Yep, her best friend was the devil but Ginny guessed she kind of earned that, given she teased the brunette with how smitten she was with her veela girl. She sighed, leaving the others' room, who were still snickering at her. Upon entering her room she was greeted by the endearing scene on her (she hoped so) soon to be girlfriend curled up on her boyfriend, both sleeping. She smiled and moved to get herself ready to bed, she lodged herself on the other side of Luna as it was the only space left on the bed (it as actually a bit small, not that any of them really cared). She spooned Luna, making sure the blonde wouldn't wake up and reached out with her arm so she was touching Harry's hip. The other two simply sighed, with Luna leaning a little on her and Harry shifting closer to them and wrapping his free arm (as one was under his head and pillow) over her and mirroring her own arm, leaving Luna effectively sandwiched between them. Ginny carefully placed a soft kiss on the blonde's shoulder, feeling her relax completely, and let sleep take her.
"They are so adorable sleeping that I feel guilty to wake them up." Ginny heard as the slumber began to fade from her consciousness. She grumbled, recognizing the voice as her best friend's.
"What do you want?" She mumbled, after opening one eye to glare at Hermione only to be met by not only her but Fleur too. She should have guessed. She rolled her eyes because the couple seemed resolved to recoup their lack of presence around each other during the week by staying glued what seemed to be the whole weekend.
"We're here to abduct Luna. Why else?" Hermione laughed at her friend's sleepy face.
"You are supposed to do so only later," Harry grumbled as he arose, frowning at his sister.
"Well, we decided we would do eet now." Fleur smiled sweetly.
Sighing and knowing there was no way she could convince the couple to let them sleep some more, she called for Luna softly while rubbing her hip. The blonde simply snuggled further into her, earning snickers from the others in the room. "Come on, Lun… The evil couple wants you up now…" This was met with a simple head shake and an unintelligible mumble.
Harry sighed and moved out of the bed. He had a soft smile on as he gathered his clothes for the day and entered the bathroom. Ginny fully laughed when Luna rolled out of her reach (tried to), as she was still trying to wake her up, and resumed her sleep with a quiet snore. Ginny shrugged, looking at the older couple and got out of bed. She was sorting through her things, figuring what to wear when she heard a yell from the bed and laugher. Turning, she saw Hermione on top of Luna tickling the younger witch. She snickered as the Ravenclaw struggled to be free of the brunette's onslaught.
"I'MAWAKEI'MAWAKE!" The younger blonde shouted after gathering enough air. Hermione got out from Luna and helped the Claw get up. "You are mean."
"You love me somehow," Hermione smirked. Luna was really glad the rather eccentric young woman had friends other than herself, she knew she and Hermione had a shaky start.
"Very true."
"Now, we are abducting you in case you didn't hear the first time I said it."
"Oh?"
"You are spending zee day with 'ermione and myself until eet's time for your date." Fleur offered, smiling as the younger witch sorted her clothes quicker than Ginny and ran into the bathroom as Harry exited.
"I won't ask the plans for the date but I do expect to hear all about it tomorrow over lunch?" Hermione smiled inviting the trio to Fleur's for lunch (or Ginny expected that was where the meal would be happening). Harry smiled and agreed for both of them sakes.
"Dressing code?" The French asked.
"Casual," Ginny answered knowing she was referring to the date.
"Lun, we'll be downstairs!" Hermione shouted out to the witch inside the bathroom. A muffled 'ok' was heard and the older couple left the room.
"So, they agreed with letting Lun get ready with them…" Harry chuckled.
"More like they were already planning on doing this before I even asked. And 'Mione mocked me for being nervous to ask them…"
"And I really don't know why you were."
"Why didn't you go then?"
"And risk seeing them snogging more than I have already? No thanks. I was very safe here." He laughed.
"As if you had any innocence to be taken away…" Ginny rolled her eyes.
Luna got out of the bathroom and smiled at them. "So, I'll see you later…"
"Certainly, we'll pick you up at Fleur's at six… Ok?" Ginny answered. Luna pecked her lips, then Harry's and left the room.
"We're leaving! See you at 6!" The Quidditch captain heard Hermione yell.
