Chapter Eight

Confrontation

As soon as Ginny sat on a black leather couch in the Slytherin common room after dinner she was hassled with millions of questions from her very worried best friend, Vaisey.

"Ginny! Where were you? What happened? I have been so worried about you! I should have never made you go follow Draco!" Vaisey was going on an on, blaming herself for Ginny's absence.

"V! Stop! Listen to me! I… AM… FINE!" said Ginny cutting off her best friend's rambling.

"Gin… I am so sorry I made you follow him!" said Vaisey who looked like she hadn't slept at all in the last few days.

"V, don't worry about it. It's not your fault. I am fine now, and that's all that matters," Ginny said trying to reassure her best friend.

"Okay, if you are sure… So can you tell me what happened?" Vaisey asked suddenly excited to find out what happened when Ginny followed Draco.

"Well I don't really know if I can tell you," Vaisey's face dropped the moment Ginny said it.

"Why not? Its not like it would be a big secret!" said Vaisey who was now pouting and looking at Ginny with big eyes. She looked hilarious!

"Okay. I will ask Draco if I can tell you. But don't get your hopes up just yet! This is serious stuff okay?" the moment Ginny finished saying that Vaisey face lit up and all traces of her earlier sadness were gone.

Draco! Said Ginny through the mind connection. She hoped that Draco wouldn't put his mind block up as soon as she heard her talking to him.

What? Asked Draco, who sounded annoyed, probably because he didn't want Ginny talking to him.

I was wondering if we could tell anybody about our new powers? I mean, I wont say anything about who tortured us or why, do you think that would be okay? Would Dumbledore allow it, do you think?

Well. I, for one, won't tell anyone. I don't trust anybody.

Er… that's nice… but I don't care if you tell anyone or not! Seriously, do you think I can tell my friend, Vaisey?

Vaisey? You and her are friends? Well I didn't see that one coming!

Why do you care who my friends are? Ugh, that doesn't matter… just answer this my question, can I tell her?

Yeah, whatever, go ahead… And with that Draco cut their mind conversation short

"Ginny! Hello?" asked Vaisey who was slightly concerned about her friend, as she had even acknowledged her presence at all in the last 5 minutes.

"What?" Ginny didn't get why her friend seemed so worried.

"You totally zoned out for nearly 5 minutes! What were you thinking about," Vaisey saw her friend start blushing and she immediately knew what she was doing when she zoned out, "Oh my god! You were talking to Draco through your mind connection thingy!" Ginny blushed even harder at her friends realisation.

"Yeah… I was," Ginny knew that her blushing was what gave it away. She didn't even know why she was blushing in the first place. I don't even like him? So why am I blushing? But as it turned out, thinking about it wasn't a good idea.

Who don't you like, Weasley?

You can hear my every thought? Ginny replied, slightly worried. She didn't want Draco to know everything she was thinking about because that would be very embarrassing.

Sadly, yes. Why the hell did you think I put the mind barrier up in the first place? Draco said.

Oh, well then why can't I hear your thoughts?

Because I don't want you hearing them so I block them!

Oh. Was all Ginny managed to reply.

You better get back to your friend, she is waving her hand in front of your face again.

Right. And, by the way, can we please drop the last names? I don't like it.

Whatever.

"Ginny! Hello? Focus on me! I am the one talking to you!" said a slightly annoyed Vaisey.

"Right. Okay so what happened was…" Ginny told Vaisey everything that happened except for the reason Draco was in the forest. That part was skipped over by her saying they ran into dark creatures in the forest and they attacked them and because they were attacked she never found out why Draco went into the forest.

Even though Ginny was lying about what happened in the forest to protect Draco she kind of felt bad because she and Vaisey told each other everything and didn't have any secrets between them. She just hoped that Vaisey wouldn't be able to tell she was lying.

"Wow. That's just… wow," Vaisey was stunned. She couldn't even think of any words to say.

"Yep. That's what I am thinking right now," Ginny said, still trying to comprehend everything that happened. The two girls sat in silence for a few minutes both trying to understand everything that had happened to Ginny in the last 48hours.

"At least Ron and Harry will be shit scared of you for the rest of their lives," said Vaisey finally breaking the silence and stopping Ginny's train of thought.

"Bonus," said Draco Malfoy as he was walking over to the two girls, "Weasel. Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Sure,"

"Alone…"

"You can do that through our minds,"

"Yeah I know that! But this is important,"

"Gin, stay here with him. I need to catch up on some homework anyway," said Vaisey who gave Ginny a meaningful look before making her way to the girl's dormitory.

Draco sat down next to Ginny on the leather couch and started to speak, "Ginny, I owe you and explanation," Ginny looked confused so he continued, "About why I was meeting with my father and the Dark Lord," Draco didn't want to explain himself to Ginny but he knew that she would make the wrong assumptions about his situation and then probably spread rumours about him.

"Okay…" Ginny said slowly. She waited for Draco to start his explanation when he didn't she looked at him with a puzzled expression on her face.

"I can't tell about it in here, there is to many people who could overhear. I need show you something anyway. But, before we go, you have to promise not to tell anyone, and I mean anyone, about this. It's a matter of my life and death," Draco then stood up and held out his hand for Ginny to take it.

Ginny looked at Draco's hand for a moment contemplating what she should do. After a minute she took Draco's hand and he helped her of the couch, "Okay," Ginny said, "Let's do this,"

The couple walked out the Slytherin common room hand in hand. As soon as they left whispers broke out amongst the Slytherins. Vaisey stood and the entrance to the girl's dormitory with a knowing smile on her face as she watched the couple walk away.

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