Ginny strolled lazily down to breakfast in her pyjamas and plonked herself
down opposite the black clad figure that is Draco Malfoy. "Morning
Virginia."
"Morning to you to." Ginny mumbled in reply. She set about pouring herself some cereal and just as she crammed her mouth full of some the phone drilled through her silence. She leaned back in her chair and grabbed the phone off of the hook, "brebo?" She asked her mouth full of cereal. "Er…what?" The person on the other end of the phone asked clearly confused. "Sorry…hello?" Ginny said once she had swallowed
" It's Jonathon Briggs…I was just wondering if you fancied going for a drink after work? You know…just the two of us."
"Well…sure! See you at work then Jon! Bye!"
Ginny hung up; her face so bright it could have put the sun out of business. "What are you looking so happy about?" Draco asked offhandedly, frowning at his cereal like it was poison.
"None of your business." Ginny smiled
"Tell me."
"NO!"
Draco glared at her and left the kitchen. "Ahem! Excuse me Draco but aren't you going to put your bowl in the sink?" Ginny called after him still grinning like a maniac. "No." He called back and shut the door to the bathroom as he went in to get dressed. Ginny shook her head laughing. God, nothing could stop that girl from smiling today!
Draco spent that day strolling around London, Covent Garden and Oxford Street spending money like paper. He might not live with his dad anymore but he still had money to spend! He got back laden with various bags all filled with black and grey and black and…more black. He banged on the door to Ginny's apartment. No answer. After about 5 minutes of banging Draco just pulled out his wand, checked the hall for anyone from the other apartments and whispered Alohamora as quietly as he could. The door opened with a click and he pushed his way in dumping his bags on the kitchen table and making his way through to the living room. He stopped and turned as he heard sounds coming from Ginny's room. So she was in! He prepared himself for a good grumble as he approached the door. He heard a sigh and the deep rumblings of a man. The sigh was Ginny's he presumed. He heard more happy mumbling coming from her room and then silence. He stopped and his ears pricked up, trying to catch what they were doing…not that he cared of course. Probably snogging…or worse, he thought with disgust. He stomped back to the kitchen to try some of his new clothes on to cheer him up a bit.
He was standing there in his boxers black of course about to try on his trousers and jumper when Ginny and her new man came strolling down the hall. Ginny stopped and stared at Draco in shock. "Ma – Malfoy! I didn't expect you to be back yet." She blushed as she saw that he was only wearing his boxers. "Clearly." Draco replied raising an eyebrow at her flushed cheeks and the mans rugged expression. "Well, um bye John…I'll see you Thursday then?" The man nodded staring questioningly at Malfoy, but allowed Ginny to guide him to the door. "I'll explain about him later." She muttered kissing him lightly on the cheek and gently pushing him out the door.
"Virginia. So that is the mystery man then? Well, I hate to say it but I think you could have done better than that. Have you no taste at all?" He continued dressing in his black clothes. "Well, I like him so you can shut up. Hey, if you need to share an apartment with me where did you get all that money from to buy those clothes?" Ginny asked sharply looking at the tons of bags that filled her kitchen. Draco just smirked and carried on changing. "What do you think? You don't have a floor length mirror in this house so you will have to make do." He asked striking a male model pose jokingly. Ginny had to admit that he did look hot. But, she realized, he could probably even look good in a bin liner. "Great. Now tell me, why are you here? What are you doing in my house? You can't keep it a secret from me."
She stood up and looked down at the now sitting Draco glaring. Draco looked up into her fiery eyes and pierced them with his grey ones, he smirked, "Virginia, I can do what I want now please, stop glaring…it doesn't suit you." Which of course, was a lie; Draco truly thought that her glare suited her just fine. In fact she looked sort of…cute. "Listen Draco, this is my house and I can glare all I want! Don't you tell me what to do under my roof! If you speak to me like that you will soon find all these precious clothes out of that goddamn window. Which by the way is MY window! Because this is MY HOUSE so you will do what I damn well tell you!" She stamped her foot, her face flushed with anger. Draco stood up and gazed down at her, causing Ginny to take a step back, alarmed at his height. He towered over her, and spoke in a cold tone, "Are you threatening me Virginia? This is not the smartest of moves. If I were you I would sit down and shut up." He looked coolly down at her angry, yet worried face and smirked as he could see in her open face the inner battle she was having before him. Ginny sighed and resignedly sat back down in her seat, and Draco shortly after followed her lead.
