The 'Master' Plan
Chapter Four: So Far, So Good
YuriYaoiHet_ILoveEmAll
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By lunch time, Ginny was in agony. Her joints felt like they were on fire and walking up and down the staircases with bags full of books hadn't helped anything. Word of the accident had finally circulated and everyone kept walking up to her to ask if she was ok. She just wished they'd leave her alone.
She was looking forward to her visit with Draco though. Except for the fact she'd sent Ron to the hospital wing earlier. She was sure she'd have to apoligize for that. Proffesor McGonagall had yet to set her punishment, but whatever it was it would be worth it. Ron had come back to class in Charms and had simply ignored her, as did Hermione and Harry. She was glad. Three less people she had to put on a charade around. Class let out and she decided to skip lunch entirely and just go on to the hospital wing. Colin seemed to be missing and she didn't feel like looking for him now anyway. Figuring she might as well stop by her room, she went to change her books for her afternoon classes before heading to the hospital wing.
When she got there, she was surprised to see he already had a visitor. Blaize was standing beside the bed and they were deep in conversation. She was about to turn and leave when she heard her name.
"How could you decide to date Ginny Weasley?" Blaize was saying. "She's a Gryffindor!" Ginny was surprised Draco had told him and crept closer to better hear their conversation. She normally wasn't one to eavesdrop, but they were talking about her. "Not only that, but she is also close to Potter. How do you know she's not just trying to gather information for him?"
Draco sighed. "Look. I just know, alright. Besides. Even you've admitted she's attractive and you're gay. We had a long . . ." He paused. "Talk last night and I happen to think she is very datable." Then he snickered. "Not to mention an amazing kisser." Ginny couldn't hold back a smile at that.
Blaize gasped. "You kissed her? Did that explosion drive you bonkers or something?"
They were silent for a moment, "You know better than anyone that pain doesn't change the way I think." Draco said finally said, his voice sounded dead.
"I didn't mean that, Dray." Blaize said quickly. "I'm just surprised is all." Ginny was surprised at his use of a nickname.
Draco sighed. "Well, it doesn't have to make sense to you. I'm dating her. Thats the end of it." He paused. "How has she been today?"
Blaize snorted. "Like I know." They were quiet before Blaize continued. "I saw her as she was going up the stairs earlier and she looked ready to faint. I think the potion may still be causing her pain. If it is, she's doing a good job fighting it. Like I said yesterday, she's a stubborn one."
Draco laughed. "I noticed. You know you really should give her a chance. I think you'd like her if you got to know her."
"I doubt it. She is a Gryffindor after all. Daphne likes her though. Says she's thinking about asking her to be freinds. Don't know how that one is gonna work out."
Deciding it was time to make herself known, she stepped forwards into their line of sight. "It'll work out as well as she wants it to. I like her too." Then she looked at Draco. He looked marginally better. Madame Pomfrey had convinced him to at least tape some gauze over the knot on the side of his head and his skin had more color. Deciding to greet him like a girlfreind should, she moved forwards slowly, hips swaying, ignoring the pain in her joints. "Hi, love." She fluttered her eyelashes at him as she drew closer and he smirked holding out his hand. She took it and he pulled her into a kiss. A zing of sensation ran throught her and she opened her mouth for him. He deepened it enthusiatically.
"Oh, for the love of Merlin!" Blaize exclaimed when they didn't stop kissing for a moment. "Still here, you know."
Ginny felt Draco smile against her lips and she couldn't help grinning too. They pulled apart snickering. Draco gathered himself and held his hand out to Blaize. "Blaize. Meet my girlfreind Ginny. Ginny, this is my best freind Blaise."
Ginny held out her hand politley. He took it and shook it quickly, his grasp feather light. "Well met." She said, using a greeting she'd heard other Slytherins use. His eyebrow rose with surprise as he appraised her. "Oh, and just so you know. I hate Harry Potter and his freinds as much as you do. Just to ease your mind."
He looked shocked. "You were listening?"
She tilted her head as if to say 'of course'."You were talking about me. Not nice to do it out of earshot." She smirked at him.
Blaize recovered from his shock. "Ok. You may be alright for a Gryffindor."
"And you might be alright for a Slytherin." She retorted, flipping her hair.
He held out his hand to her and she took it. The handshake was firmer this time. "Well met." Was all he said.
Draco wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her down to sit beside him on the bed. "I told you you'd like her."
Ginny looked at him."You also told him I was a good kisser. Nice to know you kiss and tell, 'Dray'." She said, emphasizing Blaise's nickname for him. He looked sheepishly at her and she giggled. Wow, being Draco's girlfreind is actually kind of fun, she thought.
"So tell me. Did you two shag last night?" Blaize asked suddenly.
They looked around at him, then looked back at each other. Draco waggled his eyebrows at her and she took the hint. "Oh, yes. I just couldn't resist him. He was amazing." She said breathily, eyelids fluttering.
"So were you, love." They kissed again. Ginny shot a sidelong glane at Blaize and couldn't help but to laugh.
Draco looked around and began laughing as well. "You should see the look on your face!"
"He looks like he's just seen McGonagall in her underwear!" Ginny giggled.
Blaize recovered and glared at them. "You two are insane!" He spat. Then he smiled. "So. When can I start telling people? I'd like to see who dies of shock."
Ginny shot a glance at Draco, before answering, glad that he hadn't told Blaise of their plan. "Actually, we'd like to keep it a secret for now." She looked back at Draco.
"I mean, you can tell a few people, just not everyone." Draco said leaning forward.
Blaize looked disappointed. "Fine, but at least let me tell Pansy. She's going to die. She's been pestering him to get a girlfreind for ages." He said to Ginny.
Draco smirked. "Alright. Pansy. But that's it for now."
"Deal."
"Will she be ok with me?" Ginny asked. For some reason it gave her a pang to think of the other Slytherins not appoving of her.
Draco kissed her on the cheek. "Does it matter?"
"Well, I just know there are going to be enough people disapproving of us without your freinds hating it too."
Draco put his forehead to hers. "It doesn't matter who hates it. Our opinion is the only one that matters."
Ginny smiled at him and brushed her lips over hers. "It's sweet to think so. But let's not dwell on it now." She murmered.
He seemed to remember something and started grinning wildy. "Was it you that bat-boogeyed Weasley?"
Ginny crossed her arms. "He pissed me off."
"I thought so. He came in here screaming like a first year girl with a dementor on her ass. It was great."
Ginny smirked at him. "Think of it as my idea of a get well present."
"You know, you two actually make a really cute couple." Blaize suddenly said, sounding surprised.
Ginny blushed and Draco looked around at his freind. "How very 'gay' of you to say so, Blaize."
Blaze sent him a mock glare. "Don't knock it 'til you've tried it." He said with the tone of someone who'd said it many times before. Then he smirked. "Well. I'll let you two get back to it then. I'm starving." He turned and began walking towards the door.
"See you later." Draco called at his retreating back.
"Nice to meet you." Ginny called.
"You too."
As the door closed, Draco pulled away from her slightly and cupped her chin, lifting her face to look at him. He studied her for a moment. "Ok. I can tell you're in pain." She opened her mouth to deny it, but he cut her off. "Don't even try to hide it from me. I know the signs."
Ginny sighed. "Ok, so I'm hurting. What good does it do to acknowledge it? It's not that bad." She looked away. "Besides. It's my bloody fault anyway."
Draco looked at her for a moment. "Lay back."
Ginny's eyes shot to his. "What?"
He pushed on her shoulders gently. "Lay back. Just do it." He said when she looked at him questioningly.
A little aprehensive, she did as she was told. As she lay there or a moment, she couldn't help but to relax. It felt so good to not move. She closed her eyes for a moment. She felt Draco move on the bed and opened them to see him leaned over her with his wand in hand.
"This may feel a little weird at first." He said before begining to mutter a complex incantation under his breath.
She suddenly felt like someone was rubbing jelly on the very bones of her joints. He'd been right; it felt very weird. It wasn't painful, just unsettling. She squirmed under the uncomfortable sensation, before they began to go numb. By the time he finished the incantation, she felt no pain at all.
She lay there for a moment. "Wow. What was that?"
"Snape taught it to me." Was all he said. His voice held the same dead tone that it held when he'd talked about pain not altering the way he thought to Blaize.
She propped herself on her elbows. "What is it?"
He looked away. "I may tell you sometime."
He looked so forlorn sitting there she felt she had to do something. She did the only thing she could think of. She leaned up and cupped his chin, turning him to face her. She met his eyes for a moment and saw an emptyness there that she immediatley wanted to cure. She kissed him, lightly at first, until he opened his mouth, then she pushed her lips against his roughly, brushing her tongue over his. She pulled back to sip at his lips and his arms went around her. Her arms wound around his neck. He slowly pushed her backwards until she was lying down with him on top of her.
Oh, what am I doing? She thought. Why does it feel so good? His lips were on hers almost bruisingly hard as their tongues danced together. He pulled away from the kiss and began kissing his way to her neck. He sucked strongly on the tender flesh and she couldn't hold back a moan. Her legs lifted until he was were cradled between them. His mouth moved back to hers and her fingers buried into his silky hair.
A gasp from behind them broke them apart. They looked up to see a third or fourth year Hufflepuff standing in the doorway with a poorly bandaged hand. She looked utterly shocked. Draco jerked off of her and she sat up quickly.
"I'm sorry!" She stuttered. "I hurt myself in Herbology! I just need to see Madame Pomfrey! I didn't know there was anyone in here!" She was blushing profusley as she continued to apologize.
Ginny took pity on her. "It's ok. Don't worry about it." She looked at Draco and smirked. "I just got a little carried away was all." She looked back at the girl. "If you need to see Madame Pomfrey, she's in her office. Just don't tell her what we were up to. Ok?"
The girl nodded, still blushing. She moved towards the office door and knocked on it lightly with her good hand. Ginny reached up and drew the curtains around Draco's bed slightly shut, cutting them off from view. She looked up at Draco and they both started snickering.
"I think we just gave her the show of her life." Draco whispered lightly.
"She looked like she was going to faint!" Ginny replied, still giggling.
He looked at her, the smile fading from his face. "Sorry for tackling you by the way." He kept his voice at a whisper. Madame Pomfrey was outside her office now. They could hear her mixing up a potion.
She blushed and looked away. "It's fine. I . . ." She faltered for moment. "I enjoyed it actually." She whispered back.
Draco smirked at her. "I did too." Then he flopped back on the bed. "At any rate, there's our first rumor."
"Didn't even think about it, but you're right." She smiled at him. she turned her body until she was fully facing him. "Bit earlier than we expected, but she won't tell many people."
"How can you be so sure?" Draco asked.
"She'll be too afraid of you'll jinx her!" Ginny giggled, still whispering.
Draco's eyebrow lifted. "What are you talking about?"
Ginny looked at him, shocked. "You mean you don't know?"
"Know what?"
"I can't beleive you don't already know this. Almost everyone from the fourth year down is afraid of you." She laughed at the look on his face. "Except maybe the Slytherins."
Draco recovered from his shock. "But why? I haven't done anything." Ginny quirked an eyebrow at him. "Ok. I haven't done anything too bad though."
She shook her head. "Doesn't matter. They all see you as the Slytherin King. What the other Slytherins do gives you a reputation for being scary to the little ones. That and they're just automatically scared of the Slytherins anyway, so yeah. You're like the unspoken You-Know-Who to little kids."
"The Slytherin King?" Draco looked shell shocked for a moment before smirking. "Good to know. Next time I come up on a bunch of them I'll jump out an yell 'boo' just to watch them scatter."
Ginny laughed. "You're horrible." Then she smirked too. "I'll ask Colin if I can use his camera and take pictures." They both laughed. Then she sighed. She was going to have to leave soon. "So. When are they releasing you from confinement?" She asked.
"After the last classes this afternoon, but I've been told I have to 'take it easy'." He scoffed.
" So we have to wait a few days to terrify the children? Damn."
Draco grasped her hand and kissed it, chuckling. "I think I've corupted you."
A painful memory flashed in front of her eyes. Tom Riddle's memory standing over her as she died. She remembered the words he said. "No one will save you, little girl. I've touched your very soul. You are embibed with my esscence. You are mine!" Then he'd smiled and leaned down, brushing a ghostly hand over her face. "Even if the Potter boy gets lucky and manages to save you, they'll never accept you now. They'll shun you and call you tainted. Corrupted by my evil. But don't worry. He won't and you'll lay here for an eternity. The poor girl who fell prey to Darkness." Then he'd laughed and the word had gone dark.
She shuddered, going cold. She wrapped her arms around herself unconsciously, turning away from Draco. Did she really beleive that? Was she tainted? She'd asked herself those questions countless times. Before she could think on it any more, Draco's arms wrapped around her from behind and pulled her back against his warm body. She leaned into him, wrapping her arms over his, grateful that there was someone here to just hold her.
"What did I say?" He asked, resting his head on her shoulder.
Ginny leaned her head against his. "It's not you. I just remembered something. That's all."
"Tell me. Maybe I can help."
Ginny shook her head. "No. You can't. But thank you." Then she threw his words of earlier back at him. "But I may tell you sometime."
Madame Pomfrey came around the curtain then with a clean bandage. She looked surprised at their embrace. "Break it up, you two. This is a Hospital Wing." She chided.
Ginny pulled away from Draco reluctantly. "I've got to go anyway. See you later?" She asked.
"Meet me in the entrace hall after dinner."
She smiled. "Ok."
She drifted towards the door smirking at the little Hufflepuff girl as she passed her. As she walked towards the Trasfiguration classroom she thought about Draco. How could things have changed so much in just one day? She and Draco got along so much better than she'd ever hoped for. They had similair tastes. Simliar senses of humor. And his kisses; she could keep kissing him for hours. They seemed to click on every level so far. And he was smart, funny, charming, and a good person. Nothing she'd heard about him seemed true. She'd just have to wait an see what happened.
There it is, Chap 4. Lemme know your like and disses. Once again. Thank you for the reviews.