Strawberries and Lavender- Luna Lovegood fanfic

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After I shut and locked the front door, I helped mum clean up our mess and then sat in the parlor for a minute to talk to her.

"You and Luna seem to be getting along well."

"Uhm- yeah I guess we are."

"Molly said something about you and her going to the burrow together on the 30th before going to King's Cross at the party yesterday. You're okay with that right?"

"Of course I am, Ron and Ginny are my best friends."

"Okay then. Make sure your things are ready the night before. Why don't you write Luna, since you won't see her until then? Xenophilus gave me their home address for you."

"I will. Oh crap, I forgot to write Ginny back."

"Oh, you should go do that. She'll become worried."

"I'm gonna go upstairs to write her back, and then hit the hay. Goodnight mum,' I said, on my way to my room already. To Ginny, I wrote;

Ginny,

First of all, Did you send something similar to Luna? My mum invited her and her father over for supper and she said she was coming to the burrow too. Second of all, just stop. Of course, I like Luna, but I barely know her. And we talked about it, she liked me as well, but like I'm saying, she doesn't know me well enough. We've agreed to just stay friends, get closer, and see where that takes us.

Ophelia.

I decided to go on ahead and write to Ron as well before writing to Luna. That said:

Ron

Bloody hell. Can you not go around telling Ginny things that aren't 100% true? I mean, yeah I'm fond of Luna, but I barely know her. Speaking of which, mum invited Luna and her dad over and didn't tell me. They rang the doorbell at the front door, and my mum had the audacity to ask me to get the door when I was in my pajamas already! I had to run upstairs to change. I'm sure mum and Mr.Lovegood were laughing at me the whole time. Also, I'm sure Ginny will say something about this, but Luna and I are just friends, okay? Don't sugarcoat it. Anyway, I'll see you at Hogsmead on the 30th, I'm sure.

Love,

Ophelia

I sat and contemplated writing to Luna. What if she thought I was creepy? What if she doesn't want to talk to me? I don't want to write to her when I still barely know her. I'll invite her to go supply shopping with me. I guess it's worth a shot, right?

Luna,

Your dad gave my mum your address for me to write to you, hopefully, this isn't creepy. I mean, if it is, you don't have to write back, of course. I just want to say that I had fun when we were talking the last few nights. I'm excited to see you again. Would you maybe want to meet on the 29th instead of the 30th and hang out, just the 2 of us, before we go to the burrow? We could get our supplies and some snacks for the Hogwarts express. Let me know.

Love,

Ophelia

I gave the letters to my owl, Talia, and let her out the window. The letters should be there by morning, hopefully.

It's time for me to go to sleep. It's 1:00 in the morning. I changed back into my red sleep clothes, took off my makeup, and put my hair into a messy bun. "Goodnight mum," I yelled to my mum, who to my knowledge was still in the parlor. I unmade my bed and got under the blanket to go to sleep.

I must've lied there for a good hour before I fell asleep. I kept finding myself wide awake, thinking of Luna. Trying to make her face in the bumps on my popcorn ceiling. I kept thinking of her blue eyes, and her long blonde hair, and soft voice, and the curves of her body. I looked over to my clock and it had been 1:15. then 1:30. then 2:00. I forced myself to go to sleep. the sooner fell asleep, the sooner I'd wake up and see her again. I can't believe she's kept me up. I only just met her for real.

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(the next day)

I woke up at 7:00 a.m sharp. My blanket was all messed up. worse than usual. After about 15 minutes of laying in bed, I got up. I went downstairs, made myself a fresh cup of chamomile tea and a crumpet. Once I finished my crumpet, I went back up to my room with my tea and re-made my bed. Then I sat in my bed and read my book, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," which I've read once before, but I need to go back to the bookshop soon and get new ones. I was reading for about 45 minutes before I heard Talia pecking at my window. She didn't have anything, unfortunately, but it did mean that Luna and the Weasleys got their respective letters. Hopefully, I'll hear back from the 3 of them within the next few days.

"Sweetheart?" said my mum, whilst knocking on my bedroom door.

"Yeah, mum?'

"Can I come in?

"Sure," I replied, as mum began to turn the doorknob and enter my scarlet bedroom. She sat on my bed for a second and noticed the parchment and quills on my desk and asked "Did you write to Ginny and Luna?" I nodded.

We talked for a minute about plans before going to the Burrow and Diagon Alley. We talked about what our plans are for the upcoming month and me going back to Hogwarts. "After last year, with the Diggory boy, and the year before that with Mr.Black, I just want you to be very careful over there. Of course, we know and love Sirius, but his escape caused all of those scary dementors. And Ginny with that secret chamber in your first year, anything could happen now dear. You've just turned 14, you're getting older, and more responsible for yourself. I just need you to be careful. The first wizarding war, horrid.  And with You-Know-Who back, few are safe. Hogwarts is-"

"The safest place in the wizarding world. Mum, I know."

A/N: The next chapter will probably be just a paragraph or so, and then a few letters exchanged between Ophelia and the characters she wrote to earlier in the chapter (Luna, Ginny, and Ron). Feel free to send in requests for chapters, and should I write a chapter or two from Luna's POV?