Chapter 11 Great Hall Drama

Luna was released at that same day. At first, Draco thought that the teenage drama would eventually stop and that the Greengrass girl would leave them alone. For three consecutive days, she did, but he never thought that the girl was hiding something inside the head of her devious well being.

After that three days, whenever he would leave his dormitory, he would always hear people talking about him or about Luna. Normally, he wouldn't care, but then, they were spreading bad things about her. Things like 'whore' or 'slut' were the main description people calls her now. It made him mad. Why would people call an innocent girl those things? She was already sixteen and had only gotten her first kiss since a few days ago for Merlin's sake! And why do they give a fuck if he is unofficially dating Luna?.

Yet, even after the whole incident with Daphne, Luna was calm and carefree, much like she wasn't even aware of what is happening around her.

"Is Lovegood alright?" Pansy touched his wrist, his head automatically turned to look at her. He sighed and let his fork slid on his plate, Pansy did the same as well did Blaise. "Luna is being the same sweet, carefree, brilliant-"

"Please stop being cliche, it doesn't suit you" Blaise furrowed his eyebrows at him, clearly disgusted with his poetic words and Pansy snorted, a smirk forming on her face. Draco rolled his eyes at Pansy, annoyed with how she would always look for deeper meanings even if they all knew that they have a bet and Draco is a brilliant actor "Okay, she said she was alright. As if I care right? " he shrugged his shoulders and brought his pumpkin juice to his lips, his eyes leaving the two pairs that were eyeing him as if they don't believe in his words.

"Yeah right" Pansy raised her glass, she gave one knowing smirk at Draco and finally, swatted her hair from him to talk to Blaise. Slimy gits.

He burried his chin on his hand, his eyes trailing to a familiar face and his ears innocently listening to every conversation that had been opened. "Luna, everybody's talking about you and Malfoy, they said some nasty things about you. Please, please, please let me have the honor to hex them!" his eyes turned towards Luna with Weaslette, if it wasn't because of Weaslette's ranging tough voice, people would still talk about nonsense regarding Luna, but just like him, they heard her and all of their eyes turned towards the girl in question.

With Weaslette's Gryffindor braveness, she gave threatening glances toward some people she can lay her eyes upon. Some of them took her hint and looked away, mostly the first and second years, while some just turned their head and began their usual whispering about Luna. "Don't worry,it's alright" Just like how Luna always handle every situation, she remained calm and mature. As if nothing was happening around her, she sat gently at her usual spot on the Gryffindor table with only Hermione, Harry, Ginny, Neville, and Dean Thomas smiling at her. All of the other Gryffindor's sinked in their sits and pretended not to mind her presence like some of them usually do.

"Why is she here? Does she have a Slytherin Prince to snog to?" Ron Weasley said, his eyes on his food, completely oblivious with his sister's angry eyes on him. Everybody in their table went silent and Granger let her spoon fall in her plate dramatically "Can you speak without hurting someone's feelings, Ronald?" She narrowed her gaze at him, like how McGonagall would do whenever she would scold them. Weasley scowled and lifted his head to look at them, his eyes gazing one by one to each of the people who stares at him in disgust.

"Where's your loyalty? I bet Harry's not pleased with how Luna is acting" Weasley shrugged his shoulders and his eyes trailed to rest on Luna's figure.

Nobody notices something but Draco Malfoy is listening to their conversation. Right now, he feels as if he wanted to burry that Weasley's face. He feels Luna somehow cringe to her seat, her eyes slowly made their way towards Weasley. Nobody ever dared to move, the aura was so thick that he can even feel their heartbeats beating loudly from their chests. Draco waited for a few seconds as if waiting for anybody to justify Luna, but strangely nobody did, except the radiating anger Ginny- yes, he is calling her Ginny now- has for her brother. Just when he finally had enough of his waiting, he stood up and rolled his eyes, directing the pair on the back of Weasley's.

Everybody turned their heads to Draco. He stepped out of his seat and went his way towards the unmoving girl on the Gryffindor table. Everybody started whispering now and he can feel Professor's Snape and the Headmaster's eyes trailing on his back, watching him and calculating his moves, but strangely, he found himself not caring

"Watch your words Weasley" he spatted easily to the person that he hated for too many years. The group of friends turned to look at him and he swore he saw Potter let out a deep breath that Draco knew Potter had been holding for a long time. He placed his hand on Luna's shoulder and she turned her head and a small smile on her lips. She knows. Ofcourse Luna had expected him to come to her. Luna was a very brilliant witch, every move he makes, Luna seem to know everything. Sometimes, he somehow compares her to their Headmaster, and he wonders if they were sharing the same brain.

