SOFIA | ❨ NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM ❩ UNDER MAJOR EDITING!

Chapter Eighteen.

After dinner that night, Neville was taken back when Lily basically darted through the common room and up the steps to get back to her dorm. She was holding a box in her hand, maybe food for Sofia.

"YOU'RE ALIVE!" Neville heard Lily screech from the common room, and everyone else seemed to have heard it as well.

"Guess Sofia is finally awake," Dean laughed shaking his head at his girlfriend's excitement that could probably be heard throughout the whole school.

Neville was actually happy to hear Lily squealing for once.

Seamus, Neville, and Dean started to talk to each other about miscellaneous topics until they saw Lily's figure running down the steps.

"She's alive!" Lily squealed to Dean as she gripped her arm.

"So I've heard, darling." Dean placed a quick kiss against Lily's forehead.

Dean knew that Lily had a tendency to become overly excited about even the smallest things, but that was one of the many things he loved about his girlfriend. His friends didn't feel the same though.

Neville then saw Sofia trudging down the steps, stumbling a bit. She looked around to see if anyone had spotted her clumsiness, and Neville smiled to himself.

She looked like Sofia again. The little bit of color she did have came back to her skin. She was practically glowing in Neville's eyes. She looked beautiful as always.

Sofia walked over to the four who were waiting for her.

"So, how was hibernation, American?" Seamus joked as Sofia stood in front of them. Sofia just rolled her eyes.

"Hilarious..."

Lily then took Sofia's arm, not caring on how tight her grip was. "Oh shut up, Seamus! Every woman needs their beauty sleep... even if it was almost for 20 hours."

Sofia's eyes widened a bit.

"Twenty hours? You guys let me sleep for twenty hours?!" Sofia's mouth was agape. She knew that she could sleep for long periods of time, but she had never slept for so long before this.

"I was going to try and wake you up, but Nev—"

Dean shoved his elbow against her arm.

"I mean... Hermione of course told me just to let you rest for the day. And, I obliged obviously!"

Neville shot Dean a look that practically praised him for stopping his girlfriend from saying the wrong thing.

Sofia then looked over at Neville, and the memories of that morning came flooding back. She had let him see in a very vulnerable emotional state, and she was embarrassed. She had wondered what happened after she fell asleep next to him.

"Miss me, Longbottom?" Sofia teased him, not really searching for a particular response.

He just laughed and looked down then looked back up at her. "Something like that. You missed a pretty cool lesson in Herbology today."

Sofia smiled at the boy, and he returned one back to her.

The five teens then sat together, some on a sofa, and the last two in chairs. Of course, Lily took her usual spot on Dean's lap.

They all started talking about the weird dreams Sofia had during her long slumber. Neville was a bit sensitive on the topic of dreaming at the moment.

"Sof!" Sofia heard someone call out. She turned her body to see Ginny walking towards the couch with something in her hand.

"Glad to see you better, Sof." Ginny smiled at her, and gave her a short side hug.