Disclaimer: No, not mine.
Luna Lovegood was nothing if not smart, even if most of the population of Hogwarts thought she was crazy. That was why she was wandering the dungeons one day in December, looking for Draco Malfoy, or, more exactly, one of his friends, Theo Nott. Now that Blaze Zabine was dating Hannah Abbot, Draco and Theo were the only 7th year Snakes that weren't dating and continually occupied.
But that isn't the point. Luna knows that Ginny, her best friend, liked Draco, and that Draco liked her back. The best person to help her with getting them to admit the feelings was, by default, Draco's best friend.
She saw them leaving the common room, and followed them up the Great hall. She sat at the Raven table across from them, and stared at Theo until her saw her looking. She jerked her head toward the door of the great hall, and Theo spoke to Draco, stood, and walked away. Luna followed at a distance, and he led her into a small corridor off the entrance hall.
"I think we both know what I want to talk about." Luna said.
"Draco." Theo stated.
"And Ginny." Luna agrees.
"We need to get them together without the drama factor. Quietly, if possible. How about in Hogsmead? I think there's a weekend coming up, right?"
Luna nods. "We can, um, how about we try to be walking back at the same time? I'll take Ginny along the path at, say, 3:12 and you go at 3:13, and pretend to have something in your shoe and tell him to keep walking, and she walks really fast so when I see him I'll tell her I forgot something and- yeah. That should work. We can leave them right next to each other and hit them with compulsion charms to say how they feel about each other!
A grin spreads across Theo's face.
"As insane as that is, I like that plan"
And so we agree to leave Hogsmead at the same time, and I'll go off on a shortcut that Ginny and I found in 3ed year, and he'll pretend to have lost something, and we'll go watch and do the compulsion charms.
As Ginny and I walk back from Hogsmead, I start to worry about THE PLAN. I reassure myself that Theo is partially to blame, and Ginny won't mind that much, seeing as she and Draco are going to get together in the end. I see Theo standing off to the left, and prepare to take a dive into the woods as soon as we see Draco. Ginny's steps falter as we come around a bend to find Draco walking slowly down the path. I look at her and slip onto the shortcut. I wait until they go around another curve, then find Theo. We run to catch up, putting on disillusionment charms as we go. I get my wand aimed at Draco and whisper the compulsion charm. I hear Theo whisper it behind me, and turn right into the path of the charm headed for Ginny. Suddenly the only thing I want to do is kiss him. So I do, and he kisses me back. I feel the disillusionment charm fail, my emotions overwhelming it. I pull away and smile, and turn to see Ginny and Draco replicating our actions. I laugh, and Theo joins me. We run away, and stop in the middle of the woods.
"Luna?" Theo asks.
"Yes?"
"Will you go to the ball with me?"
And in answerer, I kiss him again.
And so ends the story….. and don't worry, Neville got a date… I don't know why I'm telling you that, as it has nothing to do with the story…. R&R, please!