You see, it all started back in 4th year, after the Yule Ball. Me and Ginny (plus a couple of her friends) were sitting down, puffed after dancing rather vigorously to Can You Do the Hippogriff by the Weird Sisters. I ended up sitting in between Ginny and a girl with blonde princess curls (A/N: Anyone see the PJO reference there? XD) that I haven't seen before. I must've been looking at her weirdly, as Ginny spoke, "Oh, you don't know her do you? She's Luna; she's in my year and all of my classes. Luna, this is Neville Longbottom."
"Hi," I smiled at her. She smiled back at me, a smile that made me feel warm all over, right down to my toes. "Hello there." She greeted softly and then turned back to watching the dancers twirl around, a dreamy expression on her face. "There is a lot of Wrackspurts around.." She muttered to herself.
"She can be a bit.. odd (italics) at times," Ginny whispered into my ear before turning back and chatting with her friends.
But I didn't listen. I didn't care that she was different from all the others. She was bloody perfect.
Soon enough, the Yule Ball was over and everyone started trudging back to their common rooms for some rest. I lagged a bit behind until only me, Luna and a few clusters of people remained. "See you later?" I said, mentally hitting myself as it came out more as a question than a statement, grinning nervously. She nodded slightly and left me standing there as she walked out of the hall. I collapsed into a chair, my heart pounding hard, as I realised that I had met the love of my life: I just didn't know it yet.
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When I had gained enough sense to get up from my seat and head over to my dormitory (by that time, he was the only one left in the hall), I fell into bed, fully clothed and all, feeling truly happy then I had in a long time.
I woke up, the sunlight streaming into the warm dormitory. I sat up groggily and checked my watch (a gift from Nan) and I nearly groaned out loud. It was only 8 in the morning! I could've been sleeping in like the rest of the whole Hogwarts population, but I was too awake to go back to sleep.
Frustated, I grabbed a set of clothes and stormed (quietly, mind you. I didn't want to wake up the whole dorm!) into the bathroom, slamming the door (quietly) behind me. I wrenched the hot water tap on and I stripped myself of my dress robes from last night as the bathroom slowly filled with warm steam. By the time I finished and stepped into the shower, the water was scalding hot. I swore loudly and quiclky spun the cold water tap on, leading to ice cold water. I swore even more. This was shaping up into a rather bad day.