"Oh Draco" he gave Weasley one last look and grabbed Luna's hand selfishly inside his. Luna squeezed it and let him pull her out from her seat, her eyes glimmering with her reaction, and suddenly, he felt so full of himself. Sure, Luna can move on her own and she can definitely win against this stupid drama, but Draco is a very possessive man. If he believed that he owns something, he would protect it and would actually wrap his arms around it if he wanted to. He always wanted to make his properties go noticed as Draco Malfoy Only, and with Luna? Even if she was a bet, she was still Draco Malfoy's soon to be girl "And they said Slytherin's have the most annoying people" he mumbled, not to loud but enough for Weasley to hear.

He guided her with his hand on her back, a lazy-manipulative grin painting across his face. As usual, some of the first year's in Slytherin table cringed in fear and backed away from him, while the others can't seem to raise their head to meet his gaze. He sneered. These people around him kept on back stabbing them whenever they weren't looking, but then, when he is infront of them, people act like Draco Malfoy was their own version of the Dark lord. This is what he hates about people the most, acting like his friend just to be on his good side. It was irritating really, and if Blaise and Pansy weren't created, he wasn't sure if he would ever have a friend. Sure, Crabbe and Goyle have always been his companions, but they act like his loyal dogs, and he wasn't that evil, he was sick with how they almost worship the ground that he walks on. That's too different.

"You know how to make an entrance Lovegood" Blaise broke their silence, his fork pointing at Luna and a small welcoming smile on his face. It was a surprise at how Blaise quickly adjusted with having Luna around. After a few thinking, Draco finally understand why Blaise was against them, and it wasn't because he wanted to piss Draco off, it was actually something deeper that he doesn't know what. But he accept it like how Blaise accept every part of his stubborn self.

"It was brilliant Lovegood, I never thought you had it in you. Say, how did she suddenly turned into a Slytherin?"Pansy grabbed Luna by the arm and the bright colored girl tilted her head. Here comes the knowledge of invisible creatures. Luna inhaled some breath and the first thing she ever said was: Wrackspurts.

He tilted his head and smiled down the girl with radishes. She was swaying her had back and forth and her odd accessories tumbling with her every move, her eyes focused on the ceiling above her and her index finger tracing the crumbs of bread lazily unknowingly. It was a rare view, to see Parkinson associating with Luna, but then, she was still the same Pansy. She was still a bad arse just like him. It was just that Luna has this aura of making bad people; like him, soften.

"Why is the whore here?"He almost jumped in surprise, his eyes were too preoccupied on Luna that he didn't notice Dahpne's entrance.

Draco stood up on his spot, his movement went noticed from the Professors dinning on the very top of the room, but neither of the two Slytherin students makes a move of backing out.

"Quit being an arse Greengrass and shut your mouth" he growled, his fists clenching on his side.

"Why would I when it is perfectly clear that you're under that lunatic's curse!" Daphne stepped closer to him, her nose firing venoms and her eyes giving Luna dark looks.

Everybody turned their heads to look at him, but his eyes were only fixed on Luna. She was still on her spot, eyeing unblinkingly towards Daphne. Instead of flaming anger radiating from her body, she appeared calm and collected.

"I don't understand why you're calling me a whore when you don't actually see every single time that Draco and I are together. I believe you do not even know what it truly means Daphne." she said plainly.

Daphne stared shocked at Luna's sudden reply. She didn't expect the girl to defend herself. "Tell me Daphne, do you call your friends or better yet, your professors, whores then? Just to scrub dirt upon their names just because things did not go with your way?" Draco stared pleased at Luna. Not just because she stood up for herself, but also, she was actually saying things that were making sense.

"I-"

"It is rude to mess up with anybody's life just because of your own selfish wishes. And I don't actually know why you are interested with what Draco's life is currently heading. This is his life, and if he have some decisions and actions that provokes you, I believe you have to learn to forgive and let go, each and every one of us makes mistakes too. And this scandal that you caused is an example, but the stars are aligned and I know I have to forgive you." She said as if it was the most easiest answer in the world. Daphne was frozen, red in embarrassment on her spot. Draco is amazed at how Luna handles every situation, she is so relaxed and has an airy witted attitude. She talks and thinks so bright, yet she can make any person listen to her, and she is indeed lovely.

"And I suggest that you would stay out of the way Ms. Greengrass. The thing you do is only making you a target of the wrackspurts in here. They're quite content upon the looks of it" Daphne stood there, everybody's looking at her and started sneering or even smiling at her own embarrassment.

Draco rolled his eyes at the quivering girl. Nobody dared to move but everybody's eyes trained on him. It was too annoying to see them all being supportive after turning their backs on Luna, those dimwits, Luna showed them all on how their friendship is very extraordinary.

He wrapped his arms around Luna and at the corner of his eye, he can feel Professor Snape eyeing him with something uncommon inside his eyes.

I'm not sure of this chapter. I'm lacking of inspiration :(

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