A New Distraction
Chapter Five:
A Promise Is Made (Final Chapter: Mystery Girl Revealed!)
By Houdinishideaway
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Author's Note: Well, here it is. The last chapter. I'm sorry it's been taking me so long
to get this one out to you. I've had so many other plot bunnies running
through my head for other fic ideas that it's really hard for me to complete the fics I've already got going. If any of you are fans of my fic, "Harry Potter and the Awakening of the Heir", I've got three chapters left
on that one, and I will try to get that one finished soon too. Well, anyway, I want to thank those of you who stayed with me through this whole story, and for all the wonderful reviews that you gave me. I really loved hearing them. I hope you like this last chapter, and it does not disappoint you. Well, I'm sure you are all dying to know who the mystery girl is, so I'll shut up and start writing. This one shouldn't be too long. Basically, I'm just going to reveal the identity and wrap everything up. Let me know what you think, and please review! Just no comments on spelling, grammar, or if I should have used a certain word instead of another, I don't really pay that much attention to those sorts of reviews, so you are really just wasting your time. I'd rather hear what you have to say about the actual
story.
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Percy was sitting at a table by himself in the one and only fancy restaurant Hogsmeade had. He had sent his girlfriend an OWL hours earlier but he really had no idea whether or not she would choose to come. He was never nervous and he sat at the table waiting for his girlfriend. He was wearing his best cloak, had shaved (even though he really didn't need to do it) combed his hair so it was nice and neat, and he holding a bouquet of long stem roses in his lap. There was something else resting in the pocket
of his cloak, something he was very nervous about giving her.
Would she show? Percy felt as tense as he had ever been in his entire life.
He had been very cruel to her. She might now show up. It would probably serve him right if she never spoke to him again, considering the way that he had treated her. The cold flames of shame burned inside Percy's chest. He may have just lost the best thing he ever had going for him. And if she
didn't show up, what would become of his gift?
Percy's heart leaped into his chest when he saw a beautiful dark blonde haired girl with big dreamy eyes entire the room. She looked amazing. She always looked amazing to Percy. How such a lovely creature could could ever
come to love someone like him, he wondered. Maybe she didn't love him anymore; maybe she came here just to tell him off. She was wearing a simple plain dark red dress, no cloak. The dress had no sleeves. Percy wanted to run to her, to throw his cloak around her so she would not be cold, but he dared not. Besides, he could not see her shiver. She looked so determined
as she slowly walked over to their table, her eyes staring unblinkingly into Percy's eyes that he knew even if she was covered in snow, she would not shiver, just so that she would show no weakness to him. She was funny
in ways like that.
She sat down at the table, and Percy handed her the roses.
"These are for you," he mumbled feeling very sheepish.
She thanked him, her lip looking uncharactstically thin giving her an uncanny momentary resemblance of a certain Hogwarts Deputy Headmistress.
Percy swallowed his pride and gave his girlfriend a full apology, even
though he left out the part about throwing up in Penelope Clearwater's bathroom. Although she would probably think that would be very funny, he knew that was a subject improper to speak of in such a fine restaurant. He
was happy enough to know at the moment she had forgiven him, and this nightmare could be over. But then Percy remembered what was resting in the pocket of his cloak. With hands trembling, he opened a small black velvet
box before her. She gasped before Percy could begin one word of the speech he had practiced so carefully all day. "An engagement ring?" she said with a look of horror.
"No, not an engagement ring," he said taken back. "We are both much too young for that, it's a promise ring. A promise that we will be together for
always, and someday when we are not so young, we can get married."
"Oh," she said blushing, but smiling. "Well, that's a promise I think we
can both live up to then, don't you think?"
Percy slipped the promise ring onto her finger feeling like the happiest
and luckiest wizard in the world.
"I love you, Percy Weasley," she said.
"And I love you too, Luna Lovegood," he replied.
As Luna leaned over the table to kiss him, Percy knew that everything in
the world was just as it should be.
