Luna POV

I woke up feeling horrible. My head throbbed and my chest hurt. I sat up slowly. I was back in my dorm. Cho and Padma were there. Seeing that I was awake, they rushed to see if I was okay.

"Good heavens, Luna! What happened?-"

"Are you alright? Do you need anything?-"

"Harry brought you in and you kept on going off about a blonde boy-"

"And how Harry had let you down-"

Then they looked at me. At the mention of Harry's name, I felt the hurt again. I had to find Draco.

"Who's the blonde boy, Luna?" Cho was curious.

"I have to go." I said, feebly pushing Padma away.

"No, Luna, you have to stay and rest until your first class starts. We brought you breakfast." She placed a tray of food on the bedside table. I didn't have an appetite. I shook my head. But then Cho firmly pushed some toast to me. Sighing, I ate slowly. The toast tasted like cardboard. My roommates bustled around the room, getting ready for the day.

Then I remembered I would be seeing Draco later in Care of Magical Creatures. Maybe I could speak to him then.

Draco POV

I couldn't eat anything. I kept looking around for Luna but she wasn't at the Ravenclaw table. I sighed. Was I too much yesterday? Maybe she was with Potter. I swung around angrily in my seat, towards the Gryffindor table. No, she wasn't there. I caught the eye of Weasley. He looked at me, giving a cold hard stare. He seemed to know something. I sneered at him, turning away.

Potter turned around then and he glared. I felt the anger building up. He stood up and walked over, getting glares from the other Slytherins when he stopped in front of me.

"Look, Malfoy." I didn't like the way he said my name. He didn't deserve to say it. "Stop hurting Luna." His green eyes were blazing.

Rolling my eyes slightly, i replied. "What's it to you?"

He just stood and glared. "You don't even care about her."

I stood up, banging the table with my fist. "You don't know that."

The people nearby turned to stare at us, whispering. Ignoring them, I gave Potter a sneer. "Do you think that you've been protecting her? I'm reminding you that can get anything I want."

He looked like he wanted to hit me then. But that stupid little snot was too chicken.

"I'm warning you Malfoy. If anything happens to Luna, anything at all, I'm not going to let you off." With that, he stalked off, followed by his idiotic minions.

"Don't be so uptight. Everything's going to be fine." Theodore reassured me, wolfing down some toast.

I grimaced. Finishing our food, we left the Great Hall and went to our first class. We were at the Forbidden Forest. Hagrid trudged along to a clearing, leading the class to a denser area. I saw Luna and tried to get to her but people were blocking my way. Then Hagrid stopped, his arm full of scrolls.

"Good morning class. Today we will be going into the Forbidden Forest. You have chosen the creature that you wanted to study last week, so this week, you are going to provide me a detailed drawing and description of it…"

Then he handed out the scrolls, carefully giving instructions.

"You will choose a partner, and go off together. In the circumstance of a crisis, shout as loud as you can. Stay close to this area and don't wander too deep into forest. Now, go."

I saw Luna pair up with Padma, and they walked off together. Luna's shoulders slouched, she looked tired. I felt a pang of guilt. Theodore quickly pulled me to their direction.

"We're going to take this nice and easy, Draco." He said softly, trying not to alert the two girls in front of us. He had a mischievous glint in his eye. Warily, I followed him. We came to another clearing, by the lake. They were there, a little way off.

"Whatever I do, Draco, act along." He whispered. He put his quill behind his ear.

Walking up to them, he opened up his scroll with a flourish and took out his quill. "Well, Draco, we haven't seen any of those blasted hippogriffs around… Oh! What have we here?" He smirked at Padma. I put my palm to my forehead. This was actually corny, but good. "Have you girls seen a hippogriff around here?" He smiled at Padma. Luna hadn't heard him, and her back was facing us.

Padma seemed suspicious at first, but then she smiled at Theodore. "I think I saw one back there." She pointed to her right, to the trees.

"Hm, where exactly? Could you show me?" Theodore was all charm, and gestured for Padma to lead the way. She happily obliged. Theodore turned around, signaling to me to make my move. Then he winked, and turned back to follow Padma into the trees.

I sighed and looked at Luna. She was stroking a unicorn, and talking to it softly. "Luna?"

She whirled around too fast, startling the unicorn. Her eyes widened when she saw me. What came next was unexpected. She ran to me, embracing me. She didn't even seem to care about the unicorn anymore, not noticing that it had galloped away.

"Oh, Draco, I'm so sorry about yesterday, Harry was being a jerk and you-" tears were streaming down her face. Startled at her tears, I hurriedly said, "Luna, it's okay! I didn't mean to act like that yesterday; I didn't mean to hurt you like that. I…was just jealous of Potter…I think." Watching her reaction carefully, I braced myself for the rejection. I felt my own eyes widen as she smiled through her tears, hugging me again. I raised my arms to hug her back.

"So…you alright?" I asked her. She nodded.

"You're going to make my robes wet if you continue this." I said lamely. She dried her tears, and looked at the ground; her cheeks flushed a becoming pink.

Then she looked around in confusion for the unicorn. Sighing, I took her hand and led her towards the direction that it had gone. She was shy at first, not daring to move her hand too much. I just grasped her hand tighter, not wanting to let go.

We came across Theodore then, he was arguing with Padma. They had found a hippogriff but were unsure on how to approach it. Listening in, Padma was correct, but Theodore was stubborn. He turned around, and saw Luna and me; hands entwined, and gave a smirk. Padma gasped and dropped her scroll.

Sorry, well, I think I kind of rushed this one, I'm busy preparing for my exams, so I might not be updating often. Thank you for your feedback guys, I appreciate it a lot. Keep 'em coming! :)