A/N: Inspired by a mix of Face Down by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Flavor of the Weak by American Hi-Fi. Hope you like it! Don't forget to R&R
Just because he's 'The boy who lived' doesn't make him a good guy. Sure he's some blasted hero to the wizarding world but being a hero doesn't mean you treat your loved ones properly. It doesn't mean automatically that you can do no wrong. He does wrong all the time to her and I see it, even if she doesn't say anything I can see it in her eyes and in the occasional bruises on her skin.
She's the nicest person in the world, on the planet even. She's caring and kind and can make friends with anyone. Hell, she even made friends with me and has me wishing we were more. All I want to do is get her away from him. He's not good for her at all. She could be with anyone else, yet she chooses to be with him.
Just last week at our usual meet up time she came crying. He had been yelling at her again, telling her she was worthless, telling her she would be nothing without him. It kills me seeing her in such a state and it makes me want to just kill him. She's strong, she knows that she shouldn't take that crap from him-that she should just leave him. Yet she can't. She can't leave him, at least that's the way she feels.
She loved him for so long and when he finally asked her out she was in heaven. We weren't friends then but even from afar you could see she was happy. Now though? Inside she wishes that she could take it all back. I know this because she's told me. She's a conflicted soul and I just want to make her feel better.
Even if she wouldn't be with me that way, I just want to make sure she ends up with someone who loves her. Someone who won't treat her like she's nothing. Someone who will show her that she's their world and they'd be lost if she wasn't in it.
It's Saturday afternoon, our usual meet up time. When we were at Hogwarts it was after hours down by the lake. After I graduated it became after hours on the road linking Hogwarts and Hogsmeade. Now that she's out we meet here at the Three Broomsticks in a secluded booth. Nothing is going on between us and I doubt anything ever will-but people interpret things differently. If we were seen together it wouldn't end well.
She's late, I always worry when she's late. It's going on 12:30 and on good days she's usually here around 11:55-before I get here. There she is. She's been crying again. I clench my fist a moment. He makes her cry too often. She should never cry, not because of this. "What's wrong?" I ask gently as she sits down, even though I already know the answer.
"I killed him." She chokes out quietly.
See I knew-wait what? "You…what? Who?"
"Harry…I…I killed him."
"You don't mean-"
"Yes. He…he found out…about us." She trembled a bit, taking a few breaths. "He tried to stop me from…coming. E..even though I told him we were only friends." She wiped her eyes, calming her tears for the moment. "I pulled my wand on him…and I said the words…and he was just…dead."
I pulled her close and held her. I didn't know what to say. What could I say? Was it bad that I was glad he was gone? Glad that he couldn't cause her anymore pain. Finally I spoke up. "He wasn't that great for you anyways."
She laughed at that, a short and sad laugh. "I know he wasn't…I didn't do it just because of today…I did it for all the times he hurt me….all the times I should've stood up for myself." She turned in to me and buried her head in my shoulder.
"Don't worry Ginny. I'll protect you now. No matter what happens, I'm always going to be here for you."
After a long moment of silence she spoke again. "I know Draco, I know."
A/N: It's been forever since I've written a Draco x Ginny fan fic. Hope you enjoyed it!
