"Babe?" Fleur was spooning Hermione, holding her close as if trying to protect her from the world. They had been silent since they stopped kissing, and the lioness was beginning to doze off, when she remembered something she wanted to ask her girlfriend.

"Oui?" Her voice was thick with sleep.

"When do you think your grandma will answer the letter?" Hermione rolled to her other side to look at the blonde's face.

"I zink Yuna will be back by tomorrow but I don't know eef she will be able to give us all zee answers we want…"

"But…"

"What we 'ave ees something I never 'eard of. What I 'ave 'eard and read says zat eet ees very rare among veela to bond emotionally with zeir veela mate before zee mating process finished. Grandmére will probably 'ave to research." Fleur explained softly, "I believe eet ees even rarer for eet to 'appen between veela/human mates. I know you are curious, your thirst for knowledge ees something I will always admire… Eff she doesn't 'ave answers now, she will make sure to 'ave zem by zee 'olidays." Fleur smiled sleepily and kissed Hermione softly. The lioness turned around so they could resume their previous position. "Goodnight, mon Ange…" Fleur said against her shoulder and kissed the nape of her neck.

"Goodnight, babe…"

Being held helped Hermione to fall asleep quickly, the potions the healers had given her would help her through the day. The soothing thrall Fleur exhaled made her relax completely in her arms, she noticed. She managed to sleep comfortably and deeply, just as the other nights the blonde had been with her.


Luna was the first to wake up that Monday, as always. But this time the weight of two sets of arms holding her coaxed her to drift back to sleep. She never thought she would be held like that, always aware of her schoolmates' opinion of her. Ginny had been her first friend and she had brought the Trio closer to her. Luna never thought the redhead cared so much about her. Ever since the end of the war, she had been living with the Weasleys. She didn't want to deal with her father so she asked Molly if she could stay there. The older witch was happy to have her there after she talked to her father.

The blonde started to stir awake about half an hour after she slept again. Taking care not to disrupt the others' sleep, she began to get out of the bed.

"Morning, Lun," Harry whispered softly, "Slept well?" He smiled when she looked at him.

"Quite..." She smiled at him, locking eyes (his sleepy, hers half dreamingly - still recovering from the awful dreams from a few days ago). The redhead beside Harry stirred and sighed, kissing his shoulder.

"Morning, you two..." She smiled at Luna. Her voice full of sleep. Ginny got out of the bed and walked towards the blonde. "good night of sleep?" the redhead seemed to somehow like being higher than Luna and hugged the blonde, tucking her head under her chin. The Ravenclaw was rendered silent and simply nodded. She felt her heart leap and her stomach turn. She then realized something that, on others, only took her one look to recognize. Luna felt her face get warm but hugged the ginger anyway. It lingered a bit more than usual. She was startled by a loud snore. Ginny laughed as they turned to the source of the noise, a very knocked out Harry.

"We should head out to breakfast..." Luna said after the redhead's laughter subdued.

"Sure…" Luna saw a small glint in her eyes.

She followed the redhead movements until she jumped right above Harry, effectively waking him up. She felt her heart swell at the sight of them, love was quite obvious to her (between both of them). The blonde tried to convince herself that what she was feeling was simply gratitude for the way they were taking care of her. She couldn't. She decided to go through her morning routine and shove whatever she was thinking (feeling) to the back of her mind. The resolve didn't last, though. She caught herself thinking about it a few minutes later, she knew how her mind worked. She wanted to understand whatever was happening and knew her mind wouldn't let go of it until a conclusion was drawn. At least it would keep her mind away from the mansion… She hoped so.

Luna wasn't one to dwell too much, that mansion stuff was dragging a bit too much for her taste. She simply hoped it would go away soon enough.

"Lun?" Looking up, she saw Harry looking at her worriedly. She almost had to force a smile but it came along with the thought that he was one of the persons helping her to go through the nights and days. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, you seemed to have zoned out for a moment…" Ginny stood not too far away, looking at her. She simply nodded, not trusting her voice after noticing how both of them seemed to care. "Okay, if you need anything just say it. Have you taken the potions?" The ginger asked unnecessarily, Luna knew the woman kept an eye on the flasks of the potions she had to take and that she had counted them before they got to sleep so she would know if she or Harry forgot to take them. She nodded anyway. They were all ready to go, it was kind of early actually, precisely time to go to the great hall. She heard a loud knock.

"Hey, you guys decent?" Hermione's voice sounded from the other side of the door.

