Luna walked over to the tree that she had left her clothes in the day before and picked them up hurriedly, still embarrassed of her nakedness in front of a man she hated and a man she thought more as a brother. Dominic and Remus stood a few feet from Snape, talking to each other. Snape looked like he was about to vomit at any moment, Luna concluding that it was because he saw one of his students stark naked. "The feeling is mutual, Snape." Luna thought bitterly in her mind as she stared at him angrily. She stood up with her clothes and wand in hand and cleared her throat softly.

"Can you guys turn around so I can change?" Luna asked softly. Snape was the first one to turn around, maybe a little too quickly. Luna rolled her eyes at him. Remus and Dominic turned the other direction, giving Luna privacy to change. Putting the clothes back on felt odd to Luna. Not in a bad way... but just odd. Figuring it was her just being used to being naked, Luna pushed the feeling aside and finished tying her Ravenclaw tie.

"I'm done." Luna told the three men standing before her. Dominic turned around a flashed a brilliant smile at her, making her stomach go into knots.

"It's just the hormones." Luna told herself, taking a deep breath. "This is a pure physical reaction."

"We're going to apparate to Hogwarts." Remus explained to Luna. "I will take you with me, since you don't have your license yet." All Luna could really do was nod her head, since her wolf was trying to convince Luna to pounce on Dominic.

"I've been starved of attention." Her wolf voiced angrily in her head. "He looks like a fine candidate to help me out."

"I've got Harry, and I'm not about to cheat on him to satisfy your needs." Luna sternly said.

With two pops, Dominic and Snape disappeared from her sight, and she was only left with Remus. They both stood there for a second, neither really feeling like talking. Not that Luna didn't want to talk to Remus, she just was busy trying to keep herself at bay.

Remus made eye contact with Luna, which made her completely stop the battle in her head. For once, the wolf stopped and waited curiously for Remus to something. Remus took a shaky hand and ran it through his hair. Luna, only seeing Remus with shaky hands when Sirius died, became increasingly worried.

"I don't like this." Remus finally said. "I don't like that he's a werewolf without a current mate."

"I'm not going to try to-"

"It's not you that I'm completely worried about." Remus cut in, holding a hand up to stop Luna. "He is, after all, only 21. His hormones are not balanced right now either."

Luna frowned slightly, really not wanting to deal with a hormonal teacher that might try to mate with her.

"You're going to have to be careful around him." Remus explained, putting a hand on Luna's shoulder and moving his thumb softly in comfort. "It's not that I don't trust him or you, I don't trust the state both of you are in."

"Why are his hormones out of wack?"

"He doesn't have a mate, and you are fresh meat to his wolf side. He told me that he is going to protect you from that side of him for as long as he can take it, which hopefully will be till Christmas break where he can take out his urges on someone else."

Luna didn't like the sound of some guy using another girl out of urges, but the alternative didn't sound appealing to her.

"We better get going." Remus remembered quickly. He pulled Luna into a tight hug and before Luna knew it, she was outside the gates of Hogwarts.

If there was ever a time Luna was nervous about returning to Hogwarts, the nerves she was feeling now completely killed those previous nerves. Harry was so angry after she left, she wasn't sure how he would take her not telling him that she was leaving either. Snape and Dominic were already making their way up to the castle, not bothering to wait on them.

Sensing her unease, Remus squeezed her shoulders. "Everything will be all right."

Luna hugged him with all her might, treasuring the feeling of having him care for her in such a way. He returned the hug with the same emotions before he left her at the gate. Taking a deep breath, Luna began making her way up to the castle, her heart thumping louder with each step. No one was outside yet, for it was still early in the morning on a Sunday. Knowing all the students will be treasuring their day to sleep in, Luna wasn't worried about running into anyone just yet... including Harry.

She opened the main door, Luna instantly felt at home again, taking in the familiar sights and smells of the castle. Sure, the pack was a great experience and she felt at ease there, but there was nothing compared to the way she felt at Hogwarts. She waved to Nearly Headless Nick as she began her trek up the moving stairs to her room to get a few hours of sleep before she found her friends and Harry.

When she got to her room, the portrait smiled happily at Luna and waved enthusiastically. Luna chuckled at the little girl and waved back. The portrait swung open and Luna walked in quickly. Luna smiled as she found herself in her now familiar room. She jumped on her bed happily snuggled into the covers, missing the feel of the extremely soft bed. She closed her eyes and relished in the chance to sleep peacefully for a few hours.

About 2 hours later, Luna could hear her door open and close quickly. Luna shot up from her bed, pulled out her wand, and found herself pointing at nothing. She furrowed her brows in confusion, but still held her wand strongly in front of her. For a second, Luna thought she had imagined the door open and close, but slowly a figure began to emerge from a nifty invisibility cloak.

Harry stood in front of her with a bewildered look on his face, probably not expecting to see Luna there. Luna lowered her wand slowly, not sure what to say to him. She couldn't tell if he was still angry with her or if he had forgotten everything that had happened. She swallowed obviously and looked down to the floor in an ashamed manner, preparing herself for a possible yelling spree.

"You're back." Harry stated obviously, his voice sounding just as shocked as Luna felt right about now. Luna was at lost of words, and the only thing she could muster was a simple nod. Harry set his cloak down and took two steps towards Luna. She finally looked up into his eyes and smiled softly at him in hopes of diminishing any anger that she was unsure if he had. Harry's eyes had never looked brighter and happier than she had ever seen them. That was something Luna was certain she wasn't going to see right now. Harry wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tightly.

"I thought you were angry at me." Luna said as she pulled away slightly to properly look at him.

Harry lowered his hands and shoved them into his pockets. "Honestly? I was when we were in Snape's room." He rubbed the back of his neck and looked down at Luna. "Ginny found me huffing and puffing in anger, and she quickly reminded me of what an ass I was being by slapping me across the face."

Luna laughed at the image of Ginny letting Harry have it. She wouldn't be surprised of Ginny looked exactly like her mother as she did it.

"I shouldn't have acted the way I did." Harry started again, clasping her hand with both of his. "I was just so pissed at Snape for saying what he said."

"Why didn't you tell him how you felt?"

Harry smiled a little bit and squeezed her hand reassuringly. "I didn't want to talk about our possible sex life with a teacher. I don't know about you, but I find that highly mortifying." He stopped and lifted her chin to look up at him. "You know I'm not using you in such a way, right?"

"Now I do." Luna said, sighing in relief. "I think I let my moodiness get the better of me and I let Snape get to my head."

"I was afraid of that." Harry replied softly. They sat in silence for a few moments before Harry finally spoke up again. "Do you forgive me for being a hot headed asshole?" He gave his best puppy eyes and pouty lips, reminding Luna of a lost puppy.

"You're not an asshole." Luna said as she chuckled at the face Harry was pulling. "But I do forgive you."

Harry smiled and kissed her gently. Luna smiled against the kiss, but then had a sudden thought pop into her head.

"What in the hell were you doing sneaking into my room?"

Harry smiled mischievously at her and let go of her to go over to a bag that Luna hadn't noticed before. Harry flicked his wand and muttered a spell, causing a bunch of decorations to fly up around her room. A large banner hung in the middle of her room that said 'Welcome Back' and confetti flew in different directions.

"I was going to do this as a surprise for when you came back home so I could give a formal apology."

Though it was somewhat cheesy, Luna loved what he had planned for her. She smiled happily at him and pecked him on the cheek. "I love it."

"Good, because if you didn't, then it would make me seem like some weird stalker boyfriend."

"You're not weird..." Luna said, giving him a playful look.

