A/N Please, please, please keep reading my story. The reviews are great. And sorry if it has a lot of mistakes, but hey not everyone is prefect. I just hope all of you are enjoying the story. And thanks again!
Chapter 7 Battle of Secrets
Ginny walked passed a couple of Slytherin groups. They all gave her the mad look, but that didn't stop her. She was going to Draco, no matter what. No one was going to stop her, not even a bunch of Slytherins.
In Draco's Perfect room, he started to slam his fist on the pillow. Lately he has been acting selfish, just to get to Ginny. Was she worth it? About anything, Ginny stopped at a Hogwarts painting. She didn't bother looking at what the painting was, she quickly said the password. She walked down the dark corridor. She turned to the right, to the left and back to the right. She opened the door to Draco's room. She slammed it shut and crossed her arms, looking at Draco. Draco looked at her confusedly.
He then saw her expression and it wasn't pretty. He slowly walked towards her. "Gin I can explain." He said slowly.
"Explain what? I thought you were going to stop fighting with Harry? Just because I'm ignoring him, doesn't give you a right to beat the shit out of him. What has gotton into you?"
"What are you talking about? But I think it's a little unfair for Potter to have the shot. I mean, I can actually be free now. My father is in Hell, and I don't have to worry about the Dark Lord running after me. I'm hurting inside Gin and no one is noticing."
"I've noticed, that day in the cave." Draco looked at Ginny in sadness.
'Does it matter that his not noticed? Does it really matter if Harry had gotton someone? Yes it does! Darn it! I think...I think I know what my problem is.' Ginny looked behind her. She felt heartbroken. She felt so lost. Draco kept staring at her, he knew she was hurt, but from what? Ginny looked back at Draco. She started to walk towards him, knowing what she was going to do next. And the next thing she knew, she said. "I love you." Draco stood there wide eyed and that wasn't just what surprised him, she started to lean forward. He felt her lips touch his and one thing lead to another. They started to kiss.
During the afternoon, Draco and Blaise were in a busy library. Draco had thought it was best to tell his best friend, what had happened yesterday. Blaise opened a potion book and starting copying the definitions from the book.
"Hey Blaise, can I tell you something?"
"Sure." Blaise said without lifting his head. Draco stared at the book Blaise was copying. He wasn't going to freak out on something he really wanted. But it was totally of guard for him. Draco had thought Ginny liked Harry, but for some reason, she wasn't sure if she still likes Harry. Draco took a deep breath and then told Blaise.
"Ginny came by yesterday. She told me she loved me." Draco felt so stupid afterwards. Blaise's eyes were widened. He lifts up his head and turned to face Draco.
"And what happened?" Blaise asked.
"Well then she kissed me." Draco said quietly.
"OH MY GOD!" Blaise started to smile.
"Will you shut up!"
"I'm sorry but Ginny. Man, she gots all the guys all over her!" Blaise started to laugh.
"Shut up! Do you want everyone to know?"
"No but...did you kiss her back?" Blaise smiled again. Draco took a few minutes to answer. He wasn't thinking about the question because obviously he did kiss her back. But the thing he didn't understand was why Ginny would put herself through that. Maybe it was to throw him off? Or maybe it was because she knew he liked her, but why do that for. Hating him and then acting like nothing happened.
"Uh yea I did." Draco said.
Blaise had noticed Draco wasn't himself today. And he knew that was bad. "Why aren't you happy? I thought this is what you wanted? You wanted her to like you."
Draco looked at Blaise. "Do you know why I'm not happy?" Blaise nodded. "Because she's still with Potter, she's actually cheating on that poor scarhead of his." Blaise gave a confused look.
"So what you're telling me is that you feel bad for him?"
"No!"
"Then?"
"Blaise, what do you want me to do? Do you want me to tell her everything! Besides it won't make a difference." Draco looked down at the table.
"Yes it does."
"How would you know?" Draco gave a dirty look. Blaise ignored it. He wasn't going to let Draco ruin something he had always wanted. And it finally came to him and his not accepting it.
