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BE MY ESCAPE

Chapter 4

'What's wrong?' Malfoy asked her softly and genuinely concerned.

Ginny didn't answer him. She wiped away her tears and stood up. She was about to leave but then she looked at Malfoy and he was actually concerned. She still didn't know why all of a sudden he was interested in her but now, she didn't care. She just needed someone to talk to. And all of a sudden she just wrapped her arms around him and cried in his neck. She was surprised that he didn't pull away. Instead he began to stroke her hair. It didn't last though. They could hear people chattering and coming closer to where they were.

'Meet me here in thirty minutes.'Malfoy whispered in her ear before disappearing.

She stood there for a while before deciding to cast a spell on her face so people wouldn't see that she was crying.

...

15 minutes later

She was sitting in charms class. Debating whether to see Malfoy or not. It probably wasn't a good idea to meet him, and even if she wanted to, how was she supposed to get out of the class?

2 minutes later

She couldn't believe how much she was actually paying attention to the time. It wasn't like she cared if Malfoy felt bad of being stood up or not.

1 minute later

The idea of mitching class and seeing Malfoy was slowly growing on her.

30 seconds later

God, Ginny couldn't handle being in the same class with those three. Ron and Harry kept turning around and giving her dirty look and then they would whisper something to each other and laugh at it. And then they would do it all over again. And Hermione, she was completely oblivious to it all, as always.

5 minutes later

It was nearly the time she was supposed to meet Malfoy. By now she had already decided to meet Malfoy but she was still struggling how to get out of class.

Ron and Harry were slowly getting on her last nerve. One more look and laugh and she would snap.

And then it happened. She had had enough.

She wasn't thinking anymore. She just stood up muttered a spell that would make her look horribly sick even though she wasn't. A trick Fred and George thought her when she was young.

Flitwick quickly dismissed her and advised her to not attend any other classes today.

When she closed the class door behind her she realised she was running late. She ran down the hall and the steps as fast as she could.

When she finally arrived Malfoy wasn't there. Had he tricked her? Or had he gone already?

Before she could think of what to do she was suddenly garbed by her arm and she could see from the corner of her eye that it was Malfoy.

'Come on Weasley, we don't have all day.' He said and was pulling her in to a run with him.

'Where are we going?' She asked even though she was already running along with him down the hall.

'It wouldn't be fun anymore if I told you.' He said and winked at her.

They made another corner and then he stopped in front of an old statue and muttered a password that she couldn't make out. The statue instantly moved sideways revealing a tunnel. He stepped inside and motioned to her to follow him.

'No way am I going in there with you.' Ginny said and crossed her arms.

'Oh don't be such a prude, Weasley.' Malfoy said and looked at her funny.

'And stop standing like that; you're starting to remind me of Granger. Now come.' He added and Ginny's arms instantly dropped at the mention of her friend. She has been around Hermione way too much. She thought and fallowed Malfoy.

It felt like the tunnel won't ever end. Ginny didn't feel comfortable in it. It was dark and damp, plus she had no idea where it brings her too, but she hoped it's somewhere nice.

'How much longer?' Ginny whined.

'Not far now, so you can stop whining.' And he was right soon after they arrived at their destination.

'Finally, took fucking ages to get…' Ginny stopped midway in her sentence when she realized where he had brought her to; 'You brought me to the Shrieking fucking Shack?'

'It's not that bad Weasley.'

'Not that bad? It's fucking creepy.'

'See and that's why I didn't tell you. You wouldn't have come.'

'Damn right I wouldn't.' Ginny said and was half considering making a run for it, but she didn't want Malfoy to think she is scared or anything like that.

'Fine, why did you bring me here?'

'I come here a lot since the war ended. It's like an escape from everyone else and for a moment I feel like I am far away from all the people back in Hogwarts and nothing matters.' He said and Ginny could see in his eyes he was not laying to her.

'Why do you come here besides of escaping everyone at Hogwarts?' She asked.

'To think and mostly because Snape died here this is the only place where I can actually feel close to him.' He said and Ginny could have sworn she saw a tear slide down his cheek but when she looked again there wasn't any trace of tears. Even the sadness in his eyes had disappeared. She had to ask herself was it even there in the first place or was she imagining things again?

