Disclaimer: The plot(ish) is mine. Everything else is J.K.'s
A/N: Ehm, it was kind of odd, how everyone thought the last chapter was the ... last chapter.. It's not. This one is. Anyway. Enjoy! It's not much. Tee hee!
Chapter 7
"Bloody brilliant's what I say!"
Everyone turned in surprise as Ron came strolling into the kitchen. He noticed their stares and shrugged defensively. "What?! She was getting bloody annoying, going from house to house, moping around! As much as I don't care for you, Malfoy, at least you'll keep her out when Lav and I want some time alone!"
"Ron!" chided Hermione and Mrs. Weasley threw a sock at his head.
"Ronald Weasley, you'd best keep your gob shut, no one asked for your comments!" she said, going back to throwing dirty socks to her sons who were loading them in an old wagon to take to Weasley's Wizard Wheezes as new ingredients.
"Alright then, don't get your knickers in a twist, mum." He dashed over to help his brothers before his mother could pelt him some more.
"He's just happy for you, Gin, just like the rest of us." Said Lavender, blushing slightly. Ron grumbled and helped his brothers levitate the socks outside.
"I know, it's alright." Ginny placed her hands on Draco's, which were wrapped around her waist from behind. "Draco, how about you and I go to Oscar's and see what's going on down there? I haven't been there in a while."
When he didn't answer, Ginny turned in his embrace and looked up at him. His eyes were looking off into the distance and he was frowning. "What's the matter?" she asked.
Draco leaned back a bit and looked down at her, his blond hair falling across his cheeks. "I saw you in Oscar's awhile back. With a man. Care to tell me who he was and what you were doing?" he raised his eyebrows, but otherwise his face was expressionless.
Ginny frowned, looking up at him and missed the look Lavender gave behind her, eyes wide, biting her lower lip, "Bus-ted!" she sang softly.
"What are you on about? I haven't... I haven't been to Oscar's in the longest while. You must have just... Oh..." she said at length, her mouth forming an 'O' of realisation.
"'Oh...'?" Draco repeated, his hands tightening on her hips warningly. Mrs. Weasley saw, but decided to mind her own business. She turned to lead Lavender into the next room, but Lavender scowled, fanning her away. Her eyes were rivetted on the scene before her. Mrs. Weasley sighed and moved to the next room.
"Oh... as in... Colin." Ginny said.
Draco raised his eyebrows and made small circles with his hands, meaning for her to expand.
"Colin. Ehm... Colin Creevey."
"Oh boy," muttered Lavender from behind.
Draco took a step back from her. "Colin." he repeated. She bit her lip and nodded.
"You were at Oscar's with Colin Creevey. By Merlin, it just gets better and better." He threw up his hands and turned away.
"Draco, look, I'm being honest with you about all of this. I was... lonely. So, I called Colin and asked him to meet me down there. It was nothing."
Draco turned back to her. "Why didn't you just call me if you were lonely?"
Ginny gave him a 'look' and said nothing.
"Okay, okay. Are you sure you weren't doing anything. I could always put him on the ex-death eater's hit list," he said hopefully. Seeing her expression he raised his hands in defence. "I was only kidding!"
"Kidding is not a word in the Malfoy vocabulary Draco, I'd prefer if you didn't threaten my friends."
"Okay, maybe just the ones who are your ex-boyfriends?"
"Kidding really doesn't become you." she said lightly, turning to join her brothers outside.
Draco turned to Lavender who hadn't moved the whole time. "Who said I was kidding that time?" he asked, the epitome of innocence.
Lavender grinned and moved past him, out the door. "You know, you really are a sorry excuse for a Malfoy? 'Imagine, kidding with a Weasel!'." She smiled goofily and ran out before he had a chance to retort.
"Watch your back, Brown!" his voice filtered out into the garden.
*******
Ginny looked up from her book to find Draco staring at her, a glazed look in his eyes.
"What?" she asked, lowering her book to her lap. He didn't answer her, his gaze just moved over her face, as though he was searching for something.
"Well? What is it?!" Draco's gaze snapped up to her eyes, and his cheeks flushed slightly.
"Hmm? What were you saying?"
Ginny smiled slightly and shook her head. "You were staring at me. What were you thinking?"
Draco looked into her soft amber eyes. "I was thinking of how lucky I am to have you."
Ginny lifted her book and continued reading. "You're doing it again."
"What?" he asked, his brow furrowing.
"Making me into one of your possessions." She turned a page and kept reading.
Draco leaned forward and took the book out of her hands. She gave him a look of impatience, but grew serious when she saw his face.
"Ginny, I wish you'd stop being so paranoid. I love you. You're a person and I understand that. I respect you, take care of you, help you and you do the same, and more, for me. I have never thought of you as a 'possession'." He took one of her hands in his. "Gin, you're a part of me. You've made me a better person. If I say I'm lucky to have you, I don't mean as a possession. I'm lucky to have you with me."
Ginny's eyes searched his and she smiled. "I love you too, Mr. Malfoy." She leaned forward and hugged him tightly, smiling happily as her bright emerald stone set in tiny diamonds on her silver ring caught the light and reflected it softly on the wall behind her husband.
