Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, and the lyrics in this story are taken from John Mayer, but I'm pretending that they're Rose's because they describe her situation so well

A/N: Xiaoyou: Lol, the only reason I keep this going is because I've lost all grasp on reality, and because you like reading it…

Sam: you're totally right about that thing in ch. 7, but I have to justify myself in some way, so I'm going to say it was because they had never been to an amusement park before (especially Harry living with the Dursely's you know) and they didn't know about things like Ferris wheels and the IMAX theater and stuff… and there's something I know I need to remember for youy , and its tugging my brain strings but I can't quite place it…..

Rose was laying in her bed, waiting for Rhiannon to come back with the post. It was a gloomy day and there wasn't anything much to do. Not like she had done anything besides study for the past month. She sat up and grabbed her guitar, closing the curtains around her bed. She began to play and then sang the lyrics that she'd been thinking of for a while.

I'm dizzy from the shopping mall

I searched for joy

But I bought it all

It doesn't help

The hunger pains

First I'd have to drown first to ever satiate

Something's missing

And I don't know how to fix it

Something's missing

And I don't know what it is

No I don't know it is

At all…

Autumn comes

It doesn't ask

It just walks in

Where I left you last

You never know when it starts

Until there's fog inside the glass around your summer heart

Something's missing

And I don't know how to fix it

Something's missing

And I don't know what it is

No I don't know it is

At all…

I can't be sure that this difference

is not of my own design

my own design

I wish I could be over this contest

For loneliness

For loneliness now

Rose put her guitar down and put her face into her pillow. She cried until there were no more tears and fell asleep.

She woke up an hour later when Rhiannon flew in through the window and screeched at her to wake up. There wasn't any mail, but Rhiannon had brought her a mouse, which she graciously declined. After trying to get back to sleep for a while, Rose decided to go for a run. She hooked Aspasia to a leash, put Rhiannon on her arm, and went outside. She had her locket with her in her pocket; she hadn't worn it since the day she and Draco had kissed.

As she ran, she recalled that day, the start of her loneliness. Her last image of that entire day was Draco, laying on the ground. She didn't cry though, because this image had haunted her too often to affect her as much now. Liv and Harry were still together, although they had been through a couple small arguments, but no one was able to convince Draco and Rose to get back together.

Draco looked out the window of the Slytherin Commonroom, and saw Rose running. He sighed. The only reason he had left Rose alone for the past months was because she said she needed time, and he could tell that she was telling the truth. He was willing to wait for her forever, but it still hurt not to be with her. Finally he realized that Ron and Hermione were right. He loved Rose. This realization shocked him. He had never loved anyone before, not like this. He needed to get Rose back, but he would need help.

Liv had been hanging out with Luna more often lately, since Rose refused any company at all. Luna was a pleasant person really, she was just very secretive. That's why everyone thought she was crazy; she had a strange way of keeping secrets. She figured that if she led everyone to believe that she was crazy, then she wouldn't be asked about any secrets. She was right, it worked very well. Liv had no idea of half the things that went on with Luna, but she was still a good friend.

Liv always went to her with her problems, and she definitely needed to see Luna today.

"Ron, you've got to help me. I just don't know how to break it to her…," Harry pleaded desperately.

"Well mate, whenever I used to have to break up with a girl, I-" Ron started.

"Ronald, you know as well as I do that you never had a steady girlfriend before me," Hermione stated.

"Fine then, honey, what do you suggest?" Ron asked in an irked tone.

"First, Harry, you should make sure that it's not a hard break-up. That's crucial if you want to avoid the rest of this year and next being totally awkward around her. Second, make sure that you have a good reason. If you just break-up with her and don't say why, everyone will think that you're a total jerk. And third, don't break it off in public. Make sure its somewhere private and at a good time so that it doesn't effect anything else too badly."

"What am I supposed to say for my reason!" Harry exclaimed, looking panicked.

"Well, what is your reason?" Hermione asked.

"I don't know really… It's just like, she's not the Liv I asked out anymore. Or maybe I just never really liked her like that and only just realized it… Oh, what should I say?" Harry said, moaning.

"Just tell her that you don't like her, I'm sure-" Ron tried to put in.

