Disclamer: I own nothing but the plot.

A/N: Thank you to all the wonderful people who revewied! It means alot to me. I've been wanting to get this up here for quite a while now, but I was to scared to do it. Well, in this chapter, Ginny and Draco get to know each other. Draco does still have a bad side to him. You'll see it when he talks to Ron and Harry. He's not completly nice. Well anyway, on with the story. Also, this story is dedicated to my good friend Lillie, who died of cancer 2 years ago Sunday. I'll miss ya.

"You came!" Draco said. He was surprised, for he had expected her to just ignore the note. "I thought you might not."

"Well, I'm here." Ginny said. "What did you want to talk to me about?"

"Nothing really," Draco said truthfully. "I just need to make some new friends and I thought this would be a good time to get to know each other."

"One o' clock in the morning is a good time to make friends?" Ginny said

"Well, unless you want your three older brothers to come by and squash me flat, because Ron is taller that I am. Or if you want the Slyitherins to make fun of you , this is a great time." Draco said.

"What do you want to know about me?" Ginny asked

"Well, the basics. Where you were born, your middle name, stuff like that." Draco said

"You start." Ginny said

"Okay. I was born in London in, to my fathers disgust, a Muggle hospital. My full name is Draco Thomas Malfoy. No I'm not named after Tom Riddle, by the way. I grew up knowing how to do the Dark Arts, and well, you know the rest. Your turn."

"Okay," Ginny started "My fll name is Ginny Michelle Weasley, I was born in November at my house, 'The Burrow'. My fathers a Muggle-lover, and I grew up hating the Dark Arts."

"Do you love your father?" Draco asked.

"Of course!" Ginny exclaimed. "Why do you ask?"

"Because I hate mine." Draco said simpley

"How could you hate one of the people who gave you life?" Ginny asked, stunned

"Well, if your father had put the Cruciatus Curse on you if you disobeyed him or beat you, would you hate him?" Draco asked.

"Well, yes, but..." Ginny started

"But what?" Draco interupted. "Its not like he wanted me. The only reason I'm here is because he wants to keep the name Malfoy alive. Before I was born, my mother had two miscarrages, and both the babys were girls. Understand? At least your father wanted you. All I am is a heir."

"That must me awful." Ginny said

"I've learned to deal with it." Draco said. "My mother is to scared to stand up to him to defend herself, but she'll defend me. She's stands there and lets him chew her out. She's scared if she doesn't let him take his anger out on her, he'll take it out on me."

"Whats it like?" Ginny asked suddenly. "Living with your father I mean.

"Well, he comes home, drunk as a sailor. He then cusses my mother out, then turns on me. He used to order me around., then beat me if I refused. Mostly all he wanted was another glass of brandy or a scotch. But I hated the smell of that stuff, it used to make me sick. I was onlly 6 or 7. So I'd refuse. Sometimes I'd get knocked out. My mother was always the one to calm him down."

"Do you love your mother?" Ginny asked

"Yes." Draco said "She would sometimes take my beatings. She once threw herself in front of me to block me from the Cruciaus Curse. Thats why I got so mad when Potter insulted her. She's never done anyhing wrong except marry that jerk. She gets enough insulst for being a Malfoy. She doesn't need to be insulted about her looks." He lowered his head.

"I feel sorry for you." Ginny said.

"Why?" Draco said. "I've treated you like a piece of dirt since the beginning of school. Why should you feel sorry for me. I mean no offense, but your family is the poor one. I should be feeling sorry for you."

"But being beat up but your father is somthing to have people feel sorry for you about." Ginny said. "No matter how I look at it, no matter how bad you have treated my brothers, my family; I don't think you deserve the abuse."

"Do you really feel that way?" Draco asked

"I do."

"How about if we start over?" Draco said. "Pretend like the past four years haven't happend. What do you say?"

"I say," Ginny said "You've got yourself a deal. Friends?" She stuck out her hand.

Draco stuck out his hand."Friends." They shook. "I guess we better be getting back. Its almost 2:30."

"Yeah." Ginny agreed. "I'll talk to you tomorrow. Bye."

"Bye."

"Where where you last night?" Ginny's friend Margot asked her the next morningat breakfast.

"I was in the Commen Room." Ginny replied

"Liar." Margot said. "I checked."

"Okay, so I was in the Library." Ginny said

"Doing what?" Margot asked with a silly grin on her face.

"Nothing." Ginny said annoyed. "Look, its not like I have a boyfriend. I wasn't snogging anyone. Thats the truth."

"I beleive you." Margot said "What class do we have first?"

"Care of Magical Creatures." Ginny said checking her schedule.

"Oh be still my heart." Margot said. "I like Hagrid, but some of the creatures he gives us are just ridiculous. Don't you think?"

"I guess." Ginny said. Truth was, she had heard it from her brothers, but she didn't think Hagrid would give them anything dangerous. But by the end of the first class, she knew she was wrong. They were now trying to rase a baby Crup. Though it is not supposed to be dangerous, they were aggressive and had a tendency to growl and snap at the Muggle-borns. But the homework they were assingned was very easy, Ginny thougt. "Give the definition of a Crup." Well all you had to do was look that up in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

The last class of the day was Potions. Snape of course had not changed over the summer. In fact, in Ginny's opinion, he was even nastier that ever.' Maybe thats because he's trying to hide frome You-Know-Who and its putting him on the edge of his temper.' Ginny thought. Snape was even snapping at the Slyitherins, which they weren't used to.

Ginny was exahsted by the end of the day. She had to do an essay for McGonagall, do the definiton for Hagrid, read in her history book, do another essay for Snape, make a chart for Trelaweny, and somehow, still have time to talk to Draco. Ginny didn't know how she was going to fit all of that in. 'I'll find time. I always manage to.' .

"So, how was your first day of school?" Draco asked Ginny later that night in the library.

"It was so busy." Ginny said "Was Snape snappy to you guys?"

"Yeah." Draco said. "Potter,Granger, your brother, and I got the worst of it."

"Why you?" Ginny asked.

"Well, Snape's trying to be a spy for Dumbledore, and with Father being a Death Eater and all. Well you probley get the point." Draco said

"Yeah." Ginny said

"Well I guess we better be heading back again." Draco said. "I'll walk you down to the end of the stairs."

They made it halfway down the stairs when Ginny collapsed. "Are you okay?" Draco asked, worried.

"I'm fine." Ginny said, but she wasn't so sure she was. That had happend twice already, except she had been at home.

"Are you sure?" Draco asked

"Draco, really, I'm fine." Ginny said. Draco helped her get back to her feet.

As Ginny laid down in her bed that night, she knew she had lied. She wasn't fine. She knew what was wrong with her. And she was sure that if Draco found out, he would desert her. Please don't let hime find out. She prayed Please don't let him.