Chapter 5
The Dinner
Ding Dong "Come in," Ginny said.
I stuck my arm out and Luna took we walked into the Potter's quaint home. We went through the small hallway that had a wooden floor and light pink walls. We walked into the small kitchen that was light yellow. It also had a yellow and pink tiled.
"Hey you two what's up just go sit I the living room Harry, Ron, and lily are in their, oh Luna if you want to you can help in the kitchen. Hermione is helping too," Ginny greeted them sounding a little frazzled.
"Umm, Neville I think I will help Ginny you go catch up with Harry and Ron 'k?" Luna told me. I nodded as a response and walked into a rather large sitting room; it was obviously the main room. It had a soft dark green plush carpet and Golden and beige striped walls with dark brown furniture.
"Hey, Neville," Harry and Ron exclaimed enthusiastically. They got and everyone shook hands.
"So what have you guys been up to?" I asked as we all sat back down.
"Well, not much Hermione and I have been searching for a house," Ron exclaimed.
"Ginny and I just really busy because while I go to work Ginny is taking care of Lily. Ginny really has a knack with her," as Harry said this Lily gave an exited squeal from the play pen.
"So what have you been up to lately I haven't seen you since our wedding 5 months ago?" Ron questioned me.
"Well not much I'm working at the apothecary at the moment and I started dating Luna now," I said sort of embarrassedly.
"Really mate, wow," Ron said bringing his hand through his hair.
"Good for you!" Harry told me.
"How's Luna doing anyway?" Ron asked curiously.
"She's good," Luna said dreamily as she swept in.
"Hey, Luna!!" Harry and Ron shouted getting up and giving her a friendly hug.
"Dinners ready," Ginny called, "Harry could you bring Lily with you?"
"Sure honey," Harry called back. Harry grabbed her up and tickled her little tummy as he followed the rest of us.
"Hey Neville!" Hermione smiled as she said this and came up and gave me a friendly hug, so for a few seconds my view was obscured by frizzy brown hair.
"Hi Hermione, I heard you and Luna had a good time at the spa this morning," I commented teasingly. Hermione blushed a little, giggled, smiled, and then nodded.
"Come on, we are hungry," Ron said breaking up the reunion and I rushed to sit in a seat that Luna saved for me between Luna and Harry.
"Lets dig I," Harry yelled.
There was a sudden clang of china and silverware as every put generous helpings of the wondrous feast I observed the dining room. The walls were white on the top and brown on the bottom. The floor was wooden, oak I think. The table and the chairs were cherry wood. The walls were also covered in pictures: some were form Hogwarts, some were form the wedding, others were parties and birthdays. One picture stuck out to me, it was a picture of all present form 5th year. We were in a DA session, Hermione, Ron, Harry, Luna, and I where concentrating, but looked happy I smiled at it.
"Neville what are you staring at?" Ginny asked.
"Oh sorry," I replied. I gazed back at the table loading my plate with a little of everything including: some meat loaf, mashed potatoes, corn, broccoli, and rice. I piled some on my fork and stuffed it in to my face.
After several minutes of dinner chatter "Want some more water, Neville?" Harry asked me politely.
"Oh yes, thanks Harry," I offered courteously.
After dinner we all sat on the couches back in the living room. Ginny was on the floor with Lily helping open the present brought by Luna, me, and Ron and Hermione.
"Thanks Luna," Ginny said as Lily played with the toy wand Luna got for. An extremely normal gift for Luna to give.
"oom ick," Lily shrieked as she opened my present.
"Thanks a bunch Neville she'll probably be a natural like her father," Ginny exclaimed giving Harry goggle eyes.
Lastly lily plunged her hands into a bag that Hermione and Ron gave her. She pulled out only tissue paper. Instead of searching for the real present she became totally obsorbed with playing with the tissue paper. Ginny gentally took the bag and searched to get the real present out pulling out a few hand knitted hats, socks, and sweaters in various colors.
"Oh Hermione did you knit these yourself?" Ginny asked holding out the baby sized clothing. Hermione nodded modestly. "Oh thanks you guys a bunch!"
"Sorry, Ginny and Harry I got to go I have to leave for work at 3 in the morning to gather some plant for work," I explained to the disappointed hosts.
"Oh okay, you should come over sometime you and Luna," Ginny said sounding sad that he had to leave, "Luna are you going with him too?"
"Yes, goodbye Hermione," she said wistfully.
The girls all hugged and the guys shook hands and eventually, about fifteen minutes later, Luna and I were standing outside of the small country house all alone.
"We are finally alone," I whispered holding Luna rather close.
"Mmmmhmm," Luna replied.
Then our lips touched hers were soft and velvety. They stood there lips together holding each other enjoying the silence, stillness, and the company of each other.
They broke apart grudgingly as they heard a loud bang, still holding each other they looked around and saw nothing, but the bang brought them back to reality.
"We should leave. Meet me at the Leaky Cauldron tomorrow at 6 o'clock," I whispered urgently.
Luna just nodded looking scared and popped away.
All I could do was think about Luna and how there was so much more to her. So much that know one knew, how undreamily she could be and how much she could act like a normal girl.
I wallowed in my thoughts until I heard a new and louder bang that was definitely made by a wizard. I casted the Expecto Patronam telling the Potters of the disturbance outside their house and I apperate out of their forgetting for the moment of Luna and her lips.
A/N- Reveiws PLEASE any comment welcome!
