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Chapter eleven: Castor's POV
I groaned. The moment I'd been dreading was finally upon me, my eyes flickered to my cousin who was grinning at me.
"Shut up," I scowled.
"But you look nice!" She wailed, she'd been saying it all afternoon and she grinned at every opportunity she got to mess up my hair. She'd agreed to dance with me, which Luna, Colin and Fabian all found this rather annoying as they'd been placing bets on who I would bring. Tonks wasn't one of them.
Colin had managed to find himself a date in the form of a third year called Amy Jones. She was nice enough and she appeared thrilled to be going to Fabain's vast mansion. The house was a clear, whitewashed building, decked with a black gate flecked with gold, the gravel leading up to the path crunched under foot as I headed up to the house. My arms were folded and Tonks nudged me, gesturing to her parents who were smitten with each other, they were holding hands and laughing a few paces in front of us. Great.
"Why are you so miserable anyway? Wining the grand prize at the moody and proud raffle for a whole night with the lovely Tonks simply wasn't enough to make you happy?" She laughed, which just caused me to let out an exasperated sigh. This was torture. The real reason would be because I would feel alone in a sea of couples, Luna would no doubt be dancing with Ernie and I'd be left to mope around while Tonks went to stalk Remus Lupin.
I just sighed as we headed through the door and I heard my cousin give off a little squeal at the sight of Remus Lupin, she ran a hand through her bubble gum pink hair before smiling to me. I nodded and she left me to talk to him, I had to laugh slightly, we hadn't even been here for five minutes and she'd already stalked him out.
My eyes scanned the crowd and I saw Hannah and Fabian snogging in a corner, I shuddered slightly at the sight.
"Castor! I was wondering when you'd be here!" I whirled round to see the face of Sirius Black smirking at me. My eyes widened in surprise, he was trying not to get noticed yet here he was in public… in front of all these people. Some of them ministry officials.
Before I had a chance to ask he answered my mental question, "Fabian's mum said it was alright for me to come. She believes my innocence and there's only trustworthy people at this party. I'll be fine," he grinned that wild grin which was supposed to, according to Hogwarts legend, melt girls hearts. It certainly made me smile.
Sirius embraced me and held me tight to him and I smiled happily, "Will you tell me some more about mum and dad?" I asked him quickly. He looked at me and let out a deep sigh.
"Maybe later Castor, go have some fun with your friends. It's a party," Sirius smiled, ruffling my hair just like Tonks had done. That meant no then, when adults said maybe later it always meant no. He seemed to frown slightly, "Haven't you got a date? I mean come on… your related to Sirius Black, thee womanizer, you can't not have a date!" Sirius laughed but he stopped when he noticed my gaze. I'd spotted Luna.
She appeared to be being terribly ignored by Ernie, he was busy talking to some of his friends while Luna watched the dance floor and stepped from foot to foot. I giggled, half expecting her to just go and dance on her own, it would be a typical Luna thing to do.
"You like her don't you?" Sirius grinned at me, a certain gleam in his grey eyes.
I looked at him and did my best not to blush furiously behind my glasses, by the wink Sirius gave me I guessed I'd failed in my endeavour.
"Let me guess… that guy over there's her boyfriend?" Sirius sighed, pointing to Ernie.
"I don't really know what they are… but I think that's what it is," I replied, with a sad tone.
"Well… he certainly isn't right for her, the way he's ignoring her. You should be able to sweep her off her feet Castor. Just imply the Black charm… well actually most of us don't have much charm," Sirius laughed.
"But she's with Ernie," I wined. Didn't he get it? I wasn't him, I wasn't a womanizer, I'd just embarrass myself and probably get beaten up by Ernie afterwards.
"Quidditch has a keeper, doesn't mean you can't score… same applies for women," Sirius winked, jostling my shoulders as I just gawked at him. The guy was insane.
Sirius smiled, "go on, look you can tell she wants to dance and he isn't dancing with her. I can tell you want to dance with her… what's the problem?" He had me there. If Ernie had a problem with it I could just we were dancing as friends and I'm sure that was how Luna would view it. Still, I liked to hope, I liked to dream it was something more.
I gulped, I straightened my robes and ran a hand through my wild hair. My heart thudded in my chest. I clenched my fists together and blinked a few times before my feet finally moved as one.
"Hey!" Colin yelled to me from the dance floor, I could only offer him a slight wave. I was too nervous to do anything else.
"Luna?" She looked up and I was sure that I'd stopped breathing. Her lips lifted into that beautiful smile and I blinked, trying to work out if I was dreaming.
"You know I've been counting down the minutes for when you'd speak to me. I was looking forward to it," she smiled even more brightly. Never mind Sirius, Luna's smile made my heart melt.
"Did I live up to your expectations?" I grinned, running a hand once again through my hair, trying my best to flatten the curse that was my wild mess of curls.
"You haven't said much so far Castor," Luna giggled.
"I hope this will make up for it," I whispered into her ear, "Luna Lovegood, may I have this dance?" I asked as the band Fabian's mum had booked began to play a slower song. I glanced at Ernie and he hadn't noticed, I sighed, he really wasn't the right guy, she was the most important thing in the world and he ignored her? What was wrong with him!
"You may Castor Black," Luna giggled at the formality I was using. She looked radiant, she was wearing a purple dress with various jewels running along the middle. It flowed out at the bottom and her hair was brought down on the right side of her face, it was curled slightly and it fell neatly at her waist. Her eyes sparked as I bowed and extended my hand for her to take it, if I was doing this I was doing it right… no matter how cheesy.
I led her onto the middle and placed my hands gently on Luna's waist. I groaned, feeling my face heat up, Luna just smiled and put her hand on my shoulder. I pulled her closer, so that we were touching and she put her head on my shoulder. I noticed Sirius who was stood next to Remus and my cousin, Sirius was grinning at me, he winked which caused Remus to shake his head but he did laugh slightly. Tonks gave me a bright smile and a thumbs up.
I twirled Luna round and she let out a carefree laugh as I pulled her back in close. Her head resumed its position on my shoulder, I could feel her soft silky hair trailing down my torso.
"Luna, I have to say Ernie really hasn't been the best to you tonight," I sighed.
I felt Luna's head move slightly as she looked up at me, "it's not-," she began but I stopped her.
"You have this amazing quality to see the best in people but sometimes you need to take a page out of my book and see the negatives," she laughed at this and I think she seemed to accept to at least some degree that Ernie hadn't treated her right this evening.
"I have to know, who's the better dancer, me or him?" I smiled, as I twirled her around as the song changed to a livelier upbeat one.
"I haven't danced with Ernie but I reckon it would be you anyway," Luna smirked as I pulled her back, my hands reclaiming her hips. For once everything felt right, everything felt perfect. I wasn't the creepy freak kid who had an obsession with Luna Lovegood, I was the creepy freak kid who was now dancing with Luna Lovegood. The feeling of joy washed through me like a drug, filling my system with pleasure. She wrapped her arms further around my head, her hands brushed through my hair and I felt my smile lift even further as her soft hands brushed through my tangled mess.
"You look more beautiful than a thousand veela's," I whispered into her ear.
"Well… I must say that you look even more handsome," Luna let out a high pitched laugh which sounded somewhat like beautiful music to me, as its sweet sounds filled my ears.
For once, everything was perfect. I, me Castor Black was dancing with Luna Lovegood. I'd dreamed of this moment for a long time and now that it was happening it was even better than I thought it would be.
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