Chapter 1: Three's A Crowd
Harry Potter's eyes slowly fluttered open. He smiled warmly remembering how his dream had come true. And it was better than he imagined. Harry touched his lips remembering.
He looked down expecting to see the girl of his dreams in his arms but instead found nothing but a pillow.
"Ginny?"
There was no answer. He looked around the common room but she was no where in sight. He called her name again but once more there was no answer.
"Maybe she went to bed." He walked up the stairs to the girls dormitories just to make sure and tapped the handle with his wand. It wasn't Ginny who last went in the room but Hermione. He began to worry.
He rushed down the stairs and up to his own dormitories to get the Marauder's map grabbing his Invisibility Cloak which was on the ground along the way. He grabbed the map and rushed back to the common room but before he could look at the map, he heard someone shouting something about "still loving him."
He hurried to the window and looked out to see Ginny on her knees in the rain, crying in her hands. He didn't waste a second. Dashing out of the common room, he pulled the Invisibility Cloak over him. He didn't need the map.
He raced down the stairs to the huge wooden doors. Pushing them with all of his strength, they easily opened and the rain instantly made the cloak become heavy. But Harry wasn't thinking about that. He froze in place and a single drop slowly slid down his cheek. It would have been there even if it hadn't been raining. It was a tear.
There it was. Ginny and Draco kissing. And he thought that seeing them that day coming out of the broom closet hurt. This was much much worse.
His insides twisted. He couldn't move his feet, too overwhelmed with sorrow to move. He could hear his heart crack and crash inside of him.
Suddenly the two broke their kiss and before being seen, he quickly dashed back into the castle. But although his seeker speedy skills are excellent, they weren't fast enough for Ginny's eyes.
"Harry?" she whispered.
"Hmmm?" Draco's eyes were closed and he looked as if he was in a haze.
"Nothing I just thought I saw something. Must be the rain."
Ginny knew very well that it wasn't the rain. She knew it was Harry Potter who had seen her kissing Draco Malfoy. She whispered to herself, "I'm sorry, Harry."
Draco didn't hear her because he was too busy pulling her towards the tree they first kissed under. First looking in the sky to see a dark figure on a broom stick fly out of the Gryffindor Tower, she allowed him to pull herself under. He sat on the wet ground and pulled her on top of his lap. Just like Harry, a single tear slowly slid down Ginny's face.
"Ginny. What's wrong?" Draco asked with a worried look on his face.
"Oh it's nothing. Just that I'm so happy." She snuggled into his chest in search for warmth. The tree protected them from the rain.
He wrapped his arms around her. "You always make me happy, Ginny."
She looked up in his eyes and knew that he ment it. He lightly tilted her head back with his finger and gave her a sweet kiss. Ginny began to tingle all over just like everytime she kissed Draco.
When he slowly broke it, she slipped her arms inside his cloak and wrapped her arms around his middle.
"Have I ever told you how much I love the rain?"
Draco smiled. "I think I've noticed."
"Yes, but have I ever told you why I love the rain?" Draco waited for her answer. "It's because it reminds me of my father who was always the most important person in my life."
"And what rank does that leave me with? After the family of course. But I don't know if I'd like being number nine on your list." He smiled down at her, half joking.
"I don't mean it like that," she said smiling at his joke. "I mean I love my mother and brothers but I have to love them. They're family. But my dad I don't just concider family. I concider him my best friend."
"Well I feel sorry for you because I am the jealous type." He stroked her hair. "Especially when it comes to you."
"I don't think he'll mind the competition." Their lips met once again.
The rain slowly died and came to a stop. Both suddenly aware of the stillness, looked up.
"I guess I should take you back to your room, My Sweet." He stood up with her in his arms.
"Draco, you really don't have to carry me the whole way back there," she said but secretly not wanting him to put her down.
"No way. I'm a Malfoy and Malfoy's are very old fashioned."
When they got to the portrait of the Fat Lady, he slowly let her down to her feet. The Fat Lady was deep asleep and didn't notice them there.
"Tonight..." She paused in search for the right words to describe the wonderful night she just had. "Tonight was amazing," Ginny whispered.
"It was more than amazing," he whispered back. He gave her a soft kiss on the lips. "Good night, My Sweet." He slowly began backing up and then turned around to go down the stairs.
Ginny sighed. "Caput Draconis."
"Huh? What?" the Fat Lady jerked awake. She looked down to find that Ginny was the one who woke her. "What are you doing out of bed this late?" she asked rather heated for being awoken.
"Caput Draconis."
"Fine. Keep your secrets." The portrait swung open and Ginny went through. The common room was deserted and Ginny was thankful for it. She slowly headed up the stairs to the girls dormatories still in a haze from her night with Draco but also from being really tired. She undressed, pulled her pajamas on and then crawled into bed. She was asleep before her head hit the pillow and off to sweet dreams.
Ginny might of thought that the common room was deserted but didn't see the boy that she'd seen flying out earlier slip back into the room through the window. She didn't see him but he had seen her.
A/N: so what did you guys think? it was a bit shorter than i intended but i'll try not to let it happen again. i'm trying to make my chapters longer. if you haven't read my first fanfic i'm sure some of this stuff doesn't make sense to you so GO AND READ MY FIRST ONE : and review it while you're at it! okay? okay. thanks for reading. and come back for the next chapter!
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