To all my Druna fans who will read this chapter... you're welcome! =)

Chapter 4

There was a week left to Draco's euphoria potion, and Draco was still as happy as can be. As she skipped down the noisy corridor, Luna spotted Draco and Daniel leaning against a wall during lunch time, and people passed them every which-way. Luna hid herself near to where they were, hoping to catch a bit of their conversation.

"Why don't you go talk to her?" Draco asked Daniel, and the boy's face flushed pink.

"No way. She's a Ravenclaw. And a second year. She would never talk to me."

"And how do you know?"

"I just do. I'm a Hufflepuff—in other words, I'm a ninny, a softy… no girl wants that."

Draco pursed his lips, thinking, then said, "Hufflepuffs are… I think every girl would want that. They would want a boy who has a good heart."

Daniel gave Draco a pointed look. "And how would you know? Do you fancy anybody?"

Draco paused after that question, and Luna was surprised to find that her heart started racing.

"I… can't say that I do," Draco answered.

"Are you kidding? They're a lot of pretty girls here." He waved an arm around, indicating the school. "You see them, don't you?"

"Yes, but all of them fancy me because of my last name."

Daniel's brows crinkled in thought. "What about Luna? She doesn't seem to care that you're a Slytherin. In fact, she doesn't care what house anybody's in."

Again, another pause. Luna couldn't remember the last time a boy made her heart beat faster—if there was such a time—but Draco thinking this question through made her heart pound at her ribs. Was she under some spell?

"Luna is…" he began, "just a friend to me."

Luna's heart sunk to her toes.

"Psht, that's what they all say," Daniel refuted. "I may be only eleven, but I can tell a pretty girl when I see one. Luna's pretty, and she spends a lot of time with you. I think you've spent more time with her in the past few days than with anyone else."

Draco laughed. "I guess you're right. She is pretty, and I've spent a lot of time with her."

Luna smiled to herself, and her heart lifted from her feet and to the clouds. No one—no boy—has ever called her pretty before!

"Then…" Daniel implied, waiting for Draco to fill it in, but Draco just tousled Daniel's hair.

"Worry about your own love life, not mine. Now—Sara's over there. Go talk to her."

"Fine…"

Luna watched as Daniel slowly made his way up to a really cute girl with long brown hair and big brown eyes. Luna walked up to Draco, and he jumped when he saw her.

"Hello," she greeted. "I heard you tell Daniel to go and talk to that pretty girl over there."

"I did. And it looks like it's going well."

As if to contradict what Draco just said, Daniel came back, cheeks flushed a deep pink. Luna and Draco put hands to their mouths, trying to keep themselves from laughing.

"It's not funny, guys! All she did was look at me funny as I tried to talk to her. She walked off with her friends when I was in mid-sentence. I'm never talking to a girl again!"

He walked in the other direction in a huff.

"Uh-oh," Draco said with a chuckle. "I'll go talk to him." He began walking, but turned to her. "Oh, let's meet by the north gate after classes and walk down to the lake."

"Alright," she said, and he walked off. She stared after his tall form, and wondered why she never bothered noticing him before-noticing his appearance, that is. She simply smiled and walked on to The Great Hall.

Draco and Luna met by the north gate after classes. Draco skipped up to her in his school uniform and her in hers, a beaming smile on his face.

"Let's get going," he said, and he skipped down the path in the cool air and Luna followed. When they were a ways away from the school, they walked normally.

"Sorry I was a bit late," Draco said, and gust of wind blew Draco's scent on her, and it made her heart jump. "I had to get some Death Eater stuff done."

"Death Eater stuff? I can only imagine what that could mean."

"Well…" He put his hands into his slacks pockets and sighed through his nose. "I have this task I have to do. You see, I have to mend this transportation wardrobe. There's one here in The Room of Requirement, and one in Borgen and Burkes in Diagon Alley."

"What will you use them for?"

Draco stopped, and Luna had to look up at his face since he was taller. "Well… I have to make sure they work… so they can transport people—other Death Eaters."

Luna's eyes widened—Draco knew what that meant.

