The rest of the morning, Luna and Lysander spent in bed, just enjoying the closeness the two of them felt, not only physically, but emotionally, as well. When noon came around, however, Lysander said he had to go, because he had band practice, so Luna let him get up and leave, albeit reluctantly. "I promise, I will see you again soon." Lysander said and kissed her before leaving.

Luna continued lying there in bed for a few more minutes, but then got up, grabbed some clothes out of her dresser and hopped in the shower. After her refreshing shower, she decided to wash her blankets and sheets, so she tossed them in the washer, and while they were in there, she thought it would be a good idea to go down to the drug store and get some birth control pills, just in case; she grabbed her jacket, put her boots on, and left.

Meanwhile, with Lysander, he finally made it to Castiel's house where he, Nathaniel, and Iris were waiting for him.

"What took you so long?" Castiel asked, obviously aggravated.

"Sorry, I was with Luna, and I guess I just lost track of the time."

"You and Luna were together?" Iris asked.

"Yes. She is my girlfriend."

"You two are dating?" Nathaniel asked, surprised, and looked at Castiel. "I thought you liked her."

"It doesn't matter now, does it?" Castiel growled. "Let's just get to practicing, okay?"

Back with Luna, she just left the drug store with a package of birth control pills and a bottle of water, and she opened both of them as soon as she walked out and took one of the pills. She then put both the things into the bag and walked down the sidewalk, heading for the clothes shop down the street; halfway there, she got the feeling that someone was following her, but when she looked around, there was no one there. She couldn't help but get the feeling that Deborah was nearby and had seen her walking alone, so decided to finish what she'd tried to start in the park, but then thought she was just being paranoid and continued her walk. Luna finally got to the clothes store about five minutes later, and, not surprisingly, saw Rosalya there, behind the counter, but didn't see Leigh. Luna walked over and greeted her, "Hey, Rosa, what's up?"

"Huh?" Rosalya lifted her head up and smiled when she saw who it was. "Hey Luna! Not much is up here, but what's up with you? Leigh told me that Lys spent the night at your house?"

"Yeah, he did. Where is Leigh, anyway?"

"He's in the back, doing some stock work, so he asked me to man the register."

"Ah."

"So…?" Rosalya asked expectantly, leaning forward and putting her chin on her hands, smiling.

"So, what?"

"What happened last night?"

Luna blushed and shook her head, "I don't think I should talk about it…"

"Oh, come on! You know, it was my idea for him to tell you how he feels, so I think the least you could do is tell me whether or not he did tell you."

"Oh, that!" Luna said, and laughed nervously. "Yeah, he told me he loved me!"

Rosalya tilted her head to the side a bit in curiosity. "What did you think I was asking about?"

"Nothing." Luna said, a bit too quickly, which only made Rosalya's curiosity peak even more.

"Uh-huh… and is that why you're acting so nervous?" She asked, in a tone that clearly said she didn't believe her.

"I'm not nervous. I'm just sweating because of the… heat!" She said and forced a smile, but Rosalya just looked at her with a raised eyebrow, still not buying it. "I'm going to look around." Luna quickly zipped away to get out of the conversation.

Rosalya stood there for a moment, thinking the whole thing over, and then followed Luna and watched her for a moment before suddenly jumping out and grabbing her bag. "What's in here?"

"Just some water, now give it back to me!" Luna cried and tried to reach for it, but Rosalya kept it far enough away. "Seriously, Rosalya, this isn't funny!"

"If it's just water, then you won't mind me taking a peak?"

"No, you can't! Now, really, give it back to me!" She pleaded, but Rosalya just reached in, and when she felt a small box, she pulled it out and read the label, and Luna covered her face with her hands, mortified.

"Yasmin?" Rosalya said aloud. "Why are you taking birth control? I mean-" She suddenly stopped and her eyes widened in realization. "Oh my God! You and Lysander had sex last night!"

Luna growled and grabbed her things back from Rosalya roughly, "Why don't you yell that a little louder?! I don't think the entire neighborhood heard you!"

"Sorry, I'm just surprised, Lys never struck me as the type."

"Look, just don't tell anyone, okay? You weren't even supposed to know!"

"Alright." Rosalya said, and suddenly, they heard the front door to the shop open, so she went back to see who it was, and immediately got defensive. "You!" She yelled when she saw Deborah, and Luna hid behind one of the racks, while Rosalya grabbed a hanger from the counter and chucked it at Deborah. "Get out!"