Harry cocked an eyebrow. "So you're saying I'm a stalker?"

"Yes." Luna joked.

"Thanks." Harry gave a mock hurt look, but his eyes were twinkling happily. He gave a soft chuckle and put his arm around Luna. "Don't let Snape get into your head."

"Promise me, I won't. Merlin knows I've had too many odd moments with Snape to last a lifetime."

"Oh really? What happened?"

"Oh, well," Luna began, knowing she was treading Harry's jealousy zone. "Hesawmenakedthismorning." Luna said quickly, hoping Harry didn't catch it.

"That trick doesn't work with me, Luna. I've used that many times to ask girls out." Harry laughed and sat down on her bed, pulling her with him. "Come on, it can't be that bad."

Luna blushed just at the memory of the event that happened only three hours ago. Eyeing Harry quickly, Luna took a deep breath and said. "Snape saw me naked this morning."

Harry's hand clamped down on Luna shoulder somewhat painfully, and Harry's face instantly became angry. He swallowed rather difficultly. Luna felt his breathing hitch in his throat for a second, and her blushing increased to rival Ginny's hair. "H- How did he... uh... see you naked?" He was obviously having a hard time controlling his rising anger.

Luna told him about the custom of the werewolf pack that she visited, Natasha, Madara, Jelena, the environment she lived in, how it was her mom's pack, blood sisters, Snape and Remus coming to take her back to Hogwarts, and how Dominic was to be the new dark arts teacher. Harry's anger slowly diminished as she told her story. Harry had a suggestive smile when Luna talked about being around a bunch of naked girls, and she quickly slapped him playfully.

However, Harry did frown when Luna told him Natasha's story. "How long had it been since she's been bitten?" Harry asked.

Luna thought for a moment, then said. "From what I gathered, almost a year. She had only been in this pack for a few months, and she was held with Fenrir for about 2 months."

"Did he actually..." Harry made a hand movement to suggest what he was afraid to say.

"No, just made her do everything else."

"Oh." Harry stared at nothing in particular, when he started laughing. "I'm so glad Snape only saw you naked on accident. I was afraid-"

"I would never sleep with Snape." Luna cut in. Both of them laughed easily, Harry's anger diminishing quickly. "Does everyone know about the old dark arts teacher's death?"

"It was announced last night." Harry explained. "Of course Hermione, Ron, and I were informed on what really happened to him, but everyone thinks it wasn't murder."

Both sat in silence again, each pondering in their own thoughts. Slowly, the memory of what the girls explained what she could do came back to her. She smiled to herself and looked up at Harry. She was sure ready to move on to more than just simple little kisses, probably more due to her wolf. Didn't mean she wasn't embarrassed to suggest such a thing.

"There's good news out of the experience though." Luna said as she turned to face him.

"Hmm?" Harry looked at her with a small smile.

"The girls and I were talking about the mating ceremony, and they told me about how they coped with the heat."

"Was the advice helpful?" Harry asked.

"I think so," Luna replied. "They said we could do other things." A small blush appeared on her face.

"Like what?" Harry's face was composed and serious, not the slightest idea of what she was talking about.

"Don't make me say it." Luna said, embarrassment filled in her voice. "I'm sure you know what I'm talking about."

Realization dawned on Harry shortly after. His eyes grew wide and his cheeks flushed slightly. He coughed softly and looked down at his lap. "So, that stuff is alright to do?"

"Yea, in order to keep myself at bay until I'm ready to have sex."

Harry nodded his head, taking his turn to be speechless. He looked back up at her and chuckled. "I've been so freaked out that I couldn't do anything more than just give you a little peck here and there, and now I find out that it's all okay. All of those cold showers for nothing."

Luna laughed freely at Harry's misfortune and smiled brightly. "I'm hoping all those cold showers were because of me."

"Trust me, they were." Harry said seductively, while wiggling his eyebrow suggestively. Luna could only giggle in order to hide how much that tone affected her.

"I'm glad we got that discussion over with."

Harry cupped Luna's face and kissed her quickly. "Me too."

Harry, with his hands still cupped around her face, looked deep into her eyes, searching for something Luna didn't know. Harry lowered his lips to her and kissed her again, this time filled with more passion than before. She could feel him smiling against her lips. Luna parted her lips slightly, allowing Harry to explore with his tongue. Luna sighed as the kiss continued, very happy Harry and her had that talk.

Harry pulled away, causing Luna to whimper against his lips. He smirked at her and brushed her blonde hair out of her eyes. "As much as I'd love to continue this, we better go to breakfast. No one else knows you're here."

"This is true." Luna sighed, not exactly thrilled to stop what they were doing. "They could wait."

"Better not make them wait. I think Ginny would slap me again for keeping you away from girl talk."

"Girl talk?"

Harry got up and pulled her up with him. "I don't know, but I'm sure she'd want to talk to you about the past two days."

"What time is it anyway?" Luna asked as they stepped out of her room.

"Almost 10." Harry replied. "Ron should at least be moving now."

"Don't you usually sleep in?"

"Normally, but I wanted to get the decorations set up before you got back, and I didn't want Ron making fun of me for doing it."

"I highly doubt he'd make fun of you."

Harry looked at her and shook his head. "You obviously don't know what he's capable of."

"Do I need to remind you when you and I were forced into a 'relationship' with Hermione and Ron?"

"Please don't remind me of those dark days. I don't want to remember Ron kissing you."

"Did it anger you?"

"I haven't experience so much anger before."

"Not even with dueling dangerous witches and wizards?" Luna teased.

"Not even then." He gave her a cheeky smile. "Did it make you jealous when I kissed Hermione?"

"Not really." When Harry gave her a confused look, she explained. "Your face was so funny that I thought it more humorous that something to be jealous about."

"It wasn't that pleasant, to be truthful. I don't fancy tongues touching my tonsils."

"I don't think she was trying to impress you with her skills. I think it was more of the lines of let-me-make-Ron-jealous kiss."

"Indeed. Then what do you think Ron's kiss was for?"

"Honestly, I have no idea. Probably just did it on a whim."

"Did, uh... did you enjoy it?" Harry asked hesitantly.

Completely taking off guard, Luna looked at him quizzically. Luna herself didn't like the kiss that much, because she didn't like Ron in that way. Nothing was really behind the kiss. "No, I didn't." Harry visibly released the tension that he had held. Curiosity consumed Luna's mind as a question popped into her head. "What would you do if I said I enjoyed it?"

Harry looked startled by the question and eyed her for a second. A mischievous grin played across his face and a glint sparkled in his eyes. "I would have to prove that wrong."

Luna cocked her light eyebrows at what he said. It sent chills down her spine, and she didn't mind at all. Knowing exactly what she would get, she replied "And, pray tell, how would you do such a thing?" Luna licked her lips quickly and could feel her lips already tugging at the corners.

Within milliseconds, Harry had Luna behind on of the statues and up against the wall. A small gasp escaped her lips with the force put into it. "Well," Harry huskily whispered in her ear, which caused Luna's knees to buckle slightly. "I would begin with this." He kissed her lips possessively, his hands entwining into her blonde hair. He nipped her lip softly, causing Luna to shiver.

"Then I'd do this." He began kissing her jaw line and moving ever so slowly, and teasingly, down to her neck. His kisses left a hot tingling sensation on her skin and caused her to shiver. He finally came to stop near her ear and graze his teeth against the sensitive skin before kissing it. Luna's heart was thudding in her chest and ringing in her ears. The wolf inside her was going insane, purring loudly as her heart was thudding.

