best friends

chapter 15. family meeting.

Days passed with no signs of problems for Luna or Fred. Luna was able to finally return back to work and Fred was able to sleep comfortable at night knowing that Luna was no longer hiding from him and he could see her whenever he wished.

Sunday, Luna had showed up at Weasley's Wizard Wheezes and caught up with both Fred and George. Fred, of course, greeted her with a kiss and George whined that if it weren't for her keen sense of smell, he'd had gotten to enjoy the Fair and not Fred. They shared a laugh before going up to the flat and enjoyed a dinner that they sent George to pick up from the Three Broomsticks.

Monday and Tuesday, Luna spent most of her time at Flourish and Blotts and catching up on any work that her co-workers were behind on and putting back books that were in the wrong place.

Wednesday had Fred showing up at Luna's work and he spent half of his day just watching her in her element. The female co-workers cornered Luna whenever they could and got her to spill on the details between herself and Fred. They oohh'd and ahh'd when Luna told them everything that had went on since before she went back to work and she occasionally found Fred winking at her when she'd pass by him.

Thursday, Fred surprised Luna  by stopping by at her flat when she got off of work. Since they had both spent the passed couple of days getting into a comfortable routine, they were both tired and just sat together on the sofa in her sitting area and relaxed in the silence. Every now and then, they'd ask each other a question to get to know each other better. And towards the end of the night, they made plans for Friday night.

It was Luna's turn to plan the date and he settled on something easy, yet comfortable as well. The two of them would be having dinner and then watch a muggle movie so the appropriate attire would be easy going and not uncomfortable.

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Luna had just finished serving Elle her food when there was a knock at her flat door. She walked over to the door and let it swing open only to have Fred standing there on the other side.

"Fred? What are you doing here?" Luna asked as she checked the time from the clock that hung above the fire place. She noticed he was two hours earlier than they had planned their date for.

If Fred was giving Luna an answer, she wasn't hearing it. Within a split second, her heart beat sped up, her blood pumped furiously, and her body was itching to get as close as possible to Fred. Her eyelids drooped and she found herself drifting towards Fred who had finally stopped talking and raised a curious eyebrow at her.

"Luna? What's going on?"

Luna reached out, her fingers crawling up along his stomach and grabbed ahold of his skinny tie, slowly wrapping it around her hand and pulling him towards her. Fred, who should've known better but didn't, let Luna pull him down into a breathtaking kiss. Her lips moulded easy to his and every once in a while, her teeth would nip at his bottom lip. Fred let his arms circle around Luna's waist as her hands finally found their way to the nape of his neck. They stood in the open doorway, tongues finally finding their way into the other's mouth when a passing by group of men  whistled at them.

Fred spun around to glare at the men who caused the interruption and Luna clasped her hand over her mouth. All the excitement from seeing Fred had clicked in and her eyes widened.

She hadn't yet taken the potion that stomped down her Veela urges.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." Luna stumbled backwards and ran upstairs towards her bedroom leaving a dumbfounded Fred standing right where she had found him.

Fred watched as Luna disappeared upstairs and let himself in, shutting the door behind him. A few moments later, footsteps rushed back downstairs and Luna stood before him with her face the shade of Weasley hair.