"No! Whatever you do don't tell her that you don't like her. That's one of the awkward positions that you need to avoid. Ummmm, how about… 'I just don't feel it anymore, there's no…spark. But, I still like you a lot as a friend.' How does that work for you?" Hermione asked, sounding anxious for him to accept her answer.

Harry heaved out a sigh of relief.

"That sounds perfect," he replied.

"Glad that's over, now we can go down and eat!" Ron said, patting his stomach, which miraculously wasn't that bad looking. (hah Ron with a six pack, oh yeah baby!)

"How is it that no matter what, you seem to always think about food? Don't you care about anything else?" Hermione asked, turning red with anger.

"I…uh…I care about you…," Ron replied hastily, shooting Hermione a glace of anxiety.

Hermione was completely hooked by the hastily thought up response and threw her arms around Ron's neck, and kissing him while they toppled over the chair arm onto the floor of the Gryffindor commonroom.

"Well, I think I'll leave you two alone," Harry said, grinning, as he ran up to his dormitory.

"Luna, I don't know what to do! I'm afraid I'll hurt his feelings…," Liv said.

"Just say that you just want to be friends," Luna replied, sounding perfectly sensible. She was always sensible when it came to Liv's social life problems.

"But that's so…," Liv trailed off.

"Classic. It's classic, and that means he will not get any misunderstandings… By the way, who is it that we're dumping now?"

"Uh…Harry…Potter…," Liv said, looking guilty.

Luna gasped and exclaimed, "Really! I had thought that you broke it off weeks ago!"

"No… I wish we had though. It's just been slightly awkward since then. Enough about that though… How's your love life?" Liv asked.

Luna suppressed a smile, "Drab and dark as usual," she replied. But, Liv knew that look much too well to be fooled.

"So who is it? Did they ask you to Hogsmeade or do you just like them?" Liv asked, wanting to know all the details.

"Ah-ah-ah, nope, no details until you break it off with Harry," Luna replied, smirking in a way that was almost Slytherin. Liv could tell that Luna must have done something completely and truly amazing, because she only ever smirked like that when her mysterious yet intriguingly Ravenclaw ways were paid off.

'Finally! Now everyone will be happy. I'll get my man, Hermione's got hers, Rose will be getting hers soon, and I'm getting Liv hers. Perfect. Worthy of a little Ravenclaw celebration,' Luna thought. It was only her pure genius, as she liked to call it, that had produced the cure to the affliction that had separated her from her love. All that was left to do was to hook Liv up with someone and administer the potion she had been working on for months now to the one she so desperately wanted back.

Luna shooed Liv off before going to find Rose. She could help that situation along a little bit as well…

"Ron, Hermione, you were right, now please, please help me with this!" Draco pleaded. No one had ever seen a Malfoy beg before. It was a strange sight, but Draco was obviously desperate.

"Alright, alright, of course we'll help! After all, what could be better than seeing our niece happy again?" Hermione said, laughing a little. She was happy that at least one of the infamous Gryffindor-Slytherin couple had come to their senses. Now the problem was getting Rose to come around. That might be tough, if Hermione knew Rose at all, she knew how stubborn she could be.

Here in this locket lies a small piece

Of the mirror that was made to bring peace

To the tormented souls of lovers.

One look inside,

And you'll see by your side,

The image of your true soul's mate.

Rose read this poem engraved into the heart shaped locket time and time again as she ran. She thought of opening it, to find out if the one that she turned down, the one that still tormented her dreams, the one that she ran from whenever she saw him, was really her soul mate. But she remembered her Grandmother's note that had come in the box with the locket. Along with the apologies that she would never really get to know Rose, for she had seen her own death coming, it said to beware of hasty decisions and not to open the locket until she knew she was ready.

Then, a though struck her. Maybe she had already made a hasty decision in rejecting Draco…

She stopped running and sat down in realization. She knew she had hurt more than just herself when she had rejected him originally, but she had thought that Draco would've gotten over her by now.

"Yet he still won't move on… Why?" she pondered to herself.

"Because he'll never give up on you. 'He who is hopelessly fallen with devotion won't lose his quarry to the world,'" Luna quoted, walking, or gliding rather, towards Rose.