"And finally, I'd do this." Harry kissed that spot one last time and nibbled her earlobe. Luna never thought she would be so thankful for her earlobe, but she was now. Harry pulled away from her slowly and smirked at her. "I think I'm always going to love when your eyes are silver. Then I know I'm doing something right."

"For the record, that was utterly amazing." Luna said dreamily.

"So does that mean I'm better kisser than Ron?"

"Do I even need to answer?"

"Yes, so you can boost my ego." Harry puffed his chest out and smiled happily.

Luna couldn't resist laughing at him and whispered. "You are the best kisser known to man."

"Why thank you." Harry said with a glint in his eye that reminded her of Sirius. "And you, my dear, are a very good flirt."

"I was flirting?" Luna asked, never really knowing how to flirt.

"If that wasn't flirting, I think I'd die when you do."

"I just really haven't flirted with anyone, so I don't really know what it is."

"Keep up whatever you're doing, then, cause it's working wonders on your boyfriend."

As they continued to walk, Luna felt completely at ease with Harry. She was glad that he wasn't angry at her anymore, and she was happy that he isn't afraid to show his affection to her anymore. There was still the unsureness of her sleeping with him. True, all the other werewolves said that it was a pure physical act and there was no love in it, but it wasn't what Luna wanted. She dreamed of sharing that part of her life with someone she loved or really liked. Nothing against what normal werewolves do, she just wasn't a full-blown werewolf.

Natasha seemed to know what Luna thought about it, since she never did anything sexually with a guy until Fenrir got a hold of her. Would she be able to handle the physicality of the whole thing, even after what Fenrir did to her?

Harry held her hand, tangling his fingers with hers. "Penny for your thoughts?"

"What?" Luna looked at him as if he spoke a foreign language.

Harry shook his head and said, "I forgot. It's a muggle term that basically means what are you thinking about. I guess it would be, a sickle for your thoughts."

"What a clever saying." Luna said, mentally storing it in a folder in her mind. "I was thinking about how Natasha is going to do with the mating ceremony."

"Do you think she'll say no?"

"I don't know. She talked about it openly with me, but I felt it still hurts her today."

Harry stayed quiet for a minute before he said, "She had gone through a lot in the past months. It's not going to go away within a few months either. She'll have that with her for the rest of her days. Maybe she's come to terms with what has happened to her, maybe she hasn't. She's just going to have to learn to accept the fact it happened and try to live her life to it's fullest."

Luna smiled at Harry, and squeezed his hand. "When did you become so knowledgeable about emotional problems?"

Harry's eyes dimmed slightly as he looked her square in the eye. "I guess I learned from the way I was treated at home."

Luna knew that the relatives that he stayed with weren't welcoming the possibility of wizards, but she never knew what all actually happened. He never shared that with people. She had always wondered why he hadn't, and now she was getting a little taste of it. Maybe it was because she was so naive about all the types of abuse, but it was hard for her to grasp on all the emotional things that tie around these acts.

"Hey, don't get upset." Harry said as he stopped their walking and rubbed her forearm. "You don't need to fret over what happened to me then. I'm a better person from it." Luna tried her best to look happy, but apparently it failed by the look Harry gave her. He pulled her into a tight and protective hug, resting his chin on top of her head.

"This day so far has been a roller coaster." Luan grumbled, snuggling more into his chest and smelling the almond smell that was so unique to him.

"Well let's make it a happy roller coaster instead of an emotional one." Harry said as he slid his arm around her shoulders and steered her down the last flight of stairs. "Soon you'll be bombarded by Ginny, Hermione, and Constantine and they will be excited to hear about this werewolf teacher. I would much rather have you be with me all day, but do I want to risk having three pissed off girls demanding I set you free? I'd rather let them talk to you first. We can always do something later." He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively, and Luna smirked at him.

"Who said that I'd want to see you later?" Luna said playfully as she pulled away from Harry. He looked hurt for a second, but then noticed the playfulness in her eyes and he laughed.

"I can be pretty persuasive."

"Hmm, I can be too Mr. Potter." Luna smiled as all the students were eating their breakfast excitedly. Luna began making her way over to the Ravenclaw table when Harry began pulling her with him.

"I've been meaning to ask you if you would eat with me at the Gryffindor table. I mean, if you don't want to..."

"I'd love that." Luna said as she allowed him to steer her towards his table. Hermione and Ginny jumped up from the table and ran to meet Luna. Harry moved just in time to miss Hermione and Ginny wrapping their arms around Luna and hugging her tightly. Luna gasped for air since they were depriving her from it.

"You're back!" Ginny screamed, hugging Luna again.

"I was only gone for a day and a half." Luna chuckled.

"But when you're with werewolves and we didn't get a chance to say goodbye, it seems like a longer time." Hermione said happily, smiling broadly.

"I slapped Harry for you since he was a big git." Ginny whispered as he gave Harry a harsh glare.

"Don't worry, he apologized and we've worked it out."

"Hey." Ron said as he chomped on a sausage link, not really looking up from his meal. Hermione rolled her eyes at him, while Luna laughed softly.

"How about you let my girlfriend sit down and have some breakfast?" Harry said jokingly to Hermione and Ginny. Luna scooted closer to Harry as she began to put some pancakes on her plate. Hermione took her place next to Ron, and Ginny sat next to Luna. Luna looked around the room for Constantine, but didn't see her anywhere.

"Where's Constantine?" Luna asked Ginny.

Ginny shrugged her shoulders and said, "I haven't seen her for a few days."

"Wait, did she even tell you that I was gone?"

Hermione shook her head and said, "We thought you were kidnapped when we went to get to the other day. So we went to Dumbledore, but he told us where you were."

"So Constantine knew that you had left, and yet she decided not to tell us?" Harry furrowed his eyebrows and anger began etching his features. "That's a bitchy move."

"I'm sure she has a perfectly good reason why she didn't say anything." Luna said unconvincingly.

Ginny snorted into her milk at looked at Luna apprehensively. "I doubt that she's gonna have a good excuse."

Luna shrugged her shoulders and kept her mouth shut. She put a piece of pancake in her mouth and swallowed quickly. Everyone began talking about other miscellaneous things. Ginny was in the middle of telling Luna about Lavender's latest sex scandal when Dominic walked up to the faculty table. All the girls turned their heads in his direction and got the same star struck look upon their faces. Dominic sat down at his chair and instantly found Luna in the whole damn crowd. Luna inwardly groaned as he flashed her a bright smile, knowing that in a few seconds she would be violated with thousands of questions from Ginny.

"Who is that amazing piece of meat smiling at you?" Ginny said on queue. Luna turned away from Dominic to look at Ginny.

"His name is Dominic Fruma. He's the new dark arts teacher."

"I'd like to practice some art with him." Ginny said suggestively, staring at him like he was chocolate. Ron spat his milk on his plate and stared at Ginny angrily.

"You aren't going near him." Ron said angrily.

"You can't tell me who I can go near, Ron. I'm a grown woman."

"No, you're my sister." Ron crossed is arms and glared at her.

"I am a woman, Ron, whether you like it or not. I have sexual needs, dingbat." Luna gave a shut-up-about-your-sex-life look to Ginny, while Ron's ears turned maroon in anger.

"Who the hell did you have sex with?" Ron's voice began rising quickly, and some people began turning around to watch.

Luna, however, grabbed Ginny's arm and made her get up. "Ginny, I have so much to tell you. Hermione, care to join us?"

