George was walking Luna back home, when he realized he had no idea where she was currently living.
"Luna, where do you live" George asked.
Luna blushed, embarrassed to say, "Actually. I am staying at the Burrow for now. I don't have a home."
George saw the embarrassment and his heart went out to her.
"You can stay at the shop with me if you want. There is an empty room. It was suppose to be Fred's but, you know," George trailed off.
George never let anyone go into the room. He wouldn't use it for storage, or any other room. He never even furnished it. But for some reason, George felt like Fred would want Luna to have his room. George hadn't been all to social after losing his best friend, his other half: Fred. Luna made him smile and in the end, that's what Fred would want.
"Oh, no. I couldn't," Luna answered.
"Yes, you could. And you will. I insist," George told her.
George had made up his mind. When they got to the Burrow, George checked Luna out. Then, he helped her carry her things to his place, which wasn't much. After they had everything in the shop, he brought her up to the room. As always, it was empty. One large window covering the wall, looking over the street. The room wasn't huge, but it was fairly large. It even had its own bathroom attached.
"Of course, we'll have to paint it, but drapes, furniture, maybe a rug. But that won't be too difficult," George said hoping Luna liked it.
Luna loved it. It was the perfect size and she loved the big window.
"I love it," Luna said excitedly.
For the rest of the day, while George worked at the shop, Luna went furniture shopping. She decided to make the room a bright, happy yellow. She bought yellow paint and a matching yellow bedspread and chair. In addition she bought a decent sized dresser, a big bed, and a small bedside table. Once she had everything in place, she put a big flower on her bedside table as a finishing touch. The room was cozy and Luna, finally, felt at home again. She went downstairs to the shop to see if George needed help.
"Luna, I just spoke with Ginny. Everyone is going to my parents for dinner. I told her you were at the shop and insisted you come along. Will you come?" George asked hopefully.
"Of course! I haven't seen anyone in the longest time," Luna agreed happily.
Once George closed up the shop, Luna showed him the room, which he said he liked. About an hour later they headed over to Molly and Arthur Weasley's home.
"Luna!" Ginny exclaimed crushing Luna in a hug. Following the first hug, came one from Harry, then Hermione, then Ron, then Molly, then Fleur, then to her surprise, several small children.
James and Albus were Ginny and Harry's children. Ginny was now pregnant with a girl, who was going to be named Lily. Hermione was also pregnant, but with her second child, soon to be Hugo. Ron and Hermione already had a daughter named Rose. Teddy Lupin was of course Lupin and Tonks' child. Then there was Victoire, Dominique, and Louis: Fleur and Bill's children. Lastly their was little Molly and Lucy: Percy and Audrey's daughters. Charlie was recently married to a woman named Claire, but they had no children, yet. Claire wanted one.
Luna was alarmed at how large the family had become. Her heart sank as she saw all of the happy families. Of course she was happy for them, but why hadn't happened for her? Why was her life unfair?
Luna couldn't stop thinking about it all through dinner. She didn't even notice all the odd stares at her and George.
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"Good lord, George. Did you get her pregnant?" Molly asked when Luna excused herself to go to the bathroom.
"No!" George exclaimed, "Why would you think that?"
"You've never let anyone in Fr- his room. Plus, she's been pretty quite. And you look at her, I don't know, protectively," Molly explained.
Ginny smiled and said, "Well, mum, maybe she isn't pregnant. Maye George is...in love."
George's face turned the color of his hair.
"Merlin's sweaty arse. George is in love!" Ron exclaimed.
Albus pulled on Hermione's shirt, "Aunt Hermione, Uncle Ron said a bad word."
Hermione patted Albus's head, "Yes he did. And he's in big trouble."
With that Hermione smacked Ron in the back of the head.
The entire table erupted in whispers. All about George and Luna. Molly was extatic, George was embarrassed, Arthur looked relieved and grateful, and everyone else was happy for George. He needed someone in his life.
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"Did I miss something?" Luna asked approaching the table. The entire room fell quite.
George, still very red, answered, "Of course not. Anyway, I have to work early tomorrow so I am going to be leaving now."
"Oh. I'll come to I suppose. Thank you for having me. Ginny, you really should come to the shop tomorrow, maybe we could grab bite to eat," Luna said happily.
After another round of hugs, Luna and George headed back to the shop. Luna hummed and skipped down the street, oblivious to George walking behind her, watching and smiling. He had never met someone quite like Luna. And George really liked Luna. The only question was did she like him back?