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: 4/03/03
Okay Disclaimer Author note and Warnings in other chapters.
Disclaimer #2: I do not own the song, "My Love, My Valentine" 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! (Okay maybe not, but it's fun to think so isn't it?) Thanks mucho girl!!! :o)
You guys are so great!! You know exactly how to brighten up my day.
~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~
Not too many people noticed the Ginny and Draco were holding hands or sharing a carriage to the castle, but those who did didn't say a word. If it was because they didn't care or because Draco kept on giving them death glares when they were about to say something, no one really knew.
When they reached the castle, everyone reported to their common rooms for a head count and then went to the Grand Hall for dinner.
About a half an hour later...
Ginny descended the stairs and saw Draco waiting for her at the bottom. Draco smiled up at her and held out his hand. She took it and said, "Draco, will you sit with me?"
"I will if you want me to."
Ginny smiled and kissed him quickly, "Come on, let's go."
They walked hand-in-hand into the Great Hall. As they entered the hall, everyone quieted down and looked up at them. Ginny looked a little nervous. Draco noticed this, and squeezed her hand tighter. This relaxed Ginny and the two walked over to the Gryffindor table. Draco took a seat next to Harry and Ginny sat beside Draco.
"Hey guys," Draco said to the guys and then he turned towards the two girls. "Ladies." They all smiled back.
No one dared to make a noise. Everyone turned to look at the professors, and then the professors turned to look at Dumbledore.
Dumbledore stood up and said, "Mr. Malfoy, I believe that you are sitting at the wrong table."
"Actually professor," Draco stated, "I am sitting right where I belong." He smiled and wrapped his arms around Ginny. "Do you mind, sir?"
Dumbledore smiled at the pair and said, "Not at all, my dear boy, not at all. In fact, I am very glad that this has happened and would like to encourage this idea."
Helena Creevy stood up. Her brothers, who sat near her, looked at her and said, "Where are you going?"
"To sit with *my* friend," she said. She looked a bit nervous but held her head up high and proud and walked over to the Slytherin table. Tom stood up and offered her the seat beside him; she accepted the seat.
Everyone looked around and shrugged their shoulders. Half of the students stood up to go sit with their friends at the different tables. Even a few students from the Slytherin table got up to sit with friends from a different house.
Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore smiled happily at one another. Dumbledore stood up and said, "Looks to me, Draco, that you have started a chain reaction."
"Well, at least it's a good one, sir."
"Quite true, my boy, quite true." He clapped his hands and food appeared on the tables.
A few days later...
"No, Ginny! I am not going!" Draco said, putting his foot down.
"Yes you are!" Ginny told him.
"There is no way in hell that I am going!!"
"Why not?"
"Why not?" He started to get a little upset that she wasn't accepting that he didn't want to go see Hagrid with her and the others. "Let's think about this. Maybe because he HATES me!!"
"Oh Draco, he does not hate you!"
"Yes he does. Let me remind you, I was the one who told on him about his dragon, my father sent him to Azkaban, I am the reason why his favorite hippogriff was almost killed and is now in hiding, I said all those mean things about him being half a giant--do I need to go on with the rest of the list?"
"Please, Draco?" she said, putting her hands on his chest. "He'll like you now. You've grown up. You're no longer the same person that you were; you're different now."
"He won't bloody care, Ginny," Draco said, moving away from her. "I'm going to enter that house, and he's going to put his cross bow right at my head."
"No, he won't, Draco Clifford Malfoy," Ginny stamped her foot. Draco turned his head to glare at her. No one called him by his full name and got away with it. He walked up to her, staring into her eyes with his icy gray eyes. Ginny backed away from him until she felt the cold stone on her back. "Dra..." she could say no more as her words were cut off by his lips pressing against hers.
A little while later...
Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Lavender could not find Ginny or Draco anywhere, so they started off towards Hagrid's hut without them.
As soon as they were about to enter his house, they saw Ginny running towards them. She was a mess--her robes looked a little rumpled and her hair was all over the place.
"Ginny, where have you been?" Ron asked.
Ginny smiled evilly at her brother and asked, "Do you really want to know?"
Ron grunted and said, "No."
"Where's Draco?" Hermione asked.
"Not coming. Stupid prat."
Before another word could be said, the door opened up and Hagrid was standing there.
"Hello you guys! Come on in! I have homemade rock cakes and some tea."
The five Gryffindors walked into his house and made themselves comfortable.
Hagrid gave them all a cup of steaming hot tea and a rock cake, "So tell me, what's new?"
Before anyone could say a word, there was a knock at the door.
Hagrid froze and looked around the room. "1...2...3...4...5," he counted the people who were there. Hagrid shrugged and continued talking, "So Harry, how goes the..." but he was cutt off by another knock at the door. Hagrid stared at the door. "Who else would be here?"