'I am so sorry, I forget sometimes that Snape was actually something more to people than just a potions teacher.' Ginny said and softly touched his shoulder. A second didn't even pass before Malfoy made coughing noise and changed the subject.

'Come, I want to show you something.' He said and took her by the arm again.

He dragged her upstairs to a small room with a huge window. She didn't even realize it was there but when she looked through it. She couldn't even describe it in words how beautiful the sight in front of her was. There was a green field with flowers in front of her that led down the mountain and went on to the next one. And if you looked sideways you could see the castle. It was truly beautiful. She loved how birds were flying all around the field towards the castle and mountains.

'It's beautiful.'

'See, it's not that bad here, after all.' Malfoy said with hands in his pockets.

Ginny didn't reply to him, instead she kept admiring the view outside. It indeed felt like her problems disappeared here. She was so lost in her admiration about the view that she didn't notice that Malfoy wasn't standing next to her anymore. She turned around to see where had he gone, but he was nowhere to be seen in the room. Had he actually left her here? She wouldn't be surprised it would be so like Malfoy. She didn't have the time to fully think what she would actually do if he had left her here, when suddnely Malfoy showed up with a bottle of Fire whiskey in his hands. He put the bottle down on a small table and gestured her to come sit down.

'Okay, so here's the deal. I take one swig and I tell you something about me and you do the same.' He said. Ginny nodded back in an agreement. He was the first one to take a sip.

'Okay, so, I hadn't actually been with every woman from my house.' He said to her truthfully and she was surprised.

'Then why do people say that?'

'I assume because every girl wants to be with me and when one of them has actually been with me the rest of them make up rumours and stories, never got involved in all that girl stuff.' He said and shrugged his shoulders.

'Your turn, Weasley.' Ginny took the bottle and took a big swig and she could instantly feel the burning effects of it.

'People assume I am closer to Ron from all of my brothers but I am actually closer to George and Fred. Well, now only George.' Ginny wasn't sure what to say at first so this was the first thing that popped in her head.

Malfoy didn't say anything instead he just nodded his head in understanding. He took another swig and said:

'Me and Pansy are actually good mates, and people assume she's still in love with me even though she is with Blaise now.' He chuckled at the part of Blaise and Pansy being a thing.

Ginny took a swig and decided it would be more fun if they changed things up a bit:

'How about I take a swig and ask you a question and you do the same?'

'Sounds good to me.'

'Okay, so why did you come back this year?' She asked out of curiosity.

'Why not? I always liked Hogwarts and I actually wanted to finish school and make something out of myself not follow my father's beliefs.' He said and took the bottle from her.

'So tell me, why were you closer to the twins more than Weaslebee?'

'We and Ron never really were close as far as I can remember we fight a lot and he never takes my side. George and Fred were always cheering me up, teaching me things, taking my side and just spending time with me even though I am a lot younger than them they still treated me like an equal, unlike Ron.' She said and grabbed the bottle back from him.

'Tell me the happiest childhood memory you have.'

'Don't have any, red.'

'Not one?' Ginny said surprised.

'No. I spent most of the time alone in the house or with house elves and nanny's.' He said and Ginny was about to say something comforting to him when he interrupted her.

'So, what's up with you and the trio lately?' Suddenly Ginny didn't feel like talking anymore.

'Don't want to talk about it, Malfoy.' She said through clenched teeth. Malfoy seemed to notices the sudden change in her mood or maybe he intended it all along:

'How about we stop with the question asking and just drink?' And Ginny couldn't be happier to agree.

...

For the next hour they were just sitting in the room and drinking the whiskey bottle. It was almost done. She couldn't even believe how much she had drunk. But it made her feel free and happy again even though she knew it was just for a little bit. They didn't talk much but somehow they understood each other in the silent drinking. Both of them had problems and memories they weren't willing to share or talk about yet. But they needed someone. Someone to just sit with and do nothing so both of them wouldn't completely feel alone. She could go to her friends, but they wouldn't understand her and even though she would be with a lot of people she would still feel alone. It was different with Malfoy, he didn't push it, but her friends would. She just needed to forget, just for a little while and have fun. And she guessed Malfoy did too.

