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A/N: hello! Here 5 things I'd like you to know:

this is my first fic this is still H/G this was actually supposed to be a 1 chapter story only, but then some people expected more so I decided to carry on, since I came up with a plot already I am determined to finish this fic so please keep on reading and checking if I've updated even if I take very long… : ) And I love all of you who read and reviewed! ^.^

Chapter 3: Enemy?

"What?!" Ginny shrieked, not at all believing what she had heard. "Is this a joke?! a-an idiotic joke that you think I'd fall for?!"

"No, Ginny" he answered soberly, not seeming to notice that he had said her name, her real name, for the first time "this is not a joke. Do I look I'm about to crack up anytime now?"

Draco sounded awfully serious

"B-but…y-you and…" Ginny closed her eyes as she tried to put all her mixed up thoughts into phrase. She looked down at the floor, incapable looking straight into Draco's eyes, and enounced firmly "You cannot love me. I'm a Gryffindor. You're a Slytherin. I'm a Weasley. And you…you're a Malfoy. And besides, I…I already love-"

"Look…" Draco started, cutting her off "I said I love you, and I'm very serious about that. But I never said that you had to love me back." Ginny looked up at him slowly "I just wanted to let you know how I feel, because…because it's killing me and I couldn't hide it anymore.

"I know I may never have you. But…if ever, if ever you need me for whatever reason… I will not turn my back on you"

Ginny's stomach sank at the statement given by Draco. A very serious statement given out by Draco.

She looked down again, not knowing the least what to do at that very moment. It seemed like it was just yesterday when Draco used to insult her almost endlessly, not seeming to care at all about her feelings.

But now here he was, confessing his love for her. It was almost unbelievable. She thought that Draco had not ever loved anyone before…

Maybe he hadn't.

What if Ginny was the only person he had learned to love?

Pity. That was all Ginny had for Draco. And she almost felt guilty. Guilty for turning down his love. Guilty for not even giving him a chance.

But then how could she? There was Harry…

"Would you like to go back now?" Draco's voice sounded, breaking the silence. Ginny was snapped out of her thoughts, and quickly brought her head up to face him once again.

"What?"

"I said, would you like to go back now?" he repeated calmly

"How can you remain like that?" Ginny wondered out loud

"Like what?"

"How can you stay so calm? So…composed after all that you just said?" Ginny inquired

"I knew what was to come" He said flatly

But Ginny understood.

He knew that he'd be turned down. He knew of the pain that was to come. And he was prepared.

"Yes…" Ginny did something she thought she'd never do; she smiled sincerely at him. "I can manage to go back on my own…"

And she left. Leaving Draco in the darkness that he was so used to.

He watched the door that she had passed through and stood still in the hub of thought.

I told myself a million times…

She can never love me.

I was ready for it.

And yet it still pierced through the shield that I had built for myself.

The pain has taken over me again

A/N: Sorry if this one's really short (like my other previous chapters) but I really want each of my chappies to have a significant meaning…so please forgive me!

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