A/N: OMG it's been soooo long and I am very sorry about that! But I hope you will forgive me. I mean live and let live, am I right?

"So he woke up?" Hermione asked in shock.

"Yes and the first thing that he did was freak out because he saw a certain picture on my night table." Ginny said with her hands on her hips.

"Gin, listen. I didn't do that to make him upset. I just want you to remember your friendship with Harry and maybe forgive him." Hermione explained and gave Ginny a small smile.

"Hermione that's fine, but you could have put a different picture and why right next to Draco? You know that I don't sleep in there!" Ginny asked with an eyebrow raised.

"That's a great picture of you two." Hermione said.

"Yeah and it's a look into the future right? That picture is what I could have with Harry. A little happy family." Ginny said sarcastically. "Maybe I don't want that happy family with him? Maybe I had a different picture for my future?" Ginny snapped and stood up from her couch. "And who's to say that if Draco never came back that I would want to end up with Harry?" She added.

"Ginny, you know Harry and you love him. Why wouldn't you want to be with him?" Hermione said a little shocked.

"Because I don't love him. I like him as a friend and that is it." Ginny yelled, she couldn't believe that she was having this conversation with Hermione again. "Hermione how many times do I have to tell you? When I was younger I did think that I was in love with Harry. But after Draco and now that I'm older I now know that I was never in love with Harry, I just had an infatuation." Ginny stomped her foot.

"And what about Draco? How do you know that you weren't just an infatuation to him?" Hermione snapped. Ginny paused, that was a low blow for Hermione to say. She started to feel the tears welding up, but she refused to let them fall. She just turned on her heels and stomped into the kitchen. She opened her cabinet doors harder than was necessary and slammed her mug down on the counter hard too. "Ginny I'm sorry, but you still don't know anything about him. Yes, you told me that he still loves you, but that was when you both were younger. For him to be away for so long he might have changed and not for the better; I know that you definitely have changed." Hermione said as she followed Ginny into the kitchen.

"Shouldn't that be my decision to make? To be able to talk to him and see who he is now and for him to see who I am. And then we can decided our future if there is any? Not for you or Ron or Harry to just decided that he's a horrible person and there's no way for him not to be." Ginny argued and stormed pass Hermione fighting back her tears with her newly filled mug in her hands. She headed back towards the living room.

"Yes Ginny of course it's all up to you to figure out what you want. But I don't want you to think that you just wasted the last seven years of your life. I just want you to remember that there is someone who's perfect for you." Hermione explained as she followed Ginny back into the living room. As Hermione came around the corner she froze in the doorway.

"You've always been so sweet when it came to me Granger." Draco said in a snarky voice as he was leaning on the doorframe of Ginny's bedroom. His color had returned to his face and he didn't look as fragile as he did when he first woke up. "I can see that this is not a conversation for me to be apart of." Draco drawled and was about to turn back into the room.

"Draco wait." Ginny said quickly and Draco stopped and turned back towards Ginny. Their eyes met and Ginny could see that it was truly him. That Hermione was wrong, the man that stood before her was still the Draco that she knew and loved. "You must be hungry. All that you've had for the pass month was saline solution. Do you want dinner?" Ginny said sweetly as she put her tea down onto the coffee table, Draco and her eye never left one another until Hermione made a fake coughing sound.

"I wouldn't want to be a burden." Draco said shaking his head and shot a glance at Hermione.

"Hermione shouldn't you be going?" Ginny asked as she saw the glance from Draco.

"I think that we are all adults here." Hermione said and she sat down on the couch and kept her eyes on Draco.

"Hermione, I rather talk to Draco alone." Ginny said through her teeth.

"And I rather talk to him right now. I'm sorry Ginny I supported you two years ago, but things are different. You're different and he's different." Hermione said and folded her arms across her chest.

"Oh yeah you supported us alright. You supported us for the last 12 hours that we were together." Draco spat.

"Well I can come around again. I'm just protective of my sister-in-law." Hermione growled.

"Of course you married Ron." Draco grumbled. "And I'm sorry that I'm the reason for stopping your trio's total bond. It must be a real nuisance trying to force Ginny to marry someone who she doesn't want to." Draco said sarcastically.

"The real nuisance is watching one of my best friends cry herself to sleep or going in and out of depression because she's waiting for a guy that would never come back." Hermione snapped.

"Well I'm back now." Draco growled.

"No. The boy who she fell in love with will never come back. Just like the girl that you feel in love with is no longer here." Hermione barked.

"Hermione stop!" Ginny yelled. "I told you that I wanted to talk to Draco alone. If after that you have this need to have your own conversation with him then fine. But for right now, please go!" Ginny yelled.

"Ginny." Hermione protested.

"Just go!" Ginny yelled and pointed to the door. There was a pause. Hermione looked form Ginny to Draco and then back to Ginny again.

