Chapter 5 - [Perfect things never last]

            The week was great for Ginny. I mean, how often do you get to spend every night with the guy your keeping a secret from the rest of the world? Well, for Ginny that isn't often, until now. Every night was like heaven for her, but she knew something was wrong. Draco always acted nervous around her, and it wasn't because she was a girl. She was pretty sure he had plenty experience in that 'department'. Still, it was all she ever wanted.

            After finishing up the nights homework and dinner, she headed down to the lake to meet Draco. On arriving he was in the same place as usual, doing the same thing as usual, staring out into the lake, looking at no exact thing. She always wondered what he was thinking when he did that. She always thought that Draco had this other, deeper, side to him. Walking toward him, she noticed that he hadn't sensed her presence yet. A smile danced across her lips as he looked at the teenager in front of her.

            So, in her most manly, evil, horrifying voice, the petite girl yelled, "AVADA KREDEVRA!"

            As soon as the words left her mouth, she was in a fit of giggles. Poor Draco, who thought he was dead, lay on the ground with his arms covering the head. When he heard the laughter he looked up to see Ginny on the floor as well, laughing like a madman. Draco scolded himself for acting the way he did. He should've known it wasn't a real spell.

He got up and walked over to Ginny. She tried to suppress her laughter, but try as she might, she just couldn't stop laughing. Draco kneeled down to her and tucked her hair behind her ear.

"Your evil." He whispered playfully. Ginny giggled and wrapped her arms around his neck for support as he pulled her up from the ground. Draco held her in his arms, savoring every moment. Then, he let go of her. Ginny frowned at not being held, but Draco slid his fingers into the spaces of hers and she smiled once again. Draco began to walk closer to her. For ever step forward he took, she teasingly took a step back, never letting him get to close.

It was as if they were doing a dance. A dance in the dark moonlight, as two lovers lost in each others eyes. It was certainly magical. But, Draco had something else in mind. He smiled at the thought of what was coming, and she didn't have a clue. He looked at his path. It was just where he wanted it. Straight toward with a few more steps and there would be the lake. She didn't know what was going to hit her.

Before the couple reached the edge of the lake, Draco, instead of walking forward, pulled Ginny towards him. He gave her a passionate kiss that she was never expecting. He stopped just as she was begging for more. Then, he continued with his little dance. He took a step forward as Ginny, with a mixture of love and lust in her eyes, stepped back right into the lake. She screamed as she fell into the cold, icy water.

Draco laughed, "That was to easy my dear Virginia!"

Ginny swam up to the top of the lake and pouted at Draco. "Draco!" she yelled, "This water is freezing! You're such an ass!"

Draco snickered, "Well it's not my fault you were lost in my incredibly sexy eyes and were picturing me naked!" He winked at her.

Ginny laughed sarcastically, "Right…believe what you want Mister!" She batted her eyelashes in the cutest way possible, "But now, who will be keeping me warm, hm?"

Draco kept his eyes on her and carefully walked closer, "Well, I may be willing to do the job…but, if you throw me into that lake then there wouldn't be at all possible for me to keep you warm, now will there?" Ginny smiled and lifted her arms up so Draco could pull her up. Draco lifted her up from the lake. She was shaking and the water felt cold against him as he held her. Draco took off his robe and wrapped it around her. Moments like these were to perfect. Draco realized that he never really had moments in his life this nice until Ginny came around.

Draco thought of everything that had been happening. It was one hell of a time. Every night, the dance, everything, was unbelievable, in a good and bad way. Now, it all brought them to here, this one moment. This was the one moment Draco realized, he had fallen for a Weasley. No matter how hard he tried to admit it, he did. Some might think it was impossible for such a thing to happen, but it did. And deep down, he liked it. Draco smiled at the thought of spending his life with Ginny, maybe not his whole life, but at least until he graduated. After that, he wasn't sure what was going to happen. But what really mattered was right now.

"Hey Gin?" he held her tightly.

"Hm?" Ginny sighed blissfully, it was all perfect.

"I love you." He whispered. Yes, it was all to perfect.

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"Ginny! Draco!"

Draco could hear the faint yells in the wind. He was tired and remembered what happened with Ginny. He immediately snapped out of his slumber at recognizing the owner of the voices.

"Ginny, where are you!?" that was definitely Potter, he thought. He looked to his side, and sure enough, Ginny was lying against him. He could hardly remember what really happened. He knew they had talked a lot, for a very long time. He remembered bearing his soul out to her, as she did the same. It was an understanding of both worlds. It was that and the occasional making out part, but that didn't seem too important to Draco.

He had kissed a lot of girls, and that's all he did with them. With the red-headed Weasley, it was different. He cared about her. He actually truly, genuinely cared. That was a rare thing for himself. It was a rare thing for Malfoys in general. But, she broke the barrier.

"Ginny!" There yelling became louder, it was obvious they were getting closer. He tapped on Ginny, trying to wake her. She rolled her head to the side and snuggled closer toward him. He grinned and whispered her name into her ear. A soft sigh was the reply. Even though he was having fun, he knew that he should wake her up before they were found. "Ginny, wake up, the dream team is looking for you."

Her eyes fluttered opened and she yawned. She stretched her arms and looked at Draco. "Hey there." She whispered. Draco placed a gentle kiss on her lips, but before he could go any further the voices called out again.

"Ginny!"

Draco tucked a stray clump of hair behind Ginny's ear. He sighed. He wished that this moment could last forever. "Come on love, we better get going." Ginny nodded.

"Guys!" Ginny yelled, "Over here!" They walked toward the trio. Draco ran his hand through his hair, trying to straighten it out.

