Chapter 10: Love is in the air.

Harry stared at his watch again for the sixth time as Luna thought about his second chance. He knew she wanted to be with him and he knew that he would never cheat on her again if she allowed him the chance to show her his loyalty, but he didn't know if she would find it in her heart to forgive him.

"I suppose," Luna answered, pulling Harry out of his thoughts.

"Really?" Harry smiled.

"As long as you do it again," Luna nodded.

"I would die before I hurt you," Harry whispered, and kissed Luna again, feeling a warmth from her that he never would feel from Cho or Ginny.

At that moment, as the two were close together kissing, Harry realized that he would never feel the same for anyone like the felt for Luna. She was everything he wanted and needed, she was the one he could be with until he died.

"I do love you blonde," Harry whispered when they pulled away and Luna smiled, looking down at her hair.

"And I like you with dark hair, blonde would not suit you," Luna replied, making Harry laugh.

"Malfoy does pull it off better than I ever could," Harry joked.

"He was made for blonde," Luna laughed.

"So now that we are better what do you want to do?" Harry asked, changing the subject.

"Hmm," Luna thought, "I have a book in here somewhere," Luna replied and started tapping on stones.

"You keep a book in here?" Harry laughed.

"I like to read in the middle of the night," Luna replied, "Aha."

"Find it?" Harry asked and Luna brought a notebook to where Harry was sitting.

"Yes," Luna nodded and handed Harry the old book.

"Wow, ancient," Harry smiled.

"It was my great grandmothers and has been passed down to every girl in my family," Luna replied, "Always the first born."

"Do you add things to it?" Harry asked.

"Yes, every generation adds new things to it," Luna nodded, "You can open it."

"Alright, lets see," Harry agreed and opened the book, putting an arm around Luna in the process.

"A wise monkey, never monkey's with another monkey's monkey," Harry read and laughed.

"My mother wrote that," Luna smiled.

"She must like monkey's," Harry laughed.

"He who laughs the last, thinks the slowest?" Harry laughed.

"My grandmother wrote that one," Luna replied, "Someone told her it once and she put it in there."

"These are funny Luna," Harry smiled.

"They are just sayings," Luna shrugged.

"Have you written any?" Harry asked.

"One day I'll show you," Luna replied and stood up, "Come on, I need to sleep."

"Sleep is boring," Harry sighed as Luna put her book away.

"Sleep is essential," Luna corrected.

"I hate sleep," Harry replied and stood up.

"You love it," Luna laughed and Harry grabbed her hand as they walked toward her common room.

"It's not too bad," Harry gave in.

"Its not?" Luna asked.

"No, it has its moments," Harry replied and they walked in silence the rest of the way to her common room.

"Good night Harry," Luna smiled when they reached their destination.

"Night Luna," Harry replied and kissed her.

It was only supposed to be a quick kiss but Harry held Luna closer and guided her to a wall, "I need sleep for tomorrow Harry," Luna laughed.

"We hate sleep," Harry answered and kissed her again, as Cho passed.

"Harry?" Cho called and Harry pulled away from Luna to look at Cho.

"Hi Cho," Harry greeted.

"I'm very confused," Cho sighed, "First I hear your dating Luna, then I hear your kissing Ginny and now here you are with Luna, what is going on?" Cho asked.

"Cho," Harry started, "I have always been dating Luna, when I said that we were just friends, I was lying, and Ginny was a strange event," Harry explained, "I just thought we were talking to be friends again and then we kissed and it all got blown out of proportion."

"So you didn't want to date," Cho asked.

"I'm sorry Cho but I'm happy with Luna," Harry apologized.

"Okay, well I need to finish my rounds," Cho sighed and left the two alone.

"You handled that well," Luna observed and Harry turned back to her with a smile, "So I will see you tomorrow."

"Yes you will and I can't wait," Harry smiled and kissed Luna once more before she disappeared into her common room.

When Harry returned to the common room five minutes later, he sat in the very same chair he had occupied a few hours ago with a smile now on his face.

"It all worked out," Ron noted and high fived Hermione.