"As if you've never seen any of us not decent!" Ginny quipped back and the door flung open, revealing a grinning Hermione and a very jealous Fleur by her side.

"Relax, Fleur. We definitely hold no competition against you." She said, looking at her veela friend. Smiling softly at the small change in the demeanor of the other blonde. "Good morning!"

"You ready for breakfast? I'm starving!" Hermione smiled, slipping her hand into Fleur's.

"And I thought you would be capable of satisfying her, dear Fleur…" Ginny was grinning, Harry was looking as if he preferred to behead himself instead of hearing that conversation (he really did).

"Don't worry, Ginny. When we come to zat you will be able to know." A smirk took over the veela's face while she embraced her girlfriend and made her visibly quiver with a kiss on her neck.

"If it happens, I will make sure to let you know about us too…"

"My innocence is already tainted, Gin. You forget I live with Harry. At the very same apartment you leave the bedroom without at least a muffliato charm." Hermione smiled a bit then looked at her best friend, who was looking very flushed and obviously not knowing what to do with himself. All of them directed their attention to the only boy in the room and laughed at how terrified he looked.

"Shall we?" Fleur said, taking pity on the boy. She caught herself staring at him as he moved out of the bedroom. Hermione and Ginny were laughing, holding each other up. When she looked away, she caught Fleur observing her. The older blonde simply smiled at her, knowingly. Shit, she needed to talk to her and try to put her mind back in order. They stalked after the man. This would be an interesting Monday. The first meal went by smoothly. Her gaze lingering at the couple in front of her as she (for some reason) made sure to sit by Hermione's side.

"So, what're the plans for today?" Ginny asked, smiling broadly.

"Lounging by zee lake?" Fleur suggested.

"I could do that!" Hermione smiled at her girlfriend.

"Deal," Harry said after he exchanged a glance with the ginger. They all turned to her.

"Sure…" As they began their way, Luna held Hermione and Fleur slightly back so she could talk to them. She had been arguing with herself if it would make any difference to talk only to Fleur. She wanted the brunette's opinion too… "Can I talk to you for a minute?" She asked them quietly, making sure the couple ahead of them wouldn't hear.

"Sure…" Hermione answered.

"'arry, Gin, go ahead. I just remembered I need to talk to McGonagall before we head outside to know the time of the classes I need to attend."

"Okay!" Ginny answered. "Lun?" She added as she noticed her standing still by Fleur's side.

"Uh… I need to ask her about a few things myself… Meet you soon?"

"Sure…" Harry answered and practically dragged Ginny outside.

"So…" She began. "Uhm…"

"We should get to an empty classroom." Hermione broke her off.

As they entered the first vacant room, Luna became aware that she was about to expose herself and froze on the spot, examining the floor.

"You know we won't judge you for whatever you say, right?" Hermione said softly, holding Fleur's hand while reaching out to hers with her free one. "I know we had a rough start, I know I judged you a lot - and I know you know that too… But honestly, you have come to be one of my closest friends…"

Luna looked up and saw simple understanding and worry in both women's eyes. And realized they already knew what she had to say.

"How do you already know?" She asked.

"You are not zee only one zat observes your friends, Luna." Fleur winked, she moved to hold Hermione from behind.

"And you were quite blatant today… You've just realized, haven't you?" Hermione asked with a smile.

Luna nodded, her body relaxed a bit now that she noticed they really weren't judging her. "I don't actually know what to do…"

"I zink you should talk to zem. You might be surprised…" Fleur looked at her from Hermione's shoulder, where her head rested. The brunette beckoned her to get closer, she did.

She released a shaky breath as she felt herself being embraced by the older women, knowing they had her back. "Thank you… We should go to McGonagall…"

"No need, I already know zee schedule. She gave it to me earlier."

"Shall we go enjoy our first school-free day, then?" Hermione smiled at both blondes. Luna was absolutely happy that she could consider them her friends.

As they walked, she came to think about the friendship she had so recently acquired. She noticed they were all quite close, they all considered each other siblings even Ginny with her absurd amount of brothers. They were her chosen family, she knew she could count on them with absolutely anything. Now she didn't have to hide behind that masquerade she invented for herself - the crazy loony girl. Obviously, she believed in all those magical creatures she talked about and she was quite capable of seeing them but now she didn't feel the need to pretend she wasn't aware of her surroundings.

"Lun?" She snapped out of her thoughts and noticed she had been so absolutely lost in her mind that she hadn't even noticed they were already outside. All of them were looking at her waiting for her to sit with them.

