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Surprises
Draco stood in front of the mirror in his room, adjusting his shirt. He debated about putting on a tie but decided no, he wanted it to be kind of casual. Besides, the big lump in his throat would make it very uncomfortable.
When he had caught sight of Luna in the crowd earlier this afternoon, he was surprised at his own reaction. His heart skipped a beat at the sight of her blonde hair, bouncing around in a sea of browns, greys, blacks. Her purple sweater seemed like a beacon to him, drawing him in to walk behind her, see if she noticed him first. When she didn't, he had grabbed her arm, wanting to pull her against him, kiss her, ask if she was thinking about him. Absurd actually. When did he care if a girl thought about him? And when was it that one wasn't thinking about him?
But when Luna kissed him, he felt himself being absorbed by her. Even now, just the thought of her mouth on his made him hard and he tugged on his belt uncomfortably, wishing that he had a slightly looser pair of trousers.
He had donned a cream colored shirt, made sure his black loafers were shined correctly by the maid. He wanted to stop thinking about what he was wearing since where they were going wouldn't require that much thought at all.
He combed his hair, making sure that the part was exact, not a stray hair out of place. He splashed a little cologne on, a proprietary blend made for the Malfoy family, a scent that evoked pines and water, grasses and sand. It never failed to turn a girl, woman on. At times, grown women had followed him, lusting after his lean body, his taut bottom. It amused him. But tonight, he wanted to know what Luna thought of him.
No, what I need to find out is what she knows about the next stupid media circus that her group of friends is planning, what articles her father is planning to publish. What she thinks of my family.
What she thinks of me…..
Luna was pinning up her hair, not sure of how she wanted to wear it tonight. She was nervous, not only because she was going out with Draco Malfoy, on a dare no less, Well, if she were truthful to herself, it wasn't really a dare. She wanted to go out with him and this seemed like the only way. She was upset about having to cancel on Neville. He seemed hurt that she was cancelling on him last minute even though they weren't going anywhere really, just to the same place they always met for a bite to eat , meet up with their friends like always. But she had never said no to Neville before and she hated the fact that she was treating him this way. She would tell him everything she decided, she had never kept anything from him in the past.
She decided that her hair was best left downward, like she didn't even try. She pulled on a dress she had worn on many occasions before this, didn't bother with any make-up. Luna went downstairs and out the front door of her house. It was set in a large field, a bit far from the other homes in the area. Her father wanted his privacy and this placed definitely offered that. From her vantage point, she would see the road a half mile away and the lights of the cars, one which made the turn towards her driveway, towards her standing there on the gravel.
Draco stopped at her feet and got out, starting to say get in Lovegood, but the words caught in his throat. Because she looked beautiful. Her hair was tousled around her shoulders, she was wearing a bright purple dress with a green jacket and she smelled amazing. Like oranges and cinnamon, vanilla and honey. He could stand in front of her forever. Luna smiled at him and it seemed like the sun didn't set but just rose and illuminated his face.
"Hurry up Lovegood." She's gorgeous.
Luna couldn't help but smile at Draco. She caught a whiff of his cologne, fresh, and saw that he wore his clothing very well, his white shirt very crisp, his broad shoulders and lean body defined. His hand gently slid across her back as he guided her into the car seat, belying his tone.
"Calm down Draco."He's very attractive.
Draco shut the car door, casually walking to his side and whipping the car back towards the main road.
"Where's your father?"
"He's at a meeting."
"Meeting? At this hour?"
"Other editors for papers, you know how it is Draco."
Draco nodded absent-mindedly, remembering what his father had told him, about getting information from Luna regarding her friends, her father.
"They doing some kind of special edition or something?"
Luna nodded as she stared out the window, not registering the view. She didn't want to tell Draco that her father was meeting Ginny's father tonight, they were discussing the takeover of another local business thanks to the Greengrasses. She knew that Draco was under the influence of his father Lucius and a part of her was still unsure if Draco was interested in her because she was, well, her.
Draco drove in silence, not really in the mood to grill Luna. After a few moments though, he reached over and took her hand, to Luna's great surprise. And held it until they came up to a secluded driveway, half hidden by stone pillars and huge trees. Draco turned up it slowly, through iron gates, coming up to a huge house with a lot of people milling around.
"Who's house is this?"
"Pansy's."
"Will she be okay with me coming in?"
"Do you care? I don't." Draco replied, with a shrug.
The first thing that Luna heard was the loud thump thump of the music. It seemed like the entire house rocked with it, shimmering before her eyes. Draco parked and turned to Luna who was watching the entire scene with a slight shake of her head.
Well, she'd better get used to the idea of these people if she wants to hang out with me…better get used to the idea that I'm not like Longbottom, not like any of her friends…
He opened her car door and helped her out, heading for the doorway which was cracked open.
Luna recognized some of the people, from school. But a lot of them, she had no idea who they were. Draco was greeted by everyone, a drink thrust in his hand which he passed to Luna. She held onto it, not really wanting to taste it, just absorbing the atmosphere. It seemed like a party movie exploded in front of her.
There seemed to be about fifty boys and girls standing around drinking, laughing, dancing, partying. There was a group in the corner of the living room playing cards, two girls were stripped down to their bras and underpants, one of them was flicking a shirt at the boy opposite her. Another two boys were seated, watching three girls dancing in front of them, one completely naked or so Luna thought. She had some kind of nude body stocking on and she seemed inclined to take that off too.
Draco led her past a couple who were lying in the middle of the floor, making out, to another room, slightly quieter. It was dark, she could kind of make out a few people in different corners, gyrating to the music or something else. Luna turned to Draco to start to ask why he had brought her here when a voice came out from the side. She turned to see a girl straddling a boy she recognized from school, he was holding a beer in one hand, the other hand on the girl's hip and turning to talk to Draco.
"Hey Malfoy, how you…what are you doing here Looney?"
Blaise was staring at her open mouthed, whipping his head from Draco to Luna and back again.
"Knock it off Zabini. We're just here to hang out for a while." Draco put his arm around her waist.
"Hello Blaise." Luna said softly.
He didn't answer her, completely shocked. He wasn't sure if he was drunk and hallucinating Draco Malfoy standing there in front of him, his arm around Looney Luna Lovegood, whispering in her ear.
"What the fuck…"
Draco threw a smirk at him and led her away, towards the back stairwell and up to one of the bedrooms, his hand trailing down her back to rest just above the curve of her bottom.
Blaise pushed the girl who was taking his shirt off and pulled out his cell phone, dialed a number.
"You'll never guess who's here at Parkinson's party…"
