Title: When you say nothing at all.
Author: Ginny
Summary: Ginny has to tutor Draco and then some really neat things happen, then some sad things happen, and then some happy things happen.
Pairings: H/Hr, R/L, and of course G/D.
Time period: Summer before Draco's 7th year.
Spoilers: I don't think so.
Rating: PG-13
Date: 2/10/03
Okay Disclaimer Author note and Warnings in other chapters.
Disclaimer #2: I do not own the songs, "Beauty and Beast" it is owned by Disney. I just borrowed the lyrics! :)
A VERY VERY SPECIAL thanks to Becky, my editor/beta-reader. You are the greatest! Maybe, after this story is complete, I may actually learn where to put my commas! Thanks mucho girl!!! :o)
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Author warning: I really hate to say this, but in these next two chapters there will be much angst going on. But don't worry, there will be some much fluff in another story it will defiantly make up for this one. (Note that I said fluff and not smut :)) ~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~
(YOU MUST READ WARNING BEFORE READING THIS CHAPTER!!!)
Ginny woke up the next morning, alone. She put her head further into the pillow and inhaled. The smell of Draco's cologne still lingered on her sheets; it smelled like Old Spice. Her stomach started to growl so she decided that it was time to get up.
As she pulled back the curtains surrounding her bed, she saw a beautiful pink rose, and, next to it, a note.
She jumped out of bed and grabbed the note off the dresser.
"Dearest Angel,
I regret that I could not be there when you woke up, but I overslept, and hope that Snape doesn't notice me missing. Next time, I promise to be there in the morning.
Yours,
Draco.
P.S. Are you going to the Quiditch match tonight? I could really use someone cheering me on. It just may give me the motivation to defeat Potter."
Ginny clutched the note to her chest and fell on top of her bed. She smiled as she smelled her flower and remembered her dream from that night. Draco had told her that he loved her; boy she wished it was real. Her stomach growled again. She jumped out of bed, placed her flower in a vase, and placed her note into the box with all the other notes she got from him. She quickly took a shower, got changed, and ran out of her room.
As she entered the common room she heard Hermione and Lavender talking about something.
"And what did he do?" Lavender asked.
"He smiled, put his finger to his mouth, and shushed me."
"So what does that mean?"
"What does what mean?" Ginny asked, making herself known.
The two girls jumped when they heard Ginny.
"Good morning, Ginny."
"Good morning, Lavender." Ginny replied, while glaring at Hermione.
Hermione looked up at Ginny, jumped up, and walked away from her as though Ginny had a sharp object in her hand. "How you feeling, Ginny?"
"Fine, but you know I had this interesting event take place yesterday."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Surprisingly enough Draco Malfoy somehow got into the tower and came to my room."
Hermione gulped and said, "Well... I... well you see... HE MADE ME, GIN! He made me tell him EVERYTHING!!" Hermione said as a last resort.
Ginny started laughing. The two girls stared at her in shock.
"You aren't mad?" Lavender asked.
"Me, mad? Are you crazy? How could I possibly be mad when I slept all day and night in the arms of Draco Malfoy?" she asked.
"You didn't!" Hermione stated out of shock.
Ginny nodded and said, "You know, it feels really great to be taken care of for once." She smiled and her stomach growled again. "Come on, let's go! I'm starving!!" And Ginny headed for the exit.
Lavender and Hermione turned to each other and at the same time said, "Shhh." And they giggled.
"Come on, guys! Let's go!!" Ginny called and the two girls ran over to her.
Earlier that morning...
Draco woke up in complete darkness. He could not remember where he was. As he looked down, he remembered where he was, and smiled. Actually, he was right where he wanted to be; holding Virginia Weasley. As Draco looked down at her he took in the sight of the two of them together. His arms were wound tightly around her, holding on to her as though never wanting to let go. Her head was on his chest, her arm draped over the side of him, and their legs intertwined with each other.
He slowly moved to untangle them, as to not wake her up. If he could he would stay there till she woke up, but he couldn't. If Snape found him gone he was going to have his head. Sure Professor Snape loved the boy, never gave him detention or removed points, and Snape always seemed to turn his head the other way when Draco was doing something evil, but Snape ALWAYS found out where Draco was if he wasn't in bed. So he hoped it wasn't THAT late at night.
As he parted the curtains he noticed that it was still quite dark out. He saw the other curtains drawn around the beds, signaling him that the other girls were fast asleep. He grabbed Ginny's watch from the dresser and it read 5:30!
"Oh shit!" Draco mentally said to himself. He jumped out of the bed and pulled his robes on. He was pretty happy that he shoved his clothes under the bed, no need to have one of the other girls finding them and then spreading rumors. He "poofed" out a pink rose and placed it on her dresser. He then quickly scribbled a letter out and placed it next to the rose. He kneeled back onto the bed to take one last look at Ginny's sleeping form. He leaned down and whispered, "I love you, Virginia Weasley," into her ear and kissed her cheek. As he pulled away he saw a smile on her face and wondered if she was awake or not. He stared at her for a few more moments; feeling confident that she wasn't awake, he grabbed the rest of his clothes and quickly ran out of her room.
Unnoticed by Draco...
Harry was just leaving Hermione's bedroom at 5:35 in the morning when he saw someone walk out of the room that Ginny was in. The only light that was given was by the falling moon from outside. All he could see was a blonde haired figure.
"Malfoy?" he said. He followed the person all the way down to the common room where the light was brighter due to a large fire in the fireplace. Sure enough, there was Draco Malfoy running out of the portrait.
Harry started to see red. Why was he there? He and Ginny weren't intimately together that night, were they? As he walked up to the boys dormitories he set upon the agreement that he would not tell Ron what he had seen, even though he thought he should. He decided that he would talk to Ginny himself, but another part of his head said, "But Ginny's older now. She's not the same little girl who needed protection. She can make decisions on her own now." Harry decided to forgo that side of the brain and talk to her when he got a chance.
In the Great Hall for breakfast...
Draco sat at the Slytherin table, next to Tom, and noticed that Ginny wasn't at her table yet.
Tom has already interrogated Draco that morning. The little kid covered for him last night telling Snape that Draco was really sick and didn't want to see anyone. Snape let it fly by, but by the look he gave Tom, Tom knew he wasn't happy with the answer.
A few moments later Draco heard the door to the Great Hall open. His head shot up and he saw Ginny, Hermione, and Lavender walking in. It seemed as though Ginny was telling the other two something, and they all started giggling. Draco smiled. He KNEW what Ginny was telling them, and strangely enough, he didn't mind. He followed the three with his eyes and watched as they took their seats. He watched as Hermione and Lavender were greeted by their boyfriends and Ginny sat there and started staring at him. He smiled, winked at her, and went back to eating.
The day went surprisingly fast for Ginny and she soon saw herself following Hermione and Lavender to the Quiditch pitch. It was the first match between Slytherin and Gryffindor of the year.
Ginny sat in between Hermione and Lavender, and her legs started to bounce wildly.
Hermione noticed that the girl was nervous and questioned her about it, "Ginny, what's wrong?"
"It's just that... well you know... my house is playing against the boy that I'm crushing on."
"Oh. So you admit you do like him!" Lavender said.
Ginny blushed and nodded her head.
Not another word was said because they heard Madam Hooch blow her whistle and heard Paige Dawson say, "And they're off!! Slytherin team has taken the Quaffle and is after the goal. Good save by Ron Weasley!" The Gryffindors went wild.
The game went on for another 15 minutes. The score was tied 30 to 30.
"Still neither of the seekers have caught sight of the... uh-oh, looks as though Draco Malfoy of Slytherin has seen the Golden Snitch and is flying after it and Harry Potter is right on his tail."
Ginny screamed wildly along with the other Gryffindors, but under her breath she was saying, "Come on, Draco!!"
Harry flew up right beside Draco and knocked into him pretty hard. Draco held his position and knocked back into Harry.
"What's wrong, Potter? You look upset."
"What were you doing coming out of Ginny's room this morning?"
"You were coming out of Granger's room, weren't you?" He stole a quick glance at Harry and saw his expression, "What were *you* doing coming out of Granger's room?"
"I'm her boyfriend. I have an excuse!" Harry knew it wasn't much of an excuse, but was one more-or-less.
"I have an excuse too!"
"Which would be?"
"None of your bloody business!" Draco glared at Harry, who was glaring right back at him.
"It looks as the two seekers are having their own little quarrel right on the pitch!" Paige announced, "And if they don't pull up pretty soon..."
Ginny was getting nervous, her friend and her crush were headed right for a tower and they both were too busy glaring at each other to notice.
"Pull up," she said quietly under her breath. "Pull up!!" She screamed out, knowing that neither one would hear.
Draco could swear he could hear someone tell him to pull up. He looked in front of him and shouted, "Pull up, Potter!" Harry looked in front of him and saw that they were ready to collide into a tower. The two pulled their broomsticks up and missed colliding with the tower by mere inches.
Ginny sat back down in her seat and let out a breath of relief.
Harry and Draco turned their brooms and were still after the snitch; still neck and neck.
"And what's up with you and Ginny? I know you, Malfoy, you wouldn't touch a Weasley if there wasn't something in it for you."
