Betrothed
Consequential Decision
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Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter characters or the Harry Potter realm. I do, nevertheless, possess my scenario, perceiving as how this tale has come from my genius -okay, okay-and my sister's genius. If any person lays eyes upon something that may belong to them, I apologize, I have no scheme to pilfer anything from anyone at all. (unless they happen to be sugar cookies!)
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I know it's been a while. I've been working and struggling with writer's block. Deal with me people. I love ya!
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I don't know if it ever says what Ginny is short for. But for the sake of this fic, I'm going to make it Ginger.
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Ginny Weasley hesitantly sat on the edge of an ornate, high backed chair. "What is to be done, Malfoy?" She asked quietly.
"What can be done, Weasley?" Draco Malfoy responded just as quietly. "We must consider our options ere we determine which path to take."
"What then," She asked, "Are our options?"
He looked up in resignation. "Hell, Weasley, I don't know." Draco said. He sighed heavily. "I don't know."
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"We'd evidently have to be fairly intimate, if I was inclined to stand up to my father like that in order to extricate you from the evil grasp of the Death Eaters."
"Well, we're not fairly civil at present time, much less fairly intimate." Ginny noted. "And you still saved me."
Draco glared at her. "I meant in my father's eyes, you fool. Maybe I am not the person everyone assumes me to be." He said. "My father thinks I am just like the rest of those Death Eaters in there, ready and willing to watch a young innocent be raped.or even perhaps I am ready and willing to join in on the defiling. Maybe you think I am too."
"What would lead me to believe otherwise?" Ginny asked disbelieving.
"It could be the fact, Weasley," Draco said in a low voice, "that you are here with me, alive and not being ravaged by those Death Eaters."
Draco Malfoy laughed a cynical laugh. "Death Eaters." He said mockingly. "They, whom give death are called Death *Eaters*? It would be more germane should they be called Life Eaters, for that is what they do."
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"So, allow me to understand. We're going to tell people that we're courting." Ginny said slowly. "Sorry, but could you tell me again, why? And how are we going to make this plausible?"
"Listen, Ginny-What is Ginny short for anyway?"
"Oh, gosh, it's short for Ginger." She informed him. "But no one ever calls me that."
"Ginger, eh?" Draco Malfoy tried out the name. "I like it. I think that's what I'll call you. But anyway, Ginger, my father thinks that we are dating, and that is the only reason that you are alive right now."
"So, why does everyone else have to know. Why don't we just stage a 'break- up'?"
"Oh, Ginger, Ginger." Draco said softly. "So beautiful.but so stupid."
"What? Draco!" Ginny exclaimed.
"Mere pleasantry, my dear."
"Pleasantry, indeed." She mumbled.
"Everyone must know because were my father to discover that I fed him a falsehood, I would be dead. As would you." Draco informed her." And we cannot stage a 'break-up' because you are still a target for my father a he will be keeping an eye on you from now on. If we were to break-up, you would be taken.again."
"Okay, okay." Ginny said. "I don't need a reminder. I was scared enough as is and it only happened once."
"As for how we are to make this plausible." Draco said. "You guess is a good as mine."
A thought struck Ginny. "Uh, Draco. I realize that I am going to be in this situation for a bit of a long haul." She began. "But how long, exactly, is this haul going to be?"
"I don't know, how long, Ginger." Draco said quietly.
"But it won't go as far as Mrs. Draco Malfoy, would it?" Ginny asked. "After all, this is just pretense."
"In our eyes it is." Draco said shortly.
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Ginny Weasley walked into her parents home the next night greeted by Annabelle, a Hermione Granger's foster child. Hermione hoped to one day become Annabelle's legal guardian.
"Gin-gin!" The young toddler exclaimed. And waddled over on unsteady legs.
"Hey, Bella." Ginny said, scooping up the beautiful three year old before she fell. "Hiya, sweetie."
"Hi, Ginny." Hermione said. "How's life going?"
"Oh, same old-same old." Ginny said. "You know, just serving drinks every day."
"Hermione?" Ron's voice floated in from another room. He sounded urgent. "Was that Ginny who-" He stopped short when he entered the room and saw her.
"I'm glad you've graced us with your presence, Ginger." Ron said in a hostile tone of voice."
Ginny winced. Ron only called her that when he was angry with her. But she decided to rebuttal. "Well, thank you, Ronald. But I am not feeling particularly welcome right now, so I may as well leave."
"I know where you were last night, Ginger Rose, and I think that we need to talk about it."
