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Chapter 9: Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy

Ginny, Draco and Hallie all proceeded to apperate to the edge of the Weasley property. They walked up the gravel walkway up to the door with Draco following reluctantly behind the girls.

"You ready for this?" Ginny asked turning to Draco with her hand resting lightly on the door knob, poised to twist and allow the trio entrance. She did her best to hide the hint of a smile that fought to cross her face. Malfoy truly looked ill.

"No." He muttered.

"Good." She tuned the handle, swung open the door and stepped inside not looking back.

Draco felt sick. Hallie gave him a big smile before tugging on the cuff of his sleeve and motioning for him to follow his fiancé into the house.

"Go on, they don't bite." She said reassuringly.

"That's what you think." He mumbled before slowing venturing across the threshold.

The scene that greeted him was possibly the most intimidating sight he had ever experienced before. Sitting scattered around the cramped room was every single Weasley male and their families plus the great Harry Potter with a pretty black woman perched on his lap. Standing front and center at the head of the brood was Ginny smirking up at him.

"Come on." She said sweetly. It had to be fake.

The room was completely silent. Every single pair of eyes was focused entirely on him.

"What is he doing here?" Ron asked breaking the silence with a look of utter shock on his big dumb face.

"Well hello to you too, Ronald." Ginny said in a sarcastic exasperated tone that Draco had become all too familiar with over the years. It usually meant someone was going to very soon get hexed and it was never pretty when that happened.

Mrs. Weasley seemed to recognize the same thing that Draco did because she quickly stood up and waddled over to Ginny's side. "Ginny love, you're here!" she embraced her daughter before turning to Draco. "And you've brought a guest."

"Yes mum I have." the fiery little red head stepped away from her mother and turned to face the whole group. "Everyone,"

Draco blanched. She was going to do it now. No ice breakers, no brief disclaimers or explanations, she was just going to come straight out with it and tell them. Oh gods!

"Malfoy and I are getting married."

Yep, there she goes. Draco quickly scanned the room for places to seek shelter for when all the males in the room would begin to try and curse him.

A complete silence fell over the Burrow, a feat that had never in the twenty years Ginny had been alive had ever been accomplished.

"Come again?" Molly Weasley asked after a few moments.

Ginny just shook her head and chuckled. She loved this. Shocking her family had always been a favorite secret pastime of hers. They just never expected announcements like this one out of Ginny.

"Don't look so appalled all of you! It's only a business arrangement. His grandfather hired me for the next thirteen months. I'm marrying Malfoy for a year to try and help clean up his bad-boy image. Relax!"

"You are getting paid to enter into an arranged marriage with the great bouncing ferret?" Harry asked in clarification.

Draco resented that. Why was that the only thing that these damn Gryffindor managed to remember in the seven bloody years that they had been in school together? Well if they were going to take cheap shots then he could play that game too. "Actually Potter," he said putting on his trademark smirk and stepping closer to Ginny. "She's getting paid to act like she is in love with me." He put a hand around Ginny's waist to pull her small body closer to his, relishing in the way every male in the room tensed as if ready to pounce. He then turned to Molly and said very cordially, "Thank you so much for allowing me into your home Mrs. Weasley, even if my presence did come as a bit of a shock."

"Oh!" she said as she flushed, a bit surprised with how polite the young Malfoy could be. "Really Mr. Malfoy, it is our pleasure."

Mr. Weasley folded his paper and rose from his favorite chair in the corner to cross the room and join his wife and daughter. "Hello Mr. Malfoy, I am Arthur Weasley, Ginny's father." He extended his hand to Draco.

"It's very nice to meet you sir." Draco replied taking his hand and shaking it firmly.

"Well, if you all will excuse me, I need to go and finish brunch. Arthur love, will you come and help me?"

"Of course I will Molly." He replied and with that they turned and walked past all their children into the kitchen.

