Quidditch Lessons

The morning after receiving the leash Luna woke up in a very good mood. Looking up at the leash she decided to just leave it there, it would mean he didn’t have one to torture her with… She hoped.



She rubbed the sleep from her eyes and got dressed in a slow happy manor.



News of the mask had put everyone in a happier mood; even Peeves seemed to be a bit nicer to the first years. The water balloons he was dropping on their heads were actually filled with water, instead of glue which he was using the week before.



Luna was actually a little late to meet Draco this morning, as she had been stopped by other students, some to ask what she thought of the Mask, or what she was going to wear. One boy she didn’t know actually asked her to go with him, of course she said no.



Draco was standing up the door when she walked in; he was wearing his cloak and had one in his hand for her.



“We are going to get you a costume today.” He said with a kind smile on his face.



Luna frowned. “I already have a costume; I am going to Zigamig Womprat.



“What does a zigapiddle wompat look like?” Draco asked with a raised eyebrow.



“Well… they have a thick brown hair and are kind of shaped like a peanut in the shell and…” Draco cut her off there.



“No.” he said simply and help the cloak out to her again. Luna frowned more deeply and took the cloak.



“What do you mean no? It is my costume.” She said as she slipped the cloak on.



“I mean no pet of mine is going to dress like a hairy peanut. I want you dressed in something I wouldn’t be embarrassed to dance with.” He told her simply.



She still didn’t look very happy at all, but she followed him out of the castle grounds and off to Hogsmead.



“Do you have any more classical ideas for costumes?” he asked as they took the long road down by foot.



“By classical you mean boring.” She said stiffly. Draco smiled and placed his hand on the small of her back.



“By classical I mean something that will look good on you.” He said “Anyway, wearing something nice will help a certain redhead notice you in a good way.” He pointed out with a grin.



“Well… maybe a compromise of some kind?” She suggested. “Like something that looks nicer and isn’t so… overdone?” She looked hopeful.



He patted her back. “I am sure we will find something we can both agree to.” He reassured her.



They walked silently down the rest of the way to the village. Draco had his hood up to hide his face until they got to the costume shop, just in case someone saw them together.



“Look around and see if there is anything you would like.” He said letting her feel more in control of her own clothes, it was best to at least let her think she had some control.



Luna sighed as she passed racks and racks of sexy vampires and cute healers her tight robes. She even found a Harriet Potter costume that she backed away from slowly. There were mermaids and ghosts, muggles and dragons, but nothing she thought would be creative and interesting. After an hour of looking around she walked over to Draco looking depressed.



“Couldn’t find anything?” Draco asked skeptically.



“It is all so boring.” She said with a sigh. “Everyone is going to be something like this…”



Draco frowned and started to look around for himself. The truth was, she was perfectly right; all the girls would be dressed in something exactly or very similar to what they had in the shop.



“Okay, maybe you should just go naked.” He said with a shrug to see her reaction.



Luna’s eyes widened and her cheeks flushed very suddenly. Draco eyed her a moment more with a grin; so she believed he was capable of actually getting her to do that, interesting.



“I guess we could look in some catalogs and order you costume.” He said taking her by the hand and leading her back out into the crisp fall morning.



“How about Mother Earth?” She asked as they walked back up to the school grounds.



“Who?”



“Mother Earth, the goddess of the earth, you can make her very pretty if you want.” She said having ideas of how she was going to make the costume. She would look original and pretty, it seemed like a good compromise to her.



“I’ll make you a deal…” Draco said frowning in thought; she wanted to be something original, and she wanted it enough he may be able to get her to do something a bit over the line. “If I let you be this… Mother Earth character you have to… Let me take your first true kiss.” It was small, he had to admit, but he had been dieing to kiss her for a month now, and this gave him a way to be able to do so whenever he wished.



After a frown and a few minutes of thought of the subject she gave one firm nod.



“Sure.”



They had gotten to the forest path by this time in their journey and he took advantage of this fact. He suddenly pushed her against a tree roughly and kissed her with every bit of passion he had been holding back form her. He wanted to leave her breathless, to make her dream about this moment. Only when he felt her knees start to buckle under her did he take a step back and watch her fall to her knees.



“You okay?” he asked as if it hadn’t been his plan from the start.



“That…” she blushed deeply and said nothing else for most of the rest of the day.