Emily Longbottom put her tea down and sighed. "Neville, that's not the point. You're a Gryffindor, and you're associating with a Nott. Perhaps the two of you may not care, but other people do."

"But we don't." Neville leaned forward in his chair and rested his arms on the tabletop; and Theodore moved his chair a fraction closer.

Go Neville! and Theodore! I love the way you are developing their relationship and the little bits of backstory you provide about the Slytherins.