"Fine." Hermione hissed as she stood up and stormed to the door. She only looked back at Draco and glared at him before she disappeared behind the wall. Ginny didn't say anything or move an inch until she heard the door of her apartment open and close again with a slam.

"I'm sorry about that." Ginny said quietly and turned back towards Draco.

"It's ok. It's what I was expecting." Draco growled and looked away from Ginny.

"What would you like to eat?" Ginny asked as she started to head towards the kitchen. In one long stride, Draco quickly grabbed Ginny's arm and turned her back around towards him.

"Ginny." Draco paused as he looked into her eyes. "I'm-I'm sorry." He whispered and rubbed her cheek with his thumb.

"For what?" Ginny asked confused and slightly pulled away from his touch.

"For making you wait for so long." Draco breathed. His eyes were soft with a hint of sadness.

"No, Draco. Not now." Ginny said shaking her head pulling away slight from Draco again.

"No Ginny it has to be said." Draco said sternly.

"No! I don't want to talk about it now." Ginny said pulling away fully from Draco.

"Ginny you said that you love me and that you waited for me. Now you have me and now you're pushing me away?" Draco said angrily and confused.

"I just don't want to talk about it right now." Ginny said through her teeth.

"When do you suppose that we do talk about it? You're the one who just kicked your sister-in-law out because you wanted to talk to me. So if you don't want to talk about this now, then when did you want to talk?" Draco yelled throwing his arms in the air out of frustration.

"I don't know! I don't know!" Ginny screamed and backed away from him even more. "You know what? I changed my mind. You can make your own dinner. I'm taking a shower." Ginny yelled.

"Ginny." Draco sighed angrily as he watched her walk down the hallway.

"And don't follow me!" Ginny yelled over her shoulder as she stormed into the bathroom and slammed the door behind her. Ginny turn on the hot water and let it heat up as she got undressed. Ginny hopped in letting the warmth of the shower filled the room. She let the heat of the water hit her chest as she closed her eyes and took in a few deep breaths, to clear her mind. Why are you pushing him away? You've waited so long for him to come back and now that he is, you're acting like he's the plague. Maybe I'm just afraid that Ron and Harry are right? Maybe he is different, so different that I fall out of love with him. Then Hermione would be right, I would have wasted seven years of my life. No! Ginny stop thinking like that! You saw in his eyes; that it was him, the Draco that you know. So why are you so afraid? Maybe because I've lived so long without him and he without me that I'm afraid that Hermione is still right anyway. That he won't like how I turned out, that he will realize that I was just a phase to him. Ginny sighed in frustration and confusion. She put her head under the water and let the sound of the water covering her, drown out her own thoughts. That however didn't last very long. Just give him a chance. Lets not just assume anything and remember he has waited for you too. Ginny turned the water off and started to towel off. She loved taking showers for this very reason. It gives her a place to think everything out. Ginny heard the other shower that was in her bedroom running so she assumed that Draco was also taking a shower, therefore her room was free for a bit so she could go in and grab some clothes without having to see him. She knew that she was going to have to talk to him some time, but she rather think out what she was going to say to him and how to say it before hand. Before Ginny went into her she went into the kitchen to get some water. After coming from the kitchen Ginny walked into her room and went straight to her dresser and took out some clothes.

"I understand that it's your room, but do you mind knocking first?" Draco's voice came from behind Ginny. Ginny gasped and quickly turned around clutching her towel. Draco stood on the other side of the bed in his towel around his waist. His hair was wet and Ginny watched the water droplets fall from his hair down to his chest.

"I'm sorry." Ginny breathed out as her eyes followed the lines of Draco's chest. She noticed that there were new scars. Even though Ginny was the one who undressed him she didn't have the time or take the to time to really look at him. This was the first time that Ginny saw Draco as a man and not as a patient.

"Ginny?" Draco asked.

"Umm I do have clothes for you." Ginny said shaking herself out of her trance. "I went out and bought you some for the next time that you woke up." She added and walked over to Draco and walked passed him to her closet. "Here." Ginny whispered as she opened the closet door and showed him some pants and shirts that were hanging. Ginny took in a deep breath and then turned back around towards Draco who was now facing her. His eyes were a pale blue, like crystals. His face jaw clenched and Ginny noticed that his breathing was abnormal. That was when Ginny realized something, Draco was nervous. She had no idea why he would be, but then again she was just as nervous to be around him too. "I didn't ask you how you were feeling today." Ginny breathed as she realized that neither of them had some anything in a while.

