Disclaimer: Owned by JK Rowling.
A/N: Just an idea I wanted to evaluate. Takes place in an Alternate Universe where Dumbledore isn't dead. Voldemort has not arisen and everybody is at peace, well most, that is. (I should mention this takes place mid sixth year so most of our heroes HP, DM, SF, RW, HG, NL, DT etc are 16 and LL, GW are 15). Pairings are: Ginny/Draco, Seamus/Lavender, Hermione/Neville, Harry/Parvati, Dean/Ron (I want to mention how much I love Ron and normally never write slash, but for some reason it fitted nicely. If that's not you're sort of thing, I'm sorry but there are plenty of other couples to focus on). No idea how long this will be. Please R&R.
NOTE: (RE-WRITE) There were so many mistakes *groan* I've uploaded with corrections/longer scenes 20110316. RATED M.
Death by Knickers
Chapter One
Lavender woke up, her body entwined with Seamus' and though she was feeling quite groggy she always knew she and Seamus were a good pairing. Seamus was snoring with his mouth wide open. Lavender hadn't noticed at first but as she snuggled back beside the Irishman she couldn't go back to sleep without attempting to hold his nostrils together until he stopped.
In fact he woke just as he felt her snuggling back against his chest and though the night's events flashed through his memory he was quite happy with how things turned out.
It all started with the illegal Poker Game in the Gryffindor common room. It was meant to be only, Harry, Dean, Ron and Seamus but for reasons unknown to him at the time, the Slytherin's crashed it.
[FLASHBACK] The tension in the Gryffindor Common room was building. It was late but nobody felt like leaving. Harry; looking smug, put an arm around his winnings and smirked - somehow he had the lucky streak. Ron; looked nervous- he'd lost several things important to him, including his Chudley Cannon's jumper and badge. Theo and Dean had folded, but watched interestedly from the sidelines, throwing in the occasional comment or fetching drinks from the hidden places in the Common Room.
Seamus was distracted most of the night, watching Lavender walk past with different cocktails in hand every half an hour and flirting with him across the room. Draco; Seamus noticed; was very much still in the game and probably the one concentrating the hardest. Though Seamus didn't understand why someone as rich as Malfoy would need any more money. Blaise was quiet most of the night, but he was good a poker, as far as Seamus could tell.
Seamus was keen to win, as any boy would. If he did win, he'd take Lavender out on a date.
Somehow and Seamus couldn't remember how it happened, but Lavender ended up on his lap. He didn't complain as the night went on, he found he couldn't focus much on the game as Lavender's hands kept snaking their way under his shirt. Then, in his hair... He responded by running his hands over her bare thighs until she grinned and kissed him. After that, Seamus couldn't care less about the Poker Game.
[END FLASHBACK]
Seamus pulled Lavender close, kissed the top of her forehead and let his eyelids fall back to sleep.
0o0o
Ginny and Draco sat on the steps on the tower. Ginny held her wand to Draco's eye and did her best to mop up the blood. "That would explain a lot." Draco murmured as Ginny smiled.
[FLASHBACK] Blaise Zabini, Theodore Nott and Draco Malfoy didn't normally hang out together. Though they were very much the same; wealthy, pure-blood wizards, proud of their Slytherin heritage... How then, did they come to enter the Gryffindor common room?
They lurked outside the common room for a few hours before as the Fat Bitch, (so Blaise referred to the Fat Lady the entire night) refused to let them in because they didn't know the password ("Bittersweet"). Theo shrugged it off and considered going to the library instead, suggesting it would be more fun to annoy Madam Pince. Blaise on the other hand tried violence; kicking the painting hard and causing the Fat Lady to start screaming "Abuse! Abuse! I'm being attacked!" And then Ginny, the one person Draco hadn't intended on seeing that night, though he knew she would be there, to poke her head out to see what was going on. "What do you want?" Ginny frowned.
Things between them were sort of awkward. It didn't used to be like that. It used to be amazing. She had been the only person he had let in, had trusted, had loved. But he stopped things before they could get too serious. He wasn't the boyfriend type. They'd had fun, they'd talked, they'd done it, various places and he'd seen so many different sides of her, but he'd never told anyone. Gryffindor's and Slytherin's weren't meant to fall in love.
That night, he'd seriously doubted his reasons for breaking up with her. Her fiery red eyes glared at him, making him shrink back a little, and almost forget his purpose. Her long wavy red hair fell past her shoulders. His eyes wandered down her bare shoulders and over the little tank top she wore, and then down her shorts and over her long bare legs...he swallowed, trying not to remember those nights they shared together, making love... but the images were too strong.