"You guys are funny," Harry smiled and leaned farther back in the chair.

"Well I'm hilarious," Ron shrugged, "I don't know about Hermione,"

"Thanks Ron," Hermione glared and Harry laughed at the two.

"So what happened?" Ron asked.

"Oh, we just talked," Harry replied and Ron looked at him strangely, "What?"

"You're a bad liar," Ron grinned and Harry hit him with a pillow.

"Do you two always have to act goofy together?" Hermione asked and the boys threw pillows at her.

"Oh, you got hit," Ron laughed and Hermione grabbed the pillows and threw them at her friends.

The three continued to throw pillows at each other, enjoying the few moments of youth they had left as a cloak walked out of the forest. It was a chilly night and as Christmas came rushing forward the figure smiled at the lighted castle, feeling the plan come into play.

Harry woke up the next morning and looked out the window. It still wasn't snowing but everything was getting colder. Harry couldn't wait for the day to end, no more classes for 2 weeks. Harry continued looking out window enjoying the view and the breeze, but soon Harry had to get up, so he turned away from the window and started to get dressed. After Harry finished getting dressed, Harry took a look around the room, listening to everyone sleep, all peaceful, not having to have a burden put on their shoulders. Harry sighed and walked out of the dormitory to take a walk to get some fresh air and think about the events of his life. He had forgotten the burden he had to carry for half the year, with a big thanks to Luna, but as the holidays came rolling around Harry felt the weight fall back on his shoulders. Not to mention, Ginny and Cho.; liking them was no longer an issue but them liking him was a problem he didn't want to face. He knew that Ginny had liked him when she was younger but he thought she had grown out of that. It wasn't that she wasn't likable, no, Ginny was very pretty and smart but it was never a possibility. Cho was forever gone in his mind, finally realizing that she was just too different from him. Besides that, he didn't think they could handle his impending doom. Luna was able to make him forget his problems, his worries and occupied him with quirky anecdotes. She had the right amount of sensitivity, fun, smarts, beauty, and logic. Luna fit into him perfectly and he knew that if he were to die protecting the Wizarding world that she would find a way to still be there for him. And if all of her attributes weren't already perfect, her sense of simplicity was a favorite of Harry. She never needed much, just like him. Harry stopped his walking and looked back at the far away castle of Hogwarts and stared at the entrance of Hogsmeade, feeling that now would be the perfect time to get Luna a Christmas present. Harry checked his pockets to see if he had any money and smiled at the jingle in his pocket when he heard a stick crack behind him and whipped around, his wand in his hand. Harry went to the edge of the forest and poked around, looking for anything that could have made that noise and tuned his ears to the heavy breathing that was somewhere close. Harry continued to look around and heard the bell chime from the castle and glanced at his watch, noticing he had ten minutes to get back to the castle and left the forest to buy a Christmas present quickly before class.

Harry ran into the common room, with two minutes to spare for class and grabbed his book bag noticing the trunks lined up for Christmas holidays by the boys beds. He pulled his bag over his head and made sure that he had everything he needed for class before making his way to potions, making a mental note to see what Luna was doing for the holidays.

"Cutting it close Mr. Potter, is my class not important to you?" Snape noticed when Harry sat in his seat.

"It is important to me sir," Harry answered, putting his bag on the floor and smiled at Luna.

"Ten points from Griffindor to help you remember the importance," Snape smiled and Harry rolled his eyes as class began.

"Your going to lose the cup this year Harry if you keep making Snape take points away," Luna whispered as they began their potion.

"The house cup doesn't seem so important this year," Harry shrugged, "Hey what are you doing for the holidays?"

"Ginny asked me to go to her house but she wont let me speak to her now so I don't know why?" Luna asked.

"I thought maybe we could stay here together," Harry shrugged.

"You're not going to the Weasley's?" Luna asked.

"You're not gonna go home?"

"Father is away on a story, so no," Luna replied.

"Well then we should stay here," Harry answered.

"I will if you want me to," Luna smiled and Harry nodded.

"I do."