Chapter 28:
"Luna, would you do me the honor of accompanying me to dinner tonight?" Orion asks. He was still nervous around her. She was an odd bird, always going on about various strange animals. Sure she accepted being his mate, but he still wasn't certain of her feelings for him.
"I would be delighted Orion. Thank you for thinking of me." Luna smiles at the dark haired boy that will be her friend, lover and husband for the rest of their lives.
He gapes, "Of course I thought of you. You are always in my thoughts, Luna. You are my world. You may be still confused about this, but you are foremost in my life. I love you Luna Lovegood! I always will, my mate." He purrs in her ear as he wraps his arms around her. To think, she will be his wife and the mother of any of his children, just blows his mind.
"Harry, Lily just stopped me in the hall." Hermione walks into their bedroom. He looks up to show his wife, he loves the thought of that, that he is listening. "She and James want us to go to London for dinner and dancing with them. I think they want to spend some time with us." 'Wow, Mum and Dad want us to spend time with them'
That night, Hermione and Hazel help Luna get ready. They all had dates with their men. Hermione and Harry were going to dinner and then dancing with the elder Potters. Frank and Hazel were going to a movie. This was the first time they were spending time together as a couple, alone. Orion told Luna to dress well and that was the end of the clues as to where they were going.
While Hermione is getting ready for their date, Harry runs to his father, Ares. "What should I do? I can't dance worth a shit. I fumbled my way through it last year because I had to. Mum and Dad want to take Hermione and l out for dinner and dancing."
"Easy now Son. Unless they take you out Salsa dancing, you'll be fine with a relaxed waltz position. A hand on her waist, and the other holding her hand. Hold her close and just do a fancy sway back and forth. Spin her out and back a few times. It'll be fine. Remember, be affectionate, attentive and loving. Just because you are married, doesn't mean that you shouldn't be courting her every day. I must say myself, It's handy to have a Veela for a father huh?" With another reminder to mind his manners, Ares sends Harry on his way.
The dinner goes well. While Lily and Hermione compare notes about school, and the guys, said guys are freed to talk Quidditch. Sirius and Remus had told James that Harry had made the team, but didn't let anything else by.
"So Son, Padfoot and Moony told me that you are on the team, but they didn't tell me anything else."
"Yeah, I have been since my first year. I play seeker. Professor McGonagall saw me catching Nev's remembrall, during our first flying lesson. She came out and took me to Oliver Wood who was captain. I think she bought me my first broom, a Nimbus 2000. It was destroyed in my third year by the Whomping Willow. The dementors of Azkaban were on the grounds looking for Sirius, who escaped earlier that year. Now I have a Firebolt. Pads bought it to make up for the twelve missed birthdays and Christmases."
"Honey, isn't that the game that you dropped a couple hundred feet and then afterward asked Moony to give you extra lessons?" Hermione asks. Both Lily and James are now intrigued.
"Yes, love. You were there. The dementors came after me and I lost consciousness. Of course they would, they love going after me. As Remus said, I have true horrors in my past, so I'm like a juicy steak to them. I asked Moony because each time they came around me, I heard a woman screaming. She said "Take me instead. Please don't kill Harry, not Harry. Nooo." Harry looks at Lily. " I hear your last moments alive Mum." Lily stands and walks around the table. "My poor little boy. We love so much Harry." She takes him in her arms, crying.
"That's not all of it. Harry is the youngest ever to produce a corporeal patronus. Moony taught him in our third year. He actually saved Sirius and his own life with it." Hermione beams at her husband, proudly.
"His name is Prongs, Moony and Pads say he looks like your animangus form, Dad." Tears pour down James' face. "Thank you son. Transfiguration was my best subject, though that is a charm. The patronus takes the shape of what the conjurer feels safest with, what will protect them. The stag is mine as well, Lil's is a doe."
"Drake said that Severus' was also a doe."
"I feel that's because he was my best friend, and in love with me during school. James, Sev and I have gotten over the past."
Lily and James pay, while Harry leaves the tip. He is still nervous about dancing. Once they get to the club, James gives Harry a look of ' Not my idea.' The music wasn't what James and Lily thought it would be, forgetting that they were gone for almost twenty years.
"I guess this is your show guys. Do you want to go somewhere else, or stay and try to teach two novices how to deal?" James shrugs at them.
"I think I can handle teaching you lot. Please don't be offended, it's a pretty raunchy way of dancing. Watch the people on the floor for a moment." Hermione motions for them to take a look. It almost looks pornographic to James. Lily is game for anything, especially if it means getting that close to her handsome husband. Harry steps behind Mi for a moment. He pulls her back against him and rests his chin on her shoulder. "We will be doing that?" She nods. "Have I said that I love you yet today?"
"Yes, you have love." She takes his hand and leads him out onto the floor. She stands back to him and places his hands on her hips as she slowly circles them into his in time with the music. Harry groans into her neck. "Mi, if you keep that up. It will be a short night here, and a very long one in our bed. Where are Mum and Dad?" Harry looks around the club. "Love, they're over there." She points to the other side of the floor. Once the crowd clears, they could see Lily keeping up and James with a look of befuddled joy on his face.
Harry's attention is soon returned to his wife, once she bends over at the waist and presses against him. "You minx, I love you." He murmurs in his wife's ear. He turns her around and hikes her leg up over his hip, his fingers sliding down to tease her gently. "Hmm… this whole dancing thing is starting to grow on me. I highly doubt that it would be acceptable at Hogwarts, but we can do this anytime you want." He promised her, groaning the last part, as she grinds into him.
"Kids, I think it's time to go." James pulls Lily along and motions for them to follow.
