Summary: Harry and Draco help Neville, and Neville finds things odd - but not surprising. July Prompt: Do it right the first time.
Author's Notes: So this is the third (random) part of Harry and Draco journey that was in The Wedding of Parvati Patil then we took a flashback to The Funeral of Augusta Longbottom arriving at The Stag Party for Neville. Now we are at a surprise birthday party planning for Parvati! I hope you're liking the journey - I am loving it.

The Surprise Birthday Party for Parvati Patil

Takes place a few weeks after The Stag Party for Neville Longbottom

Neville had been nervous since the first day he'd asked Parvati out for a coffee, especially since her answer had been, "I only drink tea." He felt as though he could never get anything right at the first try.

The first thing Draco had said was, "At least she didn't say no."

The first thing Harry had said was, "I am sure you can find out what's her favourite tea shop and casually bump into her there."

Neville loved his friends; they were so different, yet equally encouraging. His confidence had been reinforced by Draco and he'd been encouraged to continue with his pursuit by Harry. So, it naturally made sense that when it had come time to clean his flat to throw Parvati and Padma a surprise birthday party and in turn ask Parvati to move in, they would be the ones that jumped at the opportunity to offer help first. This was the first time Neville was throwing his fiancé a party and he wanted to do it right.

Both Harry and Draco had asked if the other was also helping. Neville found that odd but not surprising. Harry had been acting rather peculiar around Draco for the past few months, Neville thought, but couldn't really figure out way. Also, it seemed that Draco's insults and retorts around Harry, towards Harry, had also increased. He couldn't figure that out either. When he really paid some thought to it, Neville realised that it began sometime around his grandmother's funeral.

"So what do we have to do?" Draco asked.

"I have to clean up the flat and get rid of everything she doesn't like and I don't care for, so at the party I can surprise her with my question," Neville answered.

"Surprise her? You mean haven't asked her to move in with you yet? Mate, you've been engaged for more than a year," Harry said.

Shortly after Neville had proposed, his grandmother had fallen ill. Caring for her had been his priority and Parvati had been equally supportive of Neville's needs. At her funeral they had decided to delay the wedding for another year and Parvati had again been completely nurturing and compassionate then. Life had been so hectic and so emotionally tumultuous that Neville never really got the chance to take his relationship to the next level. He'd been living with Dean and Seamus and they'd finally shifted and gotten their own flats. Neville ultimately had the chance to be alone with Parvati. As form of the party, Neville was going to ultimately surprise her with the option of moving in before the wedding. He knew that her parents wouldn't exactly be thrilled with that but he wanted to also show that he could take care of himself. His biggest fear had been that she'd want him to move in with her family.

"Live with her family?" Draco asked. "Don't tell me you're actually going to do that. I mean I know it's pure-blood tradition and all but still, mate…"

"It's not just a pure-blood tradition, it's also Indian customs. It's completely common for extended families to live together under one roof. The Malfoy Manor had housed your entire family for generations, Draco," Neville answered. Pure-blood or not, Neville had no family left.

"But, Neville, your grandmother was never one to follow tradition, Parvati can't really expect you to—" Harry paused. "You really think she'll say no because of tradition?"

"She won't say no because of tradition, but she might say no because her family would get the wrong idea," Neville said, looking straight at Harry, who in turn nodded as if he understood what Neville was trying to say. Meanwhile Draco was completely lost in the conversation.

"Wrong idea about what?" Draco asked.

The three of them had just finished shifting the furniture around in the sitting room and brought in a new bed for the second room. Neville had told Draco that the new bed was for Parvati. Draco finally understood what that mean.

"Wait, you mean…" Draco said, his eyes widened with shock.

"It's another cultural tradition," Neville whispered his reply; he was a bit hesitant, a bit wary of his friends' reaction.

"You mean you haven't-?" Draco said. Harry simply stood there watching the conversation. Neville was sure that he was stunned speechless too. "She hasn't-?" Draco continued. "You've never-?"

"Not everyone is as sex crazy as you are, Malfoy," Harry snapped, coming to Neville's defence.

Draco rolled his eyes ignoring Harry. "No wonder you said you want to do everything right for the first time." Harry sighed as though he was about to say something when Draco continued. "You are engaged to be married, and her family loves you, I am sure they'll allow for her to move in mere months before the wedding. You have to keep your stand, Neville, be a man."

"That's rich coming from you," Harry retorted. Neville was sure it was due to the way he was treated by Draco in Hogwarts and some of his friends still hadn't really forgiven Draco for that.

"I am trying to give him sound advice," Draco barked back, "I wasn't the one who told him to start stalking her at tea shops because she'd said no. Is that how you get all your girlfriends to go out with you, Potter?" Draco laughed. "Someone say no to you and you simply get in their face?"

Harry was about to reply back something sharp, Neville was sure, so he interrupted. "Honestly, mates, again? I didn't invite you both here so you can be on each other's throats!"

They looked apologetic.

"Harry," Neville spoke again, "You can help set up the telly since you know more about Muggle technology and Draco just help me with curtains." Harry glared at Draco and walked away as Draco followed Neville with his wand at hand.

After thirty minutes of working separately, things seemed to have calmed down between Harry and Draco again. Harry had the flat screen working perfectly, hooked up with the DVD player. The flat looked great. The party wasn't due to another few hours and everyone would've had plenty of time to get ready. Neville wanted to learn how the telly worked so he asked his friends to sit with him and watch something.

They both seemed reluctant and Neville didn't understand. He sat first on the sofa, Draco sat next to him and Harry sat next to Draco. The two became oddly quiet. Maybe they just really hated being around each other, Neville supposed.

Exhaustion crept up on Neville and he was out within five minutes of some film starting. When he woke up, the telly was off and the room was quiet. He slowly turned to his left and found his mates on top of each other, snogging. Again, Neville found that odd but not surprising.

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