Chapter Three:
The home Draco Malfoy called home, the DM Bar ranch, turned out to be a beautiful Spanish-style house, sprawled out on the mass of land that stretched on for miles. While driving up to the ranch house, Ginny noticed the many vehicles parked along the sides of the house. It looked like some of the guest were on there way out, most of them had already taken their leave. Ginny stared in awe as Malfoy brought the truck to a stop beside a black mustang. What had Ginny been thinking! Of course Draco wasn't a poor man, just because he left the wizarding world. By the way he dressed and the luxurious pickup he owned she should have guessed he was still a rich man. She just hadn't expected him to live this well, because to her he came off as a Texan cowboy. She should have realized that old habits are hard to brake, Malfoy couldn't have changed that much. With that in mind her opinions on trusting the man were all jumbled up., now she was just plain old confused.
"Well Ginny, do you think you can walk, or do I need to carry you into the house?
She quickly glanced over towards him, hoping he didn't actually mean to carry her into the house with guests as an audience. "Do I have to go in there?"
He frowned at her as she nodded towards the brightly-lit house. "Where the hell do you want to go? Besides the house, we've just got barns and stables and they're definitely not much warmer than being out in the winter's cold".
Ginny really wished that Draco could see she wasn't up to going into a large house full to the brim with lovely guests. She couldn't just walk in on an engagement party, it was absurd! She had driven for more than a thousand miles in the last three days since she apparated to Chicago, realizing it wasn't safe to use magic anymore because of Harry, she bought the rusty old car. She was tired and her car was wrecked, no longer any use to her, and her damn foot just wouldn't stop throbbing!
As she grabbed her coat to cover her small body in a protective manner, she whispered "Fine, but I - I'd rather.if I could, that is. just sit in the kitchen while you call up some wrecker? I'll find a hotel to stay in. I don't want to be a bother with so many people about".
Biting the curse down that was bound to come out of his mouth, Draco was about to point out that she was being silly, but the expression on her face stopped him. There was this haunted look in her beautiful brown eyes, that made her seem vulnerable. Just that seemed to tug at him, even though he normally couldn't stand a helpless woman. It made him feel as if he could do something that would take that haunted look out of her eyes. He left the parking spot and headed for the back of the house, nearer to the kitchen.
Great Ginny, now you have the man thinking you're ungrateful, and that was the last impression she wanted to be giving him. "I'm sorry if I'm being rude, I don't want to be a bother, but thanks".
Dammit! He didn't want the lady apologizing, it made him feel like a bastard, though he wasn't sure why. "Hell don't go apologizing, it isn't your fault that theirs a party goin' on"
After killing the engine, and as Ginny opened the door as was half way out of the pickup, she said "It wasn't your fault that my useless car ran into the side ditch either." She didn't know what she would have done if he hadn't shown up, she might have froze to death out there. After promising to repay him for all the trouble she gave him, he just frowned at her. The woman was making her out to be some kind of hero, and that just made him uncomfortable. The last thing Draco wanted anybody to think of him as, was a hero, especaily this lady. But before he could correct her she was already climbing out of the door.
"Wait now, you'd better let me carry you inside", was all he said, but Ginny didn't' want him to carry her into the house. The idea of being so close to him made her feel awkward and she didn't want to set her already jumbled nerves into a frenzy.
"Don't worry, I can p-probably walk", she said quickly, sliding out the rest of the way before he had a chance to reach her.
"Ooh!", she gasped as her injured foot took in all her weight.
Cursing again -this woman had him doin' that often- Draco didn't wait to ask if she needed carrying. He grabbed her by the waist and hoisted her up, swinging her into his arms and heading for the house.
Ginny continued to ignore him as the pain in her foot shot up through her leg, "I know your in a hurry to get back to the party, so as soon as you get me inside a telephone will be all that I need"
Stepping up to the porch and turning the light switch on, he then carried Ginny into the house. He lead her from the kitchen to a room not far from it. from where Ginny sat, she could tell by the way the room looked that it was Draco's room she was in and just knowing that made Ginny feel weird.
"Now, stay right there until I come back with the doctor, cause you don't only need the damn telephone", Draco said as he took a step back after plumping her down on the comfortable bed.his bed. She looked up at him, and what she saw in his eyes confused her. He looked at her as if he was pleased to see her lying upon his bed, but that had to be absurd. The exhaustion was finally catching up with her.
