Harry Potter One-Shots

What Would You Rather?

"Paulina!" A voice calls, snapping me out of my reverie. I was 'working' on my Herbology homework. Herbology was not my best class, but not my worst either. Thanks to Neville, I got a good grade. Neville, my best friend/crush. Not like her knew about the crush part. Only the trio knew. And they felt compelled to tease me about it whenever I hang out with them. Neville was amazing. No matter who said he was a nerd, and teased him, my feelings for him never changed. I always stood up for whoever was teasing him. I can't remember when I started to fancy him, but he was my first friend ever at Hogwarts. He was nice and sweet to me. I loved how loyal and brave he was. I wished he knew how I admired him.

"Helllo? Paulina?" The voice says again, and I realize the owner to be Hermione Granger.

"Yeah?" I say, looking up and smiling at her. She scowls, "Dreaming about Neville again?" She got me. Yeah, I was. I could feel my blush coming on. Hermione smirks, knowing that she was right.

"Busted." She mutters, "Anyway are you ready?"

"For what?"

"We are going to Hogsmeade. Re-mem-ber? We are going with Neville."

"Oh..." My blush grew more furious. "Yeah. Lemme get ready real quick. " Truth be told, I was ready, but I wanted to look good for Neville. I re brushed my hair and made sure that my outfit was okay. Hermione tapped her toe, "Hello? We have to meet them at 2:00 and it is 1:55 now."

"Ohmygosh!" I yell and we scramble out the door and catch up with Harry, Ron, and Neville.

"Hey guys." I say, panting from running all the way to Hogsmeade to find my friends.

Harry laughed, "Hey, Paulina."

Neville smiled warmly at me, "H-hey." He mutters. Ron smirks and Neville blushes. Ron teased Neville and I the worst. I could always get him back and tease about a certain Lavender Brown, but not in front of Hermione. Lavender was a sore subject for her, mainly because she was Ron's girlfriend, not her.

We walked on and talked for a bit about everything it seemed. Now we were asking would you rather questions.

Harry turned to Ron, "Okay what would you rather, break up with Lavender, or cheat on her?"Ron's ears turned pink, and Hermione rolled her eyes.

"Um...break up with her. If I cheat..." He paused and blushed.

"Haha." I whisper so only Ron could hear.

Ron turns to Neville, "What would you rather, be famous for making a discovery in herbology, or spend the day with Paulina?"

Neville blushed this time, "Paulina...she is my best friend. Friends before school."

"Aww..." Ron and Harry tease. Hermione snickers, and smiles at me, who was blushing the color of Ron's hair.

"Hey, why don't you and Paulina go and hang out for the rest of the day?" Hermione suggests, her eyebrows raised. I gave her the I am gonna kill you later look, but she ignores it.

"Yeah!" Harry and Ron agree a little too loudly, geez why don't you just write the words, 'I have a crush on Neville Longbottom ' on my forehead why don't cha? Seriously.

at least Neville was red too. I wasn't alone.

Soon, Harry, Hermione, and Ron left, leaving us totally alone.

"Umm. What would you rather? Go to a shop, or just walk around?" I ask Neville.

"Walk around. Hey, can I show you a private spot?" He asks suddenly. I nod, and he covers my eyes, "No peeking until I say so. I won't let you fall, don't worry." I blushed as he led me, taking each step carefully.

"Are we there yet?" I ask, tired of not being able to see where the heck we were going.

Neville sighed, "Almost. Hang in there Paulina. I know it must be tiring not seeing where you are going but, that is a part of the surprise. "

I laughed, "Okay." A few minutes later Neville sat me down on a bench, and carefully lifted up my blindfold. I gasp as I looked around at my surroundings. Neville had taken me to the Black Lake.

It was early evening, and the sunlight was hitting the water just right. It sparkled, and seemed to wink at me. Beautiful couldn't describe at all what I was seeing. It was more than beautiful, even amazing seemed not to fit. Neville smiled shyly and sat next to me. "So? What do you think?"

I smiled back, and felt my blush coming on. "I-I love it."

"Great. So...I wanted to ask you something here. But, instead of just asking, I am going to do what would you rather? Is that okay?" Nodding as I studied him, I noticed that he was blushing slightly too.

"Would you rather hang out with me or the Golden Trio?"

Wow. Hermione Harry, and Ron were my best friends and all, but I enjoyed hanging out with just Neville. Poor Harry was always on his guard because of You Know Who, and Ron and Hermione had drama of their own. With Neville it was easy, all my fears and concerns slips away and I have a lot of fun.

"Tough question. You." I answered, looking away, hoping that he could not see my blush.

Neville laughed, "Well...thanks. Would you rather kiss Harry, Ron, or me?" I blushed.

"You." I say simply, my heart hammering a thousand miles in my chest. Neville takes my hand and smiles that smile that made my heart not only hammer even harder, but melt. With his other hand, he takes my head in his hand, and kisses me.

It was perfect, gentle, soft, and sweet. Before I could even fully process whether we were actually kissing, or if it was just my imagination, he pulls away.

"Was that okay?" He asks, shrugging uncertainly. "Yes. I-I always loved you, and admired how brave and loyal you were." I mutter, and Neville kisses me again. This time I know it was real. This was definitely what I would rather be doing!