Chapter 5: As Odd As It Gets

Blaise raised an eyebrow and laughed at Draco. He thought that he was insane, but when he saw that Draco looked so serious he stopped laughing and said, "Are you serious, mate?" Draco just stared at him for a moment and started banging his head again on the table. "Hey! Stop it! You're making a scene!" Blaise said to Draco as he tried to stop Draco from breaking his skull. But still, Draco did not listen. "Are you mad man? You've got a thick skull! You don't need to prove it to us!" Finally, Draco stopped and buried his face with his hands. "I can't believe I did that. I can't believe it." Draco murmured under his hand-covered-face. Blaise sighed under his breathe, "What a drama king…" "I heard that!" Draco uncovered his face and tried to put himself together.

"What happened back there?" Blaise asked when Draco calmed down. Draco answered him, "The biggest mistake I had ever made in my whole entire life."

"Okay. What's the biggest mistake of your life?"

"It's not worth telling." Draco said as he packed up. He got all the parchments, quills and ink bottles and dumped them all into his bag pack. "Come on Malfoy!" Blaise pleaded. But Draco already took of. Blaise ran after him out of the library.

"What took you so long?" Luna asked Ginny when she finally came back. Ginny absentmindedly sat down thinking that the seat that she sat on earlier was still there. BANG! Ginny fell on the floor and landed on her butt. "Gin! Are you okay?" Luna said as she stood up and helped Ginny. "Aw. That hurts big time!" Ginny said as she stood up and then she carefully sat on a chair beside Luna. "Good thing there aren't a lot of people here." Luna commented. "Yeah…" "What took you so long?" Luna asked again. "Huh? Oh, I couldn't find the book I needed." Ginny answered her. Luna looked at her suspiciously. She has a special gift of knowing whether the person is telling the truth or not. "Ginny, did you know that your nostrils flare when you lie?" Ginny looked at Luna with wide eyes. Then she covered he nose and said, "It does?" Luna nodded. She said nothing for a minute but Ginny broke the silence. "Okay, okay, Malfoy bugged me alright!"

"That's it?"

"No, not really…"

"Then what is it?"

"Nah, it's too weird."

"Oh come on Gin! You know you can trust me."

Ginny sighed and finally gave up. "Fine, I'll tell you."

She narrated about the incident with Draco. "What?" Luna shouted. The librarian, Madam Pince, who was nearby looked at them coldly, then looked away. "He what?" Luna asked trying to be as quiet as a mouse. "I couldn't believe it either!" Ginny said. Luna giggled then a fit of laughter came over her. It was the first time that Ginny saw Luna laugh like that; happy and just plain amused. "Why the hell are laughing?" Ginny asked her. It took a while for Luna to catch her breath and stop laughing. When she finally did, she said, "There's a big possibility that our very own Draco 'bloody' Malfoy is… GAY! I mean, come on! What kind of guy carries lip balm anywhere they go?" Ginny thought about it and it all made sense. Then she giggled a little and said, "Or maybe he's just vain…" Luna nodded and said, "Maybe." Then, for no reason, they laughed again.

"You did what?" Blaise shouted to Draco. Draco just looked at the ground and leaned on a tree. Blaise stared at Draco for a moment then he laughed uncontrollably. "That's the reason why I didn't want to tell you!" Draco shouted back to Blaise. Blaise stopped laughing the said, "Oh, look at me! I'm the great Draco Malfoy! Do you need lip balm? Ha-ha…" Draco had enough. He stepped forward the pushed Blaise. Blaise was too busy laughing that he lost balance and fell back. "Hey!" then he laid on the grass, still laughing. And unexpectedly, Blaise got a hold of Draco's ankle and pulled it, making Draco fall and join him. "Damn it!" Draco cursed. Then, he immediately sat upright and Blaise followed.

"Could I be any more idiotic?" Draco asked staring at the lake in front of them. Blaise laughed and said, "Yeah, I think. But at least, she didn't say you were…" Blaise stared at him sternly then giggled. Draco slapped Blaise's head. "At least she didn't say I was what?" he demanded. Blaise rubbed his head and said, "At least she didn't say you were gay."

"Funny Blaise, I thought you were gayer than I am because you are so sissy."

"Um, in case you don't know, courage is not the absence of fear. And beside, you're more sissy because you carry around lip balm all the time. Really Malfoy, what's up with that?"

"I'm vain alright? Is that so bad?"

"Yeah, I guess. Well, for starters, it made your girl think you're gay."

