If anyone is confused, the last bit in the previous chapter was Ginny's dream while unconscious. I had to break the chapter up because it was way too long and I chose to end it there.

To Marinka & The One and Only (who is also my 300th reviewer)

Thank you both for being loyal readers.

So there we go, this is the last chapter for Working for the Dragon. The journey has finally come to an end.

Working for the Dragon

Chapter 30. Revelations

You know how sometimes you are half-asleep and before you open your eyes you can tell that you're feeling crappy? Well, that pretty much summarises how I felt right now except for the fact that I had been jostled out of a good dream. I had been dreaming of Draco. In my dream, I had confessed my feelings for him in the middle of what was going to be a really hot snogging session. I sighed happily, still half asleep as I thought of kissing Draco.

Eventually the sun shining from the window had won and I was forced to open my eyes. Needless to say I was disoriented from sleep and the fact that I did not remotely recognise my surroundings. I tried sitting up but to no avail. I felt like I had fallen off a broomstick, or worse. In any case, I ached all over and I could barely move.

"Oh. You're up." An unfamiliar woman greeted me brusquely wearing what I recognised as the mandatory nurse uniform at St Mungo's. My eyes widened as I took in my surroundings once again. The room was eggshell white and bare except for a painting of daffodils that hung on the wall. There was a large leather sofa in the corner as well as a chair directly beside my bed. A whiff of the air and I got the familiar smell of disinfectant confirming that I was indeed at St Mungo's.

"W…what happened?" I asked weakly. Was I in an accident or something? Did I accidentally splinch myself while trying to apparate? I wriggled as I tried to see if my body was intact.

"I'll do a quick check up before allowing your family members back inside. They'll be happy to know that you are awake. Now just open your mouth a little bit." The plump woman said as she helped me to sit up before performing various magical medical related spells on me.

-"You are running a slight fever but that is probably indication that your body is recuperating. I'll be back with a potion. I'll send your family members in a couple of minutes." She left the room professionally before I could say anything else.

As if on cue though everything hit me at once, from my being at work to getting kidnapped and tortured and before I knew it, I was trembling in fear.

"Ginny… Oh my Merlin!" My mother exclaimed upon entering the room and noticing my panic attack. She pulled me into her comforting arms before gently caressing my back.

"It's alright, Ginny dear. You are fine now. You are safe." Mum whispered to me as I struggled to gain control of myself. I was wheezing now taking uncontrollable gasps of air. My head was spinning far worse now and I felt as though my lungs were going to burst.

"Do you think that maybe we should call the Healer?" I heard the familiar, worried voice of my brother, Bill.

"No. No. She has dealt with this before. Maybe you could get someone to bring her a nice cup of strong tea, preferably chamomile." Mum instructed him quietly as she continued stroking my hair.

I had managed to quieten myself a couple of minutes later letting out the occasional sob.

"You're fine now, Ginny dear. We won't let anything happen to you ever again." Mum said as she hugged me tightly. I hadn't realised earlier but now when I had calmed down, it had occurred to me that my mother was crying.

She sniffled as she said –"My poor baby girl. After the Chamber incident, we swore that we would never let you get hurt again and now look at you." She continued evidently in hysterics.

"Molly dear... get a hold of yourself. Your crying is only going to stress Ginny out and you know what the Healer has said." I heard my Dad say from somewhere. My view had been blocked the very minute Mum had thrown her arms around me but I was not complaining. It had been a while since Mum held me like this. Truth be told, I had never felt as comforted as I did now. There was nothing like a mother's touch to make her child feel safe and sound. I missed this.

And she was right; I had dealt with this before, after the Chamber incident. This hyperventilating/panic attack thing had been my body's way of dealing with stress. Mum still hadn't gotten hold of herself.

"Arthur, just look at how we have been treating our baby girl lately…." She continued sobbing and mumbling unintelligible words. It was my turn to comfort her.

"I suppose more than me, Mum is in need of a strong cuppa chamomile tea." I chuckled weakly at my own joke. –"I'm fine, Mum."

"Oh hush, you are not fine. Always trying to stand on your own feet …" She pulled away having found something to lecture me about. Not that I was complaining. I had missed this.

Now that my view of my door was back, I had noted that pretty much most of my family members were here. There was Charlie and Mikayla, Percy and Penelope, the twins and their respective wives. Apparently, Bill was here too as well. He had probably gone on that tea errand. The only people who were missing were the Golden Trio. Not that it bothered me anyway. Okay well it did, a little.

"Ginny…" My dad said as he kissed my forehead lightly. It was a sign that all our grievances had been forgotten. Not that I had any in the first place.

"Hey Daddy…" I smiled at him lightly.

My siblings and sisters-in-law were now swarmed around me. Fred and George had brought gifts from their joke shop. We had pretty much established the fact that they were glad that I was alive. I was just glad that they were talking to me again. Honestly, if this was what it took just to get them to do so…

Bill had gotten back from his tea errand. He now placed a cup of piping hot chamomile tea on my bedside table.