Hermione getting Luna's pointed look, stood up and said, "I would love to. See you guys later!" Hermione latched onto Ginny's other arm and dragged her away from a disgruntled Ron. Ginny's cheeks were still flushed when Hermione and Ginny dragged her outside towards the lake. They sat the fuming redhead underneath a tree, earning a few curse words from her.

"He's such an idiotic douche!" Ginny said dangerously low. "How come he can't understand that I'm not a five year old anymore?"

"He's just worried about you, Ginny." Hermione said soothingly as she and Luna sat down on either side of Ginny. "Though he may express that worry in ways that aren't sensible, he is just trying to look out for you."

"It's your own fault the argument went into your sex life." Luna added, gaining a death glare from Ginny. "You were the one that brought up how you have 'sexual needs.' So you can only blame yourself on that one."

"So?" Ginny said, reminding the two girls now of the brother she was angry at. "He doesn't have to get angry at me because he has his virginity."

"That's not true." Hermione said softly. When Luna and Ginny looked at her shockingly, Hermione waved her hands in front of her and shook her head. "No, no, no. He slept with Lavender last year. So he's not a virgin."

"Ew." Luna let out, disgust evident in her voice. "I hope it was before she was the Hogwarts slut."

"After they broke up was when she started doing all that stuff." Hermione explained.

"Who knew my brother had the balls to sleep with her." Ginny laughed at him, her anger obviously evaporating. "Have you two..."

"I won't discuss what we have done." Hermione said sternly.

"Why not?"

"Because you are his sister, and I still find it awkward to talk about what activities I do or don't do with your brother."

Luna looked between the two girls, laughing softly about their discussion of their sex lives. She stretched her legs out in front of her and cracked her back. When it was evident that Hermione and Ginny stopped talking, Luna leaned against the tree, sighing peacefully, and closed her eyes. She almost felt like she was back with the pack, only the voices of the other students keeping her from believing so.

"So," Hermione began. "Are you going to tell us about what happened while you were gone?"

"Or are you just going to make us wait?" Ginny concluded.

Luna barked a laugh and said, "Yea yea I'll tell you." Luna told them every single thing that happened on the trip, even including the part where Snape and Remus saw her naked. Ginny laughed uncontrollably when Luna explained her embarrassment, while Hermione looked completely mortified. Both girls stayed quiet when Luna talked about Natasha, relieving Luna by not asking questions.

"Didn't you feel awkward when you had to get naked?" Ginny asked. "I'd sure as hell would be. I'm sure anyone would no matter how confident in their body they were."

"It was for a few minutes." Luna replied. "It didn't seem odd though, I can't really explain it."

"Well you were at peace with your wolf side." Hermione told them. "Your wolf side is the more animalistic side, doing animal like behaviors. Being outside in your natural element brought it to peace."

"Sometimes I feel you know more about me than I do." Luna joked.

"Well, I did research all that werewolf stuff when Remus was here."

"So you can now do stuff with Harry?" Ginny asked after they sat in a comfortable silence.

"Yea, I can."

"So when are you going to start?" Ginny inquired eagerly. Luna could tell that she wanted to talk about someone's sex life, and if Hermione wasn't going to share anything... Luna was the next target.

"I don't know, we haven't really talked about it."

"You don't talk about it, Luna, you just do it."

"Now wait a minute," Hermione said as Ginny snickered in the background. "It sure as hell is something to talk about. Harry hasn't had an idea that they could do that stuff. So if she just jumps on him... he'll probably freak out."

"I already told him that we could do that stuff now, but that's really the extent of that conversation." Luna explained.

"So what did he do after that?" GInny joked.

"We only made out." Luna replied, memories of her and Harry behind the statue filling her head. The trail on her neck tingled lightly, yearning to be kissed again. She smiled to herself at the memory, wanting to relive it as soon as possible.

"Must have been good."

"What?"

"You're eyes are silver again." Hermione said with a smile on her face.

"Damn it." Luna's cheeks flushed in embarrassment, but the smile still stayed on her face. Hermione and Ginny laughed at Luna, and shortly Luna joined in. Luna stopped once her sides started hurting and laid down across the grass. With her hands behind her head, she closed her eyes and started humming a song to herself. They spend the rest of the morning laughing and gossiping underneath the tree, not giving a care in the world that someone might be listening. Ginny ran up to the Great Hall to fetch everyone something to snack on since no one was particularly hungry enough to eat a full meal. Luna bit into her green apple and savored the luscious taste.

"I'm gonna go find Harry." Luna said after spending a few hours with the girls. She waved goodbye to both of them (and gave Ginny one final smack for the suggestive hand movements) and made her way back up to the castle slowly. Though Luna said she was going to find Harry, she had other things on her mind.

"What has happened to Constantine?" Luna though curiously. "She has never acted like this before. I'm sure she has a perfect reason for what she did." Luna knew that she was fooling herself into believing Constantine didn't mean to not tell. Ever since the ball, Luna felt that Constantine changed. Whoever that boy was made her change somehow. Maybe it was just because Constantine was just too happy dating someone. Luna could identify with the same feelings, since she just started dating Harry.

"I didn't ignore everyone though, nor did I neglect to tell important information." Luna criticized in her head. Luna shook her head and sighed as she walked by, not caring if people thought she was crazy or talking to herself. "Oh how I wish nothing bad was going on and everything was peaceful." Luna thought bitterly about the ongoing war that she was growing up in. She clenched her jaw as the thought of all the people that had died at the hands of Voldemort. Countless of people died before Cedric, most notably in Luna's mind Mr. and Mrs. Potter. A dead chill swept over Luna as she thought what if Harry didn't survive. She pushed the thought out of her mind and began thinking about his parents. She had only seen some pictures of the lovebirds from her mom's photo album. One was taken a few nights before they died, when they were about to go into hiding. It had been far too long since Luna had seen that photo album. Luna reminded herself to ask her dad to retrieve it so she can look at it again and possibly show Harry the picture of his family.

"He's still with the Death Eaters." Luna nearly cried when she remembered the man that had raised her was in grave danger. True, the man wasn't her biological father, but she would never stop calling him dad. Sirius was her father, a man who she got to know in his last years. But her dad was the man that made sure she believed in what she thought was right, no matter how ludicrous everyone thought it was. That man will always hold a special place in her heart, right next to Sirius and her mother. Luna was left with the horrible feeling that war settles nothing, and to win a war is as almost as disastrous as to lose one. She gulped as she felt her throat dry up. "Who all around me will die once this war end... if it ever ends?"

Harry's words from earlier started nudging the thoughts out of her head. Let's make it a happy roller coaster is what he said when she was slightly upset that morning. Taking his advice, she pushed her previous thought back into her head. Luna immediately felt at ease once she stopped concentrating on what was bothering her, making her way along the lake. She had no idea where Harry would be, and she mentally slapped herself for not asking him what his plans were.

She wandered idly around the grounds, hoping to find Harry soon. Luna slowed her steps as she began thinking about his whereabouts. "Damn it." She cursed in frustration when she couldn't think of where he could be. She flailed her arms and sighed loudly. The one person to guarantee a happy time was nowhere to be found. She turned around and began walking, but nearby shouting caused Luna to stop and turn around. She noticed red and yellow Quidditch robes walking out of the Quidditch stadium. Luna began walking slowly, straining her ear to listen to the shouting, but then sped up as she heard a familiar voice booming from the crowd.

"Fucking banshee!" Ron yelled venomously. Luna pushed through the crowd, halting immediately at the sight before her. Ron was stomping to her least favorite Hufflepuff. Luna cringed as she looked upon the smug smirk on Sterling's face when he caught a glimpse of Luna, but he quickly turned his attention to the angry red head before him. Ron came face to face, rather chest to face, with Sterling, easily over towering him. "You came here to steal our plays."

