Chapter 1: A Change of Plans.
Luna sat down inside The Hogs Head. She ordered a butter beer and started eagerly waiting for Marcus Belby, who approached her last night after dinner in the Great Hall and asked if she would meet him at the Hogs Head at 12:00pm the next day. Luna looked down at her watch. It was almost 12:10pm. He'll show up Luna... You'll see... He'll be here... He'll be here... She started tapping away madly at the table, and got a few annoyed looks from the drunks sitting near her. She looked at her watch again. 12:24pm. Okay... so he's running a little late but he'll get here... She looked around her just to make sure that he wasn't already sitting down at another table. He wasn't there.
1:30pm and Marcus still hasn't arrived. Luna sunk onto the table and buried her hands in her hair. "Uh... you okay Luna?" Asked a voice. She looked up hoping it was Marcus. It was Neville. "Oh... Hi Neville..." Luna said sadly "I was hoping you were Marcus Belby..." she said sighing slightly.
"Sorry... just me," He said "Can I sit with you?"
"Uh... ok..." said Luna
Luna fixed her hair behind her ears. Why is Neville sitting with me? Is... Neville trying to make me feel better? Luna thought that was odd, but finally someone was being nice to her (without stealing her possessions).
Neville was really quiet and giving her a weird vibe.
"Uh... Neville? Why are you being nice to me?"
"Because... I... I... I..."
"I? I? I?" she repeated.
Neville sighed.
"I wanted to ask you something..." he said quietly.
She looked at him, puzzling over what he was going to ask.
"What would you say if a ... boy ...Definitely not me... but a boy asked you out... what would you say?"
Luna, thinking that he was a messenger from Marcus, said "Uh... he'd have to be tall, dark and handsome... um... has a good personality... make me laugh..."
Neville sat up straighter in his chair Wow! I have almost every single one of those character traits! ... well... almost every single character trait... except for tall... oh and handsome... and an ability to make her laugh...
"Hey Luna?" asked Neville.
"Yeah?" she said. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Marcus a few other Ravenclaw's walk in through the door. They spotted her and started laughing their heads off. They re-opened the door and left in hysterics. Now she was angry.
"Will... you go out with me... sometime?" he said slowly "But you don't have to if you don't want to! No... no pressure what so ever!" he swallowed and started sweating.
Luna was steaming with rage. And thinking of Marcus said "I'd love to Neville!"
"Cool. I'll meet you outside the Ravenclaw common room. Tomorrow morning at 10."
"Yeah ... ok..."
Neville got up and tucked in his chair.
"See ya tomorrow Luna."
"Ok... stay away from the Nargles..." said Luna distantly.
*End of Chapter 1.
(How did you like it? Comment? This was part of daysandweeks Five Chapters challenge).