Disclaimer-J.K. Rowlings owns the characters, Hogwarts, and everything else. I own Mrs. Gallagher and of course, the plot.
Turmoil at Hogwarts
Chapter8- Confessions
Ginny and Draco walked down the street and found a little pub that looked like a good place to eat. They walked into the building and Draco was about to sit down at a small table in the back of the pub when Ginny said, "Wait, don't sit down yet. Can we please go sit at the bar? Those men are just starting to get drunk!"
"Why does it matter if they're drunk?" Draco asked her.
"Well, I love watching muggles when they get drunk. They are so funny to watch. But I can't stand seeing one drive home drunk. That's just plain wrong. Have you ever seen a drunk muggle, Draco?" Ginny asked.
"No, I have always tried to avoid places that have muggles in them." Draco said.
"Why, what do you have against muggles?" Ginny asked.
"Well, I was raised to believe that witches and wizards are superior to muggles," Draco said.
"Why are we so superior?" Ginny asked.
"Because we're magical," Draco said.
"So just because muggles don't know magic, they aren't as good as us? There still people, Draco. And all people were created equally." Ginny said angrily.
"No, you're wrong. Witches and Wizards are better than muggles. Muggles are just common people. They can't do spells, curses, or hexes." Draco said.
"No, you're wrong Draco. You are the most ignorant person that I know. Now, I'm tired of talking to you about this. Let's go sit down," Ginny said and then walked over to the bar and sat on a stool. Soon after that, Draco followed her.
A pretty waitress with curly black hair and bright blue eyes came over and took their order. Ginny ignored Draco and started talking to the man next to her. Draco felt very out of place in this pub with all of the non-magical people, even though he didn't look out of place in his khaki pants and dark blue sweater. Draco listened to Ginny talk to the man for a minute but soon became bored. He let out a big sign which a middle-aged man on the right side of him heard. The man said, "What's wrong, boyo? Are you upset that the lass is talking to John Riley?"
not really wanting to talk to the muggle, Draco replied, "No, she can talk to whoever she wants to talk to, and anyway, right now we aren't getting along very well."
"Did you have a good fight, then?" The man asked.
"It would have been a better fight if I would have won," Draco replied.
"Ah, always let the woman win. If you don't they'll make you pay for it some way or another," The man said.
"Yes, you're probably right," Draco said.
"Aye. I am right. I've a wife at home and I have more experience than you do. Let me give you some advice, boyo. Do something nice for the lass to make up for your fight," the man said.
"That's good advice," Draco said.
"Aye, that it 'tis," the man said, "Now, if you'll excise me, I must be getting home. Wouldn't want to make the wife mad now would I?"
The man left but the visit Draco had had with him had made an impact on him. Draco thought, maybe muggles aren't so bad. No, that's not right. What would my father say if he knew that I thought that muggles weren't so terrible?
Just then the waitress come and brought Ginny and Draco their food.
Draco ate quietly and listened to Ginny, who was still talking animatedly with the man next to her who had become very drunk. Suddenly the man started singing an Irish song and all of the other people in the pub began to sing it too. The band who had just entered the pub, quickly got out their instruments and began to play the song. Soon people were dancing and singing and having a great time.
This amused Draco, and he now understood what Ginny was talking about when she said that muggles were terribly funny when they were drunk. "Okay, you were right, Ginny. Muggles are funny when they get drunk," Draco said.
"I said, that muggles are funny when they're drunk," Draco said.
"What, Draco?" I didn't hear you," ginny said while trying to conceal the smile that was begin to form.
"Yes you did," Draco said.
"You're right, I just like to hear you say that I'm right," Ginny said and was no longer angry with him about what he said earlier about the muggles. She saw Draco talking to the man next to him and she had figured out that he really didn't feel that witches and wizards were better than muggles.
"So Draco. Do you want to dance?" Ginny asked him playfully.
"No, I don' know how to dance like that," Draco said while he watched the Irish people do a complicated dance.
"Oh, come on. It'll be fun. I don't know how to dance like that either," ginny said.
"No," Draco said firmly.
John riley and a boy of about eighteen years of age walked up to them and said, "Ginny, I would like you to meet my soon Aidan. I told him that I thought that he'd really get along with you and so I figured that I'd bring him over to meet you."
"Hello," Ginny said to Aidan.
"Hello," Aiden said back.
"Hi," Draco said, but Aidan didn't notice him. He only noticed the pretty red head who was sitting next to Draco.
