Title: Your Trash Is My Treasure
Summary: Ginny Weasley finally gets over Harry just as he starts to like
her again. What will her new boyfriend do about that? - It's another DM/GW
with a little splash of HP/GW!
Rating: PG13 - mainly for language!
Disclaimer: I don't anything except for the plot!
A/N: I'll mark MY characters, ok? That's if I decide to put any in here!
Chapter One: Why Me?
She sat in a chair by the fire, warming herself up in the Gryffindor common room. As if in a trance, she stared continually into the flames, thinking carefully, over and over again. She was sorting her 'priorities' alone, as everyone else had something better to do on a day like this.
She didn't like thinking of this. Things like this. It frightened her. it frightened her so much. She didn't want to lose the one she loved so much. She didn't want to lose her family's trust, either. They would all hate her for making such a bad judgment, choosing a supposedly evil man over the potential good one.
'He kissed me,' she thought to herself. 'The famous Harry Potter actually kissed me. Right after I had finally gotten over him! Why does he have to do this! Could he really have seen? Maybe he's jealous?' Ginny Weasley groaned and buried herself in the cushions.
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Five weeks ago Ginny finally told Harry how much she liked him, and she felt the weight of the world off of her shoulders. for a few moments. Then when he told her he didn't feel the same way, that it would be too weird even if he did, she felt an even heavier weight placed upon her. She was heartbroken. She had tried everything to get him to like her, up to being really flirtatious to pretending she didn't like him anymore, going on and dating other guys that turned out far worse than imaginable, to finally just flat out telling him. Nothing worked and she couldn't change the fact that she liked him, the fact that it would be almost unbearable to face Harry Potter again for quite sometime afterward. Most definitely because he brother was his best friend, the whole family favored him.
So she ran out to the lake that night and cried her eyes out, but being Ginny they were silent tears. She didn't sob; she just had tears flowing continually down her cheeks. She sat there for maybe an hour until someone noticed she was out there. It was Draco Malfoy, and he had a heart full of sorrow when he found out what had just happened. He reassured her it would never happen again as he held her the rest of the night, allowing his shoulder to be the one she cried on.
Everyday for a week after that night Draco and Ginny met each other out by the lake around midnight, just as a reassurance that no one would see them together. Actually, the only person who knew about them being together (beside themselves, of course) was Hermione Granger, Ginny's best friend. Hermione swore she wouldn't tell anyone, not even her boyfriend (whom she told everything to) Ron Weasley, Ginny's older brother.
The following two weeks Ginny and Draco allowed themselves to say that they were dating, although they didn't go around spreading it. If someone asked if they were single, they would just answer no. If they asked 'To whom are you dating?' they would consider whether they wanted to tell them or not. For instance, Ginny wouldn't tell anyone close to Ron except for Hermione, and if she did she would tell them not to tell him. Draco wouldn't tell the bigger of the Slytherin bullies. Actually, Draco didn't tell any Slytherin at all, just that he was dating someone and they didn't need to know who. So, only a select few knew that Ginny and Draco were dating each other.
Despite the fact that Draco was a Slytherin and Ginny was a Gryffindor, and Draco Malfoy was rich and Ginny Weasley wasn't, they got along very well. They tossed all the silly little facts away. Lucius Malfoy being a Death Eater? Ginny didn't care! How Lucius Malfoy, Draco's father, and Arthur Weasley were ancient rivals neither teenager cared about either. They only cared for each other. Sure, they hated that their families were complete enemies, and how Draco still spoke to Ron as if he wasn't dating his sister, but it didn't matter. Draco wasn't quite as mean to Ron as he would be, but he acted really close to it, so Ron didn't have a clue.
Everything seemed to be going smoothly. Then Ginny and Draco went out on a true date, to a fancy restaurant and everything. It was away from Hogwarts during a Hogsmeade weekend, and no one had a clue they were gone. They were in the middle of a great snogging session when someone caught Ginny's eye. Harry Potter had just entered the very same restaurant with some lady. Ginny doesn't know if he saw her, but he had a disappointed look on his face. He looked like he had been a little depressed lately. Draco noticed that she had sat back in her seat and she was looking at someone. He turned his head in that direction and saw her ex-crush standing there.
"Ginny, please tell me you don't still like him!" Draco had whispered desperately. "I thought you were over him! I don't think I would allow myself to have a girlfriend who is still crushing over Potter!"
Ginny looked Draco in the eye, a frown upon her face. "Draco, you know I don't like him anymore! It's impossible! Believe me, he's just a friend, and I realized when you first kissed me I could never like him again. Nor could I like any other guy." She smiled then, happy tears filling up in her chocolate-colored eyes. "Draco, I don't care who knows this now, because. because I think I'm in love with you!"
