Thank you for your reviews, and hopefully there will be even more for this chapter as it is probably my favourite so far, and hopefully you will agree. A warning of implied adult themes; it's dark but there is nothing serious or overly described in it so it shouldn't really be a problem.
Of course I own nothing...damn you JK Rowling, damn you!
''What would you like to drink?'' Rolf offered, taking a stool at the bar of the Leaky Cauldron.
''Oh just a Butterbeer please, I don't want to be tipsy when I apparate; things could get messy'' Luna took the stool next to him and had begun to feel more comfortable, now being surrounded by fellow customers. She shrugged of her coat and put it on her stool, having quickly apparated back to the Burrow to put her bags under her bed.
''Alright I'll go find Leo in the back; he'll get us the best possible service'' Rolf jumped down from his seat and began walking towards the door that read 'Staff Only'.
''You're not supposed to go in there Rolf'' Luna shouted after him.
''You can if you're related to one of the staff.'' Rolf gave Luna a wink before walking through the door.
Luna couldn't help but feel a little weary of the fact that she was now in a building with Rolf and one of his relatives; who was possibly a Lestrange. If George knew then he would lose his mind, and now Luna just wanted to get far, far away, preferably wherever George was at that moment.
''Order up'' Rolf called from the door that he was now remerging from, holding two drinks in his hands. ''Just a click of the fingers and the next rounds will be delivered straight to our seats''
''Lovely'' Luna muttered as Rolf retook his seat and passed her drink along to her. ''Are you sure this is Butterbeer Rolf?''
Luna looked into her drink wearily. Rolf calmly spoke after taking a gulp of his Firewhisky ''It's what I asked for''
Luna nodded before taking a small sip, her paranoia eased as it seemed to be fine.
''So how has your holiday been so far Luna?'' Rolf asked casually.
''Not to bad, how about you?''
''Oh nothing interesting'' Rolf waved his hand as if to brush off the subject. ''What about you and George, is everything okay there?''
''Um...yes fine, he's wonderful as always'' Luna wished she could brush off a topic as easily as Rolf could; hearing him mention George was something that made Luna's stomach twist into a very uncomfortable knot.
Rolf quickly emerged Luna into various conversations, while all the time signalling for another round of drinks to be brought to them. Soon enough the glasses had built up, and Luna found herself less and less aware of the time passing, and of her need to get away from Rolf Scamander.
''So you think Luna would really like this?'' Molly sighed in frustration as George asked her the same question for the fifth time.
''Yes George she will love it, but if you keep it out here then she's going to see it before it's ready'' George had laid out the photographs on the coffee table in the living room, and after much consideration (and a helpful word of advice from his mother) George had decided to assemble Luna's pictures in a photo album.
''Oh right, good point'' George gathered the photos up and put them back in their box, before apparating to his flat and sliding the box under his bed.
Molly decided to just sit and wait for George to apparate back, rather than starting to do something and then have the life scared out of her when he came back; like she had earlier.
George reappeared in front of her and smiled. ''Better entrance this time?''
''Yes dear'' Molly rose and walked towards the kitchen, George following.
''So do you need any help with getting her present put together?''
''Mum, it requires sticking photographs to pages; I'm sure even I am capable of that'' George took a seat on the kitchen worktop as Molly began looking through the cupboards intently. ''What the heck are you doing, looking for my other ear; 'cause you're not going to find it''
Molly looked up briefly to give George her 'shut up now or suffer the consequences' glare, but he couldn't help but smirk at his own wit.
''I'm checking that we have everything for Christmas dinner before it's too late to get anything we've missed. Luna isn't allergic to anything is she?''
''Mum, Luna has been eating at this house since June and you haven't actually asked her if she's allergic to anything yet''
''No, but Christmas is different to any other time; at Christmas people eat everything and it's a lot more likely that Luna may find something she's allergic too. I mean for goodness sake George, no one's allergic to bacon'' George raised his eyebrows as his mother ranted away with her head sticking into the top kitchen cupboard. ''Is she allergic to anything?''
''No Mum she isn't''
Molly's head stuck back out to look at him again ''Well why didn't you just say that?''
George just gave her a quick grin before her attention moved to the next cupboard along. The silence was broken as Ginny apparated into the kitchen. ''Hi Mum''
''Owww'' Molly jumped and her head went straight up and hit the top of the cupboard.
''Okay bye'' George ran out of the kitchen, but stayed in the living room where he could still hear.
''Ginevra Weasley what did I tell you and your brothers about apparating?''
''Sorry Mum. Are you alright?''
''Yes I'm fine'' George was slightly disappointed as that appeared to be the end of Ginny's telling off, and decided that he could re-enter the kitchen without being caught in an argument.
''I swear she's your favourite'' He commented as he rejoined his mother and sister in the kitchen.
''You are older and have been using magic freely for much longer than your sister'' Molly stated, now searching through the bottom cupboards. George didn't bother to argue back, he knew he would only suffer for it.
''I'm going for a shower Mum'' Ginny said, making her way out of the room.
''Haven't you been with Harry today Ginny?'' George asked with a menacing smile on his face.
''Um...yes I have, why?'' Ginny spoke cautiously; she knew the look on George's face meant trouble.
''I'm just wondering what you and Harry could have been doing together that would make you need a shower.'' Molly briefly paused and then carried on as if she hadn't heard anything. Ginny was red in the face as she looked at her smirking older brother.
''I hate you'' She muttered before running up the stairs.
''George I do wish you wouldn't say such things to your sister'' Molly was now focusing on him, rather than the cupboards.
''It's a part of the older brother job description Mum'' George said nonchalantly.
''Percy doesn't do it''
''That's because I'm a much better older brother than he is'' Before Molly could respond, Ron and Hermione arrived in the hallway.
