Chapter 14: observations

Previously:

He continued to speak; 'I had been planning on giving it to you later, for the ball, but well, I thought it would be a good away of commemorating the end of the match,' his mind flashed briefly to the feel of his arms around hers, the flicker of when her lips touched his, 'you know, our first win.'

When Ginny looked back to the start of this year at Hogwarts, she struggled to believe how much had happened in such a few short months. School had started in September and now December had just began.

So much had happened in such a short space of time –to think that Ron and Hermione, and Luna and Blaise had started going out a month or two ago. And perhaps, Ginny mused to her self as she straightened her hair; the funniest thing of all was that at this start of the term it had been so different –she would never have thought she would see her brother and Draco sharing a joke, but yet they did, a countless amount of times.

And it was at this point she found herself, now, at the after party of the match, fingering the fine silver chain around her wrist as she attempted to stay out of sight and avoid Lavender, who, no doubt, would have some plan for her. Which is why she was also currently hiding behind a pot plant.

Although it was quite a large fern she was hiding behind, she could never hide from him. He smirked, he could catch glints of her red hair through it's branches; but even if he was wearing a hat and a massive trench coat, not that that wouldn't be obvious or anything, but even if she was, he had a feeling he'd be able to spot her anywhere.

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She watched the flurry of the crowd around her, how the bright clothing picked up the glow of the fairy lights as people seemed to move as a mass, as they moved, the colours changed and shifted, greens became blues, which were eventually replaced by pinks. Luna couldn't help being drawn to it.

She found herself sighing as she looked around her, she couldn't help it; they were being so silly. She could see them now, partially hidden behind the plant pot. It wasn't a very good hiding place. Quite a few people could see them already, and from the comments of the people next to her she had to agree –it did look like they were making out, look being the keyword, as Ernie pointed out, because if you looked closely you could see they were just talking. They all sounded so disappointed. And she didn't blame them.

They, being herself, Blaise, Ron and Hermione, that perhaps if they just gave them tons of "alone time" and pushed them together their natural chemistry would take care of things, and perhaps if they occasionally gave the them pushes in the other's direction, hints, made innuendos. She wished they would just get together already. This was becoming exceedingly painful.

But then Luna found herself smiling, the ball was only a week or two away now, the weekend before the Christmas holidays, it was the perfect excuse for shopping then a girl's night. And they all had so much to talk about; Luna judged by the way Ron and Hermione were sneaking off. Gosh, they were almost as bad as Pansy and Neville.

She turned back to observing the cute couple to be, 'Awww,' she Blaise whisper in her ear softly as he looped his arm around her waist, 'they're dancing now. And don't think either of have them has realised it isn't a slow song anymore. But' he turned to Luna, smiling playfully down at her, 'should you like one anyway? Actually,' he said as he pulled her, giggling into him, 'I don't think you get a choice.'

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Pavarti sighed, 'stupid, stupid, stupid, no idiotic, git, gahhhhhhhhhh' she thought to herself; she didn't really like liking oblivious males much. It got so tiresome. But still, he seemed to consume her mind, it was as if a war was waging inside her head, between the rational and irrational, and the irrational, unconscious mind was winning.

She found herself looking scanning the room, he was sitting in the lounge area with Dean, Lavender was flitting about from one person to the next, but some how always managing to fit in a kiss or dance with Seamus –that boy was certainly not being neglected.

She couldn't help but smile as she watched the happy couples interact with each other, you didn't have to know about their relationship to know they were together; they moved with each other, they laughed together, but no matter how typical it is, you could tell it by the way they looked at one another. And Ron and Hermione, well they weren't as bad as Pansy and Neville that was for sure.

And Lavender and Seamus, well, she just couldn't see them with anyone else, to be honest, not now, not ever. And she strongly believed they had learnt Legilimency, or had some secret weird way of communicating which they used to gang up on people. Like now; she just knew they were going to try and make her be social, to make her talk to him, hopefully Sinead would come back soon with the drinks and save her.

In the back of her mind she tried to think of ways to escape, but as she looked for an exit her eyes fell on Draco and Ginny, laughing, as he seemed to be trying to teach her to dance. Her breath caught. They looked so, so… good together, they looked so happy, so into one another, it made her heart ache, she wondered if Harry would, or could ever look at her like that.

She as she continued to watch them, noting how they seemed to have blocked out the rest of the world, they were utterly oblivious to everyone around them, it was a beautiful sight, and, by the conversation around her, she wasn't the only one who noticed this. Heaven help them fending off the rumours tomorrow, but now she had to find a way to avoid Lavender and Seamus before it was too late…

A/N: I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and I realise Pavarti seems to becoming into the story quite a bit, I didn't intend that to happen, but it does have a purpose… :) (at least, at the moment it does)

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