A.N: Here is the tenth chapter for Together. Fianlly we are getting into some plot stuff. And you sould already know I do no't own Harry Potter, I am just borrowing the characters for my own purpose.
Together Chapter Ten
Early in the morning, early enough that the sun hasn't come up, George flips over and reaches out with his hands feeling around for the blanket that has fallen off him. Instead of finding the blanket he feels something warm and soft. He grabs hold of the thing and pulls it towards him for warmth not noticing that it is a person. He holds the thing close to his body and feels that it is softer then he first felt and that it smells like honey and candycorn. He smiles as he opens his eyes for a second to see what smells so good. In his drowsy mind he doesn't seem to care that there is a random girl in his bed, he just smiles and thinks that he found some beautiful girl last night. Then he shuts his eyes and slips back into his dreams.
Later, when the sun is high in the sky, Luna flips over and try's to fall back to sleep. As she's fighting to stay awake she remembers where she is at and panics a little. She doesn't open her eyes hoping that it was all a dream and that she is really at home in her warm, cozy bed; instead of her bosses bed. Unfortunately she can tell its not her bed by the smell of the blanket she is wrapped in, it smells like clean laundry and guy cologne, not like the flowery soup she uses to wash her sheets in. She slowly opens her eyes hoping George is still asleep. To her relief he is, but to her shock her face is just inches away from his face. Not only are their faces mere inches away from each other, but George also has his arms wrapped around her and to Luna's embarrassment she quite likes the feeling of being in his arms.
Luna stares at George and sees that he is rather handsome and the sun hitting his red hair makes him look like he is surrounded with a warm glow. She can feel his warm breath on her skin and that his heart beat is slow and steady. He smells of cologne and a little like firewhiske, but Luna doesn't mind because she likes the combined smell of those two things. They remind her of when she was a little girl and her dad would unwind with a glass of firewhiske and would tell her about when he first meet her mother. She smiles at the memory and then blushes when she feels her heart flutter. She can't even describe the feelings in her stomach, its almost like butterflies are being set free.
She continues to watch George as she adjust to the strange new feelings of hers, not knowing what they mean. She watches as a piece of his her falls into his face and he wiggles his nose. She goes to move the hair but stops when she realizes what she is doing. She panics and gently slid out of George's hold and out of the bed. She quickly collects the parts of her custom that fell off in her sleep and goes to leave the room. When she gets to the door she stops and looks back at George who is still sleeping peacefully. She smiles and then exits the room and then his flat.
Even though Luna knows that everyone at the shop has the day off she still sneaks through the shop. Just incase Ron or someone decided to come in and stock the shelves or something. Once outside the shop she evaporates home; at home she changes and gets something to eat.
During the process of getting dressed and eating Luna can't get George out of her head. She thinks back to all the things he has done for her:comforting her in her time of need, giving her a job, listening to her crazy ideas and creatures, being her friend when she believed she was alone in the world. Thinking of all of these things and then the new feelings she discovered earlier, has left her confused. Why is she thinking about him so much? What are these strange feelings? Could she be coming down with a cold? Maybe she's infested with wrackspurts, and maybe their making her head go all fuzzy. But it can't be that because she has charms to repel them, so it must be something else.
After sitting at her table looking out the window for an hour; she decides that she needs a seconded opinion. She guts up leaving her plate and cup on the table and looks at the clock. Seeing that it is around three o'clock she evaporates to number 12 Grimmauld Place, hoping to talk to either Ginny or Harry about her problem.
She evaporated herself right onto the front steps of number 12 Grimmauld Place so not to be seen by any muggles. She looks around to make sure and sees that the street is empty. She then knocks on the door and waits for someone to answer the door. The door opens and Luna sees Ginny standing on the other side. Luna smiles at her and asks if she could come in. Ginny lets her in and leads Luna down to the kitchen.
After the war Harry returned to Grimmauld Place to make sure Kreacher was okay and he ended up staying because he had nowhere else to go. So he spent a few months fixing the place and replacing a lot of things. He replaced all of the wallpaper and furnisher, he cut around the old picture of Walburga Black and threw her out, he then threw away all the strange and dangerous things that where in the house. Now as Luna walks through the hallway you would not even realize that it is the same house from before the house became more feminine when Ginny moved in, now there is a warmth that wasn't there before and is a lot cleaner.
