As footsteps sounded down the hall, Luna and Ginny hid inside an empty classroom and listened carefully. Peering out of the crack between the door and the doorframe, they saw Professor Severus Snape adjusting his robes, clutching a bouquet of roses in one hand, smoothing down the already flat, greasy black hair with the other. Taking a deep, calming breath, and giving himself one last quick look over, he then opened the door and stepped into the room next to the one in which Luna and Ginny now hid.
Stage One was a success.
They could hear Snape pacing round inside the room next door, and wondered momentarily what would happen if the Potions Master decided that he had gotten the wrong room, and came into their classroom. However, at the sound of hurrying, scampering footfalls outside, the two girls stifled their giggles and peered out once more. Neville Longbottom, bless, had received their note after all. He, too, clutched a bouquet of flowers, though his were tulips, and a few of them seemed to be slightly dead.
Perfect… Stage Two was a success. And now… to wait.
And wait they did.
And wait… and wait…
And wait…
Finally, they became too curious for their own good and crept out into the corridor. It was absolutely silent, there was no sound from the classroom next door. Was that… good? Or was it really, really bad? Exchanging glances, Ginny and Luna began to creep towards the closed classroom door. Ignoring Luna's whispered warning of 'Watch out for Nargles,' Ginny cautiously pushed open the classroom door.
She froze.
Neville and Snape were kissing, their bouquets abandoned, each one holding the other close to himself. Luna and Ginny stared for a few moments before beginning to back up slightly as the two males began to moan slightly, swiftly closing the door and sprinting back to their separate common rooms, ready to ask the nearest person to Obliviate them to get rid of the memory of Neville and Snape… kissing.
It seemed their plan to set Neville Longbottom and Severus Snape up on a blind date had succeeded in more ways than they ever would have imagined.
Even if Ginny could now tick it off her 'To Do' list.
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A/N: I feel sure I'm enjoying this a lot more than I should be. x3