"What…what are you talking about, Luna?" Draco asked. He was trying to keep a cool demeanor, but he felt like he was freaking out on the inside.

If she knows, then does that mean that Hermione knows as well?

There was a light breeze that waved Luna's long, blonde hair around, making her radish earrings stand out. She tucked a few stray strands away behind her ear. Then, she turned to face Draco.

"I am talking about the fact that you have feelings for Hermione." she said in a very matter of fact manner.

Draco felt his face start to burn slightly.

"Don't worry," Luna continued, "I don't think that she has any idea about it."

He felt a little relief at that, but Draco was still shocked that Luna "Looney" Lovegood had figured it out.

"So, have you taken up mind reading now?" Draco asked. He refused to look at her.

"No, though I would like to," she replied cheerfully, "I have been your friends for a few years now. And I have seen the way you look at Hermione."

Draco didn't say anything. He just stared aimlessly in front of him. Draco knew that Luna was perceptive, but he never realized that she paid that much attention to him.

"In case you're wondering, I started to notice a little while after the Yule Ball, last year."

Suddenly, Draco memories took him back to his Fourth year. More precisely, taking him to Christmas Day. He closed his eyes as the memory started to play out.

The Great Hall was decorated for the Yule Ball. The walls were covered in sparkling sliver frost. Hundreds of garlands of mistletoe and ivy went across the starry ceiling. The House tables were gone from the room. In their place, there were about a hundred smaller tables, each of them were lit with lanterns. Each of the small tables looked like they could seat a dozen or so people.

Draco was nervously wringing his hands as he sat at one of the tables. It was a little after eight, which was when the ball started. He felt rather silly in the dress robes. There were couples out on the dance floor, each of them looking like they were having the time of their lives. Draco was trying to avoid Pansy's longing gaze that she directed at him; hardly paying any attention to her date, Blaise Zabini.

"Where could she be?" Draco asked himself. He had asked his good friend, Hermione Granger, to the Yule Ball. To be honest, Draco couldn't think of anybody else that he wanted to go with. She had been bashful about it, but she said yes. Draco wouldn't tell anyone, but it was one of the greatest feelings that he had ever experienced.

"Look at her!" someone close to Draco said, pointing towards the Great Hall's entrance. He followed the direction that they were pointing in. There stood the most beautiful girl that Draco had seen in his life. Whispers of disbelief grew around Draco, as the students continued to point out the girl. Draco's jaw dropped.

There stood Hermione, but she hardly looked like herself. Her usually bushy hair was sleek and shiny. She had it twisted up into an elegant knot at the back of her head. Her robes looked as if they were made of some floaty, periwinkle-blue material. She even carried herself differently. Draco figured that it could have been the high heels she was wearing or just the lack of all her textbooks.

She looks like an angel. Draco thought looking at Hermione as he stood up.

Hermione was smiling nervously as she started walking towards him. The world around Draco seemed to fade away, leaving only Hermione behind. He began walking to her, so that he could meet Hermione halfway. Draco could feel a somewhat goofy grin spread over his face as they closed the distance between each other.

"Hey Draco." Hermione said. She was blushing from the attention that she received from her entry.

"H-hey Hermione." Draco replied when he finally found his voice. His heart was racing like never before.

"How do I look?" she asked. Then, Hermione spun around in a circle, showing all her hard work. He was completely awestruck. She was more than any word could describe.

"You look…" Draco paused, not sure what he could use to explain just how lovely she looked, "…absolutely beautiful." In truth, Draco felt that those words didn't do Hermione justice.

"Thank you." she said, her blush going a little darker. Then, Hermione started chewing her lower lip (a habit that she had just picked up recently), but she still smiled at Draco.

"May I have this dance, Miss Granger?" he asked formally. Draco gave a slight bow and extended his hand out to her. Hermione nodded and took his hand. Draco stood back up and led Hermione to the dance floor just as a slow song started up.

The two of them were the center of attention for a moment. People were whispering about Hermione's transformation. Draco could tell that she was even more nervous with others watching her dance with him.

"Hermione, just keep your eyes on me," he said, "Don't pay them any mind." Draco's heart was pounding against his ribs so hard as he placed his hand on her waist and took her hand with his other one. He hoped that she couldn't feel that his heart was going to jump out of his chest.

"Ok." she replied. She placed her free hand upon Draco's shoulder.

They twirled and danced with each together for quite some time, following with the changing tempos of the music.

"Draco, I'm starting to get dizzy." Hermione said, smiling rather bashfully. Draco thought that she looked so cute.

"Then, I suppose that we should stop spinning." he said, giving her one last twirl. Then, they ceased dancing.

Hermione looked into Draco's eyes. He felt like she could see into his very soul with her warm chocolate eyes.

"Draco?"

Draco was dragged back to the present, sitting with Luna. It had been her voice that called him out of his reminiscing.

"Oh, sorry, Luna." Draco said. He didn't mean to get lost in his memories. He felt bad for doing that to Luna.

"Just thought that you would like to be fully conscience before Hermione got back." Luna was up on her feet and starting to head back into the castle.

"Luna?" Draco felt like he needed to ask her something before Hermione did return.

"Yes, Draco?" she stopped and turned back to face him.

"Just…thank you for being a good friend to her." he said. Draco decided against asking the question. Luna nodded as her response. Then, she turned and went to go in the castle when she almost ran into someone.

"Oh! Are you heading to class, Luna?" Hermione asked as she walked out of the door.

"Yes, I was just enjoying a small chat with Draco before I went." Luna answered, sounding as if she really did enjoy it.

"Ok, well, thank you for lunch." Hermione said, "I'll see you later." She waved at her friend as Luna went back in the castle.

Is that why she usually gives Hermione and me some time by ourselves? Draco pondered the question that he wanted to ask Luna.

Hermione turned back to face Draco. He smiled at her while she climbed down the steps to where he was sitting. She offered her hand to help him stand up

Any excuse to hold your hand is good enough for me. He thought as he took her hand. She pulled him up on to his feet.

"So, what did you and Luna talk about?" Hermione asked him. Once Draco was upright, she let go of his hand.

"Oh, nothing in particular." he said. "Come on, let's go to Herbology. We don't want any of the Prefects to get onto us for trying to skip class."

On that note, they went towards the Greenhouses. Draco watched Hermione as they walked. He had a thought that made him smile.

I promise, when it's the right moment, I will tell you how I feel, Hermione.

Ok, I didn't come up with the decorations of the Yule Ball or the way Hermione looked. That is the way it was described in the book. Had to get that off my chest.

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