She still couldn't believe that she actually likes his company. If Ron were to find out, he would be furious with her. That is if he would even acknowledge her existence.

...

They had finished their bottle. She was drunk and so was Malfoy. They were at that stage where they were just giggling about each other and talking about things that sober people wouldn't even understand. But the most important part was they understood each other.

All of a sudden Ginny was knocked down by Malfoy who was now tickling her. She tried to fight back but she couldn't get him off of her he was too big and too strong.

She was running out of breath, she could barely breathe now. But somehow she loved the careless feeling she got out of it.

Finally she managed to get off him and made a run for it. She was hoping Malfoy would take longer to get up and catch up with her, but he was fairly quick and was slowly closing the distance between them.

Ginny would probably run faster if she could stop laughing. So instead she made a sharp turn in to the first room she could see, which didn't get her far because there was no other way out of it. So it ended up with Malfoy wrapping his arms around her waist and spinning her around.

They both were laughing and screaming and to some people they may had looked crazy, but right now they felt free and careless with no problems in the world. At least that's how Ginny felt but she was sure that's how Malfoy felt too.

They been sitting in the same room she ran in to half an hour ago. The buzz was slowly wearing off but not fast enough for her to be sober by the time she has to return to the castle.

They both were just lying on the floor and gazing at the sealing just talking. When all of a sudden Malfoy got up, she pulled her head up to see where he was going. He was making his way to the piano she didn't even realize was there.

He sat down and started to play around with the keyboard.

After a while she assumed he got bored because he stopped playing. She wasn't looking at him anymore but she couldn't hear any movement either she was about to look up to see what was he doing when he started to play an amazing melody she didn't know.

She got up from the floor and walked over to him and watched him play. She was so surprised that Malfoy knew how to play piano. He didn't come across as the type that would and let alone play so good.

It was truly beautiful how he played. The melody was sad and moving and he looked lost in it and it made her see Malfoy in a whole different way. By the time he finished playing the song she was so lost in the melody and him that she didn't even realize he stopped playing until he made an uncomfortable cough in his throat.

'God Malfoy where did you learn to play like that?'

'As I said when I was a child I spent most of the time on my own in the house. We had a piano and one day I got really bored and I just started to play around with it not really sure of what I was doing. Until a nanny thought me the entire keyboard keys on it and found some sheet music for me.' He explained.

'Wow, that was really good; I wish I could play like that.'

'Maybe someday I'll teach you.' He said and winked at her. Suddenly Ginny could feel her cheeks go all red for no reason at all. She blamed the alcohol instantly.

'We should probably get back to the castle.' Malfoy said looking out the window and he was right it was getting dark already and she knew people would be wondering where she is as she was supposed to feel 'sick'.

They slowly made their way back to the castle and soon parted their own ways in the corridor.

...

'Where the hell have you been?' Ron was at her side the minute she walked in to the common room.

'We were so worried about you Gin.' And now Hermione was by her side too. She could see past their shoulders an unhappy Harry sitting on the sofa, probably not liking that she got all the attention now.

'Oh calm down people. I was just having fun.' Ginny shouted and spread he hands.

'Fun? With whom?'

'Weren't you sick?'

'You weren't with Luna or any of your friends you usually hang out with so don't even think of lying.'

'Don't tell me you lied to a professor?'

'You better have not been with Zabini!'

'Guys, stop speaking at the same time. Yes fun and no I was not with Zabini Ron, but obviously that's all you care about so why don't you run back to your Harry and keep on ignoring me and making fun of me. You haven't been exactly a brother to me to have the right to know what I am doing in my spare time.' Ginny tried to sound serious but she gave it all away by almost losing her footing by just standing still.

'Are you drunk Ginny?' Hermione asked shocked.

'What if I am?'

'You better not be!' Ron pointed his finger at her.

'Fuck off Ron. It's my fucking life and I'll do what I want. I won't let you control it anymore.' She said and walked off, leaving even a shocked Harry Potter behind her.

She knew she will regret it in the morning but for the first time in a long time she felt like she could do anything.