"Hey boys, why the long faces?" Pansy asked as she took a seat at their table at the Great Hall. "None of your business Parkinson!" barked Draco. "Okay, okay. Whatever you say Malfoy." Blaise looked up from his plate and asked, "Where have you been?" Pansy chuckled and said, "So, now you're talking to me? Oh, I thought by now you're still mad at me, considering what I did." Blaise smiled sarcastically. "Just answer the question, god damn it!" "Fine Zabini, be that way." Pansy took a big bite of lamb chops. "Be what way? Just tell me where you've been PIG!" Blaise shouted at Pansy. "Me? Pig? Oh, no you didn't just call me that!" then, once again she took another big bite of mashed potatoes. "Whatever, Parkinson. Don't tell us." Blaise continued eating. There was long silence, and finally one of them spoke. "I'm going to bed." Draco said then he stood up and walked away. "What's wrong with him?" Pansy asked curiously. "I have no idea." Blaise answered her but still looking at his plate. "Oh, but I think you do have an idea." Pansy stared at him. Blaise took his last bite and stood up. "I think I'm going to follow Malfoy. Good night Parkinson." Then he walked away and headed to their dormitory. "I think I should have other friends than those two, they keep on leaving me!"

When Blaise arrived at their dormitory, Draco wasn't there. Where the hell is the bloody boy? Blaise thought to himself. So, he went to his bed and tried to sleep. But it didn't work. He wasn't sleepy at all. He kept thinking about the things that happened today. He couldn't believe that some much had been done for just one day.

For hours he was twisting and turning. And finally, he decided to go out. He took a cloak, he put on his shoes and he went outside, in the dark, cold night. When he reached his usual spot near the lake, he saw that someone was there before him. The person was lying down on the grass. He walked towards the person and said as he laid himself next to the person, "Can't sleep huh?" But when he turned to face who it was, he froze. It was none other than Luna Lovegood. Luna looked at him in amazement and said, "Oh, its you. Yes, I couldn't sleep." For a moment, Blaise just stared at her. But after a minute, he laid his head back and stared at the sky.

There were a lot of stars. The moon was as bright as it could be. And the sky was clear with no cloud in sight. Blaise couldn't help but be amazed at the night sky. He never gave time to admire the beautiful nature around him.

"It's nice, isn't it?" Luna asked. Blaise looked at her, and then said, "No… it's beautiful." Then Luna looked at him as he smiled at her. Luna was surprised to see Blaise smile at her like that. And, once again Luna blushed bright red. And, for the first time Blaise noticed it. Luna felt awkward, so she looked back at the sky. Blaise giggled and did the same thing. He couldn't believe he made Luna Lovegood blush like that! "Do you come here often? I mean, after hours?" Blaise tried to make a conversation. "Sometimes, when I can't sleep." Luna answered him, not taking her eyes off the sky. Then there was silence.

After a few minutes, Luna turned to Blaise and asked, "Why were you talking to me?" Blaise looked at her in shock and said, "Why shouldn't I?" Luna looked back at the sky and said, "Well, for one thing, people usually ignore me. And for me, you are just not some person. Second, you think I'm looney that's why you call me Looney Lovegood." Blaise laughed. Then he turned to her and said, "First of all, I'm just like every person here. I may be blessed with great looks and all the money in the world but I'm like everyone here. And like everyone here, I make mistakes. It was my mistake when I ignore and when I make fun of you. That's why I'm very sorry. Second of all, I don't think you're looney. You're just unique, that's all. And, if you ask me, Looney Lovegood is much better than Ferret Boy." Luna laughed a hearty laugh. Blaise felt good that he made her laugh and that he didn't screw up. But when he thought that everything was going well, Luna said, "Hey, what's that?" Blaise looked at what Luna was pointing at. As what Blaise could see, it looked like a man in a broomstick. He was having a hard time flying the thing. And it looked like the broomstick was about to give up. "Who would be ridding his broomstick at this hour?" Blaise commented. Luna looked concerned. "I think the broomstick's busted. It's not working well." Blaise just stared at it and said, "Well, tough luck for him." Then he closed his eyes.

After a few minutes, Luna shouted, "Blaise! Look out!" But before Blaise could react, something fell on him, HARD! "Damn it! Get of me!" Blaise shouted. "Sorry man… Zabini?" Blaise looked at the man to see Draco Malfoy in the flesh. "Malfoy? What the hell…?" "Oh, shit. Sorry man. I kind of… destroyed your broom." Malfoy said holding a broken broomstick. Blaise looked at it and said, "Its okay. Mum would by me another one. But wait. What were you doing?" but before Draco could answer him, they heard a woman shout from afar. "DRACO FERRET BOY MALFOY! YOU ARE SO DEAD!" "OH SHIT! Got to go!" then Draco ran as fast as he could towards the Forbidden Forest. When Draco was out of sight, Ginny appeared from the other direction. "Where did the git go?" She demanded. Luna just pointed toward the forest and Ginny ran towards where Draco ran too. "What the bloody hell happened?" Blaise asked Luna. "I have no idea. But it would be fun if we did." She said with a smirk on her face. And as if they could read each others mind, they ran in unison towards the dark Forbidden Forest.