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Spoilers: All 5 books.

Title: Let Go

Summary: This is a post-Hogwarts fic. Harry and Ginny are together, but what happens when Harry does something that will change Ginny's life forever? And where does that oh-so-sexy Slytherin Draco Malfoy fit in to all of this???

~*shock-a-lot: Thank you for reviewing. I quite agree, but I had to have someone be the bad guy..hehe. I am usually a Harry/Ginny fan, but I like the idea of Ginny and Draco. Whoo-hoo, they meet in this chapter!*~

~*dragon-chik: Thank you, I plan on finishing! I have no idea how long it will be though.*~

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~*Lalalalala...meep....This is my favorite part out of the Order of the Phoenix:

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it! Oh, Ron, how wonderful! A prefect! That's everyone in the family!"

"What are Fred and I, next-door neighbors?" said George indignantly, as his mother pushed him aside and flung her arms around her youngest son.*~

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Chapter 3...YAY!

"...Draco Malfoy?" Ginny asked bemusedly.

"Yes, he's a very handsome guy if I do say so myself, so you know him?" Wendy asked.

"Yes, I know him, he used to pick on my brother and his friends all the time when we were at school." Ginny said.

"Well, I'm not sure, but I am pretty sure that he has changed for the better now, because he is quite nice to all of us. I could set up a job interview tomorrow if you would like, and you can board upstairs tonight."

"That would be great, thanks!" Ginny said half-heartedly, only because she dreaded meeting Malfoy again, especially after how he treated them so long ago. 'But I do need a job,' she said to herself.

She followed Wendy up the stairs to her room. "Here we are, Room Number 12, have a nice stay!"

"Thank you." Ginny said politely. Wendy left the room and Ginny took out her trunk and charmed it back to it's original state. "Tomorrow is going to be hell," she said outloud. Maybe Malfoy had changed, but to her he would always be the arrogant prat she hexed in 4th year. 'Infact, he was kind of cute at the end of his 7th year.' She thought. But that still didn't change the way he had treated her. Suddenly she heard something tapping on the window. She went over to see what it was and found that it was her family's owl Goblin. "Hello Goblin, I didn't think you would find me. Atleast you can't talk and tell them where I am staying." She took the letter from him and read it:

~*Dear Ginny,

Where are you? I can't believe you would do such a thing. You know we love you. Harry loves you too. Please come back home. You can find yourself here. Please I beg you, come back home. Where are you? And let me ask you this, wherever you are, how are you to pay for yourself, you haven't a job, you have no food. None of your brothers would have ever done anything like this. Please come home.

Love,

Mum*~

"Ha!" she said outloud. "I am not coming back home till I am good and ready, nor am I telling you where I am." It just showed how much it proved that her mother was always going to size her up to her brothers. "They would have never done anything like this." She mimicked in her mother's voice. "Well she can just sod off, I am fed up with the lot of them." She fed Goblin a peice of candy she had in her trunk and returned back to the letter, and scribbled this down on a peice of scrap parchment:

~*Dear Mum,

I am not telling you where I am, you would just come and get me, but you know what I would only

apparate somewhere else. I know that you love me, I love you too, but this is something I just have to do, as for Harry, don't hold your breath, I don't even care about him at the moment. I will come home when I feel that I can return, however far that may be in the future I don't know. And mum, don't worry, I have a job, I have food. And, if you haven't noticed, I am not my brothers, no matter how much you want me to be like them, I will never be them. I love you, but I have no idea when I will be returning.

Love,

Ginny*~

Ginny tied the letter to Goblin's foot and he was off again. 'Well, the main thing is that I let her know that I was okay.' she thought. Ginny went to sleep happy that night, she was away from everything and everyone that she was sick of, mind you she did love her family and friends, and of course she would always hold a special place for Harry, but she didn't even feel the same way towards him anymore. He was just another player in her eyes, no better than the Malfoy that she use to know.

Ginny woke up that morning around 9 am, her meeting was at 10 am, so she had about 45 minutes to get ready, cause she wanted to get there early to make a good impression. She pulled on her favourite jeans and her favourite shirt, then she pulled her cloak on over them. She did a charm to make her hair look straight, thick, and full. She made her way down into the pub and met Wendy.

