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The Phantom of The Phone Booth
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"Virginia! Virginia," someone was shaking her awake, but she didn't want to get up. She had had nightmares all night, and had finally begun to get some sleep when Draco woke her up.
"No!" She screamed loudly hitting Draco on the head. "Stop it! No! Stop it! Don't do this to me, Adam, please!" Tears were streaming down her cheeks, and she wasn't even aware. Draco figured she must have been having a bad dream or something. He wiped her tears and shook her slightly.
"Shh, it's okay, Virginia. It's okay," he coaxed.
"No! I don't want to! Stop it! I love you! Why are you doing this to me?" She sobbed and turned around so she was on her stomach. Suddenly, Virginia sat bolt upright in the bed and looked wide-eyed at Draco. She brought a hand up to her cheek and felt the tears there. "Crap."
"Good morning to you too," Draco said. "Are you alright?"
Virginia didn't say anything. She just struggled out of the twisted covers and stood up. I must look like a mess, Virginia thought as she looked down at her blue pajama pants and white spaghetti strap top. She put a hand through her hair, and started brushing the knots out.
"I can't believe this," she whispered softly and turned away from Draco's gaze. She felt cold hands that placed firmly on her shoulders.
"What happened?" Draco asked softly.
"Nightmares. All night. Sid was crying, and I was running trying to find him, and then You-Know-Who wouldn't let me unless. . ." Virginia's voice trailed off and she shuddered.
"I'm leaving," she said softly.
"As soon as you're ready, we'll go."
"I'd much rather go by myself," Virginia told him firmly.
"It's not safe for you to go by yourself. Besides, you don't have the slightest clue as to where to look," Draco said.
"And you do?" The sarcasm was light, but detectable.
"I have a vague idea…" Virginia gave him a suspicious look but turned around to fumble for her wand.
After finding it in Sid's baby bag, she cast a spell and she was fully dressed and made up. Looking down at what she was wearing, she decided it was too cheerful for her mood. Pink tube tops and black mini skirts were not exactly 'my-kid-was-just-kidnapped' clothes, now were they?
Draco smirked and flicked his wand. She looked down and was satisfied with her all black outfit. "I never did figure out how to choose your clothes while doing that spell," she muttered and went over to her bag to dig out a white and black scarf to tie around her neck.
"Ready to go?" Virginia nodded and followed Draco out the door.
"I still wish you wouldn't come. It's not like you know anything about Sidney," Virginia mumbled and tightened the strap on her bag.
"I know more than you think."
"Goody goody gum drops. Now that I'm over the initial shock of yesterday's event, I'll be a whiney, sarcastic and basically evil bitch. Still coming?" Virginia asked hopefully.
"Yes." Groaning, Virginia just continued to follow Draco outside.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hop on," he said, indicating his broom. Virginia crossed her arms.
"I am most certainly not getting on one of those with you. Knowing you, if I'm a bitch as I so plan to be, you'll push me off the damned thing."
He smiled and gave her bottom a swat toward the broom.
"Then don't be a bitch."
Behind his back, Virginia sarcastically mimicked him. "Then don't be a bitch," Ginny growled at Draco.
"Get on the damned thing Virginia!"
She stuck out her tongue and slid behind him, clutching him around the waist.
"I don't know why you're so interested in finding Sidney. I mean, he is my son. Not yours!" Another hours worth of her rambling went by before Draco whispered a spell to make her fall asleep.
"Thank fucking Merlin."
A few hours passed before Draco decided it was time for them to rest. He flew down to where a thick patch of grass was settled and placed Virginia in front of the berated lip of a small lake where a waterfall dripped soothingly into it.
'This is almost too easy…' he thought to himself, pulling off his shoes. 'I'm surprised she hasn't caught on yet. Obviously not as intelligent as she pretends to be.'
Draco looked down at her admiringly. She really was quite cute… He leaned close to her and pulled off her shoes. She was still fast asleep, via the spell.
As much as he wanted to kiss her, he knew that he couldn't. She was his prey, not his-
'Ok, can't think about her like this…'
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Where are we?" were the first words out of Virginia's mouth when she awoke. Draco looked her up and down.
"We're just resting up a little bit. No need to worry. We'll be up and going in a few minutes."
"We're looking for a little boy, not a snake. Why are we in the woods?"
Draco tried to think of the best words.
"We're only here for a little while. Just while we sleep. I'm thinking that we can go to Paris. My uncle that lives there has a, uh… Crystal ball, so he can track Sidney down."
Virginia was too tired to bother fighting against the crap Draco was spouting.
"What's for breakfast?"
"What would you like?" Draco asked.
"Anything to make me forget my worries. You know, something such as cotton candy. . . ice cream. . . lolly pops. . ." Virginia licked her lips and Draco laughed.
"How about some whiskey?"
"No thanks."
"It helps you forget your worries," Draco jiggled the bottle under her nose. Virginia sniffed disgustedly.
"Yeah, if you want wrecked kidneys in return. It's um, too early for that sort of thing anyway," Virginia shifted her eyes to the bottle and back to Draco in caution.
"Suit yourself." Draco stuffed the bottle into his bag and leaned against a tree trunk facing Virginia. Ginny pulled out her wand and conjured up a large tub of "Extra sweet, all you can eat, float your troubles away cream puffs" and opened the top greedily. Draco cocked an eyebrow at her and smirked.
"It's all I can do to calm myself," she explained and stuffed a cream puff in her mouth. "A little secret I learned from Harry back in fourth year." She stuffed another puff in her mouth and chewed contentedly.