Draco glared at Harry and went back to concentrating on the snitch.
"What did you think, Malfoy? That just by changing your hair and letting up on some people, they might start liking you?"
"What's wrong, Potter? Don't think that I can change?"
"You can't and you won't. I know what you really are." Draco didn't feel like saying anything. "You are the son of a Death Eater, who will soon be following in his father's foot steps."
Draco was upset. He rammed so hard into Harry, that Harry practically lost his balance and Draco took the lead. He was getting closer to the snitch, and all the while he was hearing, "Come on, Draco!" over and over in his head. He knew it was Ginny. He quickly tore a glance at the Gryffindors and saw her standing there smiling. He flew a little faster, and that moment he felt the cool metal of the snitch in his fingers as he grabbed it and held it.
"And Slytherin wins!!"
All the Slytherin's--and Ginny--were screaming with joy. Draco held the snitch high above his head and the Slytherins screamed louder. He looked up to were Ginny was sitting and saw her cheering him on, clapping her hands.
At the Gryffindor sitting place...
Ginny was watching as she saw Draco ram Harry out of the way. She gasped as she thought that Harry was going to fall off his broom, but he didn't. She saw Harry go back after Draco, but Draco was already too far ahead. As Ginny saw Draco getting closer and closer to the snitch, she kept saying over and over under her breath, "Come on, Draco!" She knew there was no way he'd hear her, but she thought she'd do it just the same.
As she saw him grasp the snitch, she flew out of her chair and started to cheer him on as the others booed and hissed at him.
A moment later the other Gryffindors noticed that one of their fellow Gryffindors was cheering the Slytherin on.
Lavender and Hermione both nudged her in the side and said, "What are you doing, Ginny?"
Ginny stopped and noticed that all the Gryffindors were looking at her. She blushed really badly and shrugged her shoulders, "Oops! That's not Harry. Uh..." she turned back around and screamed, "You suck, Malfoy!" not loud enough for anyone but the people in her sitting area to hear her. "Boo!" she said and started to hiss without any emotions. The others just let her be and went back to scowling at Malfoy.
Ginny waited a while before she went down. She told Hermione and Lavender to go on without her and to go calm their boyfriends. She stood outside the locker room, waiting for Draco to come out. About a half an hour later she was shivering and all the Slytherins but Draco left the locker room. As she heard the door open one last time, she knew it was Draco, so when he walked by her, she grabbed his tie and pulled him into her hiding place.
"You know, Virginia, when most girls pull me into a dark hiding place, it's usually to have a snog session," he said seductively.
"Number one, I'm not most girls," she said quite disgustedly. Draco opened his mouth to say something, but Ginny cut him off. "And number two, I'm freezing, so I'd gladly welcome it," she said with a smile.
He leaned down and met her lips in a passionate kiss. Ginny wrapped her arms around his neck to pull him closer and ran her fingers through his hair.
Draco slowly pulled away and said, "You weren't kidding when you said you were cold." He wrapped his cloak around her and held her close. Her head rested on his chest trying to warm up when he leaned down and said, "I heard you."
"Heard me?"
"Cheering me on and warning me to pull up."
Ginny gasped, "How did you hear me?"
"You have a very loud, projecting voice, I guess."
"No, there's no way you could have heard me. When I was cheering you on *I* could barely hear myself saying it."
Draco stood stiffly and looked down at her. Ginny pulled her head off of his chest to look up at him. He stood there wide-eyed.
"What does that mean?" Ginny asked him.
"I have no clue." Ginny put her head back down on his chest. "I have no clue."
In fact, though, he did know. It was called being in love.
Throughout the next month, Ginny and Draco would meet a few times a week to "study," and every time they went to Hogsmeade they'd go for lunch.
In mid October...
Ginny came home from Hogsmeade and ran to her room. She pulled her Diary out--the one she got for her birthday--and opened it to the next blank page.
"Dear Diary,
Today Draco and I met for lunch, again. We sat there talking for what felt like hours. We've been getting closer and closer to each other for some time. It would be really great if he would ask me out. I'd say yes in a heartbeat, but he doesn't and he won't.
But today was actually kind of funny...
~*~Flashback~*~
Ginny and Draco met at Honeydukes for lunch, again. She was accustomed to sitting on the same side as he did. They'd talk. You'd think with them meeting several times a day, that they wouldn't have much to talk about, but they did. She'd sit up against him with his arms around her. She was so happy that he really didn't care if someone found them like that. It made her feel like he liked her, that maybe he'd ask her out; they already acted like they were boyfriend and girlfriend.
When their food came they'd eat in silence and then order some ice cream. She usually did a good job of keeping herself clean when it came to the ice cream, but that day she somehow got ice cream on the tip of her nose.
Draco turned to her and smiled, "You got some ice cream on your face."
Ginny looked terribly horrified. "I do?!" she said and grabbed for the napkin.
He placed his hand on top of hers to stop her movement and said, "Let me get it." He leaned down and placed a small kiss on the top of her nose and slowly licked the ice cream off and she laughed. He placed kisses all over her face and Ginny started to giggle. As he started to apply kisses her neck Ginny went stiff. Draco pulled away and Ginny looked a little scared.
"Potter and Weasley are standing right behind me, aren't they?" Draco asked. Ginny only nodded. Draco turned towards the two and said, "Hey, you two want to join us?"
"No thanks, I think I lost my appetite," Harry said.
Ginny blushed and slid further into the bench.
Ron was clenching his teeth and his knuckles turned white from making his hand into a fist.
"Yeah, well, I think it's time we get going," Draco put some money on the table and climbed out of the bench. He gently grabbed Ginny's arm and helped her out of the table bench.
"If you think you're going to walk out of here with my sister, you got another thing coming," Ron said through gritted teeth.
"If you think I'm going to leave her here with you, *you* got another thing coming. As soon as I leave, you're going to yell and scream at her, and I'll tell you one thing Weasley, she doesn't deserve it."
"Then why don't you just leave her alone?" Ron asked.
"Ron, if I wanted him to leave me alone then I'd ask him to leave me alone," Ginny told her brother. "Come on, Draco, let's go," she said and left the three of them standing around.
"Have a good afternoon," he smirked at them and left them standing there.
~*~Back to the present~*~
It was actually a pretty interesting day.
Well, till next time, bye."
October 31...
It was the day of the Halloween dance. Hermione, Lavender, and Ginny were all in Hermione's room getting ready for the dance.
Ginny came out of the bathroom and looked at the two girls. Lavender was "Tinkerbell". She was wearing the green outfit that Tinkerbell wears, heeled shoes on her feet, making her taller than she was, and she charmed her hair to be short and blond. Hermione, on the other hand, was Dorothy from her favorite Muggle movie, "The Wizard of Oz". She had the blue and white-checkered dress on, her hair pulled into a small ponytail on the back of her head, and had the ruby slippers on her feet.
"You two look really great," Ginny said.
"No, you're the one who looks great, Ginny." Lavender said. Ginny blushed slightly.
"It's true, Ginny. I wish I thought of that. Is Draco going as the other part of your couple?" Hermione asked.
"I told you guys before, Draco and I are just..."
"Meeting as two single friends," Hermione and Lavender said at the same time.
Ginny sighed.
"Why don't you just tell him?" Hermione asked.
"And lose what I have with him?!" Ginny said.
"Ginny, you two make out in the middle of Honeydukes and in the astronomy tower, and you risked getting skinned alive by your fellow Gryffindors just to cheer him on." Hermione said.
Ginny looked sad and asked, "What am I supposed to do?"
"Just tell him how you feel. More than likely he feels the same way, and if not, he's not the guy for you." Lavender said.
"It'd just be so much easier if he said it first," Ginny said.
"It always is, but someone has to say it first," Hermione said.
"Yeah, I had to tell Ron about my feelings for him."
"Oh good example, Lavender." Ginny said, "My brother used to be a shy, stuttering boy, who couldn't see what was in front of him."
"And Draco's the same way, expect he doesn't stutter and he's not shy," Lavender said.
Ginny smiled and remembered the night of his birthday where he *was* stuttering.
"I'll think about it," Ginny said and turned to Hermione. "Could you help me with my hair and make-up?"
"Sure. Come on, Lavender."
"You guys start without me. I'm going to see how the guys are doing."
"Or in other words, making sure that Ron wears his whole costume," Ginny said and she and Hermione laughed.
"Yeah. I'll see you guys in a little," and with that she left the room.
Lavender made her way to the boys' dormitories and received a few catcalls on her way over. She ignored them and quickly reached her destination.
She knocked on the door and Harry called her in.
Ron, not aware that Lavender was there, waddled out of the bathroom with tights half way up his legs, "I am not wearing these bloody tights!"
"Oh yes you are, Ronald Weasley!" Lavender yelled at him.
"Oh hey, Lavender," he took a second glance at her and his mouth fell open. His eyes fell to her long, slender legs. As he moved his gaze upward, he noticed how nicely her costume fit her and showed off all her womanly curves. "Wow, Lavender, you look great."
"Thanks, Ronnie," she said and gave him a quick kiss. She turned him around, smacked him on the butt, and said, "Now get back in there and put those tights on. Or you can forget about our little date later on tonight!"
