Luna looked down at her pretty black dress she had borrowed from Ginny. Her long black nails ran through her hair as she looked nervously around the room. So many people she didn't know. She'd been to parties similar to this and still, she didn't know anyone. Maybe it was the fact that Luna looked so bored while she stood around, watching everyone else. She was standing alone, and she felt like the spotlight was shining on her and everyone was pointing and laughing at her. Luna looked up at the ceiling. Fairies were flying above the party, reminding her of the Yule Ball. As she looked around, nervously tucking her long blond hair behind her ear, a woman came up to her. She had dark hair and green eyes. She was wearing a black dress with a peculiar red design. She looked like she was Luna's age.
"Hello," The woman said brightly.
"Er, hi?" Luna replied timidly. The woman smiled at her. Luna forced a smile.
"I'm Sara." She said, holding out a hand for Luna to shake. Slowly, Luna shook Sara's hand.
"Erm, I'm Luna." She forced another smile at her. This girl was very… perky. Luna wasn't sure if she liked it. Soon enough, she was surrounded by a wall of people. She was starting to feel crowded.
Here I was again tonight forcing laughter, faking smiles
Same old tired, lonely place
Walls of insincerity
Shifting eyes and vacancy vanished when I saw your face
All I can say is it was enchanting to meet you
"Excuse me," Luna politely, trying to squeeze through the wall. As soon as she could breathe again, she pulled her hair up in a messy bun, leaving a couple of loose strings of hair around her face. She looked around the room, desperate for something to drink. Then Luna's bright blue eyes met a pair of dark eyes. His eyes were deep and captivating. Luna's lonely feeling disappeared. Her feet seemed to be rooted to the spot. The candles in the chandelier suddenly went out and the only light was now provided by the fairies. Cool, fresh air flew in through the open windows. The whole room seemed to go silent and the spotlight now shone on the boy with captivating eyes and Luna. Luna let her hair fall to her waist in curls and the wind came and blew it back.
Your eyes whispered "Have we met?"
Across the room your silhouette starts to make its way to me
The playful conversation starts
Counter all your quick remarks like passing notes in secrecy
And it was enchanting to meet you
All I can say is I was enchanted to meet you
Before she knew it, he was standing in front of her. He was…. For lack of a better word, beautiful.
"Hello," He said in a voice as smooth and soft as velvet.
"Hi," Luna said breathlessly. The moon found its way through the window.
"I'm Blaise." He said in his velvet voice. "And you are?" He asked with a wide and glowing smile. Luna beamed at him.
"I'm Luna." She said in the same breathless voice. And Blaise offered his hand to her. Luna quickly took it and he led her outside. They settled in the garden behind the palace. Luna hated to say this, but it was like… for her, at least, love at first sight.. how cliché. But she just couldn't stop looking at him.
"You look familiar." Blaise said softly, moving her hair lightly out of her eyes. Luna blushed and pulled her hair up in a messy ponytail and a few loose strands framed her face beautifully. The cool wind felt wonderful on her sweaty skin.
"I do?" She said, smiling at him. Blaise nodded.
"I'm absolutely sure I've seen you somewhere before." He confirmed. Luna blushed again. "You look pretty when you blush," He added, running a long finger over her cheekbone. This only caused Luna to turn even redder. He laughed softly. Luna beamed at him.
"Where d'you think you've seen me before?" She asked, tilting her head to the side curiously. Blaise didn't respond at first, he just continued to look at her. He studied her face, her hands, her dress, her body. He finally spoke, looking into her clear blue eyes.
"I dunno…" He muttered. His captivating eyes looked slightly aggravated; he hated when he didn't have the answers.
"Where'd you go to school?" Luna asked, offering some help. Blaise smiled.
"Hogwarts." He responded. "You?" He asked formally. Luna burst out laughing.
"Hogwarts; I was in Ravenclaw." She laughed, taking her heels off. Blaise laughed.
"I was in Slytherin." He responded. "Oh, don't give me that look!" He added when she shot him a furtive look.
"Well?" Luna giggled.
"Well… my best friend was, well, still is, Draco Malfoy-"
"My best friend is dating him!" Luna exclaimed. "It's getting pretty serious, too." She then looked around, half expecting Sirius, Harry's godfather, to jump out of a bush and yell, "No you're not! I am!"; He'd developed a habit of doing that lately. It was funny at first.. Now it's just… No.
"Really?" Blaise said, squinting his eyes. "Hermione Granger?"
"Yes!" Luna smiled happily. "She's like my sister! She really does love Draco. I think she might've mention you once or twice…" She trailed off, looking back. She didn't ever remember hearing Blaise's name. Well, maybe once, when Ginny had asked where Hermione'd been all night.