"Okay!" "See ya!" Were Harry's and her's responses.
Ginny got ready for the day as her boyfriend waited for her reading the book she had lent him about the Holyhead Harpies.
"So, breakfast in London?" She asked while reentering the room.
"I'm up for it." Harry placed the book aside and walked to her, holding her. "G'morning, since I had no chance of saying before thanks to our crazy family."
"Morning. And you crazy family, I have nothing to do with them. Yet." Ginny laughed.
"Right, because you don't consider 'Mione your sister too. Even your mom considers her a second daughter…" He chuckled. "Though I think it's because she had far too many boys…" Harry added with a whisper. She cracked.
"I'll let McG know we are leaving."
"McG?"
"Shush," Ginny rolled her eyes. She conjured her patronus and sent him his way as they reached the first floor. "I doubt she expects us to spend our weekends here anyway…"
"True…"
They didn't spend much time in the flat as they were both hungry. It didn't take much for them to find a place that had a breakfast menu so they entered without much thought and sat, both ordering a rather large amount of food. Ginny regarded Harry for a bit.
"So, you up to cooking or we'll get Lun to a restaurant later?"
He smiled and they began plotting how they would sweep Luna off her feet.
"Uh, where are we going?" Luna asked as she was almost dragged out of Fleur's apartment.
Hermione smiled at her, same as Fleur.
"We are distracting you." Fleur offered. "I zought you might get anxious so I spoke to my beau 'ere and we decided to spend zee day with you."
"I'd really like to eat first, though," Hermione said as they heard her stomach growl.
"Wanna check on Jilpy?" Fleur suggested, both women agreeing.
They arrived at the café without being mobbed, miraculously (it was a Saturday after all). A random attendant greeted them at the entrance, they led them to a table and gave them the menu. Not more than 5 minutes later, three cups filled with their hot beverage of choice appeared in front of them. When the attendant got back to them, they seemed startled.
"Are you usual customers?"
"You could say that…" Hermione said smiling.
"We are friends with an employee." Luna offered, smiling. She thought it was strange the attendant didn't recognize them right away.
"Oh…"
Luna noticed a brunette that seemed to know Fleur approach them. She seemed pleased.
"Miss Delacour! It's a pleasure to have you here again!"
"And zee owner..." Fleur said as the person at their service paled seeing the woman talk to them. "'ello, Aubrey!" She added smiling.
"Is Beca servicing you well? She's the newest addition to our staff," the woman questioned smiling. "And is American in case you were wondering why she didn't really recognize you." She added with a whisper.
The trio nodded understanding. "I was about to get their orders when I saw they already had drinks..." The attendant explained in a low voice to the owner.
"Jilpy saw you getting in uh?" the woman smirked, "No worries, dear. Just take the rest of their order. This group here has high priority. And relax, you are after all attending the most humble group of war heroes of UK.." Beca blanched as the three women sitting rolled their eyes.
"So much for not drawing attention…" Hermione mumbled, taking a sip of her drink. "Oh, coffee!" She seemed surprised.
"I guess she 'eard from Dobby zat you enjoyed eet at zee morning…"
"I heard you have been at Hogwarts launching the new policy professor McGonagall instated…" Aubrey smiled. Luna enjoyed the fact that the woman didn't fuss around them and could see Hermione too was grateful. Fleur nodded. "Jilpy made sure to send your preferred coffee to the school as soon as she heard you would be staying there the whole week."
Fleur simply grinned. "She's wonderful…"
"Indeed." Aubrey excused herself then as an elf appeared to inform her she was needed, promising to go back to them before they were off.
Hermione and Fleur ordered croissants and sliced fruits, Luna simply went along with them. Beca scurried away as soon as she got the order. The food appeared at the table quickly again, a basket filled with fresh croissants, small containers with honey, jelly, and butter, and three bowls filled with cut fruit. As they were finishing the food, Aubrey appeared again, smiling.
"I'm sorry, I just realized I didn't present myself to you. I'm Aubrey, though you knew that already." She beamed. "It's a pleasure to meet you two." She added to Luna and Hermione.
