The next morning, Luna and Lysander got woken up when Lysander's alarm went off, and he groaned as he reached over her and shut it off. When he did that, though, he pressed himself closer to her, and her eyes widened when she felt something hard poking her lower back. "Um… Lysander?" She asked, nervously. "Are you… I mean, do you… have a hard-on right now?"
Lysander quickly moved away and blushed. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to frighten you; it's just… it happens to me sometimes in the morning."
"It didn't frighten me, I was just surprised." She got off the bed and grabbed her dress. "Why don't I go change and I'll let you deal with your… condition." He simply nodded, so she left the room and ran into Rosalya in the hallway.
"Morning Luna!" She greeted. "Why are you wearing one of Lys's shirts?"
"I forgot my pajamas, so Lysander let me borrow this to sleep in last night."
"Silly, why didn't you just ask me? You know I always carry extra clothes with me! I mean, you never know when something might spill on you and you'll have to change, right?"
"Thanks, but this is fine."
"Suit yourself, but what are you going to wear to school?"
"I was just going to put my dress back on and wear it."
"Oh, nuh-uh!" Rosalya said with a shake of her head. "You need fresh clothes!"
"But my dress is clean, I only wore it for one evening." Luna insisted.
"No excuses! Come on!" Rosalya dragged Luna into Leigh's room where her stuff was and started rummaging through her bag. She pulled out a plain black t-shirt along with a black and white skirt and handed them to Luna, "There, these would look good!"
"Thanks, but really, Rosalya, my dress is fine."
"I said no excuses!" Rosalya said as she waved her hand nonchalantly. "Now, go change!"
Luna just sighed and went to the bathroom and changed into the clothes Rosalya had given her, and folded her dress neatly. She came back out, she went down the hallway and knocked on Lysander's door, and when she heard him say "come in", she opened the door and saw him standing in front of his dresser wearing his usual formal dress pants and shoes, but hadn't put his shirt on yet. She didn't say anything, and instead, just walked over to her bag and put her folded dress inside, being careful not to wrinkle it.
"I'm sorry, Luna." Lysander suddenly said out of nowhere, and Luna looked back at him with a confused expression.
"Sorry? What do you have to be sorry for?"
"When we woke up… I really didn't mean for that to happen…" He said, obviously embarrassed, and even a bit ashamed.
Luna just smiled and shook her head, "Don't even sweat it, Lysander. You're a man, so it's only natural that it would happen to you every once in a while."
"So, you're not creeped out or anything?" He asked, sounding relieved.
"Of course not."
"Oh, good. I was worried that you might start to think I was some kind of pervert."
"Why would I think that? I know it's not true."
"I don't know." He rubbed the back of his head, a bit awkwardly. "I guess I'm just overthinking this whole thing."
"Well, don't." Luna walked over, "Because there's nothing to worry about." She gave him a quick kiss and he smiled.
"So… breakfast?" He asked, and she nodded, so he threw on a shirt and went downstairs with her.
After breakfast, Lysander and Luna left with Leigh and Rosalya, and the four of them headed to school, getting there only about five minutes before school started. Since Leigh didn't go to school, he stopped at the entrance and gave Rosalya a quick kiss and told her to have a good day before leaving, waving bye to Luna and Lysander as he walked away. The first period class was chemistry, which Luna and Lysander had together, and they were starting a new project today. After the teacher read off who everyone's partners were, they all went to their assigned lab stations. Castiel had surprisingly showed up to class that day, but soon wish he hadn't, because when he pointed out that Iris, who was supposed to be his lab partner, wasn't there, the teacher looked around the room and asked, "Luna, Lysander, do you two mind if Castiel pairs up with you two today?"
"Huh? Oh, no, never mind." Castiel said as he stood up from his desk. "I'm sure I can start this lab on my own, and I'll just fill Iris in when she comes back."
"Nonsense. You're with them today."
'Just my luck!' Castiel thought, 'Now paired up with the girl I like and my best friend who's dating her!' "Fine!" He growled and walked over to them, grabbing and putting on a lab coat on the way. "So, what are we doing?"
"I hope this isn't awkward for you…" Luna said, starting the conversation he had been hoping to avoid.
"I'm fine. You two are together, and I'm okay with that, really. So, let's just move on."
"If you're sure…"
"Yes, I'm sure. Now, what are we doing?" He repeated, desperately trying to change the subject, so Lysander and Luna decided to just drop it and started the experiment.
During lunch that day, Luna was sitting in between Lysander and Alexy when she saw Castiel walking towards the table. "Hey Castiel, do you want to sit with us?"
"No." He simply said as he walked right by them and left the cafeteria.
"…Do you get the feeling that Castiel's trying to avoid us?"
"Yes." Lysander answered.
Luna sighed and stood up, "I'll be back in a minute." She said and left the cafeteria to follow Castiel, who was walking down one of the deserted hallways. "Castiel!" She called and ran over, grabbing his shoulder to stop him. "Hey, what's wrong?"
"If you don't know, I'm not going to tell you."
"It's about me and Lysander still, isn't it?" She sighed, "Castiel, we talked about this."
