Inescapable | Drarry + Bleville ✔︎

Chapter 21

Neville's POV:

"So..." Hannah said, still holding his hand, "Now that you know I like you... do you like me back?"

Neville thought for a while. Well, he does think she is pretty, but he can't tell if he likes her. The only crush he had was way back in first year and it was Katie Bell. But even he got over that pretty quickly. Then comes the question of, well what even is a crush? But then he realized, if he didn't try now he may never find love ever.

"Well... I don't know. But I'd like to maybe... try to be together. Maybe we can go to the Yule Ball together next week?" Neville suggests.

Hannah looks slightly dissapointed but she still smiles. "Of course! I'd love to see how we would work out. Maybe this can also get those Slytherins off your back."

"Yeah," He chuckles half-heartedly. He sure does hope it gets the Slytherins to stop saying he has a crush on Blaise. After all, it's just ridiculous. Although, all the rumors really are making him question things but he always has the peace of knowing that he really doesn't like Blaise at all. Especially after he tricked him.

"Well, I have to get back to the Hufflepuffs. See you later, yeah?" Hannah says, smiling at him.

"Yeah." Neville smiles back.

She hesitantly leans towards him and kisses him on the cheek. "Bye, Neville." Hannah says happily and skips away.

He sighs and walks off. Why did he still feel so terrible? Hannah was nice to him and actually seemed to like him, at least he hoped so. He trusts far too much. Yet, even when someone expresses care for him he still feels nothing, nothing at all expect dispair.

He gets back to the Gryffindor common room entrance, only to realize he has once again forgotten the password.

He sighs and leans against the wall, waiting for someone to come by and open it up for him.

"Hey, Neville!" Seamus says, coming up the stairs with Dean. As soon as they step off, the staircase moves behind them.

"Can you let me in, please?" Neville begs.

"Sure thing." Seamus says with a smile. "Hey, fat lady!" Seamus says, turning to the entrance of the common room.

"I was concentrating!" The fat lady says, her pitch so high it nearly broke your ears.

"No need to get so mad. I just wanted to greet you." Seamus says, rolling his eyes.

"The password?! Quickly, please!" The fat lady scolds. Neville finally gets the strength to stand up and sighs softly.

"Blueberry nougat." Dean says, his voice lacking any emotion. The fat lady opens the portal without another word and as they all step inside the common room Dean speaks, "Merlin, it's almost time for the Yule ball and I still don't have a date!"

"Me neither... Hey, Neville, you got a date yet?" Seamus asks, a crooked smile plastered on his face.

"Maybe... I haven't asked her yet." Neville replies, staring at his shoes.

"Who?!" Dean asks excitedly.

"Oh... Uh, H-Hannah Abbott." Neville says shyly.

"No way! I mean, she stares your way all the time, I'm sure you have a chance." Dean encourages.

"Well... We, uh, just started dating so." Neville replies quietly. Well, maybe he shouldn't have said that.

"Way to go, Nev!" Seamus says, patting him on the back.

His face heats up as he remembers Blaise smiling down at him and calling him 'Nev.' It was terribly embarrassing. It was even worse that he felt this strange twisting feeling in his stomach.