Happenstance

Chapter 23: Hungry For Some Lovin'

Draco had slept like a baby. Not even Landon yelling at the top of her lungs could have woken the young father that night. He'd been stressing over his date with Luna so much that he'd managed to completely exhaust himself. So needless to say, the moment his head hit the pillow, the previous night, Draco was fast asleep. He hadn't even heard his alarm going off that morning. He'd been so wrapped up in his thoughts of their date, that Draco didn't remember that since it was Friday night, he didn't need to have his alarm wake him for work the following morning. Luna wasn't exactly thrilled to be startled awake by the blaring of Draco's alarm clock at five-thirty, and she made sure that he knew it. The first time she tried to wake him, Draco just waved her off and turned over, trying to go back to sleep, but when she put the pillow over his face and held it there for a few seconds... well, let's just say she got his attention.

Instead of heading back to her own room and getting a few more hours of sleep, Luna allowed a slightly disgruntled Draco to drag her down into his own bed, where the pair cuddled up together. Usually, when she was awakened so abruptly, Luna found it nearly impossible to fall back asleep, but thanks to the lulling warmth that Draco's body provided, she was fast asleep in no time.

It was another two hours before Luna and Draco woke back up, this time to the sound of a very upset Landon screaming his head off. It was about an hour earlier than when he usually woke, but apparently Landon didn't really care. He was hungry and he didn't give a damn what time it was. Sleepily, Luna stumbled her way into the nursery and retrieved her fussy son. Thankfully, once out of his crib, Landon quieted down, so Luna returned to Draco's bed with the baby and handled nursing him there. When he felt the bed shift due to Luna's weight, Draco finally acknowledged the fact that he was actually awake, and opened his eyes.

"Morning," he mumbled, raising his hand to stroke the small of Luna's back while she nursed his son. Peeking over her shoulder, Luna looked down at Draco and smiled. "You look beautiful."

"Someone's looking to get laid, isn't he?" Luna asked, playfully. Leaning back and kissing him quickly before returning to an upright position, knowing that if she interrupted Landon's feeding for too long he'd pitch another fit.

"I was just making an observation," Draco replied, as he sat up, the covers sliding down to rest on his lap. "How did you sleep?"

"Wonderfully," Luna replied.

"So, you enjoyed sleeping in here with me than?" he asked, his questions leading.

"I always do," she answered, just as Landon finished nursing. Handing the boy to his father, Luna covered herself up and lay back down, resting her head on Draco's shoulder.

For nearly an hour, Luna and Draco just lay in bed, dozing in and out of consciousness, while Landon did the same while laying on his daddy's chest. As Draco lay there, he couldn't help but think that life was perfect. Whenever he'd imagined his relationship with his future children, this was the sort of situation he thought of; not lavishing them with expensive gifts, though he was sure he would do that too. Draco had always looked forward to the more intimate moments that he would share with his family.

After an hour of lazing about and trying to ignore the persistent growling of Draco's stomach, Luna finally rose, retrieving Landon from his place on his father's chest so that she could give him a quick bath and get him changed, before heading downstairs to start breakfast. Draco was glad she was so intuitive. He was starving, but he had been enjoying their time together so much that he didn't quite have the heart to ask her to make breakfast.

Once breakfast was done, Luna loaded up a tray with the French toast, eggs and fruit salad she had made, along with a pitcher of orange juice, and headed back upstairs. Just as Draco had, Luna too had enjoyed their morning together. There was something so relaxing about waking up next to the warm, inviting body of someone you cared for, that mad you not want to get up at all. So instead of working on some of her articles from the house like she'd planned, Luna decided that she, Draco and Landon would all spend the day lazing about together. The first part of their day would consist of breakfast in bed and some more cuddling. Even if Draco didn't want to spend his Saturday in this manner, Luna didn't plan on giving him a choice.

