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A/N: Thanks so much for the reviews! I happy that you liked it! I got a couple reviews saying that Ginny and Draco should have gotten into a fight, but I wrote that chapter in math so all I was thinking about was sleep. Ok I said that in this chapter you would find out what happened between Draco and Lucius.
The early morning sunlight warmed Ginny's body. Enjoying the feel of waking slowly, she sighed, stretching lazily. "Ummm. I love Saturday's! I don't need to open the shop till noon!" Swinging her slim body around into sitting position. Feet hovering above what she knew was a freezing floor. "One.Two.Three!" She hit the floor and was off running to the bathroom. I sooo need to come up with a charm for this stupid floor! Ginny thought hopping from foot to foot as she brushed her teeth.
After taking a quick shower, Gin changed into loose, soft gray pants, a pale blue shirt that was two sizes too big, and a pair of her thickest wool socks. Her shoulder length hair pulled into a messy poney tail, pieces falling loose here and there. The overall effect was one of a girl ready for a lazy Saturday morning.
Just as she began to make a rather large breakfast, someone came stumbling into the room groaning. Spinning around quickly Ginny saw Draco leaning against the kitchen wall, head in hands, looking rather pitiful. "I figured that you would show your face sooner or later." Leading him over to the table she sat him down and handed him a vile of swirling orange liquid. "Drink this. It'll get rid of that nasty headache you've got."
Giving her a look that would have seemed wary, that is if he hadn't been in his current state, he downed the liquid. It didn't taste bitter like so many of the others that he had taken after drinking too much. This was sweet, a flavor that couldn't quite be placed.
Ginny turned her attention back to the breakfast that had been cooking. "I hoped that you slept well."
"Who are you?"
"You know who I am. Or at least you did last night when you were drunk." A plate piled high with eggs, bacon, toast, and sausage was set in front of him.
Getting a good look at the woman's face as she sat down in front of him. Who. "Oh dear God! Weasley! Did I. did we."
"Heavens! NO! Of course not! You were drunk off your rocker and passed out at the Leaky Cauldron. I was kind enough to give you a place to sleep." Beginning to eat her breakfast, she stopped. "Orange juice?" she asked rather politely. Not being able to answer Ginny took it as a yes. Pouring two tall glasses, she handed one to Draco. Just then Sabriel came bounding into the room. She looked up to Ginny expectantly. "Food is by the fridge, Sabby." Instantly the kitten ran to her food bowl.
"Why?" he asked blankly, still holding the glass of juice in his hand.
"You need something to wash your eggs down with, don't you?"
"No.yes. I mean why did you help me?"
" I couldn't very well have left you in the bar now could I?"
"But. after everything I did."
"Yes I suppose you were an asshole. But that was a long time ago."
With every word that came out of her mouth he wasn't sure if he should be insulted or grateful. She's changed, he thought. A few years ago she was just another Gryffindor, but now she was something more. Something.something.beautiful. Her soft voice snapped him back to earth.
"Well?"
"Well what?!" trying to make his voice as hard as possible, but feeling as though he had failed miserably when she didn't even flinch.
"What happened? You know, to make you drink so?"
Sighing he mumbled, "My father." Then began to shovel food into his mouth, as if he had suddenly realized he was hungry.
"What'd he do?"
"The usual."
"Gawd! Draco! You are as irritable as ever! Now just tell me!"
"My father wants me to become a Death Eater." Draco looked a though he were ashamed of something that he should not be.
"That's not new." Ginny put her fork down ready to listen. "I thought that was what you've always wanted."
"Not now. Voldermort is dead. My father refuses to let go." His steel eyes softened. "I told him that I wouldn't practice the dark arts. In short I let him down, and he kicked me out."
"All because you have a heart." Ginny mumbled to herself.
"I guess."
There was a silence. The air hung still for only a moment before Draco pushed away from the table, standing up. "I should be leaving. You have a life to get back to." He turned away and headed back to the room to gather his things.
"Draco! Wait!"
"What?" He turned toward her. She looked rather nervous. Cheeks aflame. Her hands were wringing together unconsciously.
"You don't have anywhere to go do you?"
"No. I don't. If you're going to make fun."
"No!" Her sharp voice cut right through his sentence. "I was going to say that you could stay with me. I have an extra room. Besides it gets lonely living here alone."
"I don't understand you Weasley."
"Ginny." She corrected.
"Ginny." He said slowly as if he was testing the name, not sure as to whether or not he liked it. "You don't know me. And what you do know is nothing close to good. Yet you're showing me kindness like not even my own parents did. Why are you doing this? As you said I was an asshole. I never showed you anything that even resembled compassion. How can you offer your home to me after everything that I have done."
"Cause I'm crazy. My brothers will kill me when they find out. But I know you not all bad otherwise you would have said yes to what you father asked. Like I said it gets lonely. The only person I have to talk to is Sabriel. When you talk to a cat constantly you begin to question your sanity. So what do you say? Do you want the room?"
"Are you sure you know what your asking?"
"Save that question for when I ask you to sleep with me." Gin stated only half joking. "And yeah I know what I'm saying." She added when he began to blush as if he had been thinking the same thing.
"Alright I'll take you up on the offer."
"Yay! Sabby we got ourselves a roommate!"
"Meow!" The small creature rubbed against Draco's ankles, as if welcoming.
"Thank you, Wea. Ginny." He corrected.
"No prob. Now you need to go get your stuff."
"Yeah ok. Where did you put my wand?"
"It's on the dresser."
"Alright." Draco turned to retrieve his wand. Once it was securely in hand he apparated to Lucius' house to retrieve his belongings.
A/N What you think? Right now I'm trying to establish the base for the rest of the story. Tell me what you think. Please I'm shooting for 10 reviews. So R&R people!
