quite understood why, but a lot of other students came to her for help.
As Trinity sat down and read her book, Neville didn't even notice her. He had become too wrapped up into his Herbology studies lately. The time he didn't spend focusing on Herbology, he focused on Luna. Trinity never understood his relationship with Luna. The two of them had been friends, but she never saw them kiss or hold hands. Sometimes she wondered if Neville had just grown bored of her company and decided to move onto someone new and refreshing.
"Neville?" Trinity questioned as she stopped reading her book for a moment.
"Hmm?" Neville replied simply without taking his eyes off of his book.
"Are we still studying tonight after dinner?" She asked, remembering he had promised to study with her after blowing her off the previous night.
"I told Luna I would help her more with Herbology. She's really behind." Neville responded, keeping his eyes on the book and not once looking at Trinity when he talked to her.
Trinity felt hurt as usual. Neville was supposed to be her best friend: the one person who she did almost everything with. Now, he had turned into the guy who had become so blind and clueless. He didn't realize how he was hurting Trinity. He would always make promises and break them, which is what real friends don't do. Trinity started to wonder if Neville even wanted to be friends with her anymore.
"Fine. Go study with your new best friend," Trinity said in an angry voice. "See if I care." She slammed her book shut and stood up from the sofa. She grabbed her backpack and stormed out of the Gryffindor Common Room, leaving Neville on the couch.
Neville actually appeared to be slightly shocked by her reaction. There had only been very few times that Trinity and him fought. They were usually over stupid things, like comparing their opinions over a recent world topic or arguing about which professor was their favorite. Never before had Trinity actually walked away from Neville appearing to be upset about something.
As Trinity stormed down the stairs heading towards the Great Hall for breakfast, Seamus was running behind her. "Hey! Wait up!" He shouted as he ran down the stairs, trying not to fall and break his neck.
Trinity stopped and turned to Seamus. "Oh sorry." She replied.
Seamus finally caught up to her and he breathed in and out heavily, trying to catch his breath. "I heard that comment you said to Neville. Is everything alright?" He asked, taking a big breath after his statement because he was still winded from running.
"I'm fine. Just the same stuff as usual." Trinity responded and then started to walk towards the Great Hall.
Seamus trailed beside her since he had managed to catch his breath after a while. "I understand why you would be upset," he confessed. "Neville is always hanging out with Luna. He never spends time with you anymore."
"Yeah." Trinity replied. It was all she could really say without becoming too upset. She just continued on her way to the Great Hall until the two of them arrived. They both sat at the Gryffindor table as usual. Trinity put some scrambled eggs onto her plate. She didn't feel very hungry so she kind of picked at the eggs with her fork and only ate a few bites.
Seamus filled his mouth full of eggs, sausage, and toast without paying much attention to Trinity at first. He drank a bit of orange juice to wash down the huge amount of food in his mouth. Then, he turned to Trinity and noticed how she had been picking at her eggs. "I studied the Draught of the Living Dead in the boys' dorm last night before going to bed." He admitted.
Trinity focused her eyes on Seamus, feeling shocked that he had actually bothered to even study the potion. "You actually did what I told you to do?" She asked with surprise in her voice.
"Yes." He replied. "The main ingredients are wormwood, asphodel, Sopophorus Bean, and Valerian Roots. It's the most powerful sleeping potion there is."
"We learned all that in class ages ago." Trinity responded, questioning his knowledge of the potion.
"Yes, but I forgot all of the ingredients. Plus, I even wrote out a whole parchment about the potion." He explained before pulling out the actual parchment from his backpack. He handed it to Trinity. "I thought writing a parchment would make a good study sheet for later."
"Wow," Trinity said in astonishment as she read through the parchment. "This is really good. You're actually a good study partner." She complimented.
Seamus grabbed the piece of parchment and placed it back into his bag. "What potion do you want me to study now, teacher?" He asked with a grin on his face clearly making a joke about her being his teacher.
"Well, we just did Draught of the Living Dead. I think next should be Draught of Peace, Mr. Finnigan." She answered with a slight smile on her face, addressing him like a professor would.
"We better get to Herbology," Seamus stated. "I'll sit by you in case we have to do anything in partners. That way Neville can't bug you."
