A/N: Second to last chapter guys Thanks to all who've read so far hope you've enjoyed it. :)

Luna made her way back to the castle well before everyone else. The walk was good for her it cleared her head. That went better than I thought it would. She smiled to herself as she realized that she was now free to be with the person she really wanted to be with.

Back at the castle Hermione was nervously waiting for Luna to return. Ginny sat next to her in the library.

"Hey stop freaking out so much. She wants to be with you." Ginny said trying to calm her friend down. "Do you really think Katie is going to change her mind? Do you think she'd be able to even if she tried?"

"I don't know Ginny," Hermione chewed at the tip of her quill, she'd hardly written anything down for her Ancient Runes paper. "Katie is famous and way prettier than me and she has been with Luna for a long time,"

Ginny cut her friend off. "Just trust me on this. Things will work out for you two."

"This is one of those times where you have more information than I do isn't it" Hermione asked suspiciously. "Can't you just TELL me what's going on?"

"I think Luna should tell you herself. Actually she will soon I imagine. Anyway I'm going to go Hermione."

Hermione nodded absentmindedly.

When Luna found Hermione she was still chewing on the end of her quill staring mindlessly into the pages of her book.

"I talked to Katie today" Luna said softly hoping not to startle the other girl.

"I know." Hermione said brow knitting together. "How'd it go?"

"It went better than I expected." It was then that it dawned her that Hermione had probably been just as nervous as she had. She wrapped her arms around the older girl and kissed the top of her head. "We worked things out and she realized that you're what's best for me."

Hermione blushed and turned rather awkwardly in her chair so the she could be facing Luna a little more. "So this is it then? We can be together now?"

"We can be together now." Luna smiled brightly.

Hermione grinned. "Well will you let me stand up so we can seal the deal properly?"

Luna gave a confused nodded stepping back enough to allow the older girl to stand. When Hermione was ready she pulled Luna into her by the wrist. Their lips met shyly at first but it grew heated quickly. Hermione ran her tongue over Luna's bottom lip seeking entrance into her mouth, which she granted with an almost inaudible moan. Luna's finger gripped at Hermione's waist. She could feel herself beginning to become unraveled so she broke apart from the older girl breathing heavily.

"What?" Hermione asked rather dazed, unsure why they'd broken apart.

"Either we need to stop or find a much more private place. I've wanted this for so long now that I don't know if I'll be able to hold back."

Hermione turned a bright shade of red."I've never…" she looked down at her feet. "I'm still…" she closed her eyes "I'm not ready for that yet Firefly. We only just started officially dating and I've never done that before."

Luna turned a light shade of pink at the older girls admission. "We don't have to do anything you don't want to do Hermione."

"I'll be ready soon I think. I mean I've been dreaming about it but…" as she realized what she let slip her blush deepened.

Luna grinned but wisely didn't comment.

"I mean… Can we start this conversation over again where I'm not telling you all of my embarrassing secrets?"

Luna smiled and gave the older girl a chaste kiss. "Alright, I'll start over. I really enjoyed that."

"It was nice." Hermione agreed "I think I'm going to like doing that many more times."

"Me too, but I promised Ginny I would tell her how everything went with Katie, so I think we should probably leave now before I decide I want nothing more than to snog you all day." Luna took Hermione's hand. "She said she'd be in the Great Hall waiting for us. I saw her on the way here."

"Let's go." Hermione smiled and gave the hand in hers a gentle squeeze.