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Prompt: Hello

Longbottom, Neville

"Hi, Neville."

He hadn't seen her since that day she found out her mother died. She hadn't come back to school at all that year, and he had heard rumors that she had to redo her sixth year while the rest of her classmates were in their seventh.

She looked older. Not just physically, (though Neville hadn't remembered her curves being quite that distracting before) but mentally older. Her brown eyes had lost that shine of innocence. Her hair was no longer pulled up into those (adorable) pigtails, but fell is messy waves over her shoulders. Her voice was softer, not the loud tone that always had a point to be made. She carried a new weight on her shoulders, and he wanted to do nothing else but help her with it.

She was beautiful.

And she was still talking to him.

"Neville, are you alright?"

He jumped slightly, realizing that he had not been listening. "What?"

She chuckled slightly and shook her head. "I asked if you were alright. You seem kind of distracted. Is there something wrong?"

"Yes," he blurted, "I mean no. I mean maybe, but-" He stopped himself before he said anything stupid. Get a grip, Neville, he thought. You've been friends with this girl for years, just ignore the fact that she's breathtaking and say something!

"Hello, Hannah!" he finally managed to get out of his suddenly constricted throat.

The corners of her mouth twitched upward. "Hello, Neville. It's nice to see you, too."

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