"Oh!" Blaise suddenly exclaimed. "That's why you look so familiar!"
"Erm, what?" Luna said, questions swimming in her eyes.
"Yeah! Hermione has a picture of you, her, and Ginny in Draco's room!" He said, very happy that he had finally answered his own question. When Luna looked at him with her head tilted to the side, he elaborated. "Well… Hermione sleeps over a lot." He added. Luna laughed.
"I know." She giggled. "Harry gives her hell for it."
"Well, yeah, I would imagine so." Blaise laughed. "Hermione talks about you a lot. You and Ginny. Harry, too."
"Awww, really?" But before Blaise could answer, Luna heard bells in her ear. It was eerie, but somehow Luna understood that she couldn't stay any longer. She gathered her heels and looked at him.
"I'm really, really, really sorry, Blaise." Luna said, sitting down next to him again. The clock chimed midnight and Luna thought of the irony. What was this, Cinderella? "But.. I need to go." She frowned sadly. Blaise looked at her.
"Is this one of those Cinderella stories?" He asked, smiling ironically. " 'Cause if it is, I'm going to have to keep one of your heels." He said, smiling slightly. "That's how Cinderella works, isn't it?"
"You're right," Luna smiled, taking off her left heel and dropping it to the ground. "But, Prince Charming, you also have to find the shoe on the staircase after I run quickly away. But.. seeing as we have to stairs.. I'll just leave it here." And she placed it under a beautiful flower and kissed his cheek before running away. Blaise watched her run with her hair flying behind her and her pretty dress clinging to her curves. He heard her bare feet slam again and again on the cold pavement. She was beautiful. Even more beautiful than the picture he'd seen her in. He'd have to move that picture out into the living room. Blaise slowly rose and took the heel from under the lily. It was strappy and black and he held it suspended on his long finger as he walked in the opposite direction. He looked at the full moon and tucked his free hand in his pocket, seeing her glowing face behind his eyes.
This night is sparkling, don't you let it go.
I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home.
I'll spend forever if you knew I was enchanted to meet you.
"Who is he, kitten?" Ginny asked eagerly when Luna came home, smiling widely and blushing. Luna fell to Ginny's lap, grinning.
"How'd you know?" Luna laughed.
"Well, honey, you're glowing. And the only time I've ever seen you smile like that is after you met Draco's best friend." Ginny smiled. "And that was a couple years ago!"
"Wait… Draco's friend, Blaise?" Luna confirmed, sitting up straight, tucking her long hair behind her ear. Ginny looked at her curiously and nodded slowly. "OHMYGOD! THAT'S WHY I RECOGNIZED HIM!" She screamed. Hermione came running down the stairs with Draco following in her tracks.
"What happened?" She squealed, falling into Luna's lap. Luna laughed.
"I just found out in my mystery boy is." She grinned.
"Your mystery boy?" Draco asked. Luna nodded happily. "Who is it?"
"Your best friend." She giggled. Draco stared at her blankly.
"Blaise?"
"Yup yup. I met him at a party tonight," Luna gestured to her dress and her makeup. "and… he's amazing." Luna finished. They all laughed.
"You're blushing!" Hermione giggled. This caused Luna to blush further.
"She has been since she got home!" Ginny laughed. "I think she's happy, what d'you think, guys?" She smirked. Luna threw a pillow at her.
"I hate you guys." Luna laughed, taking her heels off. "Imma go to bed." And she threw her heels at the couch and ran up the stairs.
Luna collapsed on her bed and screamed happily into her down pillow. She kicked her legs up and down, giggling. She got up, singing softly, and paced the length of her room. Her smile was wide and her heart was still running a marathon in her chest. She put her hand over it and felt it jumping through the thin fabric of the strapless black dress. What if he was already taken? Draco had never mentioned anything about a girl. But that doesn't mean that he's single, does it? Then a new thought came to Luna's mind, bring along with it a bright and beautiful smile. What if he threw pebbles at her window? And said the words that she was feeling, that she was thinking.
The lingering question kept me up
2am, who do you love?
I wonder till I'm wide awake
Now I'm pacing back and forth, wishing you were at my door
I'd open up and you would say,
It was enchanted to meet you
All I know is I was enchanted to meet you
Blaise stared at the picture he'd moved to the living room, focusing on the shining girl in the middle of the group. She wore a simple sundress and a stunningly, heartbreakingly smile. Her eyes were sparkling with happiness and love for her sisters. The moon shone in her eyes, and her pale skin stood out against the pitch black of the night sky. Her long hair was loose and was blowing in the wind. She looked so carefree, so careless. He could hear her magical laughter ringing in his ears.
