True to Life Chapter 2 Chocolate Covered Strawberries and Kisses

Author: Lady Rex aka Vannah with help from Andi, Nehal and now even Atea is helping me.

Disclaimer: Yea yea still don't own it but don't wanna think about it right now cuz its depressing me. Oh and Nehal owns Harry loves Gary

A.N. ~ so so so sorry for not updating sooner but I did make this chapter longer than the last one at least I think I did, the 1st chapter was 4 pages typed and this is 6 but it was 10 written out. Please don't hate me. Anyways as always Read and Review thanks to everyone who reviewed they made me feel special.

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Ginny sat Indian style on her four poster bed staring idly at the piece of pie Laura had brought her.

After leaving Draco in the north tower she hurried to the Arithmancy classroom. Just as soon as she got there the bell rang and the corridors flooded with students going to lunch.

Ginny watched Laura walk out of the classroom see her and turn to walk away, but before she could get anywhere ginny walked up and took her by the arm.

"We need to talk" she stated simply "Ginny leave me alone right now!" Then seeing her friend's mussed hair and tear-stained face she stopped and pulled her best friend into an unused classroom, shutting the door she turned on Ginny. "Ginny what the hell is wrong?" she demanded. At that a wide grin broke across Ginny's face. "So you really aren't mad?"

"Oh Ginny how could you think that I would care about a stupid shirt over your happiness?" Ginny proceeded to tell Laura everything that happened with Harry and the past was forgotten.

Ginny was lucky to have such a good friend. She hopped off her bed and put on a pair of slippers Hermione had given her for her last birthday. Grabbing a hair scrunchie and pulling her hair up into a messy bun to add to the tight baby blue tank top and plaid fleece pajama bottoms she had on, she padded silently through the common room.

Not paying any attention to where she was going, Ginny looked up in time to see a pair of silver gray eyes before she came crashing into Draco's arms.

"Oof why hello Virginia, what brings you here?" "Oh hi Draco, I'm just on my way to the kitchens for some frosting, why what are you doing?"

"I, my dear, am head boy, therefore I have to patrol the hallways at night to ensure that all you little ones are safe in your beds instead of gallivanting off for a midnight snack of . frosting?" Ginny grinned and playfully slapped his arm "Yes frosting, it's for my pie" Draco got a disgusted look on his face "You eat frosting on pie?!? YUCK!?!" he then burst out laughing causing Ginny to fall flat on her ass. Ginny looked up at Draco in wonder, when he was smiling, truly smiling not smirking, he was gorgeous, his eyes lit up and his boyish grin seeming truly innocent (A.N. ~ not to mention HOT! lol) then realizing what she had done she burst into giggles too.

By the time their laughter had quieted to a mere chuckle here and there a half hour had passed. Draco pulled himself off of the floor where he had joined Ginny shortly after she had fallen.

"Kay get up and lets go get some frosting!" "Wait, what? When did this become us? I didn't invite you to come along." Ginny said with a mischievous smile on her face. "I invited myself! I want some hot chocolate, and besides if you're caught out of bed after hours without permission you're screwed." "Oh like I would get caught" she said as she threw him a devious smirk "I can be very sneaky when I feel like it" she said as she winked at him "Sure Weasley" "Oh come on Draco tell me that doesn't turn you on, you know you want me" there was a charged silence where Draco and Ginny stood, eyes locked, in their own world. Then Draco turned and broke the tension with a deep chuckle. He offered her his hand to help her up, at the same time offering her a debonair grin making Ginny melt. "Yea you caught me there" Giggling Ginny took his hand and let Draco pull her off the cold stone floor. "Okay prince charming lets go get some frosting and hot chocolate!"

She linked arms with Draco and began to drag him along the charms corridor as she skipped cheerfully towards the kitchens. "Hey Weasley I may not be the king of ice like you thought but I am still a Malfoy and Malfoy's DON'T I repeat DON'T (the keyword here is DON'T incase you missed that) skip! And come to think of it straight guys don't skip either." "Fine fine" was all she said as she slowed her pace to a walk and they ventured fourth again into the depths of Hogwarts in search of hot chocolate and frosting. The rest of the trip was spent in silence and they traced the familiar route to the kitchens.

Soon enough they were in the corridor below the great hall being watched by the dozens of paintings adorning the walls. The air was dank and musky like the air in a closet when it is 100 (Fahrenheit) degrees outside. It was also cold from the lack of heating in this part of the castle. They finally found the painting they were looking for, a large floor to ceiling portrait of a bowl of fruit. Just as Draco was about to tickle the pear Ginny let out a soft giggle.

