"I wouldn't have expected any less actually - maybe more? I think George was as busy as we had been, getting the castle ready just to have all his pranks go off." Neville loved them actually, broke up the monotony of the first day - blah blah 'this is what you'll be learning' ... a few tried to skip knowing the same thing.
Neville took a deep breath and remembered the advice Harry had given him, wouldn't hurt to get Ginny's take on everything and perhaps bolster his nerve. "Why did you agree to go with me to the Yule Ball, all those years ago? I wasn't much to look at and awkward, gangly... I was a right mess." Perhaps if he could know what she saw, he could be more confident.