As soon as her mother was gone Ginny shook Malfoy off her and turned to face him. "What in the hell was that?" she asked, hand on her hips looking very much like the matriarch who had just exited the room.

"What?" Draco asked innocently. "I was just being polite."

"Yeah, sure," She smacked him as hard as she could in the chest which only made him chuckle at her reaction. She then turned to her brothers. "And you all! Relax all of you! He has not cast a spell or curse on me, I am not being blackmailed, and there is no secret affair that we are using this as cover for. It really is a business arrangement so whatever stupid idea you have come up with give it up. You are wrong!"

"How in the bloody hell are we supposed to do that?" George asked. "You just announced that our only baby sister is getting hitched to Satan's spawn."

Hallie snickered, finally making her presence known. "Wow guys, you all are being really melodramatic about this." She crossed the room and plopped down on the floor in front of Allison and Harry, using their knees as a back rest. "I highly doubt that Draco is Satan's spawn."

"You don't know him Hal." Ron said between clenched teeth.

"And you do?" Ginny asked much to the surprise of everyone present including Draco. He had not expected her to defend him against her own family.

"Gin," Ron said slowly. "Think about what his family has done to ours, to you."

"Ronald," Ginny said, her eyes flashing with fury. "I am perfectly aware of what I have been through but Draco had nothing to do with did he? If you ever presume to remind me of the horrors that I experienced you will be severely sorry."

"Geez Gin! Calm down I was just trying to…"

"Don't." she cut him with an air of finality that silenced him completely.

The room fell quiet again, the air thick with tension.

Draco couldn't stand it. He had to break the uncomfortable silence. "Well," he began. "As much as I do so enjoy listening to people talk about me right in front of me the conversation has turned a bit sour. Ginny, why don't you introduce me to the rest of your brothers and their wives before the Scar-head and his idiot sidekick try and jump me?"

Ginny couldn't help but laugh. She relaxed and turned to look at Draco. His normally mysterious silver eyes were dancing with laughter. Just as she had thought, Draco's favorite way of diffusing a situation, sarcasm and a little bit of self centered arrogance, more of her old Draco showing up in the new one.

She smiled at him in thanks and took his hand. "Yeah, sure come on."

She quickly circled the room and completed formal introductions to her oldest brothers he didn't know, their wives and the wives and girlfriends of the brothers he was all too familiar with. Besides the incredibly dirty looks Draco kept receiving from Ron, Harry and the twins introductions went smoothly. By the time all that was over Molly and Arthur had reemerged to announce that the food was ready.

The whole gang filed into the relatively small dining room that was highly familiar with enlargement spells. An hour later the meal was consumed and Draco, Ginny and Hallie were ready to leave.

It had all gone relatively well. The boys were all rather tense but the girls had managed to keep the conversation light and so nothing terribly exciting took place. After the food though Ginny was ready to get them out of there as soon as possible just in case her brothers decided that being on their best behavior really was too much for them to handle.

The three said their goodbyes and quickly headed to the apperating point where they parted ways. The girls went back to their apartment and Draco back to the manor. Everyone chalked the morning up to a success.


Ginny and Hallie got into the elevator to head back up to their flat.

Hallie shifted from one foot to the other as she stood beside her friend. She had a question for the petit redhead but wasn't sure how it would go over if she decided to actually ask it.

"Ok Hal what is it?" Ginny turned to face her.

"Hmm?"

"Why are you so antsy?"

"What do you mean?" she tried in vain to look as innocent as possible. It was pointless though, she had been caught.

Ginny just looked at her with one eyebrow raised. She knew that her best friend was wondering about something and it was killing her not to ask.

Hallie looked around nervously and was about to speak as the elevator doors opened. "Let's go to the apartment first."

The pair walked down the corridor and Ginny pressed her wand tip to the lock and muttered the password. The door had barely swung closed behind them when Ginny had spun around to face Hallie. "Spill."

