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Chapter fourteen: Castor's POV
The bed sheets were warm and I nuzzled further into them, letting out a deep sigh as I did so. It felt good to be safe. I looked up at the posters that lined my walls, muggle bands that Colin had introduced me to over the years, Nirvana, The Cure, Joy Division. Then there were the Gryffindor banners, I smiled thinking of my friends… of Luna. She was my everything, she was my world and I felt complete when she was there and wrong when she wasn't.
"IT'S CHRISTMAS!" Moaning I managed to scoop my eyes from the pillow and retrieve my glasses to look at my bubbly cousin who was jumping up and down. "Get up! Mummy won't let me open the presents until your downstairs!" She yelled, bouncing around my room. I rolled my eyes and got out of bed with a little bit of effort. Tonks grabbed my hand and ran downstairs, nearly pulling my arm out of its socket.
Ted grinned at me, Andy was sat next to him and he was cuddling her, normally I'd want to projectile vomit when they were this loved up but since it was Christmas I decided to find it cute instead.
"Alright I'm here you can calm down now," I said to Tonks but she wasn't even listening she was doing puppy dog eyes at her mum and dad. I gave a slight smile at her antics.
Ted tossed me a package wrapped in red and I smiled seeing there was a note attached to it.
'Dear bumface,
Happy Christmas, I hope you like your present because if you don't I'm not getting you a new one. Oh and before you go guessing like you usually do no it's not a scrapbook of Luna Lovegood, nor is it a love potion for Luna so I'm afraid you're going to have to ask father Christmas for that one buddy.
From the most awesome and sexiest friend you have,
Fabain (sexy face) Prewitt'
I gulped, my face burned red as I quickly crumpled up the note and made a mental note to violently kill Fabian later. I could just imagine his smirking little face snickering to himself as he wrote the note.
"What was that dear?" Andy asked, I looked up and burned even redder.
"N-Nothing… really," I mumbled, I looked to see Tonks smirking slightly so I sent her my best glare but it seemed to fall flat.
I opened the present to find a sketchbook, I smiled, one of my favourite things to do was draw. It would take me away to another world, a world where Luna and I could walk hand in hand, where I could draw her to my heart's content. I opened the note and looked at the bottom with a smile, 'PS. Thought you might need some more pages for Luna.'
He knew me too well.
Colin got me a really nice t-shirt which had David Bowie on the front. I'd certainly be wearing it later today I thought with a smile. I smiled, Luna was giving me hers and I was giving her mine later tonight.
We were meeting up in Diagon Alley.
"Wotcha Cas," I glared at her for calling me that nickname but I smiled slightly as she grinned, her hair turning from purple back to pink, "Here."
She handed me a parcel which I was sure also contained clothes. I grinned, ripping it open to find a brown cardigan, "Like the one that… the muggle guy you like wore," she was talking about the late Kurt Cobain who was a big hero of mine, Colin and Ted had introduced me to muggle music and I was a really big fan. I grinned and gave her a big hug. She smiled and hugged me back, I got her a book on werewolf's to which she rolled her eyes at what I was implying but neither the less gave a little cheeky grin. My aunt and uncle got me an art set with special pencils and paints. This was perfect. I grinned, kissing and hugging them both.
A few hours later Tonks knocked on my door to find me checking myself in the mirror, I had my brown cardigan, my David Bowie t-shirt on, some red jeans and some Vans shoes. I adjusted my glasses and sighed at the untameable state of my wild hair. Tonks giggled, "She won't be able to resist."
"Puh-lease… I'm just going to see her, it's not like we're going to be making babies by the end of the meeting," I sighed.
She double over in fits of laughter, "Getting ahead of yourself there Cas. Might want to buy her an ice-cream or something first."
"It was a joke," I said deadpan before using the floo powder to get to Diagon Alley. The downside to my evening was that Ernie was coming too. Still, nothing could ruin a trip to see Luna.
I smiled entering Leaky Cauldron, Tom gave me a polite nod which I returned happily.
Luna wasn't here and I frowned slightly, I looked around and headed towards the toilet, only then did I stop. Only then did my world collapse. He had her, whoever she was bundled up in the corner, he was kissing her. I gulped but then my rage consumed me.
