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: 3/19/03
Okay Disclaimer Author note and Warnings in other chapters.
Disclaimer #2: I do not own the song, "Merry Christmas Happy Holidays" is not mine.
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"Hello Mr. Weasley," Draco said, still lying on the ground, looking up.
Ginny was petrified that her father caught them out there and she stood up.
"Hello, my dear boy." Surprisingly Mr. Weasley did not sound upset. "Need a hand up?" He held out his hand.
"Uh..." Draco was completely confused and grabbed the hand of the older man.
As soon as Draco was standing up, both he and Ginny said at the same time, "I can explain!"
Mr. Weasley put an arm around his daughter's neck and one around Draco's neck and said, "I'm sure you can, but let's do it inside." All three of them walked towards the house. Mr. Weasley turned to Ginny and said, "Your mother is inside making us some tea, and I'm sure she would love to hear everything too."
Draco gulped; he didn't expect that he'd have to talk to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley so soon.
When they entered the house, Draco saw Mrs. Weasley in her night gown and bath robe in the kitchen making tea.
"He's here, Molly!" Arthur called out to his wife.
"Oh good. Hello, Draco," Molly called from the kitchen.
"Hello, Mrs. Weasley."
"Dumbledore told us you were coming!" Molly said coming out of the kitchen and into the family room.
"Dumbledore? What does he have to do with this?" Ginny asked.
"Dumbledore contacted us and told us that Draco was on his way over. Saying something about someone named Billy..." Arthur said trying to remember everything.
"My former house-elf." Draco said.
Arthur nodded and continued, "Well, Billy told Dumbledore what happened and that you got thrown out of your house." Draco looked down at his feet as though he was for some reason ashamed that they knew that. "Dumbledore told us to keep an eye out for you and sent us your stuff."
"My stuff?" Draco asked, and sure enough his trunk was there. "What's it doing here?"
"You'll be staying with us for the rest of the vacation," Molly told him. "I can't believe that your father would throw you out of your own house on Christmas Eve!!" She then noticed his face covered in cuts and bruises, "Oh my! Look at you! What happened?!"
Ginny took a look at his face and noticed the same thing that her mother saw for the first time and gasped.
"It's fine, Mrs. Weasley, really."
"This is not fine! Let me take a better look at that." She grabbed Draco's head and pulled it closer to her. She noticed him wincing and released him right away, "Does your head hurt too?" Draco nodded. "Take a seat on the couch! Ginny come with me!"
Draco sat and watched Mrs. Weasley and his girlfriend walk into the kitchen. "Girlfriend," he said in his head; he just had to smile at that thought. Virginia was *his* girlfriend. He wiped the smile off his face when Mr. Weasley sat down next to him. "Sir," Draco said with a nod.
"Oh relax, Draco. It's not like I plan to come after you with a shotgun," Mr. Weasley laughed and Draco forced out a laugh; he didn't know what a shot gun was. But then Mr. Weasley got serious, "Not yet at least."
Draco sighed and said, "Sir..."
"Stop calling me Sir, you make me sound like an old man!"
"Sorry. Mr. Weasley," Draco started again, "I don't want to intervene with you and your family's Christmas activities. You already have a lot of people here. If I stay, I'll feel like I'm intruding."
"We already have 14 people staying at the house. One more isn't going to be any trouble."
"That's not the point, Mr. Weasley. This is a family gathering; I really shouldn't be here."
Mr. Weasley thought for a moment and said, "By the looks of it, you have my daughters heart and she has yours." Draco nodded. "So I take it you two are an item?" Draco nodded his head again. "Well, there you go!" Mr. Weasley exclaimed and slapped the boy on his back. "You may not be related to us yet," Draco's eyes widened when he heard the 'yet' coming from Mr. Weasley, "but like it or not, boy, you're already a part of this family. I will be very insulted if you don't stay."
"Thank you, Mr. Weasley. That means a lot to me. But I must say all your sons, plus Harry, really don't like me."
"Well, they are just going to have to live with it," and the two men smiled at each other.
Meanwhile in the kitchen...
"Mum, say something," Ginny practically pleaded.
"What do you want me to say? I'm tickled pink that you and Draco are finally together."
"Really? Wouldn't you rather me be with someone who wasn't a Malfoy? Aren't you going to say something like, 'He's a Malfoy, it can only be assumed that he'll grow up to be like his father' or something like that?"
Molly sighed and thought back to the time when she was younger. "Ginny, you are my only daughter, and I want you to be happy. I know that he makes you happy and you make him happy." Ginny smiled. "And honey, I know that you are wise enough to make that decision if the event ever arises," Molly said remembering her past experiences. "Trust me, you may have your father's smarts, but you have my common sense!"
Ginny smiled and hugged her mother. "I love you, mum!"
"I love you too dear. Now grab the ice from the refrigerator and come into the living room!" And Ginny did just that.
Mrs. Weasley came into the room and slapped a piece of meat on Draco's eyes. He winced at the pain at first but was then relieved by the coldness that it brought.
"Uh... I am a little confused."
"The meat helps the swelling go down," Ginny said while coming into the room.
"Now leave it there for a little and then we'll clean out those cuts on your face," Molly told him. "Ginny, put that ice pack on the bump on his head."
Draco showed her where the bump was, and Ginny held the ice pack there. "This will help the swelling go down, too."
"Why don't you just use a healing spell?"
"We are simple people, my boy, we don't use magic unless we have to," Arthur told him.
