Luna and I found our friends in the great hall. We barely spoke at all while we ate, and Cora still wore a haunted look on her face. I felt guilty for being so happy when something so awful had just happened, but something I had been dreaming of for years had finally happened and it took everything in me to not smile like an idiot. At least it distracted me from thinking about the car.
Lunch was over soon after, and Rory, Cora, Luna and I walked back up to the common room. We reach the door, and the knocker comes alive once again.
"Riddle me this: to use it you must throw it away, but when you stop using it you take it back in. What is it?" it asks. Rory thinks for a minute.
"Is it a rope? Like a climbing rope?" he says.
"Wrong," it replied.
"An anchor," Luna blurted suddenly. "Because to use an anchor you have to throw it away, you throw it overboard. And then when you reel it back in, you aren't using it anymore."
"Correct," it said. "You may enter." We do, and we go our separate ways. Cora goes over to the book alcove and lets herself into the room. I realized how much of a toll the past few hours had taken on her, and my heart broke for her. I hope whatever's in there will help her feel better, I thought. Rory sat down in an armchair with a book, and Luna and I went up to our rooms. I was walking past her room to get to mine, and in one fluid and sudden motion she grabbed me by the arm, pulled me through the door, locked it behind us, and kissed me.
The fireworks came back, and this time we both felt it. I clutch her collar with both hands to pull her closer, and the feeling of her---the smell of floral perfume on her skin, her fingers tangled in my hair, her warm weight pinning me against the wall, and the softness of her lips---it made my stomach do cartwheels.
"Don't fight it," she whispered against my mouth, still kissing me. The sound of her voice made me melt, and everything around us went blissfully silent and dark. There were no students, no professors, no friends, no Hogwarts. The sea, the forest, and the twins' decrepit old car outside ceased to exist. The world consisted only of her and I in this room. I was getting drunk off of her, desperate to feel the energy rush through my blood. This is what love feels like, I'm sure of it. After all, how could a feeling this extraordinary be anything else? Luna pulls away, and we're both out of breath. I can feel a smile spread across my face.
"What was that for?" I giggle. She takes my hand and leads me over to the edge of her bed.
"It was supposed to be a do-over," she says, sitting down, "from before. I thought we ought to do it because we want to, not because we thought we were about to die." She never failed to amaze me.
"It's not often we get those in life," she continues. "So when you've got a second chance, don't let it pass you by. My mum said that all the time." Luna looks over at me. "She would have really liked you, I think."
"My dad would've liked you too," I reply. "I wonder if he's in heaven with your mum, complaining to her about how irritating I can be."
"Irritating?" she echoes, raising one eyebrow.
"I don't know," I said. "When I was little I'm told I loved hearing myself talk. When I was learning how to speak in coherent sentences, I wouldn't shut up. Dad used to call me his little cricket. If anything, he's warning your mum that I'll talk your ear off."
"Well, I like hearing you talk, even if my ears do fall off," Luna tells me, leaning her head on my shoulder. I smile at her. God, I miss my dad. I really tried to remember him as often as I could, but it got harder every day. There were little details about him that had already slipped through the cracks, and my biggest fear was that one day I'd forget him altogether. I wish I had a do-over with him, even if it was only for a minute or two. I wished I could hug him one last time, or tell him that I love him, or warn him about the car accident that would kill him.
And part of me wondered what he'd say if he could see Luna and I now.
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