Hi every one, I am sorry that this chappie took a little longer than the
others to get up, I have been having computer problems, but here it is.
I have to say I am sorry that I used the word 'Snog' alot in this chapter...I just really like this word.
And as you can probably tell, I didn't spend much time on editing...The osbornes is one and there is no way in hell I am gonna miss it!!!!!!!!!!
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"I always wanted to know what you looked like after you have been snogged almost to death" Ginny laughed breathlessly as Draco layed himself out beside her, he grinned at her. His lips were red and swollen and his cheeks were flushed. Ginny laughed at the contrast between his bright pink cheeks and his white blonde hair.
"Ok, so some where in there, was the kiss of a life time" He smiled, she laughed.
Ii told you, didn't I?" She asked, he just continued to smile a goofy grin.
"And I am so sorry that i ever doubted your ability" He told her, Ginny grinned at him.
They realised the would probably never stop grinning at each other. There was only so much kissing you could do with out feeling lightheaded and losing all abilty to have thought beyond the simple 'I was kissed'
And their brains had hit that wall of thinking, neither of them knew what to say, all they did know was that they needed to rest their over worked lips before they went on strike.
"I wish i wasn't all covered in dust" Ginny mumbled, Draco just shook his head.
"I thought I told you that you are beautiful no matter what you look like" Draco told her, Ginny blushed.
"Who said I wanted to look good for you" She teased, he laughed.
"i wish we could get out of here, I mean, no matter how much fun I am having in here with you..." Draco told her, but suddenly, Ginny lost her smile, she stayed silent and watched as Draco talked. "What is wrong?"
"What does this mean?" She asked softly, gesturing in the general area of them.
"What does what mean?" He asked, slightly confused, his brain was still trying to break through the fog.
"This...what we have been doing...us?" She asked and then held her breath, she didn't know why she had asked him such a question, she expected that she already knew the answer.
"Well, What is it, really, a few snogs in a broom closet" Draco replied, his words hurt, but Ginny realised he had not said them in a mean way. He had said them nicely as though he was just commenting of the weather.
"Is that all it is? Is it just a snog in a closet?" She asked
"I dont know...Do you want it to mean more than that?" He asked, some what hopefully, Ginny nodded.
"I like you Draco...now that I have gotten to know you, the real you. I really like you, and I thought that this means something, It means something to me...but obviously not to you" Ginny replied sadly.
"Hey that is not true, this means something to me, it means alot to me, so much to me....there has never been a girl that makes me feel the way that you do. You challange me in ways I can hardly imagine...and I am honest with you, that even surprises me...I am glad that we are friends now" Draco replied. Ginny took in what he was saying.
Could he really think of them as just friends? If this was the way he treated his friends, Ginny wanted to know why he didn't treat his enemies better.
"Friends? Is that all we are to each other?" She asked, Draco sighed. He didn't know what to say, he had never had to have a conversation like this with a girl before, he had never been asked what he wanted in his relationships. He always just went with it.
But the truth was there was a little bit of fear running through his thoughts at that time. No one, not even the girl he had loved the year before, had ever made him feel the way he did about himself and life. Ginny made him re think everything he had ever thought about life and love, made him reconsider his options, and made his realise that there was some thing more for him out there if he just took the time to look for it.
Deep down inside Draco was a hopeless romantic just dying to get out, he had realised it the year before when he had his little adventures into love. Maybe love was all roses and choclate, and maybe he was just to scared to take the step there.
"I dont know what you want from me Gin, I cant sit here and tell you that I love you because truthfully I dont, maybe not yet any way, I care about you and I realy like you, I am attracted to you, I am aroused by you...but I dont know what else you expect from me" Draco replied. He hoped the fact that he didn't know how to express himself was not hurting her.
She smiled softly at him, even though she felt like screaming. No one had ever said such nice things about her. Draco Malfoy cared for her...Draco Malfoy was attracted to her...Draco Malfoy was Aroused by her...It was all to much to comprehend.
Ginny didn't want him to love her, at least not yet, but the truth was, she didn't know what she wanted. This new Malfoy had been the highlight of her year so far, and she didn't know what to expect from him, the prior days had been so full of excitement.
But that didn't make the situation any less weird.
