A/N: I'm sorry that it took so long for me to update. I have just been busy as of late, but since the summer is about to begin I might be able to update more often. It all depends on my grades and whether I'm allowed to go out or not this summer. I hope that you like this chapter and I hope that you review. Please Review.
Second Best Part V
"I really don't know. I usually sleep just fine, I just can't tonight," he responded as he looked at her. She merely nodded in response. She had no idea what to say to him. There was really nothing that she could think of to say to that. She felt that somehow that the reason that he couldn't sleep was because that they're where more people at his house. She thought that he was perhaps so use to being alone that to have guest over was strange. "What are you doing this summer?" he asked as he looked at her.
"Well after my week here I'll be at home for the rest of the summer," she responded as she looked at him. "I won't be doing much I guess. What about you?" she asked as she looked at him.
"Well I'll be working, I only have about two weeks off for a summer break," he responded as he looked at her. She nodded in response. "Well I really think that we should probably be getting back to sleep," he said as he looked at her. She nodded once again and turned around.
"Goodnight Charlie. See you tomorrow in the morning," she said as she made her way to the room. She heard him very faintly tell her goodnight and soon walked into the room. She walked in and closed the door behind her. She made her way to the bed and lay down. She was soon asleep.
The next morning she woke up with Ginny and they both changed out of their clothes. They walked into the kitchen and sat down to eat breakfast. Charlie was up and cooking and he had the table all set. "Good morning sleepy heads," he said as he turned to look at them. He served them food and soon sat down with them. Neither of the girls responded, they where both feeling a little groggy.
"What are we doing today?" Ron asked as he looked at Charlie. Charlie looked up at his brother from his food. Luna and Ginny where both sitting and eating in silence. Ginny looked like she was about to fall asleep on her breakfast. Luna wondered what she was so tired about. She had seemed to gotten a good night sleep. Or at least she slept better than she did. That was for sure.
"I thought that perhaps we would take a walk through the forest. Do you guys want to do that?" Charlie asked as he turned to look at everyone. Everyone merely nodded. No one really seemed to be in a talking mood. Luna herself could not see how Charlie Weasley could be so awake so early in the morning. Especially if he said that he could not sleep the night before. She wondered how could he possibly have gotten up early and made breakfast. She wondered if perhaps he was always this happy.
"What are we going to do, just walk around all day? How fascinating can that possibly be?" Ginny suddenly asked. Luna knew that this was how Ginny could be in the morning. If she did not sleep well she could be very grouchy. This was something that Luna had to put up with often, but she never really mined. She never allowed Ginny's grouchiness to get to her. After all why should she? It's not as if Ginny was mad at her. And clearly this was something that Charlie knew as well for he did not seem at all fazed by her question.
"Yes," he responded cheerfully. "We'll set out in about an hour or so," he said as he looked at them. They all nodded and continued to eat in silence. "You guys seem much to tired. What didn't any of you guys get any sleep last night?" he asked as he looked around the table.
"I slept fine," Ron responded and he shoved a piece of toast in his mouth. Ginny and Luna where the only two that apparently didn't sleep well. Ginny looked like she was going to murder someone and Luna just looked plain tired. Charlie turned to look at the two girls.
"I find the bed is too soft. It's really not something that I'm used to," Ginny said as she looked at her brother. Charlie than turned to Luna
"I just couldn't sleep," she said with a shrug.
"Would you guys like to change rooms with me and Ron?" he asked as he looked at the two girls.
"Or better yet you could just put a charm on the bed so that it would be better to Ginny's liking," Luna said as she turned her attention to Charlie.
"I believe that this is perhaps the reason that you are a Ravenclaw," Charlie commented. Luna blushed lightly at this. Everyone knew that Luna wasn't that used to being complemented and, though, she was brought up in a rich family she was very humble. It was something that came naturally to her. It was perhaps something that she got from her mother as well.
