Daisies In Her Hair
Part Eight - Their Eyes
Rumours had been buzzing about all day and the near impossible match of Harry Potter and Luna Lovegood. Hermione, so annoyed by the constant questions she was receiving as his friend had finally retreated to her haven, the library.
But, peace seemed to be toying with her tonight. She could still hear the murmur of the people, wondering and hoping, about the pair. Bent over a Potions essay, she tried to concentrate on the formulas.
Blurring between the eyes, she threw her quill down, a frown crossing her face. Anger lit up her cheeks and eyes, brown flashing dangerously.
Luna Lovegood.The ink of her quill dripped sluggishly onto her blank parchment, staining the yellowed paper. Hermione glared out, as if willing it to stop.
How could Harry chose to go out with someone like her? Hermione liked Luna, in an abstract way, but she had to admit to herself, if not to the teasing hordes, that Luna was very strange.
Hermione had always thought, that he would pick someone like, well pretty and air headed. That's what heroes did, didn't they? She would never admit to him this, never admit that she thought him a bit of a hero, it was to shameful. She didn't want Harry to know that she thought about him like that sometimes, it was very embarrassing, she wasn't another groupie, she was his best friend!
None the less, he had held Luna's hand in the hallway and walked her to her next class! He had known where to go! And... They were almost late for History of Magic, even though they had left early, prompted by Harry's tired eyes.
Then, he had left with Cho...
He had been gloomier than usual lately, she hadn't know what to do about it. If she could do anything about. She had wanted to of course, it just seemed that no one could help him.
She didn't even know how she could help him. Lately he seemed so lost. Hermione knew, whatever he said to Ron, that he wasn't over Sirius's death. It worried her, that she hadn't seen the start of his recovery (because he had to be recovering!) process, seen how he was doing... She would have helped, somehow.
Sitting next to him, she noted his slight frown with one of her own. Was he happy? She didn't think so...
And... Here Hermione paused. She wasn't very happy either. Luna, was too strange for him, too out of this world. Cho hadn't been right for him, Luna certainly wasn't, she couldn't be. But... Who could be?
Closing a book with snap, Hermione glared downwards.
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