Forever

Chapter 6- Consolation

      After dinner, I went to the greenhouse, knowing that Neville would be in there.
      I opened the door, and there he was, planting some sort of plant.
      "Neville?" I said.
      He looked at me, "Oh no. You only come here when you're nervous or upset."
      "I know." I said quietly.
      He took a deep breath, "Go ahead."
      I walked towards him, "I don't know what to do."
      "About what?" He asked.
      I looked up at him, "Were you in here during dinner?"
      "Dinner?" he continued potting his plant, "Dinner already happened?"
      "Yeah." I nodded, "Anyways, Justin told me that he likes me."
      "Well that's good, isn't it?" Neville asked.
      "I'm not finished. When he told me, I was extremely uncomfortable." I jumped up and sat on the table.
      "That's not good." He said, "Continue."
      "Well Fred came up to us to make Justin leave." I took a deep breath.
      "Well that's nice of him." Neville said, moving on to the next pot.
      "Yes and no." I looked at him, "He kissed me on the cheek and told Justin that we have somewhere to be."
      "Oh..." he went quiet for a second, "That makes it sound like you're dating."
      "I know." I put my face in my hands, "We later met in the Astronomy Tower."
      "Oh boy." He looked at me, "You know that that's where kids go to, um, snog, right?"
      "That makes sense." I said, zoning out and nodding.
      He did a trouble-take, "What?"
      "What?" I looked at him.
      "Did you two..." he trailed off.
      "Yeah." I admitted.
      "Oh." He cleared his throat, "Okay, keep going."
      "And then he told me that he likes me."
      He shrugged, "What did you say?"
      "I told him that I like him, too." I said.
      "Well, is it true?" He asked.
      "Yes. Very much so." I told him.
      He furrowed his eyebrows, "Then what's the problem?"
      "Okay, one, the entire school knows. Two, Ginny's gonna kill me."
      "Okay." He processed it, "If the whole school knows, does that mean-"
      "I told them that we're dating." I said quickly.
      "Okay, well are you?" He asked.
      "Yes... and no." I sighed, "I don't know."
      "I think that you should talk to Fred about it. Alone." He glanced at me, "And then you can confirm whether or not you're actually dating."
      "Okay," I nodded, "what about Ginny?"
      "That's a little trickier." He looked at me, "Why would Ginny be upset but not Ron?"
      "Ron doesn't care about a lot of things. This would probably be one of them." I tilted my head, "Ginny actually cares about my well-being."
      "I see." He finished potting the plant he was working on and looked at me, "I think that after you and Fred talk, you should talk to her."
"And say what, Neville?" I asked, tilting my head back.
      "I don't know, tell her that she can express her feeling and that you're there for her." He went to the next plant.
      I nodded, "Thanks, Neville."
      I raised my hand to give him a high-five, and he went with it.
      "Soil." Neville said as I quickly wiped off my hand on my pants, "Sorry."
      "No, no, it's okay." I said, smiling, "It's fine."
      "Okay." He went back to potting, "Good luck."
      "Thanks." I said as I walked through the door.
      It was cold once I was outside. It was dark now that it was nighttime, but the lights of the castle lit my path.
      I entered the Gryffindor Common Room and saw everybody hanging out, saying their good nights.
      I walked up to the twins and Lee, "Fred, can I talk to you?"
      "Are you sure it's talking?" He asked me while smiling. When he realized that I was serious, his smile faded, "I'll see you later, guys."
      "Goodnight." Lee and George said, heading up to their dorms.