The Forbidden Kids || Harry Potter x An Original Storyline

Part Nine: What Lies Ahead?

(Luna's POV)

Spitting the last bit of toothpaste into the sink, I grabbed the towel from the radiator behind me and began to wipe around my mouth, even though it was clean already, I just wanted to be sure. Replacing the towel back on the radiator, I turned my attention to the mirror on the cabinet and tightened my messy bun, before finally making my exit out of the bathroom and turning the light off behind me as I left. 

Making my way down the hallway to say goodnight to both my parents, I noticed that I heard a discussion going on, which was coming from the kitchen on the left hand side of this hallway. Carefully and quietly, I stopped at the door frame, and leant my hand against it, adjusting my hearing as I did so. 

"She can't get involved with it" I heard my mum's voice say worriedly. 

"And she won't, we've sheltered her this long, and I'm sure we can continue to shelter her longer" My dads voice seemed to sound reassuring. 

I heard what sounded like sniffles from my mother and a pair of footsteps seemed to approach in her direction, I assumed my father was soothing her. Whatever this discussion was about, I was interested but at the same time, kind of suspicious about what this conversation could be about. 

"How long can we hold this up for?" I heard my mother cry out softly, my dad was shushing her softly. 

"As long as we have to, my dear" I heard my dad reply gently. 

Peering through the gap provided in the door between the hinges, I saw my mother being held closely by my father who, had his chin resting on top of her head as she sobbed. I noticed the pair of them were both rocking slightly and it seemed to calm my mother down. Turning away from the doorframe, I gently placed my back against the wall, with both my palms flat against it either side of me, and my head rested against the wall, too. 

'Can't get involved with what?' My thoughts rang in my head, and it was almost like I could hear a faint ringing in my ears. 

As if my thoughts had made my ears ring and sounds around me dull, my hearing suddenly returned back to normal and when it did, I realised that what I was hearing almost straight away. Footsteps were making their way towards the exit of the kitchen which, was where I was standing currently. With quick thinking, I quietly made my way to the living room just in time before both parents came out of the kitchen and I made it out like I had just come down from my bedroom. With a fake smile spread across my face, I looked over at the both of them. 

"I just thought i'd come down to say goodnight to the both of you before I head off to bed" I mentioned towards the both of them who were now, looking at each other with semi-weak smiles on their pale and worried faces.

My mother approached me first and pulling me in for a hug, it was one of the tightest hugs I had received in a while. With my hair tied up in a bun, she didn't think I could feel the hot tears that were quietly streaming down her face as she embraced me, but it was all I could feel on my neck. My arms wrapped around her, and as gently as I could, I gave her body a light squeeze, before she pulled away from me and kissed my cheek. 

"Goodnight sweetheart, I love you so very much" My mother spoke to me, and her hand made her way to my cheek as her thumb stroked it. 

My father was next to pull me in for a hug but this time, It wasn't as tight as my mothers. It was warm and strong. Not long after, he pulled away from the hug and stepped to stand beside my mum and wrapping his arm around her as he did so. 

"Goodnight honey, sleep well." He smiled at me and in response I nodded before beginning to make my way up the stairs and towards my bedroom. 

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Just laying here in the dark was now getting slightly boring, and not a single ounce of sleepiness had come over me. The ceiling didn't really seem to do much, other than be a ceiling. Wondering what the time could be, I flipped my side lamp on, that was resting on my bedside unit, and glanced up at the clock on my wall. 

1:30am.