"What?" Draco asked, truly confused. "Nothing, it's just that I never imagined the great Draco Malfoy tickling a pear." "Well how the hell else am I supposed to get into the kitchens?!" "You just never seemed like the tickling type that's all" "Not the tickling type huh?" he said before he grabbed her around the waist and before Ginny knew what had hit her she was crying out in agony. Draco's well toned arms were holding her close to him and his strong well crafted hands were deftly attacking the bare skin at her sides where her tank top did not reach.

At first Ginny screamed in surprise but it soon turned into gales upon gales of laughter. "Draco" she managed to gasp (A.N. ~ wow that sounded wrong now didn't it) "Draco stop!" He gave her a wicked grin that you might see on a mad scientist and whispered into her ear "My dear Virginia I am not stopping until you take that horrible comment back." She stopped flailing about as Draco's warm breath tickled her ear but began flailing again as soon as Draco stopped talking. "Let go of me you prick!" "Not until you apologize" Ginny tried to hold out but she was really ticklish so finally she gave into Draco. "Ok ok I'm sorry I take it back." Draco dropped his arms from where he was holding her against his chest and he stepped back. "That's better" he grinned and reached across to tickle the pear, the door painting swung open and Draco ushered Ginny through the door. They entered the warm kitchen and dobby the house elf came rushing up.

"What can dobby do for Miz Wheezy and Misterz Malfoy?" "Hi dobby, can we get two glasses of hot chocolate and some frosting please?" "Right away Miz Wheezy" and at that a shining silver tray bearing two large mugs of hot chocolate came barreling towards them carried by 3 house elves. "Why don't miz wheezy and misterz Malfoy go sit by the fire and drink their hot cocoa while I make up a fresh batch of frosting?" "That sounds great dobby, thanks c'mon Draco" replied Ginny as she grabbed a mug off of the tray that reminded her of her grandmother, and began to weave her way through the kitchen.

Draco following obediently behind grabbed his mug as well and followed Ginny. Just as he rounded the corner to the back of the kitchen he heard a loud crash and a small yelp he recognized as Ginny's. He rushed over wanting to make sure Ginny was alright and when he got there he saw a rather peculiar sight. Ginny stood gaping at the sight that lay before her eyes. Sitting on the couch in front of a merrily crackling fire was the one and only Harry potter. But he wasn't alone, no of course he wasn't alone, that would be no fun now would it? For sitting next to Harry was a curly haired boy whom Draco recognized as a 6th year Hufflepuff, Gary was his name. Now this wasn't the strange part, the strange part was that sitting in between the boys on the couch was a plate of chocolate covered strawberries and Gary had just finished feeding one to Harry.

Ginny stood frozen for a moment as realization dawned on her face and her beautiful chocolate brown eyes filled with tears. But as soon as Harry had realized what had happened she quickly and quietly turned on her heel and ran from the kitchen with tears pouring down her rosy cheeks.

As Harry sputtered excuses Draco turned on him and swore under his breath "Potter you make her cry one more time and I will personally have your head!" He too then turned on his heel and ran after Ginny.

He caught up with her in the entrance hall/the grand stair case where she had tripped on her way up the stairs and lay face down sprawled out on the cold marble steps. Her hair fanned about her head like a halo on fire. She was shaking uncontrollably and Draco couldn't tell if it was from the cold or from the sobs that wracked her small frame. He immediately rushed to her side and pulled her into his warm comforting embrace. "He's gay, I was dumped for a guy!" she sobbed into his robes. Draco didn't say anything he just sat there gently rocking her. Finally after Ginny's cries quieted she sat up next to Draco.

"Here come on get up and I'll walk you back to Gryffindor tower" Draco said, standing up and offering her his hand for the second time that night. "Thanks, ok I'm all better now; it was just a bit of a shock is all." Draco chuckled "Who would have thought, the famous Harry potter is gay!" "Yeah I guess that is somewhat ironic, the most sought after guy in Hogwarts is gay." By this time they had made it to the portrait of the fat lady. They said their goodbyes and Draco turned to leave however Ginny grabbed his hand and pulled him back, but before he could ask what she wanted, her lips were on his.

A.N. ~ Oohh a cliffy I'm evil I'll try to update faster this time no guarantees though because track starts on Monday YAY can't wait! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!!!!!!