"I expect you to...I dont know what I expect from you either. I guess....I am not the type of person who does this sort of thing, making out in a closet until I can hardly breathe, I guess I just expected..." Ginny began, not meeting Draco's eyes. He reached out and ran his hand across her cheek, silently begging for her to continue.
"You expected a fairy tale?" he prompted softly, she shook her head.
"No, not really, I just, I expected you to...well...forget it...I dont even know what I am saying" Ginny sighed, Draco moved colser to her and kissed her cheek softly, wrapping her in his strong arms, He understood where her chain of thought was going.
"You expected me to want to be your boyfriend?" He asked, She nodded into his chest.
"You say you want to be friends, and well, I have friends that are boys and I dont do things like this with them. And you just said we are friends..." Ginny told him. It all finally clicked in Draco's mind
"Hey, I said I wanted to be your friend, I didn't say any thing about not wanting to be your boyfriend" Draco told her, She smiled slightly. "Because you are right, if we were just friends and I did this to you, I would be taking advantage of our friendship, and I am not like that, you know the real me would never do that to you" He told her, she smiled and hugged him.
"I know, I am just stupid" Ginny mumbled into his neck.
"Hey, you are not stupid...I understand what you are saying and I totally agree, so...if you are willing...would you be my girlfriend?" He asked, She smiled.
"But wont this break all of your beliefs on love and life?" She asked
"I am willing to risk it for you" Draco replied.
"Did you say that if you stick around you will only get hurt?" Ginny asked him, he sighed.
"I trust you not to break my heart" Draco replied, she smiled at him.
"And I trust you not to break mine"
"Just dont expect me to be all flowers and candy and knight in shining armor on a white horse...at least not yet" He told her, she giggled and nodded.
She didn't care if he was not a hopeless romantic, as long as he was hers.
*****
Sunlight hit gryffindor tower, the common room was empty, or so it looked empty.
There was a rustling of fabric, and suddenly, three seventh years stood in the common room. Harry carefully folded up his invisibility cloak and then smiled at Hermione and Ron.
"Time to go make it look like we have actully been in bed last night" Harry told them, they all smiled and then made their way up to their own common rooms.
They messed up their beds and got in their pajamas. 20 minutes later, the rest of Gryffindor tower began to stir.
They all awoke, and dressed and made their way down to the great hall for breakfast. Ron, Hermione and Harry didn't even realise that Ginny was not there. They were to busy talking about all of the things they had seen and done the night before in Hogsmade.
About Half anf Hour into breakfast, Colin approached them. Colin had changed since his earlier years at Hogwarts, he no longer carried around a camera (although he was the best photographer in the school) and he no longer pestered Harry.
"Have any of you seen Ginny lately?" Colin asked timidly. He may have stopped pestering Harry al the time, but that didn't mean that he would stop admiring him.
Hermione looked up and down the table, for the first time realising that Ginny was not there.
"Maybe she just slept in?" Hermione suggested. Colin shook his head.
"I was just up in her room, her friends said that she didn't go to bed last night" Colin replied. ron's head snapped back to the conversation.
"What do you mean she didn't go to bed?" Ron asked
"Well, they say that she had a detention on friday night and then she didn't come back to the room last night...and I was suppost to meet her in Hogsmade yesterday but she never turned up" Colin replied.
"And come to think about it, she hasn't been at any meals lately" Harry added as he thought back over the days prior.
"Maybe we should tell McGonagal" Hermione said worriedly. Ron was to busy banging his head on the table to listen to what she was saying.
"Why didn't I know she was not around? I am her brother of merlin sake" Ron muttered, Hermione reached across the table and patted his shoulder.
"Come on, we will go see Mc Gonagal, bye Colin" Hermione replied and stood, moving towards the teachers table.
*****
"So in your world, there is no sunshine?" Ginny asked, Draco smirked,
"That is a very rash generalisation...I never said there was no sunshine, I said that my ideal world would be dark and solitary" Draco replied.
"But what generates the sunshine if there is no real love?" She asked. They were back on the topic of love again, like always.
"The sun generates the sunshine" Draco replied, laughing, Ginny slapped his arm.
"Well, In my world..." She began
"In your world, the ground is made of balloons and the clouds are made of marshmallow, and it rains butterbeer and the people get around on horseback" Draco smiled, Ginny sighed.
"I beg you not to mock, you will be joining my world before to long, I plan to convert you to a hopeless romantic" She laughed.