Ginny and Luna enter the kitchen and Ginny starts water for tea. When the tea is ready Ginny sits down across from Luna at the end of the long table and asks what's wrong. Ginny and Luna have been bestfriends for a long time and Ginny can tell when there is something wrong with her friend, and since Luna has come all the way to her house Ginny knows it is something big. Luna generally keeps things to her self, not wanting to burden people with her own problems even though Ginny keeps telling her that she doesn't mind, that she wants to help with anything.
"Luna tell me what's wrong." Ginny says again since the first time Luna just stared into her cup of tea. Luna looks at Ginny with her unblinking stare and sighs.
"Its hard for me to tell you since you might take it badly." Luna tells her.
"Whatever it is I promise I will not overreact." Ginny says promising. Luna sighs again.
"Well I kinda slept with your brother last night." Luna says quickly not realizing how that statement would sound to someone who didn't understand what she means by 'slept with'. Ginny gasps.
"You and George had sex!" Ginny yells. Luna blushes and shakes her head.
"No no no! You didn't understand what I meant when I said slept with. I meant I slept in his bed with him, not the other thing." Luna says trying to calm Ginny down; miss reading Ginny's outburst for anger. When really Ginny was hoping the two would get together.
"Oh." Ginny says crestfallen. Luna looks at her confused. "I was-um- never mind. So this is a problem why?" Ginny asks not wanting to explain her hopes to Luna.
"The problem is I woke up in my bosses bed, and instead of feeling awkward; I felt comfortable and I liked it." Luna says frustrated that she can't figure her emotions out, looking down at her tea. Ginny's smile goes unnoticed. "Then my heart fluttered and my stomach felt all strange. And now I can not figure out why your brother is stuck in my head, he is all I have been thinking about for a couple hours now." Luna finishes as she looks up at her friend, she finally sees the smile on Ginny's face.
"Luna, have you ever liked someone?" Ginny asks.
"Yeah, I like you, Harry, and all my friends." Luna says wondering if there is something wrong with her friend. Why would she asks such a thing? Of corse she has liked someone, she has friends. That usually means you have to like the to be their friend.
Ginny laughs, "No, I mean, have you ever liked liked someone? Like how I like Harry or how Ron like Hermione." Luna eyes grow big-well bigger- and she gasps.
"Your telling me that I like you brother. That I like my boss, George Weasley?" Luna asks. Ginny nods smiling. "Me, Luna Lovegood, likes George Weasley? The boy who use to blow up Hogwarts toilet seats and get chased around by half of Hogwarts's female population?" Luna asks in disbelief. Ginny nods again still smiling. "How did this even happen?"
"I've seen it coming. I knew you would fall for my brother since Percy's wedding." Ginny tells her. Luna lays her head on the table.
Why didn't she see this coming? The signs have been there since the beginning, of course she would start to like him. He is always so nice to her and friendly. He is so much fun to be around and they seem to banter a lot back and forth, she just never realized that this could happen. That she could end up liking her boss. What is she going to do?
Luna groans when she thinks about that. "What am I going to do?" She asks out loud.
"You are going to have to see if he likes you back or get him to like you. Oho, you guys could go on a date!" Ginny says excitedly already planning things in her mind for them to do.
"No, I have no chance. I'm just his employee, that weird girl he hired that believes in strange things and talks about even stranger things. He could never like a girl like me." Luna says frowning. Ginny frowns in return. She has never seen Luna this down or talking like this. Luna is suppose to be the girl that believes in the unimaginable, not the girl who gives up without trying.
"Luna listen to me, I know my brother better then almost anyone. He doesn't like conventional women, he needs someone who is interesting and fun. Or he would get bored and move on, he needs someone who will keep him on his toes. That someone is you, I know it." Ginny says encouragingly.
"I don't know." Luna says unsure.
"Come on Luna give it a try. What's the worse that could happen?" Ginny asks.
"I could mess up our relationship and lose my job." She says, Ginny frowns.
"You could find a new job. You don't want to be a shop girl your whole life."
"Well, I guess it couldn't hurt to try." Luna tells her. Ginny screams and gets up and hugs Luna.
"Now all you have to do is ask him on a date."
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