Chapter 3- Declarations

"Night Sara." Luna said quietly as she closed the first year's door behind her. She turned on her heel and quickly made her way to Claire's room. She knocked twice and awaited Claire's response anxiously. After a moment she heard two knocks in return. She scurried down the iron spiral stairs and walked out of Ravenclaw Tower. Claire and Luna had become quick friends since the beginning of the year. They would meet at the Black Lake when either one had important news to tell the other. They had just started the double knocking recently though. She took a seat on a black boulder and entertained herself by scanning the lake for night life. After about five minutes, Luna heard a soft "pop" and looked up in the direction of the sound eagerly. There stood Claire Turner. Claire had plain brown medium length hair and brown eyes. To most, Claire was an ordinary girl, but to Luna, she was a brilliant witch and an amazing friend. "Hello Claire." Luna said smilingly slightly at the younger girl.

"Luna" Claire replied with a small smile and a nod. She quietly took a seat next to her professor and waited for her to begin.

"Do you remember Hermione?" Luna asked cautiously.

"Professor Granger? The one you've been crushing on?" Claire asked, faking a second of thought. Since Claire had always been the serious one in the pair, Luna was momentarily stunned, which Claire looked highly amused about. After she had gotten over the shock, Luna smiled brightly and nodded yes.

"Yes, that's her."

"Then yes, yes I do know Hermione." Claire said with another smile.

"Well…I took your advice…" Luna began but was interrupted by Claire's chuckle and her saying,

"Really…you finally did it?" curiosity overriding her features. Luna looked down and blushed, which was a very rare sight to behold. "No way! No way!" Claire shouted, clearly not believing what she had just seen. "And?" she shouted. Luna giggled and motioned for Claire to lower her voice.

"I asked her to come to Hogsmeade with me and she said…" Luna stopped again as Claire put her hands up.

"Wait a second. Cue dramatic music, dun dun dunnnnn…….okay, I'm done." Luna chuckled but continued.

"and she said yes." Screaming insured, came from Claire and when she had finished, she looked like she had just busted her lungs.

"No way! So you guys are gonna go on a date right?"

"Yep…well…at least I think it's a date." Luna trialed off nervously.

"Wait, hold on. Did you ask her on a date or not?" Claire asked, completely confused by this new tidbit of information.

"Well…I mentioned a date but I don't know if she sees it that way." Luna said softly with a sadden shrug.

"Nope…I'm not gonna let this happen." Claire said strongly as she stood up and began to make her way back to the castle.

"Wait…where are you going? What aren't you going to let happen? Claire!" Luna shouted as the younger girl disappeared from her sight.

Luna waited all night for Claire to return to the common room that night but she didn't until almost the beginning of Luna's first class. "Where have you been?" Luna asked exasperatedly as she magically appeared from behind Claire who was trying to sneak back into the room.

"Crap Luna! You scared the shit out of me." Claire said as she put a hand to her chest.

"I'm sorry." Luna began nicely. "Where have you been?" she continued in a more demanding tone.

"Out." Claire replied casually as she began her walk to the stairs.

"Out where?" Luna persisted.

"Places."

"What places?" Luna continued.

"Different places." Claire said as she made her way up the spiral stairs, Luna in tow. Just as she was about to ask again, Claire closed the door loudly behind Luna. "If you really must know, I went to go see Professor Granger." Claire said as she hurriedly began to change into a clean pair of her school robes.

"What?" Luna yelled.

"I just wanted to know if she thought it was a date too." Claire said in a small voice. Neither Luna nor Professor Lovegood had ever yelled at her…or anyone for that matter.

"I'm sorry Claire." Luna said quickly as she lowered her voice to its normal level. She had no idea where that anger had come from. She really didn't want Hermione thinking that she was clingy or some sort of stalker. She was honestly scared, no, petrified that Hermione didn't see it the same way she did.

"So…do you want to know what she said?" Claire asked brightly after an amount of silence had passed between the pair.

"Ofcourse!" Luna shrieked happily as she bounced on Claire's bed.

"Well…after the shock of seeing one of her students outside of her house at midnight wore off, she was surprisingly calm about why I was there. We had tea and talked about…" Claire was interrupted by Luna who just gave her a look. The look that said "I don't care, get to the good stuff will ya?". "Anyway, I asked her and she said that…"

A/N- Cliffhanger! Thanks for all the reviews and alerts. Sorry it's taken me this long to update. I had absolutely no inspiration to write. I even though about ending the story cause I couldn't think of how to continue it (sad, I know). But I got threw it and hopefully I'll get back into posting regularly. Just wanted to let you all know that all the reviews made me want to continue (I mean who can let down a bunch of amazing fans?). Anyway, review and make me one happy person. I would love some new ideas if anyone has any to spare. RR please.