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Luckily, Draco was thrilled with the idea of spending his Saturday in bed with the mother of his child. He was especially thrilled when she brought breakfast up to him. He had been able to smell it while she was cooking, and it had been torturous for his empty stomach to endure the wait. As always, breakfast was delicious, and after Luna had spelled the dishes away, Draco decided to try to broach an issue that had been on his mind as of late.

"So, you said that you've always enjoyed sleeping in here with me?" Draco asked, nervously, retrieving his wand from his bedside table so he could spell the blinds shut. When he leaned over to get it, the covers shifted to reveal to Luna that he was naked underneath. Luna already knew that he slept naked, especially since she'd been cuddled up next to him under the covers earlier that morning, but the sight of the upper portion of his naked rear still made her blush profusely and caused that familiar twitch in the pit of her stomach. "Like what you see?" Draco asked, playfully, as he caught Luna checking out his butt.

"Immensely," she replied, trying her best to look like she wasn't embarrassed by being caught.

"Good to know," he replied, as he charmed the blinds Luna had opened when she brought breakfast up, shut. "Well, if you enjoy sleeping in here, and I enjoy you sleeping in here; I was thinking that maybe we could start sharing a room. It wouldn't take long to remodel."

"Why would we remodel?" Luna asked, confused. "The house is beautiful just the way it is."

"I agree," he said quickly. "We would just need to add a second lavatory, since its really not proper for us to share one, nor do I think you'd want to; plus we'd need to expand the closet big time, because mine is full and I've seen how full your's is, and your closet is even bigger than mine." For several very long moments, Luna was absolutely silent, apparently pondering her decision. Finally, she turned to a very nervous Draco and answered.

"Absolutely. I'd loved to."

"Really?" Draco asked, trying to appear less giddy than he really was. He had expected her to put up a bit of a fight, but she hadn't, and Draco wasn't quite sure of what to make of it. She fought him tooth and nail on just about every big decision they'd ever had to make; hell, she was still refusing to even consider having Landon's last name changed. "You really want to share a room with me?"

"Don't sound so surprised, Draco," she said, sweetly, turning over onto her side to face him and gently cupping his face in her hand, Luna's thumb gently stroking his skin. "You make a wonderful bed mate. You're very good at cuddling. I'd highly recommend that every witch have the opportunity to cuddle with you at some point in her life. It's a real treat."

"I hope you don't really mean that," he joked.

"I don't," she assured him. "If another witch even thinks about touching you, I'll gouge the little whore's eyes out. And you can pass that on to Cho Chang, if you'd like."

"Jealous, are we?"

"Do I have reason to be?" Luna asked, the playful smile on her face fading away.

"No," he replied, his face too devoid of any hint of humor. "None at all. I've got everything I want; there will never be anyone else. Never."

"Good to know," Luna said, leaning over and kissing him. Little did she know, or maybe she did know and this was her aim all along, but that one kiss led to a very nice afternoon filled with the fantastic shagging that only Draco Malfoy could provide.

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It was just after two that afternoon when Draco and Luna had finally exhausted themselves. It hadn't been all that long since they'd last made love, but in a situation like theirs, where emotions and desires were always running at full speed, a week or two seemed like an eternity. As Luna cuddled up next to him after having returned from checking on and nursing Landon, she heard his stomach growling again.

"Are you kidding me?" she laughed, turning around to face him. Draco too was laughing.

"What can I say, I'm a growing boy," he replied. "Besides, I just worked hard; worked all of my breakfast off, in fact."

"What do you want to eat?"

"Don't worry about it now," he told her. "I wanted to talk to you about something."

"What is it?" Luna asked, sounding a bit worried. "Did you change your mind about sharing a room?"

"Merlin, no!" Draco exclaimed, resting his hand on the curve of her hip as he leaned forward and kissed her on the forehead. "I just wanted to talk about Lanny's last name." Luna huffed loudly, wondering why he would want to go and ruin such a wonderful day with this crap. "I just don't understand why you're so apposed to our son having my last name. It's not like you're denying that I'm his father, so I just don't seen your reasoning."