"Hey, Luna. Uhh, did I say that out loud?" Rose replied, turning red.

"Yes, you did. Anyways, Rose would you like to accompany me to St. Mungo's?" Luna asked, not giving away any emotions through her cloudy facade.

"What for? To visit someone?"

"A very special someone indeed. Perhaps we could chat about Hogwarts a little as well on the way. So, are you coming?" Luna asked again.

"Uhh, sure…," Rose said cautiously. She looked at Luna suspiciously. What was this all about?

"I'll explain it on the way," Luna replied. "By the way, you really do have a problem with speaking your thoughts out loud."

"Oh, sorry," Rose said blushing again. Luna, however, was already drifting away towards the path to Hogsmeade. Rose followed out of curiosity.

Liv walked into the commonroom to find Harry pacing nervously in front of the fireplace. She bit her lip in anxiety, but she knew that she had to confront him.

"Hey, Harry! I have to talk to you," she said, getting his attention by waving.

"Oh, yeah, I have to talk to you too," he replied, looking around. "Want to go up to my dorm to talk?"

"Sure, let's go."

Ron and Hermione watched as Harry and Liv ascended the stairs.

"Maybe we were wrong about Harry and Liv, you think?" Ron asked, looking at Hermione.

"I suppose so, but at least we were right about Draco and Rose. They're in love, and I sure hope that the plan we told Draco will work," Hermione replied.

"Speaking of love, have I told you how much I love you today?" Ron asked from the doorway of their bedroom.

"Yes, you have…but maybe you had better show me too," Hermione said, following him into their bedroom and locking the door behind her.

"So…what did you want to talk to me about, Harry?" Liv asked.

"Uh, well, you said you had something you wanted to talk to me about too right?" Harry replied.

"Yes, I wanted to say… Well, I wanted to tell you that I just wanted to be friends," Liv said quickly, watching Harry's face closely for a reaction. She was distressed at first when he seemed shocked, but when he broke into a grin, she was really confused.

"That's exactly what I wanted to tell you!" Harry said.

"Really? That's great! I think that we had kind of rushed into things, and it's just better for us both if we're just friends," Liv said, relieved that they both agreed.

"Good, friends?" Harry said, holding out his hand for a handshake.

"Friends," Liv said, giving him a quick hug instead.

Just then, Seamus Finnigan walked in and started pulling off his shirt. He didn't notice Liv standing next to Harry, and started to undo his pants as well. He walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower, closing the door behind him.

"Phew, I was worried that he was going to take off his pants right in the middle of the room like he usually does. Something must be bothering him for him not to have noticed us standing right in the middle of the room," Harry said.

"Uhh… I think I'm going to get going, now. See you later, Harry," Liv said, blushing as she glanced back at the bathroom door, before running out of his dorm to her own. She laid there and thought about Seamus unzipping his pants until she had to go and take a shower too, a veryb cold shower.

Rose and Luna finally ended up in St. Mungo's. Rose looked around at the place that had been her first exposure to the wizarding world. It looked the same as it had. Rose turned back to where Luna had been standing and found she was gone. She looked around and saw her gliding over to the nurse's station.

"Hello, I'm Luna Lovegood. I'm here with the new potion I discovered," Luna said mistily.

"Oh, Ms. Lovegood! We are so glad to have you here! We have a professional Potions Master that would like to test your potion and discuss how you came to make it. And, of course, our three patients are in their room and ready to be treated. I'm sure a certain teenage boy will be very glad to see you," the nurse said, winking. Luna broke into a huge grin.

Luna grabbed Rose's hand, and they started running for the Permanent Magical Damage Center. Luna burst through the door and opened the curtained area that housed the Longbottoms. She busied herself setting up a small table with her potion and three cups while Rose looked on. The Longbottoms watched the two girls, but no interest could be seen through their clouded eyes.

When Luna had finished setting up and talking to the Potions Master about the ingredients and preparation, she turned to Rose.

"Hey, Rose?" she inquired.

"Yes?" Rose asked, turning her attention back on Luna.

"Are you a virgin?"

A/N: I know, I know, weird ending for the chapter, but hey, this is my story eh! Besides, it does have some effect on the story.