He looked at Ginny and frowned to see she was still thinking deeply about her decision to give in. Suddenly she shot up from her chair and stomped over to the front door. Ginny opened it and spoke harshly, "Draco, I don't care what you think you can say or do, but I demand either you tell me what is going on or I will force you to leave the premises. Now, it's your call." She gestured to the door and glared ferociously at Malfoy. Draco strode over to where Ginny was standing and slammed the door shut. He pushed her up against the heavy wood of the door, grabbing her wrists and forcing them behind her back single-handed. He flicked his wand with the other hand and a gold parchment appeared. Ginny's stomach lurched as she recognized it as the contract, which she had signed in agreement to his living here. Her eyes looked to the bottom where her signature lay in red ink. Damn. "You see Ginny, you cannot break this contract. So I think you are pretty much powerless in this situation. So, why don't you do as I said before and sit down and SHUT UP." He released her from his iron grip and stomped off to the living room.
"Idiot. Touchy, edgy, grumpy, moody, violent, controlling, arrogant IDIOT." Ginny muttered rubbing her wrist gingerly as she looked down to see a large bruise appearing. She would soooo get him for this. He had better sleep with one eye open from now on. But, she realized, she hadn't thought about why Draco was so desperate to keep his reasons for being here as secret as possible. He had always been one to play his cards close to his chest but Ginny was sure she had seen something beneath that cold stare…was it…desperation? Urgency? Why did he want to make her drop the subject so much. Whatever caused him to get kicked out of his house was obviously big. Really big. Oh well, there was plenty of time for interrogation.
"Morning to you to." Ginny mumbled in reply. She set about pouring herself some cereal and just as she crammed her mouth full of some the phone drilled through her silence. She leaned back in her chair and grabbed the phone off of the hook, "brebo?" She asked her mouth full of cereal. "Er…what?" The person on the other end of the phone asked clearly confused. "Sorry…hello?" Ginny said once she had swallowed
" It's Jonathon Briggs…I was just wondering if you fancied going for a drink after work? You know…just the two of us."
"Well…sure! See you at work then Jon! Bye!"
Ginny hung up; her face so bright it could have put the sun out of business. "What are you looking so happy about?" Draco asked offhandedly, frowning at his cereal like it was poison.
"None of your business." Ginny smiled
"Tell me."
"NO!"
Draco glared at her and left the kitchen. "Ahem! Excuse me Draco but aren't you going to put your bowl in the sink?" Ginny called after him still grinning like a maniac. "No." He called back and shut the door to the bathroom as he went in to get dressed. Ginny shook her head laughing. God, nothing could stop that girl from smiling today!
Draco spent that day strolling around London, Covent Garden and Oxford Street spending money like paper. He might not live with his dad anymore but he still had money to spend! He got back laden with various bags all filled with black and grey and black and…more black. He banged on the door to Ginny's apartment. No answer. After about 5 minutes of banging Draco just pulled out his wand, checked the hall for anyone from the other apartments and whispered Alohamora as quietly as he could. The door opened with a click and he pushed his way in dumping his bags on the kitchen table and making his way through to the living room. He stopped and turned as he heard sounds coming from Ginny's room. So she was in! He prepared himself for a good grumble as he approached the door. He heard a sigh and the deep rumblings of a man. The sigh was Ginny's he presumed. He heard more happy mumbling coming from her room and then silence. He stopped and his ears pricked up, trying to catch what they were doing…not that he cared of course. Probably snogging…or worse, he thought with disgust. He stomped back to the kitchen to try some of his new clothes on to cheer him up a bit.