Ron reluctantly waddled back into the bathroom.
Lavender took a look at Harry and said, "You look cute, Harry. Though I think you need a little more stuffing."
"Oh thanks," he said as he stuffed some more hay into his costume. He was the scarecrow from "The Wizard of Oz." He refused to remove his glasses. He didn't know why, but he couldn't seem to get rid of them. So he looked pretty funny with his glasses on.
"Well, we'll meet you and Ron in the common room."
"Okay, thanks, Lavender."
Lavender left the room and was on her way back to Hermione's room when she met up with Hermione in the hallway.
"Where's Ginny?"
"She said that because she didn't have a date to the dance tonight that she didn't want to show up with us. She's going to use the 'fashionably late' tactic."
"Ah and..."
"And she needs some alone time to think."
"Do you think she'll tell him?"
"I think I do."
"I think he's so stupid! Why can't he just ask her to go with him to the dance?"
"Well, our boyfriends are stupid prats, and Draco knows that Ginny and her brother have a strong relationship. He just doesn't want to be the one to break that relationship up."
"Oh," was all Lavender said. They slowly made their way down to the common room. "Have you tried speaking to Harry about it?"
"I tried, but there's no making him see Draco in a different light, especially after he won that match last month. You?"
"Ron's worse than Harry is."
"What are you girls talking about?" Ron said as he and Harry came down the stairs.
"Nothing. Come on, let's get to the dance!" Hermione said and grabbed Harry's hand.
Meanwhile... At the Dance...
Draco was already at the dance. He went to the punch bowl to go grab some punch. He wanted to know where Ginny was. She and "The Dream Team" were late. He heard the door to the Great Hall open and he looked up. It was only Hermione, Lavender, and their boyfriends. "Where's Ginny?" Draco said to himself. He started to worry. What if she decided not to come? What if she decided to go with a date? What if... he didn't have another chance to think. Pansy Parkinson stood right in front of him.
"Hi, Drakie!" she said sliding her hands up his arms.
Draco kindly removed her hands off of him and said, "What do you want, Pansy?"
"Just a dance."
"I don't dance."
"Then what are you doing here?"
"Making an appearance."
"Liar! You came here to meet someone, didn't you?"
"What's it to you?"
"If it's the Weasley girl..."
"Weasley girl?"
"Yes, there seems to be a rumor that you softened up towards Harry Potter and his friends, especially the Weasley girl." Draco remained quiet. "What's that little bitch got that I don't got?"
Draco was seeing red. He couldn't stand for someone to make fun of his Virginia. And without really thinking said, "Do you really want me to name them off?" Without waiting for a response he said, "She's pretty, pure, innocent, not a bitch or a slut, and she can use correct English!"
Pansy had him just where she wanted him. She had him partly confessing that he felt something towards the Weasley girl. Pansy mentally smiled to herself, and as Draco was being distracted, she slipped a drug into his drink. Physically, though, she looked as though she was ready to cry.
"Fine, Draco, I can take a hint!" and she huffed off. Draco picked up his glass of punch and took a sip.
Pansy walked over to a group of other Slytherins.
"Well, what happened?" Kiera, one of Draco's ex-lovers asked.
"He totally admitted that he has feelings for that stupid Weasley girl!"
"Did you slip him the drug?" Kristi, another of Draco's ex-lovers asked.
"Yes I did."
"What does it do again?" Cindi asked. She wasn't one of Draco's ex-lovers, but had had an eye on him for quite some time now.
"It makes him act like he's had too much to drink."
"So basically, he'll act like a drunk," Cindi said.
"Yup, and a drunk Draco is not a very nice Draco," Pansy said from experience. It happened once, and once Draco found out what he did he swore never get drunk again. "It'll take about 20 minutes for it to fully kick in."
"Oooo! This is totally prime evil," Kristi said.
"Well, that Weasley girl deserves it. Trying to take my Draco away from me!"
Draco had a few more sips of his punch when he saw the Great Halls' doors open again. He stared at the person who was standing in the doorway.
Meanwhile...
Ginny decided that she had waited long enough and decided that she was going to tell Draco about her feelings that night.
She walked slowly to the Great Hall. As she reached her destination, she stood outside the doors, and took a deep breath. "Just breathe," she said to herself and opened the doors.
Draco looked at the beautiful girl at the front of the room. He knew that half of the single male population was staring at her right then, but he paid no never mind to them. He saw her look around the room, looking for someone. He smiled when he knew that she was looking for him. He didn't approach her, but gave himself these few precious moments to look at her. She was wearing a beautiful ice blue long dress. It hung off her shoulders and was very low cut. The dress had a beautiful design of beads that twinkled when it was hit by the light. Her hair was braided and circled around her head; she had jewels all over her face making her sparkle, and attached to her back were rather large Angel wings.
As Draco made his way towards her he saw Colin Creevy walk up to her. "Please say no. Please say no. Please say no," he said over and over in his head. As though his prayers were answered, she shook her head and sent Colin away.
Ginny finally found Draco and she smiled when he saw that he was staring at her. The two finally made it towards each other.
Standing a few feet apart Draco said, "You look wonderful, Virginia."
Ginny smiled and blushed, "Thank you. And you look good too, Count."
Draco was dressed up as Count Dracula. He was wearing a pair of black pants, a white shirt, and a cape. He also charmed a few of his teeth to look like fangs and his hair was greased back again.
"Thank you, and the name's Count Dracola!"
Ginny laughed.
Draco raised his arms, showed off his fangs, and hissed at her. He wrapped his arms carefully around her and said, "You best be careful, my dear, us Vampires like to suck the blood out of those Virgins," he said and nipped at her neck.
Ginny smiled and whispered in his ear, "If I see any, I'll let you know," Draco's eyes widened and she winked at him.
Someone appeared behind them and cleared his throat. Draco released Ginny and said in a Transylvanian accent, "And this is Igor, my most faithful servant."
Ginny saw Tom in a ragged old shirt, black pants that ended a little below his kneecaps, and had a hunched back. Tom tried to act scary, but Ginny ruffled his hair and said, "You look cute."
"Ginny, I'm not supposed to look cute!"
"Sorry, you look very dead like." Ginny smiled.
"Thank you. Are you an angel?" Tom asked.
"Uh...sort of, but no. I'm Danielle De Barbarac." Tom and Draco looked at each other and then at Ginny and shrugged their shoulders, "You guys never watched "Ever After"?"
"Ohh!" The two boys said at the same time. "We don't watch Chick Flicks!"
Ginny giggled and said, "Draco, you're sounding more muggle ever day."
"I know, you're rubbing off on me," he said disgustedly, but smiled at her.
Tom saw Helena run by, "Count Dracola! It is the witch! I must go catch her!!" And Tom ran off after the Witch Helena.
A song started up and people around the two started to dance.
Draco's head started to hurt and he grabbed at it.
"Draco, are you okay?" Ginny asked.
"Yeah, fine."
"Come on, maybe we should sit down."
"Angel, I think we should dance. If I'm not mistaken this is your favorite song."
Ginny started to listen to the words.
"Tale as old as time. True as it can be,"
Ginny smiled and Draco smiled back at her. Draco gently took her arms and led her to the dance floor.
"Barely even friends
Then somebody bends
Unexpectedly"
Draco pulled her into his arms and it never ceased to amaze him how perfectly she fit in his arms.
"You know, this song always reminded me of us," Draco said to the Angel in his arms.
"Draco, you're no Beast." Ginny laughed.
"Oh, I know, I was thinking of me being the Beauty."
Ginny laughed and leaned her head against his shoulder.
"Just a little change
Small to say the least
Both a little scared
Neither one prepared
Beauty and the Beast"
Harry saw the two dancing closely together and he was getting a little upset.
He stopped dancing and Hermione said, "Harry, leave them alone."
"I can't. This just isn't right."
Harry made his way over to the two and tapped Draco on the shoulder.
Ever just the same
Ever a surprise
Ever as before
Ever just as sure
As the sun will rise
"What's up, Potter?" Draco said after reluctantly letting Ginny go.
"Do you mind if I cut in?" Harry asked.
Draco smiled smugly and said, "Sure. Boy, I tell you, everyone wants to dance with
me tonight." Ginny laughed, but Harry just glared. "It's a joke, Potter."
"It wasn't funny," and Harry resumed the dance with Ginny.
Draco stood there staring at the two when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around and saw Hermione there.
"Come on, Count, let's dance."
"Sure," he said with a weak smile.
Tale as old as time
Tune as old as song
Bittersweet and strange
Finding you can change
Learning you were wrong
"What's wrong, Harry?" Ginny asked.
"You two look a little chummy."
Ginny sighed and said, "Harry, let it go!"
"I can't now."
"What do you mean?"
"I saw him come out of your room that one night last month. You guys didn't have..."
Before he could finish his sentence Ginny said, "How dare you!? That's none of your
bloody business, Harry Potter!"
Draco looked over at Ginny and Harry, and it wasn't a pretty sight.
Certain as the sun
Rising in the east
Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the Beast
"I hate sounding like a brother, 'cause I know I'm not, but seriously, Ginny, do you
think that he can change? For you, even?"
