Breaking the shadows

First love.

1996

Saturday September 11th

"Luna" I say excitedly.

I knew they had a thing for each other they were both too shy to ask. And now they are here, making out, it's kind of cute, because they have been friends for so many years just like me and Ginny, and now it is happening.

Ginny and I take a seat in the back, and we order butterbeers and Ginny says: "Luna and Neville, who saw that coming?"

I chuckle: "We all hoped they would realise that they felt the same way this entire time."

Ginny: "They are so cute together"

"They are"

Ginny: "And so are we"

I keep looking at Luna and Neville, but I feel Ginny's eyes on me, and then I feel her warm hand on my thigh, I turn to her and our noses are like magnets, as I turn, Ginny almost immediately takes my face in her hands, and I lean in and kiss her, I forget everything around me but Ginny, I forget Hermione's voice, Nora's loneliness, and I forget Neville and Luna, I feel their presence for er short second, but when Ginny moves her hands from my face to my waist and pull me closer, everything disappears.

After the kiss I feel the redness in my face, and Ginny is blushing as much as I am. Ginny looks at me and asks: "Why do you think it took so long with Luna and Neville?"

"I don't know, maybe it's the fact that Neville is a boy, and they can be very slow to realise that a girl likes them"
Ginny: "That is true"
"But, honestly, I'm glad that they found each other, young love is so adorable."

Ginny: "It really is" she pauses, like she is considering a question but then she asks: "Speaking of love, who would you say was your first love?"

"I think about it for a while, and then I say: "I would say, that you were my first love, how about you?"

Ginny: "My first love was Harry, but I got over him pretty quickly."
"Okay, so was Harry your first crush too?"
Ginny: "Yeah, he was, like yours was Sebastian."
"I knew her answer when she asked, but I hoped that she would say that her first love was me, but I kind of knew it was Harry.
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