"Good." Draco whispered and took a few steps towards her. Ginny froze, she didn't move as Draco placed a hand on her waist and cupped her cheek. His movements were a bit hesitant at first, but were very deliberate at the same time. He leaned his head down to her ear. Ginny could feel his warm breathe against her neck and it sent tingles down her whole body. She felt like she was about to collapse into his arms, but just his proxy to her. "I know that you may not be ready to talk about this yet. But I want you to know that I will wait for you to be ready." Draco whispered into her ear smoothly.

"Drake." Ginny almost moaned and rested her head on his chest. Draco wrapped his arms around her body and pulled her closer to him. "I've missed you so much." She whispered and wrapped her arms around his body.

"I missed you too Gin." Draco whispered and kissed the top of her head. Ginny could hear Draco's heart beat, which sped up as Ginny stayed in his arms. Ginny took in a deep breath of Draco's scent and she felt like she was back in Draco's room in Hogwarts. Ginny-brushed back some of her hair that fell into her face and rested her hand on Draco's chest. Again Ginny could feel his heart beat speed up. Ginny suddenly felt the same safeness and warmth that she used to feel when she was with Draco. Ginny turned her head towards Draco's chest and lightly kissed it. She looked up at Draco and his blue eye pierced through her. Draco cupped Ginny's cheek and leaned down to Ginny's level again, he hesitated as he looked into Ginny's big hazel eyes. He then took the plunged and pressed his lips against Ginny's. Ginny wrapped her arms around Draco's neck and pulled him closer to her body. Draco started to stagger backwards towards the bed; when the back of his knees hit the bed Draco sat down and broke their kiss. Draco looked up at Ginny for a quick second and then pulled her down to his lips again. Ginny straddled Draco's lap as their tongues danced together. Draco flipped Ginny down to the bed and pulled her towel opened a little more. His hand ran down her naked body as he made their kiss more urgent. "Draco." Ginny moaned as his finger circled her belly button. Draco slowly pulled away slightly and looked into Ginny's eyes.

"Ginny wait." Draco said in a soft voice as he looked down at her. "I just wanted to tell you that if you don't feel comfortable about this. I mean I am not expecting just this. I don't want to hurt you and I understand if it's too fast or totally out of line." Draco explained in the same soft voice.

"This is what I want Draco. I've been in love with you for some time now. I know that you want to talk and I know that we should, but for right now. In this moment, I just want you and to be as close to you as I possibly can be." Ginny whispered and ran her hand through his hair and laid her other hand on the top of his towel.

"That is all that I need to hear." Draco whispered and lightly kissed Ginny's lips. "You are going to have to forgive me though." He whispered and he took the rest of Ginny's towel off. "You were the last person that I've been with. So I'm going to take this slow." He whispered in her ear.

"You haven't been with anyone? At all?" Ginny asked as she took his towel off.

"No. I wasn't going to do what the other did and the other women had nothing that I wanted. Because they weren't you." Draco whispered as he kissed Ginny's ear and down to her neck. "You?" Draco asked a little shocked because he realized that just because she wasn't with Potter or that she wasn't with someone; that she could have still been with someone else before.

"No. So I'm afraid that I might be a little rusty too." Ginny smiled into Draco's eyes. Hearing that made Draco feel a hundred times better. He wouldn't have blamed her even if she was with someone else, for all that she knew after Draco's father and Aunt took him, they could have killed him right there. After not being able to get back to Ginny after 5 years he had promised himself that if or when he did, he wouldn't hold anything that she did against her. Unless it was something totally unreasonable like after 3 months of waiting she moved on.

"Well then we will just have to rediscover each other all of over again." Draco said in a husky voice. Ginny smiled and reached up and crashed her lips against Draco's. Ginny slipped her tongue into Draco's mouth and she put up a very good fight and finally Draco allowed her tongue to win and to take control. Ginny wanted the both of them to take their time and to explore each other as they did before, but at the same time, all that she wanted was for Draco to take her right there. Ginny could tell that Draco was hesitant also and wasn't sure what he wanted.

"How about we save exploring for later and enjoy what we have now?" Ginny whispered in a seductive way into Draco's ear.

"That sounds like a good plan to me." Draco smiled just before he attacked Ginny's neck. Draco's hand roamed all across Ginny's body all the way down her stomach to her inner thigh. Draco massaged Ginny's inner thigh as her hand snaked down his chest to the tip of his member. Just as Ginny touched it, Draco moaned deeply into her ear and moved his thumb to her soft spot and started to make little circles.

"Drake." Ginny moaned lowly.

"I've missed you saying that." Draco said husky into Ginny's ear as she stroked his member. "I also missed doing this to you." He added as he thrusted two of his fingering into her wet center. Ginny gasped in pleasure and arched her back as Draco's fingers pumped in and out of her smoothly.

"Draco." Ginny gasped and dug her nails into his shoulder. "Now, Draco. I need you now." Ginny panted and thrusted her hips into his fingers again.