Before the young lady had a chance to protest, Draco high-tailed it out of there before he did something stupid. **************************************************************************** ****
the doctor came in shortly followed by a stout, kind looking woman, and closely following her, was Draco. The stout woman introduced her self as Maria Alviano, Draco cook and housekeeper. The doctor, Arthur Manslow or Doc came in and quickly went to work, examining his patient's foot. He asked question of her health and maternity rate, making her sure no baby was jostled in the accident. He examined her foot taking in how it had swollen and how the faint appearance of a bruise was forming. Concluding that it wasn't broken lifted Ginny's spirits. Telling her that it was badly sprained and need to rest of atleast a week brought the damper back on Ginny's spirits. Maria said they had plenty of room, and before Ginny had a chance to protest it w as already agreed upon that she would be staying at the DM Bar ranch.
"Don't worry Ginny, the DM Bar isn't such a bad place to be stranded" Draco said, trying to encourage her.
Maria left to get a room ready for Ginny as well as find some clothes of her daughter that would fit her. Draco left to find something to drink, leaving Ginny to look upon the large room with interest. It was defiantly a man's room with pictures of Maria and supposedly her daughter with Draco. They looked like a happy family that's probably why Draco left the wizarding world, to find a better family who cared. They were a happy family all together.
Maria's daughter came in, bouncing with joy carrying in an armload of clothes. She was much taller than Ginny with dark black hair and light blue eyes, a beauty to the eye. She then explained the reason for her bouncy mood: it was her engagement party that was going on. She was engaged to Draco's friend who she loved madly. Ginny congratulated her, but kept her feelings towards love to herself. Love was for fools! She loved, and look were that got her, running from a, abusive, crazy and possessive fiancé. Ha! Love WAS for fools.
Maria's daughter, Natalia, laid out all the clothes she had with her, letting Ginny take her pick. Because Ginny was so much shorter than Natalia, she limited her choice to warm leggings and a white sweater that reached past her knee's. she quickly got dressed and Natalia called for Draco to come in here. A few minutes later his head poped in through the door way with a questioning look mounted apon his face. Natalia motioned him to come in, and as he did, he caught a glance at Ginny no longer frazzled from the winter blizzard. She was quite the thing to look at in her red leggings and much to big white sweater. Ginny felt uncomfortable under Draco's gaze, and he quickly settled that with his good humor. She and Natalia laughed at his comment, and Natalia said that Mama said Ginny's room was ready. Ginny didn't realize what that meant, until Draco swung Ginny into his arms and carried her out of his room, up the stairs and down the hall as the leaving guests departed form the party.
Embarrassment etched on her face, Ginny didn't realize she was brought into a stunning, cozy room with a fire in the grate crackling merrily. The room was painted in soft earth tones with a large bed in the middle with Victorian furniture surrounding the room. She marveled at the beauty of the room. She never had the chance to stay in such a fine room, not even when she was engaged to Harry.
Draco dropped Ginny onto the large bed softly as Natalia came in a minute later. She came in with a late night snack for Ginny to eat, dismissing Draco from the room. He didn't take offense at the action, he looked at Natalia in a loving manner, the way a brother loves a sister. He said he would be back to check in and left the two to talk.
The two talked for nearly an hour, with Natalia asking question and wanting answers from Ginny. She found out that before Ginny came here she was into fashion and designs. She didn't really tell her why she left home to come all the way here. Judging from her accent, she was from somewhere in Great Britain, which Natalia found interesting. Natalia decided to call it a night when she realized how tired Ginny looked. She said goodnight, picking up the food tray and heading for the door when Draco came in. Draco stepped aside to let Natalia through and came up to inform Ginny of her cars condition. It wasn't exactly good news, but Ginny didn't care, as soon as her foot was good she'd make arrangements for a new car and a place to rent out. Of course she'd have to find a job and..
The weariness in her face showed and found her slowly laying her head upon the pillow, completely exhausted. As he got up form where he sat, Ginny was fast asleep, and not wanting to disturb her any longer, Draco said his goodnights and silently left her room, taking one last glance toward the bed as he closed the door.
That night he couldn't seem to get a certain little lady of his mind, and that just irritated the hell out of him.
Note: hope you liked. Pleeze review and tell me what you think, cause I'm up for improvement any time. Thanx to: BloodCrested, Mimiko, Lara, Rose Petal, and Dianna (don't wrry hun, I don't hate you, your review was very interesting and thanx for the advice!) for all the reviews! Keep reviewing! Jazmine
P.S ok, I've been getting a few reviews regarding the Texan accent that Draco has going and the snow in Texas. K, the accent isn't so strong just a little bit to make him seem more, I dunno southern cause I'm trying something new. If it really bothers you I suggest you go read my other fic, In Your Dreams Pal! It's the same old Malfoy but in a devilishly more handsome way. Ok now back towards this snow issue. I don't live in Texas and I don't know much about it and for those who have a problem with it, its just a story based in a magical world, for all you know it could be harry that's changing the weather. Well thanx for all the reviews. I took into consideration what most of you said and decided to explain it all. If you have anymore questions just post them in a review and I'll answer them when I update. Thanx! And bye.
