A/N: I will try to get Caught up on these as quickly as possible.
Challenge: Fifty Days, Fifty Songs.
Disclaimer: I do not own HP, I am not JKR, I'm just a fan.
Song: Drive-By by Train.
Pairing: Neville/Luna.
He never met to hurt her, she had taken it the wrong way and now he couldn't apologize.
After the war was over he had found himself overwhelmed with courage that he never knew he had. He had always fancied her, he was just too nervous to act on it. After the final battle he had a surge of adrenalin, a brief moment where he believed he was invincible. He had found her, wandering the grounds, examining the ruins and debris from the battle. He had run up to her and caught her in his arms and kissed her like he had always wanted too. Her dirty blonde hair and silver eyes had driven him wild for three years and he had finally felt brave enough to do something about it…
Unfortunately later that night the nervousness had set in. In a confused haze he had left her alone without an explanation, leading her to believe he had no feelings for her.
Now two years later he longed to tell her that he never wanted to leave, he had just been nervous. He feared her rejection… would he have been able to take it then if she hadn't wanted him.
Neville left his townhouse in the heart of London, readying himself for a day in Diagon Alley. He needed to purchase everything he would need for the upcoming year. As the new Herbology Professor at Hogwarts he needed to be prepared.
That's when he noticed the petite blonde standing across the street. Her dirty blonde hair fell in waves down her back and her silver blue eyes were focused on him and only him.
Luna.
Neville's heart began to race as he walked across the busy street. Was he ready for this moment? Was he ready to explain and hope that she would hear him out? She had run from him and that had broken his heart but it was his own fault. He had probably, inadvertently, broken hers as well.
"Luna." He began. Her silver blue eyes shifted nervously and she was wearing an expression that he had never seen on her beautiful face, apprehension. The serene and unnaturally calm Luna actually looked troubled. "Please let me talk to you."
"I'm listening." She said quietly, her fingers picking absently at the beads on the strap of her handbag.
"I wasn't using you, when I left I wasn't leaving because I didn't care about you I was leaving because…. Well, because I got scared Luna. I have always loved you, I felt so brave after the battle that I just had to act on my feelings for you…then after we… I just chickened out… I left to get myself together…to think it all through and then you were gone. Luna I'm so sorry. I would never do that. I swear that if you give me another chance I won't back out on you, I won't leave you again."
The blonde stood there quietly for a moment, her blue eyes focused on him. "You mean it don't you. You do care about me?"
"Yes. I always have."
Her rose colored lips curved into a beautiful smile as she flung her arms around his neck. "I've missed you Neville Longbottom."
"You'll never know how much I missed you Luna." He smiled as he held her tight against his chest. This time, he decided, he would never let her go.
A/N: Okay, I HOPE this went well with the song and you all enjoyed it :)
