Harry got up early the next day. He ate breakfast and went down to the
station where students were leaving for Christmas with their families.
He wasn't sure why but he had to talk to Luna one more time before she left. He just had to. He needed some answers.
He arrived at the station with the students were leaving and the few students who had come to see there friends off.
The train was nearly ready to leave when Harry finally saw Luna. "Here," he said. "Let me help you with that." He helped her carry her trunk onto the train.
"Why are you really here?"
"What?" he asked. He walked back off the train and she followed.
"You've got a reason. There's a reason for everything."
Harry sighed. "I want answers, Luna."
"Don't we all? Not knowing something is nerve-wracking, isn't it? Terrifying?" She seemed to smile without changing her facial expression at all.
"I don't know. I guess."
"What do you want the answer to?"
"What possibly possessed you to kiss me?"
"I imagine your friends are giving you a hard time."
"Yeah."
"Well that's just too bad."
"Tell me, please."
"I already did."
"You kissed me so my friends would give me a hard time?"
"No. You're an interesting and attractive person, Harry. Someone I want to spend time with."
"I think I want to spend more time with you too."
"That's nice," her tone was vague.
"Is that all you've got to say?" Harry wasn't sure what he meant by what he said but he'd been expecting a little more reaction than "that's nice". Was he disappointed?
"Harry, look up," she said, a note of wryness in her voice.
Harry looked up, past her face, above her head, until he saw something hanging on the lantern pole. Harry saw what was above his head, there was only one thing he could possibly do. So he did the only the he possibly could.
What's the one thing you have to do when there's mistletoe above you? Kiss the person your standing with . . .in this case: Luna Lovegood.
She grinned, anticipating his reaction to the mistletoe above their heads; he wondered briefly if she had put it there.
Harry's lips met Luna's for the second time. They were as warm and sweet as he remembered from Hogsmeade. Harry wasn't sure how long he'd been kissing her, it could have been a minute, it could have been ten, but the bell for the train rang and she just got back on board and was gone.
Someone tapped him on the shoulder, "Wipe that idiot grin from your face, Potter."
Harry saw Cho standing behind him.
"Hi, Cho. What are you doing here?"
"I was seeing Marietta off. She's going home for the holidays. It's obvious what you were doing here."
Harry took two quick steps to the left to avoid from standing under the mistletoe any longer. Harry ignored her final comment. "I was seeing off a friend. How's your boyfriend doing? Roger Davies, isn't it?" He knew quite well that Roger had broken up with her.
"I broke up with him ages ago. He wasn't good enough for me. So I see the rumors about you and Looney are true."
"Her name's Luna and I don't know what you mean. Only a complete idiot listens to gossip."
She sniffed and stalked off like an angry cat.
Harry laughed, he wasn't quite sure why. But laughing felt right. He began the long walk back to Hogwarts. He walked slowly and got there just as lunch was beginning.
"Harry, where've you been all morning?" asked Hermione.
Ron added, "Nobody was in the dorm when I got up. Why'd you leave so early?"
"I had to see somebody off at the station."
"You know, Cho walked in here twenty minutes ago looking like an angry cat."
"Really?" Cho was so emotional.
"Yeah. Somebody that came in after her said Cho caught you and Luna in a lip-lock," grinned Hermione.
"I was talking to Luna and it turned out we were standing under mistletoe." He tried to shrug it off but none of his friends bought it.
"Sure, Harry." Ron rolled his eyes.
Harry clocked him. "It's true!"
Hermione and Ginny just laughed and started humming love songs under their breaths.
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"You've been quiet the last few days. We want the truth, Harry. What's going on with you and Luna?"
"Truth, Harry, do you fancy her?"
"Of course not! At least, I don't think so." He didn't sound to sure of himself.
He wasn't sure why but he had to talk to Luna one more time before she left. He just had to. He needed some answers.
He arrived at the station with the students were leaving and the few students who had come to see there friends off.
The train was nearly ready to leave when Harry finally saw Luna. "Here," he said. "Let me help you with that." He helped her carry her trunk onto the train.
"Why are you really here?"
"What?" he asked. He walked back off the train and she followed.
"You've got a reason. There's a reason for everything."
Harry sighed. "I want answers, Luna."
"Don't we all? Not knowing something is nerve-wracking, isn't it? Terrifying?" She seemed to smile without changing her facial expression at all.
"I don't know. I guess."
"What do you want the answer to?"
"What possibly possessed you to kiss me?"
"I imagine your friends are giving you a hard time."
"Yeah."
"Well that's just too bad."
"Tell me, please."
"I already did."
"You kissed me so my friends would give me a hard time?"
"No. You're an interesting and attractive person, Harry. Someone I want to spend time with."
"I think I want to spend more time with you too."
"That's nice," her tone was vague.
"Is that all you've got to say?" Harry wasn't sure what he meant by what he said but he'd been expecting a little more reaction than "that's nice". Was he disappointed?
"Harry, look up," she said, a note of wryness in her voice.
Harry looked up, past her face, above her head, until he saw something hanging on the lantern pole. Harry saw what was above his head, there was only one thing he could possibly do. So he did the only the he possibly could.
What's the one thing you have to do when there's mistletoe above you? Kiss the person your standing with . . .in this case: Luna Lovegood.
She grinned, anticipating his reaction to the mistletoe above their heads; he wondered briefly if she had put it there.
Harry's lips met Luna's for the second time. They were as warm and sweet as he remembered from Hogsmeade. Harry wasn't sure how long he'd been kissing her, it could have been a minute, it could have been ten, but the bell for the train rang and she just got back on board and was gone.
Someone tapped him on the shoulder, "Wipe that idiot grin from your face, Potter."
Harry saw Cho standing behind him.
"Hi, Cho. What are you doing here?"
"I was seeing Marietta off. She's going home for the holidays. It's obvious what you were doing here."
Harry took two quick steps to the left to avoid from standing under the mistletoe any longer. Harry ignored her final comment. "I was seeing off a friend. How's your boyfriend doing? Roger Davies, isn't it?" He knew quite well that Roger had broken up with her.
"I broke up with him ages ago. He wasn't good enough for me. So I see the rumors about you and Looney are true."
"Her name's Luna and I don't know what you mean. Only a complete idiot listens to gossip."
She sniffed and stalked off like an angry cat.
Harry laughed, he wasn't quite sure why. But laughing felt right. He began the long walk back to Hogwarts. He walked slowly and got there just as lunch was beginning.
"Harry, where've you been all morning?" asked Hermione.
Ron added, "Nobody was in the dorm when I got up. Why'd you leave so early?"
"I had to see somebody off at the station."
"You know, Cho walked in here twenty minutes ago looking like an angry cat."
"Really?" Cho was so emotional.
"Yeah. Somebody that came in after her said Cho caught you and Luna in a lip-lock," grinned Hermione.
"I was talking to Luna and it turned out we were standing under mistletoe." He tried to shrug it off but none of his friends bought it.
"Sure, Harry." Ron rolled his eyes.
Harry clocked him. "It's true!"
Hermione and Ginny just laughed and started humming love songs under their breaths.
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"You've been quiet the last few days. We want the truth, Harry. What's going on with you and Luna?"
"Truth, Harry, do you fancy her?"
"Of course not! At least, I don't think so." He didn't sound to sure of himself.