Happenstance

Chapter 28: Rude Awakenings

The entire way home from Blaise's house, Draco couldn't stop thinking about how easy it had all been. He just couldn't believe that things had gone so smoothly. Never in his wildest dreams did he expect that going back in time to retrieve Luna's research portfolio would have been so simple. He was half tempted to come up with a list of things that had happened in the past that he wanted to change, and then go back and fix them, but after careful consideration he decided not to push his luck and just leave it the way it was. After all, the past had led up to the present and all in all he was quite happy with his current situation.

He was so excited by the thought of how Luna would react when she found out what he'd done for her, that he was actually contemplating proposing to her as soon as possible. The only thing that stopped him was the knowledge that she would probably feel pressured, and that was the last thing he wanted to do. So instead, Draco would just wait until he was sure that marriage was what Luna wanted, even if he didn't really want to. Luckily for Draco, he at least had Blaise and Goyle to talk to about what they'd done. Otherwise, there was a really good chance that he'd mess up and blurt it out to the wrong person, which would cause a whole heap of problems.

Taking a deep breath, Draco did his best to calm himself down, so as to avoid the aforementioned fiasco, and quietly crept up the grand staircase that led to his and Luna's bed chambers. Draco had told Luna that he'd be gone until at least Sunday morning, but since everything had gone better than expected with his time travel rendezvous, he couldn't see the point in staying away. He figured he'd just make up some story about finishing his business early and missing her so much that he just couldn't be away a second longer; which technically was the truth; he had finished retrieving her portfolio sooner than he'd expected and he really couldn't stand the thought of being away from her, so he was pretty sure that he wasn't lying again.

Opening the door as little as possible so that the candle light from the hallway wouldn't disturb Luna, Draco entered their bed chambers. Checking around the room, Draco did his best to make sure that everything was as he'd left it; still wary that maybe something had been affected by the time turner, but the lack of light made it nearly impossible to tell. The only comforting thing was the familiar sight of Luna bundled up on the right side of the bed. Granted, he couldn't actually see her because it was dark and she was covered up by the duvet, but just knowing that she was there was enough to assure him of his plans success. When he'd first walked into the room, he had this nagging feeling in the back of his mind that his bed would be empty, and that would mean that Luna wasn't living with him and most likely meant that either Landon had never been born or that Luna had refused to allow him into their lives. But luckily fate was on his side, and just as always, the love of his life lay sleeping in their bed. Ridding himself of his clothes, Draco curled up next her and fell asleep.

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"Draco, wake up," she said, happily, as she jostled him awake. "Rise and shine!" Maybe it was because he was till exhausted from the stress of going back in time, but Luna was really annoying that morning. In fact, the sound of her voice kind of made him want to shove cotton balls in his ears to stop them from bleeding. Begrudgingly, yet careful not to be mean for fear of pissing her off, Draco opened his eyes to tell her to leave him alone.

"Holy fuck!" Draco shouted, as he stumbled out of bed, his foot getting twisted in the covers in the process and causing him to crash to the floor. He couldn't believe it; he had to be dreaming. Blinking over and over again, Draco tried to rid himself of what had to be a mirage. But no matter how many times he blinked or rubbed at his eyes furiously, the image just wouldn't go away. Perched on her knees in the center of the bed was Draco's ex-girlfriend, Pansy Parkinson.

"Oh, Drakie-poo, did I scare you?" she asked, sounding disgustingly chipper for that early in the morning. "Come back to bed, I'll make you feel better." Draco hurried to his feet and went to stand as far away from her as humanly possible.

"What the fuck!" he shouted. "What the fuck!" At that moment, thoughts of Landon entered his mind and Draco looked across the room to the door that led to Landon's nursery. He was heartbroken to find that it wasn't there. There was nothing but a wall. A very dark, very unwelcoming, very Malfoyesque wall. Unable to control himself, Draco let out a gut-wrenching, angry yell. He couldn't believe he'd managed to screw his perfect life up so royally.

"Draco!" he heard someone shout. "Shut the fuck up, you idiot! You'll wake the entire fucking world!"