Ginny took his words the wrong way. She stood back and slapped him so hard
across the face that his glasses hit the ground.
Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the Beast
Draco saw what happened and then saw Ginny run from the room crying. His head hurt worse this time, but refused to grab it. He walked over to Harry and picked up his glasses. He handed them to Harry and then without another word he started on his way, but not before Harry grabbed his arm and pulled him back.
Before Harry could say another word, Draco said, "You better let go of me... Harry."
Harry, being in a shocked state because he called him by his first name, released his arm.
Draco ran after Ginny. After a few moments his head started spinning and he started to feel a little dizzy; his 20 minutes were almost up. He continued on looking for her, despite his headache.
He very soon came upon Ginny, and that's when everything went blurry.
"Hey, Baby," Ginny heard from above her.
She stood up and said, "What..." before she could say another word his lips crashed down on top of hers.
When they parted a few moments later, Ginny asked, "What was that for?"
Draco nipped and sucked at her neck and mumbled against her neck, "You have to know the way I feel about you."
"No, but please enlighten me." Before answering her he bit her neck pretty hard. "Ow!!"
Draco didn't mumble any apologies, but he did kiss it and licked at the spot to try and soothe the pain away.
Draco's lips made it up to her ear and he whispered, "I love ya, Weasley."
"Okay, not the way you planed to hear it, but still... wait, did I just hear him slur?" Ginny asked herself.
She pulled away from him and said, "Draco, you're drunk!"
"I am not!" He looked upset and his hands held her arms a little too hard. "Just because I tell you that I love you does not mean that I am automatically drunk," he slurred out angrily.
Ginny was getting a little scared, "Draco, please. Let me take you to the infirmary, they'll take care of you."
"You know, Weasley, this is NOT the way I expected you to act after I confess my feelings for you." Gripping her arms even more he said, "You're supposed to jump in my arms and say that you love me too."
"Draco, I'll tell you what," Ginny said pretty nervously, "if you tell me these same words tomorrow, I'll believe you in a heartbeat, but..."
"So that's the problem, you don't believe me." He gripped her arms even more.
"Draco, please, you're hurting me!" Ginny said on the brink of tears.
"Well, you're hurting me too!"
Ginny was in a lot of pain, tears were falling from her eyes, and she said, "Draco, if you really love me, you'll let go of me."
Before Ginny could say another word, Draco slumped against her and his body went limp.
"Draco?" There was no response. Ginny pushed him off of her and angled him against the wall so she could produce her wand from her dress. She said a spell and the next thing that happened was that Draco was floating in the air behind Ginny.
Ginny quickly made it to the hospital wing and shouted out, "Madam Pomfrey!!!"
Madam Pomfrey came running to see who was screaming. "What is it child?"
"It's Draco Malfoy!"
Madam Pomfrey saw the floating Slytherin and said, "Follow me." She led Ginny to a place where she could put Draco down. Once Draco was down in the bed Pomfrey asked, "So what happened?"
"I... I... don't know. We were just talking, he started to act like he was drunk and then he passed out."
"Draco Malfoy was drunk?! I'll have to report him to Albus Dumbledore."
"No wait!" Ginny said stopping the nurse. "But he's NOT drunk! He didn't drink any alcohol." Pomfrey just stared down at the girl, "I'm serious, smell his breath! I know he didn't drink any alcohol!"
"Okay, calm down, Ginny dear."
Ginny watched as Madam Pomfrey was putting together a potion.
Ginny sat there for at least an hour before they found out what was in his system.
"It's a Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate! Someone drugged him. Professor Dumbledore has to hear about this! Justice will be served!!"
Madam Pomfrey was always a little on the weird side. Ginny sighed and said, "What does it do?"
"It's like a date rape drug," Ginny gasped, "It makes him act like he had too much to drink. He'll have to stay here over night."
"Can't we bring him back to his room?"
"Ginny, dear, like I said, he has to stay here over night."
"Look, Madam Pomfrey, I know this is a little impossible, but couldn't you wake him up and send him back to his room?" Pomfrey just stared at the girl again. "Please, you have to understand he doesn't like hospitals," Ginny said, remembering a story that Draco told her before. "There's nothing wrong with him; can't he just go back to his room?"
"Fine, but you have to go back to your tower. I don't need you getting in trouble."
"Thank you!" she screamed and left the room.
Madam Pomfrey held her side of her promise. She made a potion that made Draco sober up 100% and told him what happened. She then sent him on his way.
The next morning...
Ginny woke up the next morning feeling a little pain in her arms. She paid no never mind to it and jumped into the shower.
As Ginny stepped out of the shower, she wrapped the tower around her body, and walked in front of the full-length mirror to work on her hair. She wiped the mirror clean from condensation and pulled her hair back.
What she saw made her eyes widen. She moved closer to make sure it was what she thought it was. "Oh my gosh!" she screamed and then noticed something else on her arms. She looked down and noticed hand print bruises on her arms. "Oh my, what am I going to do?" She quickly got dressed and ran to Hermione's room.
"Hermione!" Ginny ran into the room without even knocking.
Hermione walked out of her bathroom and saw how worried her friend was, "What happened?"
"I didn't think this would develop!" Ginny said as she pulled her hair back. On her neck was a deep dark red mark on her neck and what looked to be teeth marks.
"What the hell happened to you? In better words what did he do to you?"
"Look, he charmed his teeth to be fangs. I don't think he meant for this to happen," Ginny lied.
"Did you tell him?"
"I sort of didn't really have the time or the chance," Ginny said.
"Okay." Hermione smiled and said, "I'll find you something."
Hermione came back with a sweater.
"What's that for?" Ginny asked.
"It's a turtleneck," Hermione said holding it up.
Ginny realized what it was going to do, but then realized that it was an awfully hot November day to be wearing a sweater.
"Thank you," Ginny said and took the sweater.
Later that day after classes...
Ginny was on her way to her tower. She was slightly happy that she didn't see Draco that day. She didn't know what to tell him, or even if she should tell him what happened. Ginny had a very uncomfortable day, all she wanted to do was run to her room and take a cold shower, but someone else, apparently, had a different plan. Before Ginny knew what was going on someone grabbed her arm.
This person dragged her all the way up to an empty tower; when she saw who it was, she let out a sigh of relief.
"It's you. You had me nervous for a moment."
"What happened last night?" Draco asked, his tone full of concern.
"What do you mean?"
"Madam Promfrey told me what happened, so please tell me what I did." He could tell that she was a little nervous. "Oh God, whatever it is, whatever I said or did, I'm sorry, I was 'drunk'," he even added in the finger quotes. "I didn't know what I was saying... or what I was doing."
Ginny looked a little upset. "No. No, you didn't say or do anything wrong," and she made her way towards the door.
Draco grabbed her arm, in the same place where the bruises were. "Wait a moment." When Ginny turned around, he saw tears in her eyes. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing. Please let go," she said in a low quiet voice.
"I'm sorry," he let go of her arm. "Are you okay?"
"Yes, Draco, I am fine!"
"Raise your sleeves," he said, wanting to know what was making her cry.
"What? I will not."
"Virginia, please."
Tears started to form in her eyes, and she said, "Please don't make me do it."
"Then tell me what I did."
Ginny sighed and removed her robes. She then removed her turtleneck and revealed a tank top under it. She pulled her hair back and took a look at Draco.
Draco's eyes were wide, and he couldn't tear his eyes off her arms. He didn't say anything; he slowly raised his hands up to her arms and slightly touched them. To Ginny's surprise, his hands were cool and it didn't hurt when he touched her. As he looked up at her neck he noticed something. "Those look like fang marks. Oh shit! I did not!"
"Draco, listen, it's fine!"
"It's not fucking fine!!" He said removing his hands from her. "Look what I did to you! I'm a monster!!"
"Draco, someone drugged you; it's not your fault! You aren't a monster!"
"That's not an excuse! I should of known that I couldn't be civil, that I couldn't change. I should have listened to Potter!"
"Draco, please, don't do this! I'm not mad at you."
"But I'm mad at me. It's inevitatible, Ginny. I am going to end up like my father!"
"You are not! You're different than he is."
"I am not!" Draco paused and sighed, "Ginny, we can't do this anymore."
"Do what? You can't just stop talking to me. You can't go back to calling me Weasley, because I am not going back to calling you Malfoy. You can't go back to making fun of me."
"I won't do any of that stuff, but we can't be anything more than *just* friends," Draco said and turned around, but before he left, he could swear Ginny say, "But I love you."
Draco walked out of the tower and to his Slytherin bedroom. He went around his room breaking various things, but as he came across his guitar from Ginny, he just looked at it and remembered the night that she gave it to him. How was he going to stay away from her? He didn't really know how, but he knew he had to. He knew he wasn't nearly good enough for her. A single tear fell from his eye, and he wiped it away and went to his dresser. He took his gel out of his dresser and poured some into his hand.
He looked into the mirror and said to his reflection, "I don't know who you are, but you aren't coming back."
TO BE CONTINUED...
Author: Ginny
Summary: Ginny has to tutor Draco and then some really neat things happen, then some sad things happen, and then some happy things happen.