"Do you want to dance?" Aidan asked Ginny.
"Sure," Ginny said, "But I don't know how. You'll have to teach me to dance like that."
"That's no problem, I'll have you dancing in no time," Aidan said.
Draco watched sulkily while Aidan tried to teach Ginny this complicated type of dancing. What am I doing being sad because a Weasley isn't paying attention to me. I should be ashamed of myself. I am a Malfoy, the son of Lucius Malfoy. I should not like a Weasley. I should be spending my time making her miserable. I should be interested in a rich girl from a prestigious family, not Ginny Weasley. Draco thought. But nevertheless he still was jealous of Aidan Riley. After a few minutes Draco grew tired of watching Ginny and Aidan dance so he walked up to them and told Ginny, "Hey we need to go. We're supposed to be back in an hour."
"So, we still have a whole hour. We can leave in a little bit," ginny said.
"No, Ginny. I don't think that that is a very good idea. Considering the fact that we have no idea how far we are from our house. It will probably take longer to get back than we think. I don't want to get in trouble. Do you?" Draco said.
"I can take her home. I know every inch of this city," Aidan told Draco.
"No, you can't take her home! I wouldn't trust you, and besides, we have to go back together," Draco said in a rude tone of voice.
"Why don't we ask her who she would rather go home with. Ginny?" Aidan said defensively.
"Draco's right, Aidan. I have to go home with him and if I decided to have you talk me home I wouldn't want to leave because I would be having so much fun," Ginny said with a big smile on her face.
"Let's go, Ginny." Draco said sharply.
"Goodbye, Aidan. I'll see you later," Ginny said.
"Really?" Aidan asked.
"Yes, I hope so anyway," Ginny said.
"Bye," Aidan called after her as she left the pub.
Ginny and Draco went and got their decorations from the store that they had bought them at and then they hailed a cab. "But as soon as they sat down inside the car, Ginny started to show her anger towards Draco, "Why were you being so mean to Aidan? He was nothing but nice to me and you had no reason to treat him the way that you did."
"I don't know why I was so mean to him. I just felt like I had to protect you, "Draco said. This was not very settling to him because he had never had the urge to protect anyone before.
"I have six brothers that protect me. I don't need you watching every move I make. If I wanted your protection I would have asked for it!" Ginny said.
"It's just that, I don't know. I didn't like seeing you with him. I felt like...you should have been with me." Draco said.
"Why?" Ginny asked. "You've always hated me. Your family hates my family. You're friends hate my friends."
"I know," Draco said, "I'm so confused. If my dad finds out that I like you. He'll kill me."
"And my brothers, well, I don't even want to know what they'll do to you. They will probably think that you put a spell on you or something. This relationship could never work out," Ginny said.
"I know," Draco said but he still put his arms around her and pulled her close to him. "But I can't help feeling this way." Draco tilted her chin up and kissed her slowly and gently, even tenderly. Ginny didn't know that he could be gentle. It seemed that there were a lot of things about him that she didn't know. But she wanted to find out.
"You're so different from what I thought you would be. Why don't you act this way all of the time?" Ginny asked.
"Because I can't. My father would kill me if I did. He would disown me. I'm supposed to act just like him," Draco said.
"But you're not like him!" Ginny said.
"I know but I must act like him. Lucius Malfoy must never be displeased." Draco said sounding a little bit sarcastic.
"Why?" Ginny asked.
"I can't tell you. There are many things about my father that you don't want to know. There are many things that have happened in my life that would sicken you," Draco said.
"You can trust me, Draco." Ginny said. "I could help you."
"No, Ginny. I don't want you to have to deal with the things that I have to deal with." Draco said.
"But I..." Ginny began.
"Shh, Gin. Don't worry. I can handle it," Draco said. "Now come on, inside. We're finally at the house. He paid the cab and then they entered the house but nobody was inside. "I guess that nobody's home yet," Ginny said.
"Yes, but they'll probably be home soon," Draco said.
"Come on. Let's go put these in my room."
Ginny and Draco took all of the decorations upstairs to Draco's room and sat them at the foot of his bed.
Ginny had been think about what all of the other people would say about her and Draco being together and she knew that nobody would be happy fo them. "Draco, I think that we should keep our relationship a secret," Ginny said.
"Ginny, we have to keep our relationship a secret. Nobody can know.