"Wha..." Draco stammered, his eyes fluttering open. Coming to his senses, Draco stared up into the faces of his two really annoyed and tired looking best friend. "I fucked it up. I really fucked it all up."

"What are you talking about you baby?" Blaise snapped, as he tried to clear the sleep from his eyes. "Your hissy-fit nearly gave me a heart attack."

"My family's gone," Draco clarified, hurrying to his feet so he could pull on his pants. "We've got to go back and fix this."

"What the hell are you talking about, Malfoy?" Goyle asked, only half awake. Though he'd nearly pissed his pants when he'd heard Draco screaming from down the hall, it still wasn't enough to make him all that coherent. "Your family's fine, remember?"

"Remember what?" Draco asked, frantically, stopping his attempts at putting his pants on; not that it mattered seeing as how dressing himself wasn't going very well. He'd only managed to get one leg in his pants and even then they was inside out. "What are you talking about?"

"When we got back last night you were being a bit of a bitch about whether or not Lanny and Luna were okay, so you owled her to check. She responded right back and told you that Landon had pitched fit because you weren't there to read to him, but other than that everything was fine." Blaise rolled his eyes at his friends forgetfulness.

"Thank Merlin," Draco sighed, falling to the ground, his pants forgotten. Thankfully, he'd left his boxers on that night, otherwise, Blaise and Goyle would have gotten an eyeful. "It seemed so real."

"What did?" Goyle asked, lying down on a settee that was way too small for someone his size, but not caring because he was so tired.

"That dream," Draco answered. "Pansy Parkinson is not someone you want to wake up next to; least of all when you're not expecting it."

"Is that why you chucked her from your bed every time you shagged her?" Blaise asked. Draco nodding, unable to stop himself from laughing. The fact that she was an easy lay was really the only reason Draco had every gotten involved with Pansy; that and because his father had told him to. "Well, I can see why you're so worried. It does seem like it was too easy. Time travel doesn't usual go so well."

"Yeah," Draco agreed. "I won't feel like every thing's okay until I've got the portfolio in hand and I'm back home with my wife."

"Dude," Goyle laughed. "She's not your wife!" Draco just rolled his eyes, thinking to himself, 'yet'.

"I know I said we'd wait until tonight to go and get her research, but do you guys mind if I just go and get it now, by myself? The suns not up yet, so I shouldn't have any problems, especially since I'll use my invisibility cloak."

"I thought we were going to go together?" Blaise asked, kind of feeling left out.

"I know, but since its early I'll be more likely to run into Snape. You know how he likes to patrol the grounds all the time," Draco reminded him. "One of us is less likely to get caught than three."

"Fine," Blaise mumbled. Goyle didn't answer since he'd already fallen back asleep. "Just let us know how it goes."

"Will do," Draco said, standing and putting his pants on correctly this time. "Thanks again for all your help."

"No problem," Blaise said. "Next time you feel like breaking dozens laws and changing the course of history as we know it, just let me know and I"ll be there."

"Sure thing," Draco said, before finishing getting dressed and apparating to Hogsmeade so that he could retrieve the portfolio he'd hidden in the Shrieking Shack.

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Just as he'd planned, procuring Luna's research from the Shrieking Shack where he'd hidden it, went off without a hitch. After apparating to Hogsmeade, Draco had hidden himself underneath the invisibility cloak his father had given him for his fifteenth birthday, and snuck over to the Shack. Once inside, he walked to the back bedroom and looked under the bed. Without even having to search hard for it, Draco located the spot where he had engraved his and Luna's initials into the floorboards. After blasting through the wooden flooring to reveal the soft dirt beneath it, he activated the locating charm so that he could ensure that he had to do the least amount of digging possible, and dug up the lock box. The hardest part about retrieving the portfolio had to have been when he went to un-ward the box. Just to be safe, Draco had used as many locking spells as possible, most of which were quite dangerous. The bad thing was, he hadn't written them down, so it had taken some time for him to recall exactly which one's he'd used. Luckily, after about half an hour, Draco had successfully removed all of the wards he placed on the box and had managed to do so without causing any harm to himself.