The home Draco Malfoy called home, the DM Bar ranch, turned out to be a beautiful Spanish-style house, sprawled out on the mass of land that stretched on for miles. While driving up to the ranch house, Ginny noticed the many vehicles parked along the sides of the house. It looked like some of the guest were on there way out, most of them had already taken their leave. Ginny stared in awe as Malfoy brought the truck to a stop beside a black mustang. What had Ginny been thinking! Of course Draco wasn't a poor man, just because he left the wizarding world. By the way he dressed and the luxurious pickup he owned she should have guessed he was still a rich man. She just hadn't expected him to live this well, because to her he came off as a Texan cowboy. She should have realized that old habits are hard to brake, Malfoy couldn't have changed that much. With that in mind her opinions on trusting the man were all jumbled up., now she was just plain old confused.
"Well Ginny, do you think you can walk, or do I need to carry you into the house?
She quickly glanced over towards him, hoping he didn't actually mean to carry her into the house with guests as an audience. "Do I have to go in there?"
He frowned at her as she nodded towards the brightly-lit house. "Where the hell do you want to go? Besides the house, we've just got barns and stables and they're definitely not much warmer than being out in the winter's cold".
Ginny really wished that Draco could see she wasn't up to going into a large house full to the brim with lovely guests. She couldn't just walk in on an engagement party, it was absurd! She had driven for more than a thousand miles in the last three days since she apparated to Chicago, realizing it wasn't safe to use magic anymore because of Harry, she bought the rusty old car. She was tired and her car was wrecked, no longer any use to her, and her damn foot just wouldn't stop throbbing!
As she grabbed her coat to cover her small body in a protective manner, she whispered "Fine, but I - I'd rather.if I could, that is. just sit in the kitchen while you call up some wrecker? I'll find a hotel to stay in. I don't want to be a bother with so many people about".
Biting the curse down that was bound to come out of his mouth, Draco was about to point out that she was being silly, but the expression on her face stopped him. There was this haunted look in her beautiful brown eyes, that made her seem vulnerable. Just that seemed to tug at him, even though he normally couldn't stand a helpless woman. It made him feel as if he could do something that would take that haunted look out of her eyes. He left the parking spot and headed for the back of the house, nearer to the kitchen.
Great Ginny, now you have the man thinking you're ungrateful, and that was the last impression she wanted to be giving him. "I'm sorry if I'm being rude, I don't want to be a bother, but thanks".
Dammit! He didn't want the lady apologizing, it made him feel like a bastard, though he wasn't sure why. "Hell don't go apologizing, it isn't your fault that theirs a party goin' on"
After killing the engine, and as Ginny opened the door as was half way out of the pickup, she said "It wasn't your fault that my useless car ran into the side ditch either." She didn't know what she would have done if he hadn't shown up, she might have froze to death out there. After promising to repay him for all the trouble she gave him, he just frowned at her. The woman was making her out to be some kind of hero, and that just made him uncomfortable. The last thing Draco wanted anybody to think of him as, was a hero, especaily this lady. But before he could correct her she was already climbing out of the door.
"Wait now, you'd better let me carry you inside", was all he said, but Ginny didn't' want him to carry her into the house. The idea of being so close to him made her feel awkward and she didn't want to set her already jumbled nerves into a frenzy.
"Don't worry, I can p-probably walk", she said quickly, sliding out the rest of the way before he had a chance to reach her.
"Ooh!", she gasped as her injured foot took in all her weight.
Cursing again -this woman had him doin' that often- Draco didn't wait to ask if she needed carrying. He grabbed her by the waist and hoisted her up, swinging her into his arms and heading for the house.
Ginny continued to ignore him as the pain in her foot shot up through her leg, "I know your in a hurry to get back to the party, so as soon as you get me inside a telephone will be all that I need"
Stepping up to the porch and turning the light switch on, he then carried Ginny into the house. He lead her from the kitchen to a room not far from it. from where Ginny sat, she could tell by the way the room looked that it was Draco's room she was in and just knowing that made Ginny feel weird.
"Now, stay right there until I come back with the doctor, cause you don't only need the damn telephone", Draco said as he took a step back after plumping her down on the comfortable bed.his bed. She looked up at him, and what she saw in his eyes confused her. He looked at her as if he was pleased to see her lying upon his bed, but that had to be absurd. The exhaustion was finally catching up with her.