"Thanks," she said as she turned to look at her friend. "Come one Gin, will go charm the bed," she said as she stood up and excused herself. Ginny got up and together the two of them walked out the kitchen and into the room. Luna walked over to her trunk and took out her wand. She told Ginny to lie on the bed and she pointed her wand at the bed. "Tell me when it's the most comfortable," Ginny instructed. Ginny nodded and Luna pointed her wand at the bed. She whispered the charm under her breath and the bed lit up slightly. After a couple of seconds Ginny told her to stop and Luna lowered her wand.
"Thanks," Ginny said as she stood up. Luna shrugged and put away her wand. "Sorry for being so grouchy this morning." Ginny apologized.
"It's fine, you know that it is something that I'm used to," she said as she looked at her friend. Ginny merely nodded and together they walked out of the room.
"We're leaving now, Charlie is outside," Ron said as he walked past them and walked towards the front door. Luna and Ginny both nodded and walked out after him. When they where outside they realized that not only Charlie and Ron stood there but other people as well. Luna spotted Tonks, Remus, Bill, Fred, George, Harry and Hermione. She wondered why all of these people where there and she wondered if they would all be taking this walk together. Clearly, by the look on Ginny's face, she didn't know that all these other people where coming along as well.
"Hello Luna!" Tonks said cheerfully. Luna merely smiled, a very half- hearted smile, but than again you couldn't blame her. She was hoping that it would be a Harry free summer, so that she could over the whole situation, but look at him. There he was. And there she was for that matter. It was just simply a very vexing and depressing thing to see. She turned to look at Remus, Bill, Fred, George and Charlie and she could see sympathy written all over their faces. Does everyone know? How embarrassing! She thought as she looked at them. She could feel her face becoming warm as she felt that everyone was staring at her.
"Lets get going," Charlie suddenly said. Everyone turned around and started to walk through the forest, following Charlie. Luna walked behind the entire crowd accompanied by Ginny.
"Luna are you okay, I mean you look at bit pale. Gees that must have been embarrassing!" Ginny said in a hushed town so that those in front of her would not hear her. She turned to look at Luna who was walking with her head down. She wanted to crawl down a hole.
"How do things like this happen to me? What have I ever done to deserve this?" she asked as she turned to look at her friend. She looked at the crowd before her and she could spot Charlie all the way in the front talking to Bill. Behind him was Ron, Fred and George who where clowning around. Behind them was Hermione and Harry who where walking hand in hand. Walking ahead of her and Ginny she could see Tonks and Remus. She had always thought that they would make a cute couple someday and she was happy that 'someday' had finally changed to 'today'.
"I don't know," Ginny said as she walked along side her best friend. They soon stopped and found that they where in a clearing by a river. The sun was shining down on the river and it made it sparkle beautifully. It made the bottom of the river sparkle, as if there where diamonds down there. Remus and Tonks made their way, away from the group and towards the river on the far left. They wanted to be alone. Luna watched as the sat down on the grass and faced each other. They where both smiling happily and their eyes where sparkling.
"Don't you just wish you had a relationship like theirs?" Luna asked as she motioned towards Remus and Tonks. Ginny turned to look at them. Remus was currently tucking a strand of mousy brown hair behind Tonks' ear. Ginny merely nodded for they where indeed the cutest couple she had seen and by far the most in love.
"They truly deserve each other," Ginny commented as she turned to look back at Luna. Luna looked around to see what everyone else was doing. She spotted Ron, Hermione and Harry sitting together, merely talking. Fred, George, Bill and Charlie all seemed to be wrestling or something. It seemed like it was the twins versus the older Weasley boys. Luna smiled as she watched Charlie put Fred, or maybe it was George in a headlock.
"Are they always like that?" she asked. Ginny turned to look where her friend was looking at and smiled.
"Oh yeah. They seem to enjoy themselves, something that I have never understood. Of course Percy never took part in those games and neither did Ron. Percy because he was always reading and Ron because, well I think that he merely didn't want to get hurt," Ginny said with a shrug. She loved her brother very much, but she had to admit that they all acted like three-year- old boys.
