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Summary:

Chapter Ten – There's Not A Star In Heaven That We Can't Reach.

Over the next few days, Ariella and Lucas started to study together in secret. Whenever their friends asked where they were going they always fobbed them off with an excuse. While they studied they spoke about anything and everything that came to their minds. During one of their studying sessions, they had both decided that whatever their friends and parents said to them didn't matter.

"Ari, I think we should just ignore them," Lucas said out of the blue.

Ariella looked up at Lucas and smiled.

"Me too. If they can't be happy for us then why should we tell them that we're together? They can deal with it," Ariella replied.

Lucas nodded then wrote a few more words on his bit of parchment. After a few moments, Lucas looked up again and looked at Ariella.

"Ari? Have you ever been flying?" he asked.

"On a broomstick?" Ariella replied.

Lucas nodded and watched as Ariella thought for a few moments.

"No I haven't. I refused to get on one when I was little and my dad tried to teach me. I don't think I got the broomstick flying and Quidditch genes."

"Will you go flying with me? Tonight?"

Ariella sighed and knew that if she didn't say yes then Lucas would keep asking her until she caved. She slowly nodded her head then wondered what she had let herself in for because she really didn't like heights. Later that evening, Lucas waited for Ariella in the Entrance Hall with his broomstick. When she arrived she saw the broom that Lucas was holding. She slowly walked over to him and smiled when she saw his eyes light up at the sight of her.

"A Thunderbolt 360. Nice."

"How do you know what it is?" Lucas asked.

"Dad got Ember one for her birthday. You won't go fast will you?" Ariella asked warily.

"Of course not and I promise that we won't go outside the Quidditch pitch either. We'll stay inside the stands," Lucas replied.

Ariella felt a bit better and smiled at Lucas. He held her hand then lead her out of the huge oak doors and onto the grounds of Hogwarts. Once they were inside the Quidditch pitch, Lucas sat on the broom and asked her to sit in front of him. Once she was sat down, Lucas slowly let the broom get higher into the sky. After a while he stopped the broom and just let them float in the air. Ariella surveyed her surroundings and saw a shooting star.

"Luke, make a wish!" she said.

"What?" Lucas replied.

"See that star? The shooting star? You have to make a wish when you see them? Have you never done it before?"

Lucas shook his head and watched as Ariella made her wish.

"Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, have this wish I wish tonight."

Ariella then mouthed something that Lucas couldn't make out and once she was done she looked at Lucas then smiled. Lucas looked back at her and took a deep breath.

"Ari, I have something to ask you," he said slowly.

"What's that Luke? You know you can tell me anything."

"I know. Okay here goes. Will you…"

"Will I what?" Ariella asked.

"Will you go to the Yule Ball with me?"

Ariella laughed softly at Lucas because it seemed as though he was going to ask her something that was more important than the Yule Ball.

"How do you know that I'm going to the ball?"

"Oh, I didn't think of that. Are you going?"

"Yes if I can get a date."

"So will you go with me?" Lucas asked.

"Of course silly!"

Lucas and Ariella smiled at each other then looked at the stars. After a few moments Ariella spoke again.

"Luke?"

"Yes?"

"I've just thought of something."

"What's that?" Lucas asked.

"It's almost as if there's not a star in heaven that we can't reach while we're up here. The stars look so close. It's like we could touch them if we reached out."

Lucas grinned at Ariella then said, "It's beautiful but not as beautiful as you."

"Thank you."

"Luke? You know we tell each other everything?"

"Yup."

"I have something to tell you. Something that I've never told anyone before."

Lucas looked at Ariella and smiled.

"You know you can tell me."

Ariella sighed then carried on, "Remember in Second Year when I beat you to the top of our year?"

"Yes."

"I cheated. I cheated on our potions exam. I'm sorry Lucas," Ariella said quietly.

"That's okay. It's in the past and all that matters now is our future," Lucas replied.

Ariella smiled at him then hugged him. Lucas looked down at her and kissed her cheek. Ariella blushed at the sudden contact then smiled when she looked into Lucas' eyes. Lucas moved his head closer to Ariella's and after what seemed like an age their lips connected. They sat on the broomstick gently kissing one another for a few moments. Once they had both pulled back in need of air, Lucas smiled at Ariella again.

"That was my first kiss," Ariella said quietly.

"Then I'm glad that you let me be your first kiss Ari. Come on it's getting cold now and the teachers will notice that someone is out here in a minute."

Lucas gently guided the broomstick back down to the ground and once they were off it, Lucas led Ariella by the hand and walked her back to Gryffindor Tower. Once she was inside, Dawn demanded to know everything but Ariella wasn't letting on. She saw the romantic side of her life as private and no one would ever know what happened outside apart from her and Lucas.

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