"Do you think that they will die?" Hermione asked before drinking some of her iced tea, Barbara shrugged and put down some sandwiches before sitting in the chair opposite from her best friend.

"I dunno" she said with a small smile, she took a sip of her iced tea before going on "But they must be in such a pretty rough state. Serves them right"

Hermione laughed and reclined in her chair, she looked at Barbara and had to give it to her, her friend was glowing with happiness, although being a surprise and a slightly unwanted one, the baby that Barbara was going to have, was certainly not a bad thing.

"Have you thought about names yet?" Hermione asked while reaching for a tuna sandwich, Barbara laughed and nodded.

"Yes, but I must say that this baby still has a long way to go before coming out" she said still laughing, Barbara fondled her stomach which had already increased in size, being five months pregnant, she still had four more months before the baby was born "If it is a girl, I want to name it Kyra, if it is a boy, I would like Alex or Alexander, something like that"

Barbara put down the sandwich before looking at Hermione dead on the eye, Hermione gulped; already knowing what was to come.

"And you? Do you think you're pregnant? I mean, you did have unprotected sex with Malfoy" Barbara said smiling, Hermione chuckled before sticking her tongue out, making Barbara laugh.

"No chance" Hermione said with a smile, she sipped her ice tea before going on "I'm on the pill, I got this horrible cramps and my family doctor said it was better if I started with the pill. I'm completely safe"

Barbara sighed and looked at the ceiling; she just wished that she had used contraception methods. It didn't mean that she didn't want the baby; it just meant that the human being growing inside of her could have waited five years.

"Who knows?" Hermione asked, Barbara looked at her then smiled, Hermione reciprocated, it only meant that she already knew who knew "Harry, Luna, Ginny, me and Ron, right? But I wasn't talking about the pregnancy"

Barbara's face suddenly fell; Hermione had hit the wrong string. It had been two months since both girls had left Hogwarts, and as they shared everything, they also shared the knowledge of who their mates were. Surprise had been the biggest feeling, right next was frustration, from not guessing earlier, and as Barbara had already said, she had been dumb, as if they first day in the common room hadn't been enough of a proof.

"Only you and Luna" Barbara said sighing, she was slightly guilty for petrifying Daniel "And about you?"

"Same" Hermione answered after she finished eating, she looked at the window, her eyes searching for answers in the night sky, she still didn't know if she should have had a chance to Draco, she loved him and missed him like crazy. She had to give it to Barbara; she was taking it all much better than her.

"Hermione, you should forgive Malfoy" Barbara said, voicing her thoughts, although she couldn't forgive Daniel, it wasn't like she was in love with him, and Hermione was in love with Malfoy "It's not like Malfoy deserves to be forgiven, but because you deserve to be happy"

"Barbara, I'll only forgive Draco when you forgive Veninni" Hermione said with a finality, Barbara looked at her as if she had gone completely crazy "Don't look at me like that! You know you love him!"

Barbara laughed and shook her head, when she looked at Hermione the smile still lingered.

"Don't talk like that, I do not love him" she said, but sighed, after sipping on her iced tea she continued "I might have a crush on him, but I do not love him, love is such a strong word. Besides I also harbor feelings for Harry and you don't see me calling it love. Because it isn't"

"Fool yourself as much as you want, because I know that if I love Draco Malfoy, you must love Daniel Veninni" Hermione said with such finality that Barbara looked at her with admiration mixed with disbelief.

Hogwarts, Great Hall

The seventh year students roared as Dumbledore finished his speech, their final year at Hogwarts had ended. Now, they could go and pursue their careers; healers, professors, aurors, there were many choices, many paths.

