Ooooh Babe

Don't leave me now

Don't say it's the end of the road

Remember the flowers I sent

I need you Babe

To put through the shredder

In front of my friends

Ooooh Babe

Don't leave me now

How could you go?

When you know how I need You

To beat to a pulp on a Saturday night

-Pink Floyd Don't Leave Me Now

Chapter 9: The Scare

It had been about 3 months since I had seen Harry. He had went into hiding after he did whatever he had done to me. I still couldn't recall it. Every time I would try. It would seem like my mind wouldn't allow me to. And without my testimony, the auror department couldn't start a full investigation. They could only keep an eye out for him, much to Ron's disappointment.

I still had yet to tell Mum and Dad but George and Angelina knew. I had made the mistake of slipping up about it when I had went to visit them. Both Angelina and George was ready to hunt him down after I told them what had been going on, but I didn't want anything to happen to them. They were parents after all. Roxanne didn't need to be away from her parents because of the decisions I had made for myself.

Ron, Draco, and Blaise had started to get along better and surprisingly Ron asked Draco to take Harry's place as best man in his wedding, as he had saved me. Draco surprised me even more by accepting with no hesitation. I was happy that finally all the men that I loved the most were coming together and getting along. Blaise had also granted my wish and made me Jada's godmother which I took even more seriously than Draco sometimes despite the fact that it was usually the both of us that took her out at the same time.

With Ron and Hermione's wedding just a couple weeks away , I found myself getting back to my happiness. I got to see my friends whenever I wanted, I no longer feared being out for too long or going to the wrong place or being around the wrong people. Having all this freedom made me realize just how trapped Harry had me. I found myself getting angry sometimes at the way I allowed that is pman to dictate my life.

I got back in touch with the coach for the Harpies and she assured me that as soon as I was medically cleared (I still had some complications especially with the cruciatus curse) I would be able to come back and play. That is what made me the happiest.

I was starting to get my life back on track. I felt my fire being relit and I strived to gain it back fully. Everything seemed to be falling back into place and I couldn't be more content.

The only thing that was a challenge to me was my feelings for Draco. We had gotten even closer than we were in school due to the fact that I still lived in his house. Ever since we all became friends in my second year, I had always known that my friendship with Draco was on a totally different wavelength than my friendship with Blaise. With Blaise, I had felt that sense of siblings between us despite the fact that he would shamelessly flirt constantly with me. Of course, that was his nature in general.

But with Draco, it always felt different. I always felt a deeper connection with him. There were things that he knew that I couldn't tell Blaise or anybody else. He was the only one that really knew everything about my ordeal with Tom Riddle and how messed up it was. We had gotten so close that people thought we were secretly dating. I remember when I was in my 5th year and Luna had pointed out to me that Draco would look at me the way Ron would look at Hermione. And everybody knew that Ron and Hermione had been in love since they met, despite the fact that they didn't realize it yet. I never saw it, but that was due to the fact that Draco always hid his emotions well. That and the fact that he and Blaise were in their slag stage since their 5th year.

With the way we were now, it felt like school all over again times 100. I found myself rehashing feelings that I had buried in school because of Harry. I had had a crush on Harry since I was 10. Ron would write to me about him and I was deeply interested. So about my 4th year when I actually saw myself liking Draco, I tried to push those feelings aside for the hopes of Harry.

Worst mistake of my life.

I found myself thinking about what it would be like to actually be with Draco. He hadn't changed a bit to me except he was more affectionate and even more open. I felt the chemistry coming back and sometimes I would find myself just staring at him. I had memorized every facial expression, every emotion he would show with just his eyes, and it made my heart skip a beat when he would catch me looking at him.

I didn't want to admit anything to him, or even myself, but I found myself falling in love with him. I felt more love for him than I ever did for Harry all those years. But I was scared to even hint to Draco about my feelings. What if he no longer felt that way? What if he rejected me? I knew I wouldn't have been able to deal with that.

I had woken up with that heavily on my mind that morning. I felt like maybe I needed a walk so I left Draco a note telling him I was heading to Hogsmeade to grab some sweets and to visit George. He had opened up another Weasley's Wizard Wheezes there and he had started working there more while Lee Jordan and Verity worked the one in Diagon Alley.

I apparated to Hogsmeade and seen nothing but Hogwarts students running around. Must have been a Hogsmeade day. It brought back memories of the three of us getting butterbeers and candies and buying pranks at Zonko's.

I went and had a short visit with George, whose store was swamped with students, the twins skiving boxes still the most popular buy. I picked up two and some Peruvian darkness powder for Draco and Blaise for memories purposes (knowing full well they would probably use them for work) and left before I got trampled by a bunch of 3rd years coming through the doors for the first time.

I went and had a butterbeer in the Three Broomsticks and ran into Neville Longbottom and reminisced for awhile. I was happy to hear he was now the new Herbology professor. He was someone else I had lost touch with after leaving Hogwarts. We talked about the D.A. (which I was happy to hear still went on) and our days of terrorizing the Carrows. He asked me how Harry was and I just told him that we didn't work out and I hadn't spoken to him lately.

I left Three Broomsticks and was making my way to the bookstore when an ominous feeling came over me. I started to feel like I was being watched. I took a quick look around and didn't see anything unusual so I kept walking.

I passed by a couple stores and started to catch the feeling again. My hand slowly made its way to my wand, but before I could grab a hold of it, I felt myself being snatched by an invisible force. I found myself flying backwards and into an alley where I was slammed against a wall. I felt hot breath on my face and I smelled the familiar scent of a certain soap I had smelled for the last 5 years.

Harry.

I reached out and grabbed what seemed like air and snatched off his invisibility cloak. His emerald eyes burned a hole into my very soul and I felt frozen in place. His hand held my neck, he looked almost crazed.

"You've been hiding from me Ginny. Why did you leave? I left for work and came back to discover you were gone." he said in a calm voice that was almost evil.

"I...you...I went to the hospital. You...you did that" I said scared out of my mind.

"You've been there for 3 bloody months?"

"No..."

"Of course not. I've heard things Gin. You're back around Malfoy and Zabini now? What the hell, I told you to stay away from them." he said hand closing around my neck some.

"Harry don't..." I gasped, desperate for air.

"Oh so I guess you're shagging Malfoy now? Don't look at me like that. I've always known how you felt about that prat!"

"I'm not shagging anybody Harry now let me go" I said, feeling consciousness slowly escaping me

"You need to come back home to me Ginny. We need to talk about this." said Harry, loosening his grip.

"No! I can't do this with you anymore Harry! You've hurt me enough now let me go!" I yelled at the top of my lungs to try to attach some attention.

Harry seemed to realize what I was doing so he let go of me. He backed away and looked as if he was about to leave.

I should have seen it coming. All of a sudden he backhanded me hard across my face. So hard that I saw spots and my face felt as if it was on fire.

"Come back home Gin. Or I'll have to come looking for you. And you nor Malfoy want that to happen." he said and he put back on his cloak and disappeared.

I knelt down on the ground and screamed. Not only because of the physical pain of my face, but also because I had let my guard down and once again Harry had gotten to me. He had found me. I couldn't escape him. He knew that Draco had something to do with why I didn't come back. I'm only glad that I didn't mention Ron and Hermione.

I disapparated back to Draco's and put up as many locking, shield, and concealment charms as I could around his house. I ran into my room, curled up in my bed, and cried.