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RP: Happy Birthday

Aug 03, 2008 08:46

Date: 03 March 1999
Characters: Neville Longbottom, Pansy Parkinson
Location: Edinburgh, Moor Hall
Status: Private
Summary: Neville and Pansy explore Edinburgh on her birthday.
Completion: Complete

( Explorers )

march 1999, neville longbottom, place: muggle britain, pansy parkinson, place: private residence

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rar_pansy August 3 2008, 14:56:13 UTC

Pansy smiled as Neville pulled her to him a little, making sure she was staying dry. It was sort of nice- to feel taken care of.

She shrugged. "I'm not sure. The museum sounds interesting; I've never been to one before. On the other hand, the castle might be less crowded," she said thoughtfully. "Maybe wandering isn't so bad," she finally settled on.

"How were your parents today? Still 'no news is good news'?"

rar_neville August 3 2008, 15:17:03 UTC

Neville laughed and kissed her head. "You're sort of a girl, with all this not being able to make up your mind," he teased. "Let's do one of the museums first, since it's something neither of us has ever seen before. I think our choices were history or art. Sort of the same thing, if you ask me. I'm not sure why the Muggles put the paintings in a separate place." Neville thought that maybe he'd misunderstood the guidebook.

"Still the same," he really didn't like talking about his parents but it wasn't so bad with Pansy. Sometimes it was even a bit of a relief. "I have a new Drooble's wrapper for my collection. How was your visit with your aunt and brother yesterday?"

rar_pansy August 3 2008, 15:24:53 UTC

She rolled her eyes. "Women are unable to make up their minds?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. "Well. Considering you are also sort of a girl, I am surprised you were able to make a decision," she winked, running her fingers along his side as they walked, her arm around his waist.

Laughing, she shook her head. "That was a poor comeback on my part. Seems I need to spend less time with Gryffindors."

She nodded. "That's good," she said softly, squeezing him a little. "It was nice, actually. Oren was a brat, but that's normal these days. My aunt and I have become much closer lately. She went overboard with gifts, though," she said. That hadn't been bad, but Pansy couldn't help feeling a little guilty when she hung up the muggle dresses, jumpers, and denims she now possessed.

rar_neville August 3 2008, 15:51:05 UTC

Neville chuckled. He loved how it easy it was to joke with Pansy. "I don't know, I thought it was pretty good. Then again, I am a Gryffindor." She said she needed to spend less with Gryffindors and he hoped she was kidding. "Tired of me already?" he asked half teasing, half serious.

"It's nice to be spoiled on occasion. Does Oren get his Hogwarts letter this year or next?" He couldn't remember which she'd said.

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rar_pansy August 3 2008, 19:21:42 UTC

"Are you really over Ginny? You dated for awhile, and I'm not asking this because I want to do any clarification of what we have. I'm quite content with that for now," she said, glancing up at him.

"But as your friend, are you really over it all? I mean, you loved her. I just figured you'd get back together, and that it was better not to get my hopes up," she said without thinking. Shite. She didn't need to be giving away that sort of information, not now anyway.

"Guess I said a little too much," she whispered, taking a sip of tea and blushing.

rar_neville August 3 2008, 20:10:05 UTC

Neville sighed, "She and I weren't good for each other, Pansy. All the negative things about myself fed into that relationship. I'm not saying there weren't positives too, because there were, but..." He looked in her eyes, "But for all the good things I felt when I was with her, I felt guilty when I wasn't. Even sometimes when I was. I didn't want to look at it too closely," he still didn't, although he forced himself to because he needed to not make those mistakes again. "Merlin, I still feel guilty but it's more because I'm so relieved now. I feel so much lighter these days. It's not just you, Pansy. I'm flying. I'm exploring. I'm trying all sorts of new things and I'm working through the things that hold me back instead of harping on them."

Neville couldn't imagine not answering truthfully. "I think I loved her. I'm not positive anymore if I really did, or if I just convinced myself that I did, because of all we'd been through together. I am positive that we weren't meant for each other, so in that respect I'm very much over it. ( ... )

rar_pansy August 3 2008, 20:16:26 UTC

She nodded, understanding exactly where he was coming from. It hadn't been exactly that way with Draco, but close enough that she at least understood how he was feeling. It was hard to realize something you'd wished for and wanted to badly might not be the right thing, after all.

"I'm glad you realized that. You're awfully mature; are you sure you're only 18?" she teased.

"I think so, yes." She was pleased he seemed to miss her confession that she had actually liked him back when he was still with Ginny. That wasn't something that needed to be discussed now, certainly not if he wasn't going to pick up on it.

"Thank you for sharing that, Neville. I'm pleased you trust me enough to be honest."

rar_neville August 3 2008, 20:30:13 UTC

"18 and a half," he said with an ickle firstie voice and a smug smile.

He took a sip of his lemonade. "So I'm sort of a tarnished knight, I guess. I like that I feel like my old self around you instead of that Neville I didn't like very much."

Neville smiled at her but was interrupted from saying anything by the arriving of a sizzling tray full of food. Merlin, that smelled fabulous. The server put a large tray down and set out the smoking skillet of chicken, onions and peppers and squeezed a lime over the top. Cheese, salsa, sour cream and something green was set out along with the tortillas to put it all on. Neville had been sneaking peeps at another couple eating theirs, so he had an idea of what to do.

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