A/N: So pepper-vamp97 asked for a sequel, and something little popped into my head and I thought I'd stick it here. There'll probably be at least one more, 'cause there's now another something in my head xD. Enjoy!
I hadn't seen her in years. Not since the night—. I cut off that train of thought. I'd been so relieved when Granger and so on showed up. She'd figure out a way, I knew, to get them all out. One of them would. One of them had to. And so Luna was safe. But watching Bella—. I stopped myself again. It wasn't really healthy to be dwelling on those moments.
I watched her walk past my seat at The Three Broomsticks and then through the entrance. She smiled and waved to Susan Bones at the bar, then let her eyes scan the room. I wondered who she was looking for and found myself wishing it could've been me. It was her brightness, I knew, that drew me to her. And then, those same bright eyes had lit upon me, and she was moving easily towards my table.
"Hi, Draco."
I swallowed hard. "Luna, how are you?"
"Oh, I'm quite well!" she exclaimed, looking pleased. "I see you're doing much better."
I blinked at her light-hearted return to our last conversation together, and nodded silently.
"Do you mind if I sit?"
"No! No, not at all." I pulled the chair out for her hastily. "Are you meeting someone?"
"Yes. Hermione and Ginny should be here shortly, I just had a good feeling about getting here early."
"I—" I tried so hard to get out the words, 'I'm glad that you did,' but I just couldn't.
But she was Luna, of course, and so it really didn't matter. "Yes," she responded, "me, too. We haven't spoken in ages, and I've missed you rather a lot." She reached out and squeezed my hand just as she had so many years before, and just as I had then, I drew her hand to my lips and kissed it softly.
Luna smiled and laced her fingers through mine. "I'd quite like a butterbeer."
I raised my eyebrows at her nonchalance and laughed. "Definitely something else, Lovegood."