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Chapter 14- The after effects

Luna opened her eyes, her mind adjusting to the strange surrounding, and the weight of a person's arm encircling her. ' Wait weight of a person's arm?' she thought in alarm, but then images of last night flooded her mind and she blushed. It was her first time, and Draco had been very gentle. Draco...she turned around to face the beautiful man sleeping next to her. He was lying on his chest, his face facing her and his left arm holding her close possessively. She smiled, tracing a finger down his smooth cheeks. He was so handsome when he slept. Not a single sign of worry creasing his forehead.

Wait her thoughts halted again. His eyes were not bleeding any more, and neither was there any trace of scars in his body. She couldn't believe her eyes. She wanted to kiss him.

'I want you to kiss me too," she heard him speak. She stared at him. He was still lying there his eyes closed, but she was sure she heard his voice. "Why did you stop?" his voice asked again, she could even here him pouting in his tone.

She nodded her head looking at him with close scrutiny. She was sure it was him, she just didn't know how he was doing it. She felt him pull her closer to him, so possessive, she thought, rolling her eyes. She noticed he chuckled as though hearing her thoughts. Wait a minute, was this a side effect? Could he really hear her?

"Only when you think so loud in your head love," she heard him answer in her head again. She sat up with a jerk, lifting his arm up in the process.

She saw him awaken, as he leisurely turned around to lie on his back so he could turn his face towards her. He smiled as he looked at her. Then leaning forward, and sitting up himself, he brought his lips to hers' to gently kiss her. "You are beautiful" he whispered.

She blushed again, suddenly feeling very shy at his closeness. But then he remembered what had caused her to sit up and leave the comforts of the blanket. "Can you really hear my thoughts?"

He smirked gathering her in his arms, with her back against his chest before answering in her mind. "Yes I can, you don't mind do you? I think it's the after effect of the bonding," his said.

"I think you can hear my thoughts too if you concentrate, but don't worry if you really want to keep something private I won't be able to hear it," he said talking to her this time.

Luna looked at him with a strange amusement forming in her eyes. She couldn't believe they could share this whenever they wanted. She didn't know the other after effects, but whatever they were, Draco seemed happier now. She was happy with him. She couldn't believe he loved

her. She thought all this privately of course but she shared the feeling of happiness that she felt with his mind. " I don't believe this is happening to me Draco," she thought to him her sincerity pouring through her thoughts.

He tightened his hold on her leaning his face to her ear's. "Shhh, it is me who is in wonder of you choosing to be with me. You thanked me last night, when in fact I should be the one who should be grateful that you chose to be with me. Looking past everything, from my name to my physical form you supported me. Thank you Luna Lovegood for agreeing to be my mate" he said, softly.

Her heart melted yet again, she swallowed a large lump that had formed at the back of her throat. But a single tear escaped her eye. He turned her gently to face him so he could bring her smile back to her face.

But as he saw the single red tear rolling down her face his heart constricted. He thought they had escaped the curse. But he knew it was too good to be true. She looked like a fallen angel with her blond hair falling loosely past her shoulders, her pale lips a little swollen from the kiss they shared, and her eyes filled with so much love that he still felt he didn't deserve.

Seeing him freeze midway from wiping her tears, Luna frowned a little. Then it clicked, she was now a mate of a Vemon and according to Hermione she now shared his fate. She wiped her own tear, and then examined the blood that stained her thumb.

"Do you blame yourself for this Draco?" she asked him as though reading his mind.

He didn't answer, but his guilt shone on his eyes.

" I knew what would happen to me Draco Malfoy. I expected to be a full vemon so this what we have is a blessing in it's process" she said, trying to make him understand that she was not as ignorant about the situation as he thought.

"Besides clearly my eyes only seem to bleed when I cry doesn't it? And I know with the loose control I have had in the past two days with the generous doses of tears you won't believe me when I say that I am not a person who usually cries all that much," she said, smiling slightly at him to lighten the situation.

He hugged her close for a few moments, in silence. " I don't deserve you," he finally said, in a scratchy voice.

Luna was about to reply when she was surprised to death as the muggle fellytone rang loudly in Draco's room.

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