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Chapter 22

Luna needed to find Draco before their first class for phase one of revenge.

As she was walking in the hallway, she ran into Peeves.

"Well, lookie hear!"

"Peeves, you'd understand! This is for revenge."

"Ooh revenge? I will let you go as long as you have me help sometime during it."

"Okay, Peeves. I will tell you when we need your help. Actually, I could use a little help now. Did you see Draco?"

"Yes, he looked upset. He went that way, outside."

"Thanks, Peeves!"

She then snuck outside through a passageway Harry had showed her with the Marauders Map.

She saw Draco, sitting with his back leaning against the castle, his face in his hands. He still looked like Ron.

Luna felt horrible for helping with the revenge. But, she thought of Hermione and Neville and her friends who were counting on her because only she could do this phase. She thought of them, took a deep breath, and sat down next to him.

"What are you doing here?" He asked skeptically.

"I have to warn you about something."

"And the warning is about?"

"Hermione told me she was going to mention to Ron about getting married."

"Oh wow."

"Don't tell anyone."

"Well am I still gonna be Ron for the day?"

"None of us know the potion that wakes him up, except for probably Hermione. So you might be Ron for a little while, until we figure something out. They are planning some revenge, and I didn't hear it. But they aren't going to tell her."

"But what am I going to do?"

"Here is what I think: Bring it up, say you want to get married eventually, then get distracted by me or someone or something and then you avoid an awkward conversation because you don't know much about being Ron. Then it's Ron's problem."

"So I tell her I wanna get married?"

"Either that or it will be so much worse, like -"

"Fine, fine." Draco cut in.

"LUNA WHAT AM I GOING TO DO???"

"Relax. Remember, she loves Ron. And your Ron for now."

"So will she not freak out?"

"She will; but I will be there to distract her."

"Oh gosh. Okay, well we better go back upstairs."

Luna went back upstairs, and Draco followed but stayed quiet.

The rest of the group was already exiting the room, and heading to the first class of the day.

"Hermione, can I talk to you?" Draco asked.

"Sure."

The group held their breaths to try not to laugh, and pushed each other out the doorway before they burst out laughing.

"Hermione... Do you wanna get married soon? Because I do."