Everybody Lies
The dirty blonde hair of Luna Lovegood rippled behind her as she ran towards the Gryffindor Common room; hopefully Neville would be there to help clear up some of the things that the Malfoy boy had told her.
He must have been lying. Neville didn’t have any secrets from her. They had been a pair for nearly a month and not once had Neville kept anything from her. She trusted him implicitly and Neville trusted her.
But why couldn’t she get what Draco had said out of her mind?
Knocking on the portrait that lead into Neville’s common room, Luna stood back and waited for someone to come out. After a few seconds Hermione’s bushy head appeared at the portrait hole and smiled.
“Hello Luna.”
“Good morning Hermione. Is Neville there?”
Hermione nodded and left the portrait hole to be quickly replaced by Neville who clumsily left the common room and jumped out into the hallway with Luna.
“Hiya Luna.” He said smiling.
“Hello Neville.” She replied, edging her hand towards his.
“So… what are you doing here?” he asked. Luna didn’t usually come over to the common room. They would meet in the Library or down by the lake at the weekends and spend the day together reading or just watching the giant squid on the top of the water.
“Draco Malfoy told me something yesterday.” She said serenely.
“Oh.”
“He said that you were going out with Ginny Weasley.” Her voice was still calm and serene but now had a slight hint of accusation.
Neville’s face turned red and he shook his head.
”He is lying.”
“I thought we didn’t have secrets.”
”We don’t.”
“Then why would he say such a thing? Its not very nice you know.”
Neville sighed. “I don’t know. Maybe he is jealous.”
Luna smiled. “I think the only way he would be jealous is if a trempack got into his brain.”
“Uh.. sure.”
“They make people tempted by things they normally aren’t can usually cause jealousy.”
Neville nodded. “Well that must be it because I am not going out with Ginny Weasley.” She insisted as they walked back to the Gryffindor common room portrait.
Luna shook her head. “Are you sure. Because maybe you have a trempack…” she said pondering him for a moment.
Neville turned red again and shook his head. “I’m sure. I’m not going out with her. Trust me. I wouldn’t keep a secret from you.”
Luna nodded and smiled. “Okay. I trust you.”
Neville smiled and hugged Luna before he walked into the Gryffindor common room leaving Luna outside. He hated lying to Luna but sometimes he just had to.
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Theme: Secrets |