All of a sudden the four boys stopped playing and they all turned to look at their little sister. "What are they doing?" Luna asked as she realized that they where looking at them and whispering behind their hands. Ginny too was staring at them with a suspicious gaze.
"I don't know, but this can't be good," she responded as she continued to look at her brothers. All of a sudden all four boys got up and ran towards the girls. Bill and Charlie both grabbed Ginny and picked her up. "What are you doing?" Ginny asked as she began to thrash about as they grabbed her. From how loud she said it Luna noticed that everyone was now looking at them. At that moment Fred and George both grabbed Luna and picked her up. Luna began to thrash about like Luna as well.
"You girls look bored and hot," George or possibly Fred said with a mischievous smile. Luna soon noticed that the guys where carrying them towards the river.
"Oh no, please stop," she said in a pleading voice, but the boys didn't stop. They continued to carry them towards the river and pretty soon they where all wet from head to toe. The water felt cold on her, but the fun made her feel warm. Luna opened her eyes and she could see the guys laughing. She could also see Remus and Tonks chuckling. She looked over and Harry and Hermione, Hermione was chuckling, Harry was merely smiling. Luna than turned to Ginny who was standing up in the water next to her and shaking herself of. Ginny than turned to her closest brother and tackled him into the water, and so it began, the water fight of the century.
Luna walked over to Charlie and whispered that he should go get Ron as well. Charlie merely smiled impishly and walked over to Bill. Together they both got out of the river and went to retrieve the youngest Weasley male. Once they where back in the water: Ginny, Luna, Ron and Charlie began the war against the twins and Bill. After playing in the water for half an hour more, Luna decided that it was time to climb out of the river and try to dry herself off with the sun, for she had not brought her wand with her. He climbed out and walked over to a spot near a tree and she sat down. She was aware that from where she sat, Harry could see her perfectly and that she could see him, but she didn't care. She leaned against the tree and tried to squeeze the most amount of water possible from her hair, her black t- shirt and she didn't try to do anything about her blue jeans.
She than looked up and she spotted Charlie getting out of the river. His dark blue jeans where all wet and his navy blue shirt was plastered to his body. He walked over to her and sat down next to her on her left. As he did so he took of the wet shirt and flung it on the floor. Luna realized that he had a six pack and very nicely formed chest. She could feel her cheeks grow warm and she looked away, meaning she looked to her right, where she was Harry staring at her.
"Having fun?" Charlie asked. Luna turn back to look at him.
"Yeah," she said with a smile.
"I'm sorry about Harry and Hermione. I didn't know that they where going to come. I asked Bill, George and Fred to come, I didn't know that they where going to invited Harry and Hermione," he said apologetically as he looked down at his hands. He was now leaning against the tree. His hands where clasping each other In between his legs.
"It's okay," Luna said as she looked at him. "It was slightly embarrassing but it's okay," she said. Charlie looked up at her and he offered her a small smile.
"You know Luna, you're very beautiful," Charlie said as he looked at her. Luna blushed and looked down at her hands.
"Thanks," she muttered.
"It's true, you look like an angel. Especially when the sun falls on your hair. It makes you look like you have a halo around your head," Charlie said. Luna could feel her face grow warmer. She could not look up. All she could do was continue to look at her hands. Charlie gently grabbed her chin and tilted it up so that she would look at him. She looked into his eyes and she knew exactly what he was going to do and she could not move. Charlie moved in and placed a kiss on her lips. Charlie moved his lips against Luna's very softly, but she could feel the passion behind his kiss. When they pulled apart she felt shocked and she could feel her face growing warm.
She momentarily looked away and she could see everybody staring at them wide eyed. Her face got even redder, if that was at all possible. She felt very much embarrassed. She had always hoped that her first kiss would be something magical something PRIVATE. But everyone had seen this and she felt someone humiliated. Especially since the guy whom kissed her was much older and her best friends older brother. She liked him a lot and she felt very honored that someone as good looking at he fancied her, but she didn't return his feelings. She merely saw him as her best friends older brother.