"Erg...Haven't even been dating an hour and you are already trying to change me...and can you imagine me, all dark clothes and brooding in a colourful world?" Draco smirked again. Ginny laughed, sure, he would be a contradiction, but she didn't mind, he was her contradiction.
"Well, my world is colourful, and three dimensional, where as your world, is a two demensional, black and white with no shades of grey in between" She accused playfully
"My world is three demsional, thank you very much, if it wasn't, I would be walking into things all of the time" He told her, she laughed at him and ran her hand down his cheek.
"Lets talk about some thing else" She asked him, he smiled and nodded.
"Like what?" He asked, she shrugged and cuddled up to his side.
"I dont care" she replied, he smiled and then kissed her forehead. He kissed her forehead again, and then again and again.
"What is it?" She giggled.
"Are you feeling ok Gin?" He asked, she nodded.
"I am a little weak, but I gues that is just lack of sleep and lack of food...why?" She asked
"Are you sure that is all?" He asked, suddenly concerned.
"Draco, what? Why do you ask?" She questioned.
"Because, Ginny, you are running a really high temperature" Draco told her.
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Dun dun dun....Ginny is sick
any whoot
MESSAGES FOR NUPIL -
Good afternoon/evening/night/morning to you Nups, how are you on this fine day, any who. I kind of agree with some of your comments on LOTR. Legolas has his moments, there are some times when you cant help but scream at the screen how hot he is ::Tara starts thinking of Legolas' *bow* and faints:: and then other times when you just look at him and say "so what, an elf with a bow and really gay hair" but, I do love Orlando Bloom, he is so "wharrrrr, break me off a peice of that and snap freeze the rest for later". Aragorn is alright I guess, but I so love Sam and Pippin and Merry (as for Frodo - ::Shakes hand:: he is aiight I guess.)
What? you mean a boy actully drives you to maccas to cook for you. All of my boyfriends just order pizza so they dont have to get up from in front of the football.
I want the new Draco delish. I am sure he doesn't even like football...but he does seem al ittle obsessed with quidditch!?!?! (hey, every man has one down fall.)
I am sorry about the farm animal thing, I am glad you found it funny.
Tell me when your fic is up, I wanns be first to review it
I have to say I am sorry that I used the word 'Snog' alot in this chapter...I just really like this word.
And as you can probably tell, I didn't spend much time on editing...The osbornes is one and there is no way in hell I am gonna miss it!!!!!!!!!!
*****
"I always wanted to know what you looked like after you have been snogged almost to death" Ginny laughed breathlessly as Draco layed himself out beside her, he grinned at her. His lips were red and swollen and his cheeks were flushed. Ginny laughed at the contrast between his bright pink cheeks and his white blonde hair.
"Ok, so some where in there, was the kiss of a life time" He smiled, she laughed.
Ii told you, didn't I?" She asked, he just continued to smile a goofy grin.
"And I am so sorry that i ever doubted your ability" He told her, Ginny grinned at him.
They realised the would probably never stop grinning at each other. There was only so much kissing you could do with out feeling lightheaded and losing all abilty to have thought beyond the simple 'I was kissed'
And their brains had hit that wall of thinking, neither of them knew what to say, all they did know was that they needed to rest their over worked lips before they went on strike.
"I wish i wasn't all covered in dust" Ginny mumbled, Draco just shook his head.
"I thought I told you that you are beautiful no matter what you look like" Draco told her, Ginny blushed.
"Who said I wanted to look good for you" She teased, he laughed.
"i wish we could get out of here, I mean, no matter how much fun I am having in here with you..." Draco told her, but suddenly, Ginny lost her smile, she stayed silent and watched as Draco talked. "What is wrong?"
"What does this mean?" She asked softly, gesturing in the general area of them.
"What does what mean?" He asked, slightly confused, his brain was still trying to break through the fog.
"This...what we have been doing...us?" She asked and then held her breath, she didn't know why she had asked him such a question, she expected that she already knew the answer.
"Well, What is it, really, a few snogs in a broom closet" Draco replied, his words hurt, but Ginny realised he had not said them in a mean way. He had said them nicely as though he was just commenting of the weather.
"Is that all it is? Is it just a snog in a closet?" She asked
"I dont know...Do you want it to mean more than that?" He asked, some what hopefully, Ginny nodded.
