Author's note: Well, I'm starting this chapter before I even post the other one, because my internet is being really stupid and not letting me do anything... So hopefully I will be able to upload SOON, and maybe for once, I will have two chapters to upload at once! Well, enough 'author's notes' and on with the story!

Chapter Twenty-two

The two of them flew around in slow circles for about half an hour, talking. Draco told her about his mother coming to the school and bringing the potion, and how Snape should be up any day now. The sun had finally set, and Draco asked Ginny if she would like to sit on the roof with him, she agreed, and they flew off to the roof of the Astronomy tower.

she remembered her first encounter with him this year, knowing Draco even better had made that memory ten times worse, and she shuddered every time she thought about it. They landed on the roof and sat down facing the moon, it was, incidentally a full moon. Draco stared at it, and Ginny looked at him from the side, and saw his eyes twinkle in the moonlight. She seemed entranced by them. She blinked a few times and shook her head slightly, trying to bore the thoughts from her mind, but they came back stronger.

She knew that Draco was more than a friend to her. She knew she would do anything for him, and he would most likely do anything for her. Sometimes she was amazed at how protective he was of her, even over the slightest things. She grew even more astounded at how protective she was of HIM. She even grew violent when people would say things. And Ginny felt she had every right too!

But right now when she looked at him, she just wanted cup his face in her hand, and bring her lips down to his. It was such a strong feeling, she could almost feel his lips on hers. She looked at his lips while thinking this, and saw them quirk at the corners, as though he had thought of something funny, or maybe just happy.

Ginny liked when he smiled, in fact she would do anything just to make him do it more often. He deserved a better life than he had had. That was why she couldn't tell him her feelings. 'His life already has enough complications; he doesn't need some silly girl having a crush on him.' But as she thought that, she realized it wasn't true. 'I'm not a silly girl with a crush. I'm a silly girl in love.'

She knew she would never get her feelings returned, and she knew it was for the better, what with the war coming and all, but she knew she could be with him in an 'accidental innocent' way. She looked at him to make sure he was concentrating on something else completely. When she saw he was, she used her foot to role her broom. She was rewards when it rolled in slow motion right off the edge. 'This is where acting comes in.' she thought. "Shit!" she exclaimed loudly.

Draco turned to her concerned. "What?"

"My broom! It rolled off the roof!"

"Ouch..." Draco added.

"Damn, I hope it didn't break." she said seriously, there were no other roves underneath them, so it would have fallen straight to the ground.

"Meh, if it does, I'll just get you a new one." he informed brightly. She wasn't expecting that.

"I couldn't accept that..." she started.

"I would rather use the money my father had attained for you than let him get his hands on it... Plus, if you were to think about it, it would be technically my fault. I brought you out flying." he concluded.

"I suppose... Fine."

"Then it's settled. I'm going to get you a new broom before the match." he replied

Ginny was in shock. "We don't even know if it's broken yet!" she voiced.

"I know, but you deserve it." he said, as if it were the simplest concept in the world.

"How?"

"Well, how often do you think I get to spend money on people I care about?" he asked sweetly.

Ginny was at a loss for words, and her eyes were watering with emotion. She didn't have to say anything for Draco to understand how much she appreciated it. "Come on, let's find your broom. You can sit behind me." He stood up and put his broom about three feet in the air, and let her sit on it after he helped her up. She sat down near the back, then let Draco sit down. she closed the gap between them, by moving right behind him. She fastened her hands around his waist, and he asked if she was ready.

She told him to go, and he glided off the roof, but instead of going down as he would have done normally, he slowly lowered them by flying in a spiral around the tower. Ginny held onto him tighter, and she soon grew dizzy by watching the patterns of the stone in the wall, so she rested her chin on his shoulder and looked out over the night sky. They continued their decent and the farther down they went the more Ginny felt her feelings grow. She didn't even notice the tears streaming down her cheeks, but when she did, she only cried harder. Her silent sobs were shaking he entire frame, and she buried her face in the crook of Draco's neck. By now Draco had obviously noticed, and had slowed to a stop, and was asking her what was wrong.

"Nothing!" she sobbed out, and Draco did his best to balance himself and comfort her face to face. Now she was crying because of the irony of it all. She was sobbing in the arms of the man that she loved because she couldn't tell him that she loved him.

