best friends

chapter 14. confrontation.

The following day, Luna found herself relaxed and enjoying a mug of tea in the kitchen area of Shell Cottage. Her thoughts were occupied by memories from the previous night of her date with Fred and she couldn't be happier. She didn't know what to expect from the date but after what happened, she couldn't ask for anything more.

Fred had feelings for her that were real and she had nothing to worry about.

Now, the next thing she had to tackle was convincing Bill to let her back into her flat. She was grateful for Fleur and Bill taking her in but she really wanted to sleep in her bed, bathe in her own bathroom, and eat in her own kitchen.

She could hear footsteps coming down the stairs and waited for Bill to make his appearance in the kitchen. He soon walked in, pulling a t-shirt down over his head and fell sleepily into a chair across from Luna. "Morning."

Luna giggled. "Morning? It's nearing 3PM." She took a sip of her tea and placed it down in front of her.

"Oh. Well.. afternoon." Bill yawned. "How'd the date go?"

Luna took a moment to think about what to say without telling him everything. "Better than expected." She smirked triumphantly when Bill continued to stare at her and waited for more information. "And that's all I'm telling you."

"What? That's it?" Bill perked up. "That's nothing to go on! Come on, Luna give me the juicy details!" He whined.

"You're worse than Ginny was back in school." Hermione told him. "You're a grown man, Bill, and I will not spill anymore details. If you want gossip, you'll have to ask Fred."

"You're no fun." He fake pouted. He leaned back in his chair with his hands clasped behind his head. "So does this mean you're not going to avoid him anymore? I can finally take down the protection wards and everyone can visit again?"

"Yes." She confirmed. "Although you could have always had visitors. You were just meant to keep out Fred and George, no-one else." Luna told him.

Bill shrugged and smiled sadly at her. "Does this also mean you'll be moving back into your flat? The main reason why we isolated you was because we didn't want the twins bothering you. Now that you're not avoiding Fred, you're free."

"I'm sorry." She offered him a small smile. "But yes, I will be leaving. I actually thought I'd have to persuade you that I was fine to move back but I guess I can go whenever I want now."

"Yeah. It's just going to be so weird without you in the house." Bill sighed and closed his eyes. "It was nice to actually have company in the house other than Fleur and myself. We'll be sad to see you go."

Luna stood up from her chair, walked around the table, and gave Bill a hug. "I'll miss the both of you as well but speaking of Fleur, when will she be returning?"

"Tonight." Both of them let go of the other and Luna took a seat next to him. "She also told me to tell you that she wants to know how your date went with Fred and she has a whole batch of your potion ready for you when she returns. She kind of figured you wanted to get out of here soon so she stocked you up on the potion for when you leave here."

"Thank you." Luna smiled. After a couple moments of silence and Luna replaying what Bill just said over in her head, she swatted his shoulder and laughed. "You told her I went on a date?"

"I couldn't help it." He laughed. "Remember.. I'm worse than Ginny!"

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