Hearing Mr. Weasley say that made Draco look at the Weasley's in new light. "And being simple makes you happy?" Draco asked sincerely.
"Yes it does, dear," Molly told him.
"Maybe that's what my parents had long ago."
"I'm sure they did," Mrs. Weasley said sadly.
Mr. Weasley fell asleep on the couch and Ginny giggled, "Mum, why don't you take Dad and go back to sleep? Penny's going to be up in a few hours and you're going to need the rest. I can take care of Draco."
"Okay, dearie," Mrs. Weasley woke up her husband and the two of them went upstairs to bed.
"Can I take this meat off my eye now?"
Ginny laughed and took it off of him. "Go grab your pajamas and you can change in the bathroom down here."
He nodded, grabbed his things, and ran into the bathroom. Ginny went to the cupboard and grabbed the peroxide and some band-aids to fix his cuts up with.
When he came out of the bathroom he was wearing a pair of flannel pajama pants and a white t-shirt.
Ginny kneeled on the couch and said, "Come here, you."
Draco walked over to her, and she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him in for a kiss.
When they parted, Ginny told him that she had to finish cleaning his cuts. He jumped over the couch and landed on the cushions. Ginny straddled his lap.
Draco placed his hands on her hips and raised an eyebrow, "This could be fun."
! Ginny smiled and said, "Yes, and I have seven brothers upstairs, that's including Harry."
"I don't care," he said and kissed her neck.
"Draco," she moaned, "I have to finish cleaning your cuts."
Draco leaned back with a pout on his face, "Fine."
Ginny pulled out the peroxide and said, "This may sting a little."
"Sting?" he asked as she dabbed some on his cut. He had to bite his tongue to keep from yelling out.
"Oh stop it, you big baby." She leaned down and blew on it to cool the sting down. "Better?" Draco nodded. "Do you want to talk about it?"
Draco knew exactly what she was talking about. "Not really, but I should, huh?" Ginny nodded her head. "Well, first of all, Potter came to talk to me."
Ginny practically dropped the peroxide on the floor; her eyes widened and her mouth hung open in surprise. "Harry? Harry Potter went to your house to talk to you?"
Draco nodded. He told her what they talked about and what his father said when he found out that Draco was playing the guitar. "I'm just glad that it was my old one and not the one you got me," he smiled up at her and continued to tell her what happened. Ginny quickly finished cleaning him up while listening to him talk.
When he was done, Ginny flung herself into his arms and hugged him tightly.
"Your father and I had a talk," he said placing his head on top of hers.
"What did he say?"
"He's happy that we're together and considers me to be part of the family."
Ginny yawned and said, "I'm so happy!"
"You want to go back to bed?"
"No, I want to stay here with you."
"Well, we can do both," he pulled Ginny up and situated himself on the couch. He then held his arms open, and Ginny slid right into them.
"There's a blanket behind you," Ginny said.
Draco reached up behind him and covered them both in the blanket and held Ginny close. Ginny yawned and said, "I love you."
"I love you too," Draco said and kissed her forehead. "Uh... what's a shot gun?"
Ginny laughed, "If it's ever needed, you'll know."
Draco kissed her again, and Ginny fell asleep with a huge grin on her face.
A few hours later...
"GIN GIN!!" Penny screamed as she ran down the stairs to find her favorite aunt.
Draco and Ginny sprang up from their sleep and sat up.
Ginny saw Penny running towards them and opened her arms, "Penny!"
"Merry Christmas!" Little Penny said and hugged Ginny.
"Happy Christmas, Penny!"
Penny, still standing on Ginny's lap pulled away, looked at Draco and asked, "Who you?"
"Penny, this is Draco. Draco, this is my niece, Penny."
"Hi, Penny," Draco said in a sweet and tender voice.
Penny waved shyly at him and asked, "You Gin-Gin's friend?"
"Yes I am."
"Okay."
Draco smiled; at least he got one Weasley's approval.
Penny turned towards Ginny and said, "Open presents now?"
Ginny laughed and said, "No, you have to wait for everyone else to get up."
Penny jumped off Ginny's lap and ran up the stairs screaming, "Mommy! Daddy!! It's Christmas!!"
Ginny turned towards Draco and said, "I'll be right back." She kissed him quickly and ran up the stairs after her niece.
A few moments later...
Charlie came down the stairs with Penny on his back and Sara behind him when he noticed someone on the couch. He took Penny off his back and grabbed the broom next to the stairs.
"Hey!" Draco turned around and stood up. "You have one minute to explain yourself, boy, or I start swinging!"
"I'm Draco Malfoy, I'm Ginny's boyfriend."
"Ginny's boyfriend, huh," Charlie put down the broom.
"Draco Malfoy?" Sara said from behind Charlie.
"Yes?"
"I'm Sara, Ginny's sister-in-law."
"Oh yes. Ginny can't stop talking about you. I'm finally glad to have met you." Draco turned to Charlie and said, "You must be Charlie, the one who works with the dragons."
"Why yes, I am."
"Good to meet you," Draco said and put out his hand.
Charlie took it and said, "It's good to meet you too." He released the younger boy's hand and said, "You seem okay, but I swear if you hurt Ginny, I hurt you."
Draco swallowed hard and said, "Gotcha."
Bill came down the stairs next.
"Hey, Bill, come meet Ginny's boyfriend."
"Ginny's boyfriend? Well, it's about time. I didn't think she'd ever get one," he walked up to Draco and stuck out his hand, "Bill Weasley."
