"You're right!" He hissed between clenched teeth as he sat himself next to her in the library.
"I know!" She said while dipping her goosefeatherpen in a quill of ink. "Wait, about what?"
"I'm pretty much hated by everyone at this school and if you're offering to be my friend… I should be happy…" He muttered the last part so low that it was barely audible.
"Oh… Okey!"
He sat with his arms crossed with a bitter expression on his face. When she first left him there in the corridor he was just frustrated and angry, but when he had gotten passed his first reaction he realized she was right. Unless he wanted to be hated forever he should try to be her friend. Not that Draco had a problem with people hating him, he never had, the difference was that now the name Malfoy had lost all it's worth. Before it was respected and feared, it came with connections and power. It didn't matter if people hated him as long as they feared his name. But that was now lost and he had to try to rebuild it somehow. Loony Lovegood might be crazy but after the battle she was looked at as a heroine. She had been one of Potters closest allies or better yet, to use a title that had topped all others in value after the battle, she was his friend. Draco couldn't help but frown at the thought, but no matter how he felt about it being seen with Luna, as a friend, was a good start to rebuild his reputation.
'And here it begins…' Draco thought to himself as the Weasley-girl walked in to the library. She looked around a bit before her eyes meet Draco's. He hadn't realized he was staring at her until that point. Quickly, he turned his eyes the other way. Then he realized how stupid that was since she had already seen him starring and looked back again. She was now walking towards him and Luna, who was still writing her essay and hadn't noticed a thing.
"Luna?" Ginny walked up to the table and placed her hands on each side of Luna's parchments.
"Oh, Hey Ginny!" Luna looked up at the redhead with a dreamy smile.
"Is he bothering you?" Ginny nodded towards Draco. He raised on eyebrow and waited, with excitement actually, for what answer the Loony would give her.
"Who?" She turned her head and looked at Draco. "Oh right… No, he's not bothering me Ginny. But thanks for your concern"
Luna returned to her essay while Ginny looked confused. He couldn't help but smirk and let a small chuckle escape. The weaslette looked way to funny! Ginny whipped her head towards him with a threatening glare.
"Then what is he doing here Luna?" Ginny asked without breaking eye contact with him. Luna looked up again.
"I… I don't know actually!" She said and turned to Draco. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm keeping you company" Draco answered with a serious voice although he couldn't help the corner of his mouth from twitching with amusement at the thought of how much this would confuse the freckled redhead even further.
"Oh!" Luna said and Draco couldn't wait to look back at Ginny to see the expression on her face, it was priceless! Her face was turning red with confusion and frustration. With delight Draco realized that the girls face was now matching her hair. He looked away and pressed his lips together, trying to keep from laughing.
"Well you heard him Ginny, he's keeping me company" Luna said, completely oblivious to the underlying drama.
"I don't know what is going on here!" Ginny said pointing between Draco and Luna. "But I would be careful and keep my eyes open if I were you Luna!" She gave Draco one last warning glare and twirled around to stomp out of the library.