"Yeah, I know," he surmised, and they kept on walking. "Death Eaters will come the night I have to…" He took a deep breath and let it out. "Kill Dumbledore. They're going to make sure I do it."

Luna tried to ignore the her chest pinching with hurt. "I see."

"I know, it's horrible."

"It is."

They walked on and heard the sound of the water and heard the leaves rustle in the trees. Draco eyed Luna for a moment, and she ever-felt his gaze on her. He asked, "Do you think me a horrible person?"

"No," she said simply, and truthfully. "I think you have good in you. The fact that you don't want to murder an innocent man is proof of that."

He smiled. "Thank you."

"What do you think of me?" Luna surprised herself by asking.

Draco cleared his throat and scratched the back of his head. "Well… I think you're incredibly understanding, non-judgmental, and looks past a person's deepest faults. And you're blunt."

Luna laughed. "I apologize."

"No, it's relieving to know someone who's nice, but doesn't sugar-coat things." A few seconds passed. "Um… you've never had a… boyfriend, have you?"

They stopped at the lake's edge, and they gazed out over the water. "No, I haven't." She crouched down in the grass and eyed a fallen tree branch under the water's surface. "I'm too strange, it seems."

Draco crouched down, too, next to her. "Not really. Everyone's different, you know."

"Have you had a girlfriend before?" she asked.

"No. I mean, girls fancied me and all, but I never gave them any attention. Come to think of it, I never really fancied a girl. Well, maybe once…"

Luna looked over at him and studied his side profile. He is indeed a handsome young man with an attractive build and beautiful blue eyes. His hair and fair skin reminded her of a fresh pearl.

Draco suddenly looked at her, and she blinked out of the trance she was in. He smiled, showing his straight, white teeth. He knew that she was ogling him, she was sure of it. She looked away in embarrassment.

"Luna… you're really pretty, you know. Wished more people noticed that about you. Wished I did before."

She smiled as she felt her insides start to float. "Thank you. A lot of people don't think so, or do, they just don't say it."

"Well, you're pretty," he said.

"Thank you, Draco."

Luna's leg started to cramp and she shifted it, but the wetness of the grass made her foot slip, and she fell down onto the grass on her back. She didn't know that she pulled Draco down with her until she opened her eyes and saw him looking directly down at her, smirking.

"Might I add clumsy to the list of things that you are?" he asked, chuckling.

She smiled as laughter escaped her as well. "You can."

They paused for a moment, and Luna noticed unfamiliar emotions and sensations run a muck throughout her whole body as Draco was nearly on top of her. She noticed his chest move up and down on hers, and her leg was caught between both of his. Her heart started to hammer inside of her and heat quickly ran up her neck into her cheeks. Never in her life did she think this would happen!

Draco's face got closer. Without closing her eyes, she felt something touch her lips. She blinked once and realized they were Draco's. A few seconds later and the touch was gone. Draco quickly sat up.

Luna lay there for a few moments, wondering if that really happened. She sat up and faced the lake.

"Um… sorry about that," Draco said next to her.

"I-It's alright," Luna managed to say, her emotions still bouncing around everywhere inside of her, making her hands tingle. She noticed Draco looking at her, and gulped before she turned her head to meet his gaze. His question caught her by surprise...

"Um… would you mind if I… tried that again?"

Luna shook her head slowly. Draco scooted closer to her and put a warm hand on her cheek. Her heart pounded and her head whirled when Draco leaned in and touched her mouth again with his, only this time, his soft, warm lips moved on hers.

She's never kissed a boy before, but dreamed what it would be like. It was as she expected—she felt as if she were on a cloud, her happiness rising by the second, and her emotions in a jumble. When Draco ended the kiss and looked back at her, the feeling was still there.

"I… guess I think of you more than just pretty," he confessed.

"And I think of you more than just handsome," she confessed as well.

He smiled and leaned in again. The euphoria potion worked its magic as Draco and Luna sat there by the lake, kissing, with Luna kissing him back. She wouldn't have dreamed that her first kiss would be with Draco Malfoy of all people, but now… she was glad that it was.

But one saddening prospect… He may not want anything to do with her a week later.