"Why aren't you not accepting her? Just because she's with Potter, doesn't mean to stop liking her! It has nothing to do with him! It has everything to do with you and her! Just stop holding back and tell her what her problem is!"
Hermione had enough of Zabini and Malfoy's yelling. This was a library and it was suppose to be quiet. Most of the people were heading to lunch and she would love to have a peaceful reading time, without any disturbances, but is that so hard to believe. She slammed her book shut, got up and walked over to where Zabini and Malfoy were at.
"Would you please stop yelling? This is a library for god shake! Since Malfoy is Head Boy, which I still take that offended. Zabini-" She looked at Blaise. Both boys couldn't help but laugh, but at the same time they were annoyed.
Hermione continued. "Zabini you have detention. Meet me here after dinner, today. Now please be quiet." She turned around and walked back to her seat. Blaise was mad. Now he would have to spend a full two hours with Granger. What a helpful friend he was.
Before lunch had started, Ginny walked up to her dormitory. She opened the door to the 6th year girl's dorm. She went over to her trunk and opened it. She started to dig under the trunk and finding something in particular. After what seemed like forever, she reached out and found a small black box. She opened it slowly and it showed the heart shaped, pink diamond necklace. Ginny walked slowly to the mirror, still looking at the necklace. She stopped a few feet from the mirror and looked up. She stared at the box through the mirror. She looked back at her hands. She slowly grabbed the necklace, held it in one hand and the other hand was holding the box. She tossed the black box on her bed and faced the mirror again.
Ginny slowly put the necklace around her neck. She clipped the back of it and stared at herself in the mirror. It was such a beautiful necklace and she was the one that was wearing it. Of all people, Ginny wore it. She slightly smiled and tears started to come down her cheeks. It finally become clear to her, she doesn't like the guy she once fall in love with when she was little. She grew out of that relationship and wanted something new in her life, always listening to her brother, following her brother's orders. It wasn't something she wanted. She wiped her eyes slowly. She stared at herself one last time and headed out of her room. She walked down the corridor with a smile on her face.
Draco dazed off into one his classes. He kept thinking about Ginny and what she said to him. It still shocked him. When class was over, he started to look for Ginny.
"Hey look there she is." Blaise pointed to a red head. Draco looked as well. He slightly smiled and walked towards her. Blaise continued to walk to the Great Hall. Ginny was laughing with Luna, Draco stopped in front of Ginny, and he had noticed something about her. His eyes were widened. Luna stopped laughing and looked at Draco.
"Can we help you Malfoy?" Luna asked. Ginny stopped giggling and gave Draco a confused look. Draco shook his head and looked into Ginny's eyes.
"Why are you wearing that?" he said still shocked. Ginny smiled.
"Well a very, very good friend of mine gave it to me. And I appositely love it!" Draco smiled shyly.
"But why?"
"Oh I don't know Draco, why don't you figure that on your own, since you're smart enough to know." Ginny once again smiled and walked off with Luna. Draco stood there shocked and worried at the same time.
Ginny entered in the Great Hall and sat across from her friends. Ron looked at her necklace she was wearing.
"Uh Ginny, what is that?"
"What is what?" Ginny looked at Ron.
"That. Around your neck?" Ron said. Harry and Hermione looked up from their plates and stared at Ginny too. Ginny wasn't afraid to tell her friends, specially her boyfriend, who got it for her. She could care less.
"Oh the necklace, yea Draco got it for me for my birthday. I totally forgot I had it and then one day when I was looking through my trunk I've found it." She smiled brightly. Her friends weren't too happy. Harry dropped his fork on his plate, Ron's face turned red and Hermione spilled her drink. Ginny looked at all of them.
"Oh come on stop acting as if you never seen him nice before! Especially towards me! If it's still shocking you, then all three of you have major mental problems!" With that Ginny grabbed her bag and left the Great Hall. Hermione sighed. She looked at her friends in a rude way.
"Why do you guys do that for? Ginny is finally happy and all you care about what Malfoy gives her!"
"Well what is up with you when you spilled your drink?" Ron asked. He was still ever upset.