TBC...
Second Best Part V
"I really don't know. I usually sleep just fine, I just can't tonight," he responded as he looked at her. She merely nodded in response. She had no idea what to say to him. There was really nothing that she could think of to say to that. She felt that somehow that the reason that he couldn't sleep was because that they're where more people at his house. She thought that he was perhaps so use to being alone that to have guest over was strange. "What are you doing this summer?" he asked as he looked at her.
"Well after my week here I'll be at home for the rest of the summer," she responded as she looked at him. "I won't be doing much I guess. What about you?" she asked as she looked at him.
"Well I'll be working, I only have about two weeks off for a summer break," he responded as he looked at her. She nodded in response. "Well I really think that we should probably be getting back to sleep," he said as he looked at her. She nodded once again and turned around.
"Goodnight Charlie. See you tomorrow in the morning," she said as she made her way to the room. She heard him very faintly tell her goodnight and soon walked into the room. She walked in and closed the door behind her. She made her way to the bed and lay down. She was soon asleep.
The next morning she woke up with Ginny and they both changed out of their clothes. They walked into the kitchen and sat down to eat breakfast. Charlie was up and cooking and he had the table all set. "Good morning sleepy heads," he said as he turned to look at them. He served them food and soon sat down with them. Neither of the girls responded, they where both feeling a little groggy.
"What are we doing today?" Ron asked as he looked at Charlie. Charlie looked up at his brother from his food. Luna and Ginny where both sitting and eating in silence. Ginny looked like she was about to fall asleep on her breakfast. Luna wondered what she was so tired about. She had seemed to gotten a good night sleep. Or at least she slept better than she did. That was for sure.
"I thought that perhaps we would take a walk through the forest. Do you guys want to do that?" Charlie asked as he turned to look at everyone. Everyone merely nodded. No one really seemed to be in a talking mood. Luna herself could not see how Charlie Weasley could be so awake so early in the morning. Especially if he said that he could not sleep the night before. She wondered how could he possibly have gotten up early and made breakfast. She wondered if perhaps he was always this happy.
"What are we going to do, just walk around all day? How fascinating can that possibly be?" Ginny suddenly asked. Luna knew that this was how Ginny could be in the morning. If she did not sleep well she could be very grouchy. This was something that Luna had to put up with often, but she never really mined. She never allowed Ginny's grouchiness to get to her. After all why should she? It's not as if Ginny was mad at her. And clearly this was something that Charlie knew as well for he did not seem at all fazed by her question.
"Yes," he responded cheerfully. "We'll set out in about an hour or so," he said as he looked at them. They all nodded and continued to eat in silence. "You guys seem much to tired. What didn't any of you guys get any sleep last night?" he asked as he looked around the table.
"I slept fine," Ron responded and he shoved a piece of toast in his mouth. Ginny and Luna where the only two that apparently didn't sleep well. Ginny looked like she was going to murder someone and Luna just looked plain tired. Charlie turned to look at the two girls.
"I find the bed is too soft. It's really not something that I'm used to," Ginny said as she looked at her brother. Charlie than turned to Luna
"I just couldn't sleep," she said with a shrug.
"Would you guys like to change rooms with me and Ron?" he asked as he looked at the two girls.
"Or better yet you could just put a charm on the bed so that it would be better to Ginny's liking," Luna said as she turned her attention to Charlie.
"I believe that this is perhaps the reason that you are a Ravenclaw," Charlie commented. Luna blushed lightly at this. Everyone knew that Luna wasn't that used to being complemented and, though, she was brought up in a rich family she was very humble. It was something that came naturally to her. It was perhaps something that she got from her mother as well.