"ERNIE!" I seethed, he turned round, her lipstick stains on his cheek. His eyes widened at the furious expression on my face. "WHO'S SHE? WHAT? HOW…"
"Castor… I… I can explain," he mumbled but he hadn't let go of this other girls hand, she smirked next to him.
I grabbed him and pushed him into the wall, I wasn't a normally violent or aggressive person but seeing him cheat on Luna, seeing him break Luna's heart without the slightest care… that pissed me off.
"I DON'T THINK YOU CAN EXPLAIN AS TO WHY YOUR LIPS WERE ON HERS? WHO IS SHE? SOME WHORE? YOU BASTARD…," I laughed slightly thinking about how I was probably far angrier than Luna would be.
"She's… she's called Amy. I lov-," I slapped him, hard across the face.
"You… you didn't even have the decency to break up with Luna. Now because Luna wouldn't want me to beat you up and only because Luna wouldn't want me too I'm going to let you go but not before you tell Luna what just happened." My nostrils flared and Ernie whimpered slightly: good.
Luna smiled, sauntering in, she stopped skipping abruptly and her smiled wobbled slightly as she saw me with Ernie pinned up against the wall, a girl tittering from foot to foot next to us.
"Go." I growled, he took Luna off to another corner of the pub, Amy was with him and I sighed. He'd ruined Luna's evening… that was the last thing I wanted.
I watched the expressions change on her face, confusion, shock, anger and then sadness. Luna Lovegood was crying, it was something I never thought I'd see but tears fell from her eyes and she gulped as Ernie stalked out his hand wrapped around Amy's. I wanted to hurt him, I could feel the anger flaring inside me but Luna needed me now, not in the same way I needed her but she needed me as a friend. I had to help her, to comfort her.
She buried herself in my arms, she was finally wrapped in my arms, the one moment I'd dreamed off was happening but not for the right reasons, I'd never wanted it like this. I'd never wanted her to cry, all I wanted was her happiness, her smile.
"It's alright, you're better off without him, I swear," I smiled, holding her to me tighter as she buried her head into my shoulder.
"You really think so?" She whispered.
I nodded my head and wiped a few stray tears from under her eyes, "I know so."
"Do you want your Christmas present?" I gulped, feeling myself tense up, it had all been leading down to this. If she reacted badly I was unsure of what I would do. She nodded her head meekly, she was too upset to even talk and I felt my fist clench at the thought of Ernie's smug face.
I handed her a wrapped up piece of parchment, it had a red ribbon on it and she looked at me with a large smile her eyes glinting as I felt my heart melt. It soon began to beat again though as she undid the ribbon, she unravelled the paper to find my drawing. It had taken me months and many many retries but I was proud of it, she was stood her hand on a Thestral's back. She was smiling, her eyes glinting with a happy light. She looked at me and her face was one of shock, "Cas… i-it's beautiful… I… I," she whispered but I just smiled which silenced her.
"Turn it over." My heart pounded even louder now, the blood rushing through my veins.
She read it aloud, my heart was in my mouth, "Luna Lovegood, you are the light to my dark. The sun to my sky. The right to my wrong, I am not complete without you. I've been in love with you since the moment I saw you and I understand if you don't feel the same way but it was killing me not telling you how I felt. All I want is to see you happy, if that's not with me then I hope you find the right person Luna, as long as you've got that magical grin on your beautiful face I'll be able to live and breathe. Luna Lovegood, I love you. Castor Black."
Her hands shook slightly as I bit my lip, biting so hard that I bit through the skin slightly, causing it to bleed.
"So…?" She didn't say anything, she just wrapped her hands around my neck leaned up and kissed me. Everything felt right, my heart began to beat even faster, my head whirled and my eyes widened.
"I know how you feel, the first time I realised what I felt towards you was when you called me beautiful for the first time. No one had ever said that to me and as an eleven year old, hearing those words… I… I knew you were the one."
"Luna... that... that was my first kiss," I mumbled turning red, she smiled slightly and I thought to myself that it was the perfect Christmas.
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