Draco was at a loss of what to do, because everything he was trying, didn't work at all. "Ginny, come on. I'm going to fly us to the ground, but I'm going to get you to sit in front of me, alright?" he explained softly. He got the okay form her when he felt her nod into his shoulder. In some massive amount of skill, he had transferred Ginny to the front of the broom. He held her around the waist with one hand, and sped towards the ground at a fair speed, controlling the broom with the other. They touched down softly on the grass, and Draco sat down with Ginny against the base of the tower.

"Gin, what wrong? Is this about the broom?" he asked, trying to think of any reason of what could have caused this emotional breakdown.

He didn't think he would get an answered, and was therefore surprised when he did. "I'm being, sniff, stupid!" Her sobs had subsided but tears streamed down her face while she repeatedly sniffed in.

"You're not being stupid, what's wrong, why are you crying like that?" he asked so sincerely, she thought she might get set off again.

"I don't knoooww!" she moaned. And Draco figured if he got her laughing, she would feel a little better.

"Well that makes two of us doesn't it?" he asked cheekily. And was rewarded with a laugh/hiccup from her.

Her tears seemed to have stopped, but her eyes were still red and puffy, and her nose was still red and stuffy. Not to mention she had a pounding headache and the hiccups.

"Life sucks!" she exclaimed in a comical manner.

"Well when life gets you down, remember these words of wisdom... All humans and animals on this planet were made by one thing, and one thing only... Sex." he finished, earning him a smack on the arm and a distorted laughter from a plugged nose and an interruption of hiccups. "That's better, see?"

She nodded her head and then burst out laughing again. "What?" Draco asked with a smile. She pointed a few feet away, and Draco caught sight of her broom, which incidentally had been broken in a few places.

"Too bad, huh?" she whispered. Then gave a small yawn.

"I need to get you to bed, come on." he informed, about to stand up, but then Ginny replied.

"I don't have one..."

"What?" he asked, confused.

"A bed, I don't have a bed." she explained.

"Why not?"

"The people in my house vanished it...Along with all my things..." she explained offhandedly.

Draco frowned at her comment. "Well where are you going to sleep?"

"Oh, I'll just sleep in the common room or something..." she trailed off.

"No you won't! I won't allow it!" he retorted in a determined voice. "If you're too sick to walk," he grinned, "then you're too sick to sleep on a couch! You can sleep in my room."

"I'm not going to sleep in a dorm with a bunch of guys I don't know!" she blurted out.

"Sorry to say this Gin, but the Slytherin house-hold is a little different, boys in sixth and seventh year get their own rooms..." he explained, trying not to laugh at her scoff. It took a few minutes, but he finally got her to agree to stay in his room, he told her he would sleep on the floor or something...

They stood up to walk, but Ginny gave an even wider yawn then before, and Draco said that they might as well fly, so Ginny got on the broom behind him again, still feeling foolish for have cried earlier, but Draco seemed to have understood.

They flew to the door, and Draco stayed on his broom while opening it. Ginny turned and gave him an odd look, because she was ready to get off and start walking. He smiled at her mischievously and said, "I've always wanted to do this..." and he flew in, closed the door, and sped through the halls, with Ginny holding onto his waist, giggling.

He slowed when he got to the entrance, and him and she got off the broom. He spoke the password, and they walked in. Draco was actually a little surprised that no one was awake, but didn't think much of it. He walked towards the staircase, but looked back and noticed Ginny looking around the Slytherin common room in curiosity.

"A lot different then yours isn't it?"

She nodded her head vigorously as she looked at everything from black leather couches and chairs, sitting atop a large dark green thro rug, what looked like crystal tables, and an enormous fireplace, twice the size of the one in her own common room. Not to mention the marble flooring, of gray streaked here and there with black. "It's beautiful." she admitted with awe. Draco smiled down at her, and led her finally up the stairs to where his room was.

She walked in, and continued to admire the sophistication of the rooms. Draco's room was fairly large, but not overly. In the center was non-other then a king sized bed with no posts or anything on any of the corners and without a canopy over head like she had expected, his floor was a dull gray, that seemed faded, but purposely so, and it matched his bedding. The walls were a dark green as expected, and his desk and dresser were a black wood, matching the legs for his bed. She did however notice thought, that he didn't have many personal items, but she loved it just the same. Draco was smiling with pride, but not because he was proud at his room, but proud that it had made her smile.