''Hey Ron, one of the best parts of being an older brother is that we get to tease Ginny endlessly about her relationship with Harry isn't it?'' George looked over his shoulder at his younger brother.
''Yeah'' Ron said with a chuckle, having helped George on many occasions to embarrass their little sister.
''Point positive Mum'' George gave her a big smile, and Molly turned and walked out of the room muttering something like 'you two are as bad as each other'.
''What was that about?'' Hermione asked as she and Ron walked past Molly into the kitchen.
''Nothing, but I do think I did just win my first argument against Mum'' George beamed. ''Maybe we should celebrate''
''Don't push it!'' Molly yelled from the living room ''you may not live here but I can still lock you in your room for Christmas George Weasley!''
Ron snickered and Hermione shook her head. ''Honestly George, she will do it one day''
''Do you think so Granger? Well I'd just like to see her try''
''Where's Luna?'' Ron asked, wanting to change the conversation.
''She went out Christmas shopping. Although she really should be back by now, she's been gone long enough'' George looked out the window to see the sun setting.
''She really must be struggling to find you a present'' Hermione said. ''I'm afraid I wasn't much help, Ginny neither''
The three turned at the sound of a knock at the front door. ''Maybe that's her now''
''Why on Earth would Luna need to knock Ronald?''
''Oh yeah, good point''
''Hello Lee, what are you doing here?'' Molly's voice was heard from the front door. She entered the kitchen with Lee trailing behind.
''It's my last day at the shop so I've just brought round Christmas presents'' Lee replied as he stood beside George.
''Oh how sweet of you dear'' Molly accepted the bag of presents that Lee handed her.
''Where's Luna?'' Lee asked, noticing she wasn't with George.
''Still shopping probably'' George replied.
''Blimey she had enough when I saw her''
''When did you see her?''
''She was outside the shop talking to some guy, but she had about seven bags in her hand. She didn't see me she was facing-''
''Wait, what guy?'' George asked, looking suddenly worried.
''I didn't know him myself; he was average height, had blonde hair, skinny...but I wasn't paying much attention.''
''George that sounds an awful lot like-''
''Rolf'' George finished for Hermione, the pit of worry in his stomach already told him who it was.
Luna rested her head in her hands at the bar of the Leaky Cauldron, her head feeling increasingly woozy with every minute that passed.
''Are you alright?'' Rolf asked casually.
''No, I'm not feeling to great. I think I should be leaving now'' Luna lifted her head and noticed that the pub was completely empty. ''Where is everyone?''
''It's late Luna. Everyone's gone home'' Rolf pointed to the window, it appeared pitch black outside. ''Just finish your drink and we'll get going''
''No Rolf I think I should go now.'' Luna took in the number of drinks in front of her. ''I don't remember having all of those''
''Well I do, you can really throw back at drink Luna''
''I only asked for Butterbeer'' Luna jumped down from her stool and swayed on her feet causing Rolf to hold on to her arms to steady her.
''You did to start with, but then after a couple of drinks you asked for some Firewhisky. Don't you remember?''
''No...That didn't happen.'' Luna attempted to pull away from Rolf's hold, but his grip on her forearms only tightened. ''Rolf let go''
''I can't do that Luna'' Rolf's voice became sinister and Luna began to kick and throw her body around in an attempt to get away from him.
Rolf used his grip to pull her to him, and before Luna could stop him; his lips were on hers. Her arms were pinned between their stomachs and as Luna tried to push him away, he simply smiled and deepened the kiss. He continued to hold her to him tightly with one arm while the other moved to the buttons of Luna's blouse. Her watering eyes widened in horror and in one final attempt to get away; Luna brought her knee to Rolf's groin and send him sprawling on to the floor in pain.
Luna grabbed her coat from her seat and desperately tried to find the pocket which held her wand. As she did this, Rolf began to recover and got back to his feet. Finally locating her wand, Luna wasted no time in apparating away, but as she did she saw Rolf's hand lunge forward and take hold of her arm, keeping a grip on it as she disappeared; feeling a whole new world of pain.
''George calm down. If Luna went with Rolf, then she wouldn't have been stupid enough to go somewhere alone with him; she knows you would lose your mind if you found out'' Ron's attempt to reassure George went unheard, as George continued to pace back and forth across the living room.
''I wish you would have told us about this earlier'' At any other time, Molly would have been furious that she and Arthur had only just been informed of the whole Rolf situation, but right now she was worried for Luna, and for George's sanity.
''Your mother's right, after what happened to Luna last year it seems very stupid of you not to say anything'' Arthur said from beside Molly; he had arrived home several minutes ago to a series of shouts and arguments being thrown between George and the other occupants of the Burrow.
''Yeah alright you can yell at me later, can we just think of where she could be'' George said quickly, not hiding his panic; a panic that had only worsened when Hermione had noticed the bags of shopping under Luna's bed a few mintues earlier.
''Well Lee checked at the shop and she wasn't there'' Percy pointed out; Lee had checked and had then been told by Molly to go home at the promise that he would be informed as soon as she was back.
''GEORGE'' Ginny's scream from upstairs nearly made the house shake.
George ran to the staircase as Ginny hurtled downstairs. ''Ginny what is it?''
''Luna's outside'' Ginny stopped as George blocked her way, she spoke with fear and tears were trailing down her face. She moved round George and ran to the door, with George and the others right behind her; all of them fearing what had caused Ginny's reaction.
Next chapter; Luna's home, but is she alright?
It may not be to difficult to figure out what happened to Luna as she left the Leaky Cauldron but hopefully the fallout that will follow (and a seriously pissed off George) will keep things interesting.
Now please review and I will be very happy and will write the next part ASAP.