Draco took his hand, shook it, and said, "Ah yes, the oldest Weasley brother. Nice to met you. I'm Draco Malfoy."
"You seem like a fine good chap, but if you--"
"I got the threat from Charlie already."
"Just remember when he gets done with you, I get what's left."
Percy, George, Fred, Ron, and Harry were walking down the stairs when Percy stopped and the others walked into him.
"Percy! Why'd you stop?" George asked.
"Malfoy."
"What about him?" Fred asked.
"He's right there!" Percy said and pointed.
All the rest of the Weasley heads turned to look and then ran down the rest of the stairs and surrounded him.
Bill, Charlie, Sara, and Penny all sat back and watched.
"What are you doing here?" Ron asked, getting all red.
"I was invited to stay, Weasley."
"By whom?" Fred asked.
"Your parents."
"It's a trick! He's put everyone under a spell!!" Ron said.
"Oh Ron, don't act so stupid!" Harry said.
"Ronald Weasley!" Draco heard from the stairs. It was Lavender. "What do you think you are doing?"
"Lavender, Malfoy is here."
Hermione came down and walked over to Harry. She was pretty happy that he wasn't part of this whole fiasco.
"Ron! Leave him alone!"
"Why is he here?"
"I already told you, Weasley!"
Lavender came around and pulled on Ron's arm, "Ron! Stop it and sit down."
"But... but..."
"He's Ginny's boyfriend now; you will have to learn to like him."
"BOYFRIEND! There is no way that this ferret is going out with my little sister."
"Didn't you get the memo, Weasley, she's not little anymore!"
"Why you little son of a..." Ron was ready to throw a punch.
"Ron!" Ginny screamed, "Leave my boyfriend alone!" She made her way to her boyfriend and put her arms around him. "Sorry about this," she said quietly to him.
"It's okay. I guess this is what brothers do."
"Percy! George! Fred! Ron! Get away from that boy! He's had enough trouble already," Mrs. Weasley said running down the stairs and pulling the boys away. "You have no right to be acting like this."
"Uh... Mrs. Weasley?"
"Yes, dear."
"I... well, actually they do. I never gave them a reason to like me in the first place when they were all at school, and I didn't expect them to like me when I came here." Mrs. Weasley opened her mouth to say something, but Draco kept on talking. "I would like to... to a... a... apologize," he choked out, "for everything and maybe get a second chance?" No one said a thing. "Come on guys, everyone deserves a second chance, why not me?" Still no one said a word. "Any of you willing to give me just one more chance?"
Lavender elbowed Ron in the ribs, but he still said nothing.
"I will." everyone turned around and saw Harry speaking. "I was the first one to say that you couldn't change if your life depended on it, so I guess I'll have to be proven wrong," Harry said with a smile. "Welcome to the good side, Draco," Harry said, putting out his hand.
"Thank you, Harry."
Ron sighed and said, "Fine. Fine. I guess even you get a second chance, Malfoy." He put out his hand. "I still don't like you, though."
"Thanks, Ron."
"Presents now?" Little Penny asked.
Everyone laughed and sat down.
"Us first," Charlie said. He stood up and smiled down at his wife. "Well, first of all, we're expecting another bundle of joy."
Mrs. Weasley let out a loud squeal and hugged them. Everyone got up and gave their congratulations to the couple.
When everyone quieted down, Charlie said, "And secondly, I have a new job." Everyone gasped. They all thought that Charlie was going to be working with dragons all his life. "Well, now that I am getting older and have a growing family, I want to be close to my family." Mrs. Weasley had a knowing looking on her face, "We're coming back and I have a job in the animal department at The Department for the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts.
Mrs. Weasley let out another squeal of joy and hugged her son again.
Penny was getting a little impatient now. "Presents *now* please?!"
They let Penny open her gifts from "Santa," and she 'oooed' and 'ahhed' at everything.
A little while later, Mrs. Weasley took a present from under the tree and handed it to Draco.
"For me?" Draco asked.
"For you," Mrs. Weasley smiled.
Draco took the gift in his hands and looked around at everyone. He looked down at his present, smiled, and ripped it open like he was a five-year-old. It was a one-of-a-kind Weasley sweater. It was green with a silver "D" on it and a snake going through the letter. He looked shocked at the sweater, and at that moment, he knew that they really accepted him, even though he was a Slytherin.
He slipped the sweater over his head and was amazed that it fit perfectly. He stood up and gave Mrs. Weasley a hug and said, "Thank you."
"I'm glad you like it, dear." Mrs. Weasley let go of the boy and took her seat next to her husband.
Ron looked at Harry and said, "Now this is too weird."
"Yeah, I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone." Ron looked confused. "I'll explain it to you later."
Draco went to his trunk and took out some presents. "Uh... I regret that I don't have presents for everyone. I didn't know that I was going to be here for Christmas."
"That's all right, Draco," Sara said. "There will be other Christmases." she smiled. Draco looked at the woman and smiled back.
He handed a gift out to Hermione. She opened it and revealed a rather large spell book that she had never seen nor heard about before. "This is great! Thank you!"
"Open it up," Draco said with a smile.
Hermione did so and realized that the reason why she never heard of the book was because it wasn't real. The whole inside was hollow and contained a few small novels. Her eyes went wide; they were Romance Novels. She slammed the book closed and just smiled at him, "Thought that maybe you should read something new." Draco said with a smile and handed Lavender her present.