"Not originally," Sterling replied rather coolly, considering he had an angry Weasley in front of him. "We came to practice, not knowing you had reserved the stadium. So we decided to take advantage of the situation." He looked Ron dead in the eye and smirked. "Nothing worth to steal though."

Ron wound back his arm when Harry emerged out of nowhere and held onto Ron's arm. Ron stared at Harry incredulously. Harry pushed Ron away from Sterling and said, "No use in starting a fight now when we have a game next week."

"Like losing him would be of great importance." Ron lunged at him again, but Harry wrapped an arm around him and pulled him back. Sterling laughed coldly and looked at the sight before him. "Once again Harry Potter comes and saves his little side kick."

"Let me beat the shit out of him!" Ron hollered. Harry tightened his grip on him and shoved him harder. Seamus joined Harry and held onto him as Ron flailed his arms in an attempt to break free.

"Come on mate, not worth it." Seamus grunted as he pulled Ron farther away from Sterling.

"How pathetic. Harry can't even hold someone back by himself." He snickered loudly, throwing his head back. Luna stole a glance at the other Hufflepuffs to see how they were reacting to their captain. Most of them looked extremely uncomfortable, but none dared to try to stop Sterling. Luna probably wouldn't have either, but just because she would be afraid of what Sterling would suggest they do instead.

Harry looked over his shoulder at Sterling and rolled his eyes. "Don't try to drag me into this fight that you started."

"You afraid that you'd lose?"

"Not at all. I'm just not stupid enough to get into a fight so close to a game and lose concentration."

Dean held onto one of Ron's arms as Harry let go of him and stood to straighten his robes. Ron's face was completely red now, his eyes practically burning holes into Sterling's skin.

"Lose concentration... so that means no time for your girlfriend then eh?"

Every person minus Harry looked at Luna, a tense silence consuming them all. Luna's eyebrows practically disappeared in her scalp. Harry noticeably stiffened and stayed still. She quickly figured out that Sterling had planned to fight with Harry all along. He egged him on by showing up to a scheduled practice, then caused Ron to get angry so Harry would have to hold him back, he insulted Harry's strength and courage. Now he thought bringing in her would be the last straw for Harry.

He was right.

"Don't you dare talk about her." Harry said poisonously. He turned to face Sterling with anger brewing in his eyes, clouding his emerald eyes to become a stormy green. Luna's breath hitched in her throat as she looked at the anger that boiled in those eyes.

"If looks could kill..." Luna thought as he walked slowly up to Sterling. In that moment, Harry's look rivaled that of the Death Eaters she encountered those few years ago at the Ministry.

"I'll take care of her while you're busy." Sterling said smugly, eyeing Luna up and down. "I'm sure I'll find her a good position here."

Luna felt like vomiting at the sexual innuendo, but her mind was quickly distracted as she watched Sterling slowly pull his wand out from his sleeve. Luna's alarms immediately went off as she knew no one kept their wand with them when playing Quidditch, meaning Harry was defenseless.

Harry finally registered that Luna was there by the way Sterling was looking at her. His eyes softened slightly at the sight of her, but his fists clenched even tighter than before. "You will never go near her."

"You see, Harry, that's where you're wrong. I'm a very patient person, so I'll be waiting for as long as it takes."

As Harry raised his hand for a punch, Sterling let his wand fall completely into his hands and raise it up to cast god knows what. Luna, however, was quick enough to pull her wand out and cast a shield around Harry just as red sparks flew in his direction. Sterling stared stunned for a second until Harry's fist collided with the side of his jaw. Sterling stumbled back and held his face in his hands. Luna walked up to Harry, wand still out, and glared at Sterling.

Ron broke free and bolted to Sterling, giving him a nasty punch to his stomach. Sterling grunted loudly and fell down. "I do fine protecting myself, asshole."

When Sterling finally registered what had happened, he nudged past his teammates and left the crowd. Luna tucked her wand behind her ear and Ron turned back around and smiled at the team. "That was fun." He bragged. The team chuckled at him and patted him on the back. Harry put a strong hold on Luna's shoulder and turned her around.

"He won't hurt you." He whispered, concern, anger, and worry all showing on his chiseled face.

Luna nodded her head slowly. "I know."

"He won't come near you."

Luna understood that he was trying to convince himself more than her. She knew he was more worried since of her unstable condition, and Sterling most likely got to his head when he said he would wait for as long as it took. It concerned her too, but at the moment she didn't want to have him in her mind. Luna smiled warmly at him, hoping to ease him into a better mood. "How about we hang out some?"

"Sure." Harry said absentmindedly, not really concentrating on her. Luna sighed. It was going to take a lot to get Harry to stop thinking about Sterling.

"Would you like to change?" Luna suggested.

He shook his head quickly, his eyes deep in thought. Luna grabbed his hand and pulled him to start walking with her. She recognized the look he carried as they walked, for she saw it many times. That look was on his face when he tried to convince her and the others from going with him to the ministry in fifth year. It was there when the meeting to sign up for the DA took place. It was there when Harry talked about fighting Death Eaters. The look was fear for those he cared about.

Luna thought the look was a bittersweet reward. It meant that Harry cared for her well being, but it also meant that Harry would try to talk her out of doing something that could possibly be dangerous or involve Sterling. Knowing Hogwarts, that would mean Luna could only be in her room at all times. Still, Luna was touched to see that he cared for her to be worried about her well-being.

She was able to drag her dazed boyfriend to her room and walked in slowly. She let go of his hand and sat on the bed, while he stood in front of her with a range of emotions playing across his face.

"Sickle for your thoughts?" Luna inquired, mentally clapping as she used the clever saying.

Harry snapped out of his trance and looked at Luna quizzically before replying. "They cost a little more than that."

Luna wasn't expecting that at all. She looked around the room, trying to think of something that could be better than a sickle. She smiled as she walked over to a bag and pulled out a sugar quill. "Sugar quill for your thoughts?"

Harry contemplated for a second before he grabbed it and began munching on it. "I don't like Sterling being here and how he's after you."

"I don't either, but technically he hasn't done anything wrong."

"What do you mean? He threatened to rape you just a few months ago."

"But you see, it was just that. A threat. There isn't much we could do based on a threat."

Harry sighed and ran a hand through his black hair. "I can't stand the thought of him trying to do anything with you."

"For the most part, he has left me alone these past few months. He may have just said what he said to get you to fight him."

"Every guy here has a crush on you, Luna. I highly doubt he will stop."

Luna blushed. "I don't care if they have crushes on me or not."

Harry ignored her and continued. "He has been with most of the girls in my year. He has always succeeded in his projects. He even was with Pansy Parkinson. You're his next project, and you resisting him is making him want you more."

Luna frowned and looked to the ground, knowing he was right. Again, she pushed the thoughts of Sterling out of her head and flashed a brilliant smile. "What happened to the happy roller coaster?"

"It seems to have evaporated." Harry muttered.

"What can we do to bring it back?"

"Nothing. Not while Sterling is in my mind."

Luna stood up and walked to him slowly. "Let me fix that." She stood on her tip toes and gave him a soft kiss. She pulled away and looked at him, hoping to see a smile or a suggestive smirk. Instead, Harry stared down at her with an insane amount of worry. Harry grabbed Luna and pulled her into a fierce kiss, completely taking her by surprise. He squeezed her even more as the kiss progressed, a protective aura surrounding them.

