“Parkinson wait! Stop!”
“Fuck”
“I am sorry I tried to warn you.”
“Get me out of here Longbottom!”
He stood there frozen. He looked at her twice, once pausing on her lips the second ending on her eyes. He stuffed his hands in his pockets to avoid nervously reaching for her. “Would you…” What? Wants him to kiss her? Never. That was clearly not what she meant.
He hunched further into himself, a habit he had acquired when he started noticing how much his frame crowded the room, “Would you like me to get someone for you?” He asked finally looking at the floor.
Her answer he was sure would break him. Who would she ask for? Malfoy? Zambini? Nott? Maybe it wouldn’t be a Slytherin. Maybe she'd ask for Ernie or Seamus. “I…I could send my patronus and stay with you so that no one you don’t want could approach you.”
He looked up at her now finding her studying gaze on him. “You can do that?” she asked softly.
“What? A Patronus? Um yeah since about 6th year.”
“Can I see it?”
“It really isn’t that impressive.”
“Please?”
Not that Neville would have ever been able to deny her anything but hearing her say please so sweetly was his undoing. He nodded at her and taking his wand out of his pocket, he spoke the spell quietly into the air. A small bee came out to happily zoom around him. He smiled at it and whispered to it before seeing it zoom towards her.
“I’d like that.” She finally said after having the little bee whispering in her ear.
“Yeah? The offer still stands I can call anyone else if you like.”
“Neville just get here and kiss me already!”