"It's nothing. I just had a thought that led to a question this morning but I don't know how you'll react to it."

"Just ask me."

"Well I noticed when we were eating that you had reached up to fiddle with your necklace like you always do but there was nothing there because you had taken it off which is weird because you always wear it. Then I started thinking about it and realized that you hadn't been wearing it since the whole Draco/marriage thing happened so…" she trailed off and smiled sheepishly at Ginny.

"So you were wondering if Draco was the one who had given it to me." Ginny sighed in resignation. Why did her damn friends have to be so observant?

Hallie nodded.

"Yeah he did." She answered simply before she slipped her coat and turned to hang it in the coat closet.

"And…?" Hallie asked indignantly.

Ginny leaned against the wall. Here she goes again dredging up the past. "If I don't tell you will you just drop it?"

"Nope."

"Ugh! Alright come on lets go sit down."

Hallie squealed in delight and tossed her coat in the closet. She dashed into the living room and plopped onto the couch. "Yay story time!"

Ginny followed reluctantly and sat in the chair. She took a deep breath and paused for a minute to collect her thoughts. "Well I guess I'll just begin where I left off last time. So after our perfect afternoon together I did as I said and hurried down to dinner to avoid being harassed by Ron…."


Ginny sprinted through the hallways of Hogwarts, winding her way through the castle to finally reach the Great Hall. She paused just outside the massive doors to take a deep breath and mutter a quick spell to check and fix any issues in her appearance.

When she was sure everything was in place she walked into the hall and over to the Gryffindor table.

Sitting down next to Allison her friend looked at her eyebrows raised in questioning. "Where have you been all day missy?"

"I had a terrible migraine. I went to Madame Pomfrey to get a draught then spent the afternoon sleeping it off in the Room of Requirement."

"Oh, well you might want to go tell Ron that before his head explodes. He has been freaking out all afternoon."

"I could," Ginny said. "But I'd much rather make him sweat it out. He hasn't quite reached my favorite shade of puce quite yet."

Allison just shrugged, "Your choice." She turned back to her meal and dropped the subject.

Relieved, Ginny began to fill her plate, completely starving after all the strenuous activities of the afternoon combined with the fact that she had skipped lunch. She was dishing a huge scoop of chicken and rice onto her plate when movement at the entrance caught her eye.


Draco sauntered through the doors to the Great Hall and casually walked over to sit next to Blaise.

"Where have you been?" his best friend asked with his knife pointed in Draco's direction.

Draco chuckled. "Calm yourself mate. You will find out all in due time."

"You went MIA and I covered for your arse all afternoon so you will tell me what is going on."

"I was snogging Ginny Weasley."

Blaise started to laugh out loud which gained him many strange looks from the surrounding tables. Slytherins laughing tend to make the other houses nervous, even if it was only Blaise.

Blaise was the most socially acceptable of all the Slytherins. He was laid back and easy going, nice to pretty much everyone he met. Not a typical Slytherin, he preferred helping first years to torturing them. He enjoyed laughing and interacting with all his classmates and was generally liked by everyone who met him. The only thing that most people didn't like about Blaise was his friendship with Draco.

Draco was slightly annoyed by Blaise's reaction to his announcement. "You look like a bloody fool you know."

"Well that was funny what else was I supposed to do?"

"It wasn't a joke."

"Sure it wasn't mate. You really expect me to believe that you spent all afternoon cooped with the Little Weasel."

"Yep, on a big red couch in the Room of Requirement. I also have a date with her this weekend. We are going to Hogsmeade together. And guess what? You are coming with me as my cover so no one asks why I'm going to Hogsmeade alone. What's even better than that is that I got you a date too."Draco informed his best friend of these plans with a completely straight face.

"You're kidding right?" Blaise was dumbfounded. Draco could be a complete wanker and make up a story like this but something in his face told Blaise that he was telling the truth.

"Nope." Draco turned back to his plate and began to eat the Sheppard's pie that he had served himself.