"I will always be there." He whispered hoarsely as he took deep breaths. He kissed her forehead and cupped her face, moving his thumb slowly against her cheek. "I want you to know that."

"You've proved that time and time again." Luna responded. She kissed him on his cheek when an idea popped in her head. She smirked against his cheek as she started moving her kissed down to his neck. She mimicked some of what he did to her that morning, biting his neck lightly in places. She blew on the spot that she had just kissed, and she heard him intake air sharply. She held a smug expression as she pulled away.

"Don't stop." He pleaded with her, his eyes sharp onto hers. He moved even closer to her and kissed her harder. She nipped his bottom lip, causing a groan to escape his lips. She smiled wildly. His hands ventured down to her waist, resting protectively. She put her arms around his neck as she deepened the kiss. He let her be dominant as they kissed, her tongue moving around delicately. She ran a hand through his hair, causing a moan from him. Reflexively, he pulled her closer to him, letting Luna feel his muscles under his Quidditch robes.

"Merlin." Harry said breathily when they parted for air. His hair was standing on all ends and messier than usual, thanks to Luna's roaming hands. Luna could feel the blood pumping though her lips, and she had no doubt that her eyes were silver.

"Was it bad?" She teased, knowing she had a very positive effect on him.

"Do you need to ask?" He replied and moved over to the bed, never letting go of her.

"Well, I'm not sure. You might think it was bad..." Luna loved teasing him like this, and he caught on pretty quickly.

"I'm not sure if that was satisfactory. How about you try a little harder." Both of them sat on the bed and smiled knowingly at each other. She gave him a wolfish smile and kissed his neck again. She repeated blowing on a previous kiss, and she quickly learned that it felt amazing to him. Mentally storing the information, she moved back up to his lips. He pulled her into his lap, with her legs on either side of him. His hands went up and down her back, causing chills to sweep over her and a low moan.

"God, you're beautiful." He whispered barely audible, but she still heard it. She visibly gulped, her throat suddenly feeling dry. He held a serious look as the corners of his lips tugged upwards. He held onto her hand tightly as he stared into her eyes, making Luna feel like she was the only person in the room.

"I am the only person in the room." Luna thought, but it didn't matter. She knew if there were people around, she would still feel the same way. For what felt like the millionth time that day, Harry pulled her into a gentle kiss. She felt at peace during the kiss, her heart fluttering gracefully. She pressed her lips harder against his, wanting more. He smirked against her lips and opened his mouth slightly, allowing both of them to deepen their kiss.

His hands roamed through her hair, holding on gently as he moaned in her mouth. She found herself leaning back more and more, until she was lying on her back, and he on his side. His stubble rubbed against her skin, creating an erotic friction that she quickly wanted more of. He bit her lip roughly, but not too rough. She took in a sharp breath as he did it, her mind reeling with his touch. She felt him shift and leave her lips, and she opened her eyes to see what he was doing.

He was sitting up and looking down at her with fireworks in his eyes. He brought his lovely lips to a smile as he leaned over her and kissed her again. Chills went down her spine as she felt him letting himself rest on top of her. She bent one of her legs next to him to accommodate him. She could feel his heart racing against her chest, and she was sure he could feel hers racing just as fast. She snaked her hands around his chest and rubbed his back. Luna opened her eyes slightly to see him moan loudly, his eyes closed and his face emitting pleasure. He eventually opened his eyes and peered down at her, his glasses sliding down his nose. He looked down at her clothes and smirked happily.

"Who knew that I would find our uniform sexy." He said huskily. Luna looked down at her and noticed her skirt was hitched up to her hips. A blush rose on her face as she smiled shyly at him. A knock on her door sounded loudly shortly after, causing both of them to groan in annoyance. She tried to push him off of her, but he kept is ground and kissed her again.

"I have to go see who it is." She said in between kisses.

"Ignore it." He replied.

The knocking grew louder, and Luna giggled in the kiss.

"It could be something important."

"I don't think so."

"I hear you two in there." Hermione said crossly. "And it is important, Harry."

Harry gave Luna an annoyed look with playfulness swimming around, and let go of her reluctantly. Luna released the wrinkles in her clothes and opened the door to reveal Hermione with crossed arms. One look at Luna and Hermione raised an eyebrow. Luna guessed that it was evident what they were just doing. She blushed slightly and gave her a sheepish smile.

"I was wondering if I could talk to you, privately." Hermione said in hush tones as she stole a glance at Harry. "It's about Ron."

Luna nodded her head and looked back at Harry. He sighed and stood up, already understanding that he needed to leave. "I'll see you later tonight. I'm going to need a cold shower." He whispered in her ear.

She smirked and gave him a quick peck. "Stay in this area. We can finish after." Luna whispered back. His eyes sparkled with mischief, a look Luna now completely adored, and said his goodbyes to the two girls.

When the door shut, Hermione turned to Luna and apologized profusely. "I am so sorry. I had no idea that you two were already with each other."

"It's fine." Luna shrugged knowing that her wolf personality wanted to shred Hermione to pieces. "What did Ron do?"

"It's more of what I did." Hermione visibly swallowed and rung her hands together.

Shock was roaming through Luna, hoping that whatever Hermione did wasn't horrible. She pulled Hermione more into her room and sat her on one of the comfy chairs, while Luna took the other next to her. Luna braced herself for whatever was to come out of Hermione's mouth, already dreading the news.

Hermione was struggling with words, opening her mouth and then closing it quickly. Finally, she looked her dead in the eye and said. "I had oral sex with him."

Luna couldn't help but laugh, because she was thinking the worse. She laughed at how worried she was over telling Luna. Hermione looked like she had been petrified and put her head in her hands. "That's it?" Luna asked between laughs.

Hermione's head shot upright and gave Luna a scowl. "That's it?! I think it's more than just that."

"The way you were acting was like you had just killed someone or cheated on him."

Hermione's scowl deepened. "This is a big deal, Luna."

Luna calmed her laughing and smiled at her. "I'm sorry, it just wasn't something I expected." Hermione nodded her head, her body sinking into the chair. Luna folded her legs underneath her and turned to face Hermione more. "So, tell me about what's bothering you."

"Well, it was weird." Hermione said, wrinkling her nose slightly. "Tasted weird too." Luna suppressed a laugh as she continued. "He was in a good mood about hitting Sterling, and he came up and told me everything about it. We had just been sitting there when he started to kiss me. Things progressed, and we moved up to his room to be in private. He cast a silencing charm on his bed and closed the curtains, and that's when I felt it."

Luna nodded her head, immediately know what it was.

"I had only ever felt it once with Victor while we were dancing at the Yule Ball, but I never did anything with him. I mean, I knew he wanted me too, but I was only 14. It wasn't something I felt I was mature enough to do."

"I think you've been mature since I've known you." Luna complimented, giving Hermione a reassuring smile.

Hermione gave her a half smile before continuing. "I thought I could keep on kissing him, much like I did when I just kept on dancing with Victor. Eventually, Ron started moving his hips around against me. I knew what he was thinking in his mind, but I didn't want to go all the way you know? So I tried to think of the next best thing, so I gave it to him." A blush crept upon her face, obviously feeling odd talking about it. "It didn't last terribly long, but I didn't think it would take that long."

Luna chuckled and said, "I would think most girls would like that he lasted for a long time."

Hermione laughed for the first time since she'd been in her room. "I think you're right. What bothered me though was that I'm not sure I did it right."

Luna felt a little bit of pity for Hermione, knowing if Luna was in her position, she probably wouldn't know either. Luna reminded herself that she didn't know what it was like, and remembered that she would have to just be prepared for it. "Well, uhm, did he say anything after?"