"Hey, doll face?" George said entering the room. "What did you say you wanted to drink again?" He stopped and looked from Ginny to Ron to Hermione. Apparently he changed his mind about getting drinks, because the next thing out of his mouth was: "Honey, why don't we take Annabelle for a walk?"
"Yeah, super." Hermione said distractedly, wishing she knew what was going on.
Ginny handed Annabelle to Hermione. "Bye-bye, Bella." She said. "You have fun okay?"
"Bye-bye, Gin-gin." The toddler said sweetly.
"See you, Ginny." Hermione said.
"Yeah, I'll floo you sometime, okay?" Ginny said.
"Sounds great." Hermione said, and the three left.
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"What were you doing in the pub with Draco Malfoy last night, Gin?" Ron asked.
Ginny sat down on the couch. What was she going to say. After they had talked, the went to the pub for dinner, and Draco had walked her home to her little cottage.
"Oh, were you there?" She said casually. "The you must have noticed that I was eating."
"But what were you doing *with* him, Gin?" Ron demanded. "People like us do not spend our spare time fraternizing with people like the Malfoys."
"It's not like I was in a corner making out with him, Ron!"
"Oh, I should hope not!" Ron exclaimed. "I thought you were dating Creevey anyway, what would he say if he found that his girl went on a date with a Malfoy?"
"I'm nobody's girl, Ron. It wasn't a date. And I broke it off with Colin."
"Oh, so you broke it off with Colin so that you could run around with Malfoy?"
"That's not why I broke up with Colin and frankly it isn't any of your concern." Ginny said coolly. "And perhaps Draco Malfoy is not the person you think him to be."
"Not the person I think him to be? Merlin, Ginger! This is DRACO MALFOY we are talking about." Ron practically shouted.
"I don't need this right now. Give my love to Daddy and Mum." Ginny said heading for the door.
"I've known him longer than you have, Gin. I know him better than you do!"
"Please, dear brother. Like one year really makes any difference at all." Ginny said and slammed the door.
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What do you think? I know it's been too long. I'll try to get my other story up soon. I swear. I love you all!!!!!! Please review. I beg of you. It is vitally important that you review. It gets my creative juices flowing. Especially if you tell me what you want to see happen in the story.
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Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter characters or the Harry Potter realm. I do, nevertheless, possess my scenario, perceiving as how this tale has come from my genius -okay, okay-and my sister's genius. If any person lays eyes upon something that may belong to them, I apologize, I have no scheme to pilfer anything from anyone at all. (unless they happen to be sugar cookies!)
~~~~~~~~~~
I know it's been a while. I've been working and struggling with writer's block. Deal with me people. I love ya!
~~~~~~~~~~
I don't know if it ever says what Ginny is short for. But for the sake of this fic, I'm going to make it Ginger.
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Ginny Weasley hesitantly sat on the edge of an ornate, high backed chair. "What is to be done, Malfoy?" She asked quietly.
"What can be done, Weasley?" Draco Malfoy responded just as quietly. "We must consider our options ere we determine which path to take."
"What then," She asked, "Are our options?"
He looked up in resignation. "Hell, Weasley, I don't know." Draco said. He sighed heavily. "I don't know."
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"We'd evidently have to be fairly intimate, if I was inclined to stand up to my father like that in order to extricate you from the evil grasp of the Death Eaters."
"Well, we're not fairly civil at present time, much less fairly intimate." Ginny noted. "And you still saved me."
Draco glared at her. "I meant in my father's eyes, you fool. Maybe I am not the person everyone assumes me to be." He said. "My father thinks I am just like the rest of those Death Eaters in there, ready and willing to watch a young innocent be raped.or even perhaps I am ready and willing to join in on the defiling. Maybe you think I am too."
"What would lead me to believe otherwise?" Ginny asked disbelieving.
"It could be the fact, Weasley," Draco said in a low voice, "that you are here with me, alive and not being ravaged by those Death Eaters."
Draco Malfoy laughed a cynical laugh. "Death Eaters." He said mockingly. "They, whom give death are called Death *Eaters*? It would be more germane should they be called Life Eaters, for that is what they do."
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"So, allow me to understand. We're going to tell people that we're courting." Ginny said slowly. "Sorry, but could you tell me again, why? And how are we going to make this plausible?"
"Listen, Ginny-What is Ginny short for anyway?"
"Oh, gosh, it's short for Ginger." She informed him. "But no one ever calls me that."