Ginny smiled knowingly and ran to the door. She opened it and smiled wide. "Hi."
Draco walked into the hut with a smug look on his face.
When Hagrid saw who was in his hut, he grabbed his cross bow, which was always next to his seat, and aimed it at Draco's head.
"Whoa!" Harry and Ron both screamed and grabbed for the large man's arms. They helped none as they were basically hanging from his arms. Ginny stepped in front of Draco.
"What foul play is going on here?" Hagrid asked, not moving an inch.
"Hagrid, he's my boyfriend," Ginny told him.
"Boyfriend? This ferret boy is your boyfriend?" Draco glared at the man.
Draco pushed Ginny away from him and walked up to Hagrid. "Mr. Rubeus Hagrid, I know that we had a shaky beginning."
"Very shaky, boy," Hagrid sneered at him.
"Fine, very shaky. And I know that a mere 'sorry' isn't going to do much of anything, but I am sorry for the way I behaved when I was younger. But I'm different now." He looked down at Ginny and smiled, "Thanks to Ginny that is. So, Mr. Hagrid, do you think that we can try to do this over again?"
Hagrid put down his crossbow, and the two boys dropped from his arms. "Fine. But hurt anyone here, and I will personally hurt you."
"Grab a number, Hagrid," Ron said from behind them.
Hagrid lightened up and said, "Well, grab a seat," and he went off to grab him a hot cup of tea.
Draco could hear either Ron or Harry making a noise like a whip, but he decided just to ignore it.
February 13th...
It was the day before Valentine's Day and the guys were hanging out with each other as their girlfriends were doing God knows what.
The three were walking down the hall, and they spotted a few Slytherins staring them down.
"What the bloody hell are you two looking at?" Ron yelled at the two Slytherin boys. "Never seen a Slytherin walk with Gryffindors before?" The two boys were about to open their mouths to say something rude when Ron said, "Get your arses out of here before we bloody knock you guys around!" The two boys looked at each other and ran away.
"Ron! That was a little uncalled for wasn't it?"
"Harry, it's just..."
"You're starting to like me," Draco said with a smile.
"You're out of your bloody mind, Malfoy. I'm just learning to live with you."
"Whatever you say, Weasley, whatever you say."
They followed Harry into the Gryffindor common room. Apparently Draco got the A-Okay to sit in the common room with his new friends.
They sat around the fire and Harry said, "So what do you guys have for the girls?"
"I don't know about you guys, but I got Ginny this," Draco said and held out a little black velvet box.
"Don't even tell me your proposing already!"
Draco went white as a ghost, which was saying something considering that he was already pale. "No!" He popped the box opened and showed them a small ring. "It's a promise ring."
Harry and Ron took out identical little black velvet boxes and popped them open. "Looks like we thought alike this year."
"You guys are *just* giving your girlfriends promise rings!? And I thought I moved slow." Draco smiled and got up as he heard the three girls come running down the stairs.
The next day...
Draco was in the astronomy tower getting everything ready. He sent Ginny the flowers in the morning with the card telling her to meet him up here tonight. He even sent her the box of expensive chocolates during lunch to ease her sweet tooth for at least a little while.
He smiled and looked back at his perfect romantic scene. There were candles and flowers everywhere, and on the floor there were hundreds of rose petals scattered all over the place.
"Perfect," he said just as he heard the door to the astronomy tower open.
He saw his love open the door and gasp at what she saw. She placed her hand on her chest and said, "Oh Draco! It looks so beautiful."
"Not as beautiful as you." He grabbed her hands and said, "Come here. I have something for you."
He sat them both down on the floor and took the box from his pocket.
Ginny stared at the box with confusion in her eyes. Marriage? Already? She wasn't ready. "Draco, I..."
"Just open it," he told her.
Ginny grabbed the box from his hand and opened it. The ring was not what she suspected it to look like. It was a silver band with two little hearts intertwined with each other, and inside of one of the hearts was a very small diamond.
"It's a promise ring." Ginny stared up at Draco and he continued, "I just want you to have something to remember that I love you and nobody else." He removed the ring from its box and said, "It's just that... well... I'll be graduating soon and I'm not going to be able to see you every single day like I did this year, and with 'He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named' still about, who knows what will happen. I just want you to know that wherever I am or whatever happens to me, I will always and forever love you." He looked up into her eyes and said, "Will you accept this ring?"
Ginny had tears running down her face and said, "Oh Draco, I love you too! Of course I will accept the ring!"
He smiled and slipped it onto her finger.
Ginny wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him in for a passionate kiss.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Sorry that this chapter was rushed, but everything will be explained in the next and final chapter. The next chapter should hopefully be up within the next few days.
