Disclaimer: characters and places belong to JKRowling, not me unfortunately.

Warning: contains femmeslash, ergo girl on girl, don't like don't read!

Rating: M for sexual content, just to be safe.

Beta: Sam

Opposites Attract

Chapter 3

Waking later than usual on the Monday she panicked leaping out of bed, and immediately getting a face full of carpet, before realising that it was the Easter break still and she wasn't late for class. She stretched languidly and went to take a long hot shower. Entering the bathroom she took the simmering cauldron off of the heat and removed it from the sink, she smiled, knowing that she would be able to get that vital ingredient later today.

Getting into the shower the water soothed her body and caressed her like an invisible lover, cascading down her curves and trickling over her rapidly hardening nipples. Shivering as her own hands ghosted across her thighs reaching between them to the heat that was pooling there.

The cool tile felt like heaven on her back as she leaned against the wall, steam surrounding her, filling her lungs as she gasped for air. Moaning she arched her back against the wet tiles, her fingers moving faster inside of her slick opening. The hot water running off of her hand and dripping onto her clit was sensational as she felt herself getting closer and closer, a face formed in her mind. She closed her eyes to the spray of the shower and she could see Luna, wet, naked and oh-so-arousing, and for a few short seconds before her orgasm hit it was Luna's fingers inside her, Luna's hand stroking her to completion and Luna's name she called out as she shuddered to release.

The water started to cool as her knees gave way and she crumpled to the floor in exhaustion. Hermione turned the water off, but sat there for a few minutes panting and catching her breath. She was very glad of the privacy this week as that display would surely have been heard throughout the dorm room. As embarrassing as that would have been outright, she had also just called out Luna's name. It was not the first time her face had slipped into Hermione's fantasies, but to have her actually call for her was slightly worrying. She was glad she would soon be able to have the younger girl for real, and this desire would pass.

During the holidays the students from 5th year and upwards were allowed to venture into Hogsmead so Hermione planned to meet Luna in the entrance hall. Descending the stair case she could see the white blond hair over the crowd, she was wearing a short white skirt and light blue vest top, the sun was pitching in through the open doors and the site set Hermione on edge; this day was sure to go slowly.

Luna spotted her and made her way through the throng on students, greeting her with a light hug and a pleasant hello.

The warm summer's day was perfect; the streets of Hogsmead bustled with happy shoppers. The girls wandered through the streets, they tried on the latest style of robes in Gladrags Wizardwear and then popped next door to sift through the mountains of books at the small book shop

Much to Hermione's surprise the younger Ravenclaw had very similar tastes in subjects and literary texts. They spend hours recalling their favourite authors and had a few debates on the theories of transfiguration. Hermione was glad of this, she needed to make that trust and friendship with Luna before there could be any suggestion of the rendezvous she had in mind.

Speaking of which these thought reminded her of her objective today, as they seemed to be wandering aimlessly Hermione surreptitiously lead then along a side street that would bring them past the apothecary, she feigned an interest in browsing the shop for some interesting artefacts and Luna seemed to agree.

Entering the dingy little shop Hermione noted that it was rather small compared to the one in Diagon Alley, yet the smell was definitely not as putrid. It didn't take her long to find what she needed and while Luna was engrossed in examining a stack of jars containing various liquids and floating objects, Hermione was able to hand over the money and slip her purchase into her bag without the blond even glancing her way.

The day went rather quicker than expected, with only one minor mishap; they had ordered ice cream and the site of Luna's pink tongue lapping at the cool beverage got Hermione rather distracted, she had almost lent over and kissed her, but caught herself in time. She didn't want to think of the embarrassment, not to mention unwanted attention that could have cause. She chided herself about being more aware when in public.

Once back at the castle they said goodnight and went their separate ways, this was certainly progress Hermione thought as she climbed the stairs to the girl's dormitory.

On Tuesday she spent most of the morning monitoring her potion, and preparing the ingredient she had collected the pervious day. Hermione sat on the cool tiles with he back against the closed door of the bathroom, notes and references were stacked in neat piles beside her as she checked through them and made sure everything was followed to the letter.

This potion was not one that would be easily mastered, she had already had to discard the broth once and start over on Sunday evening because she had reduced the liquid so much that there simply wasn't enough to continue with. So with that in mind she had redone the first stage, making sure to have it on a lower heat. When she checked it the night before it had looked as the book had described.

Happy with her accomplishment she was busy preparing the next set of ingredients. Each of her frog-weed stems had to have a two inch incision directly in the centre, in order to let as much of the liquid escape as possible as she placed them into her brew. Leaving them to marinate for 2 hours, she tried not to let her mind wander too much, as this needed a lot of concentration.

This was delicate, because even thought it was classed as a part of the group labelled love potions, it was not the same. This was much more subtle and needed more care and precision than a standard love potion. It didn't cause infatuation or obsession with the caster; it merely gave them a more open-minded view of that person and a hint of wanting. Not so much that it would last more than a few days.

It was this reason that Hermione figured that it was not technically be-spelling someone, it was more… giving them a little push in the right direction. Now as open minded as Luna was in all things different, Hermione was not sure she was in this area. Luna had never been seen to have much interest in men, from what Hermione had heard and tried to subtly hint at as they had talked these last few days, yet she didn't notice her to have much interest in women either, at least not in a sexual way.

That is the reason for the potion, it was not so much that Hermione doubted her own seduction skills (despite having only a rare occasion to practice these), it was more she doubted Luna's orientation and preference in partners.

TBC

A/N: sorry for the late update, but to make up for it I will have the next chapter up in a few minutes as well. Reviews are loved!