A/N: I forgot the disclaimer in my first chapter so here it is.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything HP I just borrowed Draco for a bit and Ginny tagged along.

True to his word Draco walked Ginny to the portrait of The Fat Lady. The entire trek he kept their arms entwined. They stayed in relative silence, footsteps the only indication of their journey. When they finally reached the entrance to Gryffindor tower Draco released Ginny's arm and she turned to face him.

"Well this certainly is strange," her eyes looking into his, yet past them all at the same time.

"I do not care of her powers, if she knows where my son is she must be captured." Lucius Malfoy did not yell Snape, but his voice was deadly all the same. "I will not have her corrupting Draco while he is away from the Dark Lord's influence. Her and her family of blood traitors will die, but for now I need her to get to him." Lucius' eyes flashed with fear as he thought about what the Dark Lord would do to him if Draco didn't follow his plans. "Bring her to me Severus, or I will come to the school myself to retrieve her." With that he turned on his heel and stalked out the door.

Snape watched him leave with a blank face, "When hell freezes over Lucius. I suppose should talk to the girl though. Draco, I hope wherever she took you that you're safe." With a 'pop' he disapparated.

Ginny came back to the present only to find her body crumpling toward the ground. She felt warm arms grab her before contact with the stone floor and Draco's breaths stirring her hair as he held her close.

"Ginny, are you alright?" She could hear the fearful catch in Draco's voice and it caught her so off guard she could only blink at him owlishly. "Ginevra, stop staring and talk to me before all your housemates come out here and start attacking me."

Ginny pulled herself upright, but remained in the circle of his arms. "Why would they come out here?' She didn't bother to deny that they would have attacked him.

"Because I've been trying to pull you back for a while and I may have gotten a bit loud." He looked sheepish. His grey orbs showed all the concern he felt for her as he reluctantly withdrew his arms.

"It's already after midnight, I doubt that any of them are still awake, besides it mostly the Golden Trio you have to be worried about." She offered him a small smile. When his look of concern finally began to dissipate. Ginny felt relieved until it was replaced by curiosity. "Draco, please don't ask me that right now, I'll tell you all about it tomorrow. I'm too tired right now, I'll meet you in the Library at six?"

He reluctantly nodded in the affirmative and she walked into her room, dropping on the bed. She was exhausted. Ginny thought back on her day, not even taking the time to get undressed she slipped under the sheets…yet I never once raised my wand to you. It was true. He hadn't ever retaliated against her, why was that? Ginny's mind started slipping into darkness as a thought entered her head. Not hate, he felt strongly about her, but never hate. She was asleep before the word love could enter her mind.

When Ginny woke, her alarm wasn't set to go off for another two hours. She stared at the clock and willed her body to go back to sleep. It didn't work, ten minutes ticked by before she decided it wasn't worth it. At least I can take a long bath before class; Goddess knows I need to relax after yesterday. She slowly got out from under the sheets and grabbed a uniform to change into. Ginny didn't want to be interrupted by any early rising Gryffindors so she left the common room and proceeded down the hall to the nearest prefect bathroom.

Once she was settled in the tub Ginny's thoughts roamed to what was going to happen today. She needed to tell Harry, Hermione, and Ron about Draco "tutoring" her. But she couldn't call him Draco in front of them, they would go crazy. The thought made her laugh, maybe she would call him Draco just to see how they would react. Ginny slowly washed her hair and considered Draco himself. She had to admit that he wasn't unattractive and when she was near him yesterday she hadn't even thought about hexing him. In fact she was finding that his presence gave her comfort especially since he seemed so concerned about her. She rinsed her hair and exited the tub drying off to put on her uniform. As Ginny tied her tie her thoughts drifted back to her thoughts last night. He didn't hate her, could it really be that he felt something akin to like for her.

She walked back to Gryffindor tower to retrieve her school bag and talk to the Trio. There were only a few students awake when she go back to the tower so Ginny retrieved her bag and went down to the Great Hall to wait for her brother and his friends. Ginny applied jam to her toast as she waited. Draco came into the dining hall soon after Ginny began eating. He looked just as tired as she felt and for a moment Ginny felt the urge to go and see how he was doing, but just as she started to stand Ron and Harry walked into the Dining Hall. When they sat across from Ginny her view of Draco was blocked irritating her mildly.

"How was detention with Snape last night Ginny?" Ron asked his sister with his mouth stuffed with food.

Ginny grimaced as a piece of egg flew out of his mouth, "It went just fine, I brewed calming draught and was assigned a tutor." She was almost amused when Ron choked on his breakfast.

Harry turned toward her at this, "Why didn't Hermione tell us this morning?"

"Because he didn't assign me Hermione, he's having me work with Dr…Malfoy." She tried to sound angry at the prospect, but it came out nonchalant.

"WHAT!!" Harry and Ron sputtered together. Hermione walked up behind them and asked what was going on. "Malfoy is tutoring Ginny!" Hermione looked shocked at first but turned to Ginny.

"Why didn't Snape let me tutor you? At least we're in the same house. I know he's second in our class, but why? Why didn't you ask me for help?" Hermione sounded hurt.

"Oh please, Hermione I didn't even know that I was doing that badly. It was as much a surprise to me as it is to you. Now I have to get to class if you'll excuse me." Ginny grabbed her bag and walked away from the table.

When Draco saw the confrontation going on between the Golden Trio and Ginny he quelled the urge to go over and protect her. Finally the fight seemed to end and Ginny walked away from the Gryffindor table. After a moment of hesitation Draco moved to follow her. It only took a minute to spot Ginny's vibrant red hair in the hall and he moved to follow her. "Ginny." She stopped and turned to face him.

"I guess you saw that." She chuckled at the scene she must have made. He nodded. "Sorry, I didn't even think to take that discussion someplace more private." They started walking to the dungeons together.

"I don't particularly care, even if my surname was yelled by Harry Potter several times in the Great Hall." He laughed at her embarrassed expression. "I'm just teasing Ginny, I really don't care. I just need to tell my housemates what's going on so that you aren't the victim of any practical jokes. Now isn't it almost time for you to be in potions?"

Ginny nodded, "How did you know that?" she noticed that they were now outside Snape's door once again.

Draco smirked, "Yet another thing for me to know and you not to." He brought her hand to his lips for a soft kiss. "I bid you adieu until six. And don't think that I've forgotten about your vision from last night." He let her hand fall to her side and walked away.

Snape stepped out from around the corner. Draco certainly was taking this situation better that anticipated. It was almost as if he had wanted to be pushed toward the youngest Weasley. Severus walked up to Ginny, who's face was still frozen in shock, and opened the door for her, "Ladies first Miss Weasley." It certainly was going to be interesting to see where Draco was going with the girl. But for now he put the thought to the back of his mind, he had a class of fifth year Gryffindor idiots to teach.