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One night, about 2 weeks later, Ginny and Draco lay lounging together in front of a roaring fire. Lulled by the sound of Draco's voice, Ginny was slipping further and further into the land of dreams.

'And so, my boss was telling me that he needs me to go on a business trip about 3 weeks from now and I said.Gin, are you listening?' Hearing no answer, Draco looked down to see the innocent form of Ginny slumbering quietly. He didn't mind, as watching Ginny sleep was very calming. Magic had erased her lighter bruises from the fight, and the deeper ones had faded to shadows.

Awaking abruptly, Ginny blinked and looked up to see Draco watching her. 'What's the matter, never seen a girl before?'

'Sure I have, but not one so beautiful, and not one that's mine.'

Laughing quietly, Ginny sat up. 'Yours? I'm not yours. You don't own me. We're not married.'

Looking her deep in the eyes, Draco replied, 'Gin, we don't have to be married for you to be mine. I own you in more ways than a legal ceremony can grant me.'

'Really? Do tell,' Ginny drawled.

'My mind owns your mind. My body owns your body. My soul owns your soul. And my heart owns your heart. But although I own everything of yours, you own everything of me.' (A/N: I know, major fluff, but sue me, I feel in a certain mood.)

The look in Draco's eyes was making Ginny's insides turn to mush. But just as she leaned in to kiss him, one of her colleague's heads appeared in the fire. 'Ginny, sorry to interrupt, but we have another crisis. We need you. Be at headquarters in 10 minutes.' And with that, he was gone.

Ginny groaned. 'Why do they always need me when I'm just getting to the good part? I mean, I had to listen to my mother drone on and on about Percy's new house the other day, but did they need me then? NO! They call me just as things get a little more interesting.'

All throughout this little speech, Draco sat there, silent, just watching Ginny. She jumped up and ran around, getting her stuff together. Ginny was about to leave when Draco stopped her at the door.

"I don't want you to do this.'

Ginny sighed. 'You promised you wouldn't be like this.'

'Yeah, well I lied.

'Please don't make me do this. Please don't make me choose.'

Draco reached over and grabbed her shoulders, shaking her slightly. 'What, you just expect me to sit back and let you put your life in danger?'

Ginny jerked away. 'It's my job,' she stated in a flat job.

'So? Fuck your job!'

Ginny crossed her arms and glared at her boyfriend. 'It's important.'

Draco let out an exasperated laugh and smacked his fist against the wall. 'And you being alive isn't? You've got your priorities mixed up big time.'

'It's my life and my body, and therefore my choice.'

'That is such a stupid thing to say!' Draco spat out.

Ginny just stared at him with her mouth open, aghast. 'Why would you say that?'

'You're being selfish. Your body, yes. Your life, yes. Your choice, no. So many people, especially me, need you and count on you alive.'

Ginny's expression softened as she saw how much Draco cared for her. 'Yes, but so many people are counting on me now to kill whatever it is, and if I die trying, so be it. At least I tried. My life vs. tons of peoples' lives. It's a choice I have to make, and I made it a long time ago. You need to deal with my decision.

Draco sighed, once again seeing the full extent of the Weasley stubbornness. 'Just come back to me in one piece, ok?'

'Thank you.' Ginny smiled, and kissed Draco quickly, already getting into fighting mode. But just before she left, Ginny turned back to Draco. 'What would I ever do without you?'

***~~~***

Draco sat stiffly in one of the armchairs, waiting up for Ginny and trying not to fall asleep. His eyelids were just closing when he heard someone stumble through the fireplace. His head snapped up to see Ginny standing there, clothes ripped and bloodied, with bruises all over her body, masking the old ones. Draco jumped up and ran over to Ginny, reaching her just in time to catch her as she lost her balance. "Holy shit Ginny, what happened?'

Forcibly removing Draco's arms from around her sore waist, Ginny eased herself down painfully into a chair. 'Three huge demons kicked the shit out of me.'

Knowing this was not the end of the story, Draco prompted her. 'And?'

'I kicked the shit out of them.'

'Ginny.'

'Don't worry Draco, they're dead. I'm not. I think it was a fair trade.'

Trying not to explode, Draco opted to find some humour, if any in the situation. Plopping himself down on the couch beside Ginny, he said, 'so, save the world again?'

'Pretty much, but its all in a days work. Why are you looking at me like that?'

'I just want you to be careful. Seeing as you won't outright quit, maybe you could work part time or something.'

That was answered with an emphatic no. 'Look Draco, can we just drop this? You and I are never going to come to a complete decision, and if we press this further, it'll probably just escalate into some huge fight that you and I both don't want.'

Looking mischievous, Draco winked at Ginny. 'Fine, but you know, all clouds have a silver lining. You know what comes after fighting, don't you? Making up.'

Ginny rolled the eye she had that wasn't swollen shut. 'Fine, let's just pretend that we had some huge fight. I'll start. I'm really sorry that I yelled at you and said all of those things. You know I don't mean them. I was just upset. Please forgive me.'

Getting into the spirit of things, Draco let a few fake tears fall. 'I forgive you, but I was being an asshole too. I never meant to hurt you. I love you. Forgive me?'

'Sure, why not.'

'Ah, my favourite part. The kiss scene. And action.'