A Kiss Under The Mistletoe by HPFangirl71
A little Christmas treat... winner of Mods Choice at livejournal in the SortingHatDrabs drabble community challenge this week!!
Hermione Granger sat looking at the beautiful blonde girl from across the quiet library. She was of a strange and quirky nature this girl. Hermione found her belief in creatures such as Nargles and Wrackspurts quite exasperating at times. Yet a part of her was equally intrigued by the strange girl. Luna Lovegood was an enigma and that was what attracted Hermione to her. Hermione only wondered exactly how she should approach Luna about her feelings. She sat pondering the idea when she suddenly noticed where Luna was sitting within the room.
Hanging above Luna were the ghostly white berries of the mistletoe. Hermione made up her mind and walked boldly over to Luna's table. As she leaned over the slight girl she hesitated before losing herself in the pale ice blue eyes. The softness of Luna's lips as she kissed her was Heavenly. What truly surprised her was when she felt the soft lips moving against hers. She felt a hand in her curls, pulling her forward… closer. She felt her own hand reach out to grasp Luna's face within her hand. Tongues played in tandem with one another, lips meshed together, and hearts pulsing erratically. Hermione pulled away before things could get even more out of control. Both girls were slightly breathless when the kiss ended. Hermione was the first to speak up.
"I'm sorry Luna, I don't know what came over me." she stammered, her cheeks red with embarrassment.
"Its okay… we can just blame it on the Nargles." Luna replied in her dreamy way.
She smiled and sent Hermione a knowing glance. Hermione returned the smile, but wondered to herself exactly what they'd blame it on when the Mistletoe was no longer in the air. For she had a feeling things between her and the exquisite Ravenclaw were only beginning to heat up…