He was standing there in his boxers black of course about to try on his trousers and jumper when Ginny and her new man came strolling down the hall. Ginny stopped and stared at Draco in shock. "Ma – Malfoy! I didn't expect you to be back yet." She blushed as she saw that he was only wearing his boxers. "Clearly." Draco replied raising an eyebrow at her flushed cheeks and the mans rugged expression. "Well, um bye John…I'll see you Thursday then?" The man nodded staring questioningly at Malfoy, but allowed Ginny to guide him to the door. "I'll explain about him later." She muttered kissing him lightly on the cheek and gently pushing him out the door.
"Virginia. So that is the mystery man then? Well, I hate to say it but I think you could have done better than that. Have you no taste at all?" He continued dressing in his black clothes. "Well, I like him so you can shut up. Hey, if you need to share an apartment with me where did you get all that money from to buy those clothes?" Ginny asked sharply looking at the tons of bags that filled her kitchen. Draco just smirked and carried on changing. "What do you think? You don't have a floor length mirror in this house so you will have to make do." He asked striking a male model pose jokingly. Ginny had to admit that he did look hot. But, she realized, he could probably even look good in a bin liner. "Great. Now tell me, why are you here? What are you doing in my house? You can't keep it a secret from me."
She stood up and looked down at the now sitting Draco glaring. Draco looked up into her fiery eyes and pierced them with his grey ones, he smirked, "Virginia, I can do what I want now please, stop glaring…it doesn't suit you." Which of course, was a lie; Draco truly thought that her glare suited her just fine. In fact she looked sort of…cute. "Listen Draco, this is my house and I can glare all I want! Don't you tell me what to do under my roof! If you speak to me like that you will soon find all these precious clothes out of that goddamn window. Which by the way is MY window! Because this is MY HOUSE so you will do what I damn well tell you!" She stamped her foot, her face flushed with anger. Draco stood up and gazed down at her, causing Ginny to take a step back, alarmed at his height. He towered over her, and spoke in a cold tone, "Are you threatening me Virginia? This is not the smartest of moves. If I were you I would sit down and shut up." He looked coolly down at her angry, yet worried face and smirked as he could see in her open face the inner battle she was having before him. Ginny sighed and resignedly sat back down in her seat, and Draco shortly after followed her lead.
He looked at Ginny and frowned to see she was still thinking deeply about her decision to give in. Suddenly she shot up from her chair and stomped over to the front door. Ginny opened it and spoke harshly, "Draco, I don't care what you think you can say or do, but I demand either you tell me what is going on or I will force you to leave the premises. Now, it's your call." She gestured to the door and glared ferociously at Malfoy. Draco strode over to where Ginny was standing and slammed the door shut. He pushed her up against the heavy wood of the door, grabbing her wrists and forcing them behind her back single-handed. He flicked his wand with the other hand and a gold parchment appeared. Ginny's stomach lurched as she recognized it as the contract, which she had signed in agreement to his living here. Her eyes looked to the bottom where her signature lay in red ink. Damn. "You see Ginny, you cannot break this contract. So I think you are pretty much powerless in this situation. So, why don't you do as I said before and sit down and SHUT UP." He released her from his iron grip and stomped off to the living room.
"Idiot. Touchy, edgy, grumpy, moody, violent, controlling, arrogant IDIOT." Ginny muttered rubbing her wrist gingerly as she looked down to see a large bruise appearing. She would soooo get him for this. He had better sleep with one eye open from now on. But, she realized, she hadn't thought about why Draco was so desperate to keep his reasons for being here as secret as possible. He had always been one to play his cards close to his chest but Ginny was sure she had seen something beneath that cold stare…was it…desperation? Urgency? Why did he want to make her drop the subject so much. Whatever caused him to get kicked out of his house was obviously big. Really big. Oh well, there was plenty of time for interrogation.