She opened it and revealed a photo album. On the first couple of pages were pictures of her, Ginny, and Hermione, and then there was a very large picture of herself and Ron in their Halloween Costumes. She squealed, jumped up, and hugged Draco. "Thank you!" She was really obsessed with pictures and already had three photo albums.
"You're welcome, and last, but not least, for you, Mrs. Weasley," and he handed her a present.
"Thank you, dear." She took the gift from the boy and opened it. She let out a small gasp and put her hand to her chest. It was a glass daisy in a glass vase. "This is so wonderful. Thank you!"
Before Draco could say a word, he felt someone tug on his pant leg. He looked down and saw Penny.
"Do I get a gift?" she said with sad eyes.
"Penny!" Sara said, upset that her daughter said that.
Draco waved his hand and said, "No. It's okay." He looked down to the little girl and said, "Of course I have something for you." He picked the little girl up, brought her back to the couch, and sat her on Ginny's lap.
Draco turned towards the little girl and said, "So, Ginny tells me that you like dragons."
Penny smiled and said, "Love 'em!"
"Well, then my present is suitable for you." He snapped his fingers and a ball of fire formed in his hand.
Penny's eyes widened, "Wooww!"
Draco clamped his hand on top of the fireball and smothered the flame. When he removed his hand, there was a miniature dragon in his hands. Draco touched the Dragon's back and flames came out of its mouth. Penny jumped back.
"Great, just what we need now is a fire breathing dragon in the house," Charlie whispered.
"Shhh!" Sara said and elbowed him in the side.
Draco looked up at the two and said, "Actually it's not real fire. Watch." He touched the dragon's back again and touched the fire. Nothing happened. "It's like a pet, but better. You don't need to feed it or walk it, it gets as big as a puppy, and it'll follow Penny around until she tells it to stay."
Penny smiled, grabbed the dragon, and said, "Thank you, Draco!" She kissed him on the cheek and jumped off of Ginny's lap to show her parents her present.
"And for my love," Draco said and pulled out a present.
Ginny was smiling and took the present. She opened it up and gasped. Inside was not only the bracelet that she got for her birthday, but there was also a necklace with a silver, heart-shaped pendant with a solitaire green jewel in it.
Draco took the necklace from the box and said, "I thought that because you already had my heart that with this I can prove it to the rest of the world."
Ginny smiled and kissed Draco. When they parted, Draco took the bracelet out of the box and slipped it onto her wrist.
"Okay, my turn now!"
Draco looked a little shocked. He really didn't expect a gift from Ginny
considering that he was being such a bastard for the past month. Mrs.
Weasley handed Ginny a box and then she handed it to Draco.
He picked it up and shook it. Ginny laughed and said, "Just open it!"
Draco tore through the gift paper and lifted the top. When he saw what was
inside, he was totally and utterly surprised. It was a complete set of Bryan Adams guitar sheet music. He was totally speechless. "How... what... when... How did you get this?"
"Hermione and Lavender made me go shopping the other day with them and I found that. I knew that I just had to pick it up for you."
"The other day?"
Ginny nodded. Draco grabbed her and pulled her into a hug. He rested his
head on top of hers and kissed her. "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Ron stared at Harry and said, "He plays the guitar?"
Harry shrugged and started to sing the song from "The Twilight Zone". "Do do do do do do do..." Before he could do anymore "Do-do's," Hermione smacked him.
Ginny snuggled closer to him and everyone finished opening their gifts.
Later in the week...
Draco was sitting on the couch when Penny came down the stairs and jumped on the couch next to Draco. She was in full snow gear.
"Wanna come outside and build a snowman?"
Draco smiled at the little girl. "I really never made a snowman before."
"Really!?"
"Yeah."
"Well, come on!" Penny said, pulling Draco's arm. "I'll teach you."
Draco smiled and said, "Okay."
He went to go put his coat, boats, and gloves on. "Come on, Draco!"
"Where are you guys going?" Sara asked from the kitchen.
"We're going outside to build a snowman."
Sara smiled and said, "Okay, have fun."
About 20 minutes later...
Sara showed Draco how to make a snowman and Draco was about to put the head on top of their snowman when a snowball hit him in the head, making him drop the head and break it. Draco looked in the direction from where the snowball came and saw Ginny running after him head on. She plowed him over, making him fall into the snow.
Ginny laughed, jumped off of him, and ran off.
"Get her, Draco! Get her!" Penny screamed.
Draco sat up and said, "Don't worry, kid, I will." He got up and ran after her.
Penny ran into the house screaming, "Come see! Come see!"
Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Lavender grabbed their things and ran out of the house.
"Give up, Weasley!"
"Not on your life, Malfoy!"
The four saw Draco and Ginny running around in the snow like little kids.
Hermione looked at Harry and pushed him in the snow. "Hey! What was that for?"
"Come on, Potter, we never have kid fun anymore like we used to have." Harry smiled and threw a snowball at Hermione. Hermione laughed and ran as Harry started to chase her.
Ron looked at Lavender, and she said, "Oh, don't you even think about it, Ronald!"
Ron smiled evilly and smothered a snowball on top of Lavender's head.
"Oh, you're in big trouble, Ron!!" And Ron was the one being hunted this time.
A week later, on the Hogwarts Express...
"So are you ready?" Ginny asked Draco.
"Ready for what?"
"Ready to show all the others about us?"
"I'm ready if you're ready."
The train stopped for they had arrived at the station.
Ginny held her hand out and said, "I'm ready."
Draco kissed her and the two left the train hand-in-hand.
To Be Continued...
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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: 3/19/03
Okay Disclaimer Author note and Warnings in other chapters.
