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Neville looked down at the list that he had received from Ginny and was shocked at what was on the list.
Things to buy Something to share with everyone
Sunflowers (Neville trust me on this one)
A present for her, something small and sweet
Things not to buy
Something that only Luna can eat like chocolates
Roses
Don't buy something for everyone
These are just some of the things you should and shouldn't buy, just buy these things Neville and Christmas will go smoothly.
Neville was confused; he had always thought that roses and chocolates were something everyone bought someone they liked. Also wouldn't it be strange just buying Luna a gift instead of everyone. Neville had a strange feeling about this but it was Luna who he was buying things for so Ginny would know what he should do.
Neville then took a deep breath and walked into the small bakery near the entrance near Diagon Alley deciding that he should get a cake or something along those lines for the dinner.
"What can I do for you me dear?" said the stout sweet looking women behind the counter of the shop.
"Oh yeah, I was looking for something that would be able to feed more then four people." Neville said as he looked at the small pastries.
"Well have you taken a look at these new dragon cakes, they are rather tasty and can feed a lot," the lady said pointing at a small rack of cakes, "and I can ice them in any color that you would like."
"Oh yeah I'll take one of those." Neville said, "I'll have yellow icing on the cake." He said quickly thinking of what color Luna would like.
The lady looked confused and raised her eyebrows at him.
"Ok then yellow it is," she said while icing the cake, "I have never had to ice a yellow cake of all things
Ten minutes later Neville walked out of the bakery with the cake in his hands feeling rather proud of himself. He had at least gotten one thing on Ginny's list; it was better then getting none.
Neville then decided to go to the flower shop. When he saw the flowers Neville sighed, he could tell that these flowers weren't tended to correctly and he was about to give the owner a talk about how to take care of plants but restrained himself. He then bought a few sunflowers, which looked as if they were at the end of their lives.
Neville then looked down at the list, just a present for Luna left Neville said to himself. This was the thing that he had been dreading the most how was he supposed to know what Luna would like? She had always loved strange things but Neville thought that he should get her something that she wouldn't be expecting but what.
Neville went through a couple of stores in which he saw nothing that he thought that Luna would like. He saw a book in Flourish and Blotts called "How to find mythical creatures", but he was sure that she already had the book.
It was not until he reached a small jewelry shop that he saw something that he was sure that Luna would absolutely love. He had not been planning on going into the shop but when he passed the window one of the pieces on display made him stop. It was a pair of yellow and orange earrings with a hummingbird on each of them; to go with it was a yellow and orange necklace with the exact same hummingbird as its pendant.
Feeling like this was a perfect gift for Luna, Neville walked into the small shop rather excitedly. When he stepped into the shop he was surrounded by many different glass pieces. They looked very nice to Neville but he was sure that Luna wouldn't enjoy any of them.
Neville then walked up to the counter where a young man was standing behind the counter looking rather bored.
"Hi," Neville said, "I would like to see the set in the window, the one with the hummingbirds."
The man looked up at Neville and looked confused, "You really want to buy that set? The owner put that out to try to make someone like you buy it, it has been in the shop for the longest time. Well its no mystery why, it looks really weird and the colors are just so tacky."
"Well let's just say that the girl who I'm buying it for has a very different taste in things then you and I." Neville said.
The man chuckled and got up from his stool to get the set. He returned with a small black box and held it out to Neville to look at it.
When Neville opened the box any doubt that Luna wouldn't absolutely love the set disappeared immediately. He knew that he wouldn't have bought it for his Gran if she was still alive, but it had an air to it that just said Luna.
Neville closed the box and said to the man, "Its perfect, how much is it?"
"That would be eight galleons," he said, "You got one freaky girlfriend if she would like this." He said when Neville handed him the money.
"Well she's very special and she's not exactly my girlfriend." Neville finished this with a tone of defeat.
"Don't worry man, if you want a girl the way to their heart is a gift, and if you know she will like this then you will are in the clear." The man behind the counter told Neville as if he had a lot of experience with girls, which Neville surely doubted.
Neville thanked the man and made his way out of the store. The cobbled streets of Diagon Alley were now nearly deserted with most of the occupants having already finished with their shopping.
Neville stopped for dinner at the Leaky Cauldron and chatted with his old school mate Hannah Abbort who was now the landlady of the pub.
Neville then apperated back to his flat feeling a lot more confident about Christmas after his shopping. He actually had a feeling that everything would actually go smoothly and with Ginny and Hermionie's help there was no way that he could go wrong.
