"Do you remember our first fight?" Draco asked as they sat down in their small compartment. There was two two-seater benches on either side with red material and a small dark wood table that jouted out from the wall where there was a huge window that showed the cold rain as it hit that pavement.
"You're bringing this up now?" she clairified with a laugh. He slipped off her coat for her then hung it on a hook close to the door. He shrugged his own coat off and hung it on the hanger next to hers.
"Yeah, we have about half an hour of train riding ahead of us, just making conversation." Draco replied.
A porter came up and placed two menus on the small table then walked back out again. He was so unfazed by Luna and Draco together, they had never been in so close proximities in public before, if anyone from Hogwarts saw them now Luna feared what they would do...
They both sat on opposite sides of the table, the compartment was so small that their knees brushed against each other. She had worn the dress she knew Draco loved, it was grey and tight and for leggings she wore thick white woolen ones and knee high ugg boots. He smiled and placed a hand on top of hers as the train gave off more steam with a long shrill hoot, Luna looked out the window and sighed, it was snowing still, it had been for a while.
"I do remember our first fight," Luna replied as she continued to stare out of the window. She looked back at Draco who was staring at her with a small smile spread across his face. "It was snowing then..."
"It was only a month or so ago," said Draco.
"It was November 20th, the same day as our wedding," she said quietly. "If you could call it that."
They both looked out the window as another billow of steam engulfed the platform they were still docked at, and as they did their minds drifted back to that day.
Luna still wore her mother's wedding dress, she had stolen it from her attic and now she stood looking out of the astronomy tower window down onto the grounds, the snow was falling hard that she could barely make out the rest of the school that had been covered in thick blankets of snow. Draco leaned against the opposite wall in a tuxedo, watching the back of Luna as she stared out the window.
There was a knock at the door and Luna still remberred the sheer dread she felt as the knocks reverberated around the brick walled room, the prospect of being found together in wedding clothes was frightful. Draco ran to the door and stood silently there, his hand tightly grasping his wand.
"Open up, its me!" came Blaise Zabbinni's voice from the otherside of the door. Both Luna and Draco had given a long sigh of releif before Draco unlocked the door and let Blaise in.
"Say its you immedietly after you knock," Draco snapped. "Instead of leaving us in suspence."
"Sorry, its not like I'm an expert at all this," Blaise snapped back.
"None of us are," Luna had said. Both Draco and Blaise cast her looks before they met eachothers eyes once more.
"Ok, I cast a confundus charm on that door, that us three are only immune to, everyone who comes up here, will turn around and go do their homework in the library." Blaise said as he clapped his hands together, the sound bouncing off the small room's walls. "How are we feeling?"
"Different," Luna had replied, Draco was staring down at his shoes with a pale face.
"Well you should," Blaise spoke up. "You are now Mrs. Luna Malfoy..."
"Thank you for preforming the ceremony," Draco spoke quietly, his voice had been so quiet that Luna had to strain her hearing to hear him. "But I'd like to be alone with my wife now."
"Of course," Blaise said to Draco, he flashed his friend a knowing smile. Draco was so greatful to Bliase, but he was so dependent on his friend not spilling the beans and that terrified him; before Luna came into his life he didn't trust anyone, and now he had trusted Luna with his heart, and Blaise with keeping a lid on their love. Blaise turned to go.
"Wait!" Draco called, he walked up to Blaise's side. "I need to talk with you." He looked at Luna's worried face as she wrung her hands. "I'll be right back." he had assured her then walked Blaise out the door. They stood on the other side of the closed door. The two boys sat in silence on the landing.
"What's up?" Blaise asked him. Draco looked down and saw the small brown twine wrapped around his wrist, Luna and Draco's version of wedding bands, the actual gold ring had been tied to the twine and Draco fidgeted with it.
"You're going to keep your mouth shut on this, right?" Draco claified and he heard Blaise give a loud grunt of frustration.
"We've covered this, Draco!" Blaise yelled suddenly. "I am your best pal, and I just married you off to a smart and promising girl. I will never speak a word of this!"
"Its just hard to trust people," Draco had replied. "I'm not used to it."
"Get used to it!" Blaise said, his hands rested on Draco's shoulder as his eyes burned into Draco's. "You are married, my friend. Luna loves you and trusts you, do not shy away form that love and trust! But rather embrace it."
Blaise released Draco and began to walk down the stairs, Draco felt useless, impotent, he felt unworthy of Luna's love and hated Blaise for making him realise that Draco would have to change to make the marriage work. The anger lashed out of him.
"Easy for you to say!" he yelled after Blaise. He was glad that the Astronomy tower was empty after 6 pm, or else someone would have heard him yelling. "You've never been in love!"
"So what," Blaise called back, not turning around. Draco didn't reply as he watched his friend vanish from the tower. Draco cursed the gods as he turned and walked back into the tower where Luna stood at the window still. She faced the door and her eyes showed all the worry that she felt, they were large and twinkled with unshed tears, her hands were also fidgeting with her twine bracelet identiclal to Draco's.