Pairings: H/Hr, R/L, and of course G/D.
Time period: Summer before Draco's 7th year.
Spoilers: I don't think so.
Rating: PG-13
Date: 2/10/03
Okay Disclaimer Author note and Warnings in other chapters.
Disclaimer #2: I do not own the songs, "Beauty and Beast" it is owned by Disney. I just borrowed the lyrics! :)
A VERY VERY SPECIAL thanks to Becky, my editor/beta-reader. You are the greatest! Maybe, after this story is complete, I may actually learn where to put my commas! Thanks mucho girl!!! :o)
LONGEST CHAPTER YET!! 23 PAGES!! Woo!!!!
Thank you to all those who have reviewed. You guys are the greatest in the world!!! You always know how to make my day!
Author warning: I really hate to say this, but in these next two chapters there will be much angst going on. But don't worry, there will be some much fluff in another story it will defiantly make up for this one. (Note that I said fluff and not smut :)) ~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~
(YOU MUST READ WARNING BEFORE READING THIS CHAPTER!!!)
Ginny woke up the next morning, alone. She put her head further into the pillow and inhaled. The smell of Draco's cologne still lingered on her sheets; it smelled like Old Spice. Her stomach started to growl so she decided that it was time to get up.
As she pulled back the curtains surrounding her bed, she saw a beautiful pink rose, and, next to it, a note.
She jumped out of bed and grabbed the note off the dresser.
"Dearest Angel,
I regret that I could not be there when you woke up, but I overslept, and hope that Snape doesn't notice me missing. Next time, I promise to be there in the morning.
Yours,
Draco.
P.S. Are you going to the Quiditch match tonight? I could really use someone cheering me on. It just may give me the motivation to defeat Potter."
Ginny clutched the note to her chest and fell on top of her bed. She smiled as she smelled her flower and remembered her dream from that night. Draco had told her that he loved her; boy she wished it was real. Her stomach growled again. She jumped out of bed, placed her flower in a vase, and placed her note into the box with all the other notes she got from him. She quickly took a shower, got changed, and ran out of her room.
As she entered the common room she heard Hermione and Lavender talking about something.
"And what did he do?" Lavender asked.
"He smiled, put his finger to his mouth, and shushed me."
"So what does that mean?"
"What does what mean?" Ginny asked, making herself known.
The two girls jumped when they heard Ginny.
"Good morning, Ginny."
"Good morning, Lavender." Ginny replied, while glaring at Hermione.
Hermione looked up at Ginny, jumped up, and walked away from her as though Ginny had a sharp object in her hand. "How you feeling, Ginny?"
"Fine, but you know I had this interesting event take place yesterday."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Surprisingly enough Draco Malfoy somehow got into the tower and came to my room."
Hermione gulped and said, "Well... I... well you see... HE MADE ME, GIN! He made me tell him EVERYTHING!!" Hermione said as a last resort.
Ginny started laughing. The two girls stared at her in shock.
"You aren't mad?" Lavender asked.
"Me, mad? Are you crazy? How could I possibly be mad when I slept all day and night in the arms of Draco Malfoy?" she asked.
"You didn't!" Hermione stated out of shock.
Ginny nodded and said, "You know, it feels really great to be taken care of for once." She smiled and her stomach growled again. "Come on, let's go! I'm starving!!" And Ginny headed for the exit.
Lavender and Hermione turned to each other and at the same time said, "Shhh." And they giggled.
"Come on, guys! Let's go!!" Ginny called and the two girls ran over to her.
Earlier that morning...
Draco woke up in complete darkness. He could not remember where he was. As he looked down, he remembered where he was, and smiled. Actually, he was right where he wanted to be; holding Virginia Weasley. As Draco looked down at her he took in the sight of the two of them together. His arms were wound tightly around her, holding on to her as though never wanting to let go. Her head was on his chest, her arm draped over the side of him, and their legs intertwined with each other.
He slowly moved to untangle them, as to not wake her up. If he could he would stay there till she woke up, but he couldn't. If Snape found him gone he was going to have his head. Sure Professor Snape loved the boy, never gave him detention or removed points, and Snape always seemed to turn his head the other way when Draco was doing something evil, but Snape ALWAYS found out where Draco was if he wasn't in bed. So he hoped it wasn't THAT late at night.
As he parted the curtains he noticed that it was still quite dark out. He saw the other curtains drawn around the beds, signaling him that the other girls were fast asleep. He grabbed Ginny's watch from the dresser and it read 5:30!
"Oh shit!" Draco mentally said to himself. He jumped out of the bed and pulled his robes on. He was pretty happy that he shoved his clothes under the bed, no need to have one of the other girls finding them and then spreading rumors. He "poofed" out a pink rose and placed it on her dresser. He then quickly scribbled a letter out and placed it next to the rose. He kneeled back onto the bed to take one last look at Ginny's sleeping form. He leaned down and whispered, "I love you, Virginia Weasley," into her ear and kissed her cheek. As he pulled away he saw a smile on her face and wondered if she was awake or not. He stared at her for a few more moments; feeling confident that she wasn't awake, he grabbed the rest of his clothes and quickly ran out of her room.
Unnoticed by Draco...
Harry was just leaving Hermione's bedroom at 5:35 in the morning when he saw someone walk out of the room that Ginny was in. The only light that was given was by the falling moon from outside. All he could see was a blonde haired figure.
"Malfoy?" he said. He followed the person all the way down to the common room where the light was brighter due to a large fire in the fireplace. Sure enough, there was Draco Malfoy running out of the portrait.
Harry started to see red. Why was he there? He and Ginny weren't intimately together that night, were they? As he walked up to the boys dormitories he set upon the agreement that he would not tell Ron what he had seen, even though he thought he should. He decided that he would talk to Ginny himself, but another part of his head said, "But Ginny's older now. She's not the same little girl who needed protection. She can make decisions on her own now." Harry decided to forgo that side of the brain and talk to her when he got a chance.
In the Great Hall for breakfast...
Draco sat at the Slytherin table, next to Tom, and noticed that Ginny wasn't at her table yet.
Tom has already interrogated Draco that morning. The little kid covered for him last night telling Snape that Draco was really sick and didn't want to see anyone. Snape let it fly by, but by the look he gave Tom, Tom knew he wasn't happy with the answer.
A few moments later Draco heard the door to the Great Hall open. His head shot up and he saw Ginny, Hermione, and Lavender walking in. It seemed as though Ginny was telling the other two something, and they all started giggling. Draco smiled. He KNEW what Ginny was telling them, and strangely enough, he didn't mind. He followed the three with his eyes and watched as they took their seats. He watched as Hermione and Lavender were greeted by their boyfriends and Ginny sat there and started staring at him. He smiled, winked at her, and went back to eating.
The day went surprisingly fast for Ginny and she soon saw herself following Hermione and Lavender to the Quiditch pitch. It was the first match between Slytherin and Gryffindor of the year.
Ginny sat in between Hermione and Lavender, and her legs started to bounce wildly.
Hermione noticed that the girl was nervous and questioned her about it, "Ginny, what's wrong?"
"It's just that... well you know... my house is playing against the boy that I'm crushing on."
"Oh. So you admit you do like him!" Lavender said.
Ginny blushed and nodded her head.
Not another word was said because they heard Madam Hooch blow her whistle and heard Paige Dawson say, "And they're off!! Slytherin team has taken the Quaffle and is after the goal. Good save by Ron Weasley!" The Gryffindors went wild.
The game went on for another 15 minutes. The score was tied 30 to 30.
"Still neither of the seekers have caught sight of the... uh-oh, looks as though Draco Malfoy of Slytherin has seen the Golden Snitch and is flying after it and Harry Potter is right on his tail."
Ginny screamed wildly along with the other Gryffindors, but under her breath she was saying, "Come on, Draco!!"
Harry flew up right beside Draco and knocked into him pretty hard. Draco held his position and knocked back into Harry.
"What's wrong, Potter? You look upset."
"What were you doing coming out of Ginny's room this morning?"
"You were coming out of Granger's room, weren't you?" He stole a quick glance at Harry and saw his expression, "What were *you* doing coming out of Granger's room?"
"I'm her boyfriend. I have an excuse!" Harry knew it wasn't much of an excuse, but was one more-or-less.
"I have an excuse too!"
"Which would be?"
"None of your bloody business!" Draco glared at Harry, who was glaring right back at him.
"It looks as the two seekers are having their own little quarrel right on the pitch!" Paige announced, "And if they don't pull up pretty soon..."
Ginny was getting nervous, her friend and her crush were headed right for a tower and they both were too busy glaring at each other to notice.
"Pull up," she said quietly under her breath. "Pull up!!" She screamed out, knowing that neither one would hear.
Draco could swear he could hear someone tell him to pull up. He looked in front of him and shouted, "Pull up, Potter!" Harry looked in front of him and saw that they were ready to collide into a tower. The two pulled their broomsticks up and missed colliding with the tower by mere inches.
Ginny sat back down in her seat and let out a breath of relief.
Harry and Draco turned their brooms and were still after the snitch; still neck and neck.