"I like you Draco...now that I have gotten to know you, the real you. I really like you, and I thought that this means something, It means something to me...but obviously not to you" Ginny replied sadly.
"Hey that is not true, this means something to me, it means alot to me, so much to me....there has never been a girl that makes me feel the way that you do. You challange me in ways I can hardly imagine...and I am honest with you, that even surprises me...I am glad that we are friends now" Draco replied. Ginny took in what he was saying.
Could he really think of them as just friends? If this was the way he treated his friends, Ginny wanted to know why he didn't treat his enemies better.
"Friends? Is that all we are to each other?" She asked, Draco sighed. He didn't know what to say, he had never had to have a conversation like this with a girl before, he had never been asked what he wanted in his relationships. He always just went with it.
But the truth was there was a little bit of fear running through his thoughts at that time. No one, not even the girl he had loved the year before, had ever made him feel the way he did about himself and life. Ginny made him re think everything he had ever thought about life and love, made him reconsider his options, and made his realise that there was some thing more for him out there if he just took the time to look for it.
Deep down inside Draco was a hopeless romantic just dying to get out, he had realised it the year before when he had his little adventures into love. Maybe love was all roses and choclate, and maybe he was just to scared to take the step there.
"I dont know what you want from me Gin, I cant sit here and tell you that I love you because truthfully I dont, maybe not yet any way, I care about you and I realy like you, I am attracted to you, I am aroused by you...but I dont know what else you expect from me" Draco replied. He hoped the fact that he didn't know how to express himself was not hurting her.
She smiled softly at him, even though she felt like screaming. No one had ever said such nice things about her. Draco Malfoy cared for her...Draco Malfoy was attracted to her...Draco Malfoy was Aroused by her...It was all to much to comprehend.
Ginny didn't want him to love her, at least not yet, but the truth was, she didn't know what she wanted. This new Malfoy had been the highlight of her year so far, and she didn't know what to expect from him, the prior days had been so full of excitement.
But that didn't make the situation any less weird.
"I expect you to...I dont know what I expect from you either. I guess....I am not the type of person who does this sort of thing, making out in a closet until I can hardly breathe, I guess I just expected..." Ginny began, not meeting Draco's eyes. He reached out and ran his hand across her cheek, silently begging for her to continue.
"You expected a fairy tale?" he prompted softly, she shook her head.
"No, not really, I just, I expected you to...well...forget it...I dont even know what I am saying" Ginny sighed, Draco moved colser to her and kissed her cheek softly, wrapping her in his strong arms, He understood where her chain of thought was going.
"You expected me to want to be your boyfriend?" He asked, She nodded into his chest.
"You say you want to be friends, and well, I have friends that are boys and I dont do things like this with them. And you just said we are friends..." Ginny told him. It all finally clicked in Draco's mind
"Hey, I said I wanted to be your friend, I didn't say any thing about not wanting to be your boyfriend" Draco told her, She smiled slightly. "Because you are right, if we were just friends and I did this to you, I would be taking advantage of our friendship, and I am not like that, you know the real me would never do that to you" He told her, she smiled and hugged him.
"I know, I am just stupid" Ginny mumbled into his neck.
"Hey, you are not stupid...I understand what you are saying and I totally agree, so...if you are willing...would you be my girlfriend?" He asked, She smiled.
"But wont this break all of your beliefs on love and life?" She asked
"I am willing to risk it for you" Draco replied.
"Did you say that if you stick around you will only get hurt?" Ginny asked him, he sighed.
"I trust you not to break my heart" Draco replied, she smiled at him.
"And I trust you not to break mine"
"Just dont expect me to be all flowers and candy and knight in shining armor on a white horse...at least not yet" He told her, she giggled and nodded.
She didn't care if he was not a hopeless romantic, as long as he was hers.
*****
Sunlight hit gryffindor tower, the common room was empty, or so it looked empty.
There was a rustling of fabric, and suddenly, three seventh years stood in the common room. Harry carefully folded up his invisibility cloak and then smiled at Hermione and Ron.
"Time to go make it look like we have actully been in bed last night" Harry told them, they all smiled and then made their way up to their own common rooms.
They messed up their beds and got in their pajamas. 20 minutes later, the rest of Gryffindor tower began to stir.