"Hi Ginny!" Wendy said cheerfully. "Mr. Malfoy is waiting in his office, this is it...are you ready?"

"Ready as I'll ever be." Ginny said and smiled. Wendy led her through a door in behind the bar, and into Malfoy's office.

"Mr. Malfoy, Ginny Weasley is here to see you." Wendy said and left the room.

Draco looked at Ginny and smirked "Well..well...well..if it isn't the littlest Weasel, run away from home did you?"

"What I do in my personal life is none of your business Malfoy." Ginny glared at him.

"Tut tut Weasley, I thought you wanted a job."

"I do, I thought maybe we could put our bad history behind us, and start over."

"Hmm...so that means if I ever meet up with Potty, Mudblood, and Weasel that I have to be nice to them? I don't think so little Weasel." Draco looked at her venomously 'Damn, she got beautiful since I saw her last, what happened to that scrawny little girl that hexed me in 5th year?'

"I didn't say you had to be nice to them, as if they know where I am anyway, I am very pissed off at all of them at the moment, and for you information I traveled here to find myself." Ginny kept on glaring at him all the while wondering how he had gotten so sexy, and how that smirk she once hated made her want to melt.

"Pissed off at Potter and friends? I thought you and him were going to get married and have 12 million kids. Finding yourself, eh? I am doing a bit of that as well. But atleast I can make a profit off of it." Draco spat nastily.

"Draco, I thought we could be friends, or atleast try and get along, do you always have to mention my family? I am no longer a resident of that household." Ginny said truthfully.

"On a first name basis are we, Ninny??..Is that your name? So your not going back to the Barn or whatever it is?"

Ginny laughed at his comment, "Sorry, but your ignorance is amusing, my name is Ginny, and it's not the Barn, it's the Burrow."

"Oh, okay then...Jenny, well I guess we can be on a first name basis, atleast I will find comfort in knowing that you aren't going back to that place."

"It's not Jenny, it's Ginny, G-I-N-N-Y." she corrected. "And I never said I wasn't going back, but I am not going back there to live again, I might visit, but not any time soon."

"Alright, Ginny, I was only joking, now...why is it that you want a job here?"

"Well I obviously need a job, because I left home, and I need money to you know...live."

"Obviously...have you ever been employed before?"

"No."

"Ah..then how do I know you are reliable?"

"C'mon Draco take a chance with me, I promise I will work really hard."

"Okay then Ginny, you have yourself a job. You start waitressing tonight at 7 pm, is that okay with you?"

Ginny wondered why Draco had turned so hospitable all of a sudden. "The sooner, the better."

"Wonderful, so would you like to accompany me to lunch?"

Ginny looked at him completely bewildered. "Are you asking me out on a date?"

"Hardly...I figured you were hungry, I'm hungry, and since you haven't started your job yet you have no money to pay for your meal." He smirked.

"You are right, I am hungry, however, I have money, thanks though."

"True you may have wizarding money, but do you have muggle money? American muggle money?"

"Erm..no."

"That's what I thought, c'mon I want to take you to this wonderful fast-food place, it's called McDonald's, they have the best food."

"McDonald's, I have heard of that in Muggle Studies, you like cheap food?"

"I may be a Malfoy, but I am not my father, and I do not have to have the best of everything in some cases."

"Okay, then I guess I will accompany you to lunch."

"Very well then, come on take off your cloak."

"WHAT!?"

"Well honestly, you can't waltz out into muggle New York City dressed like a witch, although, now that I think about you probably could, there are all kinds of people out on those streets, and everything here is pretty much accepted."

"Oh, okay then." She said as she pulled off her cloak.

Draco watched her with awe. 'She does look pretty great in muggle clothes' he thought. 'Oh who are you kidding, this girl is a Weasley, father wouldn't...father isn't alive to boss me around any more now is he? Well, no but you're a Malfoy, she is a Weasley....but she is not living with her parents anymore...she can do whatever she wants. But who says she is attracted to you?' "Would you shut up?!" he yelled at the voices inside of his head.