"And what's up with you and Ginny? I know you, Malfoy, you wouldn't touch a Weasley if there wasn't something in it for you."
Draco glared at Harry and went back to concentrating on the snitch.
"What did you think, Malfoy? That just by changing your hair and letting up on some people, they might start liking you?"
"What's wrong, Potter? Don't think that I can change?"
"You can't and you won't. I know what you really are." Draco didn't feel like saying anything. "You are the son of a Death Eater, who will soon be following in his father's foot steps."
Draco was upset. He rammed so hard into Harry, that Harry practically lost his balance and Draco took the lead. He was getting closer to the snitch, and all the while he was hearing, "Come on, Draco!" over and over in his head. He knew it was Ginny. He quickly tore a glance at the Gryffindors and saw her standing there smiling. He flew a little faster, and that moment he felt the cool metal of the snitch in his fingers as he grabbed it and held it.
"And Slytherin wins!!"
All the Slytherin's--and Ginny--were screaming with joy. Draco held the snitch high above his head and the Slytherins screamed louder. He looked up to were Ginny was sitting and saw her cheering him on, clapping her hands.
At the Gryffindor sitting place...
Ginny was watching as she saw Draco ram Harry out of the way. She gasped as she thought that Harry was going to fall off his broom, but he didn't. She saw Harry go back after Draco, but Draco was already too far ahead. As Ginny saw Draco getting closer and closer to the snitch, she kept saying over and over under her breath, "Come on, Draco!" She knew there was no way he'd hear her, but she thought she'd do it just the same.
As she saw him grasp the snitch, she flew out of her chair and started to cheer him on as the others booed and hissed at him.
A moment later the other Gryffindors noticed that one of their fellow Gryffindors was cheering the Slytherin on.
Lavender and Hermione both nudged her in the side and said, "What are you doing, Ginny?"
Ginny stopped and noticed that all the Gryffindors were looking at her. She blushed really badly and shrugged her shoulders, "Oops! That's not Harry. Uh..." she turned back around and screamed, "You suck, Malfoy!" not loud enough for anyone but the people in her sitting area to hear her. "Boo!" she said and started to hiss without any emotions. The others just let her be and went back to scowling at Malfoy.
Ginny waited a while before she went down. She told Hermione and Lavender to go on without her and to go calm their boyfriends. She stood outside the locker room, waiting for Draco to come out. About a half an hour later she was shivering and all the Slytherins but Draco left the locker room. As she heard the door open one last time, she knew it was Draco, so when he walked by her, she grabbed his tie and pulled him into her hiding place.
"You know, Virginia, when most girls pull me into a dark hiding place, it's usually to have a snog session," he said seductively.
"Number one, I'm not most girls," she said quite disgustedly. Draco opened his mouth to say something, but Ginny cut him off. "And number two, I'm freezing, so I'd gladly welcome it," she said with a smile.
He leaned down and met her lips in a passionate kiss. Ginny wrapped her arms around his neck to pull him closer and ran her fingers through his hair.
Draco slowly pulled away and said, "You weren't kidding when you said you were cold." He wrapped his cloak around her and held her close. Her head rested on his chest trying to warm up when he leaned down and said, "I heard you."
"Heard me?"
"Cheering me on and warning me to pull up."
Ginny gasped, "How did you hear me?"
"You have a very loud, projecting voice, I guess."
"No, there's no way you could have heard me. When I was cheering you on *I* could barely hear myself saying it."
Draco stood stiffly and looked down at her. Ginny pulled her head off of his chest to look up at him. He stood there wide-eyed.
"What does that mean?" Ginny asked him.
"I have no clue." Ginny put her head back down on his chest. "I have no clue."
In fact, though, he did know. It was called being in love.
Throughout the next month, Ginny and Draco would meet a few times a week to "study," and every time they went to Hogsmeade they'd go for lunch.
In mid October...
Ginny came home from Hogsmeade and ran to her room. She pulled her Diary out--the one she got for her birthday--and opened it to the next blank page.
"Dear Diary,
Today Draco and I met for lunch, again. We sat there talking for what felt like hours. We've been getting closer and closer to each other for some time. It would be really great if he would ask me out. I'd say yes in a heartbeat, but he doesn't and he won't.
But today was actually kind of funny...
~*~Flashback~*~
Ginny and Draco met at Honeydukes for lunch, again. She was accustomed to sitting on the same side as he did. They'd talk. You'd think with them meeting several times a day, that they wouldn't have much to talk about, but they did. She'd sit up against him with his arms around her. She was so happy that he really didn't care if someone found them like that. It made her feel like he liked her, that maybe he'd ask her out; they already acted like they were boyfriend and girlfriend.
When their food came they'd eat in silence and then order some ice cream. She usually did a good job of keeping herself clean when it came to the ice cream, but that day she somehow got ice cream on the tip of her nose.
Draco turned to her and smiled, "You got some ice cream on your face."
Ginny looked terribly horrified. "I do?!" she said and grabbed for the napkin.
He placed his hand on top of hers to stop her movement and said, "Let me get it." He leaned down and placed a small kiss on the top of her nose and slowly licked the ice cream off and she laughed. He placed kisses all over her face and Ginny started to giggle. As he started to apply kisses her neck Ginny went stiff. Draco pulled away and Ginny looked a little scared.
"Potter and Weasley are standing right behind me, aren't they?" Draco asked. Ginny only nodded. Draco turned towards the two and said, "Hey, you two want to join us?"
"No thanks, I think I lost my appetite," Harry said.
Ginny blushed and slid further into the bench.
Ron was clenching his teeth and his knuckles turned white from making his hand into a fist.
"Yeah, well, I think it's time we get going," Draco put some money on the table and climbed out of the bench. He gently grabbed Ginny's arm and helped her out of the table bench.
"If you think you're going to walk out of here with my sister, you got another thing coming," Ron said through gritted teeth.
"If you think I'm going to leave her here with you, *you* got another thing coming. As soon as I leave, you're going to yell and scream at her, and I'll tell you one thing Weasley, she doesn't deserve it."
"Then why don't you just leave her alone?" Ron asked.
"Ron, if I wanted him to leave me alone then I'd ask him to leave me alone," Ginny told her brother. "Come on, Draco, let's go," she said and left the three of them standing around.
"Have a good afternoon," he smirked at them and left them standing there.
~*~Back to the present~*~
It was actually a pretty interesting day.
Well, till next time, bye."
October 31...
It was the day of the Halloween dance. Hermione, Lavender, and Ginny were all in Hermione's room getting ready for the dance.
Ginny came out of the bathroom and looked at the two girls. Lavender was "Tinkerbell". She was wearing the green outfit that Tinkerbell wears, heeled shoes on her feet, making her taller than she was, and she charmed her hair to be short and blond. Hermione, on the other hand, was Dorothy from her favorite Muggle movie, "The Wizard of Oz". She had the blue and white-checkered dress on, her hair pulled into a small ponytail on the back of her head, and had the ruby slippers on her feet.
"You two look really great," Ginny said.
"No, you're the one who looks great, Ginny." Lavender said. Ginny blushed slightly.
"It's true, Ginny. I wish I thought of that. Is Draco going as the other part of your couple?" Hermione asked.
"I told you guys before, Draco and I are just..."
"Meeting as two single friends," Hermione and Lavender said at the same time.
Ginny sighed.
"Why don't you just tell him?" Hermione asked.
"And lose what I have with him?!" Ginny said.
"Ginny, you two make out in the middle of Honeydukes and in the astronomy tower, and you risked getting skinned alive by your fellow Gryffindors just to cheer him on." Hermione said.
Ginny looked sad and asked, "What am I supposed to do?"
"Just tell him how you feel. More than likely he feels the same way, and if not, he's not the guy for you." Lavender said.
"It'd just be so much easier if he said it first," Ginny said.
"It always is, but someone has to say it first," Hermione said.
"Yeah, I had to tell Ron about my feelings for him."
"Oh good example, Lavender." Ginny said, "My brother used to be a shy, stuttering boy, who couldn't see what was in front of him."
"And Draco's the same way, expect he doesn't stutter and he's not shy," Lavender said.
Ginny smiled and remembered the night of his birthday where he *was* stuttering.
"I'll think about it," Ginny said and turned to Hermione. "Could you help me with my hair and make-up?"
"Sure. Come on, Lavender."
"You guys start without me. I'm going to see how the guys are doing."
"Or in other words, making sure that Ron wears his whole costume," Ginny said and she and Hermione laughed.
"Yeah. I'll see you guys in a little," and with that she left the room.
Lavender made her way to the boys' dormitories and received a few catcalls on her way over. She ignored them and quickly reached her destination.
She knocked on the door and Harry called her in.
Ron, not aware that Lavender was there, waddled out of the bathroom with tights half way up his legs, "I am not wearing these bloody tights!"
"Oh yes you are, Ronald Weasley!" Lavender yelled at him.
"Oh hey, Lavender," he took a second glance at her and his mouth fell open. His eyes fell to her long, slender legs. As he moved his gaze upward, he noticed how nicely her costume fit her and showed off all her womanly curves. "Wow, Lavender, you look great."