"Sorry… Got lost in my mind…"

"Wrackspurts, right?" Hermione smiled sweetly at her, laughing.

"Yeah…"

Ginny moved and quickly kissed her cheek. "To get rid of them." She laughed along Hermione, Luna felt her heart flutter and gulped a little, feeling her face get slightly red. They were laughing, but not at her. They all knew that these specific creatures existed, even Hermione. They were simply having a good time. Luna noticed Hermione wink at her, smiling. The older lioness had thought of an acceptable excuse for her rather quickly… She silently thanked her.

The rest of the morning went by calmly with them sat together appreciating the beautiful view the lake offered. Well, if asked about the beauty of the view, Luna would simply agree, but what she was admiring wasn't the exact same thing - Oh, shit she was completely smitten. She had caught herself admiring the black and red haired couple a few times before admitting to herself that she couldn't keep her eyes from them. The time passed with them in a calm silence. They all had their share of noisy places being it the Burrow, the school or the battlefield. The silence was welcomed and comforting, Luna felt it and it was obvious on their faces. They went to lunch when the clock indicated they should. The Ravenclaw almost excused herself to go sit at her house's table, Fleur noticed her intentions and dragged her with them to the Gryffindor's.

"I'm not supposed to sit here…" She murmured to the veela, who smiled back.

"I never took you as a coward, Luna. And I doubt anyone in zis school would tell you to go to zee other table." She whispered. Luna saw Hermione nodding, the lioness always seemed to be able to listen to what her girlfriend said. She ignored Fleur's first phrase and simply began to serve herself.

"So, Fleur, when will that one-on-one happen?" Ginny asked at some moment during the meal, grinning. Merlin, she adored that smile… Ok, smitten.


Hermione looked at Fleur, hoping her girlfriend would dismiss the challenge. She knew it wouldn't happen but she couldn't help but hope. She saw Fleur smile and caress her thigh as to calm her.

"I guess at zee end of zee week?"

"Uhm, you nervous?" Ginny had her glint of mischief in her eyes.

"Gin, you know how Hermione feels about Quidditch and flying. The week off is supposed to be relaxing, if you do it now it will have the exact opposite effect." Harry eyed Hermione and then his girlfriend. The brunette saw Fleur nod by her side.

"Oh, right…"

When they finished eating, Fleur excused herself to go to the class she was supposed to attend. Hermione held her hand and stood, making it clear that she would accompany her.

"See you by the lake, 'Mione?" Ginny asked, without looking their way.

"Yeah…"

Once they were out of hearing range, the brunette looked at her girlfriend.

"Babe," Fleur looked at her and smiled. The smile warmed Hermione, she could feel the devotion in her eyes. She kissed Fleur's cheek. Just because she couldn't help it. "Uhm, not long ago you said Harry and Ginny were mates, but you told Luna to talk with them…"

"Yes. Zere are some zings zat can 'appen to 'umans zat are impossible to 'appen to veelas, even if zeir mate are 'uman. Zee bond to veela denies zee 'uman of zose zings." Hermione nodded, the walk to the class was already automatic to her and Fleur had no trouble on following her without thinking so they were both focused on the talk. "Some souls go zrough so much in one life zat sometimes zey are destined to meet not one, but two mates. I don't really understand 'ow eet works, no one does. But a few cases are known by zee veela, 'uman mating ees something zat awakens our curiosity."

"Harry definitely has gone through a lot…"

"Ginny and Luna too. Even with 'umans, zee soul only recognizes zeir mate when zey are both ready,"

"Like what happened to us." Fleur nodded.

"I can't say eet with absolute certainty, but I'd risk saying zats zee case with zem. Zeir bond ees clear…"

"Now that I think about it… It makes sense. They kind of compliment each other." They were close to their destination, an absurd amount of students were in the hall, some drooling over Fleur which annoyed Hermione quite a bit. Apparently, she exhaled her annoyance, the blonde snickered a bit and made a point by holding her by the waist. They came to a stop a few steps from the door, the lioness sighed, knowing there would be a lot of staring towards her girlfriend during the entire afternoon and dreading one of those wouldn't be from herself. Her breath caught when she felt Fleur press her against the nearest wall. The lioness had to bit the moan that almost erupted from her lips. She felt the veela' smirk against her skin.

"Your smell is absolutely inebriating. And don't worry, I'm all yours." Fleur murmured by her ear, making her shiver.