"My pleasure." Draco whispered as he slipped his fingers out and placed his member at Ginny's entrance.

"Draco." Ginny whispered right before Draco moved again. Draco smiled down into her eyes and cupped her cheek. "I love you." She said quietly. It was the first time that Ginny had said those three little word and just those three little words. Nothing came after it just 'I love you'. The only other time was seven years ago right before they were separated.

"I love you too Ginny." Draco leaned down and whispered right before he kissed her softly and slowly entered her. Ginny gasped as the new yet old feeling of Draco's member entered her. "Merlin, Ginny." Draco moaned as he thrusted in.

"Mmmm are you sure that you want to go slow?" Ginny moaned as she bit her bottom lip.

"I thought that I wanted too." Draco chuckled as his hand cupped Ginny's breast. Ginny gasped again as he started to play with her nipple as he thrust. "Have you missed me teasing you?" He growled into her ear.

"Yes." Ginny was able to breath and moaned deeply as Draco continued to play with her nipple.

"I would love to tease you more, but just hearing you moan is driving me crazy." Draco said in a husky voice as he lifted one of Ginny's legs so he could go in deeper.

"Draco." Ginny moaned loudly as he went deeper and dug her nails in his back. "Merlin I love you being in me." Ginny breathed as she arched her back.

"Baby, are you close?" Draco asked as he kissed and nibbled Ginny's neck.

"Yes. I'm right there." Ginny panted as she matched Draco thrust for thrust. "Draco." She breathed.

"Ginny, I'm going too…." Draco said in a moan and thrust hard into Ginny.

"Draco!" Ginny yelled as everything started to tighten up and came to her climax. Ginny arched her back as she climaxed. Draco continue to thrust and cupped Ginny's cheek and brought his lips to hers just before be came to his climax. Draco's lips were urgent against Ginny's. Ginny wrapped her arms around Draco's neck and ran her fingers through his hair.

"Merlin I never want to stop kissing you." Draco said through their kiss.

"I don't ever want you too." Ginny giggled and bit Draco's bottom lip.

"Jezze, Gin. You know how to drive me crazy." Draco complained with a smile.

"That's something that I pride myself of." Ginny joked as she lightly kissed Draco's lips.

"And you should." Draco smiled and slowly pulled out of Ginny and rolled over on his back. Draco looked over to Ginny and watched as she stretched her body and then smiled when she looked over to him.

"I know that we should talk. And I want to, but do you think that we can do it tomorrow?" Ginny yawned and laid her head on Draco's chest.

"Of course we can." Draco whispered and wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head.

"Are you sure?" Ginny asked and looked up with a smile on her face. Draco just looked at Ginny's smile and got lost in her eyes, just like he use to when he was a boy. Draco's eyes lingered down her soft neck to her fully breast and along side of her petite body. This was what he had waited for; this was the girl of his dreams for the past 7 years and the girl that he had no reason to doubt that he will be with for the rest of his life.

"Ginny, I will wait for you until the end of time, if that's how long it will take." Draco whispered and lightly touched his lips to hers.

"I'm still not use to boyfriend material Draco." Ginny giggled as she looked into Draco's eyes.

"Well get use to it. After seven years of wanting to say things to you, I have a whole lists of boyfriend things to say." Draco chuckled and laid his head back down to the pillow.

"Draco." Ginny whispered.

"Yes?" Draco smiled. Ginny propped herself up onto her elbows and looked Draco in the eyes.

"I have a confession to make." Ginny whispered again.

"Which is?" Draco asked looking serious.

"The night that you came back." Ginny paused. "Let me start from the beginning. Ron, Hermione, Harry, and I were supposed to go out to eat that night. At the last minute Ron and Hermione cancelled, but encourage Harry and I to still go out. So Harry and I went and ate and I invited him in to have some tea. This was nothing out of the ordinary considering Harry and I had let bygones be bygones. However that night he caught me off guard and told me that Ron and Hermione planned this secret date for us and that he still wasn't over me. I told him that it just wasn't going to happen and that he knew that I was in love with you. Then we started to fight and he grabbed me and kissed me." Ginny paused for a second and looked at Draco for his reaction. "It was horrifying, the moment his lips touched mine I pushed him away and slapped him across the face and kicked him out telling him to never talk to me again. So far he hasn't but I felt that you had the right to know about the whole situation." Ginny finished and looked away from Draco.

"So that must have been the voice that I heard that night." Draco said nodding his head.

"What?" Ginny asked.

"That night, even though I don't remember much of it. When I popped into your apartment I heard a male voice." Draco explained.

"Well then yes. You probably heard me kicking Harry out and him pleading for me to listen to him." Ginny said rolling her eyes. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." Ginny said with tears in her eyes.

"Wait, Gin why are you sorry?" Draco asked and turned her head towards him.