"Neville bumped my arm and right before I was going to grab my drink it got knocked over." Hermione said calmly. Neville turned to Hermione.
"Oh sorry about that Hermione," Neville said shyly.
"Oh that's alright Neville."
"Draco!" Ginny called out in the corridor. There was no answer. She would have thought Draco and Blaise would have followed her out of the Great Hall, since she yelled at her other friends. Ginny began to get mad. How could Ron say something like that? Draco gave her lots of things, but why was Ron caring about this now? It wasn't news for him. "Draco!" Ginny yelled again.
"Ginny." Someone said from behind her. Ginny spin around and found Draco staring at her confused.
"Draco we need to talk."
"Yea we do." Draco stood there in the middle of the corridor, thinking hard. Was she going to explain what she's doing? "About what?" Draco cleared out his thoughts. He was completely listening.
"About what I did a couple of days ago. I know it was selfish of me to do that. But I can't help it. It's killing me inside!" Ginny walked back in fourth. Draco's eyes followed where ever Ginny was walking.
"What are you scared of? There was nothing to be scared of. But now," Ginny stopped walking and looked up at Draco.
He finished. "But now, you have to worry about what you're going to tell Potter. Stay with him or go with me."
Ginny took a deep breath. What was she going to do? Of course she's not going to tell Harry, what she done to him. And now she told Draco she loved him? Ginny bit her bottom lip, she started to get nervous.
"I have to go. See you later Draco." She turned around and walked down the other direction she had come from. Draco stood there looking confused.
"It's not like it's the little Gryffindor hanging around with the two Slytherins guys. Whatever." He walked back where he came from. He had a class and he knew he wasn't going to pay attention this time.
"Ginny! Come down here!" Ron shouted in the common room, later that day. Harry and Hermione stared at Ron with annoyance. That's all what Ron wanted, was to talk to Ginny. But why would Harry and Hermione be involved. It wasn't their business. Sometimes Ron doesn't think before he acts.
"Ginny!" Ron shouted again. There was no response. He opened his mouth again, but before he said anything Hermione walked up to him and touched his shoulder.
"Ron, don't even think about it. She doesn't want to talk, just leave her alone." Hermione couldn't help but to sound rude about it. Harry stared at the two of them.
"Ok then Hermione. If Ginny doesn't want to talk to me, why don't you talk to her? See if she talks to you." Ron walked off, without having Hermione answer the question. She looked back at Harry; he shrugged and walked over to where Ron was at. Hermione sighed. She walked up the stairs and walked into the 6th year girl's dormitory.
"Ginny." Hermione said quietly. One of the girls was sitting down on her bed was holding a book in her hands. The girl looked at Hermione and pointed her finger where Ginny was at. Hermione walked over to Ginny's bed.
"Hey." Hermione spoke quietly again. Ginny had her head down. She wasn't going to cry, even if she tried. When Hermione didn't get a response, she sat next to Ginny and wrapped her arms around Ginny. Ginny started to cry. The girl that was sitting on her bed left the room. She figured Ginny and Hermione needed time alone.
"What's the matter Gin?" Hermione said. She felt Ginny shook her head. "Gin if something is really bothering you, you should really talk to someone. And I think I can help."
Ginny let go of the hug and stared at Hermione. Her eyes were watery and she was confused. 'Hermione is right. She can help'. Ginny thought to herself. 'I mean I hadn't told her what had happened for the past few months. Maybe she can help.'
And before Ginny knew what she was doing, she had told Hermione everything. The time when Draco dated Luna, to when Ginny kissed him. Ginny took a deep breath.
"Now I don't know what to do. I should have told you before, but I thought you would hate me for liking Draco." Ginny felled back and landed on her pillow. Hermione smiled brightly.
"You do have a point there." Ginny lift her head.
"About the telling part and I would never hate you Ginny. Who you like Ginny, is who you like." Hermione said it with a smile. Ginny let her head drop on the pillow again, as Hermione's answer was complete.
"But Gin if you don't like Harry, why don't you tell him."
"I've tried Hermione. But I can't break his heart. He went through so much and what if I make it worse."
