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A/N: This is a flashback too, in case you're wondering. Thanks for the reviews.
Chapter Two
Their "usual" place was his room in the Slytherin dungeons. With him being a prefect he had his own room that you couldn't find. Unless you knew where to look.
Draco was sitting in front of the fire when she walked in. His elbows were on his knees and his hands were folded under his chin. He looked so solemn and fierce.
"You know I love you, Gin, right?"
Her face flushed like it always did when he said those three words. "Yes, I know," she replied slowly.
"Don't ever forget that." He turned around, meeting her warm brown eyes with cold steel.
"What's going on, Draco?"
Draco stood up and walked over to her. "I'm engaged."
Ginny swallowed, feeling her heart slowly rip in two. "Since when?" she choked out.
He watched as her eyes filled and he wanted nothing more than to hold her. But he couldn't, not ever again. "Lucius informed me last week. I'm marrying Blaise Zabini."
Hope shined in her eyes. "But we can still see each other, right? At least until you graduate."
Draco shook his head sadly. "Lucius found your letters after I got back from Diagon Alley. He forbade me to have any kind of affair with a Weasley. Or else he'd do something I'd regret."
A lone tear spilled down Ginny's cheek. "Like what?"
"Hurt you," he answered in a quiet voice. "And I'd rather you be alive than dead."
Fire flashed in her eyes as the whole situation hit her in the face. "So that's it then? 'Had a nice go, maybe I'll see you later'?"
"I don't have a choice, VIRGINIA! Do you WANT to die?"
"What's the point of living if you're not going to be in my life?!"
Draco ran a hand through his hair in frustration. "You're not the only one who's hurting here, Gin. I don't want to marry Blaise!"
"And you couldn't have told me on the train?" she raged at him. "Or did you want to get one last quickie in before you dumped me?"
Hurt slipped into his eyes and Ginny regreted the words the minute they were out of her mouth. The hurt passed quickly to be replaced by ice. "I didn't know to tell you. I didn't want to hurt you."
Ginny snorted before hitting him soundly in the stomach. "I shouldn't have expected so much from a MALFOY," she said in utter distaste. "You could have found a way."
She gave one last hurt glance and turned and walked out.
* * * * * *
Draco tried getting her attention over the next few weeks. He would stop her in the hallway and she'd brush him off like he was an annoying fly. He watch her in the Great Hall, hoping to catch her eye. But either her back was towards him or she'd stare blankly ahead of her.
She returned every single letter he owled her and every gift he'd ever given her. And lately, he noticed, she was hanging out with Potter, much to his dismay.
But he wasn't allowed to care who she was friends with. Not with Blaise sitting next to him, her face unemotionally blank.
He vaguely realised Blaise was staring at the same spot he was, but at the guy next to Ginny Weasley.
After three months of Ginny avoiding him, he finally realised he single handedly managed to ruin the one good thing in his life. All because he was too gutless to stand up to his father.
He pushed his food away, suddenly not very hungry.
A/N: This is a flashback too, in case you're wondering. Thanks for the reviews.
Chapter Two
Their "usual" place was his room in the Slytherin dungeons. With him being a prefect he had his own room that you couldn't find. Unless you knew where to look.
Draco was sitting in front of the fire when she walked in. His elbows were on his knees and his hands were folded under his chin. He looked so solemn and fierce.
"You know I love you, Gin, right?"
Her face flushed like it always did when he said those three words. "Yes, I know," she replied slowly.
"Don't ever forget that." He turned around, meeting her warm brown eyes with cold steel.
"What's going on, Draco?"
Draco stood up and walked over to her. "I'm engaged."
Ginny swallowed, feeling her heart slowly rip in two. "Since when?" she choked out.
He watched as her eyes filled and he wanted nothing more than to hold her. But he couldn't, not ever again. "Lucius informed me last week. I'm marrying Blaise Zabini."
Hope shined in her eyes. "But we can still see each other, right? At least until you graduate."
Draco shook his head sadly. "Lucius found your letters after I got back from Diagon Alley. He forbade me to have any kind of affair with a Weasley. Or else he'd do something I'd regret."
A lone tear spilled down Ginny's cheek. "Like what?"
"Hurt you," he answered in a quiet voice. "And I'd rather you be alive than dead."
Fire flashed in her eyes as the whole situation hit her in the face. "So that's it then? 'Had a nice go, maybe I'll see you later'?"
"I don't have a choice, VIRGINIA! Do you WANT to die?"
"What's the point of living if you're not going to be in my life?!"
Draco ran a hand through his hair in frustration. "You're not the only one who's hurting here, Gin. I don't want to marry Blaise!"
"And you couldn't have told me on the train?" she raged at him. "Or did you want to get one last quickie in before you dumped me?"
Hurt slipped into his eyes and Ginny regreted the words the minute they were out of her mouth. The hurt passed quickly to be replaced by ice. "I didn't know to tell you. I didn't want to hurt you."
Ginny snorted before hitting him soundly in the stomach. "I shouldn't have expected so much from a MALFOY," she said in utter distaste. "You could have found a way."
She gave one last hurt glance and turned and walked out.
* * * * * *
Draco tried getting her attention over the next few weeks. He would stop her in the hallway and she'd brush him off like he was an annoying fly. He watch her in the Great Hall, hoping to catch her eye. But either her back was towards him or she'd stare blankly ahead of her.
She returned every single letter he owled her and every gift he'd ever given her. And lately, he noticed, she was hanging out with Potter, much to his dismay.
But he wasn't allowed to care who she was friends with. Not with Blaise sitting next to him, her face unemotionally blank.
He vaguely realised Blaise was staring at the same spot he was, but at the guy next to Ginny Weasley.
After three months of Ginny avoiding him, he finally realised he single handedly managed to ruin the one good thing in his life. All because he was too gutless to stand up to his father.
He pushed his food away, suddenly not very hungry.
