RP Log: July 30; Neville's birthday party after the pageant

Neville: *stands applauding Arthur's victory* I would have never guessed that was Arthur! *turns to Luna and sees that Colin has found her and they're snogging madly* *coughs slightly* Well, I should be getting home.

Luna: *completely awash in happy, couldn't care less who might be around, tightens her grip around Colin's neck, happy sounds in the back of her throat as they kiss* *Neville's comment filtering in, breaks away with much difficulty, catching sight of Mandy trying to come up with some way of keeping him from leaving* Nev! No! Um...

Colin: *glances briefly at Luna before turning to Neville* Hey, Nev! Wait, huh? You know, there's...urm...a party going on backstage. *glances at Luna pointedly, to keep her from interrupting* Yeah, a victory party, Nev. Mr. Weasley is throwing it to celebrate and everything. And he send me out here to get you and Luna and Mandi and whoever else I can get together to come and party with him! *grins*

Luna: *eyes wide, playing along* A party! How lovely! *takes Nev's arm before he can protest* I bet there'll be cake! And wine! *begins to tug him along looking over her shoulder to Colin and Mandy, motioning for them to follow*

Colin: *cheers* Par-tee! Par-tee! *takes Neville's other arm* What's this I hear about you and Seamus and a lap dance?

Neville: A party? *looks over his shoulder to see where Mandy is* Um, that's nice of Mr Weasley. *glances from Luna to Colin, not seeing any polite way to get away from them, he nods* Sounds like fun.

Luna: *as they make their way backstage, waving at the people they know, several already smiling and looking altogether too suspicious* *across Nev to Colin* There was! It was brilliant. *hand on the door to the room in question* Because of course, today *turns Nev and plants a kiss on his cheek* is his birthday. *shoves the door open to a chorus of 'Surprise' and 'Happy Birthday', grinning*


Neville: *startles when everyone shouts their greetings* *face reddens with all the attention* You guys! *grins widely, despite being embarrassed* Thank you! *throws a look at Colin and Luna* I had no idea!

Colin: *raises his wand up in the air and shoots off a charm that sprinkles multi-coloured streamers and confetti over Neville's head with a loud 'pop!'* Of course not! It was a surprise! What? You thought we actually forgot your birthday or something?

Neville: *grins at the streamers, shaking the confetti out of his hair* I sort of did think you had forgotten with all the excitement of the pageant.

Luna: *laughs brushing stray confetti off of her face and chest as they enter pulling him into the room* As if! What sort of horrible friend would I be? *takes two drinks from Dean with a 'thank you' and hands one to Neville* The worst sort. That's for certain. *grins* *hugs him again* Happy birthday, love. *clinks her glass to his*

Neville: *grins shyly* I should've know you'd remember. *returns the hug, trying not to spill his drink on her* *clinks his glass to hers* Thanks, Luna. *takes a sip* And congratulations to you. I'm happy for you and Colin. I am.

Luna: The date is indelibly etched into my memory, thank you. *as is Gin's, which is actually only a few days away, but that's neither here nor there at the moment* *takes a sip* *flushes and grins, looks over to where Colin is talking to a group of their friends* Thank you, Nev. That means a lot to me, really. *smiles* I still expect you to be there with me, by the way. If you're still willing.

Neville: *smiles* I promised I'm not going anywhere this time. *takes Luna's hand and squeezes it softly* I'll be there with you.

Luna: *squeezes back, eyes misting slighty, presses her mouth into a tight smile, trying very hard not to cry, because there's really no reason because this is a very happy occasion* *shaky, overwhelmed* Thank you.

Neville: *notices her moist eyes and wonders if he said the wrong thing* *swallows nervously* Um, is everything OK?

Luna: Yes. *leans into him* It's perfect.

Neville: *smiles bemusedly* I think so too.

Colin: *bounces his way back to where Neville and Luna are still standing, and sets a birthday crown upon Neville's head* *straps it in place with a bit of elastic under his chin* Happy birthday, Neville, ol' boy! Come on! Everybody's waiting for you to cut the cake! Wait 'till you see it! It's huge! And it's chocolate!