"Uhm, can I ask you something?" Hermione began, waiting for a nod from the owner. "Is it possible for you to keep sending the coffee to Hogwarts?"
"I'm happy to inform you, Miss Granger, that we are already doing such thing. As far as I am aware, that school's elf that is friends with Jilpy took upon himself to keep at least some of it there." The woman smiled. "They seem quite fond of you and your friends." Aubrey wished them a good day and went back to her office.
Luna waited for them to leave the café to ask them about the plans. Fleur proposed shopping and Hermione promptly suggested they began at the bookshop. Only halfway through the shop, Luna remembered she hadn't packed any clothes for the date and almost panicked. Fleur snickered and said she was actually planning on going shopping for some clothes after the bookshops (they had decided to go to both wizarding and muggle bookshops). The three witches spent most part of the day inside shops in the muggle London as none of them had much care for wizarding robes. An hour before the scheduled time for the Potter-Weasley couple to show up to fetch Luna, the three women were deciding Luna's outfit. The younger blonde had showered and clad herself in the new lingerie she had bought but they didn't seem to be really able to agree on one outfit; Luna seemed to be absolutely incapable of choosing something for herself, Hermione (the ever more practical) chose tight jeans and a feminine button-up while Fleur suggested a cute blue dress that hugged her at all the right places. All picked from the clothes the Claw had bought earlier. After a few minutes of absolute indecisiveness from Luna, Fleur made the woman try them both. After that, Hermione had agreed with her girlfriend that the dress would be the best choice. That sorted out, Fleur set on putting some make-up on Luna (upon her request) while the brunette watched them smiling. Right on time, they heard a knock on the door. Hermione went to get it while Fleur finished braiding Luna's hair. That done, the younger blonde went to the living room, to meet the couple that was taking her out. They smiled at her and she felt their adoring gaze on her, making her flush. Harry was wearing dark jeans, a white bottom-up (a rather classy one), and black social shoes, he was holding out a red tulip and smiling. Ginny stood beside him wearing tight black jeans, a backless grey blouse, a black jacket and in high heeled ankle booties, her hair was down and tossed over her right shoulder. She was holding out a tiger lily (Luna found it funny that she was the one holding the lily, not harry). Luna smiled at them.
"You look great…" The ginger said reverently smiling back. Harry nodded. They gave Luna the solitaire flowers.
"Thanks, you two look awesome."
Hermione came to her as took the flowers. "I'll put these in water. I'll get them to the flat." She said the second phrase more like a question, she had no idea of what their plans were.
"Thanks, 'Mione," Ginny said smiling. "Let's go? We have reservations…" Luna nodded and they left the apartment.
The trio arrived at the restaurant just in time, having been led to their table immediately. Luna had no knowledge of the place and didn't exactly know where they were in London (she assumed they were in London). Harry made sure to pull out the chair for Luna and Ginny, grinning. The table was round so the three of them could face each other easily.
"We remembered you saying the food you liked the most, in your travels with Xeno, was Thai… This is one of the best restaurants in London, specialized in Thai food." Ginny said softly as Luna looked around.
"Oh," The blonde beamed, she really loved the food. "It had been quite sometime I don't eat Thai…" Luna inclined slightly out of her seat to peck on the other two cheeks. "Thank you!"
They ate and chatted quietly, the blonde noticed it was really easy to be with them. They were both pleasant and willing to discuss whatever she said, she knew she seemed a little crazy when she was talking about those unknown beasts but she also knew they were very real. The other two were curious about anything she said and listened closely, she saw genuine interest on what she had to say (refreshing after years of people only listening to her to be able to mock her). She was softly smiling, looking at both her companions and glad she was there with them.
"Hey," Ginny said softly. "Where did you go?" a smile grazer her lips.
"Oh! Sorry, I guess I got lost in my head…"
"That must have been interesting." Harry smiled.
"Not really…" She laughed. "I'm glad I'm here with you two…" She added.
"We're glad you accepted coming with us." Ginny grinned.
