After doing the dishes I make my way down to open the shop. Making sure everything is in order, I flip the sign from 'Dementor party inside, bad luck mate' to 'Gred and Feorge welcome you'. I sighed. Maybe I should change that, but that would just make George's absence more obvious.

Business was slow today, because of the report of the snow storm about to hit. Just a few customers came by. Soon it was noon and I put up the lunch break sign and shuffle into the downstairs kitchen to make coffee. Just then the bell tinkles.

'I'm sorry we're on break.' I call out, walking back to the front. 'Oh Luna!' I exclaim at the dreamy girl in a strange yellow outfit. Made out of canary feathers? I made a note to ask later as I hugged her.

'Hey Juliet, just thought I'd drop by and ask you how things are going.' She smiles, handing me a package wrapped in brown paper. 'I got you some muttlefup.' She says turning to the shelves and became amused by little Viktor Krum models going to the toilet right there. 'It's supposed to keep away klipinies.'

'Thank you.' I laugh and set the package on the counter. She turns back to me, with questioning eyes.

'Well?' she asks simply. I can feel the concern in her voice. I sigh and sit down on a chair.

'Its… fine.' I tell her. 'He's just… you know, healing.'

'Really?' she raised her eyebrow. 'Because I could have sworn I just saw him at Tom's bar having nonstop alcohol.'

'Right now?' I ask her. she nods. Tears sting my eyes.

'What should I do Luna?' I sniffle pathetically. 'I've tried everything.' She slips her arms around me and lets me cry for a bit before asking. 'Everything?' in a knowing voice. I nod.

'yes, Luna.' I sigh.

'Maybe there is something you are missing.'

'like what?' I ask, desperate to know, hoping she would know some magical way which would make everything go right. She shrugged. 'I don't know but I'm sure there is.' She said simply. I sigh and slump back down in my chair, hopes extinguished.

'How are you doing?' I ask her suddenly noticing her eyes don't seem as bright.

'I'm doing okay.' She smiled. 'Just… hey if you kind of…' she hesitats. 'liked someone who wasn't really accepted by anyone else because of his past, what would you do?'

I raise my eyebrow. 'Who is he?' I ask. She shakes her head.

'Just answer the question.'

'It would depend, really, on what are the reasons everybody excludes him. But then again if he has changed for the better, it shouldn't matter.' I shrug. She smiles. Just then the bell tinkles and Fred walks inside, slightly unsteady on his feet.

'Hey Luna!' he says a bit too enthusiastically. 'Fancy some pooping Krums?' he laughs. Luna smiles back.

'Maybe another time Fred.' She says. 'I really must get going.' She hugs me and says goodbye to us, leaving I think, feeling a little better. The awkwardness is heavy in the air, now that Fred and I are alone. I turn around and walk back to the kitchen. 'Coffee?' I ask him as he follows me inside.

'Julie…' he hesitates and then his arms slip around my waist from behind me, pulling me into one of his bear hugs I so love. The git. He knows I can't be angry now. 'I'm sorry.' He whispers against my cheek and for some reason my heart stops. At the way he said it. A whisper. So close. I turn by head a bit and our noses almost touch. His eyes looking right into mine. 'I…' I say, without realizing I'm speaking, only conscious of the speed at which my heart is beating. His arms become more firm around me. 'I'm sorry I said all that J…' there is slight alcohol on his breath.

'Its… its okay.' I manage to get out. He smiles and the sparkle in his eyes flickers back on for only a few seconds.

'Thanks.' He says and pulls my cheek real hard. The spell is broken.

'Ouch! You absolute git!' I yell and smack him on his arm. He feigns being hurt and then laughs while running back into the shop. I stand there for a second, wondering what just happened and realize my heart is still beating hard.

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I tap my foot with worry, wondering where he has got to. I knew I should have gone with him. The blizzard is going to start soon and I pace about the shop. Its still six but its completely dark outside and most shops have closed down, including Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. Suddenly a terrifying thought strikes me. What if he is lying drunk somewhere and the blizzard starts? He'll freeze to death. My heart jumps to my throat and I try to breathe normally as I hurry up to grab a few warm clothes for me to wear and to carry for him, too, just in case.

The cold air hits me like sharp knives as I step outside. It's hard to even lock the door and my fingers feel numb. I jog up Diagon Alley to try and feel a bit warmer. The lights at Tom's bar are dim and as I enter I realize there are hardly any people left. Tom is cleaning some glasses and just one customer is in sight. And he too, is under a heavy cloak so nobody can see his face.

'Hey Tom.' I say walking up to the counter.

'Looking for Fred?' he asks knowingly. I sigh and nod. 'well, he came here about an hour ago. But left, saying something about Argon.' He said keeping some glasses on the shelf behind him.

Argon, the village nearby. Why would he want to go there? Didn't he say he was getting us dinner? I bite my lip nervously, wracking my mind on where he might have gone. A quick glance out the window told me I needed to think fast.

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