"We're crashing." Blaise said, giving Draco an odd look.
"No you're not! Go throw your own party." Ginny crossed her arms across her chest. Draco second looked her. She looked different. Draco's eyes hovered on her chest for a moment longer than he intended. He had never noticed before, but he was sure her breasts weren't that big?
"You can't crash your own party, that's lame." Blaise raised an eyebrow at Draco.
"What are they doing here?" Hermione had appeared.
"They want to crash our party." Ginny explained.
"Come on, before Filch comes." Theo whined.
"What do we need to do to get in there?" Blaise sighed. Hermione grinned suddenly, whispering into Ginny's ear. Ginny's tongue poked out the corner of her mouth and Draco tried not to think of anything it reminded him of. He failed miserably. It was like the time he had tickled her in the Owlery and she'd told him to stop, her eyes shining with laughter; it was like the time he kissed her for the first time; it was like the time they made love inside the Room of Requirement. It was Ginny. He frowned a little when she returned his gaze, this time with a sense of authority.
They were ordered to close their eyes and take off their shirts. Draco wanted more than anything right then to be close to Ginny. He stripped and the others followed. Soon after, when they opened their eyes Blaise, Theo and Draco were supporting fluoro coloured jeans. Theo was staring gobsmacked at Draco's and both looked up horrified at the girls.
"If you want to come in, then you have to abide by our rules."
[END FLASHBACK]
Draco's head was pounding. Everything Ginny had told him was coming back. At least his brain hadn't been addled from falling down the staircase of the stupid Gryffindor Common room.
0o0o
Ron, Dean, Theo and Blaise were all on the floor. Ron's head was resting on Dean's shoulder. Dean's face was strategically placed on Theo's upper thigh and Blaise was still wearing the uniform of a Fire-fighter. Ron let out a loud snore and snuggled up to Dean who was fast asleep. Harry had fallen asleep in the only other arm chair in the Gryffindor common room, wide awake now, with a splitting head ache and aching back.
[FLASHBACK] "I've never kissed a boy." Ron murmured blushing when it was his turn in the drinking game 'I Never'. Nobody was really paying attention, except Dean, who raised his eyebrows at Ron and surprised him. "It's not too late you know? It just feels like...this..." Dean reached over and cupped Ron's face in his hand. He had never noticed how many freckles Ron had, or how brightly orange his hair was up close. Their lips met and Ron melted against Dean's grip. Ron pulled Dean's neck closer, gasping as Dean's tongue pushed through his lips."Holy shit!" Dean and Ron pulled apart quickly and both took long glugs of Firewhiskey, averting each other's eyes.
Theo looked up vaguely flexing his shoulder blades.
"What the fuck is that thing on your shoulder?" Blaise demanded of Theo.
"I think it's becoming." Luna smiled, admiring her work.
"Becoming, who in their right mind would put a tattoo of a Unicorn on their shoulder?"
Theo's eyes widened. "Unicorn?"
"Yeah, a freakish purple unicorn with big blue eyes." Blaise said disgusted.
Theo turned to Luna. "I thought you were making it a dragon, not a unicorn!" Luna shifted uncomfortably, she shook her wand which sparkled and glitter fell to the floor. "It started out as a dragon, but then I couldn't draw its head, so I made it a unicorn. It's not that bad, unicorns are renowned for being immortal; they are beautiful creatures, unique. Like you."
"I can't have a unicorn on my back, take it off!" Theo demanded, pointing at it forcefully.
"I can't." Luna stated simply. "You asked for a permanent tattoo, remember?" At this point, despite the fear Theo of letting any of the Slytherin's see him branded with a purple unicorn on his shoulder and Luna petting the thing between Theo's blades, Blaise took copious amounts of alcohol in an attempt to forget everything he had seen, including, Seamus humping Lavender on the pool table.
[END FLASHBACK]
0o0o
Hermione and Luna were awake and whispering in low voices with a peppermint tea and a mineral water. Hermione heard Parvati scream and she supposed the rest would wake up with vivid memories of the previous night soon enough. It certainly was entertaining. Who knew her classmates were so much fun?
[FLASHBACK] "Gryffindor's bitches hey?" The Common room laughed. The Slytherin's looked up suddenly and Harry, Ron, Seamus and Dean were facing them.
"I could get used to that." Harry smirked.
"Shut up Potter." Draco challenged. "Where's this poker game or were you bluffing?"
There was a sharp intake of breath from the other students.
"I don't bluff Malfoy." Harry said seriously, he flicked his wand and pointed to a small table in the middle of the room. "The entering fee is pretty steep, sure you want risk it?"