"Thanks," she said as she turned to look at her friend. "Come one Gin, will go charm the bed," she said as she stood up and excused herself. Ginny got up and together the two of them walked out the kitchen and into the room. Luna walked over to her trunk and took out her wand. She told Ginny to lie on the bed and she pointed her wand at the bed. "Tell me when it's the most comfortable," Ginny instructed. Ginny nodded and Luna pointed her wand at the bed. She whispered the charm under her breath and the bed lit up slightly. After a couple of seconds Ginny told her to stop and Luna lowered her wand.
"Thanks," Ginny said as she stood up. Luna shrugged and put away her wand. "Sorry for being so grouchy this morning." Ginny apologized.
"It's fine, you know that it is something that I'm used to," she said as she looked at her friend. Ginny merely nodded and together they walked out of the room.
"We're leaving now, Charlie is outside," Ron said as he walked past them and walked towards the front door. Luna and Ginny both nodded and walked out after him. When they where outside they realized that not only Charlie and Ron stood there but other people as well. Luna spotted Tonks, Remus, Bill, Fred, George, Harry and Hermione. She wondered why all of these people where there and she wondered if they would all be taking this walk together. Clearly, by the look on Ginny's face, she didn't know that all these other people where coming along as well.
"Hello Luna!" Tonks said cheerfully. Luna merely smiled, a very half- hearted smile, but than again you couldn't blame her. She was hoping that it would be a Harry free summer, so that she could over the whole situation, but look at him. There he was. And there she was for that matter. It was just simply a very vexing and depressing thing to see. She turned to look at Remus, Bill, Fred, George and Charlie and she could see sympathy written all over their faces. Does everyone know? How embarrassing! She thought as she looked at them. She could feel her face becoming warm as she felt that everyone was staring at her.
"Lets get going," Charlie suddenly said. Everyone turned around and started to walk through the forest, following Charlie. Luna walked behind the entire crowd accompanied by Ginny.
"Luna are you okay, I mean you look at bit pale. Gees that must have been embarrassing!" Ginny said in a hushed town so that those in front of her would not hear her. She turned to look at Luna who was walking with her head down. She wanted to crawl down a hole.
"How do things like this happen to me? What have I ever done to deserve this?" she asked as she turned to look at her friend. She looked at the crowd before her and she could spot Charlie all the way in the front talking to Bill. Behind him was Ron, Fred and George who where clowning around. Behind them was Hermione and Harry who where walking hand in hand. Walking ahead of her and Ginny she could see Tonks and Remus. She had always thought that they would make a cute couple someday and she was happy that 'someday' had finally changed to 'today'.
"I don't know," Ginny said as she walked along side her best friend. They soon stopped and found that they where in a clearing by a river. The sun was shining down on the river and it made it sparkle beautifully. It made the bottom of the river sparkle, as if there where diamonds down there. Remus and Tonks made their way, away from the group and towards the river on the far left. They wanted to be alone. Luna watched as the sat down on the grass and faced each other. They where both smiling happily and their eyes where sparkling.
"Don't you just wish you had a relationship like theirs?" Luna asked as she motioned towards Remus and Tonks. Ginny turned to look at them. Remus was currently tucking a strand of mousy brown hair behind Tonks' ear. Ginny merely nodded for they where indeed the cutest couple she had seen and by far the most in love.
"They truly deserve each other," Ginny commented as she turned to look back at Luna. Luna looked around to see what everyone else was doing. She spotted Ron, Hermione and Harry sitting together, merely talking. Fred, George, Bill and Charlie all seemed to be wrestling or something. It seemed like it was the twins versus the older Weasley boys. Luna smiled as she watched Charlie put Fred, or maybe it was George in a headlock.
"Are they always like that?" she asked. Ginny turned to look where her friend was looking at and smiled.
"Oh yeah. They seem to enjoy themselves, something that I have never understood. Of course Percy never took part in those games and neither did Ron. Percy because he was always reading and Ron because, well I think that he merely didn't want to get hurt," Ginny said with a shrug. She loved her brother very much, but she had to admit that they all acted like three-year- old boys.
