You guys! I just finished chapter ten right, and when I uploaded it to my document manager, it said it was 3,000+ words! In comparison, chapter one is only slightly over 1,000 (That's including A/N) anyways, I was just so excited I was able to make it so long! I Hope it's as interesting as it is long! well, here is chapter seven! Lots of love guys! -Laken


Ten bloody dates.

On the seventh date Luna thought she had him for certain. She had worn a fitted green dress with silver heels that had her legs and bum looking better than anything Draco had ever seen in his entire life.

One look at her had his mind fogging over with lust, his attention blown for the entire night. When he held out her chair for her at the restaurant he had watched as the material inched up her thigh even more.

He had almost jerked her up and dragged her out of the restaurant at that point. To hell with his morals.

Somehow, in some spectacular way he couldn't even fathom, he was able to control himself and rein in his hormones just enough to make it through the evening.

The dress had somehow backfired in Luna's face because that night she hadn't even gotten a peck on the cheek.

She had gone back to her simple conservative wardrobe for the eighth and ninth date.

Today however. Luna was almost ashamed.

Almost.

She had a loose tee shirt that was knotted at the waist to keep it from going down over her thighs, with a simple pair of shorts. Her sandles flopped on her feet as she followed Draco through the field behind his old home.

She was covered modestly.

For now.

Draco was biting the inside of his lip. He never resented himself more in his life than he had the day before.

Luna had been laying across his couch while he fixed them dinner, her eyes scanning the paper when she sighed.

Draco had looked at her inquisitively, "What's wrong pretty girl?"

She looked over to him a hint of mischief in her gorgeous silver eyes.

"It's supposed to be abnormally hot this week, I was so excited to see the leaves starting to turn and the weather getting cooler, now we are going to have weather in the eighties again starting tomorrow. It's going to be so muggy." Her lip jutted out into a pout.

Draco spoke without thinking, "we could go for a swim, the water hole behind my parents house is always nice and cool." Why did he say that? He wished so hard he could take the words back.

Stupid Draco, so so stupid.

Luna's face lit up and he knew there was no getting out of it.

As clever as she thought she was, she should have known you couldn't 'out-clever' a Slytherin. He knew she was trying to seduce him. He didn't know why, all she had to do was look at him with those silver eyes, her pouty pink lips, and her airy gesture and he was putty in her hands.

Not that he minded all too much her attempts, he enjoyed the dress and heels. He also very much enjoyed the way she hung onto him at the play he had taken her to last weekend.

He just couldn't understand why. Unless she was trying to torture him, if that was her goal she was accomplishing it with flying colors.

One thing Draco knew without doubt was that today was going to be the ultimate test. He knew when they got to the waters edge she was going to take off those shorts, and that shirt, and she would stand there in her little swim suit, and he was going to have a hard time breathing and focusing, and why had he opened his big mouth again?

Draco slowed down slightly allowing Luna to catch up to his side. He reached out taking her hand and she smiled brightly at him.

Since their talk he may not have kissed her, but he had certainly taken more initiative in touching her.

He grabbed her hand whenever they walked side by side, he would wrap his arm around her instead of just behind her on the couch, he was pulling her into him.

She was blissfully engulfed in his ministrations at attempting to show her more affection.

As they walked Luna noticed Draco's nervous behavior and she began to stroke her thumb up and down his hand as he held on to hers.

When they reached the small watering hole Draco laid down their towels before quickly pulling his shirt up over his head and tossing it down onto the towel closest to him. Luna watched with a smirk gracing her lips as he revealed his masculine body to her.

Before she could fully enjoy it however he had taken off and jumped into the water leaving her standing in awe on the side.

Draco smiled to himself as he swam away from her.

There were only two things he enjoyed more than swimming; quidditch, and well, the other he probably shouldn't think about when he was trying to avoid his lustful thoughts of the girl on the shore.

He was quickly putting space between himself and the shore but he couldn't help looking back to where she stood.

Oh Gods, why did he do that.

She was slowly pulling her shirt up over her head, her shorts laying on the ground beside her feet.