They all awoke, and dressed and made their way down to the great hall for breakfast. Ron, Hermione and Harry didn't even realise that Ginny was not there. They were to busy talking about all of the things they had seen and done the night before in Hogsmade.
About Half anf Hour into breakfast, Colin approached them. Colin had changed since his earlier years at Hogwarts, he no longer carried around a camera (although he was the best photographer in the school) and he no longer pestered Harry.
"Have any of you seen Ginny lately?" Colin asked timidly. He may have stopped pestering Harry al the time, but that didn't mean that he would stop admiring him.
Hermione looked up and down the table, for the first time realising that Ginny was not there.
"Maybe she just slept in?" Hermione suggested. Colin shook his head.
"I was just up in her room, her friends said that she didn't go to bed last night" Colin replied. ron's head snapped back to the conversation.
"What do you mean she didn't go to bed?" Ron asked
"Well, they say that she had a detention on friday night and then she didn't come back to the room last night...and I was suppost to meet her in Hogsmade yesterday but she never turned up" Colin replied.
"And come to think about it, she hasn't been at any meals lately" Harry added as he thought back over the days prior.
"Maybe we should tell McGonagal" Hermione said worriedly. Ron was to busy banging his head on the table to listen to what she was saying.
"Why didn't I know she was not around? I am her brother of merlin sake" Ron muttered, Hermione reached across the table and patted his shoulder.
"Come on, we will go see Mc Gonagal, bye Colin" Hermione replied and stood, moving towards the teachers table.
*****
"So in your world, there is no sunshine?" Ginny asked, Draco smirked,
"That is a very rash generalisation...I never said there was no sunshine, I said that my ideal world would be dark and solitary" Draco replied.
"But what generates the sunshine if there is no real love?" She asked. They were back on the topic of love again, like always.
"The sun generates the sunshine" Draco replied, laughing, Ginny slapped his arm.
"Well, In my world..." She began
"In your world, the ground is made of balloons and the clouds are made of marshmallow, and it rains butterbeer and the people get around on horseback" Draco smiled, Ginny sighed.
"I beg you not to mock, you will be joining my world before to long, I plan to convert you to a hopeless romantic" She laughed.
"Erg...Haven't even been dating an hour and you are already trying to change me...and can you imagine me, all dark clothes and brooding in a colourful world?" Draco smirked again. Ginny laughed, sure, he would be a contradiction, but she didn't mind, he was her contradiction.
"Well, my world is colourful, and three dimensional, where as your world, is a two demensional, black and white with no shades of grey in between" She accused playfully
"My world is three demsional, thank you very much, if it wasn't, I would be walking into things all of the time" He told her, she laughed at him and ran her hand down his cheek.
"Lets talk about some thing else" She asked him, he smiled and nodded.
"Like what?" He asked, she shrugged and cuddled up to his side.
"I dont care" she replied, he smiled and then kissed her forehead. He kissed her forehead again, and then again and again.
"What is it?" She giggled.
"Are you feeling ok Gin?" He asked, she nodded.
"I am a little weak, but I gues that is just lack of sleep and lack of food...why?" She asked
"Are you sure that is all?" He asked, suddenly concerned.
"Draco, what? Why do you ask?" She questioned.
"Because, Ginny, you are running a really high temperature" Draco told her.
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Dun dun dun....Ginny is sick
any whoot
MESSAGES FOR NUPIL -
Good afternoon/evening/night/morning to you Nups, how are you on this fine day, any who. I kind of agree with some of your comments on LOTR. Legolas has his moments, there are some times when you cant help but scream at the screen how hot he is ::Tara starts thinking of Legolas' *bow* and faints:: and then other times when you just look at him and say "so what, an elf with a bow and really gay hair" but, I do love Orlando Bloom, he is so "wharrrrr, break me off a peice of that and snap freeze the rest for later". Aragorn is alright I guess, but I so love Sam and Pippin and Merry (as for Frodo - ::Shakes hand:: he is aiight I guess.)
What? you mean a boy actully drives you to maccas to cook for you. All of my boyfriends just order pizza so they dont have to get up from in front of the football.
I want the new Draco delish. I am sure he doesn't even like football...but he does seem al ittle obsessed with quidditch!?!?! (hey, every man has one down fall.)
I am sorry about the farm animal thing, I am glad you found it funny.
Tell me when your fic is up, I wanns be first to review it