"So, I heard you met Luna." Draco smirked, taking the picture from his brother's hands. "Luna was telling Gin and Hermione about it; about you very enthusiastically." He then laughed. "When I left, I saw her dancing in her room from her open window. She was singing."
"She was?" Blaise asked eagerly.
"And, before you ask, yes, she's single." Draco smirked. Blaise sighed in relief.
"Do you think she likes me?" Blaise sounded like a seven year old girl. Draco roared with laughter before being able to answer.
"Dude. I just told you. She was dancing and singing in her room!" He sighed, smirking. "She was blushing profusely when me and Hermione saw her."
"Really?"
"Yup. There's another party next week. 'Cept for the girls are all going with her. Which means Harry's going. As am I."
"And I'm going." Blaise declared. And with that, he ran up the stairs and collapsed in his bed. With luck, he'd dream about the sparkling girl.
Luna searched through her sister's closet, searching for a pretty dress. She had the black heels on the bed. She also had a strapless dark red dress on the bed. Luna took a deep purple dress from the closet and held it up to her. Ginny looked at her for a moment.
"It's pretty." She said, brushing Luna's hair back. "But…" She pulled out a midnight blue dress and passed the purple one to Hermione. The blue one had silver stars that were quite literally flying from the corset like bodice to the hem of the dress. Luna smiled and nodded.
"I'm wearing this one!" She declared and slipped her shorts off and threw her tank top to the bed and stepped into the dress. She held her hair up and Hermione rushed to tie the ribbons.
"You still gonna wear the heels?" She asked, turning Luna around. Luna started to nod before seeing the single black heel sitting on the chair next to Ginny's bed.
"No, I'm wearing those." She smiled. Ginny looked at her.
"Honey, there's only one of them…"
"I know." Luna giggled. "Blaise has the other one."
"Awww, so Cinderella met Prince Charming. You dropped your heels on the staircase as you ran away at midnight." Hermione grinned. Luna stuck her tongue out at her sister. Hermione playfully returned the gesture.
"So, basically, you're going to the party barefoot?" Harry laughed, leaning against the doorframe. Ginny blushed and quickly pulled her red dress up and gestured for someone to zip it up. Harry walked over and swept her hair back and zipped it up carefully.
"Of course she is!" Hermione laughed, throwing a pillow at her brother. "Her Prince Charming has the other shoe!"
"Oh, so Luna's Cinderella now?" Draco asked, smirked, jumping to sit on Ginny's bed. They all laughed.
"I s'pose I am, aren't I?" She giggled. And with that, she swept her hair over her left shoulder and quickly braided it and tied it with a ribbon on Ginny's nightstand. She looked around at her family. "Kay!" She exclaimed, grabbing Ginny and Hermione's hand in hers. "I'm ready!"
Blaise sat in the car, staring at the house. Draco had parked behind the large tree in front of the house that Luna, Ginny, Harry, Ron, and Hermione all shared. He saw the girls skip out of the house, hand in hand. Luna looked beautiful. She was wearing a midnight blue dress and holding the black heel. He laughed and picked up the strappy shoe from the floor and smiled at it. Harry, Draco, and Ron jumped in the car.
"So, you really made this into a Cinderella story, haven't you?" Ron laughed. They followed the girls in their convertible. They were speeding.. again. Ginny must be driving. They could hear the loud music floating from the car. They had the hood down and they were screaming the lyrics. They all had the voice of an angel.
This night is sparkling
Don't you let it go
I'm wonderstruck
Blushing all the wayhome
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew..
Draco laughed. "They always do this.."
"They like dressing up and going to a party." Harry smiled.
"They like the Summer parties." Ron corrected his best friend. "When they can wear their 'pretty' dresses and heels and drive with the top down in that damn car." He laughed.
"Well, that, and all the other parties are at school. Hogwarts parties are fun, but not as fun as the Muggle ones." Draco said, running a red light to keep up with Ginny's driving. "They can't have fun like this all the time when we're at school."
"Thank Merlin this is our last year." Ron said, rolling his window down. "I'm going to miss Hogwarts, though… Spent seven years of my life there. Met my brothers there!"
"Hear, hear!" They all chorused. Blaise suddenly laughed.
"What are we gonna do, though, when we're done with school?" He asked, looking around. Draco skidded to a stop at the gas station next to Ginny's car.
"What the hell?"
"We need gas." Hermione said, jumping out of the car, not bothering to open the door. Luna nodded and ran inside. Blaise looked at Hermione curiously.
"She needs water." The music was still blaring from the car. Ginny turned it down slightly and jumped out to hug her boyfriend.