Hermione nodded her head. "He said that we should do that more often."

Luna laughed as Hermione smiled. "I would say then you did it right."

"I guess, but I still feel unsure."

"Did he... you know, finish?" Luna blushed this time, feeling awkward talking about Ron getting off.

Hermione blushed too, both of them never really comfortable talking about sex. "Yea, he finished."

"Then I am positive you did it right."

"Ron would be happy that he is bigger than Victor." Hermione said with a smirk on her face.

Luna openly laughed. "I don't know if you even want to mention you know about Victor's size. Ron might just go ballistic."

"I think Ron might like the fact though that it felt like a pinky jabbing my back."

"Poor guy." Luna replied, a smirk on her face. "I bet that's a disappointment for a lot of girls."

"Probably." Hermione also had a smirk on her face. "I still can't believe I did it. I sound like such a prude, don't I?"

"I think everyone is prudish when they start going through sexual stuff." Luna replied honestly. "It's hard for me to hear Ginny talk about some stuff since she goes into such grave detail. Over time I bet it won't bother us though."

"Ginny's pretty comfortable with everything."

"She's also been having sex for about two years. She's never been afraid to say anything."

"So, were you and Harry..." Hermione looked at Luna sheepishly, passing what she was asking through her eyes instead of saying it out loud.

"Nothing like you just did." Luna teased. Hermione put a fake scowl on her face but quickly laughed. "We were just making out."

"Seems like you two are adjusting quickly."

"It's probably pent up sexual tension we've had since we were both scared of doing something that we'd both regret."

Hermione nodded her head slowly, her face showing she was thinking deeply. She glanced over to the door, as if Harry was right there, and asked, "Do you think you're ready to move on from just kissing?"

"I don't know. I don't think anything is going to happen anytime soon though."

"Alright. Do you have that book Ginny tried to give me?"

Luna laughed and grabbed the book from under her bed. "I haven't looked at it since."

"I want to make sure I did it right still." Hermione muttered as she cracked open The Art of Sex: The Ultimate Way to Please Your Man. She flipped thought the pages quickly until she found her desired topic. She read the page for a few minutes, while Luna looked at her peculiarly and twirled her wand in her fingers. Hermione looked up from the book and said, "It sounds like I did the basic moves, but it has a lot of suggestions."

"Really?" Luna said absentmindedly.

"Yea here listen: 'To make yourself comfortable in a kneeling position, put your knees on a pillow. It can give you a good range of motion.' Interesting."

"That's helpful."

"It gets better: 'Curling your tongue or flattening it can give him different types of stimulation and varies the sensations instead of it seeming routine. If he is on the larger side, do not attempt to deep throat him if you aren't used to it. If you try it without experience of deep throating, it will trigger your gag reflex. Until you are used to the size, put a hand at the base to give him more stimulation with your mouth. Coordinating your hand and mouth will give him even more stimulation. The scrotum has many nerve ending in them, so touching and holding on to them is also another stimulant.' Merlin, there's so much stuff in here."

"I bet." Luna stored the information in her head, her wolf giving a positive bark in her mind. "Ron will like what you've learned."

Hermione laughed and closed the book, going over to Luna's bed and shoving it underneath it. "I'm sure he will. He's probably going to have a silly grin on his face for most of the night."

Luna chuckled at her and stood up with Hermione. "Are you going to find him again?"

"No, I think I'm just going to relax and read." Hermione made her way over to the door, began opening it, but then paused. She turned around and studied Luna for a second. "Neither Ginny or I are you blood sisters, are we?"

Luna frowned as it dawned on Hermione. Luna shook her head and felt a pang of sadness. Hermione's face fell in disappointment, but quickly recovered. "I think it's only possible with werewolves. It would have been cool to have a blood sister. You and Ginny are my best friends. You two are the closest things I have to a blood sister in a normal person."

Hermione smiled brightly, walked over to Luna, and gave her a tight hug. Luna returned it with a smile on her face. "I'm glad you think that. I should go though. I think Harry has been waiting long enough."

Luna let out a barking laugh and led Hermione out of her room. Hermione waved to her as she walked away and Luna just smiled back. She laughed to herself at how worried Hermione was about what she did and on her performance. Luna knew that she was going to feel exactly the same way once she starts doing that stuff. Thoughts of if he would even like it started filling her mind, causing a build up of worry. True, she wasn't doing that stuff yet, but it was daunting to not know if he'd actually like it.

Two hands pulled on her waste as she was brought back into her room. She turned around and saw Harry grinning suggestively as he shut her door. He had changed out of his Quidditch uniform and now wore a grey sweater and a pair of blue jeans. "You were getting ready to get lost in your thoughts, and I figured we could do something else."

Luna laughed loudly and shoved him lightly away from her. "Who says I want to do anything now?"

He cocked his eyebrow and walked closer to her. He took a hand and ran it down her back, causing pleasurable chills to spread all over. He snickered and said, "Your eyes reveal the truth."

Luna cursed her eyes as she pursed her lips in frustration. Harry only laughed harder at her as he continued to rub his hands up and down her back. "I think you made your point." Luna replied slightly annoyingly.

Harry stopped and rested his hands at his sides. "Is everything alright with Hermione?"

"She's fine now. I'm not going to tell you because you'll probably be grossed out."

"I'll trust you then." Harry replied. "I have a good idea what it was though."

"Oh really?"

"I saw Ron when I went downstairs to change. He was lying on his bed with a stupid grin on his face, and told me what had happened."

"Oh."

"He's going to be pretty happy tonight."

"I bet he will." Luna shook her head with a smirk on her face. She stretched wildly and sat down on her bed. Harry walked over and joined her on the bed. She smiled at him and held onto his hand. She felt a scar on top of his hand. Startled by the rough skin, she pulled his hand up to her face to study it closely. She dragged her thumb across the scar that was much lighter than his skin. When she studied it closely with her eyes, she faintly made out what it was.

I must not tell lies.

"She was a bitch." Harry said as he curiously watched her study his hand, his hand flexing as he thought of Umbridge. "She did it so many times that it is easily noticeable. I can't get rid of it."

"It hurt so much." Luna commented.

"What?" Harry said as his eyes hardened on her.

"I got detention with her too. Twice. I yelled at her for telling us not to trust you. She had me write, 'I must not believe lies.' I don't have a scar like yours, though. It's just two small lines where the words once shown."

"Let me see." Harry said sternly. Luna lifted her hand towards him, looking at the faint scars that stuck to her skin. They were thin lines, nothing as prominent as Harry's scars. The skin wasn't rough or raised, just two small white lines. Harry traced his fingers across the scars, his eyes staring at them incredulously. He held on to her hand for a few minutes, just studying her small scars. Luna watched his face, seeing his face become more concerned and angry. Luna prayed that this wasn't going to set him into another upset mood. It had happened two years ago, and there was no way Umbridge would come back and do it again. Harry looked up from the scars and bore into her eyes, concern flowing from them. She bit her lip in apprehension. He brought her hand to his mouth and kissed it softly. "Thanks for believing me."

Luna released the breath she had been holding on to and smiled at him. "Your welcome."

They sat like that for a few minutes, each looking at each other happily. He never let go of her hand, constantly rubbing his thumb across it. He wiggled his eyebrows and asked. "You get any tips from Hermione."

Luna slapped him lightly on the hand that was holding hers, but laughed nonetheless. "No I didn't, Mr. Potter. We didn't go into detail."