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: 4/03/03
Okay Disclaimer Author note and Warnings in other chapters.
Disclaimer #2: I do not own the song, "My Love, My Valentine" 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! (Okay maybe not, but it's fun to think so isn't it?) Thanks mucho girl!!! :o)
You guys are so great!! You know exactly how to brighten up my day.
~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~
Not too many people noticed the Ginny and Draco were holding hands or sharing a carriage to the castle, but those who did didn't say a word. If it was because they didn't care or because Draco kept on giving them death glares when they were about to say something, no one really knew.
When they reached the castle, everyone reported to their common rooms for a head count and then went to the Grand Hall for dinner.
About a half an hour later...
Ginny descended the stairs and saw Draco waiting for her at the bottom. Draco smiled up at her and held out his hand. She took it and said, "Draco, will you sit with me?"
"I will if you want me to."
Ginny smiled and kissed him quickly, "Come on, let's go."
They walked hand-in-hand into the Great Hall. As they entered the hall, everyone quieted down and looked up at them. Ginny looked a little nervous. Draco noticed this, and squeezed her hand tighter. This relaxed Ginny and the two walked over to the Gryffindor table. Draco took a seat next to Harry and Ginny sat beside Draco.
"Hey guys," Draco said to the guys and then he turned towards the two girls. "Ladies." They all smiled back.
No one dared to make a noise. Everyone turned to look at the professors, and then the professors turned to look at Dumbledore.
Dumbledore stood up and said, "Mr. Malfoy, I believe that you are sitting at the wrong table."
"Actually professor," Draco stated, "I am sitting right where I belong." He smiled and wrapped his arms around Ginny. "Do you mind, sir?"
Dumbledore smiled at the pair and said, "Not at all, my dear boy, not at all. In fact, I am very glad that this has happened and would like to encourage this idea."
Helena Creevy stood up. Her brothers, who sat near her, looked at her and said, "Where are you going?"
"To sit with *my* friend," she said. She looked a bit nervous but held her head up high and proud and walked over to the Slytherin table. Tom stood up and offered her the seat beside him; she accepted the seat.
Everyone looked around and shrugged their shoulders. Half of the students stood up to go sit with their friends at the different tables. Even a few students from the Slytherin table got up to sit with friends from a different house.
Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore smiled happily at one another. Dumbledore stood up and said, "Looks to me, Draco, that you have started a chain reaction."
"Well, at least it's a good one, sir."
"Quite true, my boy, quite true." He clapped his hands and food appeared on the tables.
A few days later...
"No, Ginny! I am not going!" Draco said, putting his foot down.
"Yes you are!" Ginny told him.
"There is no way in hell that I am going!!"
"Why not?"
"Why not?" He started to get a little upset that she wasn't accepting that he didn't want to go see Hagrid with her and the others. "Let's think about this. Maybe because he HATES me!!"
"Oh Draco, he does not hate you!"
"Yes he does. Let me remind you, I was the one who told on him about his dragon, my father sent him to Azkaban, I am the reason why his favorite hippogriff was almost killed and is now in hiding, I said all those mean things about him being half a giant--do I need to go on with the rest of the list?"
"Please, Draco?" she said, putting her hands on his chest. "He'll like you now. You've grown up. You're no longer the same person that you were; you're different now."
"He won't bloody care, Ginny," Draco said, moving away from her. "I'm going to enter that house, and he's going to put his cross bow right at my head."
"No, he won't, Draco Clifford Malfoy," Ginny stamped her foot. Draco turned his head to glare at her. No one called him by his full name and got away with it. He walked up to her, staring into her eyes with his icy gray eyes. Ginny backed away from him until she felt the cold stone on her back. "Dra..." she could say no more as her words were cut off by his lips pressing against hers.
A little while later...
Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Lavender could not find Ginny or Draco anywhere, so they started off towards Hagrid's hut without them.
As soon as they were about to enter his house, they saw Ginny running towards them. She was a mess--her robes looked a little rumpled and her hair was all over the place.
"Ginny, where have you been?" Ron asked.
Ginny smiled evilly at her brother and asked, "Do you really want to know?"
Ron grunted and said, "No."
"Where's Draco?" Hermione asked.
"Not coming. Stupid prat."
Before another word could be said, the door opened up and Hagrid was standing there.
"Hello you guys! Come on in! I have homemade rock cakes and some tea."
The five Gryffindors walked into his house and made themselves comfortable.
Hagrid gave them all a cup of steaming hot tea and a rock cake, "So tell me, what's new?"
Before anyone could say a word, there was a knock at the door.
Hagrid froze and looked around the room. "1...2...3...4...5," he counted the people who were there. Hagrid shrugged and continued talking, "So Harry, how goes the..." but he was cutt off by another knock at the door. Hagrid stared at the door. "Who else would be here?"