"Where the hell were you?" questioned Ron.

Hermione had a strange look on her face, "And where did you get that robe?" She pointed to the black silk robe that Ginny was wearing. Ginny blushed and remembered the incident with the lake. She forgot to give Draco his robe back.

"There was an accident at the lake…" She trailed off and handed Draco his robe.

"Whatever, we have bigger problems." Harry stepped into the conversation, "You guys have to see Dumbledore. There was an attack."

"Shit." Draco muttered to himself. Why was he so careless? He shouldn't have been messing around and now he not only put himself and Ginny in danger, but the whole school. He mentally scolded himself.

Ginny was worried, "Alright, we'll go now." They walked back to the castle.

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 "I'm such an idiot." Draco said to Ginny when the parted from the rest of the group.

"What are you talking about Draco?" she asked.

"We shouldn't have fooled around. We were on patrol, we should have took it seriously and now look at what happened, we put everyone in danger."


            "You know something don't you Draco? Something more then any of us knows. Tell me please, I have found out a lot about you these past weeks. What would be the harm in telling me a little more?" Draco let the question hang and they were interrupted by Professor McGonagall.

"The headmaster is waiting for you…" She led the way into the office. When they got into the room, Dumbledore gave them the sign to take a seat. He wasn't smiling or frowning, his face showed no emotion.

He cleared his throat and began, "You may have heard there was an attack on the school. There were death eaters, not a whole lot, but maybe a dozen or so. Draco, you know what they were looking for."

He nodded his head, "Me" Ginny's heart jumped at the answer.

"It's a good thing they didn't find you, or Miss Weasley. But, it's not safe here anymore. This is giving you another reason to leave Mr. Malfoy."

"What? Leave? What are you talking about?" Ginny jumped up.

"Ginny…" Draco pulled her back into the seat.

Dumbledore sighed, "I'm sorry you have to receive this news, but it's better if he leaves. If he does so, it will be a safer environment for everyone."

"But…" Ginny held back the tears.

"I did say safer, not better. I know what you two have been through, but we have to put people's lives above anything else. I'm very sorry, but you're going to have to leave in a few days. Pack only the important necessities, and say your goodbyes. You to, Miss Weasley, have the choice of leaving, but it will be hard to explain to everyone."

Draco sat there in silence, Ginny just stared at Dumbledore. She couldn't believe what was happening. The one person she cared about and that cared about her was leaving. It was too surreal.

Dumbledore spoke up again, "There wasn't any serious damage to the students or the school. It's a good thing none of the students were up."

"If it's not serious then why do we have to take such precautions?" Ginny said obviously still angry that Draco was leaving.

"Well, last time they came they were just in the woods, am I correct?" They both nodded, "Now there are in the school, what do you suppose will happen next?"

Ginny sighed, "It's not fair."

"Life isn't all that fair Ginny." Draco said, "You just have to find a way to play the cards life deals you and put up with the results."

She shook her head, a tear falling onto her cheek, "You don't know how hard this is Draco. You're everything and so much more to me. I can't lose you."


            "You're kidding me right? You think this isn't hard for me? Look, Ginny, you have changed my life. Before you all I could think of was either killing myself or following my father. Look what you've done to me." Draco laid back in his chair.

"I don't want to upset you Draco, but look at it from my point of view! Nobody has ever cared for me. I was always the invisible one, the little girl. You treated me like no one ever had. You treated me like a person. Now you're going to leave me and I go back to being that person. I don't want to go back Draco, you can't make me!" Ginny was raising her voice. Dumbledore just sat there.

"I may not be able to make you, but life can. I can't control it Ginny. I can't control what my father wants or what anybody else wants. Sometimes you just have to take all the shit in the world, just because. You're just going to have to deal with it."

"So what Draco, what are you telling me? Are you telling me that I should just deal with the fact that I'm never going to see you again? Should I just 'deal' with the fact that I have to accept this and just forget everything we had together?" The words just poured out of Ginny's mouth. She was to hysterical to even catch them.

"Maybe that's just what I'm saying Ginny. Maybe you should do exactly what you just said right there. Maybe if you just forget about everything, the pain will go away." Draco said quietly.

Ginny couldn't believe what she was hearing. She couldn't believe that the one person she thought loved her told her to stop caring. "What if I told you that you never mattered to me Draco? What if I said that I didn't cry one tear or lose one moment of sleep over you?" Tears were now freely flowing down her face, "What if I broke every promise I swore to keep? What if I shattered every dream? Tell me Draco, how would you feel if I did exactly what you're doing to me?"

Draco looked at her. He didn't know what to say. Ginny stood up and stormed out of the room. Draco sighed and put his head in his hands. Life just full of so much bullshit, and it just wasn't worth it.

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A/N: Hello there folks. The beginning of this chapter was just fluff because I thought the fic was going to be too short, which it is. But, I'm already thinking of a sequel. Well, I'll let you finish this story first until I tell you about the sequel. Well I hope you enjoyed. I might not update until I finish the 2nd chapter of my other story.

By the way, the whole 'What if I told you' came from a quote that I found floating around the internet. If you noticed that. Just to let you know because I don't want to sound as if I plagerized or something.

Speaking of plagerizm. I haven't put up a disclamer in any of my chapters (*dun dun dun!*) Sorry about that, well you know the deal. Everything that sounds familiar is not mine. Everything belongs to there respective owners. Etc. Blah, blah blah.

Thanks to my reviewers Lady Talina and SamiJo (I think that's it). Please keep reviewing.