[ I'd Rather Be In Love With You ]

chapter one: break my fall

It's windy today, she thought. The wind was blowing and leaves where flying everywhere. She could tell it was already fall. The sky was gray and clouds were all over it. It looked like it was about to rain, or maybe a storm was coming. The wind kept blowing and her long red hair was all over her face. She captured them and tucked them behind her ears.

She looked around her and saw that she was alone. She felt scared. She didn't see anyone else around. She saw that she was standing beside a tree. She wanted to run but she didn't know where to go. Her heart hammered in her chest. She wanted to know where she was.

The wind kept blowing still, making her robes sway around her and her hair tumbling all around with the leaves dancing around her. Then she felt someone behind her and she turned around.

She could see a silhouette of a man. He was like three feet away from him. He was wearing black and he was tall. She could smell his aromatic scent. He smelled good. But she couldn't see his face. It was all blurry. She could only see his outline.

Suddenly, everything started fade away.

And then-

Ginny woke up with a start. She was dreaming again! She looked outside her window and saw that the sky was still pitch black. It's not even morning yet, she thought. She closed her eyes so she could sleep again.

She's been having the same dream since she could ever remember. She would sometimes sit and think about it but it made no sense whatsoever to her. She tried to figure who the person was in her dreams, but she hadn't had the faintest idea of who it was.

She let go of the thought of her dream so she could sleep. After all the next day would be September first and she'll be going back to Hogwarts for her fifth year.

All her life, things had been pretty normal except on her first year in Hogwarts where she was hypnotized by Tom Riddle. The years after that had been pretty much fun. She always looked forward to going back to Hogwarts.

But at that moment, she had an enthusiasm of going back to the castle that she couldn't explain.

A smile made it's way on her face. Maybe this year, something different would happen, she thought.

And then she fell asleep.

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"Take care, Ginny dear," Mrs. Weasley said the next morning in Platform 9¾.

"Bye Mum," Ginny said hugging Mrs. Weasley giving her a kiss on her cheek. "Bye Dad," she said doing the same to her father.

"Goodbye dear," Mr. Weasley replied smiling down at her as if he still couldn't believe that his daughter is already growing up.

Then without warning, Mrs. Weasley grabbed Ron, embraced him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Ron made a face. "Mum, someone might see us," Ron said looking around, worriedly.

Ginny laughed at the sight in front of her. Ron was really embarrassed, his face was turning a dark shade of red. She always felt lucky to have her family. Even though, they didn't have all the luxuries of life, her parents and her brothers never failed to make her feel secure and loved. She was always thankful for them and she loved each and every member of her family. They would quarrel sometimes, but she made it a point to apologize afterwards even if it wasn't really her mistake. At school, most people like Ginny. She's smart, friendly and helpful. She smiles a lot and she's really cheerful. People often say that Ginny is a lot more mature than her brother, Ron, since Ron can never control his temper sometimes.

"Ron!" a familiar voice said. When Ginny turned around, a familiar black-haired boy with round glasses came to view.

"Hey there, Harry!" Ron greeted his friend, Harry Potter. Harry said hello to everyone and turned to Ginny. "Hi Ginny," He said looking at her.

"Hello, Harry," Ginny said back with a smile. Three years before, Ginny would've been thrilled that Harry Potter was talking to her. She'd had a major crush on him for three years. But it miraculously left her during her fourth year at Hogwarts. Now, she was in fifth year, she didn't feel a thing towards him and she didn't feel shy talking to him and looking at him straight in the eye. Three years ago, her face would've turned even redder than her hair. She also had a feeling that Harry knew she no longer liked him like that and was now more sociable toward her.

"So, you had a good summer?" Ron asked Harry. "It was terrific! Summer without the Dursleys really was interesting. Sirius has been teaching me a lot of stuff," Harry said with a wide smile.

After Voldemort's defeat last summer, the Ministry discovered that Peter Pettigrew was alive and Sirius' innocence was finally proven. Sirius immediately reminded Harry that he could go and live with him if Harry still wanted to. Harry, of course, wanted to and much to his delight, it would all go well since Voldemort is no longer existing. The Dursleys were pleased that once and for all, Harry won't be staying with them and probably he never will.

"Oh, he isn't teaching you anything illegal is he, dear?" Mrs. Weasley asked curiously. Even though, the Ministry and even Dumbledore stated that Sirius was innocent and never committed crime in any way, Mrs. Weasley still had her doubts.

"Oh, don't worry, Molly dear. I'm sure that Sirius Black isn't evil as we previously thought. Dumbledore said so," Mr. Weasley assured his wife.

"Don't worry, Mrs. Weasley. Sirius and I have just been practicing spells and Quidditch. Nothing harmful, really," Harry said.

"Hey! Hermione's here!" Ron said and everyone turned and greeted her. "Hello everyone!" She said with a big smile to everyone.

"How was your summer?" Ron asked her.

"Oh, fabulous. I spent a lot of time reading our new books and I must say they are interesting," Hermione replied.

"You read our new books this summer? Why? You could read them while we're in Hogwarts," Ron asked her then giving Harry a funny look. Harry merely chuckled.

"Hey Ginny! How was your summer?" Hermione asked Ginny, ignoring Ron's question. "It went well, Hermione," Ginny replied.

"Well, you kids better hurry up or you'll never get your luggages in the train on time," Mr. Weasley suggested and everyone else agreed.

Ginny looked down and started carrying her luggages. She barely managed to lift her luggages. They were really heavy. But she got them on the train anyway. As she got on the train Ginny started to look for an empty compartment. She scanned through the row of compartments to see which one of them is empty. She went on walking and walking with a book in her hand and not looking in front of her. Suddenly she bumped into someone.

"Hey!" a familiar male voice said. He would have to be very strong because he, the person she bumped into, caused her to fall backwards and the book she was holding a moment before came flying about. She saw a flash of silver-blonde hair before she closed her eyes, folded her hands beside her with her fists clenched, waiting for the inevitable. She would've eventually dropped, but a second later, she felt two strong arms around her waist, holding her so as to stop her from falling hard on her butt.

When she opened her eyes, his face was the last thing she expected to see.

It couldn't be, her mind told her as her heart began to beat furiously in her chest.

She was staring right into the gray eyes of Draco Malfoy.

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A/N: So? What do you think? Should I continue? Please review. :)

Dislcaimer: I don't own anything in this story except the plot, so please don't sue me. Thanks!

This is my first fic so please bear with me.