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Second Best Part XXII"You're finally awake, I thought that you would never wake up. It's nearly six thirty in the morning," he said as he looked at her. Luna stared at him and sat up, running a hand through her hair, which was still straight. She was surprised that it was still straight, for the charm usually lasted no more than a couple of hours. She looked about her surroundings and figured that she was in his private quarters in the dungeons of Hogwarts castle.
"I'm very sorry about putting you out of your bed. I guess that exhaustion finally overcame me. I haven't been sleeping well, actually, I haven't slept at all since I've been back home," she said softly as she turned around to look at him. He stared at her and his brows furrowed in concern. Luna stared at him and felt exhausted still, like she could continue sleeping forever. She was so tired and she couldn't believe that it was already morning. It felt like she hadn't slept at all.
"Why haven't you been sleeping well?" Severus asked as he stared at her. She yawned as she stared at him. "If you wish you may lay back down and go back to sleep."
"Professor Snape, do you have something that I could perhaps wear? These dress robes are really quite binding and I am very fatigued and tired," she said as she looked at him. He furrowed his brows and thought. Luna figured that he would perhaps have nothing to accommodate her, but she was happy to see that he would at least try; for he got up from the chair that he was sitting in and walked over to his wardrobe. He stared inside for a moment, his back turned to her before turning to face her.
"I'm afraid that I only have long sleeved, button up shirts," he said as he stared at her. She ran a hand through her hair and let a smile slip across her face.
"Anything would be preferable to this," she said pointing to the beautiful yet binding dress robes that she was wearing. She no longer had the blanket covering her. He merely nodded and grabbed on of his shirts and through it onto the bed. Luna reached for it and got up from the bed, making her way to the door, which she was sure that would lead to the washroom.
"What shall you wear beneath?" he asked as he stared at her. She stood in the doorway and looked over at him.
"I always wear shorts beneath my robes," she said as she looked over at him. She walked into the washroom and through of the dress robes and that placed his shirt on her, buttoning up the buttons. She was pleased that his shirt was warm and that it smelled so pleasantly; something like cinnamon. When she was done changing she looked down at herself. The shirt was a bit too big. The bottom of it nearly reached her knees. As for the sleeves, they nearly covered her entire hands.
She opened the washroom door and walked out. She than made her way towards the bed and sat down once more, pulling the blanket over her and she stared at him. He was once more sitting in the chair beside the bed and staring at her in a somewhat peculiar way. Like he wanted to laugh but at the same time seemed somewhat embarrassed. Luna smiled as she looked at him. "Do you wish to go back to sleep?" he asked as he stared at her.
"Actually I've been wanting to talk to you ever since I've been home. I'm not sure who else that I could talk to," she said as she looked into his black eyes. However, she did lay down, despite the fact that she meant to speak to him. She curled up her side somewhat and looked over at him. Her tucked her hair behind her so that she could see into his face. He was staring at her and wondering what she wanted to talk to him about. "Do you know of the rumor that surrounds my father?"
"Yes," he responded with much pause.
"I went to ask Lucius the reason why my mother killed herself, I thought that at least her own brother would know the reason why. I needed to know because I could no longer live with the thought that it was because of me that she killed herself," Luna said as she looked away from him. Her eyes focused on the stonewall behind Snape. Her eyes were steadily building up tears, yet her voice remained calm. "Lucius told me that it no simple rumor, that my mother found out the truth about my father and it killed her."
"Luna I… I don't know what to say," he said as he looked at her. She looked over at him.
"Neither do I. He's deceived me for so long, and I understand that it was of fear of what I would think of him, but it still hurts so much. If he knew what he was, than why did he use my mother that way?" Luna said as she looked at Snape. Her voice was still calm and the tears in her eyes were refusing to roll down her beautiful cheek.
"Perhaps you speak with your father and try to sort it out," he said as he looked down into her eyes.
"I will, but it will be a long time before I decide that I am ready to do that. I'm not sure that I want to go back home at this point. I really have no wish to encounter my father once more. I need time to think and sot it all out first," she replied as she looked at him. Snape nodded in response, finding that what she said was very reasonable. Severus Snape soon lost himself in thought. Thinking about the previous night.
"Is that the reason why you drank so much last night?" he asked as he stared at her. She rolled around in the bed on her back and held her sides as she giggled. She then turned around once more and looked into his deep eyes with a smile on her face.
"Actually that was partly Ginny's fault. She got me going, she also left me alone to deal with McGonegall," she said as she looked into his eyes. He merely shook his face and looked down at his hands. She knew that he was trying to conceal his amusement. After a moment he once more returned to stared at the young enchantress that was lying in his bed. And as he stared into her eyes, he found that there was a strange glint in them that told him that Luna was no child, that she was in fact a woman.
"Well did you at least enjoy the wedding?" he asked as he looked into her eyes, brushing away his previous thoughts. She nodded in response.
"It was the first time that I have eaten well in quite sometime and have spent time with people. It was great. I am, however, disappointed that I didn't speak to Tonks or Professor Lupin the entire night. I guess that I was being maintained to busy for it," she said as she looked into his eyes. She was smiling a very small smile and her eyes were sparkling but she was quite calm.
"Yes, I noticed," he said as he looked down at his hands. Luna thought that she saw a sparkle of some dark feeling in his eyes, however, she didn't have much time to see for he immediately looked down at his hands. She furrowed her brows at this. He soon looked back up at her with his usual neutral mask. "You don't have to worry about not having been able to say anything to Tonks or Remus. I've heard that many of the people that attended the celebration were planning to spend their night in the castle and leave after breakfast today."
"Do you think that anyone noticed our disappearance?" Luna asked as she looked into his eyes. He looked into her blue eyes before saying anything.
"I'm sure that the Weaseley's and Harry noticed you were gone, but I don't believe anyone noticed that I'd left, not that they would have found it strange if they had," he said as he looked at her. There was something strange in the way that he said Harry's name that made her once more furrow her brow as she stared at him.
"I'm sure," Luna said as she looked into his eyes. "Harry was quite distraught about the break of his engagement with Hermione. I very much doubt that he was in the right state of mind when he decided to steal a kiss."
"Steal?" he asked as he stared at her while raising a brow. Luna sat up and played with the blanket between her legs, which were crossed Indian style. A serious and solemn expression came over her face as she played with the things before her.
"Yes, I had no desire in kissing Harry. I think that my heart has long moved on from him. When he kissed me, I felt like a part of me died. It was a horrible amount of pain, like I'd betrayed someone. It felt like my heart was tearing," Luna said and with the last sentence she clutched at the shirt she was wearing, over her heart and a look of pain came over her face. Snape stared at her and wondered why it was she felt like that when Harry had kissed her. He would have thought that she would've enjoyed it.
"Does you're heart perhaps belong to Charlie Weasley?" he asked as he stared at her. She turned around and looked into his eyes.
"Charlie has a soft spot for me, he confessed his love for me the day that you picked me up from his home. Even he chanced stealing a kiss and was heartbroken when I turned away from him. However, there is nothing between he and I. He is not the one that resides in my heart," she said as she looked into his eyes. He merely nodded in response and looked down at his hands. "I do not know if anyone does," she said as she lay back down and stared at the ceiling.
TBC…