Harry hugged Luna and Ginny, both girls laughed and turned to him. Although Harry was smiling, Luna could see the faint dark circles under his eyes, as much as Harry denied it, Barbara's absence hadn't been unimportant, as a matter of fact, he had suffered with it. But not as much as Daniel had, Luna looked at the other Griffindor, the dark circles under his eyes were worse since she had last seen him, his skin was rather pale compared to the tanned one he had just three months ago. Draco was slightly better, probably relying in the fact that Hermione loved him, it seemed as if she was surrounded by people that lived for her two friends. Well, not Ron, he was rather good for a boy who had been separated from the girl he loved, and if Luna was reading well, he might have already changed his feelings, Lavender Brown was currently sending flirty looks to the red haired Griffindor.

Luna sighed and looked at Harry, he looked back at her and smiled even more. Her heart started beating faster, and she looked away, Barbara and Draco Malfoy weren't the ones that could keep a cold face when they didn't want to show their true feelings.

The reason she had known that Harry was the one that had taken her to the Halloween dance had been because she was a veela too. According to her senses there were currently three veelas in Hogwarts, her, Daniel and Draco, the reason she hadn't told her best friends that the boys were veelas, was because she just couldn't risk the amazing duo telling Harry that he was her mate.

How sweet, she was the only one of the three veelas whose mate was in love with someone else. Hermione had already accepted and told Draco that she loved him, although Barbara denied it and didn't even know it herself, she was in love with Daniel. That left her with a loveless life, Harry didn't harbor feeling for her, he just saw her as a friend. Luna was an awesome feelings reader and she knew the subjects to her scrutiny too well. Harry was madly in love with a woman that couldn't be his, and Luna, well, she couldn't lure Harry to accept to be her mate as both male veelas had done.

As strange as it may seem, the instinctive seduction part of her body was dormant, she never had that part active, she had tried everything, and anything gave her the results she wanted. She was just Luna, the strange and awkward Ravenclaw girl who had the boy she loved in love with her best friend.

"Where are you going next?" Ginny's question took her out of her thoughts; she looked at the head haired girl and faked a smile.

"Maybe to Saint Mugo's, they had two spots in their staff. And you know who is going to fill them" Luna answered, before spotting Daniel in the far corner, making a quick decision, she looked around, when she spotted Ron she turned to Ginny "Hey, Gin, how about you go on and congratulate your brother? I'm really impressed he passed potions, I have to go the bathroom"

"See you in a while then" Ginny said, not even thinking two times before leaving Luna alone. Luna chuckled while shaking her head, it had been so easy. She made her way to the dark haired male veela, not even sensing the green eyes following her.

"You look horrible, you know?" the female voice made Daniel's head snap up, when he saw the blond hair of the only non-seductress female veela in the whole world, he cursed his luck.

"Yes, I do know" he said coldly and with a harsh tone "Don't you think I have the right to be? My fucking mate ran away and she was carrying our child, do you think I should be brighter? Or maybe happier?"

"Geez, you could be a little more pleasant, you know?" Luna said rolling her eyes, it was a good change having to look down instead of up, Daniel was currently in the floor, one of his legs stretched, the other one bent so that he could rest his arm in it, his back up against a wall. He looked worse from up close, the dark circle under his eyes even more visible "I just came here to tell you that I know where Barbara is"

Daniel studied Luna's face intently, he wanted to know if she was lying, or even mocking with him, but he saw no signs of a lie or joke.

Luna saw Daniel pondering if she was lying, his eyes staring at her, then, the amber eyes filled with hope. Luna smiled and took a seat next to him, but she just looked to the crowd in front of her.

"I hate to see you like that, I can just imagine how much pain you must be feeling" Luna started her eyes shining with unshed tears, the pain of knowing that she would never have the love of her mate really making its presence known "I know I'm betraying my best friend, but she will thank me for this later, she is in…"

"Don't you even dare, Luna Lovegood!" Harry said coming out of the shadows, were he had been listening both veelas conversation. His anger evident in his body and voice, Luna cowered and finally let her tears slip. Even if there was a minimal chance that Harry would even look at her with eyes not of a friend but of a lover, that chance had been shredded and burned.