A/N: I wrote THIS chapter the morning after I wrote chapter 3!!! What can I say, the Plot Bunnies attacked. Muhahaha!!! This is a long chapter - as far as my chapters go. It's almost twice as long!!! Also, there is a part in this chappie from Ron's POV, but you'll know when it is. Muhahaha!

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Chapter Four
Smirks that say 'Get Real'.

The next morning, when Ginny woke up, and it took her a while to notice that she wasn't in her bed in the Gryffindor Girl's Dorm. Of course, when she tried to get up to get a better look around, she felt a tug on her arm. Then, without having to turn around she remembered what had happened.

Oh, Godric.

If this is what is was going to be like for the rest of the year, Ginny would surely scream. Being bound to Draco Malfoy.

She took this time to look at Draco. He looked like an angel with a peaceful expression on his face.

Ginny managed to sit up so she could observe him better. She noticed his hair had fallen out of his normal slicked-back style it was usually in. Ginny, unconscious of her actions, brought her hand up to his face to brush a strand of hair away.

Like a bolt from the blue, Draco's eyes snapped open. "What the fuck are you doing, little weasel?" he said.

Ginny gulped. "Um - just, er - well, you had a stray hair in front of your face , and it looked like it might be bugging you."

He glared at her, leaning up so he could see her better. "I., " he said, "have learned to deal with things that bug me."

After they both said 'Off Bind!" and got out of bed, Ginny thought she heard him mutter, "Like somebody I know.."

~*~

An hour later they had changed, showered, and the bindings had come back on their arms. Ginny was already pissed at Draco because he kept throwing comments at her like, "How do I know you weren't groping me in my sleep, little weasel?" and "Oh Weasley, by the way, have you informed your precious Potter about 'us?'"

She would kill him if he made on more crack like that.

"Smart ass, all I did was tuck a strand of hair behind your ear! It was a kind, and innocent gesture!"

Draco waved this aside.

"Can't take a joke, can you, little weasel?"

Ginny snorted.

"You, Mister Malfoy," Ginny said, imitating his drawl, "are the last person I would expect to have a sense of humor."

Draco clamped his mouth shut at this, but not before adding, "Then I guess you didn't this about my father, now, did you?"

With this, Draco strolled out of the room, and down the stairs, dragging Ginny all the while. And while Draco led her to the Great Hall for breakfast, Ginny thought about what he had said.

~*~

"Oh Merlin."

"Do you see Ginny with that prat?"

"They are practically arm-in-arm with each other!"

"They must be dating!"

"Look, oh look, they're sitting down at the Slytherin table! What in Salazar's name does Ginny think she's doing?"

"My question is, why would Malfoy date her?"

"Probably to get her in bed. You know Malfoy."

"Yeah.He does have a reputation."

Ginny's face was nearly black from blushing so deep by the time they had sat down, while Draco had looked like nothing was out of place. Draco and herself had gathered a great portion of attention from the students.

When the Slytherin's all looked at Draco questioningly, he just shook his head, and the Slytherin's all went back to eating.

"Do you have some sort of code or something?" Ginny inquired. "If you nod your head it means something, if you wave a hand it means something, if you smirk it means something -"

"My smirks," Draco interjected, "can mean all sorts of things. And yes, all the Slytherin's have a way of communicating without talking. By shaking my head, they knew I didn't want to talk about why I brought you here."

"Slytherin's are weird," she said, frustrated, grabbing some toast to eat.

She thought she saw Draco with an amused expression. He leaned forward ever so slightly, and for a wild second Ginny thought he was going to kiss her, but then he said, "Yes, they are, little weasel."

Ginny almost had a giggle fit right then. Everyone in the Great Hall had their eyes focused on Ginny and Draco, and from their view it looked like he kissed her ear and was whispering things to her. Draco pulled away (as far as he could) from Ginny, and went back to eating, the blank expression returning on his unblemished face.

~*~

Oh. Sweet. Mother. Of. Merlin.

She actually sat down at the freaking git's table to eat. No way! If she has to break wizarding law to sit at the Gryffindor table, I don't care, but - HOLY CRAP! What the fuck is Malfoy doing?! It looks like he's kissing her bloody ear!

What are those gossip-hound Hufflepuff's talking about? I better listen in.

"So they are dating, then?"

"It looks like it."

"I heard yesterday they practically had sex on the bloody stairs."

That snapped something in Ron's mind. He marched over to Ginny at the Slytherin table, face beat red, and ready to murder. After seeing Draco and Ginny together, Harry and Hermione didn't question Ron's actions.