They had finished sharing a small dessert and decided to head out, Harry gave both girls a meaningful look as if daring them to try paying as he asked for the check. He and Ginny offered a hand to Luna as they got up, she took both and graciously followed them. They apparated with her once again, and she found herself at an amusement park. She grinned and dragged them to the entrance, they laughed and followed her. Ginny made her and Harry wait out of the line to buy the tickets and came back a few minutes later, holding three.
"You better not try to pay for anything, Lun. We are taking you out."
"As you please…"
They left three hours later, after riding the roller coaster, the Ferris wheel, and after Ginny had won three stuffed animal to Luna (Harry had tried but tossing balls weren't really his speciality - he might have pouted). The blonde was grinning and had re-distributed the prizes so it was one each. the ginger and Harry only relented and accepted one after the Claw had resorted to puppy eyes, though. Ginny apparated them directly into the flat, the flowers they had given Luna sat beautifully in a vase on the dinner table. Luna's smile widened even more.
"Thank you, really. You didn't have to…"
"We wanted to," Harry said softly.
"Yeah, you deserve the best," Ginny stated.
"Want hot cocoa?" the boy asked.
"Definitely." Both girls said simultaneously and grinned at each other as Harry entered the kitchen.
Ginny was still smiling when she pulled Luna closer into a hug, she was leaning on the counter simply holding the blonde. Luna felt good in her arms, safe. The Claw was shorter than the Gryffindor and her head was tugged under the lioness' chin, moving slowly, the blonde kissed the underside of the ginger's jaw. Ginny looked down, they were both serious but their eyes betrayed their joy. It took only two seconds (time enough to make a decision and make sure it wouldn't bother the other), Luna leaned up and pressed a kiss on Ginny's lips. She felt alive, even more, when the ginger pulled her closer and moved a hand to her cheek. On their own accord, the blonde's arms wrapped themselves around the other's shoulders. It was a slow sweet kiss but certainly, the longest they had ever shared, they were both grinning when they parted after Harry cleared his throat from the other side of the counter. Ginny turned around with an eyebrow raised.
"The chocolate will get cool…" Harry said quietly, his cheeks red.
"Right…" the redhead said in an amused tone. Luna moved from Ginny's arms, boosted herself onto the counter and wrapped her legs around the ginger. No words were needed. The blonde pecked the lioness' lips then leaned through her current seat, reaching for Harry. Ginny caressed Luna's thighs over the dress as the Claw kissed the seeker. Luna moaned into Harry's mouth making Ginny's grip tighten, the man simply leaned in the blonde's direction and held her neck. When they broke the kiss, Harry and Ginny exchanged glances.
"Luna, can I ask you something?" the redhead asked softly (though her voice sounded a few octaves lower).
"Sure, you know you can."
"Uh," Ginny sounded flustered. Harry skirted the counter, standing behind Ginny and offering her one of the cups of cocoa. Luna reached for her's since it was next to her. The ginger took a deep breath after a small sip. "Would you like to be our girlfriend?"
Luna grinned and nodded. She kissed the tip of Ginny's nose (to which the redhead made a complaining noise) and pecked her lips before pecking Harry's. "Of course I would, silly witch."
A/N: Hello my dear readers! It's me, your friendly neighbour Celtic!
Wooooohoo! A chapter on Luna's and Ginny's POV! (I've been meaning to do that for a while). What did you think about the date? A good one? I secretly (not really) love writing Luna...
In case you are wondering, the meaning of the flowers (in reference to Imagine Me and You): The Tiger Lily means 'I dare you to love me' and the Red Tulip is a declaration of love.
Please review, I'm always pleased to learn what you think!
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See Yah!
PS: Tori: Hey! Still surviving? I hope you liked this one...
Wk: Completely understandable... McG is kind of wonderful in that case, it could be worse...
Pappa: Thanks for reading! The story is coming through! I will finish writing, promise! I'm a few chapters ahead, actually. I just forget to upload them regularly... If you feel like it's been too long, feel free to remember me. I should be updating every 2/3 weeks (to give me time to write some more, so I'm still a few chapters ahead)
PPS: If you feel like sending me requests suggestions or prompts, feel free to reach me by PM or email me: celticdaughterfics (gmail)