Draco smirked in response. Blaise and Theo followed and sat down at the table, along with the other boys. Luna and Hermione watched from their couches, drinking shots and eyeing their handsome torso's. Hermione couldn't believe they actually did what she wanted.
"Let's just play the game shall we?" Draco grimaced. Seamus snorted into his Firewhisky and flung a Galleon onto the table. The others did the same. Draco put his down last, keeping his eyes on Harry.
Parvati dropped a galleon on the table .She had beautiful eyes which bore into his, and dark black hair which was held in a pony tail. "And don't tell me girls are not allowed to play poker, Harry." Parvati had said darkly. Harry shook his head, splitting the deck...
...Draco wasn't doing as well as he intended in the game. In fact he was losing to Potter! He was finding it extremely difficult not to lean over the table and punch Harry's smirk right off his face! Seamus and Lavender were in a tight embrace but despite his attention to Lavender's mouth he still kept flinging cards onto the table and winning a galleon at a time while Lavender allowed him to reach second base. "Geez get a room!" Blaise murmured. Seamus stuck up his rude finger...
...Harry was staring transfixed at Parvati who seemed to be doing better than any of the boys at poker...
It really wasn't necessary but Hermione could see Draco losing patience. He shot a curse at Harry and immediately lowered his wand. Instead of hitting Harry, the slimy green liquid had hit Parvati and turned her hair green. Parvati squealed, causing Lavender to un-glue her face from Seamus' with a slight pop. Harry had sprung to the aid of Parvati who was crying and tried to change her hair back but nothing was working. Draco dove onto the table and gathered up twenty galleons. Draco ducked under Seamus' furious fist and shoved the galleons into his pockets. Lavender seemed to change her mind about helping Parvati since Harry was doing a suitable job so she turned back to Seamus, catching him by surprise, wrapping her leg over his hips and pulling him with her onto the pool table to finish their make-out session. Harry got Parvati relatively clean, before he realised the poker game was over. Seamus and Lavender were busy. Draco had jumped through the game of I Never to run up the Gryffindor stairs with Harry's winnings unnoticed by all, except Ginny.
{END FLASHBACK]
Hermione had never felt so much tension in the air before. It felt like she was about to do another round of NEWTs. She smiled to herself and listened to Luna speak of lost Nargles, waiting for the others to wake.
0o0o
Ginny lay her head down on Draco's shoulder. They would work things out. She knew it. She heard Luna's wise words in her head. "Dumbledore's magic might disguise you but Draco would want to know he's going to be a father." Ginny had been thinking about it for a month. Their little fling, or whatever it was, had started at the beginning of sixth year. She never thought she would ever fall for Draco Malfoy. But he was different when she was with him. He wasn't the arrogant, pure-blood, jerk he let on. He could actually be quite charming, romantic and fun. They had spent a few nights together in secret. Ginny only told Hermione when she found she was pregnant after Draco had wanted to stay friends. "I'm sure he'll change his mind when he realises how important you are to him. Especially after you tell him he's going to be a Dad. Have you decided on a name yet?"
Ginny shook her head, she had a few names in mind but wanted to share them with Draco first, if she ever got round to telling him.
[FLASHBACK] "You have to give those back." Ginny found Draco sitting upstairs looking out of the window onto the great lake. Draco looked up, "Trust you to ruin my fun." Ginny knew he was joking, kind of. It was the same thing he had said when she had wanted more from him than a casual relationship. It just wasn't funny, when she was carrying his child. "It's the right thing to do Draco. Why do you want to all that money? Don't you have enough?"
Draco turned to her fiery annoyed look and he sighed, "Satisfaction."
When Ginny raised her eyebrows he continued, "It's not me who's rich, it's my parents." Draco's eyes lowered from her frown to her breasts. They were bigger. Why were they bigger?
*SLAP*
Draco felt her hand crack his jaw. "What the hell was that FOR?" Draco groaned.
"Stop staring at my boobs!"
"I didn't mean too."
"Bull! You're still doing it!"
*SLAP*
Draco took a few steps back. "Must you keep doing that?"
"Yes, until you look into my eyes, like any normal person."
"What is up with you?" Draco demanded. He made sure he looked into her green eyes this time.
Ginny pursed her lips. "Are you still angry at me for breaking up with you?" Draco asked quickly.
"NO!"
Draco waited until he was sure she wasn't going to slap him again and took a step forward.
"You can tell me the truth." Ginny's hands shook. She couldn't keep it secret any longer, hadn't Luna said he had a right to know? What was she afraid of? Deep down she hoped he would want to stay, help raise their child and grow old together, or was she only dreaming?