Disclaimer #2: I do not own the song, "Merry Christmas Happy Holidays" is not mine.
A 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)
THANK YOU GUYS!!! OVER 100 REVIEWS!!! You guys are all the greatest!!!! Thank you!!
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"Hello Mr. Weasley," Draco said, still lying on the ground, looking up.
Ginny was petrified that her father caught them out there and she stood up.
"Hello, my dear boy." Surprisingly Mr. Weasley did not sound upset. "Need a hand up?" He held out his hand.
"Uh..." Draco was completely confused and grabbed the hand of the older man.
As soon as Draco was standing up, both he and Ginny said at the same time, "I can explain!"
Mr. Weasley put an arm around his daughter's neck and one around Draco's neck and said, "I'm sure you can, but let's do it inside." All three of them walked towards the house. Mr. Weasley turned to Ginny and said, "Your mother is inside making us some tea, and I'm sure she would love to hear everything too."
Draco gulped; he didn't expect that he'd have to talk to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley so soon.
When they entered the house, Draco saw Mrs. Weasley in her night gown and bath robe in the kitchen making tea.
"He's here, Molly!" Arthur called out to his wife.
"Oh good. Hello, Draco," Molly called from the kitchen.
"Hello, Mrs. Weasley."
"Dumbledore told us you were coming!" Molly said coming out of the kitchen and into the family room.
"Dumbledore? What does he have to do with this?" Ginny asked.
"Dumbledore contacted us and told us that Draco was on his way over. Saying something about someone named Billy..." Arthur said trying to remember everything.
"My former house-elf." Draco said.
Arthur nodded and continued, "Well, Billy told Dumbledore what happened and that you got thrown out of your house." Draco looked down at his feet as though he was for some reason ashamed that they knew that. "Dumbledore told us to keep an eye out for you and sent us your stuff."
"My stuff?" Draco asked, and sure enough his trunk was there. "What's it doing here?"
"You'll be staying with us for the rest of the vacation," Molly told him. "I can't believe that your father would throw you out of your own house on Christmas Eve!!" She then noticed his face covered in cuts and bruises, "Oh my! Look at you! What happened?!"
Ginny took a look at his face and noticed the same thing that her mother saw for the first time and gasped.
"It's fine, Mrs. Weasley, really."
"This is not fine! Let me take a better look at that." She grabbed Draco's head and pulled it closer to her. She noticed him wincing and released him right away, "Does your head hurt too?" Draco nodded. "Take a seat on the couch! Ginny come with me!"
Draco sat and watched Mrs. Weasley and his girlfriend walk into the kitchen. "Girlfriend," he said in his head; he just had to smile at that thought. Virginia was *his* girlfriend. He wiped the smile off his face when Mr. Weasley sat down next to him. "Sir," Draco said with a nod.
"Oh relax, Draco. It's not like I plan to come after you with a shotgun," Mr. Weasley laughed and Draco forced out a laugh; he didn't know what a shot gun was. But then Mr. Weasley got serious, "Not yet at least."
Draco sighed and said, "Sir..."
"Stop calling me Sir, you make me sound like an old man!"
"Sorry. Mr. Weasley," Draco started again, "I don't want to intervene with you and your family's Christmas activities. You already have a lot of people here. If I stay, I'll feel like I'm intruding."
"We already have 14 people staying at the house. One more isn't going to be any trouble."
"That's not the point, Mr. Weasley. This is a family gathering; I really shouldn't be here."
Mr. Weasley thought for a moment and said, "By the looks of it, you have my daughters heart and she has yours." Draco nodded. "So I take it you two are an item?" Draco nodded his head again. "Well, there you go!" Mr. Weasley exclaimed and slapped the boy on his back. "You may not be related to us yet," Draco's eyes widened when he heard the 'yet' coming from Mr. Weasley, "but like it or not, boy, you're already a part of this family. I will be very insulted if you don't stay."
"Thank you, Mr. Weasley. That means a lot to me. But I must say all your sons, plus Harry, really don't like me."
"Well, they are just going to have to live with it," and the two men smiled at each other.
Meanwhile in the kitchen...
"Mum, say something," Ginny practically pleaded.
"What do you want me to say? I'm tickled pink that you and Draco are finally together."
"Really? Wouldn't you rather me be with someone who wasn't a Malfoy? Aren't you going to say something like, 'He's a Malfoy, it can only be assumed that he'll grow up to be like his father' or something like that?"
Molly sighed and thought back to the time when she was younger. "Ginny, you are my only daughter, and I want you to be happy. I know that he makes you happy and you make him happy." Ginny smiled. "And honey, I know that you are wise enough to make that decision if the event ever arises," Molly said remembering her past experiences. "Trust me, you may have your father's smarts, but you have my common sense!"
Ginny smiled and hugged her mother. "I love you, mum!"
"I love you too dear. Now grab the ice from the refrigerator and come into the living room!" And Ginny did just that.
Mrs. Weasley came into the room and slapped a piece of meat on Draco's eyes. He winced at the pain at first but was then relieved by the coldness that it brought.
"Uh... I am a little confused."
"The meat helps the swelling go down," Ginny said while coming into the room.
"Now leave it there for a little and then we'll clean out those cuts on your face," Molly told him. "Ginny, put that ice pack on the bump on his head."
Draco showed her where the bump was, and Ginny held the ice pack there. "This will help the swelling go down, too."
"Why don't you just use a healing spell?"
"We are simple people, my boy, we don't use magic unless we have to," Arthur told him.
