" Look, we have established that we are friends, so I think I owe it to our friendship, to tell you, that I, Draco Malfoy, am in love. With you I mean."

Draco stood, going over what he was going to say to Ginny, when she walked in. He turned to talk to her just as she said, " I am not!"

" Uh, Ginny, are you talking to yourself, or is there someone here I can't see?"

She glared at him and growled.

He had to bite his lip and close his eyes to keep from wrapping his arms around that perfect little waist and bruise those perfect little lips and...

" Draco? Are you okay?" She put her things down and faced him.

" No but maybe I will be, soon." He stepped forward, planning on telling her. It didn't quite work.

" Draco, did you say something to Harry today?" He froze and nodded, swallowing thickly.

' She doesn't seem very happy...'

" Did you mean it? What you said?" He nodded again and she smiled.

" Oh I knew it! They kept sayin' how you were probably just being you, and I kept thinkin', He wouldn't hurt them, he wouldn't..." She hugged him tightly.

' Okay...not bad. Very good. Terrific even.' He hugged her back.

' I can tell her another time.' He sat, and begun the lesson.

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" Ginny, we're worried, okay. Your always leaving. And the other day you weren't in your dorm room..." Ron let the sentence trail off as he gauged her reaction.

" She wasn't?" Hermoine asked from nearby, seeming confused.

" I left early." She tried to cover. She'd gotten back from meeting Draco and they'd ambushed her.

" No, Sammy told me you were like half an hour late for transfiguration."

" Half an hour?" Herm asked. She seemed to be writing it down.

" Look Ginny, if we didn't care we wouldn't be doing this. Now, tomorrow we have a game against Slytherin, I want you to come, I got a special seat saved for you." Harry had his hand on her shoulder and Ginny wasn't complaining. But still, she didn't feel that clumsy, awkward feeling she usually had around him.

" I guess I'll go. I was gonna stay in, but okay." She stood, shaking his hand off her shoulder. " Goodnight."

She ran up the stairs and feel in to bed.

' How do I pick between my house and my friend?'

She slept fitfully and arrived to the game late. She stepped on to the field and glance skywards.

They were in heated game and it looked as if the Gryffindors were going to win.

She stood, at the edge of the field, not bothering with a seat. Suddenly Draco took a sharp left, he had spotted the snitch!

She caught her breath, if Draco got it, then the Slytherins would win for sure! She bit her lip and watched as Harry turned to follow Draco.

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Draco's eyes caught the golden ball near a goal post.

He's eyes didn't leave it. He got closer, reaching out.

His eyes glimpsed something else too. A bit of red...

He turned to look and he saw her. Her eyes met his, and she gave a thumbs up. He grinned back, and turned back.

He barely was able to get out of the way of a Bludger aimed for his head. he moved and glanced back to watch it pass him.

He laughed as it almost hit Harry.

Then... " Hey! Look out!" He did a full one-eighty, and flew as fast as he could.

' Ginny, it's gonna hit Ginny!' He flew faster, pushing it for all it was worth.

He went past the rouge ball and hit Ginny full-on, pulling her to the ground.

" WHAT IS THIS? MALFOY ABANDONED THE SNITCH AND SAVED SOME GIRL! POTTER HAS THE SNITCH! GRYFFINDORS WIN! 280 TO 145!"

Ginny cried out as the bludger swooshed by, just over the two, still laying on the ground.

He pulled back, with eyes big and fearful.

" Are you alright?"

She did the only thing she could do.

She kissed him.