"You won't. Harry is old enough to handle this. His brave and smart, he'll have a way to move on. I mean it took him this long just to ask you out! That's crazy! And I thought Ron was slow!" The girls started to laugh. Then Hermione looked serious. "And about the Malfoy problem," Ginny laid further back on her pillow.
"If you like him, go for it. Currently he has a thing for you too." Hermione smiled again.
"What?" Ginny sat up straight.
"You haven't noticed!" Hermione was shocked.
"Haven't noticed what?" Ginny was confused.
"Gin, what Zabini said haven't ever crossed your mind?" Hermione was still shocked.
"Blaise says a lot of things."
"Ferret boy has feelings too. What Zabini was trying to tell was that Malfoy likes you!" Hermione still had the surprised tone in her voice and she began to smile again.
"OH MY GOD!" Ginny's eyes went wide.
"I know Gin! Wow, who ever known Draco Malfoy would like Ginny Weasley."
"But-but." Ginny began to talk but nothing else came out of her mouth.
"And it looks like you like dear Ferret boy too."
"Well duh! I just told him I loved him!" Ginny shouted. Ginny didn't realize what Blaise meant. She had thought it was one of his trick lines he pulled for girls. Guess Blaise was trying to tell her something. Ginny turned to look at Hermione. She continued to smile.
When the girls went down stairs, Ron and Harry looked at the two girls who wouldn't stop smiling. Ron looked suspicious.
"Hermione were you cheating on me?" Ron said it like he was heart-broken or mad. Ginny couldn't tell.
"Nooo!" Hermione said as if Ron was crazy. And he was. "No. Ginny and I talked about it and now she's better. There was just a little confusion, that's all." Hermione looked at her watch. "Ooh and dinner is about to start." She walked off, followed by Ron, Harry and Ginny. Ron stared at Ginny if something was missing and he couldn't figure out why.
When they reached to the Great Hall, everyone was already eating. The noise was very high and some of the laughing was echoing around them. The trio and Ginny sat down and began eating, once Ginny's mind was cleared and only thinking about her food. She was just going to worry about Draco after dinner. But someone distracted her happy mind.
"So have you guys seen the way Malfoy is acting?" Harry began. Of course, Harry can never leave Draco alone. Ron looked up from his plate and nodded at once. Hermione didn't bother listening as well as Ginny.
"Well his acting quiet weird, his not even listening in class anymore." Harry was cut off by Ron.
"Well mate, he never pays attention."
"I know but yesterday I made a comment about him and all he did was stare at me and turned back and continued looking bored or confused. Whatever it was," Harry waved his hand, not caring. Hermione rolled her eyes. She looked at the two boys.
"Harry, were you commenting him or insulting him?" Hermione said rudely. Harry took that offended.
"No!"
"I think you should stop insulting Malfoy. Then maybe you wouldn't get yourself into a fight again. Both of you were lucky for not being caught, but what about the third time? You're just fighting for a stupid reason!"
"I agree." Ginny said. Harry and Ron looked at her confused and mad at the same time.
"What has gotton into you both?" Ron said after looking back at Hermione.
"Ron it's called common sense! The only reason why Malfoy isn't insulting you both is because he has something else that's bothering him. And he wouldn't waste his time on making your life like Hell. He hasn't said one rude comment to me since we started our 7th year! And I respect that!"
"Are you defending him?" Ron's face started to get red.
"Argh just forget it!" Hermione was already done with her dinner. She got up and stared at Ginny. "Come on Ginny." Ginny got up too and followed Hermione out of the Great Hall. Lately, Ginny hasn't finished her dinner. And she was getting upset about it. She then thought for a moment, she was going to get herself a piece of bread. It was something, at least.
"Wait Hermione, since I'm still hungry, can I get myself a piece of bread." Hermione nodded and waited for Ginny. Ginny ran back to the Great Hall, grabbed a piece of bread off of a dish bowl and ran back out. She wasn't noticing that Ron, Harry, Blaise and Draco were looking at her confusedly.
"Great I have detention. With Granger!" Blaise said it dramatically. Draco started to laugh. He had totally forgotten about the detention his friend had. They walked out of the Great Hall and into the corridor.
