Lilibeth walked down the Charms corridor with a spring in her step. She was having a good day and no one could ruin it for her. Suddenly a familiar white-ish-blonde haired boy came through the crowd.

Cue Malfoy. She thought, sighing. She loved the way his ear-length hair swished as he strutted down the corridor. Not that he would ever know that of course.

Malfoy walked by quickly, knocking Lilibeth's books from her hands and laughing as he went. If she had just looked up as he ran away she would have seen the longing in his eyes as he looked back at her bright blonde head.

She bent down to pick up her books, "That prat!" She exclaimed, not actually meaning it, of course.

"Oh Lily!" She heard a voice quite like her own say.

"Hey Luna!" Lilibeth hugged her twin tightly after standing up.

"Daddy sent the next Quibbler up." Luna said as they walked into Charms, handing her a copy, "He believes it's his best yet, and so far I'd have to agree."

Lily opened the copy and started reading, no attention being paid to Luna or the magazine. All of her thoughts were on that one boy. The one she couldn't have, the one her friends hated, the one she though she could change.

~o~

After class was over for the day Lily, Luna, Harry, Ginny, Hermione, and Ron were sitting under a weeping willow tree near the lake just chatting.

"You know, even though it's called a weeping willow I think it looks rather happy." Lily said out of the blue. Luna nodded in agreement, Ginny shrugged, and the rest gave her an odd look. Lily just smiled and went back to reading her book.

"Lilibeth." A familiar voice sneered.

"Draco." Lily replied with an equally acidic tone.

If she had just looked up from her book she would have noticed the hurt look on Draco's face that her sister happened to see.

When Lily looked up Draco was long gone. Her face showed no emotion but her eyes betrayed the hurt.

While reading Lily only heard snippets of conversation.

"Harry! Your occlumency must improve before…"

"Blimey! That's terrible mate."

"I think the nargles took my…"

And so on. The one sentence that pulled her from her thoughts was: "Why in bloody hell is Malfoy watching us?"

Lily's head snapped up at the name, "Wait! What?"

"I said 'Why in bloody hell is Malfoy watching us?'." Ron responded slowly as if he was talking to a small child.

"I heard you!" She said, thumping Ron lightly on the head with her book.

They all laughed, and nobody noticed the miserable and regretful look on Malfoy's face as he walked away.

~o~

They kept talking until Filch came out and yelled at them to go to their dorms because it was too late to be out and if he caught them all out this late again they'd have detention and so on.

Back in their dorm room in the Ravenclaw tower is where Luna attacked her sister with questions.

"How come you looked so hurt when Malfoy left? I'd think that him just sneering your name wouldn't upset you."

"Just because, okay Luna? Just please leave me alone." Lily replied, pulling the curtain around her bed and laying back, still fully dressed.

Luna pulled the curtain back a little, "Ooh! You like him!" She said before pulling it shut again and skipping over to her bed, giggling.

"I DO NOT!" Lilibeth yelled.

Denying it wont help anything. Her inner voice said.

I know, I just don't know how well my friends will accept it, or my sister. Lily replied.

Lilibeth pulled the curtain back on the side where Luna's bed was, "Okay, so maybe I do. But it's not my fault I like him, it's his fault for being so dang irresistible." She defended herself before shutting it again.

"I think it's rather sweet. He needs someone to bring him to the reality that he's not the center of the world." Luna said.

Lilibeth smiled, 1 down, 4 more to go. She thought to herself. She pulled the curtain back and rolled over to face Luna. She smiled at her twin as a thank you.

"You know, when you were reading and you replied to him, he looked a little hurt that you replied in a mean way." Luna said after turning so she was laying on her stomach facing Lily with her legs crossed up in the air behind her.

Lily got into the same position and rested her head in her hands, "Not possible, you probably just read too far into it." she replied.

"I was right about you, wasn't I?" Luna asked with a mischievous glint in her eyes.