Just Like Magic (Cedric Diggory and Hermione Granger Fan fiction)

Chapter 33: Luck

Luna was out in the courtyard when I found her. Her copy of The Quibbler was held in front of her- upside down- as usual. I cautiously approached her still unsure of what I should say. It wasn't like me to meddle in personal affairs but I felt this needed to be done. I sat down and smoothed down my skirt. Luna didn't acknowledge my presence she simply continued reading with a low hum.

"Hi, Luna. Any new thing happening-"

She interrupted me. "He says very funny things sometimes, doesn't he? But he can be a bit unkind. I noticed that last year."

For a moment I was confused until I realized she was talking about Ron. "How did you know...?"

"You've got Lockswirz all around you. They only show up when someone is curious about something. I figured you'd want to ask me about Ron. Am I wrong?"

Her head cocked to the side and I answered, "No, you're right. I just wanted you to know I'm here if you want to talk."

"Why aren't you dating Harry?"

"W-What?" I asked, taken aback.

"From first year, I always thought you and Harry would get together sometime down the road. You're both much too stubborn to realize it right away but I felt it in the stars."

"Harry and I are like brother and sister. We don't look at each other like that. Plus, I'm with Cedric."

She smiled a closed mouth smile and stared at the chain around my neck. "Yes. Yes. The Hufflepuff." She folded her Quibbler and placed her hands on her lap and looked at me expectantly. "So, what do you want to know about Ron and me?"

"Just whatever you feel you need to get off your chest. I know we haven't been exactly close these past years but I do consider you a friend."

She nodded and then went into their history. It turned out that after Cedric and I had gotten together during the Yule Ball, Ron had been rather hurt and went to release his tension by practicing spells in the Room of Requirement. Luna had noticed him going in there one day and the two of them began developing a friendship. He was heartbroken but eventually Luna saw him begin to light up. He would touch her when they talked. Just a gentle touch here and there when they would joke around.

That was how she began to notice she was falling for him.

She couldn't exactly tell him since she was still unsure about his feelings for me. But, that all changed when we all fought at the Ministry and watched as Sirius fell into the Veil. Ron had reached out to her. Ron had been protecting her. They acted as one that night and Luna began to believe that Ron could love her too. That night too had shown him just how ashamed he was of her though. When she had heard the voices in the Veil he had distanced himself. She worried maybe she was imagining everything.

After the fight she confessed her feelings and her suspicious had proven right. He denounced everything and called her crazy. Ever since that night Ron hadn't spoken to Luna and vice versa. There was an unspoken tension between them and it had forced a wedge between them.

"I can't believe he said that." I shook my head in disbelief. "Ron can be a bit rude sometimes but I never thought he would say something that hurtful."

"Yeah, well... he's with Lavender now. I'd say that's punishment enough." She joked.

It was uncharacteristic of Luna but I knew she was covering her pain. It hurt her to see Ron with Lavender. It seemed she wasn't over Ron no matter what he had said. I comforted her as best I could but it seemed she had said all she could on the subject and was back into her own little world. She began speaking of Pigmy Puff's and Boxing Day.