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The End.
Chapter Five:
A Promise Is Made (Final Chapter: Mystery Girl Revealed!)
By Houdinishideaway
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Author's Note: Well, here it is. The last chapter. I'm sorry it's been taking me so long
to get this one out to you. I've had so many other plot bunnies running
through my head for other fic ideas that it's really hard for me to complete the fics I've already got going. If any of you are fans of my fic, "Harry Potter and the Awakening of the Heir", I've got three chapters left
on that one, and I will try to get that one finished soon too. Well, anyway, I want to thank those of you who stayed with me through this whole story, and for all the wonderful reviews that you gave me. I really loved hearing them. I hope you like this last chapter, and it does not disappoint you. Well, I'm sure you are all dying to know who the mystery girl is, so I'll shut up and start writing. This one shouldn't be too long. Basically, I'm just going to reveal the identity and wrap everything up. Let me know what you think, and please review! Just no comments on spelling, grammar, or if I should have used a certain word instead of another, I don't really pay that much attention to those sorts of reviews, so you are really just wasting your time. I'd rather hear what you have to say about the actual
story.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Percy was sitting at a table by himself in the one and only fancy restaurant Hogsmeade had. He had sent his girlfriend an OWL hours earlier but he really had no idea whether or not she would choose to come. He was never nervous and he sat at the table waiting for his girlfriend. He was wearing his best cloak, had shaved (even though he really didn't need to do it) combed his hair so it was nice and neat, and he holding a bouquet of long stem roses in his lap. There was something else resting in the pocket
of his cloak, something he was very nervous about giving her.
Would she show? Percy felt as tense as he had ever been in his entire life.
He had been very cruel to her. She might now show up. It would probably serve him right if she never spoke to him again, considering the way that he had treated her. The cold flames of shame burned inside Percy's chest. He may have just lost the best thing he ever had going for him. And if she
didn't show up, what would become of his gift?
Percy's heart leaped into his chest when he saw a beautiful dark blonde haired girl with big dreamy eyes entire the room. She looked amazing. She always looked amazing to Percy. How such a lovely creature could could ever
come to love someone like him, he wondered. Maybe she didn't love him anymore; maybe she came here just to tell him off. She was wearing a simple plain dark red dress, no cloak. The dress had no sleeves. Percy wanted to run to her, to throw his cloak around her so she would not be cold, but he dared not. Besides, he could not see her shiver. She looked so determined
as she slowly walked over to their table, her eyes staring unblinkingly into Percy's eyes that he knew even if she was covered in snow, she would not shiver, just so that she would show no weakness to him. She was funny
in ways like that.
She sat down at the table, and Percy handed her the roses.
"These are for you," he mumbled feeling very sheepish.
She thanked him, her lip looking uncharactstically thin giving her an uncanny momentary resemblance of a certain Hogwarts Deputy Headmistress.
Percy swallowed his pride and gave his girlfriend a full apology, even
though he left out the part about throwing up in Penelope Clearwater's bathroom. Although she would probably think that would be very funny, he knew that was a subject improper to speak of in such a fine restaurant. He
was happy enough to know at the moment she had forgiven him, and this nightmare could be over. But then Percy remembered what was resting in the pocket of his cloak. With hands trembling, he opened a small black velvet
box before her. She gasped before Percy could begin one word of the speech he had practiced so carefully all day. "An engagement ring?" she said with a look of horror.
"No, not an engagement ring," he said taken back. "We are both much too young for that, it's a promise ring. A promise that we will be together for
always, and someday when we are not so young, we can get married."
"Oh," she said blushing, but smiling. "Well, that's a promise I think we
can both live up to then, don't you think?"
Percy slipped the promise ring onto her finger feeling like the happiest
and luckiest wizard in the world.
"I love you, Percy Weasley," she said.
"And I love you too, Luna Lovegood," he replied.
As Luna leaned over the table to kiss him, Percy knew that everything in
the world was just as it should be.
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The End.