Luna agrees to make cupcakes for the White Elephant party. Will Neville be a help or hindrance?
Song: All I Want For Christmas by She & Him
Daphne: Luna, can you bring cupcakes?
Luna: Sure, anything else?
Hermione: Do you us to bring anything?
Ginny: Same here
Daphne: Mione - party mix like your mum makes
Daphne: Gin - your mum's hot cider
Hermione: I just finished a batch so sure
Ginny: I'll call her and get the recipe if she will give it up
Daphne: Thanks ladies
Hermione: This is going to be fun
Ginny: Anytime
Luna: I can't wait to see the chaos
Luna looked around at the disaster that was the kitchen in Neville's cottage. She must not have been thinking clearly when she decided to make three different kinds of cupcakes for tomorrow. But, they were going to look so cute on the tray together and the boys never let cake go to waste.
"Cherry cordial have the Christmas lights, gingerbread have the snowmen, and mint chocolate chip for trees," Luna ticked off items on the list she was holding as she mumbled. "Once they cool, I'm going to have to get Neville to help. The decorating is going to take a while."
"Get Neville to help with what." Luna yelped as his voice came from behind her. "Sorry I'm late. I had to run an errand for Theo."
Luna looked at Neville leaning against the doorframe. "You startled me. I'm going to need your help decorating these cupcakes for tomorrow. What errand for Theo?"
Neville pushed off the doorframe and walked across the room. Wrapping his arms around her from behind, Neville kissed Luna's cheek. "An errand he can't run right now because Daphne has hidden all the keys to the cars and his is all I am going to tell you."
"Do you mind helping me decorate the cupcakes?" Luna fidgeted in Neville's arms. "The last batch is in the oven and they will have to cool before we can decorate them all. I'm trying to remember if I have everything."
"How can you find anything in here, Moonbeam?" Neville settled his chin into the crook of her neck."Shall we clean up the flour explosion before we check the decorating supplies. I haven't seen the kitchen look this beautiful since the last time Gran made cupcakes."
"Is it really that bad?" Luna looked around at the countertops full of scattered ingredients and cooling cupcakes. "It took a couple of tries to figure out her mixer. I really love working in here."
"I did not say it as a mess." Neville turned Luna and kissed the tip of her flour covered nose. "This kitchen is perfect just the way it is. It reminds me of all the times Gran baked for us. We just need to get a few things sorted and it will be ready for the next step."
"Okay." Luna leaned into Neville's chest and sighed. "It will take a while for them to cool after the last batch comes out. Clean up will go faster if we work together."
GInny: AWWWWW
Daphne: He sure is concentrating
Hermione: How did you get him to do that?
Luna: He likes to decorate so I put him to work
Ginny: Is he sticking his tongue out?
Daphne: Theo does that when he is concentrating sometimes
Hermione: What is he decorating?
Luna: He was helping me decorate the cupcakes for tomorrow
Ginny: It looks almost too cute to eat
Hermione: How many cupcakes did you make?
Daphne: You did not have to do that much
Luna: It has been fun. I made 3 different kinds. There will be enough for everyone to take some home
Hermione: Can we see the others?
Ginny: Do you mind if I take some to work?
Daphne: I was going to ask the same thing
Luna: No, they are a surprise. Yes, you can have as many of the leftovers as you want and give them to who ever you want
Luna slid her mobile into the back pocket of her jeans.
"Did you just take my picture?" Neville did not look up from his task of placing small candies in the frosting on the cupcake in front of him. "What do the girls think of my decorating skills? Because I am sure that is who you sent the picture to."
"Who says I took a picture or sent it to anyone?" Luna picked up a cupcake and began to pipe green icing onto it. "I'm over here making Christmas trees for you to decorate. I need to start painting faces on marshmallows for the snowmen.
"I know you, Moonbeam." Neville looked up from the cupcake that now looked like a string of fairy lights had been wrapped around its frosting. "You took a picture, sent it to the girls and then tried to play innocent."
"I would do no such thing, Sunshine." Luna picked up another cupcake to cover in green frosting. "And, if I had, they would be jealous of the cute baker's assistant I have tonight. Gin thinks it cute that you stick your tongue out when you are concentrating."
"She does, does she?" Neville set down the cupcake he had been working on and began to stalk Luna around the counter. "And what do the other girls think? I have frosting and I am not afraid to use it."
"Neville, you wouldn't" Luna began to back out of the kitchen toward the living room. "That frosting is for the snowmen. What are you doing?"
Neville wrapped one arm around Luna's waist and pulled her into his body. "Just a little frosting to sweeten you up. I know you. The girls have seen me in a very unmanly position."
Luna wiggled in Neville's grip and tried to get away. "If it makes it any better, I think the boys are going to have to help out from now on. They told me I am a lucky girl."
Neville smiled and put a drop of frosting on Luna's lips. "Oops, I got frosting on you. I guess I will have to lick that off."
Before Luna could catch her breath, Neville had bent down and was kissing her. Luna wrapped her arms around his neck and drew him deeper into the kiss. Frosting the rest of the cupcakes could wait.
Neville: How did you know?
Harry: Know what?
Neville: That she was it?
Harry: Can you breath when she is in the room?
Neville: No
Harry Can you breath when she is not in the room?
Neville: No
Harry: Can you see your life without her, ever?
Neville: No
Harry: That's how you know
Neville set his mobile on the bedside table and laid back in bed. Turning toward the wall, Neville wrapped his body around Luna's and listened to her soft breathing. "Good Night, Moonbeam. Love you."