"I kissed another guy!" Ginny yelled.

"Well the way that you told it was that he kissed you. Unless you kissed him back." Draco said.

"No! No! No! I did not kiss him back in anyway. Like I said his lips touched mine for a second and I pushed him away." Ginny said sternly.

"Then you have nothing to be sorry about. I doubt that you lead him on and I trust you." Draco explained with a smile.

"I still feel horrible." Ginny whispered.

"Well don't." Draco smiled and kissed her deeply. "If anything you just have me another reason to hate Potter and to even punch him when I see him." Draco joked. Ginny smiled and kissed Draco's chest before her laid her head down on it.

"I love you Draco." Ginny said and kissed his chest again.

"I love you too Ginny." Draco yawned and kissed the top of her head. "I'm glad that you told me." He added as he rubbed her arm up and down.

"You're glad that I told you that someone else kissed me?" Ginny giggled in a sleepy daze.

"No, I'm glad that you want to be truthful to me and so you told me." Draco chuckled and yawned again. Ginny smiled to herself and closed her eyes as Draco continued to rub her arm. She could hear his heart beat become a slow rhythm as she herself slowly drifted off to sleep. She felt save, warm, and at home within his arms and she never wished to leave them.

Ginny woke up in a totally different place from when she went to sleep. It was definitely not where she fell asleep and she had no idea how she got there. Ginny sat up and she was dressed in a long floral nightgown, it was something that her mother would wear.

"Where the hell am I?" Ginny asked herself out loud as she got out of the bed and l to the door. When she opened it, it was her living room back at her flat. Hermione sat on the couch and when Ginny closed the door Hermione looked up at her with a warm smile.

"Hermione where's Draco?" Ginny asked confused.

"Draco? Ginny are you feeling alright?" Hermione asked. "You haven't said that name for 8 years. Ever since his funeral." Hermione added.

"His funeral? He's dead? What happened?" Ginny asked in a panic and shear horror.

"Mom! Tell James to give me back my chocolate frogs!" A little red-headed girl came running into the living room and looked up at Ginny.

"They aren't even hers'! They are mine! She ate all of hers' the first day she had them!" A little red-head boy that was about the same age as the girl.

"No! That was you! You idiot!" The girl yelled.

"Lily! James! Don't bother your mother about this. She just woke up." Harry said coming from the kitchen.

"Harry?" Ginny whispered still confused.

"Good morning darling." Harry said and was about to kiss Ginny when Ginny backed away.

"Get away from me!" Ginny hissed. "What's going on here? Those aren't my children and we are not together!" Ginny yelled as she pointed to the kids and at Harry.

"Oh course we are sweetie." Harry said with a plastic smile.

"Push." Hermione said with the same plastic smiled.

"What?" Ginny asked looking at Hermione.

"Push." The little girl said with the plastic smiled.

"Push." The little boy repeated and took a step towards Ginny.

"Push. Push. Push. Push." They all started to chant and moved closer to Ginny. Ginny just backed away from them as far as she could. Suddenly her flat turned from her living room to the edge of a cliff. Once Ginny was at the very edge they all stopped and Harry took a few steps forward.

"Listen darling we can do this one out of two ways. You can just except this life or we can push you into it." He said in a sinister voice. "So what's your choice?" Harry asked.

"First tell me where Draco is." Ginny yelled.

"Wrong choice." Harry said shaking his head and stepped towards Ginny again until they were less than an arms way apart. "It would have been much easier on you if you just ignored your feelings and listened to us." Harry shrugged his shoulders. "Now all that we can do is PUSH!" Harry hissed and pushed Ginny off of the cliff. Ginny screamed as she fell and watched as the walls of the mountain were closing in on her. That was when Ginny woke up with a jolt and sat straight up panting. Draco sat up too with his wand hand up in a protective position. He looked around the room confused and in panic until his eyes landed on Ginny. He then took in a deep breath and put his wandless hand down.

"What is it?" Draco asked half asleep.

"Nothing, it was just a really bad dream." Ginny said shaking her head. "Go back to sleep." She added. They both laid back down in their original positions.

" Are you sure? Do you want to talk about it?" Draco yawned.

"No. I'm tired and so are you. I'll tell you in the morning if I remember." Ginny yawned herself and they both fell back to sleep.

"Wake up." A smooth voice whispered into Ginny's ear. Ginny just ignored it and turned her head. "Wake up." The voice said again, this time with a smile hidden behind it. Ginny shook her head and tried to bury her head into her pillow. "Baby wake up." The smooth voice laughed and kissed her neck.

"No." Ginny moaned as she rolled over towards the voice.

"Yes." He laughed again and the weight of the bed shifted as the man sat up. Ginny opened on eye and saw Draco leaning over her with his blue eyes and his perfect smile.

