Luna POV
Pregnancy: 17 weeks
A week after the last chapter ("Kick")
It was in Double Defense Against The Dark Arts (now commonly known as just the "Dark Arts") when Luna first heard the news.
"So.. we're starting up the D.A. again" Neville quietly announced. Her big protuberant eyes turned on him in surprise. "What? Why didn't you tell me earlier? When is the first meeting?" she asked eagerly. Both Neville and Ginny looked as if they were feigning deafness; they looked across the room as if they had never heard Luna.
"Oh, are we playing the 'Pretend that you didn't hear Luna' game? It's apparently a very popular game", she remarked brightly. And, out of pity for the poor girl who seemed to be ignored much by her Ravenclaw classmates, Ginny told her what she had been dreading to say to Luna.
"Well.. the thing is that we'll be doing alot of the D.A., and it might injure the baby. So, since we don't want to do that, you can't... well what I mean is that..-".
"- I won't be able to do the D.A." Luna figured out with a trace of sadness in her half-whispered tone.
At this moment Professor Amycus Carrow, who always enjoyed to wallow in students' sadness or pain, walked towards Luna. "Well? Why aren't you doing your work? Talking with your friends, ignoring - DO YOUR WORK!". The Carrows were like that, sneakily discussing something and then getting uncontrollable mad fits at random intervals. Most of the class flinched or jumped in surprise when the professor barked out the last words while Luna remained unchanged, as if she hadn't noticed the different volumes of his voice.
The professor's face contorted with rage, his face turning from a pastel blank color to a fearsome blue, which made Luna wonder if that was how Draco got if he was mad (after all, his face was very, very white too). Amycus Carrow looked as if he wanted to hex them all, but the bell rang before he could flick out his wand. Students rushed out as Luna still stood up, appearing to be lost in her own thoughts.
"Luna?" Ginny waved her hand in front of Luna's eyes to get her attention. "Have you noticed that dreams may seem strange but in reality they may be a real world? We may be stuck in the dream world for the real world people all of this time!" she commented randomly. "Er, thats nice. I'm sorry about the D.A., Luna, I know it means alot to you.." the redhead said.
"I'm fine" she said, and made a smile that seemed to convince Ginny. But as soon as she disappeared from view, and Luna walked towards her Potions class, the disguise fell off of her face. Her grin turned into a sad look.
Dumbledore's Army had been fun and was the place in which she truly felt like she was accepted. And now, she couldn't join it all because of.. all because of that stupid baby! All because of that stupid night! It ruined everything!
"Absolutely everything" she thought miserably.
Draco POV
Draco was, on the contrary to Luna, absolutely delighted; Pansy had finally stopped chasing after him and got a boyfriend. Her pathetic tries to get him finally stopped... well partly. She only got the boyfriend, who was Theodore Nott, to try and get Draco jealous.
He was fine with it as long as Parkinson didn't bother him anymore.
"Theo, get my book please" Pansy purred as she gave him a peck on the cheek. Theodore Nott frowned at his girlfriend shortening his name into the nickname of 'Theo', and uttered coolly "It's Nott". The weedy-looking Pureblood walked by to get her Potions book.
At that instant, a certain blonde-haired girl walked into the room. She looked gloomy, which was a weird mood for Luna. Her silvery eyes didn't seem to spark as they usually did; now they looked a dull grey. It was as if her energy had been sucked out of her.
He immediately ditched his usual table in Potions to sit next to Luna (seeing as she often didn't have a partner anyways). She didn't seem to be happy or mad that he had done this, the feeling as neutral. Meanwhile, Pansy frowned; thinking that he was just doing it to get her jealous and dump Theodore Nott.
Draco wondered if he should just wait in silence or say something to her (Lovegood, not Pansy), but at that moment Horace Slughorn his throat to speak.
"Today, you shall be brewing Zizz's Bubbling Beverage. It is the strongest tonic for the nerves created by Albert Zizz, and -" Slughorn's talking sounded like boring rubbish to him, so for the 20-minute lesson, Draco zoned out. "The instructions are listed on the books, page 147." the Professor finally announced, and flicked his hand to signal the 6th and 7th years to start brewing.
Malfoy opened the book to the certain page, and found "Zizz's Bubbling Beverage" to be quite complex and made up of 93 ingredients. It took 4 days to make, apparently.
"So-" he muttered to Luna, whilst focusing on pouring the snake-skin tail into the cauldron, "-whats bothering you?".
"Nothing" she said serenely, but it was hard to believe her as she sliced a mushroom with a pleased sort of brutality.
"Are you sure?" he smirked. The 17-week-old pregnant girl sighed, then said, "It's nothing important" while gazing at the table.
Draco raised his eyebrows. "You can tell me" he stated, looking her in the eyes. Her expression was unreadable and opaque, but her soft silver eyes met his honest grey eyes. Her slender fingers absentmindingly curled her hair while she thought about it. The ezpression was innocent, which you didn't see much in pregnant girls (who, obviously, weren't innocent anymore).
"Fine".
A few minutes of explaining later, along with rushing to work on the cauldrons that they had neglected to brew (after Slughorn had told them off for talking and doing no work), and Malfoy understood. "I'm sorry" he muttered, knowing that Luna probably wouldn't care that he cared.
On the contrary, she attempted a smile (albeit a sad smile). The tips of her mouth shifted upwards as two small dots appeared on her separate cheeks.
"I didn't know you had dimples" Draco remarked. "I didn't know that you cared so much" Luna teased, referring to him asking and talking about everything.
"I don't! Well, only, I mean... Because you're carrying my child" he babbled.
"But you still care nonetheless". She grinned as he made incoherent sentences, knowing he really did care.
Sorry it took awhile and it seems like a filler chapter.. I planned to make it longer but I wanted to just put in the new chapter so you guys wouldn't wait forever! I'll be working on the rest quickly.. Its all in my head ;)
Thank you for those reading, because you're still sticking through this. And I hope you like fluff, because the ending was truly made up of it!
Notice how I made them just talk about unrelated baby things in this chapter. They're currently just gaining their friendship.. :) This is important, seeing as.. Ah, I shouldn't reveal the end plot. Just be warned: Except the unexpected.