"Ginger, eh?" Draco Malfoy tried out the name. "I like it. I think that's what I'll call you. But anyway, Ginger, my father thinks that we are dating, and that is the only reason that you are alive right now."
"So, why does everyone else have to know. Why don't we just stage a 'break- up'?"
"Oh, Ginger, Ginger." Draco said softly. "So beautiful.but so stupid."
"What? Draco!" Ginny exclaimed.
"Mere pleasantry, my dear."
"Pleasantry, indeed." She mumbled.
"Everyone must know because were my father to discover that I fed him a falsehood, I would be dead. As would you." Draco informed her." And we cannot stage a 'break-up' because you are still a target for my father a he will be keeping an eye on you from now on. If we were to break-up, you would be taken.again."
"Okay, okay." Ginny said. "I don't need a reminder. I was scared enough as is and it only happened once."
"As for how we are to make this plausible." Draco said. "You guess is a good as mine."
A thought struck Ginny. "Uh, Draco. I realize that I am going to be in this situation for a bit of a long haul." She began. "But how long, exactly, is this haul going to be?"
"I don't know, how long, Ginger." Draco said quietly.
"But it won't go as far as Mrs. Draco Malfoy, would it?" Ginny asked. "After all, this is just pretense."
"In our eyes it is." Draco said shortly.
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Ginny Weasley walked into her parents home the next night greeted by Annabelle, a Hermione Granger's foster child. Hermione hoped to one day become Annabelle's legal guardian.
"Gin-gin!" The young toddler exclaimed. And waddled over on unsteady legs.
"Hey, Bella." Ginny said, scooping up the beautiful three year old before she fell. "Hiya, sweetie."
"Hi, Ginny." Hermione said. "How's life going?"
"Oh, same old-same old." Ginny said. "You know, just serving drinks every day."
"Hermione?" Ron's voice floated in from another room. He sounded urgent. "Was that Ginny who-" He stopped short when he entered the room and saw her.
"I'm glad you've graced us with your presence, Ginger." Ron said in a hostile tone of voice."
Ginny winced. Ron only called her that when he was angry with her. But she decided to rebuttal. "Well, thank you, Ronald. But I am not feeling particularly welcome right now, so I may as well leave."
"I know where you were last night, Ginger Rose, and I think that we need to talk about it."
"Hey, doll face?" George said entering the room. "What did you say you wanted to drink again?" He stopped and looked from Ginny to Ron to Hermione. Apparently he changed his mind about getting drinks, because the next thing out of his mouth was: "Honey, why don't we take Annabelle for a walk?"
"Yeah, super." Hermione said distractedly, wishing she knew what was going on.
Ginny handed Annabelle to Hermione. "Bye-bye, Bella." She said. "You have fun okay?"
"Bye-bye, Gin-gin." The toddler said sweetly.
"See you, Ginny." Hermione said.
"Yeah, I'll floo you sometime, okay?" Ginny said.
"Sounds great." Hermione said, and the three left.
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"What were you doing in the pub with Draco Malfoy last night, Gin?" Ron asked.
Ginny sat down on the couch. What was she going to say. After they had talked, the went to the pub for dinner, and Draco had walked her home to her little cottage.
"Oh, were you there?" She said casually. "The you must have noticed that I was eating."
"But what were you doing *with* him, Gin?" Ron demanded. "People like us do not spend our spare time fraternizing with people like the Malfoys."
"It's not like I was in a corner making out with him, Ron!"
"Oh, I should hope not!" Ron exclaimed. "I thought you were dating Creevey anyway, what would he say if he found that his girl went on a date with a Malfoy?"
"I'm nobody's girl, Ron. It wasn't a date. And I broke it off with Colin."
"Oh, so you broke it off with Colin so that you could run around with Malfoy?"
"That's not why I broke up with Colin and frankly it isn't any of your concern." Ginny said coolly. "And perhaps Draco Malfoy is not the person you think him to be."
"Not the person I think him to be? Merlin, Ginger! This is DRACO MALFOY we are talking about." Ron practically shouted.
"I don't need this right now. Give my love to Daddy and Mum." Ginny said heading for the door.
"I've known him longer than you have, Gin. I know him better than you do!"
"Please, dear brother. Like one year really makes any difference at all." Ginny said and slammed the door.
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What do you think? I know it's been too long. I'll try to get my other story up soon. I swear. I love you all!!!!!! Please review. I beg of you. It is vitally important that you review. It gets my creative juices flowing. Especially if you tell me what you want to see happen in the story.
