date: 29 October 1997 characters: Ginny Weasley & Neville Longbottom. location: Hogwarts, Gryffindor common room. private/semi-private/public: Semi-Private. summary: First annual meeting of the We Miss Harry fan club. Honest. status: Complete.
Thinking he might start bleeding from the eyes if he spent anymore time poring over his Charms homework, Neville closed his text book with a satisfying smack and leaned forward, pressing his forehead against the slick leather cover. N.E.W.T. year was everything he anticipated. Awful.
He looked up expectantly at the sound of someone coming through the portrait hole, smiling brightly when he recognized Ginny. Though she was rather more a soldier than he at present, he still felt they were something like comrades in arms - a most romantic notion for a boy of seventeen - and waved her over.