That night Ginny finally told Ron that she and Malfoy had been dating for a few weeks. Just as she expected, Ron blew up in her face. With Hermione's help, Ginny got Ron to understand that Malfoy swore he would never hurt her. Ron still didn't like the idea of them being together, but he accepted the fact anyway. Then he would constantly ask her every time she got back from being with Draco what exactly they did. He was disgusted thoroughly whenever she told him they had kissed. The thought of Malfoy's tongue inside of his little sister's mouth was too much for him.
Two nights later Draco was sent to do an urgent errand for his mother, leaving Ginny missing him terribly. That night was the night that Harry kissed her. That night was tonight.
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Ginny sat next to Hermione in the Gryffindor common room, reading a book as her best friend study for a major test. She had just received a letter from Draco about how he would be back on Friday, four days from today. He hadn't even left yet, but she missed him. He was getting ready to leave and he didn't have anytime to talk with Ginny, so it was practically like he was gone already.
She looked up from her book as Harry and Ron walked in, laughing. When Harry saw Ginny sitting there he stopped in his tracks. Ron looked at him and realized what was up. "Umm. Ginny, can I talk to you for a minute? Alone?" he asked, hoping she would understand.
"Sure, I suppose so." Ginny laid her book on the table and stood up, following Harry out of the common room. As she left, Ron took her seat and talked with Hermione.
"What is it you want to talk to me about?" Ginny asked as Harry shut the door of the room they had just entered. It was an old Transfiguration classroom, with desks, tables and chairs stacked up against the walls.
"I. I wanted to talk to you about what's been going on lately." He looked up at her, hope in his eyes that this would work out. "I felt awful after what I had done to you a few weeks ago. I don't know why, but my feelings are all backwards and. I'm starting to have second thoughts."
Ginny couldn't believe what she was hearing. This was impossible! It had to be a dream. a nightmare! She stopped having dreams of Harry and replaced the male figure with Draco, who seemed much more romantic. "Harry, I don't know what to say. I just don't think I can do this, I don't think you and I would work out. Especially after all that's happened. I mean, I was sure that my life was over after that rejection you gave me. And I mean. me and Dra-" Ginny stopped. She didn't think Harry knew, and she didn't much want him to know either. "Harry, I have to go, I'm sorry."
She turned and headed for the door, but Harry grabbed her arm. His touch wasn't hard, it was soft. "Ginny, I'm sorry that my timing is. awful. But I'm realizing how hard this was on you for however long you felt this w-"
"You have no fucking clue how hard it was on me!" Ginny yelled, pulling her arm from his grip. She didn't know why she had that sudden outburst, but something told her she better leave now. "Harry, I had liked you from the first time I saw you! I don't know why I did, but I did, alright? I didn't even know who you were, but there was something about you that made me instantly fall for you. And I couldn't get back up! I mean, when Lockhart was our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and he had that oh so brilliant idea to have little cupids running around giving people messages, I was SO embarrassed when you received mine! I didn't even care! I've tried so many things to get you to like me! NOTHING WORKED!" There were tears in Ginny's eyes now, and her voice cracked as she spoke. "You don't know how hard it was on me when I watched you fall in love with that Cho Chang! I hated her! She was the biggest bitch ever! I don't see how you could have noticed, you should have realized when she rejected you for the Yule ball!"
"Ginny, I'm sorry, I really am," Harry said, trying to get closer to her. But with every step he took forward, she took one backward, keeping the same distance from him.
"That's bullshit, Harry. I don't believe you," Ginny voiced through gritted teeth, a tear sliding down her cheek.
"But you have to Ginny! Listen to me, please?" he said, closing the distance between them as Ginny was now against the wall. He stayed a foot or so away, though, just to make sure. "I don't know why I couldn't see through my thick head, I just couldn't see the prize that was already standing in front of me. Now I finally realize it and it's too late. I was just hoping that it wasn't. I saw you and Malfoy together out by the lake one night while I was looking out the window. You looked so happy with him. I couldn't help but think that it could have been me instead of Malfoy, making you smile. I regret everything I did, I truly do. I want you back, Ginny. I realized how much you mean to me."
He put his hands on her waist and pulled her to him. Ginny felt her breath get caught in her throat. He couldn't. He wouldn't! Harry leaned in slowly and kissed her softly. Maybe if he had done this a little before five weeks ago she might have loved it. Now she just felt extremely uncomfortable.
Harry took a step back, hands still on Ginny's waist. He looked her in the eye and smiled. She didn't. "I've got to go now, Gin. Think about it, okay?" He saluted to her as he walked out of the door.
Ginny slid down to sit on the floor. With her knees up to her chest, she put her hands over her face and cried. The same silent tears the night Harry rejected her, but this time no one was coming to help her.
