A/N : Thanks for my 3 reviewers :') That's means so much to me, I'll present my thanks with early update! The reviews really warm my heart and make me can't stop writing. So this is it, I have to admit this chapter kinda depressing, you're warned
Disclaimer : (I forgot to put this on the chapter before, but yeah, here it is) Harry Potter world is not mine, no profit has been made from this work as I am just a mere fan who playing with JKR's characters.
Chapter 2 :
After the silence breakfast at Delacour household, the kids goes to school with their respective vehicle and or company, being Gabby with Viktor Krum and his sport car, Luna and Fleur ride their shared car with Harry on the backseat.
"So where's your car again, Harry?" asked Fleur as she drove the car to the school.
"Huh? You talking to me Fleur, darling?" Harry answer with mock shock.
Luna cut Fleur's attempt to reply. "Oh shut it, Potter. Just answer her, it's gross to watch you flirting with my sister" Fleur just chuckled when Harry wore a Chesire grin.
"Jealous are you, my dearest Luna?" Fleur asked when she finally stops chuckling.
"Oh c'mon Fleur, not again." Luna sighed dismissively.
And to the two sisters' surprise for the second time that day, Harry remains silence at the usually continuable argument like this. He just look out the window, his eyes had that sad quality again, staring into space unknown to everyone except him.
"Harry-" Luna tried to confront him right there and there, she can't bear it anymore, it's make her sad to see Harry like that. But Fleur cut her off with a gentle pat on her thigh, mouthing "later" to her. She nodded.
"Yes?" Harry tried to grin, however it didn't reach his eyes.
"No, Nothing, sorry" Luna smiled.
"You're acting weird, what's wrong?" Harry narrowed his eyes in an act of suspicious.
"She's always like that Harry, my sister," Fleur tried to ease the tension on Luna's behalf, she added "anyway, what's about ice cream after school? Sounds good? My treat"
"Of course it sounds good, everythings free are" Harry laughed.
"And what about you, Lu?"
"huh? Sure." Luna got distracted a second there, because she noticed Harry's recent laugh, it's sound sincere when 'ice cream' and 'my treat' comes from Fleur's mouth. 'boys, food are they element' Luna thought, amused.
When they finally got to school, Fleur quickly excuses herself to meet up with friend of hers. But Luna knew better, she just make that excuse to let Luna confront Harry privately, emm yeah, Fleur tried, of course this one will ends with shouting match on both sides as Luna and Harry known for their equal stubbornness.
"Harry-" Luna began.
Harry sighed dejectedly "I know what you're going to ask, and to answer that, yes, I'm fine"
"No Harry, obviously, you're not fine, you know you can count on m-"
"Luna, please, I'm fine" he pleaded, almost begged. His response took Luna by surprise, he's usually not the one to plead in an argument like this, he's not the one to give up so easily.
She was about to argue again when one unexpected voice stopped them both from walking, sly and slimy as always.
"Hey Potter." One Draco Malfoy grin at Harry Potter. Luna doesn't what surprise her most, the fact that Draco acknowledge Harry or the fact that Draco warmly greet him. Not that they ever been enemies or something, they just never been friends either. Harry just nodded in response, a stiff one that is, his jaw set tight, like he's holding back his anger or something. Luna looked at him weirdly, 'why is he acting like this, Draco just greet him for Merlin's sake ! and warmly to top it off, he hadn't been in problem with Draco before for all I know.'
Luna dragged back from her reverie at words directed at her "And morning to you, Ms. Lovely Delacour, Luna isn't it?" Draco smiled his dashing smile.
Luna blushed "Yes, it is." He took her hand and kissed the back of it.
"it's my pleasure to make your acquaintance." He said with sweet voice, much to Harry's detestation, he crinkled his nose in distaste. However, Luna hadn't noticed it as her heart was doing loop-a-loop in her chest, Harry knew that she likes Draco ever since she first saw him when they were still freshmen in High School. That was the problem..
"The pleasure all mine, Mr. Malfoy" Luna said coyly.
"Oh no, just Draco please, no need to be so formal, as I believe we could be good friends, yes?" he said still holding her hand.
"Yes, I hope." Luna's voice had it's dreamy quality as she spoke.
Harry cleared his throat harshly before he said "As much happy as I am to listen to this lovely conversation, the class will began in ten minutes and we need to grab our books first, so Malfoy, if you excuse us." He took Luna's hand that Draco held for the last two minutes and began to drag her down the hall, but once again, Draco stop them from walking to their destination with his voice.
"Luna?" he called.
Luna quickly turned to face him and eagerly answered "Yes?"
"See you around?" he smiled warmly with a little curiousity in his steely but kind eyes.
Luna beamed at him "Yeah, see you around."
Draco began walking backward as he waved a little at her direction, and then he turned around and walk away, leaving dazed Luna with very irritated Harry. "Oh c'mon, earth to Luna!" he rolled his eyes as he dragged Luna once again toward their lockers, rather harshly this time that a very dazed Luna snapped out of her daze all of a sudden.
"What was that's all about Harry? Draco Malfoy had just talked to me, you know how I like him, and you decided it's best for being a jerk at a time like that? You've been acting weird since breakfast" Luna stated incredulously, if a bit angry.
"Hey you got me wrong there! I was just being truthful then, and I'm not acting weird, in case you hadn't notice, I'm not the one who stare into space like some brain dead idiots just because someone they like talked to them." Harry said most of that through gritted teeth, and almost instantly his face when from anger to horror and then apologetic as he saw what his words had caused on his bestfriend. "Luna, I'm sorry, I really am, I hadn't meant to say that" he went to touch her arm, but Luna swatted it off with gentle hand of hers, her face full of anguish, she tried to hold back a single tear that threatened to fall from her eye.
"No Harry, go.." she said quietly, almost voiceless, barely a whisper, Harry wouldn't have heard it if he hadn't standing so close to Luna.
"Please Luna, you can slap me all you like-" Harry never finish his words as Luna pushed past him and walk toward the girls bathroom, all the while wiping furiously but secretly at her eye.
"DAMNIT!" Harry kicked a nearby thrash can until it knocked on it side, he put his hands in his hair while gritting his teeth, and then let out a bark of frustration. Everyone in the hall look at him oddly, but he just ignore them, he doesn't care what people thought of him, taking off his jacket from his arm, he wore it on and stalked off to the exit, pushing past people harshly he couldn't think of anything, he just walk.
So there it is chapter 2, yeah it's so much that need to be explained, and so much characters that had yet to appear such as Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, oh and the twins! How can I forget them as they are my favourite chara after Luna. Anyway, this chapter quite explained something right? Right! Thoughts?
