But I Never Loved You

Please…Marry Me?

A/N Okay guys, the way that I set the end of this chapter up is so that I now have some room for an Epilogue. I moved some things around because I got so many whimpers about not having an epilogue lol. So, this is the last chapter of substance, but there will still be another after this one to tie up the loose ends :)

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A pounding at Blaise's door made him roll out of bed, quite startled. "Coming. I'm coming!"

As soon as he opened the door, Draco had Blaise's neck in a vice grip. "I'm going to ask you this question one time, and then I snap your neck."

Blaise's eyes got huge as he tried to wriggle from the furious man's grasp. "What did I do?"

Draco slammed his head against the wall. "I didn't say you could talk!"

Hermione's tiny hand rested against Draco's arm. "Calm down Draco…"

He took a deep breath and shook his head. "Fine. Zabini, where is my wife?" he asked before he could rephrase his words.

"She's not your wife. She left you for Pansy remember?"

Judging by the look in Blaise's eyes, he knew something was going on. This made Draco all the more furious.

"Where thefuckis she Zabini!" he shouted, slamming his whole body against the wall as roughly as he could.

His eyes went wide and he felt blood drip from his lip, where he accidentally bit through.

"Okay fine…She's planning to go to Belgium. It's legal to get married there for them."

Draco's eyes went wide and he slapped Zabini as hard as he could manage with one shaky hand.

"Where is she now?"

Blaise looked up to the clock behind Draco's head. "She's leaving in two hours. She should still be in her summer home. It's in-"

"I know where it is, you fucker. I just have one more question for you." He now held Blaise by the neck.

"How could you call yourself my best friend? Why would you do this to me? Why would you help her take Ginny away from me when you knewhow much I loved her?"

Blaise shook his head. "Draco, you told me you didn't want to marry her, first of all!"

With another punch to the gut, Draco lifted him off of the ground by the neck. "I swear with everything in my core that if I don't make it in time, I will come back and rip you into a million pieces!"

He tossed him to the ground and the three Weasley's, (well, the two Weasley's and the one soon-to-be Weasley) followed him as he ran from the room.

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Ginny was still laying in the bed that Pansy had left her in hours ago. They were going to go somewhere, or so she heard… She hadn't been paying much attention to anything, as her whole body was aching with shame. She hadn't even gotten up enough to put her clothes back on. She was in thin, silk socks, and the sheet.

"Are you hungry Ginny?"

She didn't answer. She couldn't have been more grateful for the fact that Pansy didn't talk to her in response. All she wanted was to go to sleep and never wake up…but she just couldn't sleep.

Memories from the night before were tormenting her to the point where all she wanted to do was figure out a way to open the locked double-door'd windows. She wasn't sure how high up they were, but she figured that if she fell on her dead the right way-

"Where is she Pansy!"

Ginny's eyes widened. She wanted with everything in her, to run to Draco and wrap her arms around him. In one instant, however, she felt a deep hatred for him. The spell…Pansy had mention that she was under a spell but Ginny was unsure of what it was.

She reached out to the chair near her bed and grabbed the nightie that Pansy had taken off of her the night before. She slipped it onto her body and walked out into the living area, where two of her brothers, Draco and Hermione were standing. She was unsure whether or not to feel excitement that was rushing through her veins.

She allowed a light smile when Charlie ran up to her and wrapped his arms around her small body.

"Baby girl…"

"Let go of her!" Pansy shouted, her wand out and pointed toward him.

"Stupefy!" Hermione shouted, and Pansy was on the ground. She took each of Ginny's brothers by a hand and left the room.

"Go ahead Draco. Take your time."

Draco sat on the small couch that was in the living area and looked Ginny in the face. "So…do you enjoy it here?"

Ginny felt her body begin to tense up. "Leave me alone. I already told you who it is that I love!" Even as she spoke the words, she knew what it was that she really wanted to say.

Draco took a deep breath and patted the cushion next to himself. "I didn't deny that you love Pansy. Just sit next to me. Talk to me."

Ginny took a step toward him, unsure of how to feel. She sat beside him, feeling her heart beat faster than she was sure it ever had.

"I don't doubt that you love Pansy…I never said I did. I just…Wish that you loved me."

Ginny felt her whole face wretch into something she could imagine was sheer ugliness. Before she could say anything, Draco had a hand over hers as he spoke.

"I don't know if you can feel how much I love you, but I think I want you to have this."

Out of his pocket, he pulled a beautiful ring. He placed it on her finger.

"From the beginning, this relationship we have was about money. It was about money, and family status. I never treated you the way a woman like you deserves. I wanted you to-"

He slid onto his knee before and rested his forehead against her bare leg. "I want you to marry me because you love me. I want you to be my wife not for the sake of being my wife, but because you truly love me with everything inside yourself."

For a moment, Ginny said nothing. Her body began to quake. Draco was startled and fell back. "Ginny?" he said gently, but her body continued to convulse.

"Granger!" he shouted, but he was more concerned with keeping his hands on Ginny so she didn't fall off the couch and hurt herself.

"Granger, help me!"

Hermione rushed into the room and held a hand to her chest. "Draco, you broke it! You broke the curse!"

She ran up to Ginny and held a hand to her chest. "Her heart is normal…I think these are just the effects of the spell being broken. You did it!"

Ginny crumpled in a pile on the couch. A pale hand reached out and clasped itself on Draco's.

"I want to say something to you, and I want you all to listen."

The brothers that were waiting at the door inched inside, looking at their baby sister.

"What is it doll?"

Ginny took a deep breath and looked down. "I've just been through hell…and yet…Nobody seems the least bit bothered by the fact that I'm sitting here in a see-through nightie."

At that, nobody could help but laugh through their bellies.

A/N That took me a little longer than I meant for it to, but I have the epilogue all set up already. I know I said there wouldn't be one, but I found a perfect break in the middle of this chapter, so I decided I'd split it up :) Oh, and I have a new series started up. It's called I Still. Go check it out!