"I wouldn't suspect her to do so. Ron, on the other hand, did." Harry shuddered slightly. "I don't want to think of Hermione like that."

"Well hopefully you won't have to." Luna remembered what Hermione had said about Ron's anatomy, and cringed slightly. "I also don't want to think of certain things about Ron either."

"I don't think I want to know."

"You don't."

He laughed at her and put an arm around her shoulder. "I probably know what that certain thing is, but we won't go into that."

"Lets not."

"Why are you even wearing our uniform? It's Sunday."

"It was the only clothes I had when I went to the pack." Luna replied. "Thank you for saying I'm beautiful earlier."

"It's the truth. You're more beautiful than you let yourself believe. " He walked over to her dresser and leaned his back against it. "I will always remind you that you are."

She smiled at the romantic things he was saying to her, making her heart swell in her chest. She made her way over to the dresser he was leaning against and pushed him gently out of the way so she could pull out some clothes. "If you don't mind, golden boy, I'd like to get changed."

"Golden boy?" Harry inquired playfully as he stood behind her.

Luna turned around and looked up at him. "Yea, it just kind of popped into my head. I think that will be my nick name for you."

He thought for a second and nodded his head. "I think I can accept that. Now, what shall I call you?"

"Don't let it be sugar pie honey bunch, please." She teased as she walked over to her bathroom. "I won't take long."

"I'll be waiting and thinking of a nick name."

She closed the door and grinned broadly. Letting out a small squeal, she changed quickly into her khaki pants and a green turtle neck sweater. Looked at herself in the mirror and almost laughed at herself. Her hair was ridiculously frizzy and standing in different directions. She cast a simple spell to tame it, and then applied some foundation to her pale skin. She noticed her lips were very red from their heavy kissing, but decided not to do anything about it. Spraying a light scented perfume, she smiled at her reflection and opened the door.

"Come up with anything good?"

"I believe so." Harry said as he walked up to Luna and held out an arm. "Ready to go to dinner?"

She took it happily and let him lead her out of the room. "Well, are you going to tell me or not?" She asked impatiently.

He stole a glance at her before saying. "Diamond."

She thought about it, her face looking pensive. She nodded her head after a few minutes and said, "I love it."

"You see, your eyes have always reminded me of diamonds." He revealed, steering her down the stairs. "And when your eyes become that brilliant silver color, it's like diamonds sparkling in the sun."

"Aren't you the romantic."

"I've been told that my dad was a big romantic. Always chasing my mom down these halls and buying her an assortment of gifts for years. She hated it, of course, since she thought he was a big jerk."

"That's not nice."

"Well, he was when he could be. He picked on Snape a lot, and look how much he loves me. But my dad eventually won my mom over, and here I am."

"I'm glad she changed her mind."

"You better be." They paused for a few minutes, each walking contently in the other's presence. "I didn't have to chase you down that long."

"You chased after me?" Luna inquired shockingly, looking up at him with wide eyes.

"Don't look so surprised. I started liking you after we raided the ministry."

Luna stopped in her tracks and tilted her head curiously. "Are you serious?"

"Completely. I didn't recognize it then, but I knew that there was something special about you. I dated Ginny, thinking that I was completely in love with her, but I quickly found out that my feelings towards her weren't true. That's when I found out that I had a big crush on you."

"How come you didn't tell me?"

"And risk you not liking me? I have a hard time telling my emotions to girls I like. I screwed up with Cho when we slept together, and then the next week having her a blubbering mess on Valentine's day."

"I remember hearing that." Luna felt a small pang of jealousy in her stomach, but pushed the feeling aside.

He looked at Luna and his eyes saddened. "I wish I didn't. It wasn't anything special. I think she just wanted to feel loved, and I was available. I never knew I would lose my virginity to a girl that was crying so much."

"She cried while you two-"

"Yea she did. And no, it wasn't because of my performance."

Luna laughed at him as they finally arrived for dinner. They sat down at the table across from Seamus and Ginny, with Ron next to Luna and Hermione on the other side. Luna noted that Ron had an insanely ridiculous grin on his face, and Luna winked at Hermione. Hermione blushed deeply, busying herself with her chicken.

"How was everyone's day?" Luna asked, looking at her friends.

"Amazing." Ron replied, causing Luna to snicker silently.

"Nothing too special, just hung out with Seamus." Ginny looked at Seamus and grabbed his hand underneath the table. He squeezed it gently and returned to eating. Luckily, Ron didn't notice the intimate moment.

"I think that this afternoon was pretty insane, don't you think?" Seamus said as he looked up at Ron.

"What happened?" Ginny moved her curious eyes between her brother and Seamus.

"Sterling came over and tried to start a fight with all of us. He dragged Luna into it too."

Ginny slammed her fork down on her plate, creating a loud clank. Some people turned around and looked at her, but she composed herself quickly. She took a long deep breath and looked at Luna. "Did he hit you?"

Luna shook her head and said, "He just brought me up in the verbal argument. He didn't actually try to hit me."

Ginny's shoulders instantly eased up and she sighed. She looked at Seamus apologetically and said, "I thought you meant he attacked her."

"More along the lines that she attacked him." Harry said as he reached for the rice bowl. "He had his wand hiding under his sleeve, and Luna sent a shield out to me when he tried to duel."

"And you and me punched him." Ron said happily, his wide smile taking over his face.

"That little fucker." Ginny muttered loudly. "Trying to duel unfairly."

"What happened has happened." Luna brushed off quickly. "No need to fret over it. Fear not for the future, weep not for the past."

"What?"

"It's a quote from Percy Bysshe Shelley... an English poet."

"Oh." Ginny replied, shrugging her shoulders. "That's cool, I guess."

"You're not a reader, are you?" Seamus asked as he smiled at Ginny.

"Not at all."

"He that loves a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently divert and pleasantly entertain himself, as in all weathers, as in all fortunes." Luna stated in a sing song voice.

"Alright enough with the smarty pants quotes." Ginny replied, holding her hand up in a defeated manner. "The sorting hat put you in the right place."

"I wouldn't mind if you were in our house." Harry whispered in her ear. Luna glanced at him and smiled.

"I'm sure you wouldn't." Luna responded, squeezing his hand much like how Seamus did to Ginny before. "Thank you for helping me out back there with Sterling." Luna said to Ron.

Ron peeled his eyes away from Hermione and smiled brightly. "No biggie. What kind of friend would I be if I didn't help my mate's girlfriend out?"

"It meant a lot to me. Since, well, no one usually has defended me."

Everyone seemed to frown at what she said. However, the moment didn't last for long. Ron pulled her in a side hug and joked, "I'll defend you if you'll defend me."

Luna let out a barking laugh and nudged him softly. "With you, that means whenever you're breathing."

Everyone laughed, and Ron pretended to be offended. He shook his head and returned to eating his meat loaf. Everyone looked at each other happily, a sudden feeling of ease and completeness surrounding them. Luna smiled to herself at the peacefulness around them. Thoughts about Harry being mad at her, thoughts of Constantine not being telling her friends about Luna leaving, thoughts of Dominic, thoughts of Natasha's story, and thoughts of the mating ceremony flew out of her mind and all that was left was an immense amount of serendipity.

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A/N: I was going to put so much more into this chapter, but I thought it would get insanely too long. It's already long enough, but I will put the things that were originally in this chapter in the story. I purposely made this one longer since I'm going back to school soon, and it will be harder for me to get in time to write a lot. AND I'm sorry it took forever for this one to be posted. I had it finished, but then I went on vacation without my computer. Hope you guys enjoyed this one!