"Mum, tea is here." I joked making the rest laugh.

Bill looked on, puzzled. –"Didn't you say that the tea was for Ginny?"

"Mum had one of her crying fits, brother." Fred explained grinning wickedly at his elder brother.

"Figures." Bill nodded his head. He turned his attention towards me now. We weren't on the best of relationships either. Especially since he had now moved back to Shell Cottage with Fleur and Baby Victoire Amanda.

"I'm glad you are okay, Gin." He told me quietly as he took my hand. I squeezed his with whatever energy I had in me. Things were finally starting to look better with my family.

We spent the entire afternoon together and as everyone knew, a day with family was never dull. I was thoroughly entertained with new gossips. I also found out that I had been unconscious for two whole days. The Golden Trio had left for the upcoming Quidditch season. They had been informed though. Ron had replied saying that they would drop by one of these days.

Even though I was entertained, a part of me couldn't help but think of him. Where was he? Why wasn't he here? What happened?

And I did ask those questions though, eventually. The replies that I received were short, awkward. It was a start though. The idea of almost losing me had scared them into acceptance of my relationship with Draco. I was not too sure about how I felt about that.

Eventually it was time for them to go. Mum insisted on staying but I assured her that I wouldn't die if she left me alone for a couple of hours. She promised to return after she had finished her chores.

With a family as big as mine, and having survived torture from the Bellatrix Lestrange's reincarnate, it was only normal that I be exhausted. A couple of minutes on my own and I had soon enough submitted to sleep.

I awoke a couple of hours later to someone stroking my hair. I opened my eyes only to see the man of my dreams looking at me concernedly. His grey eyes were filled with worry and something else, anger? He looked tired as though he hadn't had a proper night's sleep in ages but other than that, not a thing out of place. Leave it to my boyfriend to look like he walked out of Wogue at a time like this.

"Draco…" I greeted him weakly, forcing myself to sit up or rather attempt to.

Noticing my attempt, he immediately thought to help me. I suppose he knew me well enough to know that I would be extremely cranky if I couldn't sit up.

"Hey you…" He greeted me back softly, kissing me lightly on my forehead before leaning back to take in my appearance. I'm sure I looked like a mess alright; I hadn't looked at a mirror in days. I touched my hair self-consciously only to feel my wavy length in tangles.

"Don't." Draco stopped me as I winced from the pain of moving my hand. His eyes flashed angrily like lightning as he scrutinized me from head to toe.

"How are you feeling?" He asked cautiously.

I looked at him still feeling groggy-"Like I could sleep forever."

"Why don't you head back to bed, love?" He suggested. Okay no, suggested was the wrong word for it, he was telling me to head back to sleep.

I shook my head, I was tired but I didn't want him out of my sight. Not now, not ever.

"I don't want to." I said stubbornly.

"Ginny, you need to rest. Your body is exhausted from the….stress that you have been put through. Evidently, so is your mind. C'mon let's get you settled now." He stood up and made move to make me lie down. He handled me like glass and I was way too weak to fight back even though I protested. Before long, I was tucked in.

"I want to talk to you, Draco." I told him as I glared at him accusingly.

He smirked back at me, happy that he had gotten his way.

"We can talk when you feel better, love. You should go back to sleep now. Your body is demanding it."

"But I've missed you." I said my eyes welling up with angry, stubborn tears. I turned my head away so that he wouldn't see my tears fall.

He didn't miss anything though, no pun intended. He was by my side gently caressing my cheeks while wiping my tears away.

"Why are you crying, Ginny? Be rational, love. You need to rest now. The Ginny I know would tell me to 'bugger off' for making her mad. You are not in a proper state now." He explained. Thank goodness he did not say 'proper state of mind' right now, if I had one more accusation towards my state of mind right now, exhausted or not I was planning on decking the person.

"I just want to spend time with you." I said, darn those tears betraying and showcasing every emotion I had ever felt for Draco.

"I want to spend time with you too. But you need to rest, please go to sleep. For me?" He pleaded sincerely gazing into my eyes.

I agreed even though I wasn't happy about it. Frankly, I was too tired to even fight with him. We would just have to compromise though.

"On one condition-"I stated.

"What?" He narrowed his eyes at me, trying to guess what I was going to ask him to do.

"Would you please hold me? We've never cuddled, the bed is big enough for two and I've missed you." I put on my best puppy face inspired by little Teddy Lupin.

He shook his head his lips turning up into a mischievous smile. –"Well, what do you know? Our first time sleeping together and it's on a hospital bed. Memorable…."

"Shut up." I replied as he adjusted us such that his chest was my pillow. I snuggled into him revelling the feeling of us lying down together. I had dreamt of this a long time ago. He kissed my hair lightly before retreating to stare at the ceiling.

For a few moments, it was pure silence. I expect Draco had wanted me to fall asleep but I was wide awake especially now that we were cuddling. I wanted to live in the moment. He smelt amazing, like soap made from herbs and spices. I looked up only to see him staring at the ceiling a faraway look in his eyes.