"Speak to me," she had whispered in a torn voice that ripped through his heart, he felt like a shit.
"I shouldn't have done this..." Draco muttered, Luna gave a small cry.
"What do you mean?" she had asked.
"I'm not worthy of your love." Draco whispered in the silent room.
"Your worthy of so much more," she whispered. "You're my husband, and I love you with all my body and soul...with all my heart."
"Your love scares me," Draco muttered. "Its a burning flame that consumes people and warms them, but I am nothing but ice, and I don't want to diminish your flame."
"You are not ice," Luna said with a small unbelieving laugh. "You're so much more, but right now you're acting like an idiot."
"I am an idoit! All my life I've been a total idiot." Draco said loudly, Luna gave him a small smile like you would give a child doing something amusing. "You're going to find that out, I'm a prat and sometimes I can't think of anything to say to people."
"And I have my whole life to figure that out, a whole life with you, my complete idiot, and sometimes antisocial, husband." her eyes glowed at his own.
"My life is screwed, my father is a complete jackass," Draco began to rant again as Luna drew clsoer to him. "Life can screw with us!" he was astounded that she continued to draw near to him, staying strong and by his side, he kept expecting her to crack and run away from him down the stairs. But she just continued to bat away his protest and closing the gap between them.
"So long as I'm with you I don't care," she replied. Luna had finally succeeded in silencing him, her hand rested against his cheek and she kissed him softly, intending it to be a comforting gesture, but he deepend it with his own desperate kisses. She had drawn away from him with flushed cheeks. He fianlly got to see her properly in her wedding gown. She glowed like an angel as she stood with him, her blue eyes meeting his steel ones.
He now saw her in a new light, it almost nocked him off his feet. No longer would he identify Luna as secret lover, but now she was his Wife for eternity, and she would be only his. Her lips were parted and smiled at him as she took out her wand.
"What are you doing?" he whispered in a barely audble voice. She muttered a spell and king sized bed materialised in the room. She then let candles appear everywhere then lit them. Night was falling outside so the canldes gave the dark room a redish glow.
"Take me to bed, my husband." she whispered and he had kissed her deeply, lying her down on the bed.
"Without hesitation, my devoted wife," he whispered as he slowly undid the many buttons on her satin gown.
The train lurched into movement and shocked them out of their memories, they smiled at each other.
"That wasn't really a fight though," Luna pointed out with a smile. "You were just being stuborn."
"No, I just didn't want to hurt you," Draco mumbled as they slolwy drew away form the train platform.
"You haven't yet," Luna pointed out, she brushed her knee playfully against his own to tease him.
"Its only barely been two months," pointed out Draco.
Luna looked down at her twine bracelet where her wedding ring dangled, attatched by a bow. She sighed as she ran her hand over it, she was amazed no one had seen the braceletsince it was placed on her wrist those two months ago. She looked down at teh gold ring that had been tied to it and wondered when she would wear it properly on her left ring finger.
"I'll put it on you in front of your father, today," Draco promised as if he had read her mind.
"What if he says you're not allowed to marry me?" Luna asked in a whisper.
"Well he's a little too late."
He was too late, he was too late to give his blessings on Luna, he was too late to see everything Luna had become, too late to realise she wasn't a kid who beleived in monsters under her bed anymore. Yet he was too early, dying too early, leaving her too early, he had lost hope too early... He would never get to see Luna in a wedding dress, he would never see the grandchildren she would birth, he wouldn't see anything but Draco slipping the ring on her finger.
"So after we see your father I'm going to pop back to the house to grab a few things I couldn't trust the house elf with," Draco said loudly, Luna took a few deep breaths so that her tears would recede.
"Is that really safe?" she asked him. "Your father could come back from where ever he is and not let you go!"
"Luna, I am 18, I am married and I am moving into a house with my wife. There is nothing Luscious can do to hurt me." Draco siad, she saw something flick behind his eyes as he thought about hiw own statement, as if doubting his statement like Luna did.
"Draco," she said in a warning tone and he gave her a droll stare. "I don't want you hurt, if Lusci-"
"Have you decided what you two will have for tea?" asked a man at their open compartment door. Luna stared at him aggitatedy but Draco looked at him, obviously thankful for the distraction.
"A strong cup of Earl Grey, please," Draco said. "And a tuna sandwich. What about you, My love?"
Luna cast him a skeptical look before ordering a coffee and a brownie beofre the skinny waiter slid their door closed again.
"I look forward to the looks at school," Draco mused as their train sped through the country side. "The shock when I walk up to you in the dinner hall and kiss you senceless. The look on Potter's face will be priceless."
"Harry Potter is a brave and worthy man and as you are my husband you will treat him so," Luna said.
"Fine, but begrudgingly," he said with his usual smirk. He patted the seat next to him, "Sit here." he commanded and she obeyed liek the loving wife she was. "I've waited for ever to sit next to you, to hold you like I love you. Finally I can accomplish those wants."
