"Ginny..."

The room was quiet, save for an insistent whisper in the darkness. No one was awake, so no one had seen the slender figure slip into the Gryffindor common room and up the stairs to the girls side of the dormitories.

"Ginny..."

The girl's long flowing blonde hair ruffled at her shoulders, as she ascended the stairs. She tried not to wake anybody, which for her was quite easy. She was used to getting around unseen; almost nobody wanted to see her, so that was the way she made herself.

"Ginny..."

She quietly opened the door to the girl's dorm, making sure not to make a sound. She slipped in without a sound, and shut the door behind her. She made a beeline towards one bed in particular; she really didn't want to wake Ginny up, but it was something that she had to do.

"Ginny..." she whispered, shaking her lightly. "Ginny, are you awake?"

Ginny sat bolt upright in her bed, looking wildly around the room, until her eyes finally came to rest on the figure sitting at her bedside.

"Did I wake you?" she asked.

Ginny groaned and flopped back down onto her bed. "Luna, this is the third time this month. Why do you keep coming in here and waking me up in the middle of the night?"

"Would you rather I wake you up in the middle of the day?" Luna asked, perplexed.

Ginny was about to respond, but no words came to her lips. So she thought for a moment, then said, "What do you want, Luna?"

"I haven't slept since Wednesday, you know," Luna softly replied.

Ginny looked over at her strangely. "That's been four days from now... Why haven't you slept in that long?"

"I've been thinking. About a lot of things. That's what I do at night, you know. I sit in my bed, and think. That way, if anyone comes to try and take my things, I can catch them and send them away."

Ginny remembered what Harry had told her, about the other students taking Luna's things and scattering them around the school. She felt a rush of pity for Luna.

"Is that why you came and woke me up? To tell me that you've been thinking-"

"I've been thinking about Harry."

Ginny stopped in mid-sentence. "How... have you been thinking about Harry?"

Luna looked Ginny straight in the eyes. "I would never steal him away from you, Ginny, believe me, but... I think I'm in love with Harry. And I hate it, because you're one of my best friends, but I love it, because... well, besides my being born, he's the greatest thing that's ever happened to me."

Ginny sat on her bed in shock; she had no idea that Luna felt this way about Harry.

"Why didn't you tell me before now?" Ginny asked.

"I didn't feel right about it. Harry was yours and yours alone, and I didn't want to bring it up in front of the both of you. It just didn't feel right."

Luna got up and began to walk towards the door, but Ginny reached out and grabbed Luna's hand. Luna stopped in mid-step.

"Do you want to talk about it some more?" Ginny asked.

Luna shook her head. "It will only cause you pain, and I vowed never to do that to anybody. Goodbye, Ginny. Hope to see you sometime soon."

She tugged her hand out of Ginny's grasp and walked towards the door again, leaving Ginny wide awake on her bed, confused, her mind flooded with thoughts.

Try as she might, Ginny just could not get to sleep that night, and the next morning, when the sun rose into the sky, she had just one thought on her mind.

I guess I'm just like Luna now...