"You should sleep too, Draco." I told my boyfriend as I had a close up view on the bags under his eyes.

My voice jostled him out of his thoughts –"You're still awake?" He looked down at me curiously.

"I'm trying to fall asleep but I can't. Can we talk instead?" I asked.

"Well as long as it puts you to sleep, I guess. What do you want to talk about?" He asked me.

"What were you thinking about?" I asked truly interested. He had looked as though he was physically present here but mentally he was elsewhere.

"I was just thinking about the beautiful girl I'm currently holding in my arms." He replied smirking at me. Despite the fact that he looked like he could use a good night's worth of sleep, he looked devilishly handsome.

"Really?" I said somewhat coyly.

"Yes, really." He kissed my hair lightly. As I felt his kiss, I couldn't help but wonder if my hair actually smelt good. I mean, I couldn't even remember the last time I had a proper bath.

"Draco, you are a terrible liar. Now tell me what were you actually thinking about?" I demanded as I looked up at him.

"I was thinking about you." He protested.

"But surely not about my ethereal beauty, because if I actually do have any of that, it's on vacation now – I have definitely seen better days. Now… what were you thinking about?" I prompted him.

"Fine…." He sighed. –"I didn't want to bring this up."

-"I was thinking about you and how those bastards sought to hurt you using the Cruciatus curse." He said darkly, anger flashing in his eyes. So I obviously hadn't noticed the storm that was in them earlier.

Angry would be an understatement to describe him right now. He was absolutely livid. I had to calm him down.

"It's okay, darling. Look at me; I'm out of harm's way now aren't I?" I rubbed him comfortingly on his arm.

"When I think about how I found you, crumpled and lying there…." He shook his head looking absolutely devastated. It broke my heart to see how broken he looked.

-"I don't ever want you away from me, Ginny." His grip around me tightened. His voice had grown gruff. It was a really emotional moment for him. Choosing to give him his space, I snuggled into him, tears welling in my eyes.

"I don't ever want to be apart from you too, Draco." My voice cracked slightly as I practically laid my heart out there for him. –"I was so afraid then. So damn afraid." I admitted as I thought of the things I had gone through there, wherever that was. I never wanted to find out.

-"The only thing that got me through everything was the fact that it was better that I was there rather than you." I knew I was revealing too much but I had to get it out there. My mind was a jar that was overflowing with emotions. At this point, Draco had pretty much frozen as he held me.

-"And if I had to go through that again… I would, in a heartbeat." I said meaning every word. I loved Draco.

After a painful moment's pause, Draco replied –"Why, Ginny?" He practically whispered in stunned silence.

"Because…." I paused. Now was the time, Ginny. Tell him that you love him. My mind urged me.

"Because?" He questioned, helping the both of us sit up. Looks like neither of us were going to get sleep anytime soon. This conversation had killed any chances of it.

"Because…"I shrugged nonchalantly, too much of a coward to continue. Because I love you.

"Because what? Dammit Ginny!" He said clearly frustrated. I didn't blame him, he had accepted the same reason last time without batting an eyelash but now that things were on a deeper end, he had to know.

I understood Draco better than he understood himself.

I kept silent watching Draco as his frustration turned to anger by the second.

-"Dammit, Ginny! Stop being completely and utterly irrational! First, you put your nose into affairs which don't even involve you. Then when it's about to come to an end, you refuse all the security measures put up for your safety! You get yourself kidnapped and you provoke your abductors into torturing you!" He ended looking incredulous and angry at the same time.

I stared at him, flabbergasted. How did he know that I had provoked them?

"Yes! I know!" He roared at me. –"And I can't decide whether I should applaud you or throttle you…" He finished looking at me meaningfully. He was off the bed now while I sat there slowly turning into an emotional wreck for the millionth time.

Tears rolled down my face as he continued to talk.

-"Why? Why? Why would you do this for me, Ginny?" He asked. -"I am not worth the pain and the suffering that you were put through."

"You're worth so much more, Draco." I cried. If only he knew how much he meant to me. –"I did this because I love you, dammit."

There you had it, Draco Malfoy. My heart cut out and handed to you on a platter.

My vision was blurred by my tears –"I've loved you since you constantly riled me up with your stupid notes. I've loved you since…." I choked before I could finish my sentence. –"I've loved you for a long time, Draco Malfoy." I said crying harder now.

I started gasping, hyperventilating. In no time at all, my boyfriend pulled me into his arms murmuring sweet nothings to calm me. Within minutes, I was all calm and collected as we retreated to cuddling again. Draco had decided that too much drama had transpired in the last couple of minutes and we were not doing what we were supposed to be doing.

As he stroked my hair, he murmured, -"Ginevra Mollyanne Weasley, you are one insane woman! You are emotional, sensitive, gullible and a spitfire all at the same time. You are passionate, kind, adorable, stubborn and I can safely say that you are one of a kind. You're beautiful. And you know what, I love you too, Weasley. I've loved you for a long time as well."

With that, he captured my lips into a passionate kiss, conveying every other emotion that he could not put in words.

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