~*~

Ginny wondered what was going on when Ron approached her and Draco, looking ready to murder.

"Is - it - true?" He said calmly and quietly, though his eyes were closed and his fists were balled at his sides.

Oh no. What did he hear - wait, do I want to know?

"What are you talking about, Ron?" Ginny said casually. She knew some of the things those gossiping people were saying..

Ron violently marched forward and grabbed her by the shoulders and shook them, roughly. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT YOU, VIRGINIA?!" He screamed in fury.

The whole hall's attention was now on them. All Ginny could think was, Where are the bloody teachers.Where are the god damn teachers.My brother will start a riot -

"THEY'RE SAYING YOU ALMOST DID THE DEED ON THE STAIRCASE!"

Boy, gossip travels fast. She didn't think anyone had seen them though. Oh no, that means-

"IF THIS IS TRUE, VIRGIN -IA, YOU'RE NAME IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE CHANGED!"

Ginny winced, and then with her free hand, slapped her brother. Hard. She and Draco both stood up at the same time, and, thank Merlin, left the Great Hall without falling or stumbling. Unfortunately, after they had both said "Off Bind!" Ginny was bombarded by a bunch of gossip-hungry Hufflepuffs. And they all left Draco to observe them questioning her, and not even giving her time to answer.

"Ginny, WHY do you like Malfoy?"

"And since when did you stop liking Harry, anyway? Last time I checked -"

"Is he good in bed, Gin?"

At this point Draco had to cut in. "So what if I am?" He drawled, cutting through about seven Hufflepuffs to get to Ginny and drape an arm around her shoulder. Ginny tensed immediately as all the Hufflepuffs gasped.

"Uh - Malfoy. You're not exactly improving this situation, you know. Gossip travels at light speed, and people already think we are in a very intimate relationship," Ginny said out of the side of her mouth so only Draco could hear her.

"Little Weasel, I know what I'm doing," he replied out of the corner of his mouth as well.

"So," he added louder so the Hufflepuffs could hear him, "Why don't we go up to up to our dorm and have another one of those nice shags, Virginia, dearest?"

"Uh - um," Ginny said, unsure, and her breath caught in her throat looking at his angelic face again. Draco looked at her with one of his familiar amused expressions on his face.

"Oh!" said Ginny, cottoning on. Draco had to bite back a laugh. "Yes, of course, why don't we, we don't have classes or anything."

That set the Hufflepuff's off again, and as Draco walked away, he could of swore he heard on of them say to another, "So, just how often do you think they do it, anyway?"

After rounding the corner, Ginny couldn't help but falling to the ground in laughter. And, for the first time in his life, Draco did the same.

~*~

A couple minutes later they entered their dorm, their laughter subsiding, but their was still an occasional chuckle from Ginny.

"Okay, little weasel. It wasn't that funny." This earned another chuckle from Ginny.

"No, it's ironically funny. You claimed earlier about me groping you last night, now people think I actually did!"

"Yeah, well, I do what I have to do to get away from Hufflepuff's." Ginny thought this was a little unfair, but didn't comment on it.

"You know," she said, "I want to thank you." Draco's head turned slightly to face hers.

"For what? For." He trailed off. "For filling very nice mental pictures in your mind?" He snickered. Ginny's smile dropped. "No, I was actually going to say for stopping the Hufflepuff's from bothering me." She said this sincerely.

Draco's expression turned ugly and his voice became sharp and cutting.

"I was helping you just as much as myself, Weasley. I want to keep my reputation, you know."

Ginny snorted. "Yeah, you did a good job, buddy. People now think that not only are you good in bed, but have used your 'skills' on me. Awesome reputation, you sound like a male whore."

Draco stiffened immediately.

"And whatever happened to socialising with Weasley's? Isn't their some sort of law against that? So it's your own fault if these rumours come around to bite you in the butt. Because you're the one who added fuel to the fire."

Draco smirked. "Get real, Virginia. Any person with a half-brain and binoculars can tell that we truly aren't attracted to one another."

It was Ginny's turn to stiffen and look down. "Are you saying that my brother doesn't have a half brain or binoculars?"

"Yes, that is what I'm saying. He probably couldn't afford either one."

That was - weak. And really, really low. Ginny thought.

They both sat down in chairs on opposite sides of the room for the remainder of the hour, and not a word was spoken in between them.

All Ginny thought for the whole hour was, How can a boy so beautiful throw his life away?

~*~

A/N: Yep. This is a freaking long chapter. So.REVIEW!!!