SEDUCiNG A MODEL

Chapter Ten // Humor Them

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PG-13, but may become NC-17

Ginny // Draco

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Ginny awoke hours later, lying facedown on the bed, feeling numb all over. She tried to sit up, but something extremely heavy prevented her from being able to. She looked around, a heavy arm lying generously over her waist, and spotted the person to whom it belonged.

His face was a feverish red, his hair a matted mess, and his eyes looked puffier than usual. His gray eyes were watching her amusedly and she offered a smile, asking thickly, "What happened?"

He shrugged, moving his arm off of her slowly, and said, "I woke up a few hours ago and saw you lying crooked on the floor, so I got up and put you here on the bed. My headache's gone."

Ginny nodded, feeling her own shoot in sharp patterns through her head. Her thoughts began to slowly turn fuzzy and she couldn't see, because everything went blank. Not even a second later, her vision cleared and she looked at him, groaning, "What in hell is happening to me?"

Malfoy moved closer, pulling her toward him, and said, "I think we caught a wizard's cold."

Ginny frowned, "What the hell is that?"

Malfoy grinned, "It was chilly when we got back to the estate, and you were wearing only a dress, so you caught it. Then I got it from you. The wizard's cold only affects wizards, obviously, and it often has random and unpredictable side effects. Yours is that you have a headache and you faint. Mine's being able to see through things."

Ginny looked at him strangely, "See through things?"

He smirked, "Yep. Why else would I have been so eager to pick you up from the floor? I can see right through you clothes, Ginny."

The woman blushed, smacking him arm playfully, and said, "No, you can't, you fart."

He raised an eyebrow, "A fart? Wow, Weasley, I haven't heard that one very often."

Ginny grinned, nodding, and said, "So, what else don't I know that you can enlighten me about?"

Malfoy's face sobered and he said, "There are many things, Weasley. Such as … I am actually smarter than you, but I have to keep this information secret. That's why you still think you're smarter."

Ginny rolled her eyes, "Oh, sure, yeah, you have to keep it secret. Certainly."

Malfoy smiled, pulling her toward him, "I broke up with Maria."

Ginny looked at him, "What?

"I broke up with her. When you were getting your coat, I told her to leave my house."

Ginny's eyes widened and she pulled away from him, "Why would you do that? I thought you said that you were worried about hurting her or whatever?"

Malfoy shrugged, "Before we walked in, remember how I told you to look at the flowers? For ten minutes, we were walking around admiring those damn lilies?"

Ginny nodded, and he continued, "That's because right before I opened the door, I saw her and Huitt on the couch. Doing stuff. Some pretty gross stuff. I let you chat with her, but then I told her to get out, because she had no guilty conscience whatsoever – she was shagging him right in front of us, right in the open! She didn't even have the decency to close the blinds! I don't know how I could've – "

Ginny put a hand over his mouth gently and said, "Shh. I get it now. Why you've been so much closer to me lately. Not emotionally, more like physically." She smirked, and he smirked back at her.

She asked, "What … what did she do with Lester?"

"I think she stuck him in the coat closet on the first floor. I heard him in there as I walked by," he said, running a hand through his hair as he turned onto his back slowly.

Ginny nodded and murmured, "What goes around comes around. They'll get theirs."

He looked at her, asking, "Did you really love him?"

Ginny closed her eyes and said, "I really did."

"Did he really love you?"

After a moment's pause, she replied, "He didn't."

Malfoy rolls onto his side and places his arm over her middle again, breathing, "I didn't love Maria. She didn't love me."

Ginny studied him out of the corner of her eye and said, "Why not?"

Malfoy shrugged slightly and closed his eyes, putting his head on his pillow. Ginny put her own hand on his arm and rubbed it slowly in circles, before murmuring, "We still haven't gotten that bed."

Malfoy's eyes opened and he drawled, "I don't think we'll need it, do you?"

Ginny grinned and closed her eyes, allowing sleep to wash away the effects of the headache. Yet again, she barely noticed as Malfoy kissed her hair gently before getting out of bed and changing into his pajama pants.

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"I thought you said you broke up with her," Ginny said, offended, as she watched Malfoy snap his phone shut after a particularly long conversation with Maria.

He nodded, "She was asking me how we'd separate the estate. We bought it together a few months ago. I told her she wasn't getting it, because she's a cheating little … anyway, then, she started arguing, and it took me fifteen minutes to get her to quiet down."

Ginny grinned, snaked an arm around his waist as they approached a crowded coffee shop, and they both ordered some drinks. As she spotted a magazine with her face on the cover, she pulled away and opened it, flipping to the correct page.

The article read:

In recent photos that have been taken of Ginny Weasley, the world-famous model, we have spotted a gorgeous man around her – and we have found that he is her bodyguard. The 6-foot-2-inch man has been spotted doing numerous errands with her and they have attended parties together as well. Weasley's fans have reasonable belief that the two are an item, and we hope to find out the truth soon. Neither has denied it, however, Weasley's rep could not be reached.

Ginny snorted, showing the magazine to Malfoy, and commented, "They're faster than us! This article was written a month before you even said you liked me!"

Malfoy nodded, equally amused, and said, "Perhaps we should humor them. Deny any and all rumors that we're dating. But still, try to do stuff that'll lead them to think that there's something there."

Ginny nodded, set the magazine down, and wrapped an arm around him, watching what the approaching waiter would do. He stared at her in shock, as if unable to comprehend that Ginny Weasley was sitting in front of him, and asked, "May I take your order?"

Ginny nodded, unwrapping herself from Malfoy's embrace, and said, "We've already ordered, thanks."

The young boy, who seemed to be no older than seventeen, and said, "I'm such a big fan! I'm sorry, but would you mind signing my notebook?"

With that, he extended the book toward her and said, "Here, please."

Ginny complied and sighed as he walked away, pulling on her sunglasses stealthily. Malfoy grinned and sipped his coffee slowly, before turning to her and murmuring, "I see some photographers approaching the fenced area around the coffeehouse. They're zooming in on us. This is pretty funny. How do you deal with it every day?"

Ginny shrugged and went on drinking her own coffee, ignoring the loud sounds coming from the paparazzi nearby. Within a few minutes, nearly every occupant of the coffee shop was turned, staring at her, and she had to run to escape them. Malfoy was behind her, guarding her from their grabbing hands, and he wrapped one arm around her shoulders to keep her with him.

Finally, they slowed down as they neared a quiet park, which was secluded and seemed to be private. They walked inside, sitting on a bench nearby.

Ginny watched as Malfoy settled down next to her and before he could say anything else, she breathed, "Now what?"

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