A/N: And it's Done! Read and Review!!!! Thanks, you lot.
A/N: Ehm, it was kind of odd, how everyone thought the last chapter was the ... last chapter.. It's not. This one is. Anyway. Enjoy! It's not much. Tee hee!
Chapter 7
"Bloody brilliant's what I say!"
Everyone turned in surprise as Ron came strolling into the kitchen. He noticed their stares and shrugged defensively. "What?! She was getting bloody annoying, going from house to house, moping around! As much as I don't care for you, Malfoy, at least you'll keep her out when Lav and I want some time alone!"
"Ron!" chided Hermione and Mrs. Weasley threw a sock at his head.
"Ronald Weasley, you'd best keep your gob shut, no one asked for your comments!" she said, going back to throwing dirty socks to her sons who were loading them in an old wagon to take to Weasley's Wizard Wheezes as new ingredients.
"Alright then, don't get your knickers in a twist, mum." He dashed over to help his brothers before his mother could pelt him some more.
"He's just happy for you, Gin, just like the rest of us." Said Lavender, blushing slightly. Ron grumbled and helped his brothers levitate the socks outside.
"I know, it's alright." Ginny placed her hands on Draco's, which were wrapped around her waist from behind. "Draco, how about you and I go to Oscar's and see what's going on down there? I haven't been there in a while."
When he didn't answer, Ginny turned in his embrace and looked up at him. His eyes were looking off into the distance and he was frowning. "What's the matter?" she asked.
Draco leaned back a bit and looked down at her, his blond hair falling across his cheeks. "I saw you in Oscar's awhile back. With a man. Care to tell me who he was and what you were doing?" he raised his eyebrows, but otherwise his face was expressionless.
Ginny frowned, looking up at him and missed the look Lavender gave behind her, eyes wide, biting her lower lip, "Bus-ted!" she sang softly.
"What are you on about? I haven't... I haven't been to Oscar's in the longest while. You must have just... Oh..." she said at length, her mouth forming an 'O' of realisation.
"'Oh...'?" Draco repeated, his hands tightening on her hips warningly. Mrs. Weasley saw, but decided to mind her own business. She turned to lead Lavender into the next room, but Lavender scowled, fanning her away. Her eyes were rivetted on the scene before her. Mrs. Weasley sighed and moved to the next room.
"Oh... as in... Colin." Ginny said.
Draco raised his eyebrows and made small circles with his hands, meaning for her to expand.
"Colin. Ehm... Colin Creevey."
"Oh boy," muttered Lavender from behind.
Draco took a step back from her. "Colin." he repeated. She bit her lip and nodded.
"You were at Oscar's with Colin Creevey. By Merlin, it just gets better and better." He threw up his hands and turned away.
"Draco, look, I'm being honest with you about all of this. I was... lonely. So, I called Colin and asked him to meet me down there. It was nothing."
Draco turned back to her. "Why didn't you just call me if you were lonely?"
Ginny gave him a 'look' and said nothing.
"Okay, okay. Are you sure you weren't doing anything. I could always put him on the ex-death eater's hit list," he said hopefully. Seeing her expression he raised his hands in defence. "I was only kidding!"
"Kidding is not a word in the Malfoy vocabulary Draco, I'd prefer if you didn't threaten my friends."
"Okay, maybe just the ones who are your ex-boyfriends?"
"Kidding really doesn't become you." she said lightly, turning to join her brothers outside.
Draco turned to Lavender who hadn't moved the whole time. "Who said I was kidding that time?" he asked, the epitome of innocence.
Lavender grinned and moved past him, out the door. "You know, you really are a sorry excuse for a Malfoy? 'Imagine, kidding with a Weasel!'." She smiled goofily and ran out before he had a chance to retort.
"Watch your back, Brown!" his voice filtered out into the garden.
*******
Ginny looked up from her book to find Draco staring at her, a glazed look in his eyes.
"What?" she asked, lowering her book to her lap. He didn't answer her, his gaze just moved over her face, as though he was searching for something.
"Well? What is it?!" Draco's gaze snapped up to her eyes, and his cheeks flushed slightly.
"Hmm? What were you saying?"
Ginny smiled slightly and shook her head. "You were staring at me. What were you thinking?"
Draco looked into her soft amber eyes. "I was thinking of how lucky I am to have you."
Ginny lifted her book and continued reading. "You're doing it again."
"What?" he asked, his brow furrowing.
"Making me into one of your possessions." She turned a page and kept reading.
Draco leaned forward and took the book out of her hands. She gave him a look of impatience, but grew serious when she saw his face.
"Ginny, I wish you'd stop being so paranoid. I love you. You're a person and I understand that. I respect you, take care of you, help you and you do the same, and more, for me. I have never thought of you as a 'possession'." He took one of her hands in his. "Gin, you're a part of me. You've made me a better person. If I say I'm lucky to have you, I don't mean as a possession. I'm lucky to have you with me."
Ginny's eyes searched his and she smiled. "I love you too, Mr. Malfoy." She leaned forward and hugged him tightly, smiling happily as her bright emerald stone set in tiny diamonds on her silver ring caught the light and reflected it softly on the wall behind her husband.
A/N: And it's Done! Read and Review!!!! Thanks, you lot.