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The Cover - up

Luna

Argh, way to go, Great job Luna Lovegood. I must be the greatest arse in Hogwarts history. I just asked Ginny if she wanted to come study. With me. On a sunday! Why didn't I just tell her that I have foul plans, and naughty dreams about her at night? I better eat lunch by myself. Again, so I won't get those curious looks... I'm just glad she dosn't suspect anything. Nobody does, I'm sometimes glad most people fail to notice who I really am. But still, I'm thrilled she said yeah, or, rather, she asked to hang out instead. I can live with that though.

Luna thought to herself as she was eating lunch by herself, outside, by the lake. She adored sitting at the lake. Watching other students play around, joke, laugh, and most of all just being. She wasn't much of a thinker. But she did wonder about life. About being, about pain and about love. She would often watch other students as they sat and held hands in public, she would even smile at the thought that that, holding anothers hand, smiling and blushing, and wouder if that might ever happen to her. A good question many teenagers her age would like to know the answear to. But it constantly seemed that life just wasn't meant for her. She accepted it too, that wasn't it. Just... She had been in love with the same person for over 2 years now, and her crush hadn't lessoned. Naturally going about her everyday tended to have that effect on most. She sat there for another 10 minutes 'till a boy a year over her came, and quietly sat down beside her. It was Neville Longbottom.

There was a silence for a couple of minutes till Neville spoke "Hi Luna, Alright if I sit down?" She nodded quietly, thinking it was an odd question since he allready was sitting down."Well, urm, I- I've been meaning to ask you..." "Yes?" Luna said as if she knew what was comming. It was common knowledge that Neville had a crush on her. Not that she didn't like him. Just not on that level.

"Well... I was thinking if you wanted to hang out with me. Just as friends nothing more. I'll understand if you say no, but still..." he rambled on about the weather, and she just looked at him with her big blue eyes. Eyes that seemed away from the present at most times, but still with incredible insight. "I know you like me, and I'm sorry i can't return those feelings, but... I'd like to be friends?"

"sure" he smiled, "it's becuse of Ginny isn't it?"

Luna tensed "I'm- I'm, What?" if that slipped out? She'd have the luck to become 'Lesbo-Looney' Thrilling, right?

"It's nothing, I just noticed how you behave around her, you... you change, and it's like she's the light of your life. So I was thinking that I could be your cover for a time? I mean, it's not like I'm blackmailing you, I won't tell I swere! my grandma just keeps nagging me about getting a girlfriend, and well, since I like you, then maybe finally being with you would ease the letting-you-go factor a bit?"

Luna gasped, looked at Neville as if expecting him to dissapear like most of the vivid fantasies. "Neville, what would I have to do? Becuse it seems to be just what we both were looking for?"

"Well..." he squirmed a bit, and Luna couldn't help but think he was sort of cute. In a strictly platonic way of course, but still. "Well, you'd have to come visit my Grandma, and meet my family quick. Just to get them off my back, and make them shut up! Oh, and just, I don't know, hold my hand in public from time to time? If - if you want to, that is? Again, even if you say no, I wouldn't tell anyone!"

Luna smirked to herself, and kissed him on the cheek. he held his hand to the spot that was just kissed. "So... Is that a - Yes?" Luna smirked and sighed "It certanly is, my dear boyfriend. And I'd love to meet your family, just wondering, would you like to meet mine too?" Neville imeadiatly nodded, still holding his cheek.

"Sure, anything you want. Friends right?" She held out her hand "Indeed. We can be eachothers covers right?" Neville nodded once again. "Care to join me inside? I mean I've noticed you sit out here a lot, and the few people who tries to get near you, you draw away from most of them? Is it becuse you feel you can't bee totally honest with them or-?"

Luna kissed him squre on the lips. Not with tounge, or anything remotely romantic, but like you'd kiss your mum perhaps. "Dear boy, you know me too well, you haven't been spying on me have you?" Neville blushed slightly muttering "I just can't seem to not notice you..." "how sweet, but can we take the hard questions later? Oh, and to make it less obvious, we'll deny being together for about a week or two, and then we'll tell all. Okay?" Neville nodded, and Luna took his hand and led him inside. However they departed when reaching the Great hall. A few people had seen them hold hands, and Luna knew this mostly would work to her benefit...

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