"No! I know Luna is in here, now where is she?!"

"I don't know what you're talking about!"

"Don't try to bullshit me! I saw her come in here!"

"So what?! You think I'm just going to hand my best friend over to you?! Now, get out!" Rosalya yelled, this time, rolling a movable clothing rack towards her, which hit dead on and made her fall over.

Luna smacked her hand over her mouth and snickered quietly.

Deborah growled and stood up. "Fine! I'll leave, but you can't protect Luna forever either!" With that, she left the store, but stopped right outside the exit, just standing there.

"Wow! Rosa, I gotta say, that was pretty cool!" Luna said as she walked out from behind the rack.

"Thanks! I made sure that bitch don't come back!" Rosalya said, feeling very proud of herself, and Luna laughed before looking towards the door.

"She's still out there, though, and she's probably not going to leave until she sees me come out."

"True, but, maybe she doesn't have to see you go out."

"Huh?"

"I'm saying there's an exit in the back through the stock room that leads to the back alley. You could get out that way and she'll never know you left." Rosalya explained, and Luna agreed, so the two of them made sure Deborah wasn't looking in through the window before rushing to the back room where Leigh was, sorting some clothes.

"What's going on?" Leigh asked.

"Deborah is at the entrance waiting for Luna to come out, so I told her she could use the back exit instead."

"Ah."

"It's right over there." Rosalya said to Luna as she pointed to it.

"You mean the big door with the exit sign hanging over it?" Luna teased.

"Yeah, that one! Good luck!"

"Won't need it!" Luna said as she walked over to the door and left. She looked around the corner when she got to the end of the alleyway, and when she saw that Deborah wasn't looking, she ran back to her apartment.

A few hours later, with Lysander, Nathaniel and Iris had already left, but he was still there with Castiel. The two of them were talking when Castiel suddenly asked him what happened between him and Luna the night before. "Huh? What do you mean?"

"I heard you and Rosalya talking in the hall yesterday when she asked you if last night was going to be the night."

"Oh. Well, you see, I had told her that I love Luna, but I wasn't sure how Luna would react, so I-"

"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait… wait…" Castiel said quickly. "Did you just say you love Luna?"

"Yes, I did, and I told her that last night."

"What did she say?"

"At first, she merely told me that she really liked me, but wasn't sure if the feeling was love."

"…At first?"

"Well, this morning, after I told her how I feel when she's around, she told me that she felt the same way. So, yes, in case you're wondering, our relationship just got very serious."

"I see…" Castiel said, trying his best to not explode and attack Lysander right there and then. "When I heard you and Rosalya talking, I thought that you two were talking about you and Luna sleeping together."

"No, but, um… it's actually interesting that you would bring that up…"

"…Why is that interesting?" Castiel growled out.

"Because Luna and I actually did end up sleeping together last night. I wasn't planning to, but it just happened."

Castiel's eye twitched in anger. "What?! You mean to tell me that you had sex with Luna?! You are sick, man!"

Lysander looked back at him, calmly, yet confused. "How is that sick? If I'm sick because I made love to the woman I love, then every loving couple on this earth is guilty of being "sick"."

"That's not what I meant!"

"Then what did you mean?"

"I just…" He growled, "I can't believe you'd do this! You're supposed to be my friend, but you went off and not only started dating the girl I love, but sleeping with her, too! I really thought better of you than this, Lysander!"

"…Did you just say that you love her?"

"Yes, I did, but I guess there's no hope in me getting her anymore if she's in love with you!" Castiel gripped his hair in frustration and turned his back to Lysander, "You know what? Just… go! Get out of my house!"

"Castiel, I really am sorry about all this, but-"

"But I don't care! Now, get out!"

Lysander put his hands up in front of him defensively and started backing towards the door. "Alright, alright. I'm leaving, but just know that I was hoping my relationship with Luna wouldn't affect our friendship, but, I guess there's no hope in that, either." He walked out and carefully closed the door behind him.

Castiel growled and took a vase from the top of the bookshelf next to him and chucked it at the door, and it shattered when it hit. He then leaned back against the bookshelf and slumped to the floor just as Demon came into the room, probably hearing the commotion. When Demon walked over and nudged his arm with his nose, Castiel just looked at him and said, "This is all my fault… I should've told Luna how I feel while I had the chance, because now it's too late." Demon just whined in response and placed his head on Castiel's knee, and Castiel pet his head.

