A/N: The reason that I put it under the Harry/Luna category is that it might just become that in later chapters. I dunno. You'll have to read and see if the story heads that way. But if it does it shall only be for a short amount of time.

PART IV

"Luna are you all right?" asked Ginny as she stepped into the room and saw her friend sitting down crying. Luna looked up at Ginny through teary eyes and wiped her tears away. Ginny walked over to her friend and sat down on the bed beside her. Luna wiped her tear streaked face and looked at Ginny. "What happened?" she asked. Luna took a deep breath and tried to still her voice.

"I've recieved the news. Is this the reason that you brought me away to Romania? You didn't want me to find it out?" Luna asked as steadily as possible. Ginny furrowed her brows.

"What are you talking about?" Ginny asked. Luna handed her the note that she had in her hand and handed it to Ginny. Ginny looked at the note suspiciously and took it in her hand. She skimmed the note quickly and soon looked up at her dirty blonde friend. "Luna I'm so sorry. I had no Idea. I swear to you that I didn't know." Ginny said looking at her friends in surprise. Luna took in a deep breath and put her chin to rest on her arms.

"You know it is hard to believe that this effects me so. It should no longer hurt so much," Luna said as she looked into her friends eyes. Ginny looked at her friends with sympathy and placed a stray strand of her hair behind her ear.

"Well Luna I think that you deserve someone who will return your feelings. If it is not Harry than that means that he is unworthy of your feelings, unworthy of your tears," Ginny said. Luna smiled at her friend.

"Ginny you are a very good friend," Luna said. Ginny smiled broadly and enveloped her friend in a hug.

"Well that's what friends are for," Ginny said as she pulled away and looked into her friends eyes. "So it's time for dinner." Ginny said. Luna noded and stood up. She wasn't really hungry, the news from Harry had somehow managed to chase her hunger away. But she thought that it was probably rude to not join them in dinner.

Together they walked out of the room and made their way into the kitchen. There was a square table in the middle set for four. Ron was already sitting down at the table. Ginny sat down next to her brother and Luna sat next to Ginny. Charlie was finishing the food and putting it on the table. He than took his seat in between Luna and Ron.

Over the next half hour Luna merely poked at her food. She really didn't pay any attention to the conversation that went on around the table. She was aware of one thing and only one thing. A certain pair of eyes fell on her constantly and when they where on her she could feel them boring through her soul. She didn't care to see whom it was that was staring at her so intently and so frequently. All she wanted to do was go o bed and never get up again.

"Luna are you okay?" Ron suddenly asked. Luna looked up to see Ron staring at her with concern in his eyes.

"Yes I'm fine," Luna said.

"You haven't touched a thing," Ron said.

"I'm not all that hungry. May I be excused?" she said. Everyone noded and she stood up and walked out of the room. She sighed and made her way to her room. All the while she drowned out the hushed voices speaking in the kitchen. She didn't even realize that she had already walked into the room, closed the door behind her and curled up on the bed. Her mind was blank. There where not thoughts runing through her head. There was just this strange emptiness and numbness.

The door soon began to open and she turned her gaze in the door's direction. She expected that it was Ginny coming in to check on her, but she soon realized that it wasn't Ginny. It was the least expected person to come in. Charlie Weasley poked his head inside. "May I come in?" he asked. She merely noded in response and he walked inside, closing the door behind him. He walked over to the bed and sat on the edge of it. "Are you all right?" he asked as he walked over.

"Not really," she responded.

"Is it Harry?" he asked. She merely noded. She didn't want to bother with asking how he knew. She figured that either Ginny or Ron had told him about it. "Yeah Ron told me about that," he said as he looked at her. "Why does it hurt you so that he's with Hermione? Why did you fall in love with Harry?" he asked.

"Harry was the first person who really understood me," she responded as she sat up to look at Charlie. As she sat before him, her face was about two feet away from his. They where sitting in very close proximity. "I mean the first time we met, I know that he judged me like everyone else and I know that he grew to think of me as 'Loony' Lovegood, but it changed. We became very close. I told him things that I have never told anyone before, I was the one that was there with him throughout the whole Sirius Black tragedy. I was the one that he ran to, that he let out his frustrations on. I just don't understand why he chose her," she said as her eyes started to tear up. "I know Hermione is a great person, but what did he see in her that he didn't see in me?" she asked as a tear escaped from her right eye.

"Well I wouldn't know how to answer your questions Luna. I've met Hermione and I know that she is smart, brave, loyal and courageous, but those are all things that I can see in you. You are as pretty as she and I'm sure that you'r as capable at anything that you set your mind to as she is. I really don't know why Harry would pick Hermione. Perhaps it's because they have known each other longer, maybe he needs structure in his life. If you ask me, you seem very unpredictable for Harry and I don't really think that's what he needs. Harry needs someone like Hermione, someone to set down rules and make him bahave rationally," Charlie said. Luna thought about what he said. She found that what he was saying made alot of sense. "Luna, you're meant for someone else and you will just have to move on."

"Easier said than done," Luna suddenly said as she wiped away a tear from her eye. She knew very well that that was easier siad than done. She had tried to move on, but it simply wasn't quite working out very well.

"Yes I know that it is easier said than done, but if you're determined to do it, than you can. Also you will need a positive attitude I think that it would be best for you to be away from Hermione and Harry until you have moved on. It would be the best for you and it will make things much easier for you to handle," Charlie said as he looked at her. She noded, she knew that he was right.

