I walked out of the great hall again at breakfast feeling eyes on me but I was used to it. I walked down the hall with my books in my hand and skipped down to my classes. I turned the corner and ran right into someone.
"Jesus, don't you watch where you are going Lovegood?" I heard an older girl in Ravenclaw basically shout and I backed away as she stood up. "Just because you're loonie doesn't give you the right to just do whatever you want." She kicked my books all around the hall before walking away and I sighed and got up slower. Reaching for my books as people started ot just walk around my hunched over figure.
People almost stepped on my fingers and I had to be very careful. Soon I heard someone shouting at others to move out of the way and then someone was grabbing my arm and helping me stand.
"Here." Draco said putting the other books in my hand and then leaning over and getting my other two and putting them on top. "Be careful Lovegood... not many people around here are nice... despite popular belief." He told me and then moved someone else out of the way and continued down the hall.
I walked slower, no longer skipping, and moving out of other peoples way. I got to my first class of the day, Herbology. I sat down, took notes, did the work and was out in no time. I walked to Defense against the Dark Arts class and did my notes there too. A Slytherin came and talked to me in that class, asked to borrow some notes later on back in the common room of Ravenclaw and I nodded to her and she told me her name was Alana.
I went on to the other classes, having lunch alone before the ending classes. I went to the common room just after last class and waited for Alana and she came in and actually smiled at me.
"Thank you Luna. I am a really slow writer and he just goes so fast with the note." She told me and I waved it off.
"I might write a little too sloppy but I can translate anything you need." I told her handing them over and she smiled and I took out my homework before sitting in the corner and finishing up.
I heard male laughter and kept writing on my parchment. "Found a friend have you Loonie?" I heard one of the older boys ask and I ignored them but heard a mumbled curse from Alana towards him and he whimpered as he fell to the floor.
"Don't call her that again you git." Alana warned him and lifted the curse before watching him scramble up and raise his wand to her.
"You better lower that wand or I will do much worse than a curse." I heard a menacing voice and saw not only Draco but Blaise walking in our common room.
"You're little cousin here Malfoy, isn't allowed to do that to anyone. Death eater or not-"
"I will not take any disrespect from a wanna be goody two shoes. Now go upstairs and forget this happened." Draco basically ground out getting in Micheals face and I blinked before focusing back on my work. "You good Alana?" He asked her and she nodded. "You Luna?"
"He's an arse like always. I am fine." I told him and then looked to Alana and gave her a small smile. "Thank you though." I told her and she waved it off.
"You're good people Luna, no matter what others say." Alana told me and then went back to copying my notes and I just went back to work. "You can leave now Draco. Hovering irritates me and you know it."
"Watch yourself cousin." He told her with narrowed eyes and then looked to me and gave me a softer look before disappearing upstairs with Blaise right behind him.
"You're his cousin?" I asked her almost quietly after a couple minutes and Alana looked up and sighed.
"I try not to let people know... most of those who do treat me different." She told me and I nodded and looked towards my notes.
"I know the feeling." I told her and finsihed my Herbology work before setting it aside. "I'll be right back can you jsut make sure no one takes my things?" I asked her and she nodded happily. I went towards the bathroom and went right into the stall and took a couple deep breaths.
I finished my business washed my hands and walked out letting them air dry after flicking most of the water off. I came out and Alana was pointing her wand at someone else in our year who had my bag in her hand.
"We do this every year it's fun." Emelia laughed and I stopped and looked at my bag.
"It's wrong. And that is coming from a Slytherin." Alana told her and yanked my bag and my papers fell to the floor. "Now go before you learn what real teasing it." Alana sneered and I walked closer.
"You don't have to do that Alana. Emelia is right, they do this every year. I guess I am used to it." I said and got to my knees picking all of my papers up and putting them in order.
"That doesn't make it right Luna. Your own house should be the one who looks out for you, not terrorize you." Alana said as Emelia walked away calling someone elses name.
"Thank you for taking care of my things though." I told her and sat back down across from her.
"Why do they do this to you Luna?" She asked and I shrugged.
"The same reason people call me Loony Lovegood, or a Loon, or Barmy... they think because I can see things, things that only people with my upbringing can see, I am weird. My father writes his own magazine and not all of his opinions are popular so that adds to it too I suppose." I said and shrugged and focused back on my work but i felt her eyes on me every now and then making sure I was alright or just waiting to see something else flicker across my face.
"You two ready for dinner?" I heard Draco Malfoy not an hour later. He was wearing his button up and his tie and slacks and his robes over them but that was it.
"I'm okay." I said noticing how he was talking to me and his cousin.
"Luna did you eat lunch?" Alana asked me because my stomahc had been growling lowly, lower than I thought she would hear, and I nodded.
