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In just a few days students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang would be arriving at Hogwarts and the Triwizard Tournament would be starting soon. Luna was still worried about Fred entering the Tournament, but didn't mention her worries around him.

All she was allowing herself to worry about was if Angelina had been kissed by Fred like he had kissed her a few weeks ago. That kiss was all she thought about lately and whenever Fred would wave to her in the hallways or smile at her across from the Great Hall she couldn't help but obsess over it.

She knew that he liked her, but she also knew that he liked Angelina. Soon her worries about him dying in a highly dangerous competition were replaced by worries that he was snogging Angelina any chance he got.

There was only one solution she could come up with it. That solution being that she placed a spy in Gryffindor Tower.

"Please tell me you're joking," Ginny said to Luna.

The two girls were sitting outside eating their lunch together. Even though it was cold outside they had decided to go out because no one would be around to listen in on their conversation. It didn't exactly occur to either girl that no one had any interest in what two thirteen year-old girls were talking about.

"I'm not, but I just really need to know, Ginny," Luna said desperately. "I don't want Angelina to break his heart if they start dating. I'm very concerned about my friend."

"Concerned or paranoid?" Ginny asked as she tightened her robes around her. "Can we please go inside to talk about this? It's freezing out here!"

"No," Luna said, frantically shaking her head. "Ginny just snoop around a bit. See if they hold hands or anything."

"Why can't you ask him this yourself?" Ginny questioned.

Luna opened her mouth to give her answer when she closed it again. If she told Ginny the details of why she couldn't ask him then it would complicate their friendship. Right now her relationship was so simple with Ginny that there was no way she could complicate it.

"It's complicated," Luna said simply.

Ginny studied Luna's face for a minute before exhaling loudly.

"Fine," she said, throwing her hands up in the air. "I'll do it."

It was impossible to say that Ginny was expecting the colossal hug Luna gave her. The two girls toppled on to the grass and were laughing seconds later.

"Thank you, Ginny!" Luna cried happily as she sat up.

"Sure, just don't tackle me again," Ginny said with a giggle as she picked grass out of her hair. "Now, can we please go inside?"

Nodding, Luna stood up and Ginny joined her as they walked toward the entrance hall. It was Sunday so classes weren't in session. Ginny left Luna to head into the Great Hall to finish her lunch. Luna on the other hand was heading toward the library to get information to finish her Potions essay.

Today was shaping up to be an exceptional day. Now that Ginny had agreed to keep an eye on Fred and Angelina for her Luna felt as if a weight had been lifted from her chest. As she walked down the hallway she couldn't help but start to add a skip to her step.

Everything was going right for Luna until she spotted a group of Gryffindor girls walking in her direction. Her skipping stopped immediately as she noticed one of the girls was Angelina. Luna tried her best to fade into the background, but the group of girls stopped when they reached her.

"You girls go ahead," Angelina said. "I want to talk to Luna."

The girls said their goodbyes to Angelina before continuing down the hallway.

"Hello Angelina," Luna said simply as she looked up at the older girl.

"Hi Luna," Angelina said, smiling at her. "This is a little embarrassing, but can I ask you something?"

The last thing Luna expected was for Angelina Johnson to ask her something that could be potentially embarrassing. What she expected was for the older girl to chew her out for spending so much time with Fred.

"All right," Luna said slowly.

"I know you're really close to Fred," Angelina said before wringing her hands together. "I just want to know if he's ever talked to you about me."

"I don't think I'm following you," Luna said.

"Well, I really like Fred," Angelina said with a soft smile. "Has he ever mentioned that he might possibly like me back?"

Luna felt like she had just been smacked across the face. She was doomed. Any hope of her being with Fred was now going to be fed to Nargles for breakfast. It was clear that Angelina liked Fred as well.

The thing was whether she should lie or tell the truth. Should she be a good friend and say that he was crazy about her? Or should she say that he hadn't shown any interest?

Taking a deep breath Luna met Angelina's eyes with a smile on her face.

"He talks about you nonstop to be honest," Luna said honestly, feeling the words slowly tearing her apart inside. "I think he was beginning to worry that you would never show any interest in him."

"Are you sure?" Angelina asked warily. "Has he directly told you that he likes me?"

"He's been talking about you since my first year," Luna said with a falsely carefree shrug. "I think he was just trying to muster up the courage to ask you out."

Angelina's face immediately lit up and she wrapped her long arms around Luna.

"Thanks, Luna!" she exclaimed happily. "You're the best!"

Before Luna could utter out another syllable Angelina was dashing down the hallway to most likely catch up with her friends. Luna's stomach started to churn and she began blinking back tears. Before anything else she was a friend to Fred. Sometimes she just wished she wasn't such a good one.