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Heath had a hunch that the lesson was going to be about Neville Longbottom, even before Professor Recard confirmed it. The Hufflepuff scarf threw him off at first, but after hearing some of his classmates' reasoning, it made sense. Given the assortment of other items, he couldn't think of anyone else the lesson could possibly be about! Since his guess had already been said several times, he didn't say anything but listened intently as the class moved on to the mini activity.
So they were supposed to figure out how the object in their group related to Neville Longbottom… which was basically what Heath had already been doing since he saw the scarf. He'd learned from others' answers that Neville married a Hufflepuff and wanted to be one himself - both facts that were news to him - but he didn't want to just piggyback off of someone else's guess. He wasn't Yoda! But what else could he say about the scarf? He thought for several moments until the professor's voice distracted him. He almost smiled at her response to one of the other student's (Bernie) answer, especially the bit at the end about bravery. That sounded just like what his mum told him when he was disappointed about being put in Ravenclaw instead of Gryffindor! Hold on… that just gave him an idea!
He remembered his mum said she herself almost didn't go to Gryffindor; she was a hatstall between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff. Was it possible that the same thing happened to Neville Longbottom? It would sort of make sense. He raised his hand. "Was Neville Longbottom a hatstall?" he asked, realizing too late just how off topic the question sounded. He quickly added, "I was just thinking… it seems to me that despite being in Gryffindor, Neville had some Hufflepuff-ish qualities too, like loyalty and fair play. Maybe the scarf could represent that side of him, and if he had that side to him, it's possible that the hat took longer than normal to decide on a house…"
The more he talked, the more disjointed his reasoning sounded.* Yeah...he was just going to stop now before he embarrassed himself any more.
__________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led
If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true... |