"Thanks, Ronnie," she said and gave him a quick kiss. She turned him around, smacked him on the butt, and said, "Now get back in there and put those tights on. Or you can forget about our little date later on tonight!"
Ron reluctantly waddled back into the bathroom.
Lavender took a look at Harry and said, "You look cute, Harry. Though I think you need a little more stuffing."
"Oh thanks," he said as he stuffed some more hay into his costume. He was the scarecrow from "The Wizard of Oz." He refused to remove his glasses. He didn't know why, but he couldn't seem to get rid of them. So he looked pretty funny with his glasses on.
"Well, we'll meet you and Ron in the common room."
"Okay, thanks, Lavender."
Lavender left the room and was on her way back to Hermione's room when she met up with Hermione in the hallway.
"Where's Ginny?"
"She said that because she didn't have a date to the dance tonight that she didn't want to show up with us. She's going to use the 'fashionably late' tactic."
"Ah and..."
"And she needs some alone time to think."
"Do you think she'll tell him?"
"I think I do."
"I think he's so stupid! Why can't he just ask her to go with him to the dance?"
"Well, our boyfriends are stupid prats, and Draco knows that Ginny and her brother have a strong relationship. He just doesn't want to be the one to break that relationship up."
"Oh," was all Lavender said. They slowly made their way down to the common room. "Have you tried speaking to Harry about it?"
"I tried, but there's no making him see Draco in a different light, especially after he won that match last month. You?"
"Ron's worse than Harry is."
"What are you girls talking about?" Ron said as he and Harry came down the stairs.
"Nothing. Come on, let's get to the dance!" Hermione said and grabbed Harry's hand.
Meanwhile... At the Dance...
Draco was already at the dance. He went to the punch bowl to go grab some punch. He wanted to know where Ginny was. She and "The Dream Team" were late. He heard the door to the Great Hall open and he looked up. It was only Hermione, Lavender, and their boyfriends. "Where's Ginny?" Draco said to himself. He started to worry. What if she decided not to come? What if she decided to go with a date? What if... he didn't have another chance to think. Pansy Parkinson stood right in front of him.
"Hi, Drakie!" she said sliding her hands up his arms.
Draco kindly removed her hands off of him and said, "What do you want, Pansy?"
"Just a dance."
"I don't dance."
"Then what are you doing here?"
"Making an appearance."
"Liar! You came here to meet someone, didn't you?"
"What's it to you?"
"If it's the Weasley girl..."
"Weasley girl?"
"Yes, there seems to be a rumor that you softened up towards Harry Potter and his friends, especially the Weasley girl." Draco remained quiet. "What's that little bitch got that I don't got?"
Draco was seeing red. He couldn't stand for someone to make fun of his Virginia. And without really thinking said, "Do you really want me to name them off?" Without waiting for a response he said, "She's pretty, pure, innocent, not a bitch or a slut, and she can use correct English!"
Pansy had him just where she wanted him. She had him partly confessing that he felt something towards the Weasley girl. Pansy mentally smiled to herself, and as Draco was being distracted, she slipped a drug into his drink. Physically, though, she looked as though she was ready to cry.
"Fine, Draco, I can take a hint!" and she huffed off. Draco picked up his glass of punch and took a sip.
Pansy walked over to a group of other Slytherins.
"Well, what happened?" Kiera, one of Draco's ex-lovers asked.
"He totally admitted that he has feelings for that stupid Weasley girl!"
"Did you slip him the drug?" Kristi, another of Draco's ex-lovers asked.
"Yes I did."
"What does it do again?" Cindi asked. She wasn't one of Draco's ex-lovers, but had had an eye on him for quite some time now.
"It makes him act like he's had too much to drink."
"So basically, he'll act like a drunk," Cindi said.
"Yup, and a drunk Draco is not a very nice Draco," Pansy said from experience. It happened once, and once Draco found out what he did he swore never get drunk again. "It'll take about 20 minutes for it to fully kick in."
"Oooo! This is totally prime evil," Kristi said.
"Well, that Weasley girl deserves it. Trying to take my Draco away from me!"
Draco had a few more sips of his punch when he saw the Great Halls' doors open again. He stared at the person who was standing in the doorway.
Meanwhile...
Ginny decided that she had waited long enough and decided that she was going to tell Draco about her feelings that night.
She walked slowly to the Great Hall. As she reached her destination, she stood outside the doors, and took a deep breath. "Just breathe," she said to herself and opened the doors.
Draco looked at the beautiful girl at the front of the room. He knew that half of the single male population was staring at her right then, but he paid no never mind to them. He saw her look around the room, looking for someone. He smiled when he knew that she was looking for him. He didn't approach her, but gave himself these few precious moments to look at her. She was wearing a beautiful ice blue long dress. It hung off her shoulders and was very low cut. The dress had a beautiful design of beads that twinkled when it was hit by the light. Her hair was braided and circled around her head; she had jewels all over her face making her sparkle, and attached to her back were rather large Angel wings.
As Draco made his way towards her he saw Colin Creevy walk up to her. "Please say no. Please say no. Please say no," he said over and over in his head. As though his prayers were answered, she shook her head and sent Colin away.
Ginny finally found Draco and she smiled when he saw that he was staring at her. The two finally made it towards each other.
Standing a few feet apart Draco said, "You look wonderful, Virginia."
Ginny smiled and blushed, "Thank you. And you look good too, Count."
Draco was dressed up as Count Dracula. He was wearing a pair of black pants, a white shirt, and a cape. He also charmed a few of his teeth to look like fangs and his hair was greased back again.
"Thank you, and the name's Count Dracola!"
Ginny laughed.
Draco raised his arms, showed off his fangs, and hissed at her. He wrapped his arms carefully around her and said, "You best be careful, my dear, us Vampires like to suck the blood out of those Virgins," he said and nipped at her neck.
Ginny smiled and whispered in his ear, "If I see any, I'll let you know," Draco's eyes widened and she winked at him.
Someone appeared behind them and cleared his throat. Draco released Ginny and said in a Transylvanian accent, "And this is Igor, my most faithful servant."
Ginny saw Tom in a ragged old shirt, black pants that ended a little below his kneecaps, and had a hunched back. Tom tried to act scary, but Ginny ruffled his hair and said, "You look cute."
"Ginny, I'm not supposed to look cute!"
"Sorry, you look very dead like." Ginny smiled.
"Thank you. Are you an angel?" Tom asked.
"Uh...sort of, but no. I'm Danielle De Barbarac." Tom and Draco looked at each other and then at Ginny and shrugged their shoulders, "You guys never watched "Ever After"?"
"Ohh!" The two boys said at the same time. "We don't watch Chick Flicks!"
Ginny giggled and said, "Draco, you're sounding more muggle ever day."
"I know, you're rubbing off on me," he said disgustedly, but smiled at her.
Tom saw Helena run by, "Count Dracola! It is the witch! I must go catch her!!" And Tom ran off after the Witch Helena.
A song started up and people around the two started to dance.
Draco's head started to hurt and he grabbed at it.
"Draco, are you okay?" Ginny asked.
"Yeah, fine."
"Come on, maybe we should sit down."
"Angel, I think we should dance. If I'm not mistaken this is your favorite song."
Ginny started to listen to the words.
"Tale as old as time. True as it can be,"
Ginny smiled and Draco smiled back at her. Draco gently took her arms and led her to the dance floor.
"Barely even friends
Then somebody bends
Unexpectedly"
Draco pulled her into his arms and it never ceased to amaze him how perfectly she fit in his arms.
"You know, this song always reminded me of us," Draco said to the Angel in his arms.
"Draco, you're no Beast." Ginny laughed.
"Oh, I know, I was thinking of me being the Beauty."
Ginny laughed and leaned her head against his shoulder.
"Just a little change
Small to say the least
Both a little scared
Neither one prepared
Beauty and the Beast"
Harry saw the two dancing closely together and he was getting a little upset.
He stopped dancing and Hermione said, "Harry, leave them alone."
"I can't. This just isn't right."
Harry made his way over to the two and tapped Draco on the shoulder.
Ever just the same
Ever a surprise
Ever as before
Ever just as sure
As the sun will rise
"What's up, Potter?" Draco said after reluctantly letting Ginny go.
"Do you mind if I cut in?" Harry asked.
Draco smiled smugly and said, "Sure. Boy, I tell you, everyone wants to dance with
me tonight." Ginny laughed, but Harry just glared. "It's a joke, Potter."
"It wasn't funny," and Harry resumed the dance with Ginny.
Draco stood there staring at the two when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around and saw Hermione there.
"Come on, Count, let's dance."
"Sure," he said with a weak smile.
Tale as old as time
Tune as old as song
Bittersweet and strange
Finding you can change
Learning you were wrong
"What's wrong, Harry?" Ginny asked.
"You two look a little chummy."
Ginny sighed and said, "Harry, let it go!"
"I can't now."
"What do you mean?"
"I saw him come out of your room that one night last month. You guys didn't have..."
Before he could finish his sentence Ginny said, "How dare you!? That's none of your
bloody business, Harry Potter!"
Draco looked over at Ginny and Harry, and it wasn't a pretty sight.