"And why exactly am I going to do all this for you?"

Draco turned to him with one eyebrow raised. "Do you really want to go into all the ways that you owe me Zabini? Because we can if you really want to."

"Ok, ok you're right. I'll go. Who is my 'date'?"

Draco sniggered and turned back to his food.

"Who is it Malfoy?"Blaise pressed again. He really didn't like the way Draco was avoiding the question.

"Looney Lovegood."

"Oh bloody hell!"


"Looney!" Ginny sprinted out of the Great Hall after her best friend.

The pretty blond girl stopped half way up the grand stair case and waited for the little red head to catch up. "Hey love, what's up?"

Ginny linked her arm through Luna's and they both continued up the stairs. "So I have a favor to ask," Ginny began.

"Oh dear Merlin! This can't be good."

"No, it's not bad. You just probably won't like it."

"And that makes me feel so much better! Alright what is it?"

"Don't worry! It'll be fine! I'm just going to ask you to go on a double date with me this weekend when we go to Hogsmeade."

Luna let out an airy bell like laugh that was so characteristic of her. "Oh Gin, that doesn't sound all that bad."

"It's not the what it's more of the who."

"What does that mean Ms. Weasley?"

"Well you see… I kind of spent the entire afternoon holed up in the Room of Requirement snogging a certain infamous blond Slytherin whom I've been secretly spending quite a bit of time with in the last month or so." Ginny whispered to her friend trying desperately to ensure that no one around them heard her news.

"Oh really?" Luna's eyebrows shot up. "Details?"

Ginny looked at her shocked. "Not here look at all these people!"

Luna rolled her eyes and tugged her friend out of the throng of students and right over to the nearest class room. After sticking her head in to make sure the coast was clear she pulled Ginny into the room and immediately spun around to face her. "Spill."

"I have been spending time with Malfoy."

"Why?"

"I don't know. Originally because we would bump into each other then we started seeking each other out and then today…" Ginny trailed off.

"Yes? What happened today?"Luna pressed.

"He found me after transfiguration, we were talking in the corridor and one thing led to another so that twenty minutes later we were on a big red couch in the middle of the RR."

"Nice! Is he as good of a snogger as he looks?"

"No," Ginny sighed. She walked over to the nearest desk an plopped down in the chair. "He is so much better."

"If he's that good of a snogger then can you imagine shagging him?" Luna wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.

"Luna!"

"What? It's a valid question. The boy is delicious!"

"Yeah well he's my Slytherin get your own."

Luna giggled. "Oh yeah like I would ever actually be with a Slytherin. They all hate me with a fiery passion."

"Speaking of Slytherins other than mine…"

"Oh so now he's yours?"

"Mhm and I got you one too."

"What does that mean?"

"You remember that I mentioned a double date?"

"With who?" Luna could already tell that she was most likely not going to like the answer to this question.

Ginny looked up at Luna innocently. "Blaise Zabini."

"What?! Ginny! No! That is not fair at all! He is so mean to me! You just can't ask me to willingly go spend the day with him!"

"But Looney I would be there too and Draco promised to make him behave." She gave Luna a pleading look. "I wouldn't ask if it weren't really important Lu. If I go alone then Ron will notice and ask questions. You and I both know that Ron and the rest of the trio can under no circumstances know."

"No, I know you're right." She raised her slender hands to her pale temples and gently massages. "Alright, I'll go."

Ginny squealed in delight and jumped from her chair. "Oh Looney! Thank you so much! You are the best friend ever!" She flung her arms around her friend and hugged her tightly.

"Yes, yes I know." Luna said dejectedly as she hugged Ginny back.


Before they knew it Saturday morning had rolled around. Both Draco and Ginny put a little extra effort into their morning routine in order to get ready for their date.

When Ginny met Luna right outside the Gryffindor portrait hole she was absolutely bouncing with nervous energy.

