Chapter 3: Talks And Dreams

Lucius Malfoy sat across from Harry Potter as they sipped on his most expensive Elfin Wine.

The taste was tantalizing to the tongue and the smell was vibrant and fruity. Not something that the Death Eater would normally drink, but it was costly and he only deserved the best.

They looked over at Bellatrix Lestrange as she twirled her wand around like a baton with her fingers. A frown was upon her face.

"My dear Bellatrix," said Lucius. "Whatever is bothering you?"

"You know damn well what is bothering me." said Bellatrix with a sneer. "How long will you hold my dear sister in that room?"

"Since when have you cared about Narcissa? Or any of your sisters for that matter."

"She's better company than you two bores. We know where they are, why don't we just go and kill them? Wipe them all out actually?"

"Patience Bella. Good things come to those who wait."

Harry rolled his eyes. 'Fucking drama queen' he thought.

"I don't have patience for this! This is stupid!" said Bellatrix jumping up and stomping her foot like a toddler. "Why wait for your son to get his ass here? He's probably shagging that filthy blood traitor as we speak not giving a damn about showing up!"

"Now now Bella. There is no need to be using such foul language." said Lucius with a smirk. "Draco will come because of his mother. He wouldn't want to leave her here. And when he comes that slag of his will follow, along with her brother and the Mudblood. And Mr. Potter and I will have what we want. Doesn't it sound more thrilling to lure them here and torture them slowly than to go to that mud hole and kill them quickly? Where is the satisfaction in that?"

Bellatrix thought about it for a second, then a creepy smile emerged onto her face.

"Well Lucius when you put it that way that does sound more rewarding." said Bellatrix. "I love the idea of hanging Draco and his friends by their toes as I crucio them over and over till they beg for death. I would love for it to go quicker though."

"Oh it will. Miss Ginevra Weasley will see to that." said Lucius as he drank the rest of his wine.

Things at The Burrow were very tense. Ginny still hadn't told the rest of her family about the ordeal at Malfoy Manor. She wouldn't even tell them how to find the house so they could tell the Ministry. She said that she was traumatized and didn't want to speak on it any longer. She would speak when she wanted to.

Though her parents understood that, they were still worried about her. And Arthur had wanted Lucius arrested again so he had begged Ginny multiple times to at least give him that information. Finally Ginny had had enough and shut herself in her room, only letting Ron, Hermione, and Draco in.

The past two nights sleeping with Ginny had not changed. To Draco, she seemed to have the same dream every night begging him to save her but telling him not to listen to her. It was taking a toll on him because he felt like there was nothing that he could do.

"Maybe she should go to St Mungo's" suggested Draco as he sat in Ron's room with Ron and Hermione.

"For what?" said Hermione. "She won't even let me perform simple healing spells on her. She more than likely would be the same way there too."

"Something is wrong with her. I can feel it " said Draco.

"She seems fine to me." said Ron sorting out his chocolate frog collection on his bed. "Maybe a bit more shaky than she used to be but that is to be understood."

Draco rolled his eyes. "It's more to it than that. Maybe you can't see it cuz you're not around her as much as I am."

Ron shot Draco a dirty look. "Oh yeah you sure do know her a lot better than me. I'm only her brother that has been living with her and has been around her her whole fucking life!"

Draco stood up. "I didn't mean it like that you prat! You certainly don't know her like I know her that's for sure. I'm pretty sure your family doesn't do inbreeding"

"Are you trying to imply that you are shagging my fucking sister in my own damn house?!"

"Take it however you want Weasley!"

"Will you two stop it?! You two do not need to be arguing over this!" shouted Hermione.

"But Mione I don't wanna know about that shit!"

"I mean if they are oh well, they are together after all and that does happen! Maybe not with us...but...damn" said Hermione quietly as Ron's jaw dropped at the fact that Hermione had revealed in front of Draco Fucking Malfoy that they were still virgins.

Draco smirked. "Well well well Weasley. Maybe Ginny and I shouldn't be the ones shagging in here."

"Piss off Malfoy." said Ron.

"I'm going I'm going. Maybe I'll shag my girlfriend. At least one of us will be getting some action here" he said laughing as he walked out of Ron's room and shut the door.

Hermione looked at Ron as he threw a card down forcefully onto a pile. She felt terrible that she had let that slip. She knew she had just given Draco ammo to antagonize Ron with.

'Ron? I'm so sorry I did that. It was the heat of the moment. I shouldn't have."

"It's fine." said Ron with a bit of attitude in his voice.

"No it's not." said Hermione. "I can tell it's not. I can tell it's bothering you."

"How would you know? Since when are you a seer."