Certain as the sun
Rising in the east
Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the Beast
"I hate sounding like a brother, 'cause I know I'm not, but seriously, Ginny, do you
think that he can change? For you, even?"
Ginny took his words the wrong way. She stood back and slapped him so hard
across the face that his glasses hit the ground.
Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the Beast
Draco saw what happened and then saw Ginny run from the room crying. His head hurt worse this time, but refused to grab it. He walked over to Harry and picked up his glasses. He handed them to Harry and then without another word he started on his way, but not before Harry grabbed his arm and pulled him back.
Before Harry could say another word, Draco said, "You better let go of me... Harry."
Harry, being in a shocked state because he called him by his first name, released his arm.
Draco ran after Ginny. After a few moments his head started spinning and he started to feel a little dizzy; his 20 minutes were almost up. He continued on looking for her, despite his headache.
He very soon came upon Ginny, and that's when everything went blurry.
"Hey, Baby," Ginny heard from above her.
She stood up and said, "What..." before she could say another word his lips crashed down on top of hers.
When they parted a few moments later, Ginny asked, "What was that for?"
Draco nipped and sucked at her neck and mumbled against her neck, "You have to know the way I feel about you."
"No, but please enlighten me." Before answering her he bit her neck pretty hard. "Ow!!"
Draco didn't mumble any apologies, but he did kiss it and licked at the spot to try and soothe the pain away.
Draco's lips made it up to her ear and he whispered, "I love ya, Weasley."
"Okay, not the way you planed to hear it, but still... wait, did I just hear him slur?" Ginny asked herself.
She pulled away from him and said, "Draco, you're drunk!"
"I am not!" He looked upset and his hands held her arms a little too hard. "Just because I tell you that I love you does not mean that I am automatically drunk," he slurred out angrily.
Ginny was getting a little scared, "Draco, please. Let me take you to the infirmary, they'll take care of you."
"You know, Weasley, this is NOT the way I expected you to act after I confess my feelings for you." Gripping her arms even more he said, "You're supposed to jump in my arms and say that you love me too."
"Draco, I'll tell you what," Ginny said pretty nervously, "if you tell me these same words tomorrow, I'll believe you in a heartbeat, but..."
"So that's the problem, you don't believe me." He gripped her arms even more.
"Draco, please, you're hurting me!" Ginny said on the brink of tears.
"Well, you're hurting me too!"
Ginny was in a lot of pain, tears were falling from her eyes, and she said, "Draco, if you really love me, you'll let go of me."
Before Ginny could say another word, Draco slumped against her and his body went limp.
"Draco?" There was no response. Ginny pushed him off of her and angled him against the wall so she could produce her wand from her dress. She said a spell and the next thing that happened was that Draco was floating in the air behind Ginny.
Ginny quickly made it to the hospital wing and shouted out, "Madam Pomfrey!!!"
Madam Pomfrey came running to see who was screaming. "What is it child?"
"It's Draco Malfoy!"
Madam Pomfrey saw the floating Slytherin and said, "Follow me." She led Ginny to a place where she could put Draco down. Once Draco was down in the bed Pomfrey asked, "So what happened?"
"I... I... don't know. We were just talking, he started to act like he was drunk and then he passed out."
"Draco Malfoy was drunk?! I'll have to report him to Albus Dumbledore."
"No wait!" Ginny said stopping the nurse. "But he's NOT drunk! He didn't drink any alcohol." Pomfrey just stared down at the girl, "I'm serious, smell his breath! I know he didn't drink any alcohol!"
"Okay, calm down, Ginny dear."
Ginny watched as Madam Pomfrey was putting together a potion.
Ginny sat there for at least an hour before they found out what was in his system.
"It's a Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate! Someone drugged him. Professor Dumbledore has to hear about this! Justice will be served!!"
Madam Pomfrey was always a little on the weird side. Ginny sighed and said, "What does it do?"
"It's like a date rape drug," Ginny gasped, "It makes him act like he had too much to drink. He'll have to stay here over night."
"Can't we bring him back to his room?"
"Ginny, dear, like I said, he has to stay here over night."
"Look, Madam Pomfrey, I know this is a little impossible, but couldn't you wake him up and send him back to his room?" Pomfrey just stared at the girl again. "Please, you have to understand he doesn't like hospitals," Ginny said, remembering a story that Draco told her before. "There's nothing wrong with him; can't he just go back to his room?"
"Fine, but you have to go back to your tower. I don't need you getting in trouble."
"Thank you!" she screamed and left the room.
Madam Pomfrey held her side of her promise. She made a potion that made Draco sober up 100% and told him what happened. She then sent him on his way.
The next morning...
Ginny woke up the next morning feeling a little pain in her arms. She paid no never mind to it and jumped into the shower.
As Ginny stepped out of the shower, she wrapped the tower around her body, and walked in front of the full-length mirror to work on her hair. She wiped the mirror clean from condensation and pulled her hair back.
What she saw made her eyes widen. She moved closer to make sure it was what she thought it was. "Oh my gosh!" she screamed and then noticed something else on her arms. She looked down and noticed hand print bruises on her arms. "Oh my, what am I going to do?" She quickly got dressed and ran to Hermione's room.
"Hermione!" Ginny ran into the room without even knocking.
Hermione walked out of her bathroom and saw how worried her friend was, "What happened?"
"I didn't think this would develop!" Ginny said as she pulled her hair back. On her neck was a deep dark red mark on her neck and what looked to be teeth marks.
"What the hell happened to you? In better words what did he do to you?"
"Look, he charmed his teeth to be fangs. I don't think he meant for this to happen," Ginny lied.
"Did you tell him?"
"I sort of didn't really have the time or the chance," Ginny said.
"Okay." Hermione smiled and said, "I'll find you something."
Hermione came back with a sweater.
"What's that for?" Ginny asked.
"It's a turtleneck," Hermione said holding it up.
Ginny realized what it was going to do, but then realized that it was an awfully hot November day to be wearing a sweater.
"Thank you," Ginny said and took the sweater.
Later that day after classes...
Ginny was on her way to her tower. She was slightly happy that she didn't see Draco that day. She didn't know what to tell him, or even if she should tell him what happened. Ginny had a very uncomfortable day, all she wanted to do was run to her room and take a cold shower, but someone else, apparently, had a different plan. Before Ginny knew what was going on someone grabbed her arm.
This person dragged her all the way up to an empty tower; when she saw who it was, she let out a sigh of relief.
"It's you. You had me nervous for a moment."
"What happened last night?" Draco asked, his tone full of concern.
"What do you mean?"
"Madam Promfrey told me what happened, so please tell me what I did." He could tell that she was a little nervous. "Oh God, whatever it is, whatever I said or did, I'm sorry, I was 'drunk'," he even added in the finger quotes. "I didn't know what I was saying... or what I was doing."
Ginny looked a little upset. "No. No, you didn't say or do anything wrong," and she made her way towards the door.
Draco grabbed her arm, in the same place where the bruises were. "Wait a moment." When Ginny turned around, he saw tears in her eyes. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing. Please let go," she said in a low quiet voice.
"I'm sorry," he let go of her arm. "Are you okay?"
"Yes, Draco, I am fine!"
"Raise your sleeves," he said, wanting to know what was making her cry.
"What? I will not."
"Virginia, please."
Tears started to form in her eyes, and she said, "Please don't make me do it."
"Then tell me what I did."
Ginny sighed and removed her robes. She then removed her turtleneck and revealed a tank top under it. She pulled her hair back and took a look at Draco.
Draco's eyes were wide, and he couldn't tear his eyes off her arms. He didn't say anything; he slowly raised his hands up to her arms and slightly touched them. To Ginny's surprise, his hands were cool and it didn't hurt when he touched her. As he looked up at her neck he noticed something. "Those look like fang marks. Oh shit! I did not!"
"Draco, listen, it's fine!"
"It's not fucking fine!!" He said removing his hands from her. "Look what I did to you! I'm a monster!!"
"Draco, someone drugged you; it's not your fault! You aren't a monster!"
"That's not an excuse! I should of known that I couldn't be civil, that I couldn't change. I should have listened to Potter!"
"Draco, please, don't do this! I'm not mad at you."
"But I'm mad at me. It's inevitatible, Ginny. I am going to end up like my father!"
"You are not! You're different than he is."
"I am not!" Draco paused and sighed, "Ginny, we can't do this anymore."
"Do what? You can't just stop talking to me. You can't go back to calling me Weasley, because I am not going back to calling you Malfoy. You can't go back to making fun of me."
"I won't do any of that stuff, but we can't be anything more than *just* friends," Draco said and turned around, but before he left, he could swear Ginny say, "But I love you."
Draco walked out of the tower and to his Slytherin bedroom. He went around his room breaking various things, but as he came across his guitar from Ginny, he just looked at it and remembered the night that she gave it to him. How was he going to stay away from her? He didn't really know how, but he knew he had to. He knew he wasn't nearly good enough for her. A single tear fell from his eye, and he wiped it away and went to his dresser. He took his gel out of his dresser and poured some into his hand.
He looked into the mirror and said to his reflection, "I don't know who you are, but you aren't coming back."
TO BE CONTINUED...