"Gin, would you please sit still. This is not a big deal. You have been snogging the bloke so you know he likes you. Why are you so nervous?"

"Because this is an actual date! A date with Draco Malfoy! It's just so mysterious and exciting and what if the trio catches us? Between worrying about him and them there is plenty to be nervous about."

Luna shook her head and laughed. "Yes love, I suppose there is. Come on lets go we're already running a bit late."

The boys on the other hand were not late. Draco had risen extra early and had ensured that he and Blaise had arrived five minutes early which did not please Blaise at all.

"Draco, you know they are girls right. They are going to be late. So now we are stuck out here in the fucking snow freezing our arses off all because of you."

"Oh shut it Zabini!" Draco said as he bounced up and down in a most un-Malfoy like way from the cold to try and get his blood flowing.

Blaise just snorted in amusement because he knew both that Draco didn't mean it and more importantly that he was right. And of course he was. Who wouldn't be cold on an early February day in Great Britain with five inches of snow on the ground?

Draco and Ginny had arranged to meet on the far edge of Hogsmeade off High Street for a butter beer at the Hogs Head Tavern. It wasn't the nicest establishment in the town but the pair had both agree that their options would be highly limited due to the presence of their fellow classmates.

Finally two small blurs appeared huddled under large cloaks, one black and one bright blue. When the blurs got closer Ginny and Luna popped out from underneath their cloaks one with a big smile and the other with an unnatural dark smile on her normally light dreamy face.

Draco smiled warmly at his date before ushering the group inside.

After a few minutes of brushing off the snow and removing all their winter gear the quartet was finally seated at a table in the far corner of the dimly lit room with four warm butter beers all quietly sipping them.

"So…" Blaise finally began. He was always that guy who breaks the silence. "I'm not sure we have ever been properly introduced. I'm Blaise." He flashed a toothy grin at the pair of girls.

"Hi," Ginny said giggling.

Luna did nothing but glare at the dark and handsome boy.

"Oh Lovegood, what's the matter?" he asked in a mockingly concerned voice.

"You." She answered hostilely.

"You wound me." He responded sarcastically.

"Hey," Draco finally interjected. "That's enough mate. Be nice."

Blaise scowled at his friend while Luna beamed.

"So Draco how was your week?" Ginny asked quietly trying to shift the conversation away from the awkwardness. And so the pair launched into a conversation and basically ignored their friends who continued to sit and glare at each other.

After a while everyone had finished their drinks and were ready to go. They decided that they would stay off of High Street and stick to the side blocks of Hogsmeade to lessen their chances of being seen.

Draco helped his date slip into her cloak and held the door open for her and Luna to exit before himself and Blaise. They then proceeded to quietly walk down the mostly empty street Draco and Ginny in front and Blaise and Luna begrudgingly walking behind.

They began to walk down the street towards the first group of shops. After a moment of internal debate Draco reached out and grabbed hold of Ginny's small gloved hand and laced his fingers through hers.

Ginny had to suppress a squeal of delight when his hand touched hers. She stepped closer to him so their arms softly brushed against each other. What was wrong with her? She had had boyfriends before, why did guy make her feel so giddy at such a small action?

The small group wandered in and out of various stores for several hours and before long it was nearly time to go. They headed back towards the Hogshead where they would split up again.

Somewhere along the way Luna and Blaise had taken the lead. They had not stopped bickering all day. It was really a miracle that they had not killed each other yet. Ginny and Draco had unconsciously slowed their pace not wanting their perfect day to end while their friends trudged ahead.

Just then something in the window of a tiny shop caught Ginny's eye and she paused. Displayed in the window, set carefully on draped black velvet was the most beautiful teardrop shaped moonstone about the size of a sickle. The pendent was incased in twisted silver with a single tiny garnet at the tip. Ginny was so in awe of the necklace she could do nothing but stare.

