A/N: note about the last chapter, in explanation about how the dog and hawk got into St. Mungo's, well, they didn't, I kind of forgot about them, but I'm going to say the reason they just left is that they were with Rose when Luna came up to talk to her and then they went back to Hogwarts and flooed to the wizard hospital and Rose left them both back in her bedroom.
Sam: Oh, now I remember what I wanted to put in there, I'm putting you in the other fic you're going to be Rose's half sister in Spain.
Rose looked somewhat shocked by this sudden question. She was also slightly angry that anyone would assume otherwise.
"Yes, I am a virgin!" she said, giving Luna a hurt look.
"Good, I need you to cry," Luna replied.
"What? I'm not going to just start crying! Why should I?"
"Well let me explain…"
Harry was sitting in the commonroom half asleep late that night. The day was almost over and he had nothing left to do. He had even done some extra homework from McGonagall. Nobody was left in the commonroom and he had to wait for Rose to come back, just to make sure she was okay. When she hadn't come back from running, everyone began to get worried, especially Draco. He was actually sitting outside the portrait hole waiting, and Harry was supposed to wait inside and tell Liv and Hermione and Ron when she got back.
His eyes were just beginning to close when he heard the portrait hole open. He looked up and saw a darkened figure of a girl standing in the archway. He pretended to be asleep as she tiptoed across the threshold. Harry observed her through his half closed eyes.
This was something new to Harry. He had no idea who this girl was. Previously he had thought that he knew everyone in the school, but he didn't recognize this girl. She looked over at him and he snapped his eyes shut. As she retreated up the stairs, he noticed that her black hair was tied in a long complicated braid that almost reached the floor.
He fell back asleep, and only woke up when the portrait hole opened again.
"Okay, I have been brewing this potion for months. It's very complicated, and I developed it myself. I only started it when I knew that it was my only hope to be reunited with Neville, yes Liv's cousin. Anyways, after finding and brewing together all of the ingredients, I knew that there was one thing missing. The last ingredient to cure the block between the Cruciatus curse patients is the tears of a lonely virgin, due to the purity of the tears and sadness etc. But they can't be from just any lonely virgin, they have to be tears of someone who lost their love, to whatever cause," Luna said.
"Wait, then why can't you just cry? I mean it would make sense, since you lost your love and you must be lonely without him, and… oh," Rose said, blushing.
"Yeah, it was just that one little glitch. You wouldn't expect it of me and Neville though would you?" Luna said, grinning mischievously.
"Ok, so how are you going to make me cry? I can't just start crying you know."
"Imagine that Neville over there is Draco. Draco was tortured into that state by Voldemort. You can never talk to Draco again. You never told him that you liked him or loved him, and now he'll never know. In fact, Draco doesn't even know you exist," Luna said carefully, watching for a reaction.
Rose felt a tear drop down her cheek, and another one as Luna spoke. Luna caught them in a vial and then handed Rose a tissue. Rose didn't understand why she was crying. She was over Draco… wasn't she?
"Now you can stop crying, Draco knows you exist and he isn't hurt. In fact, he likes you, possibly even loves you," Luna said, mixing in the tears.
Rose gave a little snort. "Like me? Love me? Yeah, especially after I panicked and left him in the rain after he kissed me. We haven't even spoken for a month!"
"He wants to talk to you, but he can't exactly do that if you're avoiding him now can he? Honestly, I think he's giving you what you asked him for. You told him you needed space or time or whatever and he's only complying because he loves you. I can tell from the look in his eyes that he wants you back," Luna replied.
"No, he deserves better. I…I don't think…I don't know, it's just-," Rose started.
"That you've never really been in love before?" Luna asked knowledgably.
Rose sat down in a chair and put her head in her hands. She needed to think all this over. Luna's words had a strange effect on Rose. The realization the she had come to before was even stronger now. She had definitely rushed into thinking that she didn't want to be with Draco. Draco wasn't rushing them into a relationship, she was rushing out of one.
"Rose, it's getting late, and this potion has to be administered at midnight, so you might as well go on and get some sleep in the next room over. I'll be in here with Neville if you need me," Luna said, practically shoving her out of the room.
Rose walked over to one of the beds and fell asleep, faintly wondering when they would finally go back to school.
Draco sat in front of the portrait hole, dazedly wondering when Rose would turn up. He wasn't truly worried; Rose could handle herself well. It was simply that he had to make sure she was safe. He didn't know why, but he knew that he was head over heels for Rose. She mattered more to him than anything else.
His eyes drooped, and before he knew it he was asleep. The only reason he knew this had happened was because the portrait hole door had closed and woken him up.
It took him a second to realize that this meant that someone had entered the commonroom.
'What if it was Rose?' Draco thought. 'Would she really just walk by me like that?'
Draco was content assuming that Rose would never do that, and fell asleep again, waiting by the portrait hole.
Rose woke up at 11:58 P.M. She hopped out of bed and ran into the next room.
"Shh," Luna said, holding a finger to her lips. "He'll be awake as soon as I administer the potion, and then we three can head back to the school."
"Don't you want to give him some time to… heal?" Rose asked.
"He's spent long enough in this hospital; I think. It's about time for him to join the real world," she replied, giving Neville a loving glance.
"But, don't you think the effects of the potion might take a while or something?" Rose said, worriedly.
"Alright, it's ready," Luna said, motioning to the nurses on staff. They each came to
Luna's side. Luna had one wake Neville and the other wake both his parents.
The clock struck the first toll. Luna ladled some of the potion into the three goblets. The second toll rang out. Luna mixed Rose's tears into each one. The clock tolled a third time. Luna kissed her pointer and index fingers. The clock tolled a fourth time. Luna placed the kiss on Neville's goblet. The clock tolled a fifth time. Luna kissed Neville's cheek. The clock tolled a sixth time. Luna threw open the curtains to allow the moonlight in. Ding, the seventh toll. Luna sat down on the side of the bed as the nurses mimicked her with Neville's parents. Dong, the eighth toll. Neville gazed at Luna with blank eyes. Ring, the ninth toll. Luna smoothed back Neville's hair. Out rang the tenth toll. Rose heard her heart beating quickly as Luna waited for the eleventh toll. It rang. Luna put the goblet to Neville's lips. The twelfth toll struck just as the soulless seeming Longbottoms each took a sip of the brew.
A/N: Couldn't resist the cliffy! That's why it's so short, hopefully I'll be up and running with this one too. I've been working like mad on the other one, and I've got a ton of ideas for the future of this one, but I can't seem to fill in the middle very well. Well, we'll see how it goes… I was going to start another fic about Hermione getting with Ginny, but Xiaoyou almost had a heart failure, so I decided against it… sorry Josie! REVIEW FOR DRACO AND ROSE'S SAKE!