"Not that long ago. I try and keep a scheduale. I always eat after I have done all the homework for the day." I said and knew I only had two papers left.
"Well how much do you have left?" Alana asked me and Draco turned and crossed his arms.
"Just two papers. I'll be fine. And you can keep my notes if you still need them." I told her and she gave me a small look before picking up a paper between us.
"I've been done coping your notes for almost 40 minutes Luna, are you sure you won't come to dinner with us?" Alana looked to Draco and I kept my eyes to my paper. "Come on, then we can go to the library and be alone." She told me and I gulped before shrugging and nodding.
"Come on then. Zambini is waiting for me." Draco said and I piled everything into my bag I would need later before walking out with Alana by my side and behind Draco. He bumped into people making others move out of the way and I had to admit it was nice to not be bumped into while just going to dinner.
"Come sit with me Luna, please?" Alana asked me and I looked towards the table that was basically full and then back to her before nodding.
I ate and Alana kept asking my questions about my hobbies and found most of them weird but she enver made fun of me for them.
"You're pathetic Loony." I heard someone spit out and I saw Pansy glaring at me. "What are you even doing at our table? Ravenclaws can't stand you anymore?" She laughed out.
"Enough Parkinson. Leave her be." I heard Draco tell her in a menacing tone and Alana smirked at her before turning and telling me about a book she had just started reading near the end of summer.
"Want to go to the library now?" Alana asked when I stopped eating.
"You can finish." I told her and she wiped her hands and set her plate aside.
"I am finished. Let's go." She told me and I nodded and stood up beside her.
"Be back before curfew." I heard Draco tell her and I made a note not to keep her longer if I needed it.
"You do know you are not my older brother right Draco?"
"I am the closest thing you have. And you heard what I told you Alana, in the Ravenclaw common room before curfew." He told her and I kept walking like it wasn't sort of cute he was bossing her around.
Well, being a responisble person with his cousin that is. Draco was always a bit more clsoed off. Always being mean to others, it was sort of nice to see him being nice to someone for a change.
"So, who do you prefer? Boys or girls?" She asked me and I looked at her and cocked my head.
"What do you mean?" I asked really not getting it? I like Harry, and Hermione and Ron, does that mean I like boys more than girls? But then I like Alana and Ginny too.
"I mean, if you were to date someone, would it be a boy or girl?" She asked me a little bit clearer and I blushed and hid my face.
"Definatly a boy... why do you ask?" I asked her and she sighed.
"Just because. I want to know more about you, not your hobbies right now. Like what is your favorite color?" She asked me and I thought it rather obvious.
"Yellow." I said and played with my hair and we got ot the library. She pulled me down more of the isles than I am used to and we sat near the restricted section.
"Mine is green, but not slytherin green, more like a grass green." She told me and I nodded happliy knowing there was a slight difference in color. "What is your favorite class?"
"Magical creatures." I told her with a wide smile.
"I sort of assumed that already. I really would like to see all of the ones you get to see." She told me and I shook my head immediatly.
"You have to pay a great price to see what I see all the time. I wouldn't wish that on anyone." She gave me a confused look and I pulled out my papers for classes.
"What do they look like?" She asked me and I searched over her face looking for any kind of hint she was messing with me before licking my lips.
"I drew them not that long ago... they are all in my room. I can show you them tomorrow if you like." I told her and she smiled and nodded.
"At breakfast?" She asked since that would be when we would see each other next.
"Sure. Let's just get done and back to the rooms." I said remembering how Draco wants her back there before curfew. we had two hours but for some reason I just thought we still woudn't make it. I only had two pages to do but she had three. I helped her with some of it and then we headed back. Being only a little bit late. We were let go with the head girl of Ravenclaw but I noticed Draco glaring at her before calling her over.
I went up to my room but found that it had been locked. I tried a couple spells but it wasn't working and I sighed and went down back to the common room and saw no one else there. I curled up and hugged one of the throw pillows thankful my socks were keeping my feet warm. My cloak was keeping the rest of me warm and I was just drifting off when I heard footsteps coming down.
"Lovegood? What are you doing down here again?" I heard Draco and sat up just a bit.
"They locked me out of the room." I told him and laid my head back down and he sighed. I heard his feet going up the stairs quickly and I was just falling asleep again when a whoosh of air hit my face. I sat up and saw Draco standing there.
"It's the least I could do. I very well can't give you my bed seeing as there are boys all around it, and you might be expelled, and let's just say, if you weren't with Alana, she would have missed curfew big time." He told me and walked towards the small kitchen getting a cup of water.
"Thank you." I said almost silently when he turned ot go back up. He paused but kept going up quickly. I curled under it smelling the fabric by habit as I breathed through my nose to relax. It smelled so clean and nice. I wonder if all his clothes smelled like this.