When Luna came running back out of the gas station, she had a bottle of cold and clear water in her hands and she stopped dead in her tracks when she saw Blaise standing there with his brothers, laughing carelessly. She blushed and jumped into the car. The girls giggled and followed her. They drove away quickly and the music was back up to its full volume. The boys laughed and got into their car, shaking their heads. They rolled their windows down and drove after them.
This night is flawless
Don't you let it go
I'm wonderstruck
Dancing around all alone
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
I was enchanted to meet you
"You're crazy." Hermione giggled, intertwining her fingers with Luna's. Luna laughed.
"And you're just figuring that out, sissy?"
"No, I've always known. I just thought I'd point that out to you."
"I already knew!" And they skipped into the house.
"I still think they prefer firewhisky to the beer." Draco said as they walked slowly into the house. Ron nodded.
"Why wouldn't they?" He asked. They all nodded.
"Point made."
Blaise walked in last with his hands deep in his pockets. He saw Luna dancing with her sisters in the moonlight with a red cup in her hand. Ron laughed.
"Really? Already?"
But Blaise couldn't take his eyes off of her. She turned around in her dance and stopped in her steps. Ginny laughed and wrapped her arms around Luna's waist, resting her chin on her shoulder. She turned and whispered in her ear. Luna smiled and blushed deeply. Hermione glanced over at Blaise then whispered something to Luna. She blushed even deeper.
"Uh-oh." Harry muttered. His eyes were wide as a girl in a skimpy pink dress came walking over. Blaise glanced back over at the girls. Ginny had let go of Luna and a murderous look hardened her soft eyes. Harry ran over to Ginny and pulled her further into the crowd. Luna stepped forward to Blaise. She blushed again. Hermione grabbed Draco's hand and followed Harry and Ginny into the crowd, singing and jumping up and down happily. Luna smiled widely at Blaise and pointed to her shoe in his hand.
"I believe you have something of mine." She giggled. Blaise nodded.
"You lost your glass shoe on the stairs as you ran away from me." He smiled, handing her the shoe. Luna laughed and held onto his shoulder, slipping her shoes on. He felt electric sparks fly through his body at her touch. She must have felt it, too, because she stopped for a moment and looked up at him through her long eyelashes. Her hair fell in her face as she strapped her other heel tightly into place before looking back up at him again. She tucked her hair behind her ear and smiled bashfully. He picked up her hand and held it carefully and lightly in his own and put his hand on her waist, gently pulling her in. She blushed again as the music changed. It was slow and pretty. They danced slowly around in circles, not speaking. The height of her heels made her slightly closer to Blaise's height. She looked up at him, biting her lip. Then she stood on her toes and kissed him. He gripped her waist and pulled her closer to him. Luna tangled her fingers in his messy hair and her eyelashes brushed his cheek. He smiled into the kiss. Luna tasted like beer and sweet pancakes. Her lipstick was painting his lips bright red and her long nails had moved down to his neck. She was holding on tightly and she never wanted this kiss to end. Finally, they pulled apart, breathing heavily.
"What was that?" He whispered, smiling.
"I couldn't resist." She explained, wiping her lipstick off of his lips. He beamed and took her hand away and kissed it softly. He bent down and kissed her again, lifting her off her feet and spinning her around in the air. Luna giggled when he let her down and rested her hands on his chest. She felt his heart racing. She took his right hand and placed it over her heart; it was racing another marathon. He smiled at her.
This is me praying that this was the very first page
Not where the storyline ends
My thoughts will echo yourname
Until I see you again
These are the words I held back as I was leaving too soon
I was enchanted to meet you
Luna fell into the car happily at 1:58, giggling. Hermione laughed and jumped in behind her. Blaise stopped by the car, offering Luna a red rose.
"I would really love to see you again." He smiled. Luna kissed him again and nodded, sticking the rose in her hair. As soon as he left, smiling ear to ear, Hermione and Ginny burst out laughing.
"What'd you do?" Ginny asked, pulling out of the driveway. Luna giggled and her head fell to Hermione's lap.
"I kissed him. And we danced. And I kissed him again. And we talked."
"And you kissed him again and again and again and again." Ginny laughed, turning the music up. Luna couldn't focus on the words this time. She only thought of the magical, sparkling, flawless night she'd just had.
Please, don't be in love with someone else
Please, don't have somebody waiting on you
Please, don't be in love with someone else on you.
Ginny fell into bed between her two sisters that night.
"Is he a good kisser?" Hermione asked eagerly, kicking her heels off. Luna giggled.
"The best."
"Ohhh! Look, Luna's glowing, Ginny!" Hermione said happily, tracing Luna's eyes. Ginny giggled.
"This night was sparkling. This night was magical."
This night is sparkling
Don't you let it go
I'm wonderstruck
Blushing all the wayhome
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew..