AN/: Alriight. So, here it is, another chapter. This one is a bit longer because I realized that the others were, in fact, quite short. And so, I have made a decision. Longer chapters, slower updates. Sorry guys!! Dont get me wrong, Ill update as often as I can, but since the chapters are all going to be longer this time around, its going to take awhile. Well, the plot thickens for our two lovers. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I own nothing... except my love for Draco.

Ron stayed with his ear to the door. He had just been on the way to the male washroom when he had seen Ginny duck into the empty classroom. He hadn't been suspicious right off the bat when he had considered the possibilities of why she was headed into the particular empty room. It could be that she was getting something for a teacher, maybe left one of her books in that class, whatever. But being the protective and loving brother that he was, he stayed in the hallway so that he could ask her about it when she came out.

The only problem was that, after 5 minutes of waiting in the corridor, she still hadn't come out. It was then that Ron realized she must be in there with someone. He hadn't seen who of course, but he figured it must be a fellow classmate who needed some tutoring or one of her friends having girl problems and needing to talk about it.

But then why had she been smiling as she had walked into the class? He couldn't think of why his sister would be skipping class to be in an empty classroom either by herself or with a friend, being that happy.

It finally hit him. She was with a bloke! She had to be!! He pushed on the washroom door out of satisfaction for finding out what she was doing and then left it swinging on its hinges as he made his way angrily toward the class. His little sister, skipping class for a guy? He was going to get to the bottom of this.

Pressing his ear against the door, Ron heard only silence followed by the quiet sound of a girl giggling and nothing else. What the hell?

Getting aggravated, he finally decided to just open the door and catch them in the act. Damn, it was locked. He knocked. Pressing his ear to the door once again, he heard a sharp gasp and could feel a pressure being lifted from the other side of the door. He could hear furious whispering from inside the room and felt himself getting frustrated. Who else was in the room?

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Ginny was panicking. Draco was trying to calm her down. But no matter what he said, she couldn't stop pacing the room.

"Draco, I don't think you understand!" She whispered urgently. "If whoever is on the other side of that door saw us together, they're probably going to tell my brother and the rest of the school and we're going to have a LOT of explaining to do. This is going to cause so much trouble, why weren't we more careful?"

As she continued to silently rant and storm, Draco reminded her that the door was impenetrable from the outside. She calmed a little but was still not reassured.

"We're still going to have to come out of this room sooner or later," she reminded him. He answered with a knowing look. "I know that. But listen, if the person had in fact seen us together, why would they still be waiting outside the door trying to listen in on our conversation trying to figure out who's in here? They would have run to get your brother already wouldn't they? Maybe its just some stupid 3rd year trying to get juicy gossip to spread around if they saw you come in the room after me," he reasoned. "Whoever it is a stupid busybody who wants to know who you're shagging."

"I guess so," Ginny answered. "They'll get bored sooner or later and leave us alone. And if they had seen me, I doubt they saw you. I checked the hallways and no one was there. It must have been someone late getting to class."

Draco shrugged and leaned against the wall. He slid down until he was sitting on the cold stone floor and motioned for Ginny to come sit by him. She kneeled down and curled in toward him, her head resting on his chest listening for his steady heartbeat.

As they sat together for about 20 minutes or so, Ginny almost forgot why they were there as Draco held her hand and stroked her hair. Then, through the quiet of the room, she could hear a creak through the floorboards and a thud that came from the other side of the wall. She could almost see her and Draco's stalker getting tired of sitting there and waiting and rising from the floor to return to their life. Her heart lifted and she nudged Draco. He came to the same conclusion as Ginny and smiled. See, his smile said. I told you so.

Ginny put her ear to the door and when she was sure no one was there, she carefully stood and helped Draco up. They nodded to each other, gathered their stuff and opened the door so Ginny could peer through the crack.

No one was there!! With a small yelp of triumph, they wrenched the door open. With a quick peck on the lips and a brief embrace, Ginny turned right toward the Gryffindor Common Room and Draco left, toward the dungeons. Draco turned back once to see Ginny's long red hair fly behind her as she ran.

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Ron had been sitting outside the door for almost a half hour. He was tired, cranky and really had to pee. Harry and Hermione were probably wondering where he had got to and Professor Snape was sure to give him a detention for missing 45 minutes of his class.

Finally, he decided to just leave and question Ginny about her skipping class escapades at dinner. He leaned against the wall for support while he got up as his foot had fallen asleep and gingerly made his way to the bathroom.

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Ginny's heart beat fast as she ran toward the Common Room. That was close, she thought. What if someone had actually seen her with Draco? All hell would break loose; she knew that for a fact.

As she neared the portrait of the Fat Lady, she slowed down. Harry and Hermione were making their way toward her from the opposite direction.

"Ginny!" Hermione called out.

Ginny was still breathing hard from her run and took a few shallow breaths before answering, holding a stitch in her side. "Oh hey Hermione, Harry. Just dropping off your books before heading down to dinner?"

"Yeah we were. What about you? You look like you've just run a marathon." Harry smiled at her as he asked and Ginny felt a small pang of guilt. She smiled as if that was the silliest thing in the world.

"Not a marathon actually. I was just...uh...trying to get away from Filch. I accidentally knocked over a bucket full of soapy water and had to run away before he could put me in detention."

Harry and Hermione laughed. "That makes sense," Hermione confirmed of the situation. "But have you seen Ron anywhere lately?"

"Ron?" "Yeah," Harry replied. "He left Potions in the middle of class to go to the bathroom and never came back. Snape was pretty ticked off."

Ginny recalled fleetingly of passing a male bathroom on her way to the empty room with Draco. She pushed the thought out of her mind.

"No, I haven't seen him. Come on; let's drop our stuff off and go down to dinner."

Walking down to the Great Hall was cheerful enough for Ginny strolling alongside Harry and Hermione. Ginny realized that she had missed hanging out with her friends in the last little while, even if things were still a bit awkward between her and Harry.

Some of her friends caught up with her and asked her where she had been during class. She felt guilty again when she had to tell them that she had been in the hospital wing because of a bad headache but justified it by the fact that it was to spend precious time with Draco. No one questioned her; Ginny was not the kind of girl to miss one of her classes for no reason.

Her elated happiness diminished slightly though as she walked into the Great Hall. She could see Draco situated in his usual place at the Slytherin table out of the corner of her eye but then she saw red. The red hair and face of Ron Weasley storming toward her.