The next day (Sunday, in case any of you don't follow), Luna was walking through the park with Kentin. The two of them talked and laughed about random things as they walked, and as Luna laughed at one of Kentin's jokes, she didn't even notice that Castiel was nearby with Demon. This time, Demon was on his leash, so he couldn't run over to Luna like he wanted to, and Castiel wouldn't let him. Castiel took a sharp turn and started going down another path so that they wouldn't see him, and he looked up to see a familiar car in the distance; it was Deborah's! He slowly walked closer without being spotted to see if he could see her in the car, and sure enough, she was sitting in the driver's seat, and it looked like she was staring at Luna. 'What the hell is she doing?' He thought, and looked back at Luna to see her saying goodbye to Kentin before they went their separate ways, and she started heading for the crosswalk. Castiel then heard the sound of a car engine turning on, and he looked to see that it was Deborah who had turned her car on, and she quickly peeled out of the parking space and started driving straight for the crosswalk Luna was heading for. That's when he realized what Deborah was going to do!

Castiel quickly dropped Demon's leash and ran as fast as his legs could possibly carry him to Luna, and he called out her name, but she didn't seem to hear him, as she didn't even pause or look around. "Luna, stop!" He cried, but once again, she didn't seem to hear him, so he pushed himself to run even faster, causing the muscles in his legs to feel like they were burning, but he didn't care. He got to the edge of the crosswalk as she was in the middle of it, and Deborah's car was fast coming up on her. "Luna!"

Luna went to turn her head around, but as she did, she noticed Deborah's car only a few feet away and didn't even have time to react before she felt herself being pushed, and she fell onto the hard concrete. From behind her, she heard a loud thump and tires screeching as the car sped off. She didn't feel any pain, so she knew the car hadn't even touched her, but she spun around and saw Castiel lying face down on road, and Demon standing over him; if dogs look worried at times, this was one of them. "Castiel!" She cried and rushed over to him, carefully turning him over. He had a nasty gash on his head, and his shin bone was sticking out of his leg, and she knew he must have more injuries that she couldn't see. "Help!" She cried to anyone. "Somebody! Anybody! Please!"

At hearing her cries for help, Kentin had immediately turned around and ran over to where she was. "Luna, what's wrong?! What happ-" He stopped when he saw for himself what happened. "Try to resuscitate him, I'm calling 911 right now!" He said as he took out his cell phone and immediately dialed as Luna went to work trying to revive Castiel as Kentin had told her to.

The ambulance and police showed up within five minutes, and the paramedics immediately got Castiel onto a stretcher and into the back of the truck, and immediately drove him off to the hospital. Meanwhile, Luna stayed there to answer the police's questions about what happened and who'd done it. "I know exactly who did it!" Luna cried to the officers. "Her name is Deborah, she's Castiel's ex-girlfriend!"

"And Castiel was the young man who just got taken to the emergency room, correct?" One of the officers, the female one, asked.

"Yes, that was him, but Deborah wasn't trying to hit him, she was trying to hit me!"

"Why?"

"Because she blames me for ruining her life, so I guess she thought she'd just finish me off by running me over, but Castiel pushed me out of the way, and…and…" She paused when she fully realized what had happened. "He saved my life…" She buried her face into her hands and started crying, "God, if anything happens to him…"

"Hey, hey, hey…" Kentin said comfortingly and pulled her into a hug. "It's okay. Everything is going to be fine. If anyone can survive something like this, it's Castiel."

"Are you her boyfriend?" The other officer, the male one, asked.

"No, but I'm one of her best friends; her boyfriend isn't here right now." Kentin answered and let her cry as she clung to him. "If you're done answering your questions, can we go to the hospital and see what happens?"

"Yes, of course." The female officer said and gently placed her hand on Luna's shoulder, "I promise, we will try our best to track down Deborah and bring her to justice." To which, Luna just nodded.

"Come on, I'll drive you." Kentin said and led her back to his car, and Demon followed them, so he let Demon in the backseat and Luna into the passenger seat before getting in himself and driving off to the hospital.

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Hey everybody! I really wanted to end this chapter on an intense note, and… I think I pulled it off! Please tell me what you all think and what you think should happen next; I am always open to suggestions! So… I think that's it for now, please continue staying tuned for more and thank you so much for reading this story so far! I appreciate the support!

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