Every little thing I do

Never seems enough for you

You don't wanna lose it again

But I'm not like them

Baby, when you finally

Get to love somebody

Guess what


Chapter 7: Graduation Day

June 1999

"Why do you look so nervous?" asked Harry as he watched his girlfriend pace the floor.

"You weren't the one giving your graduating class a speech last year now were you?" snapped Ginny, agitated.

"No, Hermione did. And she did a good job. So will you." said Harry, patting Ginny on the back.

"Thanks Harry. Even though I know I will stink." said Ginny, straightening out her robe.

Harry gave Ginny a peck on the lips. "You'll be fine. I'll wave to you when you hit the stage." he said, winking as he walked out of Ginny's Head Girl dorm.

Ginny brushed her flaming mane as she looked in the mirror, trying to psych herself up. Once she felt that she was all together, she stepped out of her dorm, and immediately fell apart.

There leaning against the wall in front of the door to her dorm was Draco. Ginny stared at the friend that she hadn't talked to since his 17th birthday, and hadn't seen since he graduated last year.

"Draco?"

"Well I'm certainly not Potter." said Draco with a smirk.

"What are you doing here?" asked Ginny.

"Here to see you graduate, of course. You thought I was going to miss this? Especially since I know you're going to bomb that speech."

Ginny couldn't help but laugh as she walked on, with Draco walking beside her. Ginny couldn't believe Draco was actually here.

"Why are you here? For real, Draco?" asked Ginny again.

"I told you, to see you graduate. You saw me walk."

"That's because I was a sixth year and I was already here. You didn't have to come back."

"Yes I did. You're my best friend. I wouldn't miss this." said Draco.

"I thought you didn't want to be friends anymore, Drayke. We haven't talked in two years." said Ginny.

"And that's my stupid fault. I shouldn't have let jealousy get in the way of our friendship. Even though Potter is still a git, and I'm still loads better."

Ginny rolled her eyes and laughed. "I don't see how the two of you don't get along now. I've heard you've had to help patch him up a few times with your healer training."

"I only do that as my job. If I didn't want to be a healer, I wouldn't do shit for him. He doesn't deserve it." grumbled Draco.

"Draco!"

"What? It's fucking true. He comes into St Mungo's as if he is entitled to our care. He's an arrogant bitch who acts like people are made to worship him, I can't stand it."

Ginny couldn't help but agree. Since about the middle of his seventh year up to now, Harry had all of a sudden became a right foul git. He would get snappy if anything didn't go his way, and he was acting as if he was better than people. Fred and George had stopped talking to him after he called their shop mediocre after they didn't have something he wanted in stock. He would even act arrogant towards her, which caused many arguments.

"Well for the sake of your job, I'm glad that you do patch him up. He has been unbearable for the past few months, but-"

"What do you mean?" asked Draco, holding out his arm to stop Ginny from walking. "Has he done anything to you?"

Ginny shook her head. "Besides the occasional argument, no, Draco, calm down."

"Ginny, you better tell me. If I find out he's done something to hurt you, I'll kick his ass."

"I know, Drayke, I know. Don't worry about it, okay?" said Ginny, almost pleading.

"Fine." said Draco, putting up his hands.

The two continued to walk towards the entrance. They stopped and looked at each other, both feeling as if they didn't want to part.

"Well, this is it." said Draco, putting his hand on Ginny's shoulder.

"I'm so nervous." said Ginny, looking uneasy.

Draco rolled his eyes. "Awh come on, stop being a punk ass. Aren't you supposed to be some brave Gryff? Or has my absence made you go soft."

Ginny nudged Draco's side. Draco took her hand and pressed his lips against it. "You'll be fine. If you get stuck, just imagine me in my underwear."

"What good will that do?" laughed Ginny.

"It'll give you something hot to focus on, wouldn't it? Then again, maybe that will get you hot and bothered. Better not do that, don't need you sweating at the podium over me."

Ginny laughed again, crashing her body into Draco's, hugging him tightly. "Don't disappear on me again, okay?"

Draco breathed on the scent of raspberries from Ginny's hair. It took everything in him not to disk her away to some secluded spot in the castle and snog her senseless. "I won't. I promise." he said, kissing her on the top of the head.

"Thank you." said Ginny looking at him as they parted.

"Of course. I mean, we are getting married someday. Be a shame if I don't show up at my own wedding."

"Draco, you're a git."


December 31, 2000

Draco was checking out the wonderful contraption that Blaise had given him for his birthday. A big screen TV with a Cox Cable subscription. He loved flipping through the channels with the "mote troll" and spending hours doing absolutely nothing.

Blaise and Theo had begged him to come out and celebrate the new year, but Draco decided against it. He had partied hard for Christmas, and he still hadn't recovered all the memories from that. He didn't need another blank night.

Suddenly, green flames erupted from the fireplace. Draco didn't even flinch, he knew exactly who it was. He put his arm up on the sofa he was sitting on, and allowed Ginny to join him.

Ginny slumped down beside him, taking his bowl of popcorn off of his lap and angrily popping some into her mouth.

"Wanna talk about it?" asked Draco.

"Not now." said Ginny.

"Want the mote?" he asked, passing it to Ginny.

She took it and turned it to her favorite music channel that showed American music videos. She watched as a video for her favorite muggle singer Britney Spears came on. Draco was annoyed by the singer's voice, but decided not to complain, as Ginny looked like she was going to blow at any second.

Ginny sighed as another American music video came on. Some rapper called Eminem. Both Ginny and Draco were into him. Ginny had gotten Draco a CD player with two of his album for Christmas and already Draco had played both albums over 20 times.

"I left him." Ginny finally said.

"For how long this time?" asked Draco, having heard this statement four times over the course of her and Harry's relationship.

"Smartass." said Ginny, throwing a piece of popcorn at him face which his quickly caught in his mouth. "For good this time. There isn't any going back."

" You said that last time, Gin. And you went back after a week."

"Last time, I didn't catch him fucking a Slytherin slag." said Ginny, disgusted.

Draco sat up straight. "Are you fucking kidding?"

"Nope. I found him shagging Pansy Fucking Parkinson on our table. The table my family eats off of. When I caught him, he didn't even look like he cared. He just shrugged, said he was sorry and that the relationship was starting to feel stale to him anyways, that he didn't want to keep waiting on marriage just to shag, but he didn't want me to find out that way. I popped over to Ron and Hermione's

Ron should be pummeling Harry as we speak."

"Damn you Gin, why couldn't I have the pleasure? I've been waiting for a reason since I was 11!" said Draco in mock disappointment.

"Oh, shut up." she said, dumping the whole bowl of popcorn over Draco's head. Draco laughed as he grabbed Ginny and started tickling her. Ginny was in hysterics add she tried to fought him off and escape at the same time. She finally got a hold of his hands and raised them up asking with here's over his head.

Draco stopped laughing as he looked into her soul searching brown eyes. He wanted so badly to kiss her. To kiss away the pain he knew she was hiding. To kiss away Potter from existence in her head. To draw her into a world that was just for them.

However, he knew that it wasn't the right time. Ginny didn't need a lover at the moment. She needed a friend. And a friend, like always, he would be.

He had waited this long. He could wait a little bit longer.