Draco watched his beautiful date's reaction to the item with mild amusement. Had he seen this before Christmas break he would have immediately harassed her for her family's lack of wealth but that time seemed like so long ago. Now her fascination did nothing but intrigue him.

He grabbed her hand and gently pulled her behind him into the shop. Ginny was confused but followed her escort dutifully.

Inside the warm store Draco dropped Ginny's hand and left her standing in the entrance way as he swiftly made his way over to the store clerk. They exchanged a few words before Draco smiled at the girl and walked over to the window. He carefully lifted the necklace from its place and slipped it into his pocket.

"What are you doing?" Ginny asked, slightly stunned.

Draco did nothing but give her a mischievous grin and drag her back out of the store.

Once the couple was once again outside Draco pulled the beautiful necklace out of his pocket and dangled it before Ginny's eyes. "This is for you." He said simply.

"What? No, Draco, I can't accept that!" she was mortified by the cavalier attitude he was displaying while presenting her with such an expensive gift she did nothing to deserve.

He just rolled his eyes. "Why not Red?" he should have expected that she would be difficult about accepting his gift.

"Because I did nothing to deserve that."

"You're my girlfriend; I think that means you deserve it." He gave her a cheeky grin.

Once again Ginny was stunned but this time it wasn't into silence. "Excuse me? Who said I was your girlfriend?"

Draco's smile faltered slightly. "I did?"

"Oh really? She put her hands on her hips. "I don't recall being asked."

"Oh!" he smirked, regaining his confidence. "Ginny Weasley, will you be my girlfriend?"

"Yes."

"Good." He reached out to pull her body to his and softly kissed her on the lips. While their lips were still busy Draco untangled his hands from around her waist and carefully clasped the necklace around her neck. He broke the kiss and looked her in the eyes with a devious smirk on his lips. "Then you can accept this."

Ginny reached up and fingered the beautiful piece of jewelry. "Alright."

Draco beamed in triumph as the two finished their trek back to the Hogshead to meet their friends.


"That was so sweet!" Hallie was bouncing up and down on the couch.

"Wow I don't think I'm going to tell you anymore of this story. You are becoming far too much of a Malfoy fan. You are my best friend and therefore should be on my side."

"I am on your side but I'm also on the side of the old Draco. I want him to come back because you are obviously still in love with him."

Ginny's jaw dropped open in shock. "Come again?"

"Oh Gin you don't see it? You are obsessed with him, you hate him but are still insanely attracted to him, and his opinion of you means more to you than mine. You are still mad about him!"

"No I'm not. Alright story time is over for today." Ginny stood up and started to head to the corridor to go to her room.

"You know it's alright don't you?"

Ginny paused and sighed. "What is Hal?"

"Missing him. He was your first love that you never got over. It really is ok."

"No its not." She said quietly before continuing to her room where she curled up in a ball on her bed and went back to sleep.


It was Tuesday afternoon when Draco received an owl from Ginny at work that said that Colin wanted to meet with them to go over the article. The goal was to get their approval and have it run as the lead story in the Prophet the next day.

After a series of sarcastic owls back and forth Ginny and Draco decided that they would meet at the Manor for dinner with Colin and his boyfriend Andrew.

Andrew was yet another Gryffindor that was a year younger than Ginny and Colin whom, Draco learned, Colin had been seeing since his seventh year. He was rather tall, just shy of Draco's 6'3'' frame but without his sleek seeker's build. He had dark brown hair and dreamy hazel eyes that had admired by many girls in back in his Hogwarts days but had only ever seen Colin.

Ginny arrived at the Manor half an hour before Colin to again go over some last minute details. When Colin and Andrew arrived both men hugged Ginny and shook hands with Draco. The small group headed into a small parlor off the main dining room that had a table set for four.

After a relaxed dinner with much catching up on the part of Ginny, Colin and Andrew and many light sarcastic comments from the resident Slytherin, they finally got down to business.

