PART SEVENTEEN: A Saturday Evening In Hogsmeade and Uninvited Guests

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(Luna x Harry)

-Luna's POV-

Arriving at Hogsmeade reminded me of the school trips we use to go on, however now, it was me and the girls on our own, with no professors snooping about watching everything we do. 

Heading towards the Three Broomsticks, I wondered if the others had got here yet or if we were slightly too early. It was about 5pm and a Saturday, so we basically had all the time in the world currently and plus, breaking the 'No students out of bed after dark' rule wasn't too much to worry about, we'd done it several times in the past. Although we may have been seen a few times, we've never been fully caught. 

"So remind me who's coming again? I kinda forgot after the whole special abilities show" I chuckled 

"The trio, The Weasley twins and -" Lisa's sentence was completed by Gabriella

"Cedric" Gabriella smiled

I smiled when I realised that Harry was coming along tonight, maybe I could finally have a full blown conversation with him rather than short bursts or conversations that get interrupted by other students or professors. 

Upon waiting outside of the Three Broomsticks, I saw three figures approaching one side, and another two the opposite side. Squinting my eyes as I looked over to my left, I saw Fred and George, which meant the other three silhouettes in the distant must've been the trio. I felt my nerves bubble up at the thought of Harry, but taking a few deep breaths helped calm it, for now. 

"Afternoon" two in sync voices called out as they approached, looking over, I could already see Amber making a b-line for George and then Fred.

Abbie, happened to be flickering her eyes up and down towards Fred, and in return, Fred looked over and cast a smile her way, before turning his head back towards his brother and Amber. 

"Well, are we going in then?" Fred asked, tilting his head to signal the doors. 

"Not without us i'd hope" Hermione replied towards Fred, approaching with a warm smile on her face. 

As soon as the trio arrived and Hermione's voice was detected, I swung my head towards Harry's way, and instantly found that he was already approaching me. I heard slight sprinting and as my head turned around to locate the noise, I saw Lyssa heading for Ron, and Ron was already standing there with his arms outstretched and a smile as wide as it could get. Alyssa collided with Ron and he was knocked backwards a little bit, but he didn't seem to care. 

Laughter left the groups mouths and everyone was greeting each other with hugs and hello's. There was so much background noise, but it all seemed to blur out when I was suddenly face to face with Harry. He smiled at me and his hands were resting in his pockets, his blue eyes glistened like ice in the sun and his hair blew softly against the breeze, I felt myself smile. 

"Hey Luna" Harry spoke softly

"Hi Harry" I replied, smiling and putting my head down, only to look straight back up at him. 

Holding out his arms with an eyebrow raised, he cocked his head. 

"May I?" He asked, looking straight into my eyes. 

Without even giving him an answer, I walked into his outstretched arms and wrapped my own around his body, his arms enclosed around me and instantly, I could feel the warmth forming from him, it was comforting. I could hear his heartbeat through his chest and surprisingly, it was quite fast and he was taking long, deep breaths. 

I heard gasps escape from behind me and I got a feeling that was a cue to look around, as we both let go of each other, the both of us looked over at the same time, and I felt happiness rush over me instantly, I chuckled at what I was witnessing. 

Ron and Alyssa shared a kiss with each other whilst still enclosed in both of each others arms, I crossed my arms  an instantly an 'aww' left my lips, everyone else seemed to do the same thing. With everyone having done it, Ron and Alyssa both pulled away and with his arms still wrapped around her, they looked over at all of us. 

Fred and George had their own arms wrapped around their own torso's in a hugging motion and were making mimicking kissy faces towards their younger brother, obviously trying to embarrass him and honestly, I don't think he cared, judging by the look on his face. I saw Amber jab George in the ribs with her elbow, and George let out a dramatic and fake 'owww, that hurt!' , Amber stood there shaking her head at him in response to his reaction. 

"They're in love!" Amber cooed, smiling at both Ron and Alyssa who were still in each others embrace. 

"Right, let's go in then!" Lex called out

"It's starting to get cold and wearing a skirt was quite possibly the wrong decision to make this evening" she shuddered from the breeze which had now become colder within these last 5 minutes. 

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Having two friends that were slightly older was quite possibly the best and also most rebellious thing we could be doing, I was now on my second butterbeer and Paige, Alexis and Amber were on their third. 

Looking around the table I could pinpoint where everyone was sitting, and who they were with. For example, Amber was sitting between the two Weasley twins, Lex, Paige and Lisa were all sitting with each other, opposite them was Aubrey, Abbie and Gabriella. Next to Gabriella was a reserved seat for Cedric, who was now running at least an hour late and Alyssa and Ron were sat beside each other, one of his arms over the top of the sofa-chair we were sitting in, just behind her shoulders. Hermione and Anna were both opposite each other, and Hermione was on the opposite side of Harry, I was on his left.

We were all talking away when in the corner of my eye, I saw someone heading towards our table. Slightly panicking, I bolted upright and tried to relax my shoulders. For some reason I worried it was a bartender, coming over to check our ID's, but upon the persons approach, the voice relaxed my anxiety. 

"Sorry i'm late!" Cedric apologised

"Is there any seats going?" he asked softly, flashing a small smile our way, but an even bigger one towards Gabriella's. 

Speaking of Gabriella, she tapped the spare seat and Cedric slid round the table, and just before he sat down, he planted a kiss on her forehead. When he had settled into his seat, he shook hands with the boys around the table and nodded his head at us girls, his arm instantly slithered around Gabriella's waist and he pulled her into his side. 

As multiple conversations continued to erupt between our group, I picked up my butterbeer and began to drink. 

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