4 years later
Ginny stepped out side the library at 8:30 and locked the door. The wind was blowing hard and it could easily knock a small child over. Ginny walked down Diagon Alley and out into the Leaky Cauldron. Ginny heard the broad cast on the radio calling for a big storm tonight. Ginny apparated to her front door step. She walked into her house and started a fire in the old living room. Ginny's house was easily a few centuries old, the floorboards creaked and the outside was falling down. Ginny had about 50 acres of land and she lived about a three-hour drive from her parent's house, further into the country. Ginny bought this house after she worked in the Library for a year. Ginny opened the very first Library in Diagon alley, it was beside Gringotts and it was much bigger. Ginny had put her whole life into it, she started after she graduated from Hogwarts, she was now 22 and happy in her medium sized Victorian house and working at her library. Ginny made some chicken fêtes and sat with her book in front of the fire. It was a Saturday and she wouldn't have to go into work tomorrow. Ginny could hear the rain pounding on her roof. Ginny loved storms she always had, she picked up her book and went out on her veranda. Ginny could see the rain coming down in buckets, and her two cats came up to her soaking wet, an all black one with a white tip on the tail and the other opposite, their names were Neemo and Zeffer. Neemo was the black one and Zeffer was the white one. Ginny also had a dog, Artimis; he was half a golden retriever and half black lab, only he came out red, like her hair (due to Fred and Georges jokes).
"Oh, you poor things." Ginny cooed as she let her sopping cats in the house. The dog was already inside laying pleasantly by the fire. Ginny then took a seat in the swinging chair that hung from the roof of her veranda. Ginny nestled into the chair and listened to the rain and the whipping wind while she read her book. Ginny heard a noise and she looked up from her book, a figure was walking down the street, it was wearing a robe much like the one she was wearing earlier, it stopped by her house and stood motionless, Ginny was scared, she got up out of her seat and ran into the house. She sat by the fire and attempted to cool her nerves. Ginny waited for a few minutes and thinking the stranger had just passed she let out a sigh and then she heard a thump. BANG BANG, it was louder and at her door. Ginny collected herself and went to answer it.
"Hello." Ginny said as she opened the door a little bit.
"May I stay the night and shelter myself from the rain." The stranger asked and Ginny having a big heart let him come in.
"Of course." Ginny replied
"Thank you." The stranger replied. Ginny closed the door behind him.
"May I take you coat?" Ginny asked
"No." He replied harshly.
"Oh, would you like something to eat or drink?" The stranger nodded. Ginny walked into the kitchen and brought out some tea and two fetes.
"Would you like to take a hot shower and some dry clothes to change into?" Ginny inquired. The stranger nodded. Ginny lead him up a flight of creaky stairs, she showed him the bathroom.
"And you can sleep in this room, I'll bring up some linens later, when you're in the shower." Ginny said and walked back down stairs. The stranger removed his cloak and his clothes stepping into the shower he let the water run over his strong muscle body and over his slivery blond hair. Outside the bathroom he heard Ginny bustling about probably putting his bed together. The stranger stepped out of the shower and wrapped himself in a towel. The stranger stepped out of the bathroom in only a towel and into his bedroom. On his bed there were some muggle clothes and a black robe it was ratted and old but it was dry. The stranger got dressed and brought his wet clothes downstairs. Ginny was nowhere to be found. Just then he heard some singing down stairs in the basement. The stranger walked down and saw her doing laundry. She noticed his presence but didn't turn around.
"You can leave your wet clothes down here I'll hang them up and they should be dry by the morning, I hope the clothes fit you?"
"Yes thank you, if you don't mind I'm going to retire." Ginny nodded. The stranger left and walked back up to his room. Crawled into bed and listened for a moment, he heard Ginny walk to her room at the end of the hall and then it was silence.
"Nice to see you again Weasley." Draco thought before falling into sleep.
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The next morning Draco woke up and saw a black cat on his bed, puzzled he sat up and it moved. Draco got out of bed and his clothes were lying over a chair in the corner. 'She must be awake' he thought. Draco changed and went down into the kitchen, he was right. Ginny was standing over a stove cooking pancakes with her hair down and she was wearing a black tank top and blue shorts. She looked as pretty as when he left her. Ginny turned around.
"Oh your awake? Did you sleep well?" She asked pleasantly. 'He looks strangely familiar' Ginny thought.
"Yes thank-you. Well except this cat was lying down on my bed." Draco said pointing to Neemo.
"Really, Neemo usually doesn't like anyone." Ginny said as she put some food on the table. Draco helped himself.
"Do I know you from somewhere?" Ginny asked
"You should." Draco smirked. Ginny gasped and the plate she was holding fell to the ground in a crash.
"D-Draco." Was all Ginny could make out, in a whisper. He nodded and smirked.
"I see, you have your brothers sense of stability." Ginny snapped out of her gaze and looked at the floor she tried to clean it up but she cut her hand on the sharp glass.
"Ouch." Ginny said as she put her finger in her mouth. Draco laughed.
"Are you a witch, woman? Use your wand." Draco said chuckling, and with a swish of his wand the mess was gone.
"Let me see it." He said motioning for her to come to him. Ginny walked up to him and showed him her hand. Draco touched it with his wand and the cut was gone, he then kissed her hand, which sent chills up her spine. He noticed.
"I-I thought you were never coming back." Ginny said sadly.
"I thought that as well." Draco said. Ginny pulled away.
"Why did you come last night, you didn't even owl or anything." Ginny said.
"I couldn't, I escaped last night, and I didn't have time to prepare." Draco replied a little taken back by her questioning.
"Where did you escape from?" Ginny asked. Clearly she wasn't going to let this go until he told her the whole truth.
"From Voldemort (Ginny flinched) and the dark mark." Draco replied.
"From? Where did you go when you left me? You hurt me so much I cried for days and days, I never left that spot." Ginny said her eyes sprouting tears.
"My father took me away, he said he would kill you if we were involved, he trained me in the ways of the dark lord and today I was supposed to receive the mark, but I didn't want it. I never stopped thinking of you, and it hurt me to but I didn't want any harm to come to you." Draco replied sincere. Ginny let the tears flow out of her eyes. Draco pulled her into his embrace and held her tight. Ginny grabbed him and hugged him tightly. They stayed like that for a while and then pop, a spark flew in her fireplace, Ginny let go and rushed over to the fire in the living room. It was Neville.
"Hey gin? That was some storm last night." He said, Ginny nodded.
"I'm running a bit late today so I'll be over by noon like I promised. See ya love, cant wait for your sweet kisses." Neville said and with another pop was gone. Ginny sat on the floor and Draco walked into her room.
"Love? Your sweet kisses? What is that?" Draco asked Angry
"Neville and I have been seeing each other for the past two years." Ginny said sadly
"Oh," Draco said quietly but full of hurt "Do you love him?" He asked angry again.
"Yes, but only like a good friend, he was there when you left me Draco, he loves me, he asked me to marry him." Ginny said equally as angry, she wanted to hurt him, like he hurt her.
"Well, it that is the case, then I should leave you two love birds." Draco said with a sneer, trying to cover up the hurt that showed in his eyes. He turned and started to leave for the door, he was walking down her yard when Ginny ran out after him.
"I said no." She yelled to his retreating back. He stopped. Ginny ran towards him, she hugged his back. It felt so good.
"Where are you going?" She asked calmly.
"I was headed back to my father." He said filled with a touch of venom.
"Stay for a while, please." Ginny asked practically begging him. He nodded and the two walked into her house.