"Alright loves here it is, Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy." Colin handed Ginny and Draco a copy of the article for them to peruse.

Colin did a fantastic job of painting a flattering picture of a young couple who were twice involved in a secret love and were now ready to tell the world and make it official. It was perfect, exactly the sort of publicity that they would need in order to pull off their little ruse.

A few minutes later the couple approved the contents and Colin immediately sent an owl to his editor to tell him so the article could be run.

After dinner both couples relaxed in the parlor and continued to talk.

Draco had to admit that annoying little Colin Creevy was not as insufferable as he once had been. He thoroughly enjoyed talking and joking with Colin and Andrew, much to his surprise, and even took the initiative of offering Colin exclusive rights to cover the wedding and an invitation when they set the date to the pair, much to the surprise of Ginny.

It was late when the couple finally left the manor and Draco and Ginny were finally left alone to talk. After they had walked Colin and Andrew to the door they returned to the white sitting room in the north wing where they both sat down and discussed the success of the evening.

"Yet another brilliant performance Ms. Weasley."

"The same to you Mr. Malfoy." Ginny giggled. The civility in the room was definitely out of the ordinary but neither wanted to spoil the moment so they just let it go.

Just then an owl arrived and tapped on the window. Draco rose from the chair where he was sitting and retrieved the parchment. He unrolled the scroll and his eyes glazed over it as he read.

"Who's it for?" Ginny inquired casually as she kicked off her shoes and tucked her legs under her.

"Me actually. I need to go and answer this. It'll just take me five minutes."

"Ok I'll wait here." Ginny snuggled down into the couch on which she was lounging as he walked out of the room. A few minutes later, without even realizing it, she began to slowly drift off to sleep.


Draco ran his fingers through his hair. Why did he even bother having employees? He isn't at work for one show and the whole world falls apart. Bloody hell.

Well there isn't much he could do now. He just tied up the scroll, sealed the letter with wax and the Malfoy seal and placed it in the pile to be taken out for the morning post

Glancing at his watch he let out a groan. He had been gone for over twenty minutes which meant either the Weasel would be waiting for him to yell at him for just abandoning her or she would have already left in which case she would yell at him the next day. Neither option seemed particularly appealing but he dutifully trudged back to the sitting room in which he had abandoned his future wife. What he saw caught him by surprise.

Rather than the raging monster he expected instead he saw a fiery angel fast asleep, curled up in a ball on the couch. She was so peaceful and looked so beautiful it was almost painful for him to look at her.

Once he got over his initial shock and began to think pragmatically again, Draco realized that he had a real problem. What was he going to do with her? He couldn't wake her up, he knew from experience it wasn't pretty, but he also couldn't leave her here to be discovered by someone in the morning.

He decided the best course of action was to scoop the tiny woman up into his arms and carry her up to his room. as he trudged up the stairs with Ginny in his arms and her shoes dangling off one finger he couldn't help but notice that she was the exact same size she had been when they were first together. Still the same tiny, frail frame that seemed altogether too small to contain the firecracker personality.

When he reached his room he used his wand to unlock the door and kicked it open. Now he found yet another dilemma, where was he going to put her?

Deciding the best course of action was to give her the bed and take the couch; he placed her in the bed and carefully tucked her in before kicking off his black leather shoes and stripping off his black button down shirt. He let himself fall onto the couch and accioed a blanket before extinguishing the lights with a flick of his wand.

The next morning was going to be fun.


Ok I know you all must hate me. It has been forever and as a reader of fanfic myself I know how annoyed I get when stories don't update. But please tell me what you think. Don't give up on the story. I really think this one is going well and I really like knowing what you all think.

I know excuses suck but I didn't abandon you for months on purpose! I have just been so swamped with school and getting adjusted to college and classes and new people and environment. I really do love all my readers and hope you all can forgive me for the huge delays in between chapters. I am not giving up on this story! I promise I'm going to complete it! I just might take quite a while between chapters!

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