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Draco Malfoy did something that he had never thought he would ever do. But desperate times call for desperate measures.

He wrote a letter to his mother.

Okay, so maybe it wasn't as big of a deal as he made it out to be. But he rarely spoke to her. Ever. But he had to ask her to talk to Lucius. Maybe they could cancel this whole stupid marriage thing.

So he wrote a long, well-thought, slightly demanding, letter. He read it and thought that it sounded a bit bratty. So instead of writing 'From Draco' he wrote 'Love, Draco.'

There. That was better right? He sealed it and sent it off with his owl.

Next, he wondered if he should find Ginny again and apologize. That was the only think on his mind lately. Find Ginny. It seemed like that's all he ever did. Why did he even care that she was upset? Stupid caring…

Okay…he would go check on her, but he wouldn't be happy about. No. Under no circumstances would he be happy about it. Or even content. Hell, he would stare at the ground the whole time. Yeah, that would work.

He set off to find her. Naturally, he ran into her brother first. This time Potter wasn't with him. But that mudblood was…

"I'm in no mood to talk to you right now, Weasley. Or your mudblood girlfriend for that matter. Goodbye."

Before Ron could even get a word out, Draco turned a corner and was out of sight. He walked all the way down to the Gryffindor entrance. He knew all the passwords to every house entrance, so getting in was not a problem.

Once inside, several students gave him odd looks. Some gave him completely irritated looks, as if his mere presence was so horrible that they may just faint. Well, that was their own problem. He was here for a purpose. He found a first year and grabbed him by the collar. The boy looked positively terrified.

"Where is Ginny Weasley!" he demanded. The boy managed to stutter than she had just gone up to her dorm. Draco sighed and released the poor boy, who ran off. He knew he couldn't get up those stairs, because of the charm placed on them. He found a first year girl this time. He directed her to go upstairs to get Ginny in exchange for three sickles and 15 nuts…it was all he had on him at the moment. The little girl hurried upstairs, clutching her money.

A few minutes later, Ginny came down the stairs. She appeared to have been crying long after Draco stormed away from her. She didn't say a word when she saw him. That was definitely odd. Ginny Weasley was never at loss for words. Especially around someone she loathed. Someone such as Draco, for example.

He took her by the hand and let her out of the common room in search of somewhere private so they could talk.

Several eyes were on them as they walked out together. But no one said anything to them. Cowards, Draco thought to himself.

They found an empty classroom and went inside.

"Why were you crying earlier, Ginny?" he asked.

"My brother." She muttered. She walked over to the window and looked out.

"He's an ass. Don't listen to him." Draco was surprised that he was comforting her now.

"It's not my fault this is all happening. Why is he so mad? If anything, he should be mad at dad. Oh my gosh…I haven't even spoken to him yet."

"Your dad?"

"I haven't written him at all…"

"Don't worry about that right now. You don't need any of that stress."

She looked at him quizzically.

"Why are you doing this?"

"Well…because Lucius is a-"

"Not the marriage. I mean, why are you being nice to me all of a sudden?"

"I don't know. I just…I feel bad. Your entire life is being turned upside down because of our fathers and their stupid agreement."

"I just don't understand how we can possibly do this, Draco…"

Did she just call him…? Never mind. It wasn't important now.

"It'll be okay. But listen, I wrote to my mother. I asked her to convince Lucius to call off this whole thing. It's probably not likely but it's worth a shot right? But…just incase, I guess we could try to be more civil towards each other."

"Yeah, but we would never truly be in love…"

"Love is overrated." In his opinion, this was true. His own parents had never uttered the words "I love you" in all of Draco's life.

"Well, maybe that's true for you but not for me. It's important to have some kind of connection with the person you marry, isn't it? Why is your father making you do this? Doesn't he care whether or not you're happy?"

Draco laughed loudly at that.

"Care? Of course not!! Ginny, I don't know what your life is like, but it's obviously very different from mine. In my family, its all about money and power."

Ginny looked sad to hear that.

"That sounds awful." She said.

"Oh, it's really not. You get used to it after a while, you know." Draco shrugged.

They were silent for several minutes. Both of them looked out the window at other students outside. Draco glanced over at Ginny. He had to admit, she was rather pretty…in an annoying muggle-lover way, that is.

Why was love so important to the girl? Alright fine, if it was that important he would find a way to make her love him.

"Kiss me." He suddenly. She looked at him in bewilderment.

"What?"

"Maybe, deep down…very deep down, you do love me. And if you kiss me, then maybe it will prove whether or not you love me."

"That's the dumbest thing I've ever-"

"Just do it. We'll have to eventually on our wedding day."

"I don't understand why you would want to kiss me." She muttered.

Draco sighed, growing tired of this argument. He'd never really had a long attention span anyway. He grabbed her and pulled her up close to him. She was surprised. Before she could react he kissed her on the lips. For a few moments, he didn't let her go. In a way…he was enjoying the kiss…

WAIT! He pulled away abruptly. No, he couldn't be enjoying it. He couldn't like her. Not one single bit. Never.

"Well…that was interesting." Ginny said when Draco released her.

"Anything?" He was almost hopeful.

"I…I don't really know." She admitted. His heart sank when she told him this. Draco's own reaction scared him. Why should this upset him? He didn't care how she felt.

"How can you not know? That's insane. You have to know! Dammit, why are you so complicated?"

He hadn't meant to lash out like that. But his temper was so…uncontrollable. He couldn't think straight. This was not good. Whenever he was angry, he couldn't control anything he said. And he needed to control that. Or else he would say something stupid. Something like-

"I love you!" he blurted out, "I love you, alright? I don't know why. I hate this! And you know what the worst part is? You hate me. I see it every time you look at me. Well get over it! None of this is my fault! I don't know why I care so much about your feelings."

Ginny only stared at him. She said absolutely nothing. He was almost hoping for some big, dramatic moment. He sort of hoped she would say 'Draco, I love you too!' and they would kiss passionately right there. But she didn't. She just turned and left. Draco stood alone and confused in the room for the longest time, before numbly walking out.

She didn't even look at him for the rest of the day.


A/N: and that where I end the chapter. Hope you enjoyed it. Please review…