"Uhm…"

"Now, I should go inside before zee teacher comes to find us 'ere. Zey are all inside already." Fleur kissed her softly on the lips. "See you later?" Hermione nodded, flustered, and watched her walking through the door - she was certain Fleur was making a point by swaying a bit more than usual.


Luna decided to try and understand what she was feeling. Not that there was something to really analyze… Anyway, she didn't want to ruin their friendship for something that could go away easily, no, she would take this week to see things through.

"Lun, are you ok?" Ginny dragged her out of her head, she had to focus a bit to keep her face from getting warmer. She nodded, then looked at her friends - and apparently, crushes -, they gave her a worried look. "You sure? You seem out of it today…"

"Yeah, I'm just a bit tired…" She was indeed, thinking that much about her feelings was draining. She let them think it was because of the mansion incident. In a small part, it was. But she was trying to keep those moments from her mind. Writing about it helped her with having some closure, she knew the aurors were working on bringing everyone in and fortunately the potions were helping to fix the rest of the nerve damage.

"Come here." Harry was quick to say and motioned for her to lay down with her head on his lap. "You know you can talk to us, right? We want to help." He smiled and Ginny nodded.

"I do. I'm just… Recovering, you are helping already. Thanks for everything." She smiled, feeling the soothing movement of Harry's fingers in her hair.

"Anything you need…" Ginny said softly, kissing her cheek. Luna woke up to the redhead's laughter a short time later. "You really need to work on your jealousy, 'Mione!"

"Uh?!" Luna exclaimed, not really awake to understand what was being said.

"Oh! I woke you up… Sorry, Lun…" Ginny said, sheepishly.

"Not a problem…" She offered a smile to the younger Gryffindor. "What happened?" She asked after registering what she had said and that a frustrated looking brunette had been added to the group.

"Fleur pinned 'Mione against the wall before class. In front of everyone, because Hermione was feeling jealous." Ginny was still laughing at the brunette's face and Harry was trying to hold his laughter back. Luna smiled.

"Lun, Ginny said you weren't feeling well…" Hermione looked at her, clearly trying to change the subject.

"I'm good, I was just tired. I guess I haven't slept enough to compensate the hours awake because of the nightmares…" She shrugged. Hermione raised a brow at it. "I'm good, really."

"Okay…"

They spent the next two hours sunbathing and having small talk. Hermione and Harry tried to explain to Ginny and her a few muggle sports.

"So no real danger? No flying?" Ginny was, to be honest, absolutely unimpressed.

"No. How would someone fly without magic?"

"I don't know, muggles seem to always have a way to make things work like magic! This electricity thing is definitely an example!"

"Now you sound just like your father, babe!" Harry laughed at his girlfriend confused face.

"Right. Those muggle sports are no fun. They make no sense at all!" Ginny pouted a bit in response to the comparison Harry made.

"Don't be like that!" The boy kissed her cheek.

"Football is quite interesting, actually," Luna said, smiling at them. They all looked shocked that she knew what the sport was. "Dad and I stayed at a few muggle cities during some of our travels, I saw a couple of games…" An owl, Yuna, came to view and landed in front of Hermione, carrying what seemed to be nothing. "Oh, Fleur's grandmother answered?" Ginny and Harry gave her an odd look and Hermione moved to free an invisible package from the owl.

"Oh, right… The veela thing…" Ginny realized.

"Sorry, I can't really expand the magic…" Hermione said, carefully putting the mail in her purse.

"Nah, It's fun to watch you perform mimicry," Harry said. They cracked up laughing.

They resumed discussing muggle stuff until the clock chimed at the end of the class and they made their way back to the castle. They met Fleur as they walked through the doors.


Hey! Sorry, it took me too long to post it. No excuses. So, I hope you enjoyed the snippet of Luna's mind... I personally don't believe she would hold into sadness for more than 2/3 days, so the distraction of her feelings was kind of good.

I hope you can forgive me and that you enjoyed the story!

Please review, I'm always pleased to learn what you think!

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Shout out to Aussie who will be proofreading my chapters from now on... (I'll update the corrected chapter soon, I didn't want to keep you waiting any longer)

PS: JustAGlitchInTheSystem: Please don't steal her! I like her too much... But I could let you turn her into a grounder (just saw your story) especially if it's a Clexa fic (one of my favorite couples)... LOL

Tori: Hey! The 'sweetie' was kind of a given... What did you think? I hope you had a wonderful Halloween and an awesome (almost month)...

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