I Still…

Who Are You Now?

A/N We've all read the fan fiction. They meet, they fall in love in school, and they live happily ever after. This is my take on that story, but I don't start in school. They fell in love in school, but then Draco left. Ginny did not wait for him. She got married. Draco comes back and… The rest is history.

It's been nine years time since last I saw the face of my beloved. I hate to say that even now, as I write this, I love her with all of my heart. We had a love so brief that it almost isn't worth talking about, but she left such an impression on my heart that I can hardly understand where she had been all the time leading up to my falling for her.

My name is Draco Malfoy. I met Ginevra Weasley long before either of us went to Hogwarts. Our parents were all Pureblood, which was very difficult to find in the Wizarding world, as many were Muggle Born or Half blooded. She had many older brothers, I never kept count, but she was often off to the side, holding her mother's hand.

I began to notice her when she was a second year at Hogwarts. The year prior, she had been the one to open the Chamber of Secrets, and that fascinated me. I didn't learn until much later that my father was the cause of the pain that was inflicted upon her, and that was part of the reason I insisted upon meeting her. I felt guilty. She wasn't too much younger than me, but she had that delicate air about her that made me want to protect her, even though I was quite sure she hated me.

In the summer before my seventh year, I finally introduced myself. I made sure none of her crazy brothers were around first, however. I wasn't afraid of any of them in particular, but put that many redheads in the room with the son of the man who could have potentially hurt their little sister… I would have been a redhead too, but in my family, it wasn't genetic.

We became quick friends, but we had to keep it a secret, as none of her Gryffindor friends, nor my Slytherin associates would have understood our strange union. Friendship soon blossomed into infatuation from both ends, and we began to date.

I took her virginity…she very obviously did not take mine. It was a beautiful night, but the next day, I was sent off to war. Neither of us was quite sure which side I was on, but that was alright.

It was an unspoken knowledge that neither of us planned on this being a forever kind of deal, but I knew she had begun to hope… I would never admit it but...I was rather looking forward to all the lovely things she spoke of.

Before I left, I gave her the sweetest kiss a guy like me could manage, and a ring. The ring was made of emerald, (quite the Slytherin, I know) but it had an engraving. Engraved onto the outside of the ring were the simple words 'I Still…'

"Abigail!" Those were the first words Draco heard Ginny say in 9 years. He knew it was her, but when he turned to look at her, she was no place to be seen.

He raised an eyebrow when a small child clutched his leg. He lifted the toddler into his arms and chuckled as she grabbed his long, slender nose. "Well hello there. You have the prettiest red hair I've seen since-"

That was when he saw her. She was running up to him with her long red hair billowing behind her. She was in a set of green robes that he couldn't help but smirk at. When they were in school…She used to look so sexy in his robes.

"I'm sorry sir… Abigail Anne Weasley! What is wrong with you?"

The toddler whimpered and clutched Draco with all the strength she could muster.

With a mocked choke, Draco tugged the child away from his body. "Here you go…She looked just like you…" He was unsure as to whether she had any idea who he was.

She chuckled and cuddled the girl against her chest. "She should. All us Weasley's look just alike… Her mum is rather ticked, if you'd like honesty. Thank you by the way… She hardly ever does this you know. Generally she hates men."

Draco scratched the back of his neck. 'She has absolutely no idea who I am…'

"Well, she has good taste." He took a shot at the smirk he was so well known for in school, but Ginny wasn't looking at him.

"Thank you so much for your help. I need to take my nephew for his wand, but you take care okay?"

He turned and saw a rather gangly red-headed boy standing in front of the Quidditch Supply store and knew straight away that he belonged to Ron. He wasn't sure how he knew, but he screamed Ron to him.

"Any time…" he whispered, although he was very well aware that he was alone.

When Draco was alone in the safety of his own home, he allowed some frustration to come out on his wall. After each hole he made, he would whisper a spell to allow the wall to close, and then do it over again, as many times as he saw fit.

"Why am I so upset?" he asked himself, looking into the mirror. "I left her…I never owled. I never expected her to wait for me…"

And yet she had no children it seemed. She had no ring…Although…Had he remembered to look? Probably not. He didn't think there was a ring…

He pulled a tall glass of fire whiskey to his lips after he poured it and gulped it in the least classy way he could have.

She'd grown up without him… He had noticed many things in their brief encounter that he just couldn't shake. She'd allowed her hair to grow.

'I can't wait until I graduate. I'm going to cut my hair as short as possible and keep it that way! I hate the hassle!'

'No Ginny…I love the way your hair looks long! I think you should keep it that way!'

She had kept her hair long, that was for sure. That fact alone gave Draco a slight smile, but that was all he had to smile about.

An owl squawked as it flew into the flat that he had saved for himself for when he came back home from war. It had lasted a lot longer than he had thought it would, but at least he still had his father's fortune.

He looked up just in time to watch the Wizarding Breath magazine fall into his face. He groaned and ripped the magazine off of his face. This magazine was equivalent to America's People. The cover made his face fall.

Celebrity Wives Share Their Stories!(pg 143)

Several women were scattered across the cover, but right in the middle was the redheaded beauty he had grown to obsess over. She had her arms crossed and had a wand dangling from one hand.

He opened the magazine and searched frantically. He finally found what he was looking for.

There was a picture of Ginny with her arms wrapped around a man he had never seen in his life. He looked for a caption, but there wasn't one, so he simply read her part of the article.

'Eileen Inkberry: So, Mrs. Smucker, what does it feel like to be married to the best Chaser Quidditch history has ever seen?

Ginevra Smucker: Well, I'll be honest, I still feel like a Weasley at heart. I love Darby with all of my heart and I'm so happy I've found him, but I don't love him any more just because he's a Quidditch player. '

At this, Draco couldn't help but choke. Ginevra Smucker? That even hurt to think. Smucker…Ugly name if there ever was one…

'Inkberry:So, how did you two meet?

Smucker:Well, we met after my last year at Hogwarts. I tried out for the Chudly Cannons.WimbourneWaspswas the first team I ever went up against and he was there. He caught me in the stands and said 'I'll make a deal with you. If you beat me I'll leave you alone, but if I win, we go on a date.' I won, and needless to say he didn't stop bothering me. Finally, the Cannons lost to the Wasps and I agreed to go out to dinner with him. The rest is history.'

At that, Draco just had to put the magazine down.

I will see her. At least one more time. And she will know who I am!

A/N Okay guys, I'm pretty much ignoring books 5, 6 and 7 because fan fiction is much more fun to write if you do so. I know I had a set order as to where my stories were going to come out, but this one sort of struck me by surprise :-D This is the first NEW story I've written in a while, and my writing technique is much better than it was when I was 13 lol. Enjoy guys! Read and Review!