Before the young lady had a chance to protest, Draco high-tailed it out of there before he did something stupid. **************************************************************************** ****
the doctor came in shortly followed by a stout, kind looking woman, and closely following her, was Draco. The stout woman introduced her self as Maria Alviano, Draco cook and housekeeper. The doctor, Arthur Manslow or Doc came in and quickly went to work, examining his patient's foot. He asked question of her health and maternity rate, making her sure no baby was jostled in the accident. He examined her foot taking in how it had swollen and how the faint appearance of a bruise was forming. Concluding that it wasn't broken lifted Ginny's spirits. Telling her that it was badly sprained and need to rest of atleast a week brought the damper back on Ginny's spirits. Maria said they had plenty of room, and before Ginny had a chance to protest it w as already agreed upon that she would be staying at the DM Bar ranch.
"Don't worry Ginny, the DM Bar isn't such a bad place to be stranded" Draco said, trying to encourage her.
Maria left to get a room ready for Ginny as well as find some clothes of her daughter that would fit her. Draco left to find something to drink, leaving Ginny to look upon the large room with interest. It was defiantly a man's room with pictures of Maria and supposedly her daughter with Draco. They looked like a happy family that's probably why Draco left the wizarding world, to find a better family who cared. They were a happy family all together.
Maria's daughter came in, bouncing with joy carrying in an armload of clothes. She was much taller than Ginny with dark black hair and light blue eyes, a beauty to the eye. She then explained the reason for her bouncy mood: it was her engagement party that was going on. She was engaged to Draco's friend who she loved madly. Ginny congratulated her, but kept her feelings towards love to herself. Love was for fools! She loved, and look were that got her, running from a, abusive, crazy and possessive fiancé. Ha! Love WAS for fools.
Maria's daughter, Natalia, laid out all the clothes she had with her, letting Ginny take her pick. Because Ginny was so much shorter than Natalia, she limited her choice to warm leggings and a white sweater that reached past her knee's. she quickly got dressed and Natalia called for Draco to come in here. A few minutes later his head poped in through the door way with a questioning look mounted apon his face. Natalia motioned him to come in, and as he did, he caught a glance at Ginny no longer frazzled from the winter blizzard. She was quite the thing to look at in her red leggings and much to big white sweater. Ginny felt uncomfortable under Draco's gaze, and he quickly settled that with his good humor. She and Natalia laughed at his comment, and Natalia said that Mama said Ginny's room was ready. Ginny didn't realize what that meant, until Draco swung Ginny into his arms and carried her out of his room, up the stairs and down the hall as the leaving guests departed form the party.
Embarrassment etched on her face, Ginny didn't realize she was brought into a stunning, cozy room with a fire in the grate crackling merrily. The room was painted in soft earth tones with a large bed in the middle with Victorian furniture surrounding the room. She marveled at the beauty of the room. She never had the chance to stay in such a fine room, not even when she was engaged to Harry.
Draco dropped Ginny onto the large bed softly as Natalia came in a minute later. She came in with a late night snack for Ginny to eat, dismissing Draco from the room. He didn't take offense at the action, he looked at Natalia in a loving manner, the way a brother loves a sister. He said he would be back to check in and left the two to talk.
The two talked for nearly an hour, with Natalia asking question and wanting answers from Ginny. She found out that before Ginny came here she was into fashion and designs. She didn't really tell her why she left home to come all the way here. Judging from her accent, she was from somewhere in Great Britain, which Natalia found interesting. Natalia decided to call it a night when she realized how tired Ginny looked. She said goodnight, picking up the food tray and heading for the door when Draco came in. Draco stepped aside to let Natalia through and came up to inform Ginny of her cars condition. It wasn't exactly good news, but Ginny didn't care, as soon as her foot was good she'd make arrangements for a new car and a place to rent out. Of course she'd have to find a job and..
The weariness in her face showed and found her slowly laying her head upon the pillow, completely exhausted. As he got up form where he sat, Ginny was fast asleep, and not wanting to disturb her any longer, Draco said his goodnights and silently left her room, taking one last glance toward the bed as he closed the door.
That night he couldn't seem to get a certain little lady of his mind, and that just irritated the hell out of him.
Note: hope you liked. Pleeze review and tell me what you think, cause I'm up for improvement any time. Thanx to: BloodCrested, Mimiko, Lara, Rose Petal, and Dianna (don't wrry hun, I don't hate you, your review was very interesting and thanx for the advice!) for all the reviews! Keep reviewing! Jazmine
P.S ok, I've been getting a few reviews regarding the Texan accent that Draco has going and the snow in Texas. K, the accent isn't so strong just a little bit to make him seem more, I dunno southern cause I'm trying something new. If it really bothers you I suggest you go read my other fic, In Your Dreams Pal! It's the same old Malfoy but in a devilishly more handsome way. Ok now back towards this snow issue. I don't live in Texas and I don't know much about it and for those who have a problem with it, its just a story based in a magical world, for all you know it could be harry that's changing the weather. Well thanx for all the reviews. I took into consideration what most of you said and decided to explain it all. If you have anymore questions just post them in a review and I'll answer them when I update. Thanx! And bye.