After the next night of detention when Ginny had performed her little stunt again, Harry decided to tell Draco.
"She WHAT?" Draco shouted, looking disgusted.
"Will you keep your voice down!" Harry hissed, they were alone in the dormitory but he still worried people could hear from outside.
"And you just let her do that?"
"What else was I supposed to do? Both times she cornered me! She's really got it for me mate."
"She's planning something again, just like that time," Draco reminded him. "She lured you last time and now you're letting her do it again. We have more important things to worry about Harry; Blaise, Goyle, and myself have been working our asses off doing research for your mission and you're out getting handjobs by blood-traitors!"
"What's this about a hand-job?" Astoria asked loudly and she and Pansy burst into their dormitory. This always drove Harry mad, but they felt like they had the right to do it as Astoria was Draco's girlfriend.
"Nothing, how are you, girls?" Harry answered her sweetly, she gave him a rude look, then turned to Draco. She walked over to his bed he was on and pulled his curtains shut so they could do whatever they wanted. This left Harry awkwardly standing next to Pansy, exchanging strange looks.
"I'm dating someone new you know." She said suddenly.
Harry nodded, "Who?"
"Kasse Lee." Pansy said smugly.
"The sixth year? He's pretty cool, I'm happy for you."
Pansy's smile dropped, "You don't care? You're not jealous?"
Harry raised an eyebrow at her, "Did you get in a relationship to make me jealous?"
"No!" Pansy said defensively, "I just meant to warn you, because he's going to be hanging out with us a lot, and I'm going to be on him a lot."
"That's fine with me, let him know where we sit at breakfast, yeah? I'm gonna go find Blaise, I owe him something." Harry patted her shoulder in a friendly manner and left the room, leaving her standing there fuming.
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Ginny was alone in the Restricted Section once again. She had taken to hiding in there, waiting. She was the one who told Hermione to just tell Harry about The Order of the Phoenix, Harry and Hermione's entire relationship was built by her. Now all she had to do was wait, wait for Harry's curiosity to get the best of him. She had just got done having a conversation with Hermione about her sleeping with Harry, Hermione stormed out after a fight with Ron and Ginny was back to her scheming. Today was her lucky day.
"What're you doing here?" Harry asked upon entering the darkened part of the library.
Ginny pretended to jump, "None of your business!"
"What have you got here?" Harry pointed to the book she had in her hands.
"Leave me alone!"
She let Harry snatch the book from her hands, his eyes widened when he saw the title.
"Give it back tosser!" Ginny fake pleaded.
"No… I don't think I will, I think I'll keep it, and I don't think you're going to do anything about it." Harry flashed her his signature smile and quickly left the library, Ginny smiled to herself, it was almost too easy…
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It was their second to last night in detention, Snape had been called into a meeting by Dumbledore, which left Harry and Ginny to do nothing in his classroom. Harry kept his distance from her, she continued to stare at him.
"What draws you to Hermione? I'm just curious." She asked.
"None of your business, and like I've said before I'm not drawn to her, I was using her." Harry defended himself.
"You liked her, and I can tell, want to know how?"
"No."
"Because every time I mention her you start to blush. Can I tell you a secret? She's dating my brother now."
"WHAT!" Harry's entire body turned to fire, a mix of rage and hurt shot through his core.
"Calm down," Ginny giggled, moving closer to his seat, "It was bound to happen anyway. Nobody knows yet, only me because I caught them snogging by the lake one night. I'm sorry you had to find out this way."
Harry's body shook, he wanted to get his hands on Ron Weasley and murder him, "What do I care? She's nothing but a mud-blood anyway."
"You see, that's your problem, you're hiding so much stuff. From your feelings to your lifestyle, you're just one big secret, aren't you? I've got some secrets too."
"I don't care."
"Every last bloody thing that's fallen into your lap was my doing! And nobody has fucking noticed! Nobody ever notices me, and I'm the mastermind behind everything!" Ginny raged, Harry was taken aback, "What're you talking about?"
"IT WAS ME! It was my plan to fool you in my first year, I purposefully gave you the book for The Order, I'm the one who set Hermione on you! It was me who told Lavender what she knew that night and had her go tell you. Yeah, that was me too! I told her Hermione was still after Ron and let some things slip about why she was really seeing you and she got pissed and went to find you and tell you everything just like I knew she would!" Ginny heaved.
Harry stared at her, "Why though? If your brother is in The Order why are you working against them?" At that, Ginny threw herself onto his lap, straddling him in his chair. She took ahold of the front of his robes and drew him in close to her.
"Because I want you, you've got everything I want. Power, popularity, everyone notices you and you've got friends who would take an Unforgivable Curse for you, you've got everything. And I want in, whatever it takes to get me in, I want it." Ginny whispered to him.