The next phase of his plan, and perhaps one of the most important parts, was actually keeping the portfolio away from Luna and the rest of the Wizarding World. Since he planned on giving it to her as a gift, Draco had to make sure that Luna didn't stumble upon it one day when roaming through the house, and that no one else was able to locate it either. So instead of hiding it at Malfoy Estates, like he'd originally planned, Draco decided to take another course of action.

After he'd gotten Blaise and Goyle to agree that they would help him go back in time to save Luna's research from Snape's wrath, Draco had headed into Muggle London and went to a bank that also had safety deposit boxes. Using an alias of Bill Shakespeare II, Draco opened up an account with the bank so that he could have a deposit box at his disposal. Even though the bank clerk looked at him strangely when he told her his name and had given him his fake id, opening his account had gone as smoothly as he could have expected. Once he placed his possession within the deposit box, Draco was sure that no one, not even Luna, would be able to figure out which box was his; so he was more than confident that the portfolio would be completely safe within the bank walls. As he left the bank, he couldn't help but consider himself to be a very, very clever wizard.

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Draco had told Luna not to expect him back home for several days, but since he'd finished his little 'mission' early, he decided to just head home. After all, until he saw for himself that Luna and Landon were completely unharmed by his time traveling, Draco wouldn't be able to breath easy. He'd thought about owling ahead, so that Luna wasn't surprised to see him, but Draco decided against it; liking the idea of surprising her much better.

"Luna," he called out, as he entered the foyer, dropping his luggage next to the closed door. "I'm back early." Luna had been upstairs giving Landon a bath, since he'd decided to spit up his entire breakfast all over himself that morning, and she'd been more than startled to hear Draco's voice. Luna had been so caught off guard by his arrival, that her hand had slipped and she accidentally brushed the soapy washcloth over Landon's eyes causing the baby to scream because of the stinging sensation it caused.

"Shh," Luna said, soothingly, as she quickly rinsed the foamy bubbles off of his face and tried to flush out his sensitive eyes. "Oh, Mommy's sorry, Love. Daddy just startled her..." Hearing Landon crying, Draco hurried upstairs, to see if there was anything he could do to help.

"Hey there," he said, leaning down and kissing Luna on the forehead while she continued trying to make sure that she'd gotten all of the soap out of Landon's eyes. "What's wrong with him."

"I got soap in his eyes," she said, as Landon's cries began to lessen now that his eyes didn't sting anymore. "Don't think he liked it much."

"Who does," Draco joked, kneeling down next to Luna so that Landon could see him. "How's my guy this morning?" Without thinking, Draco tickled Landon's round little belly, causing the boys arms and legs to splash soapy water up into Luna's face.

"Shit," Luna muttered, one of her hand's going to wipe at her eyes where water had splashed her, while the other hand supported Lanny's head. Even though he was seated in a baby bath that was placed inside of the tub, and it was completely safe, Luna was always petrified that if she wasn't supporting his little body in some way, he'd drown. No matter how many time Draco tried to calm her nerves, Luna always insisted that she have her hand under his head while he bathed. "I guess turnabouts fair play," Luna laughed, as she tried to wipe the soapy water from her eyes. Realizing that she had soap in her eyes, and not just water, Draco took Landon into his arms, throughly soaking himself, so she could go flush them.

"I'll finish up his bath, if you want," Draco offered, once Luna had returned from the sink. "You look tired."

"Gee, thanks," Luna said, rolling her eyes. Draco was right though. She was exhausted. Not only had Landon pitched a fit because he'd missed his father, but not having Draco in bed with her last night had made it impossible to fall asleep. "You look like a million bucks. Why do you look so happy anyway?" She didn't know why, but she didn't like the fact that Draco looked so freaking chipper after having spent the night away from home. All she could think of was that maybe he'd enjoyed being away and that he would start to think that family life wasn't the type of life he wanted for himself right now. Or worse, maybe he'd spent his night screwing some really pretty witch and that was why he was smiling so much.