Hearing Mr. Weasley say that made Draco look at the Weasley's in new light. "And being simple makes you happy?" Draco asked sincerely.
"Yes it does, dear," Molly told him.
"Maybe that's what my parents had long ago."
"I'm sure they did," Mrs. Weasley said sadly.
Mr. Weasley fell asleep on the couch and Ginny giggled, "Mum, why don't you take Dad and go back to sleep? Penny's going to be up in a few hours and you're going to need the rest. I can take care of Draco."
"Okay, dearie," Mrs. Weasley woke up her husband and the two of them went upstairs to bed.
"Can I take this meat off my eye now?"
Ginny laughed and took it off of him. "Go grab your pajamas and you can change in the bathroom down here."
He nodded, grabbed his things, and ran into the bathroom. Ginny went to the cupboard and grabbed the peroxide and some band-aids to fix his cuts up with.
When he came out of the bathroom he was wearing a pair of flannel pajama pants and a white t-shirt.
Ginny kneeled on the couch and said, "Come here, you."
Draco walked over to her, and she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him in for a kiss.
When they parted, Ginny told him that she had to finish cleaning his cuts. He jumped over the couch and landed on the cushions. Ginny straddled his lap.
Draco placed his hands on her hips and raised an eyebrow, "This could be fun."
! Ginny smiled and said, "Yes, and I have seven brothers upstairs, that's including Harry."
"I don't care," he said and kissed her neck.
"Draco," she moaned, "I have to finish cleaning your cuts."
Draco leaned back with a pout on his face, "Fine."
Ginny pulled out the peroxide and said, "This may sting a little."
"Sting?" he asked as she dabbed some on his cut. He had to bite his tongue to keep from yelling out.
"Oh stop it, you big baby." She leaned down and blew on it to cool the sting down. "Better?" Draco nodded. "Do you want to talk about it?"
Draco knew exactly what she was talking about. "Not really, but I should, huh?" Ginny nodded her head. "Well, first of all, Potter came to talk to me."
Ginny practically dropped the peroxide on the floor; her eyes widened and her mouth hung open in surprise. "Harry? Harry Potter went to your house to talk to you?"
Draco nodded. He told her what they talked about and what his father said when he found out that Draco was playing the guitar. "I'm just glad that it was my old one and not the one you got me," he smiled up at her and continued to tell her what happened. Ginny quickly finished cleaning him up while listening to him talk.
When he was done, Ginny flung herself into his arms and hugged him tightly.
"Your father and I had a talk," he said placing his head on top of hers.
"What did he say?"
"He's happy that we're together and considers me to be part of the family."
Ginny yawned and said, "I'm so happy!"
"You want to go back to bed?"
"No, I want to stay here with you."
"Well, we can do both," he pulled Ginny up and situated himself on the couch. He then held his arms open, and Ginny slid right into them.
"There's a blanket behind you," Ginny said.
Draco reached up behind him and covered them both in the blanket and held Ginny close. Ginny yawned and said, "I love you."
"I love you too," Draco said and kissed her forehead. "Uh... what's a shot gun?"
Ginny laughed, "If it's ever needed, you'll know."
Draco kissed her again, and Ginny fell asleep with a huge grin on her face.
A few hours later...
"GIN GIN!!" Penny screamed as she ran down the stairs to find her favorite aunt.
Draco and Ginny sprang up from their sleep and sat up.
Ginny saw Penny running towards them and opened her arms, "Penny!"
"Merry Christmas!" Little Penny said and hugged Ginny.
"Happy Christmas, Penny!"
Penny, still standing on Ginny's lap pulled away, looked at Draco and asked, "Who you?"
"Penny, this is Draco. Draco, this is my niece, Penny."
"Hi, Penny," Draco said in a sweet and tender voice.
Penny waved shyly at him and asked, "You Gin-Gin's friend?"
"Yes I am."
"Okay."
Draco smiled; at least he got one Weasley's approval.
Penny turned towards Ginny and said, "Open presents now?"
Ginny laughed and said, "No, you have to wait for everyone else to get up."
Penny jumped off Ginny's lap and ran up the stairs screaming, "Mommy! Daddy!! It's Christmas!!"
Ginny turned towards Draco and said, "I'll be right back." She kissed him quickly and ran up the stairs after her niece.
A few moments later...
Charlie came down the stairs with Penny on his back and Sara behind him when he noticed someone on the couch. He took Penny off his back and grabbed the broom next to the stairs.
"Hey!" Draco turned around and stood up. "You have one minute to explain yourself, boy, or I start swinging!"
"I'm Draco Malfoy, I'm Ginny's boyfriend."
"Ginny's boyfriend, huh," Charlie put down the broom.
"Draco Malfoy?" Sara said from behind Charlie.
"Yes?"
"I'm Sara, Ginny's sister-in-law."
"Oh yes. Ginny can't stop talking about you. I'm finally glad to have met you." Draco turned to Charlie and said, "You must be Charlie, the one who works with the dragons."
"Why yes, I am."
"Good to meet you," Draco said and put out his hand.
Charlie took it and said, "It's good to meet you too." He released the younger boy's hand and said, "You seem okay, but I swear if you hurt Ginny, I hurt you."
Draco swallowed hard and said, "Gotcha."
Bill came down the stairs next.
"Hey, Bill, come meet Ginny's boyfriend."
"Ginny's boyfriend? Well, it's about time. I didn't think she'd ever get one," he walked up to Draco and stuck out his hand, "Bill Weasley."