"Why should I trust you?"
Ginny leaned back a little, she slipped off her robes and began unbuttoning her shirt.
"Show me yours, I'll show you mine… I already know about it."
Harry was confused, but the sight of this very attractive girl undressing in front of him put him into some sort of a trance. He absentmindedly took off his own robes and shirt, Ginny picked up his left arm and examined the golden Dark Mark, his was special for whatever reason. Ginny let go of his arm and let her own shirt fall. Harry's jaw dropped, not only because of her ample breasts staring him in the face, but it looked as though she had crudely cut her own dark mark into her left arm.
"I did it this summer after Ron told The Order you had one. I know so much more about you, Harry, than you even know yourself. But that's not what's important right now. Let me in…"
She toyed with the front of his trousers, there was far too much going on right now Harry couldn't think straight.
"Do you know how interesting this would be? The Weasley Bitch, running with the baddest Slytherins in the school. Hermione would be so jealous…"
This caught Harry's attention, Hermione would be jealous if Harry started being seen with Ginny, it would drive Ron mad too, it was a double win. Harry made a grab for Ginny's throat, choking her slightly, "If you cross me, even in the slightest, it'll be more than just schoolyard kids coming for you. You saw what happened to Hermione? Imagine that but 100 times worse."
Ginny took hold of Harry's hand around her neck and tightened his grip for him, all the while looking him in the eyes, "Kill me if you have to, but you're not going to need to."
They looked into each other's eyes, slightly laughing, then hungrily snogging. This was the closest Harry had ever been to a girl before. While kissing, Ginny led his hands to do things to her he'd never done before.
"You've done this before?" Harry asked her breathlessly.
"I was hooking up with Kasse Lee last year, of course no one noticed. He's dating Pansy Parkinson now if you haven't heard, that was set up by me too."
"Why'd you do that?"
"If she 'steals' my ex, it must be okay if I have hers."
"You're something else" Harry laughed. They continued to paw at each other, things continuously got heated until…
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Draco sat in the Slytherin common room, chin in his hands, staring at the fire. He didn't feel much like working anymore, and Harry had gone off to his final night of detention with Snape. Astoria came to his side, "What's the matter, Dre? You've been sulking ever since this morning, talk to me."
"He fucked her… He really did it…" Draco mumbled under his breath. Harry told him last night after detention what happened, he'd had sex with Ginny Weasley. He was all excited about it, bragging to the room of adolescent Slytherin boys. Draco was in shock, Goyle confused, and Blaise didn't seem to care seeing as he'd already lost his virginity before and didn't think it was a big deal. This new information was weighing on Draco, he didn't understand why upon hearing that news he suddenly felt ready to die.
"Harry, you're distracting yourself from your mission!" Draco scolded him, Harry waved him off. "This IS apart of my mission, I'm just using her. Look, her brother is in The Order, the organization banding together to try and bring my father down, I get with her and I get all her information."
"But you're not like your father, he can just use people and you can't, you always get attached."
"I'm everything my father is and isn't" Harry shot back at him in a demeaning manner. "And yes I am just using her, I've got something she wants and she's got something I want."
"And what's that?"
"Fanny, obviously," Blaise joked, watching the conversation closely. He and Harry laughed and high-fived. Draco did not laugh, he felt his stomach drop lower and lower. Harry came over to him and put a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"I really appreciate you looking out for me Dre, but you don't have to worry, I'm a leader there won't be anyone playing me… Not again at least. You're my best mate, nothings going to change that." Harry smiled at him before going into the bathrooms for a night shower.
"Who did what? Draco what's going on? Is this about Harry again? Honestly, Dre, you care too much about that boy! What's he got for you? All you ever do is talk about him and follow him around and do whatever he says, you should be focused on me!On us!" Astoria emphasized. Draco wasn't listening to her, his core felt empty, he was going to stay up all night if he had to to catch Harry after his detention and see what was going on.
"Draco! Draco! Are you listening to me?" Astoria snapped her fingers in his face, Draco continued to look into the fire.
"We're done." He said, the first thing he'd said out of a whisper.
"What did you just say to me?"
"We're done, Astoria, I'm breaking up with you." Draco had no tone to his voice. Astoria stood, "Are you serious? Draco? Are you serious?"
Draco nodded his head slowly, he was starting to realize something about himself, especially after her little rant about how he only wanted to spend time with Harry, as if he only wanted to be around Harry, as if he only wanted to be with Harry.
"There's more I have to devote my life to than mediocre school relationships. I'm sorry Astoria."
Astoria stamped her foot, tears running down her face.
"FINE! FUCK YOU DRACO!" She shrieked before taking off to her dormitory. The Slytherin common room had gone quiet, everyone was looking at Draco Malfoy, who only continued to look into the fire.