Two strings at her sides held the two tiny triangles around her waist up and another two, held up the triangles covering her chest.

All the blood in his body, rushed to one certain organ and he couldn't help swimming back towards her.

He caught himself halfway back and forced himself to stay where he was, not getting any farther away but not getting closer.

Luna waded into the water keeping her eyes focused on him.

She smiled triumphantly.

He was frozen, and he was hers now.

As the water covered her navel she held her hand up in his direction curling her finger in a come hither way.

He sat there for a moment before he slowly started to make his way towards her, she continued to move in his direction meeting him half way. The water was now touching just bellow her small ample breast, but was only up to Draco's abdomen she noticed as he stood up out of the water in front of her.

She wrapped her arms around his heck as his arms slunk around her waist.

"Draco," she mumered holding his gaze.

How did they always end up in this game.

So close but unwilling to bend.

Luna pressed against him.

He wanted to say something. To not stand there like an idiot.

He wanted to kiss her.

Gods he needed to.

"Luna," he said. She almost looked disappointed when she thought this was going to be a repeat of last time they were close like this.

"I want to kiss you." he blurted.

Her eyes grew round as he leaned in closer, but he paused waiting for her to agree.

Instead of giving consent she leaned in closing the distance between them her lips melting against his.

Draco's arms pulled her in tighter against him, parting his lips to hers. Luna drew his pink lower lip into her mouth nibbling at it. A guttural moan left Draco's mouth and he was almost embarrassed at how loud it was but Luna simply purred in response wrapping her legs around his waist.

When Draco felt her core pressing against his manhood he jerked back from the kiss breathing heavily.

They gazed at each other panting, Luna's smile almost cracking her face.

"Finally!" She breathed out and Draco couldn't help but laughing and poking her in the side causing her to giggle as well.

Draco untangled her from around his waist and swam back away from her. When she swam towards him he brought his hand up in a stop motion and Luna looked at him panicked. Was he upset?

Suddenly Draco brought his hand down causing water to splash up into her face.

Before she could respond he was under the water swimming away from her.

They chased each other around the small water hole splashing back and forth until Luna's fingers were nothing but shriveled up prunes.

When they got out of the water Draco laid back on his towel allowing the sun to warm his cold wet body.

Luna walked over to her shorts pulling out a small box, she grabbed her wand from her pile of things and whispered an enchantment to make it grow to its original size.

Draco glanced up to her curiously as she walked over and sat down beside him opening the box and pulling out two sandwiches, a bag of pretzels, a bowl full of mixed fruit, a bottle of wine, two plastic cups, and two small pieces of cheesecake.

She smiled down at Draco and held up the sandwiches. "Hungry?" He sat up happily smiling at her.

"Ah the wits of a Ravenclaw."

Draco unwrapped the bowl of fruit and plopped a grape into his mouth. "So," he began and Luna turned to him. "I uhm." He didn't know how to ask.

Luna took a bite of her sandwich waiting for him.

"Luna it would be much easier to talk if you would put your shirt on." he suggested.

Looking down Luna noticed her swimsuit was barely holding her in and she chuckled.

"Don't worry, I'll be throwing this away as soon as I get home, it has served it's purpose."

Draco gave a disapproving look, firstly because he hated the thought of her throwing away something he enjoyed watching her prance around in. Secondly because she had no qualms admitting openly to that fact that she was wearing it to simply pull him into her trap.

Little minx.

she took another bite of her sandwich as she reached for her shirt pulling it over the skimpy material.

"So you admit you were trying to seduce me?"

She nodded her head.

"I wanted a kiss, but I felt silly asking for one, we are both adults we shouldn't have to ask for kisses or touches or sex or anything really, and yet I've had to ask for your touches and trick you into kisses, I hope getting sex out of you isn't quite so hard." she said in her airy way.

Draco choked on the strawberry he had just put in his mouth and Luna patted his back.

"Well I'm not saying I expect it now Draco, there are a lot of steps between kissing and sex, I was simply saying I hope you've opened up to me more by that point."