"I know!" He snapped and looked at her, "Okay, I know we did, but…" He growled, "It just really bothers me to see the two of you together!" He calmed down and sighed. "I guess this is how you felt when you saw me and Deborah together…"
"…Yeah, and I know that it hurts, but like I told you, I can't break up with Lysander just because we've made up. That would only hurt him… and me."
"How can you have feelings for both of us?"
"I could ask you how you could have had feelings for both me and Deborah."
"…Point taken." He ran his fingers through his vibrant red hair and growled as he leaned his head back against the wall behind him, "I really am trying to be happy for you two, but seeing you together is… it's too much! I just can't be around either of you right now! So, please, just… leave me alone." He walked off, and Luna watched as he did, and sighed.
'Why is this kind of thing always happening to me? I must have the worst karma, ever; whenever I solve one problem, another springs up to take its place!' She thought, and stayed in the hallway for another minute or so before heading back to the cafeteria and telling Lysander what happened.
The rest of the school day was pretty uneventful, and Luna stayed after school for a couple hours to help out with the basketball club before heading home.
Meanwhile, with Castiel, he was walking through the park with Demon, who was off his leash. Park rules said but dogs were to remain on their leashes at all times, but… come on! When has Castiel ever cared about the rules? Demon stuck pretty close to his master anyway, only ever walking about ten feet away from him before he'd stop and wait. Demon put his nose to the ground and sniffed before looking up in alarm and growled, and Castiel immediately asked, "What's wrong, boy?" Demon took off running, and Castiel called and ran after him.
Not that far away, Luna was walking through the park on her way home when she suddenly heard someone yell her name. She looked in the direction the voice came from and was shocked to see Deborah walking, well… more like "stomping", over to her. "Deborah, what are you doing here?" She asked. "I thought you would've left town by now."
"You didn't honestly think I'd just let you get away with what you did to me?!" She growled, lowly, glaring daggers at Luna.
"All I did was reveal you for the traitorous bitch that you are!" Luna growled back, showing no fear.
"Because of you, I lost everything, even my band! I may never be able to show my face in the music industry again!"
"That's not my problem. Maybe if you had been a better person, this wouldn't have happened to you." Luna started walked away, but Deborah grabbed her arm roughly.
"This happened to me because you couldn't mind your own fuckin' business, and now, you will pay!" Deborah held her hand back and balled it into a fist, and Luna covered her face, but before the blow could be landed, there was suddenly a vicious barking as Demon came charging towards them and bit down on Deborah's leg, causing her to cry out in pain and release Luna. Right when Deborah released Luna, Demon got in between them and made sure Deborah couldn't get close to Luna again, barking at her angrily. "You stupid mutt!" Deborah yelled and kicked him in the leg, hard enough for him to let out a loud whine in pain.
"How dare you!" Luna growled. "You don't hurt Demon, ever!"
"The mutt started it!"
"He was protecting me!"
"Demon!" Castiel called as he finally caught up, and saw the scene. "Deborah?! What are you doing here?!" He growled.
"She was about to punch me, but Demon came and stopped her, but then, she kicked him!" Luna explained.
"Your mongrel bit me!" Deborah yelled, and Demon growled at her again.
"If he bit you because you were trying to hurt Luna, then I'm glad he did!" Castiel said. "I thought I made it clear that I never wanted to see your face around here again!"
"Oh, I'll leave, Kitten," She said, practically snarling the nickname. "Just as soon as this bitch gets what's coming to her!"
Castiel quickly put one arm in front of Luna to stop Deborah from getting to her. "If you lay one finger on Luna, I will hurt you; I don't care if you're a girl! Now, go away!"
Even Deborah wasn't dumb enough to ignore that command, but she did turn to Luna and say, "Castiel and his mutt won't be around to protect you forever! So, you better start sleeping with one eye open!" She then turned on her heel and stomped off in the direction she came.
Once Deborah was out of sight, Castiel turned to look at Luna, but she wasn't behind him anymore; he looked around and saw her kneeling in front of Demon and checking his leg. Demon was sitting down and had given his injured leg to her as she gently rubbed her hand up and down it to check for any damage; he whined quietly when she rubbed the spot where Deborah had kicked him, but other than that, he appeared to be fine. "I think everything's okay." Luna said to Demon as she gently put his leg down. "It might be sore for a while, and you may even get a bruise there, but it certainly doesn't feel like it's sprained or broken." She pet his head softly and smiled, "You're strong, and you'll pull through!"
Demon barked happily and licked Luna's face, and when she hugged him, his tail wagged happily. Yeah, Demon loved Luna and was such a pushover for her! If he saw Castiel as his master, then Luna was definitely his mistress.
Castiel smiled and said, "That's amazing. Have you ever thought of going into veterinary medicine?"
"I have, actually," Luna replied as she stood up. "But being a vet also has its downside; you sometimes have to put animals down, and I don't ever want to do that."
"Yeah, that is the bad side to it, but if the animal is suffering and you know it's going to die anyway, wouldn't it be better to just end its misery?"
"That's true." Luna then remembered something and suddenly turned around, and started walking away.
"Where are you going?" He asked.