All of a sudden the four boys stopped playing and they all turned to look at their little sister. "What are they doing?" Luna asked as she realized that they where looking at them and whispering behind their hands. Ginny too was staring at them with a suspicious gaze.
"I don't know, but this can't be good," she responded as she continued to look at her brothers. All of a sudden all four boys got up and ran towards the girls. Bill and Charlie both grabbed Ginny and picked her up. "What are you doing?" Ginny asked as she began to thrash about as they grabbed her. From how loud she said it Luna noticed that everyone was now looking at them. At that moment Fred and George both grabbed Luna and picked her up. Luna began to thrash about like Luna as well.
"You girls look bored and hot," George or possibly Fred said with a mischievous smile. Luna soon noticed that the guys where carrying them towards the river.
"Oh no, please stop," she said in a pleading voice, but the boys didn't stop. They continued to carry them towards the river and pretty soon they where all wet from head to toe. The water felt cold on her, but the fun made her feel warm. Luna opened her eyes and she could see the guys laughing. She could also see Remus and Tonks chuckling. She looked over and Harry and Hermione, Hermione was chuckling, Harry was merely smiling. Luna than turned to Ginny who was standing up in the water next to her and shaking herself of. Ginny than turned to her closest brother and tackled him into the water, and so it began, the water fight of the century.
Luna walked over to Charlie and whispered that he should go get Ron as well. Charlie merely smiled impishly and walked over to Bill. Together they both got out of the river and went to retrieve the youngest Weasley male. Once they where back in the water: Ginny, Luna, Ron and Charlie began the war against the twins and Bill. After playing in the water for half an hour more, Luna decided that it was time to climb out of the river and try to dry herself off with the sun, for she had not brought her wand with her. He climbed out and walked over to a spot near a tree and she sat down. She was aware that from where she sat, Harry could see her perfectly and that she could see him, but she didn't care. She leaned against the tree and tried to squeeze the most amount of water possible from her hair, her black t- shirt and she didn't try to do anything about her blue jeans.
She than looked up and she spotted Charlie getting out of the river. His dark blue jeans where all wet and his navy blue shirt was plastered to his body. He walked over to her and sat down next to her on her left. As he did so he took of the wet shirt and flung it on the floor. Luna realized that he had a six pack and very nicely formed chest. She could feel her cheeks grow warm and she looked away, meaning she looked to her right, where she was Harry staring at her.
"Having fun?" Charlie asked. Luna turn back to look at him.
"Yeah," she said with a smile.
"I'm sorry about Harry and Hermione. I didn't know that they where going to come. I asked Bill, George and Fred to come, I didn't know that they where going to invited Harry and Hermione," he said apologetically as he looked down at his hands. He was now leaning against the tree. His hands where clasping each other In between his legs.
"It's okay," Luna said as she looked at him. "It was slightly embarrassing but it's okay," she said. Charlie looked up at her and he offered her a small smile.
"You know Luna, you're very beautiful," Charlie said as he looked at her. Luna blushed and looked down at her hands.
"Thanks," she muttered.
"It's true, you look like an angel. Especially when the sun falls on your hair. It makes you look like you have a halo around your head," Charlie said. Luna could feel her face grow warmer. She could not look up. All she could do was continue to look at her hands. Charlie gently grabbed her chin and tilted it up so that she would look at him. She looked into his eyes and she knew exactly what he was going to do and she could not move. Charlie moved in and placed a kiss on her lips. Charlie moved his lips against Luna's very softly, but she could feel the passion behind his kiss. When they pulled apart she felt shocked and she could feel her face growing warm.
She momentarily looked away and she could see everybody staring at them wide eyed. Her face got even redder, if that was at all possible. She felt very much embarrassed. She had always hoped that her first kiss would be something magical something PRIVATE. But everyone had seen this and she felt someone humiliated. Especially since the guy whom kissed her was much older and her best friends older brother. She liked him a lot and she felt very honored that someone as good looking at he fancied her, but she didn't return his feelings. She merely saw him as her best friends older brother.
TBC...