7 Times I Cried For You

Chapter 10: Slowly

The next day, Ginny was wandering around the castle when she saw a mass of bushy brown hair.

"Hey, Hermione," Ginny shouted. "Wait up!"

Hermione paid no attention to the read head shouting behind her and continued to sneak around the corner.

"Hermione!"

She ran forward, but she wasn't very fast so Ginny easily caught up to her. "Hermione, what's wrong with you? Why are you ignoring me?" Hermione looked a little scared of the red head and she wouldn't make eye contact. "Wait a minute. It was you, wasn't it? You told Harry and Ron about me and Draco?"

Hermione shuddered under Ginny's penetrating gaze and she finally exclaimed, "Yes, alright! I did it! But right now they're so mad at me that they won't talk to me. Please, just...leave me alone!" she pushed away from Ginny and ran down the corridor. Her footsteps faded away, but Ginny followed.

A short flight of stairs led down to the dungeons and Ginny heard a door slam.

"What are you doing down there, Hermione?" Ginny whispered as she crept down the stairs.

A soft noise came from a door on her right. Ginny stepped over to the door and looked through the keyhole. What she saw absolutely terrified her.

Now she knew why Snape always seemed so happy these days. Hermione was in the room with Snape and, she hated to say it, but they were doing...it.

Ginny swallowed the bile she felt rising up her throat and ran back up the stairs. At the top of them she slammed into something hard.

"Gin? Are you alright?"

She looked up and saw George standing over her.

"George!" she jumped up and hugged him. "Why are you here?"

"Dumbledore invited me up to teach a few of the first years some Defense stuff. Where's your betrothed?" he asked.

"Um... he's somewhere. I'm not really sure."

"So, little sister, what's it like sharing rooms with our favorite ferret?"

"George, he's not a ferret, Draco is my fiancé. And it's wonderful sharing a room with him. He's my fiancé, Georgie!"

"Yeah, okay, Gin, I have to go teach the little firsties," George hugged Ginny then walked off toward Dumbledore's office.

Ginny started thinking about how George was okay with her getting married and her mum and dad were too.

She was so busy thinking about her family that she didn't see Ron and Harry until she ran into them.

"Oh, hey, guys, please just leave me alone. I know you guys don't like me and Draco being together, but –"

"Ginny, we were just looking for you to say that we guess we'll be alright for Malfoy to become part of the family." Ron said. "Sure, it'll take us a while to totally accept him but we'll slowly get used to the idea of you being...married."

"Thanks, Ron." She threw her arms around her youngest big brother. She turned to Harry. "Thanks, Harry."

"No problem, Gin," he hugged her back.

xXx

A few weeks later Ginny awoke to see Draco leaning over her in nothing but a pair of shorts.

"Wake up, Ginny." He said.

"No," she rolled away from him.

"Ginevra," He never used her first name. No one did...unless they're very....angry, "get up! Your mum and Dad are here!"

"What!?" she shot straight up and shoved the covers off. "What are they doing here?"

She started running frantically around her room and gathering up her clothes.

"I don't know. Dobby just said that they were in Dumbledore's office and wanted to see the two of us as soon as possible."

"Okay, then. Get out I need to get dressed," she pushed him out of her room. "And you need to put a shirt on."

"What? Does my being half naked bother you, Ginny?" he asked, a smirk forming on his face.

"No, it doesn't but it might bother my parents. Just go," she shut her door in his face.

She pulled on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt before running out of her room.

She pounded her fist on Draco's door. "Are you ready?"

"Yes, come on, Ginny. Calm down," he grabbed her hand and they headed to Dumbledore's office.

AN: This chapter is kind of short. Now we know why Snape was so happy that day. He and Hermione had a little rendezvous before class. Please review!

oxymoron8: Thanks!!! Yeah, it's very cool that Molly can understand. Wouldn't it be awesome if all parents were that understanding?

HeavilyBrokenSpirit: Harry kind of learned from Ron's Howler. It was Hermione who told. I don't get why Ginny even like Hermione, as weird as she's being. Thanks!!!