She looked back at him and answered, "I recall you telling me earlier that you can't be around me or Lysander right now, so I'm going to respect your wish and leave you alone."
He walked over and grabbed her hand. "No, please stay…" He pleaded, and then cleared his throat and clarified, "I don't want you going off on your own after what just happened. Let me walk you back to your place."
"Oh, okay." She agreed and let him led her the rest of the way to her apartment building. "Thanks for walking me home."
"No problem." It was silent between them for a moment before he spoke up again, saying, "Y'know, you should probably have someone walk you to school tomorrow, too."
"Are you offering?" She teased.
"I just don't want you to be walking around on your own after hearing that threat that Deborah made to you…"
"You're concerned about my safety?"
"Well… yeah." Luna's mouth fell open in shock at his response, and he smirked, "Close your mouth, it's not polite." He teased and tilted her chin up so her mouth would close.
Luna snapped out of her shock and smiled, "Thanks, but I can handle Deborah, and whatever she throws at me."
He shook his head, "I'm not convinced. I'll be here at 7:00 to walk you to school." He started walking away when he heard her insist that it wasn't necessary. "No excuses. I'll be here." He then walked off with Demon without another word, so Luna just sighed and walked inside. When she got up to her apartment, she called Lysander and he answered, sounding worried. "What's wrong?" She asked.
"I was starting to worry that something happened to you; you usually call me sooner than this."
"Oh, yeah, sorry. I would have been home sooner, but I ran into Deborah in the park."
"Deborah? She's still in town?" He asked, angrily, and in the background, Luna could hear Rosalya yell, "If that bitch shows up here, I'm gonna kick her ass".
"Was that Rosalya?" She asked to clarify.
"Yeah. I'm at the clothes store right now with her and Leigh."
"Oh."
"So, what did Deborah say to you? She didn't hurt you, did she?"
"She was going to, but Demon saved me by biting her in the leg."
"If Demon was there, I'm guessing Castiel was, too?"
"Yeah. He told her off again and walked me the rest of the way home." She held the phone up with her shoulder as she leaned back against the couch and took her boots off. "He also insisted on walking me to school tomorrow, because Deborah threatened me before she left."
"What did she say?"
"In her exact words, "Castiel and his mutt won't be around to protect you forever! So, you better start sleeping with one eye open!"." She said, even sounding like her.
"That bitch!" Lysander growled, and Luna was sure he was scowling. "If she touches you…"
"Don't worry, Lysander, I'll be fine. Like I told Castiel, I can handle Deborah, and whatever she throws at me."
"Luna, you are at home now, right?"
"Yes, why?"
"Stay there, I'm coming over."
"What? Lysander, you don't have to-" She tried to insist, but then heard the dial tone and sighed. Roughly 15 minutes later, the buzzer went off on the intercom, signaling that someone was downstairs, and Luna pressed the button for the microphone. "Hello?"
"Luna, it's me. Can I come up?" Lysander asked.
"Yeah." She said and pressed the other button, opening the door downstairs, and after a minute or so, there was a knock on the door, and she opened it. "Hi."
"Hi." Lysander said and walked in. "After you told me that Deborah was still in town and had threatened you, I went nuts. I had to come and make sure you stay safe."
Luna smiled and gave him a quick kiss. "Well, thank you. I appreciate your concern for me." Suddenly, the buzzer went off again, and Luna answered it. "Who is it?"
"It's me, Luna," Castiel's voice said threw the intercom. "Can I come up?"
Luna looked back at Lysander who nodded, and said, "Yeah, come up." She pressed the other button, opening the front door again, and soon there was another knock on the door. "Hi Castiel."
"Hi. I was still concerned after leaving, so after I dropped Demon off at home, I came right back here." He entered the apartment. "Oh, hi Lysander. What are you doing here?"
"Luna called me and told me what happened with Deborah, and I got concerned, so I came to make sure nothing happened."
"Look, guys," Luna said. "I appreciate that you two came here to check on me, but seriously, I'm fine. Besides, if my parents come home and find you two here, they're not going to be happy."
"Once we explain why we're here, though, I'm sure they'll understand."
Luna sighed and thought for a moment before adding, "Fine. You two can stay if you want, but I'm telling you, there's really no need; I am fine. Deborah doesn't scare me, no matter what she threatens to do."
That night, Castiel was lying on the couch out in Luna's living room after her parents had said he and Lysander could stay over, as long as they didn't try anything. Lysander was in Luna's room with her, but as Castiel lay on the couch, he just couldn't fall asleep; he was just lying there and looking up at the ceiling. 'I feel awful… if I had never fallen for Deborah's lies, then I could be the one with Luna right now, instead of Lysander… I'm such an idiot for letting this happen!'
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Hey! I didn't really like how the last draft of this chapter turned out, so I deleted most of it and rewrote it, and really, I like this idea better! Castiel's feelings are getting more intense, and Deborah is back, and out to get Luna! What will happen next? Stay tuned and find out! Also, I have to apologize for adding that bit about Deborah hurting Demon; I hate animal abuse, but I thought it would be more dramatic and give her even more of an evil personality. I did like the part where he bit her, though! Lol! I'm sorry, I'll shut up now!
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