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Ok here's another chapter. It's not as long as the last one, but hopefully as enjoyable. Please R+R.

Isadora120

Murgy31 – I do try to put as much as possible but it's hard to fit around work sometimes! But glad you're enjoying it!

doctor-who-mad-gal – I know…it was just too tempting to make a bit OOC…sorry. And I like to think of Draco as…misunderstood. Lol.

"No." Ginny flatly refused.

"Gin, come on! You came up with the idea and don't you want to help Hermione?"

The fact that Ginny wasn't swearing at Harry right now for coming up with the idea in the first place was scaring Harry a little.

"Harry, there are millions of girls out there who, I hate to admit, would actually be willing to go out with Draco, but I'm not one of them." Ginny tried desperately to change Harry's mind on how good this plan was.

"But when he breaks up with them…Draco's not happy about going out with a girl he's going to use and then break up with. Only you know what the point is!"

Ginny sighed, trying to think of a way out of this mess. She couldn't think of one, but she really didn't want to even pretend to date Draco Malfoy, especially because it was to help him get another girl. Harry asked her,

"Why don't you want to pretend to go out with Draco?"

"Because he's an arrogant self-obsessed prat who happens to be amazingly good-looking," Ginny snapped.

At her vehemence Harry blinked.

"Well it's not like you actually have to like him…just pretend to go out with him."

Harry didn't know why Ginny rolled her eyes as he said these words. She gave in finally, knowing that Harry wouldn't give up. She though that at least Draco was stunningly handsome. Harry grinned gleefully as Ginny sighed.

"Thanks Ginny. And in the end it's going to help Hermione so much!"

Ginny stomped out of the room leaving Harry staring after her, wondering what was the matter with her. On her way to her desk she ran into Draco.

"Woah, watch where you're going, Ginny. Ginny? What's wrong?" Draco sounded genuinely concerned as her peered into Ginny's angry face. She mumbled,

"Nothing. I'm fine." She tried to push past him, but he stopped her.

"Ginevra Weasley. As your boss I demand to know why you're angry! And don't give me that crap about nothing. Nothing would not make you give me such a murderous look!" Draco declared, as he drew himself up and dragged to a chair.

At his words Ginny burst out laughing and soon Draco was laughing to. When they managed to control themselves Ginny said,

"Harry talked to me about pretending to date you. I really didn't want to at first but now I don't think it's a bad idea."

Draco looked at her and asked her anxiously,

"So…you'll do it?"

Ginny hesitated before nodding. Draco hugger her tightly saying,

"Thank you Ginny. You have no idea how much it means to me. I just really…I don't know. It upsets me to think that she's not living the life she deserves because she feels it would be a betrayal."

Ginny extracted herself carefully, smiling sadly.

"Hermione, when she does something, she has to do it with her whole heart. And she and Ron had so little time actually acknowledging that they loved each other that it was cruel to take him so very soon. I think Dolohov figured once he…once he ki…once he killed Ron she would be too devastated to continue fighting. Obviously he was wrong, the complete opposite happened!"

Tears began to roll slowly down her face as she spoke. Draco hugged her again, but this time as a comfort. She had been close to her older brothers and she had lost two of them in the Battle. George had gone off the rails when Fred had died and he had only just started to recover from his twin's death.

He just held her silently whilst she grieved. He didn't know what to say and he had a feeling Ginny didn't want him to say anything. Eventually she calmed down and said thickly,

"Thanks Draco. I'm sorry I don't usually make such a spectacle out of myself!"

Draco grinned.

"Actually you do, but this isn't one of the many times."

Ginny hit him lightly,

"Oh shut up!"

Unbeknownst to them they were being watched by Hermione. As she saw them she felt a knife in her gut being twisted.

"Stop it! You rejected him! You can't be upset he's comforting Ginny. You should be thanking him for helping your friend!" She scolded herself. Nevertheless she was upset and felt betrayed.