"Did you just call me baby?" Ginny asked as she smiled into the pillow.

"I'm pretty sure that I did." Draco smiled. "I can take it back if you want me to." He said and lifted an eyebrow.

"No!" Ginny yelled and her head popped up from the pillow. Draco just smiled and laughed.

"Alright, alright. I won't." He laughed as he grabbed her waist and pulled her over to him. Ginny laughed as she lifted her head and lightly kissed Draco's lips. "So do you remember what your nightmare was?" Draco asked as he stretched and sat up, he leaned up against the oak headboard as she stroked Ginny's fiery hair.

"Oh. Yeah it was weird." Ginny said shaking her head and she thought about it.

"Well, are you going to tell me about it?" Draco teased.

"No, I barely remember it. I just know that it was weird." Ginny lied.

"Well maybe you'll remember it as the day goes on." Draco shrugged his shoulders. Ginny smiled up to Draco as she sat up and straddled him. "Are you trying to suggest something?" Draco asked as his eyes examined Ginny's body.

"Not at all." Ginny smiled and leaned down and kissed the base of Draco's neck and his collarbone. "Actually I wanted to talk." Ginny said as she sat back up and bit her bottom lip.

"You want to talk while you're naked and straddling me?" Draco joked.

"If you like I can always get dress and we can sit in the living room and talk there." Ginny teased and acted like she was getting off of Draco.

"Now, I didn't say that." Draco smiled as he held onto her waist. "Don't take this the wrong way, but why the sudden change of heart?" He asked as he stroke her upper thighs.

"My dream. It scared me a lot." Ginny explained.

"But I thought that you didn't remember it?" Draco said in a coy voice.

"You knew that I was lying." Ginny rolled her eyes.

"I had a feeling that you were." Draco winked at her. "So where would you like to start?" Draco jokingly asked.

"Draco. I'm serious about this." Ginny sighed and put her hands on her hips.

"I am too. I really don't know where we should start." Draco smiled warmly.

"How about where you've been for the past seven years." Ginny smiled.

"Alright. I'm telling you this now. I will only tell this story to you, your father, and the minister of magic. I rather not relive the past seven years." Draco explained.

"That's totally fine. And your story telling will be cut short since my father is now the new minister of magic." Ginny explained.

"Really? Since when? And who is the leader of the Order now?" Draco asked.

"After Dumbledore died my father became the leader of the Order and he actually still is. And after Voldemort was killed and most of the Death Eaters where rounded up by my father and the Order, the counsel at the ministry elected my father to be the new minister." Ginny explained. "For a while he used the Order more than his power of the ministry to get his information. However as time went on the Order was needed less and the ministry needed more guidance. So the Order is technology no longer together. It's more like it was temporarily disbanded until needed again." She added.

"Oh well. Maybe we should talk about what had changed in your life before we get to me." Draco smiled and sat up more.

"Besides that, not much has changed." Ginny laughed.

"Oh so you are still in Hogwarts in your 6th year then?" Draco joked nodding his head.

"Of course not." Ginny rolled her eyes.

"Well then spill." Draco said.

"Where should I start?" Ginny laughed and threw her hands up in the air.

"How about where you work." Draco suggested.

"I am a doctor and work in the Health and humane science department at the ministry." Ginny said with a smile.

"Hmmm as I recall that was one out of the three jobs that you wanted." Draco said tapping his chin with his finger.

"You remember me telling you that?" Ginny asked almost astonished.

"Of course." Draco winked. "So you're a doctor. Do you specialize in anything specific?" He asked.

"Curses and Hexes. During the war and even after, people on both sides had created new curses and hexes. Ones of which no one knew the cures for, hence why they got me." Ginny explained.

"You must be a very smart witch. So I'm assuming that you graduated Hogwarts at the top of your class." Draco smiled proudly at her.

"Yes I did. I didn't think that I would, but I kind of buried myself into my work." Ginny sad trailing off.

"See I told you that my leaving would bring you some good." Draco smiled.

"Don't say that!" Ginny said angry and hit him in the chest.

"Gin, I was kidding. I'm sorry." Draco said shocked.

"I'm sorry. I'm just use to having to defend you and you sounded like my brother or Harry when you said that." Ginny said a little embarrass.

"Oh Merlin! I sounded like them? Please kill me." Draco said rolling his eyes while Ginny laughed. "Please tell me something to get my mind off of my new realization that I could fit in with the Boy Wonder and his sidekick." Draco joked.

"Well as you saw before. Isabel and Blaise got married and have a 2 year old boy named Blaise Jr." Ginny smiled and ran her fingers through Draco's hair. "Theo and Lavender of course got married too and Lavender is now 4 months pregnant." She added. Draco sat up and cupped Ginny's cheek and kissed her deeply.

"I'm sorry." Draco whispered as their lips parted slightly.