"Ginny, what's wrong. Tell me." Draco said worriedly, squeezing her shoulders gently. He hadn't been that close to her since they were together. It felt nice, and he wondered why he had been such an idiot to let her go. "I still love you." Ginny whispered. It was true. She just left out the part she was going to say - I still love you and I'm pregnant but "I love you..." was enough for Draco. He kissed her, crashing his lips against hers. She moaned as his fingers wound themselves through her red hair. They stumbled backward and fell onto the nearest Four poster. Draco immediately started attacking her clothes, pulling them off with ease, it was handy she was barely wearing anything from the start. Ginny's hands explored the grooves of Draco's back, the familiar places from down his spine, his pecs and abdomen. She missed his touch, his lips, his body and as Draco's hands pulled away her knickers there was a moment when she could have stopped him but then it was gone.
Ginny wrapped her arms around his neck and crashed her lips against his. His tongue protruded her lips and she couldn't get enough of him. It was like nothing had happened between them. They were so perfect together. Draco unzipped his jeans, thankful to leave them behind.
"You're so gorgeous." Draco said as he kissed her nose. She smiled, her hair framing her face on the mattress. She stared into his eyes and wondered if Dumbledore's spell would still uphold when having sex. Draco hovered above her and lowered himself over her. His hands were back, entering between her legs and pumping slowly at first, and then faster. Ginny orgasmed, she forgot how good he was. "Ginevra, say my name." Draco encouraged her as she bit her lip, cautious of her brother and friends downstairs. She clasped the blankets beside her thighs. Draco smirked as he pinched her clit. Inserted another finger until Ginny couldn't take it in any longer."Dracohhhhhh!" She screamed as yet another orgasm shivered through her body.
"That's better." Ginny let his hand brush her sweaty hair out of her eyes. She loved him. She did. But did he love her? Her hand cupped his face as he leaned down to kiss her. She pushed him back.
"What's wrong?" Draco asked worriedly.
"Draco, I do love you, it's just that..." She took a deep a breath. "I haven't been totally honest with you."
"Are you... with... someone else?" He looked devastated, but trying not to show it. Ginny smiled. "Yes, in a way." She meant her baby of course.
"Who?" Draco demanded. She had never seen someone put their pants on so fast. Ginny sat up quickly. She blurted out his name, but it was going to be a sentence. Draco just had this annoying thing about him, which made her unable to form a full sentence. She had never seen Draco look so shocked. "DUMBLEDORE? I can't believe you just let me do that, when you and Dumbledore? He's like two hundred." Draco turned and almost gagged. Ginny stood, to explain before the entire school thought she was sleeping with the Headmaster...or worse.
"I'm not having sex with Dumbledore, I'm pregnant." If Ginny thought Draco's eyes couldn't get any wider she was wrong. "He's yours you idiot!"
Draco spluttered incoherent words out of his mouth before he turned, tripped over Ginny's knickers which were lying on the floor and fell down the stairs. Ginny rolled her eyes, she hadn't any time to get dressed so she waved her wand at her clothes and muttered "Amictus!" and her clothes appeared on her body.
"Draco, are you alright?" She brushed Draco's hair out of his face as he stared at her and sighed.
"Death by knickers."
"Don't be so dramatic."
[END FLASHBACK]
"So Dumbledore cast a protective spell on you, so you wouldn't look pregnant?" Ginny, brushed his fringe gently and nodded at Draco. He looked so confused.
"How are you feeling now?" Ginny asked softly.
"Pretty stupid." He murmured.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner..."
Draco shook his head, "Don't be sorry." He squeezed her hand gently. "It must have been really hard for you." Ginny nodded, resting her head against his shoulder. "So, how long before it arrives?"
"Not long at all."
Draco pulled her closer to him. "Can I?" Draco asked, after a minute.
Ginny looked up to see what he was referring to, his hand brushed her stomach and she smiled.
"I would never have known." Ginny felt his hand press down against her belly and as she felt the baby kicking, Draco did too. Ginny put her hand on top of his. Draco's confused expression changed immediately and he was kissing her. "We just need to agree on a name now." Ginny giggled as he grinned and she returned the kiss.
0o0o
A/N: So I've cut & pasted from three chapters. Please let me know if anything is confusing. I wanted to have the Flashbacks more defined hence the [FLASHBACK] inserts. Draco and Ginny dominated this chapter. I love them so much. Btw Amictus – apparently means cloth in Latin – it was the closest thing to 'clothes' I could find which sounded better then "dress". Hope it was enjoyable. Stay tuned for a REWRITE on chapter two. Please R&R.