"What ever happened to lover boy anyway?" Draco asked and reached over her tub to take a cream puff for himself. Virginia shrugged.
"He stopped talking to me when he found out I was pregnant with Sidney. Guess he thought of me as someone who couldn't make wise decisions for myself. He never understood how hard it was for me. He never understood that the thing I needed most at the time was to talk to someone like him." There was a hint of sadness when Virginia spoke of Harry. Small, yes, but nothing that would pass by Draco unnoticed.
"Do you still love him?" Draco asked. Ginny's head shot straight up.
"I never said I loved him," she snapped and slowly chewed on another cream puff.
"But you know you do," Draco insisted.
"I'm not sure I know anything at the moment. Sid is the joy of my life. But his birth also caused my life to collapse." Virginia closed the cover of the cream puffs and stood up to dust herself off. She grabbed her bag off the ground and looked at Draco expectantly. He stood up, plucked his broom off the forest floor and slung his bag over his shoulder.
"Ready to go?" He asked.
"Never been more driven."
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Virginia looked down at the world as they started flying again. Everything was just so beautiful from so high up.
Somehow though, she was too unhappy to really notice anything. Three days since she last saw her baby… Three damned days! She'd never gone that long without Sidney before. Ever!
Virginia rested her forehead against his back, making Draco jump. He almost scooted forward, but then he realized that he rather liked the feeling of being so close to her like this.
See, Draco was never really all that close to a woman; unless he was screwing her, of course.
"Draco?" Virginia asked, looking as the woods faded into small towns and then large towns soon enough.
"What is it?" he asked, looking behind his shoulder
to see her.
"I was just wondering, how long do you suspect it'll take to get to this Uncle?"
Draco shivered as she pressed a cheek against his shoulder. "Ab-about a week."
Virginia looked down again, unable to think of anything but her missing son. . .
~*~*~*~*~*~
Draco felt it was quiet. Too quiet. Way too quiet for having Virginia Weasley on board. He stole a glance behind him and realized that she was asleep. Draco was really quite impressed that the woman managed to stay balanced on the broomstick without holding onto him. However, that would soon change if he didn't move her. Cautiously, Draco slipped her arm around his waist. Immediately she snaked her arms around his middle and rested her head on his shoulders. Draco could feel her hot breath on his neck.
It gave him shivers.
Suddenly, Draco came to a halt in mid-air. At the sudden jerk of the broom, Virginia awoke. She realized where her hands were and withdrew them suddenly as if Draco had some infectious disease.
He felt a sort of cold emptiness, as if that was where her arms belonged: around his waist.
'It's time,' Draco thought. "We need to land."
"Why?"
"Just trust me, okay? I know what to do." There was a slight pause, before Virginia blew her top.
"Excuse me! After all, it is only my son! Good grief, you know nothing about Sidney, never will and never have! I don't know why the hell we're going this way, or why we're hovering over the woods, for goodness sakes, but I want you to let me off right now!" Virginia hollered. "And I want to go looking for him myself," she added.
"Virginia-"
"One-"
"Ginny, just-"
"Two, I'm warning you!"
"Why don't we-"
"Three!" Ginny had to face her fear of heights and take a big leap. Closing her eyes tightly, she threw one leg over the side of the broomstick and fell. Just fell. For a moment it felt like bliss, being free in the air like that. It was a feeling of total oblivion, nothingness really. That is, until she felt something hard form under her. She opened one eye, then the other and realized that Draco had caught her.
"What the fuck were you doing? You could've killed yourself!" Draco told her.
"I warned you that I would jump if you didn't let me down. I'll do it again if we don't land right now," Ginny said harshly.
"I was going to land, Virginia! Good Lord, woman!" Draco swept down to the ground and Virginia scooted off his lap. Immediately, she sprinted away. The sprint had been going on for about five minutes, and Virginia looked over her shoulder briefly.
Mistake.
"Gotcha!" Firm arms wrapped around her waist as Draco spun her around.
"Let. Me. Go," Ginny said through clenched teeth.
"No. You don't know where you are, and I'm not just going to let you wander alone here and die!"
Ginny wriggled around in his arm, quite positive that if he didn't let go in approximately 6.6 seconds, she was going to make him bleed.
"Stop it and let go, Malfoy! This is my son, my life, and my death if I want it to be!" She wriggled more.
"Think of your son, Virginia!" Draco argued. "Who will be his mother if you die? Huh?" Ginny went limp in his arms.
"But still!-"
"But nothing!" Draco cut her off. "Have a bit more confidence in yourself."
Ginny glared at him. Ginny glared at him. So now that he felt he was responsible for her son's rescue, for saving her after her suicide attempt, he might as well be in charge of her life as well!
She stiffened.
"Let me go!"
"Well I might just let go of you if I didn't care so much!" Ginny stopped moving.
"What did you say?"
Draco froze.
Uh oh.
He was screwed…
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pI: Hehe. My initials look cool like that. Anyway, hope you all enjoyed this. It's so much fun writing. Minus the threats shooting between the authors, of course. Nothing much more to say. Sorry the chappy got out so late. Mystical Starlight was a bit er…tangled up in things…literally…*dodges flying punch* Ciao!
MS: Ok I don't really like the fact that my initials are also the name of a disease… As well. This chapter almost made the two of us kill each other! But you know what readers, feel goddamn special! We almost murdered each other for you guys! I almost cried, she almost cried, my dog almost cried… Ah well.
As for the tangled up comment, ahem, I was actually a little busy in a country not my native. I had fun and Pink and I actually got along! Surprising huh? Well, if the next chapter doesn't come up within the next month, we've murdered each other. J