Chapter Twenty One

After the Battle

Ginny groaned and rolled onto her stomach, pulling the pillow over her head as someone opened the shades in her room.

"It's too early, Perce! Go back to bed!" She mumbled into her bed.

Someone chuckled. "Wrong brother, Gin."

Ginny tore the pillow from her face to stare at her brother Ron. He grinned and sat on the end of her bed which she now realized was in the Infirmary back at school. She hugged him, glancing around as she did. Everyone else was asleep. Neville and Pansy were wrapped around each other. Harry had fallen asleep waiting for Cass to wake up.Draco slept in the bed beside Ginny, turned on his side to face her.

"What all happened?" Ginny asked, letting go of her brother to see Hermione enter with a tray laden with food. Ginny's mouth filled and she realized she was starving. Hermione put a finger to her lips, glancing at Pomphrey's door.

"You, Cass and Ma- uh... him, have been out for about three days. Luna and some Elf chick showed up with all of you in tow. Luna hasn't been back since. She had this funny sort of look..."

Hermione smacked Ron lightly. "True love, you idiot."

Ron raised an eyebrow as if he couldn't fathom the idea. He turned back to Ginny. "Mum raised-"

"Mum was here?" Ginny gasped, glancing at Draco. How was her mom going to handle that?

"Still is. She, Dad and the rest of our brothers are out waiting for you to wake up. Pomphrey won't let them in til you're in the clear."

"Does Mum know about..." She jerked her head towards Draco.

Ron grinned, "Yeah. As I was saying, She raised a fuss when you got taken. Dumbledore accidentally let it slip that others were taken as well and, well you know Mum. She called in the whole family to do a head count. Went running around tallying up everyone. She seemed almost disappointed that you were the only Weasley missing."

Something occured to Ginny. "Hold on, if Pomphrey won't let any one in, how is it you two are here?"

Hermione flushed and Ron smirked at her. "Hermione's been working with Pomphrey for a while on Medical Studies."

"But she has no idea Ron's here, please don't tell her, Gin!" Hermione begged.

Ginny put up a hand. "Alright. I won't. But is that all?"

"Pretty much," Ron swiped a roll from the tray before handing Ginny a goblet of orange juice. "Drink it all, kiddo."

Ginny smirked slightly but obliged, taking a cinnamon bun off the tray as well. "So how did Mum find out? About us, I mean."

"Well..." Ron looked embarrassed. "Mum wanted to know why the four of you had been chosen and all. So I kinda told them about your, well specialness. Well, everyone thought it was perfectly normal for Harry to get taken as well. They couldn't figure out Cass and Draco," It looked like it pained Ron to call her boyfriend by his given name. "Were taken as well. So I kinda let it slip that Cass and Harry were... well, you know. Dating."

Ginny buried her head in her hands. She could see where this was going.

"Well, they took that. Then they wanted to know why D-Draco was along. Well I panicked a little and said maybe it had to do with the fact that he was her sister. Then Charlie pointed out that we were all your brothers and none of us got taken." Ron winced, not meeting Ginny's eyes. "Well, Fred figured it out first. You could tell the exact instant too. First time I've actually seen any of them speechless. Well, he told George who told Charlie who told Bill who was about to tell Percy when Fred told Dad. He... short circuited. I think that's the best word for it."

"His brain melted," Hermione added, swiping an apple.

"Well, he exploded about how his only begotten daughter would be a nun before he allowed this to continue. Then, Mum stood up for you. I have blocked most of what she said from my memory because no mother should ever use those words. But she liked the idea of you two together. Go figure. Then of course the twins had to side with different people and it might have continued on like that if Snape and McGonnagall hadn't shown up with the six of you."

"Family disputes over little old me? I feel honored."

Ginny turned to see Draco was awake. Harry and Cass as well as Neville and Pansy were all stirring.

"Draco!" Ginny shrieked. She pushed back her blankets, intent on glomping him, but her body was still too weak from the spell and she fell forward. She twisted her body as she did so, landing on her back on Draco's cot, her head nestled against his hips. She smiled up at him and he laughed at her.

"What do do with you?"

Madam Pomphrey chose that moment to enter even as one of the twins (without their faces it was impossible to tell them apart with just the voices) yelled through the door.

"Little pigs, little pigs, let me come in!"

Pomphrey surged over to the door, giving Ron a chance to duck under Ginny's now vacant bed. Hermione grabbed the tray and offered some of it to Draco.

Pomphrey pulled the door open and Fred and George stumbled in, grinning at her.

"Mr Weasley and you Mr. Weasley, as many times as you've been in my infirmary, I would think you would know the proper protocol by now."

They might have said something to this, but Molly and Arthur saw an opportunity and surged past them to Ginny. Draco had helped her into a more decent position by now and she smiled nervously at them.

"Mum, Dad. This is my boyfriend, Draco Malfoy."

(A/N: Well? What do you think? You like? I think I might extend this to another two chapters. That way we get some reactions.