A/N: Sorry for the lateness of the update, Spring Break is finally over so I shouldn't be this late again.
Chapter Ten
In the end
Ginny found herself being pulled behind a tapestry and turned knowing damn well who she'd see. "Draco, what is going on? We'll miss the third task."
"It might be best for you if you did."
She narrowed her eyes, crossed her arms over her chest, and tapped her foot irritably. "Explain."
"I just came from the one place I never, ever thought I would willingly go. I did the one thing I never imagined I would willingly do as well."
"You mean other than our odd little friendship?"
He scowled. "Yes, Gin, now go back to your Tower as it's not safe for you to be at the third task."
"Explain," she snapped. "I need to know. Or will you treat me as my family does and claim I can't possibly handle the truth of what's going on?"
She watched him rake his hand through his hair and sigh heavily. "Look there's something planned with Potter. I told the headmaster so don't lecture me. It's likely you'll be seeing me this summer and I'd like one ally in a houseful of enemies."
"Fine," she huffed. "If I don't go, you don't go."
He was silent for so long that Ginny figured she had gone too far. He finally nodded, taking her arm and leading her down the passageway they'd been standing in the entrance of. When they stepped out near the Slytherin entrance she couldn't resist grinning.
"Does this mean we're officially friends now that you're letting me invade your House?"
"Yes," he muttered.
She wondered just what other surprised lay ahead.