Chapter 33

“Okay, look at Harry.”

Draco and Luna were hiding behind a pillar in one of the wide hallways of Hogwarts testing if the cure really worked. Draco glanced at Harry.

“What do you see?”

“I see the arrogant, famous, stupid Harry Potter,” he told her grinning from ear to ear.

Luna beamed at him, “Good!”

“So it worked then?”

“You tell me. Do you feel any different?” Luna asked taking his hand in her own.

“I feel like I did before Pansy slipped me that love potion,” Draco smiled.

Luna sighed in relief, “then this whole mess is finally over with.”

“That is the best thing I’ve heard all month,” Draco told her sliding down against the pillar into a sitting position.

Luna sat beside him, her hand still in his and leaned her head against his shoulder tiredly.

“Does this mean we can finally relax and just be happy?” Luna asked dreamily.

“I hope so,” Draco responded with a slight grin on his face as he regarded Luna staring off into space.

“...Draco?”

Draco looked up; the deep voice that had said his name definitely did not belong to Luna. Blaise was standing above the two somewhat shyly.

“Oh, hello Blaise,” Draco greeted him uncomfortably aware that the last time he’d talked to his best friend, he had been yelling at him for absolutely no reason.

“...Can we talk?” He asked his eyes lingering on Luna for a moment before turning back to Draco.

Draco nodded and stood up, “Be right back,” He murmured to Luna and followed Blaise.

Blaise led Draco to an empty classroom down the hall from where they had been a moment before and sat on one of the desks.

“Listen Blaise...” Draco started awkwardly.

“It’s okay. You were mad, I get that,” Blaise told him, guessing what Draco was going to say. Draco sighed in relief; he had never been good at apologies.

“Here’s my question... “ Blaise said slowly, “You always tell me if you’re having girl trouble... so why wouldn’t you tell me who that girl was that you had feelings for?”

Draco looked at him surprised, “Oh... I didn’t tell you yet?”

Blaise shook his head, his eyebrows knitted together.

“Pansy slipped me a love potion and made me fall in love with,” he shuddered, “Harry Potter.”

“Well why didn’t you tell me in the first place?”

“Because when you asked I didn’t know it was a love potion... I thought that I might be having actual feelings for another male...”

“So?”

Well... I didn’t want to get your hopes up... Draco thought but didn’t say. That would be mean and although he could be plenty mean to other people, he hated hurting his only true friend.

“I-uh... I just... I don’t know,” Draco told him not looking him in the eye.

Blaise looked at him for a few moments and Draco finally looked into his eyes. He saw something flash in Blaises eyes and the next thing he knew, Blaise’s lips were pressed against his own. Unsure of what to do, Draco let instinct take over and tried to pretend he was kissing Luna as to not hurt his friend’s feelings by pulling away right away. Draco felt Blaises tongue glide across his lower lip and with a small squeak, pulled away. As soon as Blaise felt Draco try to get out of the kiss, he backed off, averting his eyes.

“I’m sorry Draco... I couldn’t help myself...” He mumbled, looking at the ground.

Draco just looked at him blinking.

“I’m sorry,” Blaise said again before hurriedly leaving the room.

Draco sat there, wondering what the heck just happened.

Luna waited patiently for Blaise and Draco to finish their talk. When she saw Blaise burst out of the room, his eyes a little more watery than usual, she decided to go see what happened. She stood up and went into the classroom, sitting herself next to Draco.

“What happened?” Luna asked gently, taking his hand.

“Blaise... kissed me,” Draco said in shock.

Luna stared at him for a moment, hoping he was joking but when she saw that he wasn’t about to crack a smile and tell her that he was joking, she stood up warily and started walking to the door.

“Where are you going?” Draco asked, his eyes snapping to hers.

Luna froze in her spot near the doorframe, not facing him, “you need to set your priorities, Draco. First you’re crushing on Harry and now you’re kissing Blaise? If you’re gay then just tell me for Merlin’s sake!”

Draco sat there gaping at her, “You’re kidding right?”

“This isn’t a joke Draco!” Luna exclaimed whirling around to face the blonde, “I knew when we started this relationship there would be things to deal with, but I’m tired of this! Look me in the eyes and tell me right now; do you want to end this relationship?”

“Of course not,” Draco said blatantly, looking deep into her beautiful blue eyes.

Luna flopped down onto a chair across from him with a sigh, “Then why did you kiss Blaise?”

“I didn’t kiss him! He kissed me!”

“Oh don’t give me that, you obviously kissed him back or you wouldn’t look so guilty right now...”

Draco spluttered, a blush rising to his pale cheeks, “I-I had to kiss him back a little bit or he would get offended... I didn’t like it though!”

Luna looked at him, a tired expression etched into her pretty features, “Alright Draco. You have one more chance. Now go find Blaise and tell him that you’re sorry for leading him on or whatever it is that you did.”

Draco nodded and stood. Luna looked like she wanted to be left alone and he really should apologise to Blaise so he left the room without another word.

Luna sat in that chair for quite a while after Draco left. She had a lot of thinking to do. All of these problems had done a deal to her attitude and really, her personality in general. She was going from a happy-go-lucky, no-care-in-the-world type of girl to one who just sulked and tried way too hard to fix others problems. Luna realized what she had to do if she ever wanted to become herself again but she didn’t like it, not one bit.

Another thought flitted through her head rather abruptly and Luna thought on it for a moment. Ashley. Ashley had taken a liking to Blaise since her first day at Hogwarts and Luna realized that finding out the truth would crush her. Now she had a decision to make... tell Ashley now, or let her find out for herself. With a small sigh, Luna headed to the Ravenclaw common room, knowing very well that once again she had a friend who needed helping.