"It's ok. I don't mind being interrupted for that." Ginny smiled.

"No, I mean I'm sorry for not being here." Draco said softly and stroke Ginny's arm. "I'm sorry that you had to watch your friend's lives move on while you were waiting for me." Draco explained.

"Draco you don't have to be sorry." Ginny said shaking her head.

"Yes I do. You put your life on hold for me." Draco sighed deeply.

"It was my choice to do so. And if I had to do it again, I would." Ginny whispered and ran her fingers through Draco's hair. "So like I was saying." Ginny teased. "George and Angelina Johnson got married, while of course you know that Ron and Hermione got married also. They have a son named Hugo whom I absolutely love despite his parents." Ginny explained.

"How old is Hugo?" Draco asked as she leaned back against the headboard again.

"He's the same age as Blaise. Only a few months younger." Ginny smiled.

"Two years? What took Hermione and Ron so long? I would have thought that they would have gotten married right after the war and then start popping out babies." Draco rolled his eyes.

"That was Hermione's plan too. But Ron didn't ask her to marry him until four years ago and then Hermione wanted to work on her career and then Hugo happened." Ginny shrugged.

"And what about your other siblings? Fred, Charlie, Percy, Bill?" Draco asked.

"Bill and Fleur have three children and are living in Normandy, France. It's the middle point between my parents and Fleur's parents. Charlie married a Romanian girl named Sasha and they have 2 twin girls named Harmony and Grace. I barely talk to Percy anymore besides holidays. He didn't come around to see the family until after the war and he didn't apologized for anything until Ron and I confronted him about it. And as for Fred…" Ginny trailed off and looked down into her hands.

"What? What is it?" Draco asked.

"Fred was killed during the war. In the battle at Hogwarts." Ginny whispered.

"Oh Gin. Ginny I'm so sorry. I wished that I would have known so I didn't ask." Draco said as he sat up again and wrapped his arms around her and held her tight.

"No, it's ok. How would you have known? Plus it's not your fault. George has already said that the first boy that he and Angelina have they are going to name him Fred. Hence why Ron didn't name Hugo, Fred." Ginny explained. "Umm anyway I do have some news about your family!" Ginny turned her frown into a smile.

"My family?" Draco was confused.

"Yes. You have two little cousins. Your cousin Tonks and Remus had a boy and a girl. There's Nicolas who is about 7, Rose who is 5." Ginny explained.

"Oh really! That's great news!" Draco said with a smile.

"However I have to add something." Ginny said in a serious tone.

"Which is?" Draco asked.

"It's Tonks." Ginny sighed. "She was on the field being an Auror and she was hit with one of the new curses." Ginny said in a very low tone.

"What kind of curse?" Draco asked and sat up a little more.

"It was a curse that attacked her cells." Ginny said in almost tears. "I tried to figure out a cure. I was able to stabilize it for a little while, but." Ginny trailed off and a tear fell from her eyes. "She died 6 months after she was hit by the curse." She sighed and wiped another tear away. "It was because of her why I specify in curing Hexes and Curses." Ginny whispered.

"Ginny, it wasn't your fault." Draco said lifting her chin so that she looked him in the eyes. "I know you. And I know that you tried your hardest. And I'm sure that Remus knows this too." He added. Ginny just nodded her head and cased her eyes down again.

"There's more." Ginny whispered.

"More about my family or about Tonks?" Draco asked.

"About your family." She said and looked him in the eyes again.

"About my father? Yeah I know that he's dead." Draco said and stopped her.

"How did you find out?" Ginny asked wide eyed.

"I was able to steal some newspapers every now and than. One day I saw that there was a Death Eater raid and that he was one of the ones who were listed as dead." Draco shrugged. "Good riddance to him. He made my life a living hell." Draco grumbled.

"I know." Ginny said softly. "But there's something else." Ginny went on.

"My mother's dead also." Draco said in a grave voice.

"How did you know?" Ginny asked surprised.

"I was there when He killed her." Draco whispered.

"What?" Ginny said shocked.

"I guess it's my turn to tell you what's been going on in my life." Draco whispered. Ginny slid off of Draco's lap without resistance from Draco and laid down next to him. "Do you want me to tell you about my mother or from the beginning?" Draco asked.

"I would say from the beginning." Ginny said softly.

"Well for the first 3 months after I was taken, I was tortured. My father did most of it while other Death Eaters would have their fun. Once I was able to trick all of them into thinking I was totally lost and now there's to mold, that was when Voldemort gave me the ultimatum. He told me that he saw right through my tricks and that to keep me in check he'll have test for me. He explained to me that he would happily kill my mother if for any reason I thought that I could escape him. So for 9 months I would do only the bare minimum to get by. Sometimes if we went to look for a muggleborn or a muggle sympathizer wizard I would run faster than any of them to try to find the person before anyone so that I could warn them and try to get them in a safe place and then send the other Death Eaters off of their trail." Draco explained.