Draco took his hand, shook it, and said, "Ah yes, the oldest Weasley brother. Nice to met you. I'm Draco Malfoy."
"You seem like a fine good chap, but if you--"
"I got the threat from Charlie already."
"Just remember when he gets done with you, I get what's left."
Percy, George, Fred, Ron, and Harry were walking down the stairs when Percy stopped and the others walked into him.
"Percy! Why'd you stop?" George asked.
"Malfoy."
"What about him?" Fred asked.
"He's right there!" Percy said and pointed.
All the rest of the Weasley heads turned to look and then ran down the rest of the stairs and surrounded him.
Bill, Charlie, Sara, and Penny all sat back and watched.
"What are you doing here?" Ron asked, getting all red.
"I was invited to stay, Weasley."
"By whom?" Fred asked.
"Your parents."
"It's a trick! He's put everyone under a spell!!" Ron said.
"Oh Ron, don't act so stupid!" Harry said.
"Ronald Weasley!" Draco heard from the stairs. It was Lavender. "What do you think you are doing?"
"Lavender, Malfoy is here."
Hermione came down and walked over to Harry. She was pretty happy that he wasn't part of this whole fiasco.
"Ron! Leave him alone!"
"Why is he here?"
"I already told you, Weasley!"
Lavender came around and pulled on Ron's arm, "Ron! Stop it and sit down."
"But... but..."
"He's Ginny's boyfriend now; you will have to learn to like him."
"BOYFRIEND! There is no way that this ferret is going out with my little sister."
"Didn't you get the memo, Weasley, she's not little anymore!"
"Why you little son of a..." Ron was ready to throw a punch.
"Ron!" Ginny screamed, "Leave my boyfriend alone!" She made her way to her boyfriend and put her arms around him. "Sorry about this," she said quietly to him.
"It's okay. I guess this is what brothers do."
"Percy! George! Fred! Ron! Get away from that boy! He's had enough trouble already," Mrs. Weasley said running down the stairs and pulling the boys away. "You have no right to be acting like this."
"Uh... Mrs. Weasley?"
"Yes, dear."
"I... well, actually they do. I never gave them a reason to like me in the first place when they were all at school, and I didn't expect them to like me when I came here." Mrs. Weasley opened her mouth to say something, but Draco kept on talking. "I would like to... to a... a... apologize," he choked out, "for everything and maybe get a second chance?" No one said a thing. "Come on guys, everyone deserves a second chance, why not me?" Still no one said a word. "Any of you willing to give me just one more chance?"
Lavender elbowed Ron in the ribs, but he still said nothing.
"I will." everyone turned around and saw Harry speaking. "I was the first one to say that you couldn't change if your life depended on it, so I guess I'll have to be proven wrong," Harry said with a smile. "Welcome to the good side, Draco," Harry said, putting out his hand.
"Thank you, Harry."
Ron sighed and said, "Fine. Fine. I guess even you get a second chance, Malfoy." He put out his hand. "I still don't like you, though."
"Thanks, Ron."
"Presents now?" Little Penny asked.
Everyone laughed and sat down.
"Us first," Charlie said. He stood up and smiled down at his wife. "Well, first of all, we're expecting another bundle of joy."
Mrs. Weasley let out a loud squeal and hugged them. Everyone got up and gave their congratulations to the couple.
When everyone quieted down, Charlie said, "And secondly, I have a new job." Everyone gasped. They all thought that Charlie was going to be working with dragons all his life. "Well, now that I am getting older and have a growing family, I want to be close to my family." Mrs. Weasley had a knowing looking on her face, "We're coming back and I have a job in the animal department at The Department for the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts.
Mrs. Weasley let out another squeal of joy and hugged her son again.
Penny was getting a little impatient now. "Presents *now* please?!"
They let Penny open her gifts from "Santa," and she 'oooed' and 'ahhed' at everything.
A little while later, Mrs. Weasley took a present from under the tree and handed it to Draco.
"For me?" Draco asked.
"For you," Mrs. Weasley smiled.
Draco took the gift in his hands and looked around at everyone. He looked down at his present, smiled, and ripped it open like he was a five-year-old. It was a one-of-a-kind Weasley sweater. It was green with a silver "D" on it and a snake going through the letter. He looked shocked at the sweater, and at that moment, he knew that they really accepted him, even though he was a Slytherin.
He slipped the sweater over his head and was amazed that it fit perfectly. He stood up and gave Mrs. Weasley a hug and said, "Thank you."
"I'm glad you like it, dear." Mrs. Weasley let go of the boy and took her seat next to her husband.
Ron looked at Harry and said, "Now this is too weird."
"Yeah, I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone." Ron looked confused. "I'll explain it to you later."
Draco went to his trunk and took out some presents. "Uh... I regret that I don't have presents for everyone. I didn't know that I was going to be here for Christmas."
"That's all right, Draco," Sara said. "There will be other Christmases." she smiled. Draco looked at the woman and smiled back.
He handed a gift out to Hermione. She opened it and revealed a rather large spell book that she had never seen nor heard about before. "This is great! Thank you!"
"Open it up," Draco said with a smile.
Hermione did so and realized that the reason why she never heard of the book was because it wasn't real. The whole inside was hollow and contained a few small novels. Her eyes went wide; they were Romance Novels. She slammed the book closed and just smiled at him, "Thought that maybe you should read something new." Draco said with a smile and handed Lavender her present.