"I'm just glad to be home, that's all," Draco said, leaning over and kissing her properly, which he hadn't been able to do when he'd first arrived in the lavatory. "I missed you two like you wouldn't believe."

"Is that why you're back so early," she asked, feeling relief wash over her after the familiar feeling of his lips against hers had settled in. Deep down, she knew that Draco wouldn't cheat on her and that he absolutely loved being a father and boyfriend, but it didn't help to quell that ridiculous voice in the back of her head that told her otherwise.

"Yes," he said. "I wanted to get home as soon as I could, so I rushed through everything." Draco was grateful that technically he wasn't lying. He had missed her, so he did rush through his work; it just hadn't been the work she'd thought that he was doing. "Why don't you go lay down and I'll finish Lanny's bath. You look like you could use a couple hours rest."

"I can't," she muttered, her cheeks blushing.

"Why not?" Draco asked, setting Landon back down into his bath and starting to wash him. "Is it cause the sun's up?"

"No," she said.

"Then why?"

"Because, I can't sleep without you anymore." Luna hated having to admit it out loud, but she knew that Draco wouldn't leave it alone until she did. It wasn't like she didn't like having him next to her, in fact, it was the exact opposite; she loved sharing a bed with him. Luna just didn't like that he knew she was so dependent on him. Sleeping is a basic function of life, and she felt that one should be able to do it regardless of whether or not her boyfriend was there. Turning to look at her, Draco let her words sink in. He knew that she was embarrassed by her admission, so he didn't make a joke about it like he normally would. Instead, he just stood and kissed her. The moment Luna realized that no one was supporting Landon's head, she freaked out and lunged for him, butting her head against Draco's in the process.

"Ouch," Draco grumbled, rubbing his head. "Whoever said love hurts, wasn't joking."

"Shut up," Luna laughed.

"Babe, the bath seat he's in is designed so that he can't drown. You don't have to worry," Draco said, for the umpteenth time, knowing that it was useless but still feeling the need to remind her.

"I know, but I can't help it," she countered. "You can never be too careful."

"Good point," Draco said, kneeling back down next to her so that he could resume Lanny's bath. "How about you head to bed and wait for me, I'll finish up with Landon and then put him to bed for a nap, and then I'll come join you. We can maybe shag for a bit and then get some sleep." Draco had kind of hoped that she hadn't caught him adding sex to the mix, he'd hoped to just weasel that one by her, but he also knew that ever since they'd started sharing a room she hadn't turned him down yet, so he figured either way he'd score.

"Sounds like a wonderful plan," Luna said, kissing him quickly before standing to leave.

"See how Daddy snuck that one in there," Draco said, leaning down close to Landon's ear. "Your Mum doesn't even know that she just agreed to have sex with me."

"You'll have to teach him how to do that when he's older," Luna said, scaring the hell out of Draco, who'd thought that she'd left already. He hadn't meant for her to hear that. "Just so you know, you didn't sneak that one in. I just didn't have a problem with it." Smirking at him, Luna turned to leave for real this time.

"She has really good hearing," Draco said, making a mental note of it. As he finished up Landon's bath, Draco's mind drifted to a purchase he'd made when he'd gone to Muggle London to open up his account at the bank. He'd told Luna that the reason he'd gone to town was to buy some more toys that would help Landon's mental development. Not wanting to come back empty handed, Draco had actually gone back to the Baby Depot and found so toys for Lanny, but while he was there he'd also purchased a couple of board games for him and Luna to try out. The one he was most excited about was called Monopoly, but there was also one he thought that he'd be really good at, called Scrabble; and that one he planned on taking into his and Luna's room after putting Lanny down for his nap. Draco knew that even though she was tired, Luna would never be able to actually go to sleep. She'd always had a hard time sleeping when the sun was up, and he knew that after he had a go at her, she'd be too wound up for sleep. So, he figured they could give Scrabble a try.

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SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG, BUT GETTING READY FOR THANKSGIVINING MADE IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO WRITE ANYTHING. BY THE WAY, I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVINING!

FYI: I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE PRETTY EXCITING FOR DRACO AND LUNA, NOT TO MENTION A LONG TIME COMING hint hint

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