Disclaimer: Harry Potter and everything affiliated with him belongs to J.K. Rowling and all her publishers, etc. Nothing belongs to me! I wouldn't mind owning Draco though... ;) and none of the songs belong to me either. Thousand Mile Wish actually belongs to Finger Eleven, so I obviously don't own that.

A/N: Eek! I'm so sorry for not updating in so long!! I had exams, and then I was in Wyoming, and then... um well I just got back on Monday and I just have had absolutely no time to update. But anyway, I hope this makes up for it, I don't think this chapter is very good but it's the best I could come up with... review please!! And Little Black Backpack is the coolest song ever!!

Well, I know it
It's a shame, a shame I can't show it
And I see it
I can see it now
But I'm so far below it
Stroke 9: Little Black Backpack

Chapter Four: I Wish I Could Show You the Toll It's Taken

"Thank you all for coming tonight to celebrate my daughter's birthday. It is now my pleasure to introduce the entertainment for the night, the newest Wizarding sensation... ENNERVATE!"

The crowd cheered as the band stepped onstage and Ginny couldn't help but grin from where she was standing, her first real smile in the past four days. She and Draco had avoided each other, only being in the same room to practice. Blaise and Ricky were confused, but after trying to get them to talk about it for two days, they had given up, deciding instead to let the problem sort itself out on it's own.

Draco's voice interrupted her thoughts. "Are you guys having a good time tonight?" There was another loud cheer from the crowd and Ginny adjusted her guitar strap, a little nervous. She could spot her family in the crowd, their red hair stood out anywhere. "This one's called 'Looking Back on Today' by The Ataris."

If only, I had one wish, I'd win a million, trillion lifetimes that I could spend with you.
Fall in love with you again and again.

What seemed like minutes passed by, but before Ginny knew it, they were close to closing their set. Despite Draco and Ginny's saying "No," over and over again, Blaise had somehow convinced them to play a duet that Ginny had written a few weeks ago. She stepped closer to the mike, running her tongue over her teeth self-conciously. Ginny only half-heard Draco introduce the song.

"OK, here's an original called Thousand Mile Wish." He nodded shortly to Ginny and she started to sing.

Forgive me, if now I wear the face of worry
This time alone could never cause any doubt
But I've been cold too long
Such a strange time to find myself coming down as the rain
With all these holes, my love
To fill up from the middle
This storm could stay all night now

She stepped back from the mike as Draco took over and watched the crowd.

So can you stay until we close our eyes
Til your dreams hold mine
Just stay until we know we tried, one more time

Ginny closed her eyes and stepped back up, trying her best to ignore Bill's confused stare and keep the tears from falling from her eyes.

Cause laughing lovers can overcome their closest demons
And they'll go on and they won't let go
They saw something that they know
Has never come so close
Can it stay here for us, for now?

Draco joined her at the microphone and she bit her lip before they sang together, feeling the warmth of his body next to hers.

Can it stay until we know ourselves?
I'm torn as I tell
You're the story that I know and fell from
I'm so far into your story I don't know why
We think we're in control
When we lie between the lines

Ginny concentrated on the guitar chords she was playing but subconciously let herself get lost in Draco's voice.

We'll find a line to follow
It's got to show real soon
Or we'll never each this high
We climb a little further
Cause there's nothing we can't get around together
Further gets colder until nothing was all that I saw around

Ginny stepped back up, joining Draco on the last part of the song.

So we stay until the ground
That we can't come down from splits us away
Maybe stars know why we fall
I just wish they were thinking out loud
Oh, I could wish all night

Ginny moved back to the side of the stage, ignoring the applause that almost shook the large room in the Parkinson's manor.

"We're gonna close with Tell Me by Haven. A very Happy Birthday to the birthday girl!"

Eyes on you
Every time
Every move
She walks in
Takes it away now
Away now this sin

They ended to a huge amount of applause from the people at the party. Ginny fingered the hem of her skirt, forgeting about Draco for the moment and getting lost in the applause. She glanced over at him to find a pug-faced girl latched onto his arm, giggling. If Ginny had looked closer, she would've seen the look of disgust on Draco's face, but she was too busy glaring daggers at the girl she now recognized to be Pansy Parkinson. Her eyes widened when the spoiled girl leaned up and kissed Draco.

Ginny's eyes filled with tears and there was nothing she could do to stop them. She set down her guitar on its stand and jumped off the edge of the stage, landing neatly on her feet and running away through the crowd, just trying to get away from Draco and Pansy. Ginny didn't hear the shouts that followed her, she kept running until finally she ran into an empty room and completely broke down, falling face first onto a couch.

The door opened and then closed quietly and she felt a pair of strong arms wrap around her and lift her up from the couch.

"Ginny?"

A/N: Muahaha! I'm evil, sorry!! Any guesses as to the mystery guy is?! I'll give you three!! Until next time...

JadesPinkTie: oops, I did take as long, if not longer!! I'm sorry!! Thanks for reviewing though!!
Dark Angels: I love the music, too! Which would explain why I pick it... haha. Most of them are just bands I love, and the lyrics at the beginning of the chapters are bands that I love too! Switchfoot was here last night, I wanted to go so badly, but I couldn't :( Oh well, I'll see bands this summer!!
Starrynight12312: Thank you!!
Rose-Kaiba: What are lemons?? Sorry, I haven't even been here a year, so I don't know all the terms yet!! And you'd better update soon!!
OrangePop: My name caught your eye? I'm personally starting to hate it now... I made it when I was naive(er) and I would change it except it would be so much trouble to create a new account, I like yours... Anyway, glad you liked it!!
Scary-Girly: Muahaha, well I'm the only one who knows what will happen after this!! Haha, that's why I love writing so much! Thanks, and I'll try and update quicker next time!

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Katie