She opened it and revealed a photo album. On the first couple of pages were pictures of her, Ginny, and Hermione, and then there was a very large picture of herself and Ron in their Halloween Costumes. She squealed, jumped up, and hugged Draco. "Thank you!" She was really obsessed with pictures and already had three photo albums.
"You're welcome, and last, but not least, for you, Mrs. Weasley," and he handed her a present.
"Thank you, dear." She took the gift from the boy and opened it. She let out a small gasp and put her hand to her chest. It was a glass daisy in a glass vase. "This is so wonderful. Thank you!"
Before Draco could say a word, he felt someone tug on his pant leg. He looked down and saw Penny.
"Do I get a gift?" she said with sad eyes.
"Penny!" Sara said, upset that her daughter said that.
Draco waved his hand and said, "No. It's okay." He looked down to the little girl and said, "Of course I have something for you." He picked the little girl up, brought her back to the couch, and sat her on Ginny's lap.
Draco turned towards the little girl and said, "So, Ginny tells me that you like dragons."
Penny smiled and said, "Love 'em!"
"Well, then my present is suitable for you." He snapped his fingers and a ball of fire formed in his hand.
Penny's eyes widened, "Wooww!"
Draco clamped his hand on top of the fireball and smothered the flame. When he removed his hand, there was a miniature dragon in his hands. Draco touched the Dragon's back and flames came out of its mouth. Penny jumped back.
"Great, just what we need now is a fire breathing dragon in the house," Charlie whispered.
"Shhh!" Sara said and elbowed him in the side.
Draco looked up at the two and said, "Actually it's not real fire. Watch." He touched the dragon's back again and touched the fire. Nothing happened. "It's like a pet, but better. You don't need to feed it or walk it, it gets as big as a puppy, and it'll follow Penny around until she tells it to stay."
Penny smiled, grabbed the dragon, and said, "Thank you, Draco!" She kissed him on the cheek and jumped off of Ginny's lap to show her parents her present.
"And for my love," Draco said and pulled out a present.
Ginny was smiling and took the present. She opened it up and gasped. Inside was not only the bracelet that she got for her birthday, but there was also a necklace with a silver, heart-shaped pendant with a solitaire green jewel in it.
Draco took the necklace from the box and said, "I thought that because you already had my heart that with this I can prove it to the rest of the world."
Ginny smiled and kissed Draco. When they parted, Draco took the bracelet out of the box and slipped it onto her wrist.
"Okay, my turn now!"
Draco looked a little shocked. He really didn't expect a gift from Ginny
considering that he was being such a bastard for the past month. Mrs.
Weasley handed Ginny a box and then she handed it to Draco.
He picked it up and shook it. Ginny laughed and said, "Just open it!"
Draco tore through the gift paper and lifted the top. When he saw what was
inside, he was totally and utterly surprised. It was a complete set of Bryan Adams guitar sheet music. He was totally speechless. "How... what... when... How did you get this?"
"Hermione and Lavender made me go shopping the other day with them and I found that. I knew that I just had to pick it up for you."
"The other day?"
Ginny nodded. Draco grabbed her and pulled her into a hug. He rested his
head on top of hers and kissed her. "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Ron stared at Harry and said, "He plays the guitar?"
Harry shrugged and started to sing the song from "The Twilight Zone". "Do do do do do do do..." Before he could do anymore "Do-do's," Hermione smacked him.
Ginny snuggled closer to him and everyone finished opening their gifts.
Later in the week...
Draco was sitting on the couch when Penny came down the stairs and jumped on the couch next to Draco. She was in full snow gear.
"Wanna come outside and build a snowman?"
Draco smiled at the little girl. "I really never made a snowman before."
"Really!?"
"Yeah."
"Well, come on!" Penny said, pulling Draco's arm. "I'll teach you."
Draco smiled and said, "Okay."
He went to go put his coat, boats, and gloves on. "Come on, Draco!"
"Where are you guys going?" Sara asked from the kitchen.
"We're going outside to build a snowman."
Sara smiled and said, "Okay, have fun."
About 20 minutes later...
Sara showed Draco how to make a snowman and Draco was about to put the head on top of their snowman when a snowball hit him in the head, making him drop the head and break it. Draco looked in the direction from where the snowball came and saw Ginny running after him head on. She plowed him over, making him fall into the snow.
Ginny laughed, jumped off of him, and ran off.
"Get her, Draco! Get her!" Penny screamed.
Draco sat up and said, "Don't worry, kid, I will." He got up and ran after her.
Penny ran into the house screaming, "Come see! Come see!"
Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Lavender grabbed their things and ran out of the house.
"Give up, Weasley!"
"Not on your life, Malfoy!"
The four saw Draco and Ginny running around in the snow like little kids.
Hermione looked at Harry and pushed him in the snow. "Hey! What was that for?"
"Come on, Potter, we never have kid fun anymore like we used to have." Harry smiled and threw a snowball at Hermione. Hermione laughed and ran as Harry started to chase her.
Ron looked at Lavender, and she said, "Oh, don't you even think about it, Ronald!"
Ron smiled evilly and smothered a snowball on top of Lavender's head.
"Oh, you're in big trouble, Ron!!" And Ron was the one being hunted this time.
A week later, on the Hogwarts Express...
"So are you ready?" Ginny asked Draco.
"Ready for what?"
"Ready to show all the others about us?"
"I'm ready if you're ready."
The train stopped for they had arrived at the station.
Ginny held her hand out and said, "I'm ready."
Draco kissed her and the two left the train hand-in-hand.
To Be Continued...
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