"But I thought that Voldemort said that he was on to you." Ginny piped up.

"I practice and learned occlumency on my own." Draco explained. "I've also learned some legilimency on my own." He added.

"Oh would you like to teach me?" Ginny smiled.

"Of course." Draco smiled slightly and lightly kissed Ginny's forehead.

"So how did you get away from him?" Ginny asked confused.

"Well he took away the only reason for me to stay," Draco almost whispered. "Like I said he would test me every once in a while. Like I had to go to a muggle home and vandalize it or something minor like that. Every time I would be timed and he would threaten that even if I were a second late than my mother would die. It was a good thing that I was fast with my broom. Each time my mother would hug me and would tell me that she loved me and that if anything happens than I should run away as fast as I could. The last test that I did for him was a trick. There wasn't a true objective. As the clock was ticking I just gave up and raced back to them." Draco paused and took in a deep breath. "I was one second late." He paused again and then fell silent.

"Draco." Ginny whispered and took his hand into hers'.

"After that I had no reason to stay and so the first moment that I had, I took my mother's advice and ran. For the next 6 and half years and I've just been running." He added and then looked back over to Ginny. "I've been running to find you." He smiled.

"I'm so sorry to hear about your mother." Ginny whispered, she was trying to hold back her tears however one did escape.

"I know you are. Thank you." Draco smiled down at her and wiped the tear away. "But I have had six years to mourn her death, and in a sense revenge her death." He added.

"I know that it might seem silly for me to cry about it since I hardly knew her, but I knew how much she meant to you. And that the lost must have been hard." Ginny explained.

"I appreciate it darling. But it gives me even more of a reason to take her advice." Draco smiled.

"Which is?" Ginny asked.

"Step one, find you. And I've done that." Draco smirked.

"And step two?" Ginny asked with a slight smile.

"To never let you go. And that's what I plan to do." Draco leaned down and lightly kissed Ginny.

"That reminds me, how did you find me?" Ginny asked. "And why were you all beat up?" She added.

"Well, that's an interesting story." Draco chuckled and pulled Ginny's arm over to his chest and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "While I was running I was also hunting. Anywhere I went, even if I got the hint of a Death Eater I would go and hunt him or her down. A little while ago I found a whole group of them who were trying to rally the troops. I thought that I killed all of them, but one apparently got away. He got some more of his friends and hunted me down. I was on the brink of death and all that I could think of was you. That's when I ended up here." Draco explained. "I don't know how. I just pictured you and I guess I apparited here." He added.

"I guess Professor Twycross was right. All that you need to apparite is deliberation…" Ginny said as she sat up and kissed Draco. "Destination…" She said and added another kiss. "And of course determination." She smiled.

"I don't know about the other two but I know that I was quit determined." Draco growled and claimed Ginny's lips for his own. "So was this conversation as scary as you thought that it was going to be?" Draco teased as their lips parted.

"Very funny." Ginny smiled. "And no it wasn't." She added.

"Why were you so scared? If you don't mind me asking." Draco asked as he rubbed her cheek with the back of his hand.

"To be honest I was afraid that you would have changed. Well I know that you have changed but I was worried that you had changed so much that I wouldn't recognize you." Ginny explained.

"I was worried about that too. But when I saw you get mad at me and put her hands on your hips. I kind of just knew that you were the same Ginny." Draco explained.

"Really? Because I put my hands on my hips?" Ginny asked.

"Well was there a moment when you saw that I was the same guy?" Draco asked and raised an eyebrow.

"I suppose so. That could be also what scared me." Ginny shrugged her shoulders.

"Do you care to tell me what moment it was?" Draco asked as he played with a lock of Ginny's hair. Ginny turned her head slightly and started to think. A slight smile bounced around her lips before she spoke.

"It was when I saw you leaning against my doorframe before Hermione came around the corner. In that split second, by just they way you had your arms folded and the way you looked at me. I don't know it's hard to explain." Ginny started to laugh at herself and turned back towards Draco.

"I know the feeling." Draco smiled and gently traced Ginny's bottom lip with his thumb.

"So what now?' Ginny asked.

"Now? " Draco paused. "We live the rest of our lives." Draco sighed in approval. "I guess that I should get a job though." He joked.

"Yes that would help." Ginny laughed and wrapped her arms around Draco's neck. "You're really here, aren't you?" Ginny sighed out loud.

"Yes, and I'm not going anywhere. There's nothing in this world that can tempt me to leave you or to force me to leave you. I've finally got you back and I am not letting you go." Draco whispered and lightly kissed Ginny over and over again.

A/N: I am trying to keep up, but I hold no promises.