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North/South Pole Magnetism
Chapter two: They Remember
About a month later…
The young man was getting coffee and a newspaper while going to work, when he spotted a face that he could never forget. He wasn't quite sure if he should say hello to the girl, who at the moment was feeding pigeons by a fountain. The girl was very strange, but captivating in the most absorbing way. He decided he would say hello, just to see if she remembered him.
"Um…excuse me, hi. Do you remember me?" he stammered.
The girl lifted up her large, pale eyes, "Yes. Yes I do. You're the boy from the park."
"Yeah, that's me." He smiled—so she does remember me, he thought. "Do you mind if I ask your name?"
"Not at all." And she stared at him keenly. The two of them both seemed to be waiting for something.
"Are you going to tell me what it is?" the boy asked.
"I was waiting for you to ask. You asked if you could ask my name, not for my name. Those are two very, very different concepts." She looked positively commonsensical.
"Oh, um…okay. What's your name?" he said awkwardly.
"Luna. Luna Lovegood." She stood up from the pigeons, not without excusing herself formally, and shook his hand.
"Lovegood? That's an interesting name. Is your family from the north?"
"No, it's actually of the Malukiluki tribe that originated in London during the time of the bubonic plague."
"Oh." He wasn't quite sure how to respond to this. "Well my name's Harry. Harry Potter."
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Potter." They shook hands once again.
There was an uncomfortable pause in which no one knew what to say, so Harry just said anything. "So, the Malukiluki, I've never heard of that tribe."
Luna's eyes glazed with excitement—she obviously enjoyed explaining her family history. "Well, you wouldn't have, would you? They were a secret ninja group that set out to destroy all the forces of evil. Unfortunately on a journey to France almost all of them caught the plague and died. The survivors settled in the country side and gradually made their way to the city." She smiled proudly and added, "Which is why I stand here today."
Harry was completely baffled. She just keeps getting weirder, and yet….
"You don't believe me do you?" Luna asked quietly.
"Well, it's not that I don't believe you it's just—"
"It's okay," she interrupted. "Not many people do believe me. I'm sure there are plenty of things you believe that I don't.'
"Like what?" Harry asked playfully.
"I don't know. What's something you've believed your whole life?"
"Um…that coffee stunts your growth."
Luna began shrieking with her unique laugh. "How could you believe that?" she gasped.
"Doctors say it!" Harry argued, but there was no point. Luna was doubled over with laughter, and he soon caught the laughter himself.
Luna stopped laughing and stared at him again. "Your laugh…"
"What about it?" Harry asked insecurely.
"It's a cute laugh."
Harry realized as his face blushed that the girl was very beautiful. "Thank you." He glanced at his watch. "Oh, I've got to get to work."
"Oh, then, I'll let you go." She looked disappointed.
"Are we going to run into each other again?" he asked, smiling at her.
Her face lit up immediately. "Of course we will! We have a north/south pole magnetism effect! Isn't that fascinating?"
"Completely."
"Goodbye for now," Luna said, "Hope to see you soon."
As he was walking away backward, trying to keep his eyes on her as long as possible, Harry said, "Goodbye. 'Till we meet again."