"Ever since he was born, he's been Landon Lovegood. Why change it?"

"He's my son... He's a Malfoy... why not?" Draco asked, unable to come up with anything else. To him, it was so cut and dry. He couldn't fathom what the big deal was. "I don't want to argue about this, so if thats what this is going to lead to, let me know and I'll shut up about it... for now. But eventually, and hopefully its before my father tries to get involved again, we're going to have to sort this out."

"I'm going to go make us something to eat," Luna mumbled, standing and wrapping her dressing robe around herself. Draco tried to convince her to stay, he really didn't want her to be angry, but it was a subject that they did need to sort out. Draco couldn't help but feel like it was an issue that needed to be addressed as soon as possible. He didn't want it to wait until Landon was old enough to have to deal with the repercussions and confusion that a name change could bring on.

The entire way to the kitchen, Luna muttered angrily to herself. Anytime Draco had ever broached this subject before, Luna had immediately dismissed his argument and went about her business. But for some reason, now his words were beginning to affect her. Granted, Draco wasn't really able to make much of an argument for why Landon's name should be changed, other than the fact that he was the boy's father, Luna had an even harder time trying to rationalize why she shouldn't have Landon's last name changed. It was typical for the child to take the father's last name, just as she had done, just as almost everyone does; so she really wasn't able to come up with a good reason to stop Landon Lovegood from becoming Landon Malfoy. Luna's teetering on conceding with Draco's request didn't get any better the longer she thought about it. As she situated their lunch on a tray, Luna still wasn't sure what she would say to him when she returned upstairs, but she didn't think she could stall any longer.

"I didn't know what you wanted, so I made us some some pasta," Luna said, trying to sound chipper.

"Look," Draco said, sounding defeated. "I didn't mean to upset you..."

"Don't apologize," Luna interrupted. "You're right. Landon is your son. If we'd met, gotten married and then had him, I wouldn't have thought twice about him having your last name. Granted, we don't seem to be a pair that's fond of doing things in their proper order, I don't really see how things are different. So, we can have Landon's last name changed to Malfoy."

"You sure?" Draco asked, shocked but not wanting her to make a decision that she would regret later on. "I don't want you to be upset about it."

"I won't be." She assured him. "Lanny is a Malfoy, just like his father and I wouldn't change that for the world. Besides, I think he'll be able to do great things with the Malfoy name backing him."

"Funny, my father said almost the exact same thing," Draco laughed.

"Great, I'm starting to resemble you father now," Luna sighed, dramatically. Approaching her, Draco began undoing the tie of her robe, baring her body to his view.

"Trust me, Love," he whispered, close to her ear. "You don't resemble my father in the slightest."

"I thought you were tired," Luna reminded him, as he trailed kisses down the column of her neck and down to her chest.

"Not anymore," he said, his voice low and husky. Their lunch long forgotten, Draco pulled Luna down onto the bed with him.

"I thought you were hungry," she laughed, his hands lightly grazing the sides of her torso causing her to laugh even more.

"I am hungry," he assured her, his voice taking on a playful tone. "Hungry for some lovin'!"

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I FINISHED UP CHAPTER 25 LAST NIGHT, SO I'M PRETTY SURE I'M JUST GOING TO PROOFREAD THEM ALL AND POST THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME, SO EXPECT QUITE A FEW UPDATES. I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT DRACO DOES IN CHAPTER 25 AND I THINK YOU'RE ALL GOING TO LIKE IT, SO THAT'S WHY I'M IN SUCH A HURRY TO GET IT POSTED. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK : )

AS ALWAYS, THANKS A MILLION FOR ALL OF YOUR KIND REVIEWS : ) AND PLEASE EXCUSE THE GOOFY TITLE OF THIS CHAPTER, I WAS IN A SILLY MOOD THIS MORNING.

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