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A/N: Ok, that's the end of chapter one! What do you think? Please R/R! Boy, I have really got to start thinking of better chapter titles! Oh, yeah! And sorry it's a little short, I'm trying to get them to be longer, I really am! Now don't forget to review! Bunches of love! XOXO (rEnAe1 7(
Chapter One: Why Me?
She sat in a chair by the fire, warming herself up in the Gryffindor common room. As if in a trance, she stared continually into the flames, thinking carefully, over and over again. She was sorting her 'priorities' alone, as everyone else had something better to do on a day like this.
She didn't like thinking of this. Things like this. It frightened her. it frightened her so much. She didn't want to lose the one she loved so much. She didn't want to lose her family's trust, either. They would all hate her for making such a bad judgment, choosing a supposedly evil man over the potential good one.
'He kissed me,' she thought to herself. 'The famous Harry Potter actually kissed me. Right after I had finally gotten over him! Why does he have to do this! Could he really have seen? Maybe he's jealous?' Ginny Weasley groaned and buried herself in the cushions.
~*!*~
Five weeks ago Ginny finally told Harry how much she liked him, and she felt the weight of the world off of her shoulders. for a few moments. Then when he told her he didn't feel the same way, that it would be too weird even if he did, she felt an even heavier weight placed upon her. She was heartbroken. She had tried everything to get him to like her, up to being really flirtatious to pretending she didn't like him anymore, going on and dating other guys that turned out far worse than imaginable, to finally just flat out telling him. Nothing worked and she couldn't change the fact that she liked him, the fact that it would be almost unbearable to face Harry Potter again for quite sometime afterward. Most definitely because he brother was his best friend, the whole family favored him.
So she ran out to the lake that night and cried her eyes out, but being Ginny they were silent tears. She didn't sob; she just had tears flowing continually down her cheeks. She sat there for maybe an hour until someone noticed she was out there. It was Draco Malfoy, and he had a heart full of sorrow when he found out what had just happened. He reassured her it would never happen again as he held her the rest of the night, allowing his shoulder to be the one she cried on.
Everyday for a week after that night Draco and Ginny met each other out by the lake around midnight, just as a reassurance that no one would see them together. Actually, the only person who knew about them being together (beside themselves, of course) was Hermione Granger, Ginny's best friend. Hermione swore she wouldn't tell anyone, not even her boyfriend (whom she told everything to) Ron Weasley, Ginny's older brother.
The following two weeks Ginny and Draco allowed themselves to say that they were dating, although they didn't go around spreading it. If someone asked if they were single, they would just answer no. If they asked 'To whom are you dating?' they would consider whether they wanted to tell them or not. For instance, Ginny wouldn't tell anyone close to Ron except for Hermione, and if she did she would tell them not to tell him. Draco wouldn't tell the bigger of the Slytherin bullies. Actually, Draco didn't tell any Slytherin at all, just that he was dating someone and they didn't need to know who. So, only a select few knew that Ginny and Draco were dating each other.
Despite the fact that Draco was a Slytherin and Ginny was a Gryffindor, and Draco Malfoy was rich and Ginny Weasley wasn't, they got along very well. They tossed all the silly little facts away. Lucius Malfoy being a Death Eater? Ginny didn't care! How Lucius Malfoy, Draco's father, and Arthur Weasley were ancient rivals neither teenager cared about either. They only cared for each other. Sure, they hated that their families were complete enemies, and how Draco still spoke to Ron as if he wasn't dating his sister, but it didn't matter. Draco wasn't quite as mean to Ron as he would be, but he acted really close to it, so Ron didn't have a clue.
Everything seemed to be going smoothly. Then Ginny and Draco went out on a true date, to a fancy restaurant and everything. It was away from Hogwarts during a Hogsmeade weekend, and no one had a clue they were gone. They were in the middle of a great snogging session when someone caught Ginny's eye. Harry Potter had just entered the very same restaurant with some lady. Ginny doesn't know if he saw her, but he had a disappointed look on his face. He looked like he had been a little depressed lately. Draco noticed that she had sat back in her seat and she was looking at someone. He turned his head in that direction and saw her ex-crush standing there.
"Ginny, please tell me you don't still like him!" Draco had whispered desperately. "I thought you were over him! I don't think I would allow myself to have a girlfriend who is still crushing over Potter!"
Ginny looked Draco in the eye, a frown upon her face. "Draco, you know I don't like him anymore! It's impossible! Believe me, he's just a friend, and I realized when you first kissed me I could never like him again. Nor could I like any other guy." She smiled then, happy tears filling up in her chocolate-colored eyes. "Draco, I don't care who knows this now, because. because I think I'm in love with you!"