Ginny smiled knowingly and ran to the door. She opened it and smiled wide. "Hi."
Draco walked into the hut with a smug look on his face.
When Hagrid saw who was in his hut, he grabbed his cross bow, which was always next to his seat, and aimed it at Draco's head.
"Whoa!" Harry and Ron both screamed and grabbed for the large man's arms. They helped none as they were basically hanging from his arms. Ginny stepped in front of Draco.
"What foul play is going on here?" Hagrid asked, not moving an inch.
"Hagrid, he's my boyfriend," Ginny told him.
"Boyfriend? This ferret boy is your boyfriend?" Draco glared at the man.
Draco pushed Ginny away from him and walked up to Hagrid. "Mr. Rubeus Hagrid, I know that we had a shaky beginning."
"Very shaky, boy," Hagrid sneered at him.
"Fine, very shaky. And I know that a mere 'sorry' isn't going to do much of anything, but I am sorry for the way I behaved when I was younger. But I'm different now." He looked down at Ginny and smiled, "Thanks to Ginny that is. So, Mr. Hagrid, do you think that we can try to do this over again?"
Hagrid put down his crossbow, and the two boys dropped from his arms. "Fine. But hurt anyone here, and I will personally hurt you."
"Grab a number, Hagrid," Ron said from behind them.
Hagrid lightened up and said, "Well, grab a seat," and he went off to grab him a hot cup of tea.
Draco could hear either Ron or Harry making a noise like a whip, but he decided just to ignore it.
February 13th...
It was the day before Valentine's Day and the guys were hanging out with each other as their girlfriends were doing God knows what.
The three were walking down the hall, and they spotted a few Slytherins staring them down.
"What the bloody hell are you two looking at?" Ron yelled at the two Slytherin boys. "Never seen a Slytherin walk with Gryffindors before?" The two boys were about to open their mouths to say something rude when Ron said, "Get your arses out of here before we bloody knock you guys around!" The two boys looked at each other and ran away.
"Ron! That was a little uncalled for wasn't it?"
"Harry, it's just..."
"You're starting to like me," Draco said with a smile.
"You're out of your bloody mind, Malfoy. I'm just learning to live with you."
"Whatever you say, Weasley, whatever you say."
They followed Harry into the Gryffindor common room. Apparently Draco got the A-Okay to sit in the common room with his new friends.
They sat around the fire and Harry said, "So what do you guys have for the girls?"
"I don't know about you guys, but I got Ginny this," Draco said and held out a little black velvet box.
"Don't even tell me your proposing already!"
Draco went white as a ghost, which was saying something considering that he was already pale. "No!" He popped the box opened and showed them a small ring. "It's a promise ring."
Harry and Ron took out identical little black velvet boxes and popped them open. "Looks like we thought alike this year."
"You guys are *just* giving your girlfriends promise rings!? And I thought I moved slow." Draco smiled and got up as he heard the three girls come running down the stairs.
The next day...
Draco was in the astronomy tower getting everything ready. He sent Ginny the flowers in the morning with the card telling her to meet him up here tonight. He even sent her the box of expensive chocolates during lunch to ease her sweet tooth for at least a little while.
He smiled and looked back at his perfect romantic scene. There were candles and flowers everywhere, and on the floor there were hundreds of rose petals scattered all over the place.
"Perfect," he said just as he heard the door to the astronomy tower open.
He saw his love open the door and gasp at what she saw. She placed her hand on her chest and said, "Oh Draco! It looks so beautiful."
"Not as beautiful as you." He grabbed her hands and said, "Come here. I have something for you."
He sat them both down on the floor and took the box from his pocket.
Ginny stared at the box with confusion in her eyes. Marriage? Already? She wasn't ready. "Draco, I..."
"Just open it," he told her.
Ginny grabbed the box from his hand and opened it. The ring was not what she suspected it to look like. It was a silver band with two little hearts intertwined with each other, and inside of one of the hearts was a very small diamond.
"It's a promise ring." Ginny stared up at Draco and he continued, "I just want you to have something to remember that I love you and nobody else." He removed the ring from its box and said, "It's just that... well... I'll be graduating soon and I'm not going to be able to see you every single day like I did this year, and with 'He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named' still about, who knows what will happen. I just want you to know that wherever I am or whatever happens to me, I will always and forever love you." He looked up into her eyes and said, "Will you accept this ring?"
Ginny had tears running down her face and said, "Oh Draco, I love you too! Of course I will accept the ring!"
He smiled and slipped it onto her finger.
Ginny wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him in for a passionate kiss.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Sorry that this chapter was rushed, but everything will be explained in the next and final chapter. The next chapter should hopefully be up within the next few days.