"You should become a therapist or something of the sort. You're good at giving advice," Luna comented as she looked at Charlie. He smiled at her and stood up.

"Yes well when you grow up with alot of younger brothers and sisters who come to you for advise, this is what happens to you. Even Bill comes to me for advice and he's older than I am," Charlie said with a smile as he joked. Luna smiled at him. "So are you going to stay in here, or do you want to try and eat?" Luna shook her head.

"I'm tired and I'm not very hungry," she responded as she looked up at him. He noded in response and walked over to the door. When he reached the door, he layed a hand on the knob, and he turned around to look at her and smiled at her.

"You know Luna, if I had to pick between you and Hermione, I would pick you," he said. She noded in response and looked at him intently. He was not smiling. His eyes where twinkling and there was a sincere expression on his face. The way he looked at her made her realize that he was not lying when he said that he would pick her. She blushed and looked down. "I hope you have a good night Luna," he said as he turned the door knob and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.

Luna stared at the door for a couple of seconds. She had that image of Charlie burned into her inner vision and his words kept running through her head. It seemed very clear that he was attracted to her, but it was strange. There was, of course, no denying how handsome he was and no denying what a great person he was, but he was her best friend's older brother. And a full ten years older than her. It was much too surreal. She wondered if perhaps it was just her imagination.

She got out of bed and headed over to her trunk at the foot of the bed. She picked out something to wear. She brought out short black shorts and a white tank top. This was what she usually slept in, in the summer. She quickly changed and walked over to the bed. She pulled down the covers, trying to push the thought of Charlie liking her out of her head. She told herself that he was just being nice and wanted to make her feel better about herself. She sat down on the bed and pulled the sheet and cover over her legs.

She sighed and layed down. She thought that sleep would perhaps not come on this night, but she soon fell asleep. As she slept she began to dream of a place far away. And of person that it seemed that she would never miss, but would never forget either. She dreamt of the dark dungeons of Hogwarts castle and the dark Potions Master who always seemed to love to spend his time down there. As if a prisoner of his own loneliness. As though he where still guilty for his days as a Death Eater, even if he had already payed his price.

She walked down to the Dungeons and she found him sitting behind his desk, like always. But she merely stood in the doorway, watching the Potions Master as he worked. Despite the fact that she knew him to be a cruel person, she couldn't help but wonder if there was perhaps more to him than just that. When she was a first year, she believed that there was more to him than just sarcasm and black, but as she grew that belief began to fade. But she knew that there must be more than what you see. There was something that she could tell was within him, but she did not know what it was.

At that moment she felt someone rush past her and walk up to his desk. She could tell, by looking at the back of the persons head, that it was Harry Potter who had just walked into the Dungeon. She watched him intently as he made his way to Snape's desk. Snape had noticed the presence of Harry and had looked up as he had walked in. As Luna watched, she could see them talking to each other, yet she could not hear a word that was said. It felt like she was in one of those old movies where everything is in Black and White and you can't hear a thing. The only differences was that she was not in a movie and ther other was that she could see color.

She watched the scene and wondered what the hell was happening. All of a sudden she sat up in bed and looked to her left. Ginny was sound asleep next to her. She looked at the closest watch and she could see that it was three in the morning. She sighed and got out of bed. She felt warm and she was rather thirsty. Above all she couldn't get that dream out of her head. She didn't understand why she would dream of something like that.

She walked out of the room barefoot and made her way silently towards the kitchen. When she walked into the kitchen she could see someone tall already standing in front of the sink, their back facing her. She figured that it was Charlie, since it could not be Ginny and since Ron wasn't quite as tall and his build was smaller. The kitchen was lit by the eery blue light of the moon. It wasn't much, but enough for her to be able to see him clearly.

Charlie turned around as he heard her step into the kitchen. He was wearing shorts with a big baggy shirt on. She noticed that he merely stood there, staring at her for a couple of seconds. He seemed to be momentarily stupefied. After staring at her a couple of seconds, he seemed to shake himself out of it. "Umm... Hey Luna. What are you doing up so late?" he asked as he looked at her.

"I couldn't sleep and I was thirsty," she responded. Charlie merely noded.

"Yeah I was thirsty too," he reseponded as he turned back to the sink. He grabbed a glass and filled it with water. He than turend around and held out the glass of water for her. "So how come you couldn't sleep? Bad dreams?" he asked as she walked over to him and grabbed the drink from his hand.

"Thanks," she said as she took it. He noded as she took a sip of water. She than looked up as him and noticed that he was studying her with much interest. "Umm, I dreamt of Professor Snape and Harry," she responded. One of Charlies' eyesbrows went up.

"Yeah I could see why you couldn't sleep. Any dream with Snape in it is unpleasent," he responded as a smile slipped over his face.

"He's not that bad. Sure he's grouchy and mean most of the time, but it's not that bad," she said.

"Yes well you where a Ravenclaw, not a Griffindor," Charlie said pointedly.

"That's true," she responded. "But he's not the reason that I could not sleep. The thing is that they where talking about something and I don't know what it was. You could see their mouths moving, but no sound was coming out of them."

"It's just a dream Luna. You shouldn't think on it too much," Charlie said as he leaned against the sink.

"Maybe you're right," Luna said with a shrug. "What about you? Why couldn't you sleep?'' she asked as she looked at him.

A/N: Well that's it for now. I'm sorry that I took so long to update and I apologise for any spelling errors. I sped through the editting so that I could post the story as soon as possible. Please Review!