That night Ginny finally told Ron that she and Malfoy had been dating for a few weeks. Just as she expected, Ron blew up in her face. With Hermione's help, Ginny got Ron to understand that Malfoy swore he would never hurt her. Ron still didn't like the idea of them being together, but he accepted the fact anyway. Then he would constantly ask her every time she got back from being with Draco what exactly they did. He was disgusted thoroughly whenever she told him they had kissed. The thought of Malfoy's tongue inside of his little sister's mouth was too much for him.
Two nights later Draco was sent to do an urgent errand for his mother, leaving Ginny missing him terribly. That night was the night that Harry kissed her. That night was tonight.
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Ginny sat next to Hermione in the Gryffindor common room, reading a book as her best friend study for a major test. She had just received a letter from Draco about how he would be back on Friday, four days from today. He hadn't even left yet, but she missed him. He was getting ready to leave and he didn't have anytime to talk with Ginny, so it was practically like he was gone already.
She looked up from her book as Harry and Ron walked in, laughing. When Harry saw Ginny sitting there he stopped in his tracks. Ron looked at him and realized what was up. "Umm. Ginny, can I talk to you for a minute? Alone?" he asked, hoping she would understand.
"Sure, I suppose so." Ginny laid her book on the table and stood up, following Harry out of the common room. As she left, Ron took her seat and talked with Hermione.
"What is it you want to talk to me about?" Ginny asked as Harry shut the door of the room they had just entered. It was an old Transfiguration classroom, with desks, tables and chairs stacked up against the walls.
"I. I wanted to talk to you about what's been going on lately." He looked up at her, hope in his eyes that this would work out. "I felt awful after what I had done to you a few weeks ago. I don't know why, but my feelings are all backwards and. I'm starting to have second thoughts."
Ginny couldn't believe what she was hearing. This was impossible! It had to be a dream. a nightmare! She stopped having dreams of Harry and replaced the male figure with Draco, who seemed much more romantic. "Harry, I don't know what to say. I just don't think I can do this, I don't think you and I would work out. Especially after all that's happened. I mean, I was sure that my life was over after that rejection you gave me. And I mean. me and Dra-" Ginny stopped. She didn't think Harry knew, and she didn't much want him to know either. "Harry, I have to go, I'm sorry."
She turned and headed for the door, but Harry grabbed her arm. His touch wasn't hard, it was soft. "Ginny, I'm sorry that my timing is. awful. But I'm realizing how hard this was on you for however long you felt this w-"
"You have no fucking clue how hard it was on me!" Ginny yelled, pulling her arm from his grip. She didn't know why she had that sudden outburst, but something told her she better leave now. "Harry, I had liked you from the first time I saw you! I don't know why I did, but I did, alright? I didn't even know who you were, but there was something about you that made me instantly fall for you. And I couldn't get back up! I mean, when Lockhart was our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and he had that oh so brilliant idea to have little cupids running around giving people messages, I was SO embarrassed when you received mine! I didn't even care! I've tried so many things to get you to like me! NOTHING WORKED!" There were tears in Ginny's eyes now, and her voice cracked as she spoke. "You don't know how hard it was on me when I watched you fall in love with that Cho Chang! I hated her! She was the biggest bitch ever! I don't see how you could have noticed, you should have realized when she rejected you for the Yule ball!"
"Ginny, I'm sorry, I really am," Harry said, trying to get closer to her. But with every step he took forward, she took one backward, keeping the same distance from him.
"That's bullshit, Harry. I don't believe you," Ginny voiced through gritted teeth, a tear sliding down her cheek.
"But you have to Ginny! Listen to me, please?" he said, closing the distance between them as Ginny was now against the wall. He stayed a foot or so away, though, just to make sure. "I don't know why I couldn't see through my thick head, I just couldn't see the prize that was already standing in front of me. Now I finally realize it and it's too late. I was just hoping that it wasn't. I saw you and Malfoy together out by the lake one night while I was looking out the window. You looked so happy with him. I couldn't help but think that it could have been me instead of Malfoy, making you smile. I regret everything I did, I truly do. I want you back, Ginny. I realized how much you mean to me."
He put his hands on her waist and pulled her to him. Ginny felt her breath get caught in her throat. He couldn't. He wouldn't! Harry leaned in slowly and kissed her softly. Maybe if he had done this a little before five weeks ago she might have loved it. Now she just felt extremely uncomfortable.
Harry took a step back, hands still on Ginny's waist. He looked her in the eye and smiled. She didn't. "I've got to go now, Gin. Think about it, okay?" He saluted to her as he walked out of the door.
Ginny slid down to sit on the floor. With her knees up to her chest, she put her hands over her face and cried. The same silent tears the night Harry rejected her, but this time no one was coming to help her.
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A/N: Ok, that's the end of chapter one! What do you think? Please R/R! Boy, I have really got to start thinking of better chapter titles! Oh, yeah! And sorry it's a little short, I'm trying to get them to be longer, I really am! Now don't forget to review! Bunches of love! XOXO (rEnAe1 7(