It was three years later. Ron was in Romania with his brother Charlie. He had gone there partly because the position opened up, however it was mainly due to a large fight that he and Hermione had had, and Ron took it without a word to Hermione. Harry begged him not to go, but stubbornly, Ron departed and was only unhappy when he realized how much Hermione would enjoy going through these ancient maps and papers. As he sat at his desk, he flipped through some disintegrating records of various things. He thought of how Hermione had loved Ancient Runes.
"I shouldn'tna been so harsh on her-" he thought aloud.
"Ronald? Ronald Weasley, is that you?" Came a voice in front of him.
Ron looked up and in front of his own two eyes stood Luna Lovegood. He saw her beautiful blonde hair that fell to her bum- her shapely, hour-glass figure, and the dark blue eyes that stared back at him. He was in complete shock.
"Uh...huh...hi, Luna-" Ron stuttered.
"Well, hello. It's good to see a familiar face again." She said and invited herself to sit next to Ron.
Ron smelled her sweet perfume. It was jasmine and Hermione wore the same perfume.
Ron and Luna sat together for near three hours laughing and reminiscing. Soon, it was 5 o' clock- "Listen," Luna began, standing up and sliding her purse down her arm, "I'd really like to see you again, Ron-"
"I'd like to see you, too, Luna-" Ron said, starry-eyed.
Luna smiled a charming smile that captivated Ron. "How about tomorrow night? There's a diner about two blocks down- I'm sure we can speak enough Romanian to get us through-"
The two laughed, knowing full well that neither of them could even order breadsticks.
"Sounds good-" Ron said. "Where should I pick you up at?"
Luna was a bit taken aback. She had meant to meet him here- but she did enjoy and realize the importance of the protocol that Ron wanted to follow for a first date. "Here-" she replied, scribbling an address down on a scrap of paper she had pulled out of her purse. "7 o'clock good for you, Mr. Weasley?"
Ron smiled and stood up, "Very much so, Miss Lovegood," he answered and the two laughed and Luna left Ron to ponder his own strange behavior.