Employee Appreciation

When George woke up in the morning, the first thing his eyes found was Luna. He grinned and lightly brushed the hair back from her face. Her eyes fluttered open and she smiled softly. "Good morning beautiful." She smiled and closed her eyes again.

"Morning." She mumbled into his chest. George threaded his fingers into her hair. And she fell silent. George figured she had fallen asleep again. He would have happily stayed in bed all day with Luna, but his stomach had other ideas. A loud rumble awoke Luna. She looked up at him and smiled. "Hungry." She stated. "Me too." She leaned up and kissed him once quickly before pushing off the bed. She swiftly threw on a robe and walked out to the kitchen. George followed closely behind, sporting a low slung pair of pajama pants. Luna worked on frying up some bacon and eggs, while George made them some tea.

George shot Luna a look out of the corner of his eye and grinned. She raised an eyebrow at him. "See something you like?" She laughed.

"No. I see something I love." Luna laughed harder.

"You are so cheesy." She flipped the bacon and checked her eggs before looking over at George. She smiled at him. "I love that though." He grinned back, and walked up behind Luna, his hands resting on her hips, and then sliding around to rest on her stomach. She melted against him. "Don't distract me from breakfast, or do you want burnt food?"

"Okay, okay." He sighed and stepped back after pressing a kiss to her shoulder. He set the table, and poured out the tea. Luna finished cooking and they sat down to breakfast together. "I'll need to go in and check on the shop today." George said conversationally.

"I should pop home; Sarah has probably forgotten what my face looks like." She grinned.

"Hmm I was hoping maybe you'd want to stick around." He shot a wink at Luna. She giggled.

"I'll come back later." She grinned and blinked her eyes at him a couple of times.

"Okay."

"But before anything else we ought to clean the kitchen." George flicked his wand at the kitchen, their plates zoomed off, and everything started cleaning itself.

"There. Done." He smiled cheekily at Luna. She rolled her eyes and stood up, walking to the kitchen anyway. George followed behind her mischievously. He lifted her, and sat her on the counter, her legs went around him, his hands found hers, and he pulled her closer to him. He lowered his mouth to hers and kissed her soundly. Her hands ran up his back, and she moaned softly.

Just then the door to his flat burst open and they could hear. "Whoa!"

"Dammit Ron, what have I told you about knocking?" He asked leaning away from Luna slightly. He turned, keeping Luna hidden behind him. "Can you come back later, or is this urgent?" He asked

"It's no big deal…you can uh, finish up here." He laughed. "I'll be downstairs; nice to see you Luna!" He shot over his shoulder with a laugh as he closed the door behind him. Luna started laughing, so George started laughing. He turned back around and put a hand on either side of her face.

"I'm sorry about that Luna; Ron can be such an idiot sometimes." George grumbled. Luna giggled.

"It's okay. I thought it was pretty funny." She grinned. George smiled and leaned in, pressing his lips softly against hers. Luna smiled into the kiss before drawing back. "I should get going. I'm clearly distracting you from something important."

"It can't be that important, or he would've told me. I can't think of anything more important than you." Luna chuckled.

"That cheese again George." She ran her hands lightly over his shoulders. "You don't need to make me fall harder in love with you." George locked eyes with Luna and felt his heart surge. He leaned in and pressed his lips to Luna's neck.

"Maybe you're right though. Why don't you come back around five, I'll cook you dinner, you can stay over?" Luna smiled, and pretended to think about it.

"I guess so…" She finally said at length, a smile playing about her features.

"Wow, way to hurt my ego Luna." George feigned hurt. Luna smiled and leant in kissing George quickly on the cheek.

"You know I was joking." I gotta go though, or we will be stuck here all day I think." George nodded, but dipped his head in for one last searing kiss before backing away and helping Luna off of the counter. She skirted him and went into the bedroom, throwing some clothes on quickly. She passed George, who was still standing in the same place, and quickly kissed him on the cheek. "I'll see you in a bit."

"See ya." George smiled.

Luna practically skipped home. She got into the shower and sang happily to herself. She went into her room and put on a green sundress that she paired with bright pink flip flops. She came out into the living room to see Sarah sitting on the couch.

"Hey Luna." She smiled. "I was beginning to wonder if I would ever see you again." Luna smiled sheepishly.

"Sorry. It's just things have been going really well with George. It's nice waking up with him." She shrugged.

"I'm jealous, I've tried so hard to get a boyfriend, and one just falls into your lap." She sighed.

"Aw, you'll find someone Sarah." Luna patted her friend on the shoulder as she sat next to her.

"Thanks Luna. How did the visit with the parents go yesterday?" She asked.

"Really well, his parents are really nice, and my dad likes him." She paused unsure if she should say more.

"And?" Sarah asked, like she sensed Luna's hesitation.

"Last night…George and I, you know…" She faded off, unsure of how to talk about it. Sarah's eyes grew wide.

"You finally did it?" She asked. Luna nodded. "Way to go! How was it?" Luna smiled; she could feel her face going red.

"It was amazing…"

George had showered and gotten dressed before he went into the shop to see what Ron wanted. He greeted Lee who was on the till and asked where Ron was. He found him in the back room, head resting on his hands, eyes closed. He grinned; he brought his face slowly next to Ron's and yelled. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Ron's eyes flashed open and he jumped, which caused him to fall out of his chair. "I don't pay for napping, do I brother?" George asked, laughing.

"You're such an arse George." Ron grumbled, making his way back into the chair he had just fallen out of.

"I know." George grinned. "You kind of deserve it though, after what happened this morning." Ron shrugged before nodding his head; a glint came into his eye.

"What exactly did I witness this morning anyway?"

"Don't worry about that you busybody." George answered, dodging eye contact.

"Is this some new employee appreciation thing? Because if so I'll skip it." Ron laughed.

"That is so gross Ron. Now if you'll kindly tell me what the problem is, I'll sort it out and be on my way. I've got things to do today.

"Oh, there was an error on the last flyer that got sent out. But no worries, I've fixed it." George raised an eyebrow.

"Alright then, anything else I should know about?" Ron shook his head.

"I've got everything under control."

"Thanks mate." George grinned and slapped Ron on the shoulder.

When five o'clock rolled around George was ready. Dinner was cooked, his apartment clean, and music playing softly in the background. He answered the light knock at his door with a smile. He drew Luna into his apartment, placing a soft kiss on her lips.

"Wow, you cleaned the apartment for me?" She asked once she was able to look around. George laughed and nodded. The evening went well; Luna enjoyed dinner and the clean apartment. And that night fell asleep in George's arms thinking how lucky she was.

AN: I'm sorry it's been an age since I updated this story. Life and writers block kind of got in the way. Anyway, hopefully you enjoy this chapter. I thought it was important for them to settle into a new normal. Next chapter will have them back at meetings and the story will be moving forward a bit more. Thanks For all the follows, reviews, and favs. They make my day! Thanks for reading! WS