-1A/N: Hey guys! So this is my first fanfic, and I hope you like it. Even though the title is Dirty Dancing, there isn't as much dancing as everyone would like. So far the plot is just coming out and you get to read a bit about our two lovers past. R&R!

I don't own Harry Potter or any of the characters. The only thing that belongs to me..my love for Draco.

Ginny stood alone in her dimly lit bedroom, staring down into her open trunk. Tomorrow morning she would be leaving for her 6th year at Hogwarts. She was nervous about returning because she didn't know what to expect, especially after last year. So many things had happened during the summer, the defeat of Voldemort for one. Everyone thought that they could finally be able to get back to their lives, but Ginny knew that after what had happened to her at the end of last year, she could never return back to the way she was.

Draco boarded the Hogwarts Express without looking back. His world had turned upside down over the summer and he was only returning to Hogwarts for his last year because his mother had wanted him to complete his education. Dumbledore's death was a major blow to Draco and before he knew it he had been cast away to Voldemort's side as one of his Death Eaters.

When he had managed to escape, he had had to live through his father's death, the court hearings, the brief stay in Azkaban, the public apology and finally his mother's death. With no one to help him up, he attempted suicide which resulted in a housekeeper finding him in a pool of his own blood. So here he was, trying to put his life back together, piece by piece. If only he hadn't let her go.

Flashback

"Hush, Im here. I wont leave you, you know that. Hush now, just let me take away the pain."

"If you could take away the pain, you could lift the world onto your shoulders."

She smiled as she pulled him toward her and blew out the candle illuminating his features.

End of Flashback

Ginny walked down the train's aisle, heading back to her compartment. It had been awkward between her and Harry when they had seen each other, but mostly for Harry. He didn't know the real reason why Ginny was suddenly uncomfortable around him. Ginny could tell that he wanted to talk, to make things like they were last year. But she had moved on, with someone she could never bring out in the open. What would her family think when she declined Harry? After all, she had seemed so devastated when he had called it off. But for completely different reasons.

As Ginny continued to make her way back, a compartment door opened and Draco Malfoy walked out. He stopped at the sight of her, and stood motionless. Ginny's mind worked furiously, her heart beat 10 times faster then normal. Draco moved closer, and Ginny froze. Could this be possible? Why was she getting so nervous, it was over wasn't it? Draco now stood directly in front of her, close enough that she could smell his cologne, a scent she had become so familiar with.

"Im sorry," he whispered. Ginny looked up into his grey blue eyes and felt tears sting her eyes. Draco sidestepped her and walked back to his compartment without a backward glance.

Ginny sunk to the floor, and pulled her knees to her chest. She felt like he had abandoned her all over again.

Flashback

"We have to break it off. I cant pretend any longer." Draco stood in front of Ginny with a cold look on his face. A look Ginny had not seen in a very long time.

"How could you do this to me?" Ginny asked in a strangled voice. Draco looked away. "No, look at me! After all we've been through, after all I risked, this is it? You're just breaking it off? Well you better listen to me Draco Malfoy, because I will not give up on you that easily. You know me better then that. We can get through this, I can fight by your side!"

"Ginny, this isn't easy okay?" Draco looked back with fire in his eyes. "Do you think that I want to leave you? Do you think that I want to see you and Harry get closer? Im doing this for you. Im doing this because I cant hide anymore. He wants me, do you understand that? We cant blow our cover, you know that. And its too painful to keep this up, especially now that you'd be in serious danger if we did. This was wrong from the start"

"Don't say that," Ginny whispered. "I love you. I know now that I always will. I don't know what you did to me, but I cant just put this all behind me, its not that easy."

"We have to try. Forget me Ginny. I was nothing to you. These last few weeks didn't exist. I hate you and you hate me, understand? Let me go."

With that, Draco left Ginny standing alone in the Quidditch Pitch to cry in the rain. He didn't look at her for the next couple of days and when that fateful night came when Dumbledore had died, Ginny had only had a fleeting glance of Draco's horror stricken face before Snape had ushered Draco out of her life, forever.

End of Flashback

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