The first time she had laid eyes on him, something intrigued her.
At that time, she thought it was disgust of what he had done to her family. Although, after seeing him for the second time, no longer being a naive ten year old girl, now almost fourteen, she felt a new, rather an awakened, feeling rise, making her start to worry - worry if she was feeling the right feeling towards him.
At first, she thought the feeling was natural hate towards the man who made her family's life a living hell. Although, the second time she saw him, she felt a tingly feeling in her stomach, making her cheeks become warm. When he saw her blush, it made him smirk, causing him to be more arrogant, provoking her unknown feeling further. After their small conversation, she felt a small ache in her heart.
When she had researched further, meaning asking Hermione, not specifying on who it was, Hermione had only giggled, telling what she was feeling was love. Not 'undying love,' but the 'school girl crush' kind of love. And that was what she thought. Until she had seen him for the third time.
It was only a week after their second meeting. Although, this time was different. She had seen him at the ministry, working in his office. His coat was off, his hair a tad unkept, eyes worn. His mere presence made her insides tingle.
That was when she knew.
She knew that she, Ginevra Weasley, was in love with Lucius Malfoy.
It had only been about a month since Ginny had seen Lucius at the ministry.
Ginny, a day short from becoming fourteen, had just arrived home from playing Quidditch with Fred and George in the field. Her long hair was now tangled, dirt and grass entangled as well. The moment she stepped inside, she knew something was wrong. She walked into the kitchen, seeing her mother rushing around, cooking something.
When Molly heard Ginny enter the kitchen, she turned around, letting out a breath of relief, "Oh Ginny, wonderful. I need your help." Molly turned back around, putting food on a tray.
Ginny inquired, "What's going on?" Molly sighed, resting her hands on the edge of the counter.
Molly then turned around and said, "Your father has a few people from work here. It's nothing to worry about," she picked up the tray, handing it to Ginny, "Please take this to them. They're in your father's office." Ginny nodded.
"Alright." Ginny moved to leave.
Molly gasped and quickly said, "Oh Ginny, wait a moment," Ginny turned back around, seeing her mother cast a charm, making her hair much neater. Molly smiled reassuringly and said, "Much better. Now go! Hurry!"
Molly called after Ginny, "Be polite!" Ginny walked outside, across the field. She opened the door to Arthur's office. She scanning the room. Ginny saw her father, smiling. There were a few unfamiliar faces, but then her eyes rested on one in particular. Lucius.
Arthur said, "Ginny! You've brought us snacks!" Ginny smiled, setting the tray on the table. She unloaded the cups, pouring tea in them.
Arthur started to talk again, "So when the ministry issued the new law..." Ginny didn't pay attention to him. Her gaze was on the blond haired man sitting across from her. Of course, Ginny made sure he wasn't looking at her when she was staring, but one time, when she looked up, he was the one staring at her. Ginny blushed, moving her gaze back to the task at hand. Once she had poured tea in all of the cups and put a piece of pound cake on the plates, she gave them to all of the members. She walked towards Lucius, plate and cup in hand, setting them down in front of him. Her shoulder brushed up against his, making her insides tingle. Ginny mentally scolded herself. How could she be in love with a man - old enough to be her father? Not to mention what he had done to her in her first year.
Ginny always was attracted to Harry - the boy who saved her from Tom Riddle. Ginny had always been thankful to Harry, unknowingly masking the feeling of appreciation with love. Soon, Ginny separated the two, realizing she loved what Harry had done for her, not Harry himself. Yes, she loved Harry like a brother, but nothing more. Ginny had also realized what she felt towards Lucius was nothing close to disgust. The 'love' she once felt for Harry had passed on to Lucius. Ginny felt disgusted by the fact of her loving a Death Eater - it drove her over a wall.
Ginny cleaned up, rushing out of the room.
After the meeting, all of the members walked into the kitchen, preparing to leave. Ginny helping Molly clean when she saw him again - Lucius. She adverted her eyes, not wanting to meet his gaze. Something in the pit of her stomach made her look back at him, blushing when meeting his intense gaze. Lucius smirked.
Ginny quickly adverted her eyes, returning to the task at hand. Molly conversed with all of the members, and kept on working. Arthur introduced a number of them to Ginny, having her shake hands with all of them. Once the all left and apparated, Molly turned to Arthur, shouting at the top of her lungs.
"Why was Lucius bloody Malfoy in our house?! In what world would you think inviting Malfoy to our house?! Our house, Arthur! Your children live here! You better thank Merlin that Harry wasn't here - let alone Ron!" Arthur took the heat.
Arthur responded, "Molly, I need to speak with you," he glanced at Ginny, "Alone. I'm sorry dear, but this is a discussion for only your mum and me." Ginny nodded, excusing herself, sprinting upstairs. Hermione was sitting on the bed, writing a letter. Ginny flopped on her bed, grumbling. Hermione looked up.
