Wow! Above ten review for the last chapter, you guys are super amazing! Here is chapter 10!

Notes To No One

I watched in silent horror as Luna knelt down to pick up our purple journal. She stared at what remained after Pansy destroyed it. She then met my gaze, her eyes shining with amusement. There was something else in her blue eyes, I could tell that she was finally seeing me for the first time, and I could almost hear the soft click in her head as she realized that it was the Draco Malfoy she had been talking to these past few weeks. Well just stared at each for what seemed like eternity, until Pansy let out a shriek of laughter.

She hadn't missed the look we gave each other.

"Luna Lovegood? I can't believe you are talking to Luna Lovegood! Can you guys believe it?" She asked loudly. I saw the ripple of movement pass through the crowd, and I immediately felt the aurora of disapproval and utter discomfort. I noticed that most of the negative emotions were directed at Luna.

I panicked.

I got it now, the sense of betrayal was evident on most faces that belonged to both Ravenclaws and Gryffindors; Hufflepuff just didn't approve period. I saw most of the Ravenclaws direct hostile glares toward Luna who began to skim through the torn journal. Gryffindors sneered in her direction, and I saw Potter and Weasley muttering to each other. I should have known this would happen, they wouldn't have approved of us. Some of the Slytherins looked more confused than angry, trying to figure out why in the world I would talk to someone like Luna Lovegood. They didn't bother to direct hostility toward me, since they've already been doing that for years, but I could almost see the cruelty Luna would have to suffer for siding with a Slytherin.

I had to direct their hate towards me.

My mind went into overdrive as I came up something that'll save Luna. Turning to Pansy, I glared at her. "You ruined everything, Pansy! Now the joke is over!" I shouted.

Confusion shot across her ugly features as she stared at me, and I could feel everyone else turn their attention to me. "What are you talking about?"

"Isn't it obvious? I wanted this whole thing to last as long as possible, but you had to ruin everything as always!" I snapped at her, surprised at my skill in improvisation. I turned to the crowd, avoiding Luna's gaze. "We all know how much of a freak Lovegood is, I mean, you should see the nonsense she spouts, that girl is crazy!" I added a jeer for effect, and my housemates began to chuckle, finally seeing the Draco they new well.

"You were only joking with her?" Pansy asked, not entirely convinced.

"Of course I was, did you honestly think I would actually want to be socialize with this freak? I mean, think of the humiliation, all that talk about Nargles." I scoffed. The crowd began to mutter, and they began to glare.

"I just wanted to keep this little game going, to see how far this weirdo would go, but I mean seriously, she actually thinks that trees talk." I laughed. The Slytherins burst in laughter, and the crowd grew angry as the Slytherins broke into a chant.

"Looney, Looney, full of nonsense, Looney!"

"It was great, she had no idea who she was talking to, she actually thought we could be friends." I laughed. My own words were tearing at me painfully, but it had to be done, for Luna's sake.

Fully convinced, Pansy began to skip around. "She's like a foolish little child, look at me, I wear corks for a necklace." She horribly imitated Luna, I fought the urge to blast Pansy into oblivion.

"You're a prat, Malfoy!" Someone in the crowd yelled. That's what triggered the angry crowd to move forward and the Slytherins took out their wands.

"Enough! Enough!" Professor McGonagall shouted, bustling through the crowd. "What is the meaning of this?" She asked, standing in between the groups of students. Potter stepped out of the crowd, fixing me with an icy cold glare.

"Malfoy is asking to get hexed, professor." He said, a murmur of approval running through the crowd.

"There will be no hexing here, Mr. Potter." She said tersely. She turned to me, and I smirked. "I don't know what you intended, Mr. Malfoy, but if something like this is caused again, I will be forced to take disciplinary measures, do I make myself clear?" She asked.

"Perfectly." I replied.

"Off to your houses, or I will take away twenty points for each person." She threatened. The crowd began to disperse. I forced myself to look at Luna, and she looked like she wanted to say something until someone caught her arm. Ginny Weasley began to steer Luna way, glaring darkly at me.

"Come one Luna, let's get away from the Slytherin scum." She said. Luna looked at me one more time before disappearing into the crowd. Everyone was leaving, but not before a couple of the houses shouted profanities at my directions, and exchanged rude gestures. At least I was the one who was hated now. Since I managed to turn Luna into a cruel joke in the eyes of everyone, they took pity on her. Whether Luna believed me, I didn't know, but one thing was for certain, it was for the best.

I guess…

"Careful girls, you wouldn't want to walk too close to Malfoy, you might slip on his slime." Ginny said loudly as she and a group of friends pushed passed me on their way to the Great Hall. Ignoring her comment, I made my way to my table, noticing the ugly looks I was receiving, especially from the Ravenclaw table. It's been like this for days, but I wasn't one to complain; everyday hate was thrown at me, was another day Luna wouldn't be tormented. This was how I wanted it to be, as miserable as I was.

I picked at my food and looked up and saw Luna reading from her magazine. Out of all the people, she was the least affected by all of this. I really didn't know what she was thinking, but since that day I publicly attacked her, she hadn't looked at me once. Did she hate me? The fact would kill me. Not being able to take being in the same location as her, I got up and left the Great Hall.

I made my way towards the library, hoping that a good book would distract my thoughts. As I reached the doors to the library, someone called out to me.

"Malfoy." It was Granger, I didn't notice she was sitting on a nearby bench.

"What do you want, Granger?" I asked warily, just a few days ago I was cornered by Potter and Weasley and they demanded for me to seek out Luna and apologize. Luckily for me, Snape appeared and drove them away.

"I wanted to give you these." She said, standing up and digging in her bag. I watched in amazement as she took out several pages that had been torn from the pages.

"You…?"

"I don't know why I did it, but I guess I took pity on you and for the person you had been exchanging notes with. Good thing I did, since it turned out to be Luna. I was going to burn them, but I after reading them, I changed my mind." She said, handing them to me.

"You read them?" I asked in annoyance.

"Of course I did." She said in a matter of fact tone. "I wanted to see just how far you went to make fun of Luna, but I realized that you were, in fact, sincere."

I fought back a blush at having been exposed. "I think you are sorely mistaken, Granger."

She rolled her eyes, "Please, Malfoy, my best friends are boys, males have a tendency to feel embarrassed by expressing such feelings." She sniffed.

I didn't know what to say.

"So, what are you going to do about Luna?" She asked.

"Nothing." I replied vehemently.

"Do you like her?" She asked. Okaaaaaay, Granger was too smart for her own good.

"This doesn't concern you." I snapped, feeling my cheeks burn.

"I knew it, well, don't do anything stupid. If you can't control the situation, then I suggest you keep those pages as something to remember you about things that could never be." She said. She began to leave, but stopped at turned to me.

"She goes to the Forbidden Forest almost everyday now, I wonder why that is?" She asked knowingly.

I called out to her retreating form and I said something I never thought I would say. "Thanks, Granger, you're very smart, I guess it was because of your brains that I liked you a lot during our Third Year." I casually said, tucking the pages safely in my robes.

"Wait, what…?" She asked in horror.

I know it's short, but bear with me! ^_^