"Because of the way you're acting Ronald. You won't even look at me."

Ron turned and looked directly at Hermione for a few seconds and then went back to organizing his cards.

"Oh you're such a prat." said Hermione.

"Why am I a prat?" asked Ron annoyed. "Just because I'm not speaking or looking at you doesn't mean I'm mad."

"Don't give me that Ronald Weasley! Just be honest with me. You're mad because we don't have sex!"

Ron looked up at Hermione with a confused look on his face.

"Is that why you think I'm annoyed? That we don't have sex?"

"Well what other reason would you be mad about it then?"

"I'm not mad that we don't have sex Mione." said Ron in a low voice. "I'm mad that that git Draco knows that we don't have sex. I could just hear the prat now finding any reason to bring that shit up."

"So...you're not really mad? Aren't you disappointed that we don't?" asked Hermione shyly.

Ron grinned, got up off the bed, and went over to Hermione. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her in close.

"Hermione I could never be mad at that. It's not like a prerequisite for this relationship. If you don't wanna have sex right now, that's totally fine. I'm not in a hurry if you're not."

"I know you're not." said Hermione relieved. "It's just that...well.."

"I'm not Harry, love. And I'll never be him. You won't have to worry." Ron said as he hugged her tight. Hermione buried her face into his shirt and breathed in deep. He smelled of soap, minty toothpaste, and chocolate. Essence of Ron she always said in her mind.

"Besides," chuckled Ron. "What we do is already pleasure enough for now. I have no complaints."

Hermione looked at her gorgeous boyfriend and laughed. "You're insufferable" she said as she kissed his lips.

Draco continued laughing to himself about his new found information. What made it even funnier was the fact that he and Ginny hadn't had sex yet either. The closest they had gotten to it was ruined by her brother in the first place. His sister's virginity was still in tact.

But Ron didn't need to know that.

He thought of how he would tell Ginny and they would get a laugh over it and probably plan on bringing it up at awkward moments to embarrass him. He opened the door to Ginny's room and went inside.

Ginny ran over to him looking frazzled. She pulled at his shirt, her face riddled with fear and desperation.

"Gin?" said Draco trying to be a hold of Ginny's hands.

"DON'T LISTEN TO ME DRACO! PLEASE! DON'T LISTEN TO A WORD I SAY!"

"Ginny what the hell are you going on about?!" shouted Draco trying desperately to stop her from moving.

Ginny shook Draco hard. "HELP ME! IM SO SCARED! JUST PLEASE DON'T LISTEN! DON'T LET ME DO IT TO YOU!"

Draco gained control crack and shook her hard once."Don't let you do what?! Ginny?"

Ginny stared at Draco deep into her eyes. He thought he saw something as she stared at him, but all of a sudden she sighed and her face softened as if nothing had happened.

"Draco?" said Ginny. "I love that you're holding me like this but it's the middle of the day and I don't feel like being caught right now."

Draco let go of Ginny and backed up from her as if he was afraid. Ginny looked at him with bewilderment.

"Draco? Are you ill?" she asked him, reaching out to touch his forehead.

"...no...are YOU ill Gin?" Draco asked hesitantly.

Ginny looked at Draco and smiled. "I mean I feel like I'm okay. You're looking at me like I did something wrong."

"You just shook me and told me not to listen to you. Are you sleepwalking?"

Ginny laughed. "That's funny. Maybe I am though I don't know. I just feel so tired all the time. I don't like going to sleep because the dreams I do remember are of that horrible place. I'm so afraid Draco." she said putting her arms around his waist.

Draco sighed and put his arms around her and pulled her in. "It's okay. You're not there anymore. You don't have anything to worry about."

"I just want them all gone. I know i shouldn't say that about your family but-"

"For what they did to you they are no family of mine. As much as I don't want to denounce my mother, I can't stand behind her as she works for my fucked up sperm donor and her crazed sister."

"Can't we just go and get rid of them? Please?" pleaded Ginny. "Even if we just get them sent back to Azkaban that would make me happy. As long as they can't get to us."

Ginny started crying. Draco rubbed her back and made soothing sounds to try to calm her down.

"Not tonight sweetheart. We need to plan this out remember?"

"I know. I think I'm going to take a nap. I just feel so tired."

"Do you want me to stay with you?" asked Draco.

Ginny moved her face up to his and gave him a passionate kiss. "I'm fine love. You go terrorize my brother or something."

Draco smirked and kissed her on her forehead. Ginny walked over to her bed as Draco walked out of her door, shutting it.

Draco took in a deep breath and then exhaled. 'That is not my Ginny. Something is off" he thought to himself.