"Well you'll be sleeping on the bed, and I will sleep on the floor, okay?" Draco explained.

"Draco, this bed could fit four people comfortably, you can sleep on it too you know." she offered.

"No, I want you to have it, I get to sleep in it every night for almost a year." he said, leaving no room for argument.

Ginny snorted (she was growing quite a habit of that) and commented, "You are a spoiled brat!" he crossed his arms over his chest and looked down at her from his six foot five, with a fake superior gaze, but ruined it when he laughed. "And I need some clothes, I can't sleep in these, I get itchy!" she whined amusingly.

Draco rolled his eyes, but walked over to his dresser, and rummaged around for a few seconds, then handed her a white button up shirt and a pair of his pajama bottoms, which were pitch black and thankfully had a tie string on them, because the shirt and pants were several sizes to big. Draco was rather tall, and well built, Ginny was fairly short and petite. She forced Draco to leave the room while she changed, and re-opened the door for him, he tried to cover up a laugh when he saw her, but it didn't go so well. So Ginny just answered cheekily, "They're your clothes, so I don't see what would be so funny."

Then she went to the bed, and slid under the thick covers, perfectly in the middle. She watched Draco pull off his shirt, and remove his pant, since he was wearing his boxers underneath, she did looked at his built chest and abs, then blushed embarrassedly, but he luckily didn't notice, because he had turned his back and was pulling out a few more pillows from his closet and then another two blankets, one to lay on, the other to sleep with.

Ginny looked at him oddly, then wondered aloud, "Why do you have extra pillows and blankets in your closet?"

Draco looked at her, then back at them and then back at her. "I don't know. They just came with the room I guess..." and he got settled onto the floor. "Well goodnight Gin." he said, and turned of the lights with his wand.

"Goodnight!" she replied through a yawn, then closed her eyes and let sleep claim her. Draco fell to its clutches soon after.

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Draco opened his eyes upon hearing a strange sound. The room was pitch dark, but he could make out the shifting of blankets coming from Ginny, his senses became more attuned, and he could hear faint whimpering. He stood up and went to see what was going on.

He lit one of his smaller lights, and walked over to the bed, Ginny was thrashing around lightly, and her face was creased with fear. She would whimper every now and then, so Draco whispered her name. He got no response from her, so he said it louder. It seemed to calm her because she stopped moving, and her face smoothed out again.

Draco frowned a little, but decided to go back to his make shift bed seeing as how she calmed down. He turned the light off, and lay back down.

He heard the blankets moving again, and thought she was back into her nightmare again, but since he was laying on his side facing the bed, he saw her bare feet touch down on the ground quietly. She walked over to where he was sleeping, lay down and slid under the blankets against his bare chest, wrapping on of her arms around his back and she snuggled comfortably into his warm body as he slid and arm under her, and one around her, pulling her in to a hug. She sighed contently, and he kissed the top of her head and went to sleep again.

They woke up six hours later at around seven in the morning, to a knocking at the door. Draco groaned, and walked unbalanced over to the door. He opened it a about a foot, and was met with the already groomed, already dressed Blaise Zabini.

Draco, never being a morning person, questioned his appearance with a growl. "What do you want Zabini."

He smiled comically at Draco. "Dumbledore sent me to get you. He wants to talk to you and Virginia."

"Dear God, couldn't he do it at a reasonable hour? It's a Saturday!" he groaned.

"Don't jinx the messenger buddy... Only doing my service!" he said laughing as he walked away.

Draco shut the door and turned back to Ginny, who had already fallen back asleep. He smiled sadly and went to wake her up.

TBC

Author's note: Yay! Another chapter for you all! Not to mention its chapter TWENTY ONE! Yeah...once again I lied, I promised some major plot developments, but the chapter seemed a decent length as it was, and it's 4:oo in the morning, so I'm a bit tired... But, the plot developments are like, I'm not even kidding you, they start in a few sentences...Well a few more than a few.. But at the very start of the next chapter they will be addressed... And I think this chapter had some decent fluff... So, I hope you liked it anyways, and I really hope you take time to review!