"Yes, no need to hide in the shadows," Luan whispered as she wiggled around next to Draco, finding a comfortable spot against him.Her head was netled in teh crook of his neck, one hand placed on his knee and the other rested against his stomach. "We can be together in the sunshine, with the air brushing our faces."
"Lips locked?" he asked her.
"Always," replied Luna eaisly then they joined in an embrace. It was tender and thoughtful, filled with their love and devotion but Draco deepened it, he took hold of Luna and pushed her against him, not letting her slip away as he feared she would. Luna knew she would never leave him, she couldn't live without those kisses.
Someone cleared their throat at the door and Luna and Draco looked up to see the waiter, tehir tea on a tray. He gave them a shy smile and placed it on the table before turning around and wlkaing back out again.
"We have another 20 minutes... shall we continue where we left off?" Draco asked with teh polietness she always admired in him.
"Oh yes please," she mumbled and he covered her mouth with his.
20 minutes later Draco held a satisfied smile across his face as he did up his belt buckle and Luna was redoing the top buttons of her dress, she glanced at Draco as his smile widened.
"We need to learn to control ourselves," Luna said with the best scowl she could him when he smiled up at her handsomely.
"You don't mean that, love," Draco said, wrapping his arms around her waist from behind, kissing a line down from her earlobe to he nape of her neck.
An intercom turned on with a beep. "Burnaby, next stop," the man said calmly. It then beeped off.
"Our stop," Draco said and he moved to get their coats. Luna moved behind them tehn bent down so she could pop up in the small space between Draco and the wall, he looked down at her questionably as she smiled up at him.
"One for good luck?" she asked, closing her eyes and parting her lips, waiting and craving his touch that came swiftly. He kissed her widly, running a hand along her hip bone and smiling against her lips as he felt the silky soft texture of her skin. They drew apart and smiled. "Thanks, Draco. I needed that."
"I'm always glad to give it to you," he replied.
The machine bleeped slowly as they enterred the room. Draco's hand still graped the brass handle tightly as he saw teh frail man lying still in the bed. On the chair by teh bedside sat a young man, a little older then Draco, sat with a copy of Wind in the Willows in his hands.
"Hey John," Luna said with a sigh. John stood to greet her and they wrapped tehir arms aroudn each other in a hug. Jealusy rose in Draco but he tried his best to swallow it, Luna is his wife and would never do anything with John. "I'm so glad they moved him to a bigger room."
"Well, he doesn't have long so I arranged it," John said saddly and Luna nodded with him.
"Thanks so much..." They were silent for a moment as they all looked at Luna's father lying in the bed.
"Its been awhile," John said. Draco silently closed the door behind him as he walked further into the room but John was still gawking at Luna to realise she had come with a guest.
"School and stuff," Luna said off handedly. "I haven't had much time for father... I'm so glad he's had you in my absence."
"You cast a long shadow though, Luna. I can never read Wind and the Willows properly." John complimented and Luna gave a laugh. She began to shrug off her coat and Draco was their to slip it from her arms. John's eyes surveyed him through narrowed eyes as Draco stood dominantly next to Luna.
"Oh! Yeah, thanks Draco!" Luna said as he hung her coat up on a coat rack next to the door. "John, this is Draco Malfoy. Draco, this is John Arch, father's nurse."
Draco crossed the room and shook hands firmly with John as he stared wide eyed at Draco.
"You two a couple?" John asked cautiously once he and Draco's hands had fallen to their side. Draco let his arm slink arounf Luna's waist protecively. They both smied and bretahed easy as tehy fianlly let their long held secret out.
"Yeah," they said in unison.
"Oh um, good," John stuttered then busied himself with Mr. Lovegood. "He'll be waking up soon, I'll go get him some milk."
"Ok," Luna called after John as he ran from the room. "That's said, I know he has a bit of a crush on me." Draco didn't say it in fear of soudning cruel, but he didn't care if John was hurt, Draco had Luna.
"Luna?" her father croaked form the bed. "Is that really you?"
"You know it, Daddy," Luna said happilly as she wrapped her arms around her father.
"I haven't seen you in awhile." her father muttered as he let his daughter go. "You look radiant! My beautiful and innocent daughter!"
"Uh, about that Daddy," Luna began. She was withdrawing rom his bed side so that he could see Draco in the room. His eyes grew wide as he took in Malfoy and teh way he glared at Darco it felt as if he knew already.
"My floober princess..." Her father said slowly.
Luna shuffled from foot to foot as tears welled uncertainly in her eyes. Draco instictivly put his arms around her shoulder and brought her closer to him as she stuttered on her words. Luna's blue eyes looked over at him and pleaded to Draco to carry on. He cleared his throat and stared down at the ailing man.
"Mr. Lovegood, Luna and I have gotten married."
(A/N) Not the end, I actually like this story and might elaborate. I actually made a trailer for it on youtube under the story's name so, check it out :):) You find out his readtion in teh next chapter and if you see the trailer I mentioned you see there is one more obsticle for Luna and Draco to overcome later...
