A/N: Hey everybody, I hope you enjoyed the first chapter, here is the second one. I feel like this one is slightly better tho. Hope you will enjoy this one too, I really appreciate your feedback and reviews. I will start working on chapter three soon.

The snowflakes, which had been slowly falling upon the rooftops of the London buildings, finally settled on the ground as well. The young wizard who was stepping out into the freezing cold couldn't help but chuckle at the sight that presented himself.

Upon the last few people who would be out in this cold and much so snowy November evening, a brightly smiling young witch and a very tired but still happy young wizard who was following the first from Eeylop's Owl Emporium to Madam Malkin's Robes for all Occasions looking and from there across the Diagon Alley to Florean Fortescue's ice cream parlour.

Indeed the young smiling and still quite dreamy witch, who was no one lesser than Luna Lovegood herself, was dragging poor Neville Longbottom who was, to be fair though, enjoying himself and his company quite well. She wanted to observe the cute little owl but then saw something in the storefront of Madam Malkin's shop, where a beautiful evening dress was displayed, but rather then looking at the expensive dress, she claimed that a new crazy beast could take the form of one of those 'shiny stones' and would most likely snap out of his disguise any moment now to attack them. Then she was distracted by a new colour in the tray of Floreans Ice cream shop and wanted to investigate instantly, which she did, and Neville had to pay yet again for an ice cream cone of Butterbeer favoured ice cream.

The sight amused Harry very much, so much so that he couldn't help but laugh out loud. Neville noticed the young wizard and started smiling even more as he already had, as he realised, that the bloke who was laughing his ass of, was his old Gryffindor hose mate and battle companion Harry Potter. Nudging Luna and pointing towards Harry, her smile grew as she licked her ice cream cone, and walked straight up to him, giving him a hug.

"Harry *lick* it is good*lick* seeing you *lick* again" Luna said, still completely determined on finishing her cone. Harry couldn't help but chuckle as he looked down on the old Ravenclaw student "Yes, it is good seeing you booth again as well".

Back in his sixth year Harry already knew that Luna and Neville would end up together and after the battle of Hogwarts, Neville was constantly with Luna. Him killing the snake was seemingly a huge confidence boost, as he said something about confessing his love to Luna after that.

Harry's smile slowly turned into a frown as he remembered, that he could have been so happy like those two where right now if he hadn't had the row with Ginny. He could have been in his little flat with her right now, cuddling under a blanket while watching the snow slowly fall on the rooftops and trees.

"A nickel for 'em" Harry looked up at Neville seemingly surprised as he pulled him out of his thought process "hmm?" Harry said looking a little lost "Your thoughts" said Neville with a warm smile on his face. "Nargles" said Luna confidently "You need a cork necklace, that keeps them away". Harry's grin repapered and he suddenly remembered why he found the strange witch so entertaining. She would always come up with the most interesting stories and ideas, and even if she didn't know it, it would always lighten up the mood and make everyone around her smile. Though the reasons and feelings behind that may or may not differ from person to person.

"Neville can we go back to the small owl now?!" Luna asked in her usual dreamy voice "That one was really rare, it could be a relative to Buckbeak, I heard that some small owls are relatives to Hippogriffs...". And with that, she went off again. Neville and quickly excused her and saw himself off, as he tried to catch up to Luna again. Harry looked after them with the slightest hint of amusement in his eyes.

Just then he noticed again how much he was actually freezing. He needed someplace to warm himself up. There was no way he could get back into the Leaky Cauldron without being harassed by the patrons again, so he simply decided to look for a cosy shop with some interesting things to look at and maybe he would run into Neville and Luna again before heading home again.

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Katie Bell was currently working in Quality Quidditch Supplies, even though she had signed a contract with the Holyhead Harpies, though sadly it was only the reserves so she didn't make a lot of money. At the wage she was on she wouldn't be able to afford much for herself this Christmas, she still would have to buy presents for her family.

So Katie quickly decided to try to make some more money working at the Quidditch shop in the Diagon Alley.

Lost in thought she cleaned the shelves and looked at the new brooms that were up for sale. She really hoped that she could buy herself a new broom, but seemingly it would be trouble enough to pay her bills in time.

She had just inherited the old house of her grandmother. She always used to love going to her, simply because she always had time for her, even if not she made some. This was to some extent the happiest time of her childhood. That and the time she was flying.

After her grandmother died, Katie used her free time training and completely shutting herself off from her social life. After every game, she went home and slept so she would get up extra early in the morning and could train a little before beginning her shift in the Quidditch store.

The life of a young Quidditch player wasn't always the best. She loved the flying and even though she didn't like the press she was able to ignore the lies the press seemingly loved to print about each and every one of her teammates and herself.

Katie's thoughts were keeping her completely occupied, so she didn't notice how a customer entered the store.

"Excuse me?" said a very familiar voice behind her. Katie jumped as she noticed her attention was needed. She turned around and looked the young man directly in his face "I'm sorry, how can I hel… HARRY?".

A/N: thank you for taking the time to read the story. Please consider writing a review, I look forward to those, and I hope you will enjoy the third chapter as well. I will try taking the story a bit slower in terms of the plot simply to make it more realistic. So have patience and keep reading...