Harry Potter and the quick snog

Chapter three

As usual, no money is being made by this. Just having a bit of AU fun with JKR's characters.

Luna's eyes shone brightly, her heartbeats slowly coming back down from the high they had just achieved moments ago. She felt strangely alive and giddy, and this had only been one kiss! But, as she had stated to Harry before, this had been a one time only deal. She reluctantly lowered her arms and backed away from him.

Harry felt bereft as she pulled away, his mind still numb from the feverish kissing. His hands fell to either side and he too stepped back. Struggling to find something witty to say, he finally asked, 'so... how was it?'

Luna's gaze faltered and fell to the ground. She didn't know how to answer now. Of course, she had planned on giving him a truthful grade, but this had been her first kiss. How could she compare this to anything else? Her plan had a gaping hole within its structure that she had not expected. She should have thought of this one, it was painfully evident now that she had to face it. What could she say?

Opting for the truth, she straightened her shoulders and looked Harry in the eyes. 'That was sensational, Harry! I couldn't have imagined it better than it was.' Shrugging one shoulder, she added; 'not that I'm very experienced in these kind of things, but it was splendid.'

Harry lowered his eyes for a moment, then looked back at her, a small satisfied smile coming upon his face. 'It was nice, Luna. Unexpected, but very nice...' he agreed with a shrug himself. ' Just one question though, just so I know why it happened. What was the experiment about?'

Harry was still feeling the after-effects of the kiss, his emotions still swimming in a sea of desire and closeness. He wanted to experiment some more...

Luna chuckled gently, passing a trembling hand through her hair. 'I wanted to see if a kiss could really alter one's body functions, even if it was between friends. I know that when girls and boys date and share kisses, they say that their hearts flutter and that they get hot and bothered.' she said carefully, 'I just wanted to prove that those feelings could happen even if the couple weren't dating... or had any kind of special feelings between them.'

'Oh!' Harry answered slowly, 'I guess that answers the question.' He chuckled unwittingly, 'Now we know that you just need to be next to each other and something could happen if you let it go anywhere.'

'Yes and no, Harry. You have to be in a certain mood too.' she said a little dreamily. 'I could stand really close to Draco Malfoy, but I doubt anything like this would happen. He really doesn't like me, I think...' Luna added with a smirk.

Harry laughed; Draco didn't know what he was missing. Luna was a great snog! 'Yea, I get your point.' he conceded, but added with a conspiratorial gleam in his eyes. 'Do you think that you need to research some more? I'd be happy to help.'

Luna smiled at him but shook her head, 'I did tell you that I only wanted one kiss, Harry. I wouldn't dream of going back on my word. I had promised.'

Harry nodded, 'yes, you did promise me one kiss.' he said quite seriously. 'But, as any researcher will tell you, sometimes you have to replicate an experiment to verify its conclusion.'

Harry suddenly felt happy about being Hermione's friend... she always rattled on about stuff like this. For once, it would serve a good cause.

Luna grinned from ear to ear; this could only be the best excuse for 'experimenting' she had ever come across. Harry really was a good kisser and having the occasion to repeat the experience was very tempting. She took a step toward him, but as she was about to answer him, she heard someone calling Harry from somewhere near the Quidditch pitch's entrance.

'Oye! Harry!' a boy's voice could be heard calling. Harry winced a bit and then looked at Luna. Their window of opportunity had just been definitively closed.

Harry took one of her hands and gave it a gentle squeeze, 'guess we'll have to find some other time to do... this!' he said in a low voice, not wanting to be overheard by his friends.

Luna shrugged, 'I guess so.' She agreed with some degree of disappointment. 'Some other time then?' she questioned him in a whisper, finally seeing a trio of boys entering the pitch. Ron, flanked by Dean and Seamus, walked toward them with beaming smiles.

Letting go of her hand, Harry winked at her and said quickly, 'anytime, Luna. Just give me a place and time. I'll be there...'

Luna grinned once more before turning around to leave the pitch. She was walking pass Dean when she finally remembered the book that she had dropped sometime before kissing Harry. 'My book!' she exclaimed before bolting back to where Harry was standing.

Just before she got to him, Harry noticed the book and picked it up. He read the title and was slightly amused by what he read. 'The birds and the bees: Everything a young witch might want to know about... that!' by Clarissa Whitcomb. Harry could now understand what was behind Luna's sudden interest in the subject.

When Luna finally got back to him, cheeks flushed from her short run, she saw that he had read the book's title and was grinning back at her. She snatched it out of Harry's hand and quickly hugged it to her chest. A bit embarrassed by his discovery, she nodded and said a quick thank you before running away toward the school.

Ron came next to Harry and nodded toward Luna as she disappeared from sight. 'What did ol' Loony want? Was she talking about those Snork-things again?'

Harry laughed as he mounted his broom. 'No, she was only asking my opinion about bee keeping.' he quipped, finding the whole situation quite funny at the moment.

'Huh?' Ron asked with a frown, 'are you having me on?'

Harry shrugged and quickly kicked off the ground, still smiling to himself. He wouldn't tell Ron about Luna's experiment, this secret would be kept between her and him... indefinitely.

THE END!

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