"Thanks." Trinity said graciously. The two stood up from the table and headed towards the Herbology classroom. They were having an actual class today instead of working in the greenhouse. Trinity knew Neville was probably bummed about not working in the greenhouse. He loved working with the plants, but Trinity preferred the more tactical approach. Some of the plants really crept her out. She didn't understand why someone would want to grow some of these plants. On the other hand, sometimes she just hated Herbology because Neville loved it so much. It had become one of her pet peeves with how he always studied the subject. For a while, she thought Neville would even fail all of his other subjects because he focused too much on Herbology.
Trinity and Seamus sat at a table together near the back of the class. Neville walked in a couple of minutes later. He appeared to be bummed at the sight of Trinity and Seamus sitting together. Trinity and himself had always been partners in Herbology for as long as he could remember. Everything just seemed to be changing lately. Neville just sat down at a table by himself. He sat there quietly and gathered up all his supplies before setting them down on the table.
After a few minutes, the trio entered the classroom. Ron and Harry sat together so Hermione sat next to Neville. Lavender sat at a different table with Parvarti. The two of them kept looking at Ron and giggling together. Hermione just rolled her eyes as she had become accustomed to Ron and Lavender's stupid quirks.
After all of the students had entered the classroom, Professor Sprout came into the class and began her lecture. She just taught the students about a particular plant and had them take notes. Luckily, they didn't have to do anything in partners, but Seamus and Trinity still sat next to each other. Neville glanced over at the two a few times during class. He just didn't understand what was going on.
At the end of class, most of the students started piling out. Trinity and Seamus left the class before most of the others. Neville started to pack up his things. Hermione and him were the last two in the class since they preferred to take their time since Neville loved Herbology and Hermione had always been that way with every subject.
"Hermione?" Neville questioned her while putting away a couple of books. "Is something going on between Trinity and Seamus?"
Hermione kept gathering up her supplies while she spoke. "Well, I know they just started studying Potions together. He asked her for help apparently." She answered as she finally finished gathering her possessions.
"Oh I see." Neville responded as he grabbed his bag.
"I don't see why you care. You're spending all your time with Luna lately." Hermione said, stating the obvious.
Neville felt shocked by Hermione's sudden comment. "I know. Luna and I study, but she's also helping me make a gift for Trinity's birthday." He responded.
"You just don't get it though, do you?" Hermione asked as she started to walk down the hallway and out of the class.
"Apparently not." Neville replied as he walked alongside Hermione.
"You're spending all this time with Luna so Trinity thinks that you like Luna as more than a friend," she explains. "The problem is that Trinity likes you as more than a friend."
Neville's eyes went wide. "What?" He asked in shock. "How do you know?"
"I talk to her and it is pretty much common sense." Hermione replied.
"I didn't know." Neville admitted, feeling overwhelmed, shocked, and confused at the same time.
"Of course not. Typical male." Hermione stated before taking off and leaving Neville there to dwell in his own thoughts.
Later that night, Seamus and Trinity sat in the Gryffindor Common Room. They both had their Potions books out, reading over various paragraphs about the Draught of Peace. Trinity never seemed to grow tired of Potions unlike the other students. Snape never treated her as badly as the other Gryffindors. He treated her almost as equal as Slytherins.
"The Draught of Peace coming a lot easier to you now?" Trinity asked Seamus as they sat on the sofa in the common room.
"Yup. The ingredients are powdered moonstone and Syrup of Hellebore. It's used to reduce anxiety." Seamus replied, giving a short description of the potion.
"I think that is enough studying for one night." Trinity stated as she closed her book and set it on the table in front of them. "Is there anything else you want to do now?"
"Yes." Seamus replied.
"What?" Trinity asked, looking at Seamus.
Seamus tucked a bit of hair behind Trinity's ear as he looked at her. He places his hands on her cheeks and pulled her face towards his, kissing her on the lips. Trinity's eyes went wide with shock, but then she closed them. She enjoyed the kiss and moved her lips slightly, kissing him back. Seamus pulled away for a quick second. "Kiss you." He replied, before pressing his lips against Trinity's again.
At this very same moment, Neville entered the common room. He witnessed his best friend and Seamus kissing. His heart sank and he couldn't quite understand why. It was a feeling he had never felt before, like a kick in the face. His chest tightened and he could barely breathe, as he stood there frozen, watching this sight, which was so horrible to him. For the first time in Neville's life, he was no longer blind and clueless. He finally understood what he had neglected to see was right in front of him: his best friend, Trinity Tulo, which he had feelings for.