A/N: Thanks so much for the reviews! I happy that you liked it! I got a couple reviews saying that Ginny and Draco should have gotten into a fight, but I wrote that chapter in math so all I was thinking about was sleep. Ok I said that in this chapter you would find out what happened between Draco and Lucius.
The early morning sunlight warmed Ginny's body. Enjoying the feel of waking slowly, she sighed, stretching lazily. "Ummm. I love Saturday's! I don't need to open the shop till noon!" Swinging her slim body around into sitting position. Feet hovering above what she knew was a freezing floor. "One.Two.Three!" She hit the floor and was off running to the bathroom. I sooo need to come up with a charm for this stupid floor! Ginny thought hopping from foot to foot as she brushed her teeth.
After taking a quick shower, Gin changed into loose, soft gray pants, a pale blue shirt that was two sizes too big, and a pair of her thickest wool socks. Her shoulder length hair pulled into a messy poney tail, pieces falling loose here and there. The overall effect was one of a girl ready for a lazy Saturday morning.
Just as she began to make a rather large breakfast, someone came stumbling into the room groaning. Spinning around quickly Ginny saw Draco leaning against the kitchen wall, head in hands, looking rather pitiful. "I figured that you would show your face sooner or later." Leading him over to the table she sat him down and handed him a vile of swirling orange liquid. "Drink this. It'll get rid of that nasty headache you've got."
Giving her a look that would have seemed wary, that is if he hadn't been in his current state, he downed the liquid. It didn't taste bitter like so many of the others that he had taken after drinking too much. This was sweet, a flavor that couldn't quite be placed.
Ginny turned her attention back to the breakfast that had been cooking. "I hoped that you slept well."
"Who are you?"
"You know who I am. Or at least you did last night when you were drunk." A plate piled high with eggs, bacon, toast, and sausage was set in front of him.
Getting a good look at the woman's face as she sat down in front of him. Who. "Oh dear God! Weasley! Did I. did we."
"Heavens! NO! Of course not! You were drunk off your rocker and passed out at the Leaky Cauldron. I was kind enough to give you a place to sleep." Beginning to eat her breakfast, she stopped. "Orange juice?" she asked rather politely. Not being able to answer Ginny took it as a yes. Pouring two tall glasses, she handed one to Draco. Just then Sabriel came bounding into the room. She looked up to Ginny expectantly. "Food is by the fridge, Sabby." Instantly the kitten ran to her food bowl.
"Why?" he asked blankly, still holding the glass of juice in his hand.
"You need something to wash your eggs down with, don't you?"
"No.yes. I mean why did you help me?"
" I couldn't very well have left you in the bar now could I?"
"But. after everything I did."
"Yes I suppose you were an asshole. But that was a long time ago."
With every word that came out of her mouth he wasn't sure if he should be insulted or grateful. She's changed, he thought. A few years ago she was just another Gryffindor, but now she was something more. Something.something.beautiful. Her soft voice snapped him back to earth.
"Well?"
"Well what?!" trying to make his voice as hard as possible, but feeling as though he had failed miserably when she didn't even flinch.
"What happened? You know, to make you drink so?"
Sighing he mumbled, "My father." Then began to shovel food into his mouth, as if he had suddenly realized he was hungry.
"What'd he do?"
"The usual."
"Gawd! Draco! You are as irritable as ever! Now just tell me!"
"My father wants me to become a Death Eater." Draco looked a though he were ashamed of something that he should not be.
"That's not new." Ginny put her fork down ready to listen. "I thought that was what you've always wanted."
"Not now. Voldermort is dead. My father refuses to let go." His steel eyes softened. "I told him that I wouldn't practice the dark arts. In short I let him down, and he kicked me out."
"All because you have a heart." Ginny mumbled to herself.
"I guess."
There was a silence. The air hung still for only a moment before Draco pushed away from the table, standing up. "I should be leaving. You have a life to get back to." He turned away and headed back to the room to gather his things.
"Draco! Wait!"
"What?" He turned toward her. She looked rather nervous. Cheeks aflame. Her hands were wringing together unconsciously.
"You don't have anywhere to go do you?"
"No. I don't. If you're going to make fun."
"No!" Her sharp voice cut right through his sentence. "I was going to say that you could stay with me. I have an extra room. Besides it gets lonely living here alone."
"I don't understand you Weasley."
"Ginny." She corrected.
"Ginny." He said slowly as if he was testing the name, not sure as to whether or not he liked it. "You don't know me. And what you do know is nothing close to good. Yet you're showing me kindness like not even my own parents did. Why are you doing this? As you said I was an asshole. I never showed you anything that even resembled compassion. How can you offer your home to me after everything that I have done."
"Cause I'm crazy. My brothers will kill me when they find out. But I know you not all bad otherwise you would have said yes to what you father asked. Like I said it gets lonely. The only person I have to talk to is Sabriel. When you talk to a cat constantly you begin to question your sanity. So what do you say? Do you want the room?"
"Are you sure you know what your asking?"
"Save that question for when I ask you to sleep with me." Gin stated only half joking. "And yeah I know what I'm saying." She added when he began to blush as if he had been thinking the same thing.
"Alright I'll take you up on the offer."
"Yay! Sabby we got ourselves a roommate!"
"Meow!" The small creature rubbed against Draco's ankles, as if welcoming.
"Thank you, Wea. Ginny." He corrected.
"No prob. Now you need to go get your stuff."
"Yeah ok. Where did you put my wand?"
"It's on the dresser."
"Alright." Draco turned to retrieve his wand. Once it was securely in hand he apparated to Lucius' house to retrieve his belongings.
A/N What you think? Right now I'm trying to establish the base for the rest of the story. Tell me what you think. Please I'm shooting for 10 reviews. So R&R people!