Chapter 9
Harry was woken up by Luna the next morning. She had jumped on him, tickled him and when that didn't work she took his duvet and put it in his closet, then returned with ice cold water. Harry had gotten up straight away and narrowly escaped with his clothes dry. Luna smiled at him innocently and shrieked as he ran after her.
She locked herself in her room and told Harry she would meet him downstairs, so Harry got dressed. A pair of black jeans, his Fulham jersey and his Gryffindor cloak. His aunt had bought him clothes that actually fit him this year and he had started watching football matches when Dudley's television was confiscated and given to Harry; the Dursley's had finally found out where Dudley went with his friends at night. After pulling on his trainers he headed down to the living room where he found Remus and Tonks on the couch laughing.
After all Remus had done to Harry, the boy wizard decided to get his own back. Just as the two Order members leaned in to kiss, Harry coughed loudly and they both went crimson. Harry smirked as he thought of something else to do.
Running his hands through his hair every few seconds, causing Remus to go a darker shade of maroon, he sat in the comfy armchair across from him.
'Now Moony,' started Harry, who ran his hand through his locks several more times. 'I um….t-t-t-think it's time……I told you about……the err, the err……umm birds and …the err……bees?' Harry
The middle-aged Marauder was completely horror stricken. He had to hand it to him; Harry was good at getting revenge. Tonks had tears rolling down her cheeks from all the laughing she was doing. Harry winked at Remus and Tonks laughed even harder, so hard in fact she fell off the couch.
Luna appeared behind Harry and poked him in his side. He turned around and his mouth hung open. He had only seen her twenty minutes prior and stunning. Wearing dark, tight denims with glitter, a blue off-the-shoulder top, that was the same aqua as her eyes. Her short hair was wavy and her lips were a cherry colour and looked juicy.
Harry smiled at her and asked Remus how they were getting to Diagon Alley.
'Dumbledore made a Portkey to the Twin's shop so when you're ready, we'll leave,' the four of them held onto the teapot that Lupin had held out. With a familiar tug behind the navel, they disappeared from the room.
Reappearing in a room stacked with boxes, Lupin caught Tonks before she hit the ground, but Harry who had fallen accidentally tripped Luna up and she landed on him, much to Remus' and Tonk's amusement.
Luna got to her feet and gave Harry a hand up. Hearing the commotion from the front, Fred and George appeared looking a bit frazzled.
'Luna, Lupin, Tonksie and Harry how are you?' said Fred, it could have been George but Harry couldn't tell them apart.
'Luna those ideas of yours are selling like Harry's boxers! She's a bloody genius!' said the other beaming.
Harry looked accusingly at Luna and she replied, 'No Harry, I didn't sell you boxers. Fred was just using them as an example! He means the Mobile-Mirrors! I got the idea from muggle mobile-phones, but seeing as they don't work at Hogwarts or any others places with a high magic reading, I came up with the idea. You see they feed off the magic in the air and look just like a cosmetic mirror! But because some boys wanted them we made masculine ones that looked like muggle 'Game Boys'. They're Eco friendly and they recycle the air, and because it's mostly magic that's creating the Global Warming!'
'Okay,' said Harry, taking in the information. 'Do you want to go get an ice-cream?' Luna nodded and he grabbed her hand, leading her out of the overcrowded shop.
They entered the Ice Cream parlour and sat down at a table-for-two. The waitress came over and asked what they would like; Harry ordered a Butterscotch Sundae and Luna ordered a Butterbeer flavoured milkshake. They sat talking for a while before they were rudely interrupted by Cho Chang and Marietta Edgecomb.
'Hello Harry,' said the raven haired girl. 'Care to introduce us to your new girlfriend?' Cho shot Luna a dirty look and Luna smiled sweetly back, making Cho look at though she had just sniffed Dragon Dung.
'What do you mean by "new girlfriend?"' asked Luna. Cho looked at Harry with an amused expression on her face. 'Oh Harry, didn't you tell her? Keeping secrets already? Oh this won't do! Keep it up Harry and you won't have any girlfriend,' sneered Cho.
'Let me explain it to you,' her attention again on Luna, 'Harry and I were going out before I found out what an insensitive twat he was,' after hearing this, Harry put his face in his hands. May God be on his side if Luna actually believed her.
Luna smiled again, standing up to be face to face with Cho. 'Before you go exaggerating, Chang, I was in that tea shop last Valentines Day and I know perfectly well it was you that was being the "insensitive twat" as you so eloquently put it. Now Cho, do the world a favour and shut up,' and with that Luna deposited the remainder of her milkshake over Cho, grabbed Harry's hand and left the shop.
Harry was looking at Luna with the utmost respect, pulled her back to him, kissed her, picked her up and spun her around. After setting her back on the ground, she whispered, 'I've been wanting to do that ever since my third year! It felt so good!' She gave Harry a big hug and then dragged him down to Quality Quidditch Supplies and a huge crowd was gathered around the window, but Harry didn't get to see what it was that they were looking at because Luna had dragged him into the shop. Leaving him at the glass case with the four newest models of brooms, she went up to the counter to collect and pay for something.
Harry gazed in at the newest model of racing broom that had apparently just come out. The frame was pine and the tail was a light golden, which reminded Harry of Luna's hair. In the centre of the handle, the words Gold Lightning, were encrusted with amber stones. The card underneath read:
Gold Lightning
Even faster than the Firebolt,
0-175mp/h in five seconds, aerodynamically
crafted for seekers though useful for the chaser position
too. A sixth of the time faster that the Firebolt, though
much easier to control with power steering.
Luna appeared beside Harry asking if he wanted a look around and he said, 'No I've found what I want,' still gazing at the broom. Luna caught sight of it and gasped. 'I know its brilliant isn't it? And just the right model for a seeker too!' he went to check how much it was, but Luna stopped him.
'Harry you can't get it!' said Luna. 'No Harry I won't let you! It will ruin your surprise!'
At her words Harry's eyes lit up. 'Did someone get it for my birthday?'
'No, I got you something better! Well actually I made it, but I think you'll like it!' said Luna excitedly.
'But Luna,' Harry whined like a five year old. 'It's the fastest broom ever!' Luna kissed him and told him her gift was better, caught his hand and dragged him back out of the shop.
They walked to the Leaky Caldron hand-in-hand where they met Remus and Tonks, who were giving each other Eskimo kisses. Harry was about to do his best Umbridge impression when Luna beat him to it, promptly barking, 'Constant Vigilance!' breaking to two apart and making Tonk's shriek. She made a threatening gesture towards Luna, who was hiding behind Harry. They had lunch and made their way back to the twin's shop, in which the crowd was after dying down.
Saying goodbye, they grabbed the teapot again, and seconds after theirs navels were pulled they had landed back in the living room, though strangely it was very heavily decorated!
Oh, Another cliffie!
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