An image of Luna beneath him with her hair splayed out around her wildly, her cheeks tinted pink, and her eyes squeezed shut tightly as she moaned his name flashed through his head and he felt his member stiffen.

Crap.

Luna smiled when she noticed Draco turning red.

"I didn't realize you were so modest." She laughed teasing him.

"We've only been on a handful of dates," he said. "And you're talking abo-"

"No," she cut him off, "We have been on ten dates, and as I said, I don't plan to hop into your bed tonight. I am, however, hoping that we continue to see each other. I thought we were both interested in pursuing a relationship. In A healthy relationship, there is eventually sex. Thus, WHEN it comes to that I expect you to not be so difficult."

He simply sat there staring at her, she was always so open, when people used the term 'open book' they had no clue.

Luna seriously wore her thoughts and emotions on her sleeve and he absolutely loved it, he wished he could be more carefree and honest like she was.

And he would try.

For Luna, he would try anything.

"Luna," he captured her attention, as she had focused on the food in front of her.

"When, not if, but when the time comes, you wont have to ask me for anything. I'll make sure that you're very well taken care of love." His eye were dark and he noticed as a small shiver ran down her back.

As they finished up their meal, they sat in comfortable silence, neither knowing what to say after the conversation they had just shared.

Once they were all packed up and had dressed again they started on their way back towards the manor.

Narcissa was sitting out by her rose gardens, something she was extremely proud of and often held tea parties in to show off.

Luna smiled and walked over to the elder witch, she had spoken to her a few times their seventh year and they were comfortable with one another.

"How was your swim dear?" Sissy had a sweet smile, many people never had the chance to see her real smile, only the polite fake one she usually held for company, but Luna was able to put anyone at ease with her own sunshine smile.

"Oh it was simply lovely!" she gushed in her airy tone.

For a minute Draco was afraid she would actually overshare and let his mother in on the fact that they had shared an intimate moment.

He knew she had more sense than that though.

"Draco finally kissed me! can you believe it took TEN whole dates!" She was beaming at Narcissa, Draco deadpanned.

So much for sense. She was a Lovegood after all.

Cissy clapped her hands. "Oh marvelous."

Oh marvelous, Draco thought to himself rolling his eyes, now she really had gossip to spread.

Narcissa's smile spread as Luna sat down and began to recount their date, thankfully leaving out most of the intimate parts, and making their kiss sound chaste and polite instead of the snogging he viewed it as.

When they were finished with their chat Draco took Luna's hand pulling her up from the bench they were occupying and began to pull her to the exit.

"Sorry mother," he apologized, "but if I don't get Luna back right this minute she is going to be late for her interview!"

He pulled Luna down the driveway and pulled out his wand, aparating them to his own property.

"An interview?" She gave him a questioning look, he knew she had the whole day set aside for their date.

"If you two had kept up your little hen session she would have had you stay for dinner, and by the time I got you away from her she would have been busy planning our wedding." He ran a hand down the side of his face thinking about how exhausting his mother could be.

As they made their way inside she chuckled at him.

"At least I wont have to deal with that headache." She joked.

Draco knew it was a joke, but he still looked at her in amazement, to just laugh off such a serious topic. To just accept that they would plan a wedding together.

Another thought flashed through his mind, of her in a white dress.

With a bulging round belly.

Holding their child in her arms with it's bright white hair and silver blue eyes.

He shook his head. The thought of marrying Luna had him throbbing harder than the thought of screwing her.

What was happening to him!

As they made their way farther into the house Draco pulled her in closer to him and smiled down at the beautiful woman he was lucky to call his.

Maybe what was happening wasn't so bad, Maybe it was actually...destiny.

Again Draco shook his head pushing the thought aside.

That was something to worry over another day.

Today he was going to set his girlfriend down on his plush comfy sofa and snog her appropriately.

Oh yes, she wouldn't be having to trick him into anything further.


-A/N- Ughhh. So not crazy about this chapter...I feel like, even though they kissed (which was very important) nothing good happened, it was just kind of a filler...anyways I hope yall enjoy. as always, lots of love! -Laken