"I wish that you wouldn't keep all of these secrets from me. I want to know about your life. I want to know what happens when you are with your father," ginny said.
"I will tell you, Ginny. But give it some time. You will be in danger if I tell you right now. You just have to trust me," Draco said.
"Yes Draco, I will trust you. But I'm scared for you. If I would be in danger if I knew your secret, then aren't you in danger now?" Ginny asked.
"I will be alright, Ginny," Draco said and puled her closer to his body and wrapped his arms around her. "Don't worry."
"I will always worry about you, Draco. At least I will always worry until you tell me what it is you mus hide from me," Ginny said.
Just then they heard a door open and close. "Act like we're having a fight," Draco whispered.
"You are an idiot Draco Malfoy! You must be the dumbest person on this earth!" Ginny yelled. Then she winked at him and stomped out of her room.
It was a good thing that Ginny was an excellent actress because she wasn't really feeling angry with him, she felt sorry for him. What have I gotten myself into, she thought. I have fallen for my brother's worst enemy.
A/N- I thought I'd be nice and give you all your Christmas present early. I thought that I should update this before I left town for Christmas. I was in a really weird mood when I wrote this chapter so if it doesn't make sense, I'm really sorry. I wrote half of it when I was in a really good mood and half of it when I was in a very bad mood. I tend to write how I feel. I suppose that's a bad habit. Anyway, I finally put in a little romance. I love romance and happy endings, but this isn't the ending. It's not even close to being the ending. So I hope that everyone enjoyed this chapter even if it is weird. (I totally changed the mood of my writing in the middle. I just got tired of Ginny and Draco not being together.) Now I'm starting to ramble, it's 1:02 in the morning and I still have to write my thanks to my reviewers. Guess who is going to be cranky tomorrow morning. Oh, and one last thing, could you all do me a big, big, big, big favor? Could you please review my 2 other stories. Or at least one of them. That would really make my day. Thanks everybody!
I want to thank all of my reviewers. I love you all! You are the best reviewers in the world and I look forward to seeing what you have to say. Seriously I do. I come home every day after school and check to see if I have any new reviews. That's pathetic, huh?
Katie, I'm glad that you still like my story. I hope that I didn't mess this chapter up too badly and mad you hate it now.
Silver Wolf, your mood is just the opposite of mine. I'm really, really tired at the moment. I'm glad that you like my story. When I read your review I had to laugh at how happy you were.
FairMaiden, I wanted to make Draco a little bit nicer than he is in the actual books but not too different. Do you understand what I'm trying to say. I couldn't help myself and I had to make Draco let Ginny get her way.
Satan's Little Princess, I'll try to make him better in the next chapters. But, don't count on it, I just think that he's going to end up being the bad guy throughout this whole fic.
Krissy, Sorry it got weirder during the end. This chapter is probably worse about being weird than the last one.
Cthottie482, I think that Draco and Ginny stories are the best too. Do you really think that my story is the best? Thanks for the compliment! Merry Christmas to you too!
..., thanks for reading what was it, the first 3 lines of my story.
Night Spirit, I couldn't help myself on the bus stop thing, and I like the way I made Ginny's character too. I like being able to make her any way that I want her to be. Most of the time, she is pretty much the opposite of me, like the whole bus stop thing, that's something that I would never do.
Aireon Granger, thanks for the words of encouragement. I sure will keep this story up.
Cheri Belle, wow, we have a lot in common. I love D/G fics too and I have always wanted to see Ireland, I've always thought that it would be very beautiful. I wish I could see it.
Steph1, I'm glad that you love my fic so far, it really makes me want to write more on it when I hear that.
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Daft Burger, how did you think of your name? Sorry, I just had to ask you that. Thanks for reviewing my fic, I'm glad that you love it.
JeNn, you must be the complete opposite of me because in that whole bus scene, Ginny is nothing like me. I loved your story about the bus. It cracked me up.
Rebecca, you're welcome for writing more. It was my pleasure. I like thanking all my reviewers because all of my reviewers are extremely important to me, and my writing.
Lucia, thanks for being so persistent in your reviewing. You aren't the only hopeless romantic. This chapter was longer but I'm warning you now, the next one is going to be short. Sorry.
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Lilyayl, you are so smart. I have a thing for white lights, I don't know why, probably because everyone else in my family likes the colored ones. She called him Draco because she was starting to like him more, and in this chapter, well she shows that she likes him a whole lot.
Merry Christmas Everybody!!