"I'll see you later then?" Draco asked.
"I guess so." Blaise talked dramatically again. Draco laughed before he walked into his dormitory. Blaise walked inside of the library. Hermione wasn't there yet. He glanced at his watched. It said, 8:55. Blaise frowned. He sat down in the empty room and waited for Hermione to come.
"Here we go." Hermione said quietly. She opened the library door and walked inside. The door closed behind her and that gave her a fright. She started to walk in the gloomy library. She didn't know why she said the library. Barely anyone comes in here. She shrugged it off when she saw a dark figure looking bored as ever. She smiled evilly.
"Early aren't you? I didn't know Slytherins show up that early." She smirked. Blaise rolled his eyes.
"Draco and I finished a little bit early. Ok so can we get this over with?" He got up and walked up to the door. She opened the door hard. The door hit Blaise on the nose.
"Ahh, argh, a mudblood hit me!" He shouted as he held his nose.
"Oh shut up, no one is around!" Hermione said angrily. Blaise dropped his hand.
"That's what you think." He smirked and walked out of the library. Hermione looked at him crazy. She then rolled her eyes and walked out of the library too.
Hermione and Blaise said nothing after that. It had been an hour and thirty minutes of walking and not speaking. Once in awhile Hermione would tell a student to go back to their dormitory if they would miss behave and some times Blaise would make his rude Slytherin comments. But one of the students Hermione had trouble with was a Slytherin boy.
"Hey! Don't hit the poor little girl. Apologize right now!" Hermione was talking to a 4th year Slytherin boy. He had dark brown hair and he started to laugh at a smaller girl. She was in Hufflepuff in her 2nd year. Her blonde ponytails hung loose, she began to cry.
"You are right about something Granger. She is a poor little girl." Blaise said from behind Hermione. She shot him and mad look and he smirked back. She turned to the two students.
"Now Adam, apologize to the little Hufflepuff girl. Before I tell Professor Snape what you've done in the girls bathroom. Or in fact, maybe I should tell Dumbledore instead. I think he should know what his students are doing lately?" Adam stopped laughing. Blaise and Adam looked at Hermione surprised.
"How did you know?" said Adam, still shocked.
"I have my ways. Now apologize." Hermione demanded. Once the boy said sorry, she and Blaise continued to walk.
"Whoa Granger!" Blaise started to laugh.
"What!" Hermione shouted.
"I think I should tell Draco not to have girls come into his room late at night. You might catch him doing something." He laughed. Hermione made a disgusted face.
"Eww! That's gross!" Then she remembered what Ginny said. She stopped in her tracks, as well as Blaise. He looked rather confused.
"What Granger?"
"Hey Zabini, does Malfoy like Ginny?" Hermione looked at Blaise. He shouldn't say anything about this and Hermione knew why. Draco. Would. Kick. His. Ass. A/N I wanted to put those dots, cause it looked cool. And if you said it with an attitude it sounds awesome. Well actually that's the way it's supposed to sound.
"Ginny told me everything." Hermione began.
"Well in that case, he does. I don't know how? Granger, don't get your hopes up if Ginny doesn't tell you everything. Some things are suppose to be kept a secret."
"What is that suppose to mean."
"Nothing!" He started to laugh. "I wanted to say that. Just the look on your face was so hilarious!" he walked off, still laughing a little bit.
"Hey, where are you going?" Hermione yelled. Blaise stopped walking and turned around. He walked up to her. He stood a few feet from her. "It's already been two hours." He walked a little bit further. If he would have gotton a little closer their noses would have touched.
"Why do you want me to stay longer?" he whispered.
"No." Hermione said. She tried to sound calm but her nervous side had gotton her. The way they were, so much like they were going to kiss.
Blaise silently laughed, when he saw her get nervous. "Good." He then acted like he was going to attack her. He leaned forward, which gave him a push forward towards her. Hermione jumped, she gave a little scream. Blaise laughed before he went back to the dungeons. Hermione looked at him one last time with an angry look. She then turned around and headed back to the Gryffindor tower.