"What's wrong?" Ginny turned over, so she was facing the ceiling.
There was so much wrong, Ginny didn't know where to start. Only one person knew about her feelings for Lucius - Hermione. Even though Hermione knew about Ginny's feelings, she didn't know exactly how strong Ginny's feelings were.
"Nothing. My head's hurting - that's all." Hermione nodded, fishing through her backpack. Ginny looked at her with curiosity, seeing her pull out a small plastic bottle.
Hermione tossed the bottle to Ginny and said, "It's muggle medicine. It should help your headache." Ginny gave her thanks, opening the bottle. She took out a medium size white pill, swallowing it. Ginny looked at the piece of parchment that Hermione was scribbling on.
Ginny asked, "What's that for?" Hermione kept on writing.
"A letter for my mum and dad. Since I am spending the second half of summer with the Weasleys, I promised them that I would write every couple of days. It's funny - they haven't quite gotten used to getting mail by owls." Hermione giggled. Ginny smiled, knowing that her family's owl isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer. Ginny took out a book off of the bookshelf and started to read.
Instead of reading, Ginny was deep in thought. She wondered if Lucius knew of her feelings - of course he did. He was too observant and sharp - even a blind person could sense Ginny's feelings. Ginny knew she would have to do a better job of concealing her feels, but it seemed like everytime he was around, something took over Ginny's whole being, making her seem like some love sick puppy. Ginny hated that about herself. She knew she wasn't weak - she was strong. She hated that everytime she was in his presence, she felt like she was lost, all of her mental strength was gone. It felt like her entire being would just melt. Ginny had never felt like that before. It frightened and excited her at the same time.
Without even knowing what Lucius had done to both her and her family, they would instantly frown on Ginny's feelings. A thirteen year old girl, not even of age, feeling what she had felt towards a man that was old enough to be her father. Her feelings towards Lucius was closely guarded. Merlin forbid anyone finding out. Ginny knew that if someone found out, they would tell her parents, leading to both humiliation and anger. Humiliation - people finding about her feelings towards Lucius. Anger - her anger towards anyone who tried to stop her from seeing Lucius again.
A voice called her out of her thoughts.
Molly yelled, "Kids! Dinner's ready in five minutes!" Ginny huffed. She closed her book, setting it on her bedside table. She stood, walking over to the bathroom. She washed her hands, drying them after. Ginny and Hermione hurried done the staircase, knowing what had happened the last time they were late for dinner.
At the bottom of the staircase, the two girls rammed into a hard figure. It was Harry. Hermione gasped wrapping her arms around Harry. Ginny did the same.
Hermione smiled and said, "I thought you were coming next week!" Harry shrugged.
Harry replied, "Ron came and got me a few days earlier. Who am I to complain?" He grinned like a fool. Molly called everyone to the dining room for dinner, cutting their conversation short. Ginny sat by Hermione and Fred, across from Hermione.
Arthur said, "We're going to the Quidditch World Cup tomorrow," the whole table erupted with cries of joy and blathered. Arthur quickly shushed them and said, "We're leaving early tomorrow - 9 o'clock at the latest." Molly gave him a worried look. Arthur reassuringly squeezed her hand under the table.
The rest of the night was uneventful.
Ginny changed into her pajamas, having to take a sleeping potion, since she couldn't fall asleep due to her excitement. When she walked past her parents door, she bumped into someone - or rather, something. It was an ear. She rolled her eyes, knowing it was her brothers. She rushed up the staircase, seeing the twins eardropping.
Fred said, "Aye, Ginny! We were just-" Ginny stopped him.
She said, "I won't rat. Let me hear." Fred stepped out of the way, letting her hear.
It was muffled, but then she heard her mother say, "Arthur! If you know this is going to happen, why are we going to go there?!"
Arthur replied, "I've already told Bagman that we'd come, and it is heavily secured. Don't worry, Molly, everything will be fine." Ginny heard Molly scoff.
Molly said, "So we're going trust Lucius? Merlin, Arthur, why are we listening to him - of all people?"
Arthur said, "I don't particularly like him, Molly. He is a former Death Eater - he has intel that the Ministry could only dream of! Please, Molly, for me, please just go about tomorrow like nothing is going to go wrong. Please?" Molly must have caved, since silence ensued.
Ginny looked at both of her brothers. She held a finger up to her lips, not wanting them to say anything about that conversation.
"Goodnight."
A/N: I hope you have enjoyed this so far! I know I have - writing it, I mean. :)
Anyway, in this fanfic, the pairing is in fact Ginny/Lucius. There will be some Hermione/Ron, but I am open to any pairing suggestions (I am personally not a huge Hermione/Ron fan).
There are some changes, though all will be revealed in upcoming chapters. Feel free to ask questions. I will give you an answer, but I might say it will be revealed later - I don't want to spoil anything for y'all!