"Excuse me?" Ginny looked at him like he was a crazy person.

"Sorry..I just...started thinking about things...and I got carried away...sorry."

"It's all right." Ginny said nicely. "So..McDonald's?"

"Ahh..yes, follow me."

He led her out of Starry Wand's and into the busy streets of New York City. They walked past all sorts of people. Ginny imparticularly noticed a boy with lime-green hair that stood up in spikes. There were loads of yellow things out on the streets that Ginny recognized as Taxis, infact she had traveled in one on her way to King's Cross Station in her 3rd year. There were more people walking and carrying phones than there were cars on the street. She was already liking big city life more than she ever liked the Burrow.

They entered a small building that was connected to a whole other line of buildings. There was a sign on the window that said "Billions and Billions served." 'Gosh.' she thought. Then there was another sign that said "We love to see you smile." Although the people working there looked as if they could care less if the customers smiled or not.

They got up to the cashier's desk. "Hello, and welcome to McDonald's, how may I help you?"

"Do you know what you want to eat?" Draco asked her.

"No." She said and the cashier humphed.

"Want me to order something for you? I know all of the best foods."

"Okay."

"Okay, we'll have two medium Dr. Peppers, two 9 peice Chicken McNuggets, and two large orders of fries, oh and be sure to give us a lot of packages of Sweet and Sour Sauce."

"That will be 9 dollars and 57 cents," the cashier said and Draco handed her the money.

They took their tray and found a place to sit at. Ginny took a sip of her Dr. Pepper "Draco this drink is really good."

"There, you see, I knew you'd like it, you'll want to dip your McNuggets and fries in this sauce."

"Okay." Ginny dunked a McNugget in the Sweet and Sour Sauce. "This is really good," Ginny said stuffing her mouth.

"Yeah," Draco said smacking "It's really good."

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After they had finished eating it was time to walk back to Starry Wand's. They started back out on the street and headed back towards the wizarding pub. "Hey there pretty lady, you wanna come with us and leave old blondie behind?" A man in ripped jeans and a taboggin growled at her. He had 2 other guys with him.

"Erm..no thank you." Ginny said politely.

The man grabbed her arm, "Oh I think you should reconsider."

"Go the hell away." Draco said, pulling Ginny behind him.

"I don't think so."

"Look, she already said she didn't want to go with you."

"What do we have here? A couple of Brits, huh? The British are a bunch of fags. Now if you let hand your girlfriend over you won't get hurt."

"I don't think so, you're not her type," Draco said nastily.

"And you are?"

"Yes he is!" Ginny said from behind his back. "Now, I told you I don't want to go with you, and I don't want to hurt you so go away."

"Excuse me, I need to clear my ears, did you say *you* were going to hurt us?"

"Yes."

"Bring it missy!"

"Ginny, you don't want to..." But it was too late Ginny had already came from behind Draco and kicked all three men in the crotch, and pushed one of them into a garbage can.

"C'mon Draco...don't look surprized I have 6 brothers afterall, 5 really...I don't count Percy."

"Oh...what did you mean by..I was your type?"

"Well...I had to say something, didn't I, I mean if they thought you weren't my boyfriend they would have only tried harder to kidnap me."

Draco Malfoy was very impressed with Ginny Weasley. Infact, he was starting to fall for her. And little did he know, Ginny was starting to return those feelings.

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It seemed to be like the perfect thing for you and me

It's so ironic you're what I had pictured you to be

But there are facts in our lives we can never change

Just tell me that you understand and feel the same

This perfect romance that I've created in my mind

I'd live a thousand lives each one with you right by my side

But yet we find ourselves in a less than perfect circumstance

And so it seems like we'll never have the chance

Ain't it funny how some feelings you just can't deny

And you can't move on even though you try

Ain't it strange when you're feeling things you shouldn't feel

Oh I wish this could be real

Ain't it funny how a moment could just change your life

And you don't want to face what's wrong or right

Ain't it strange how fate can play a part

In the story of your heart

Sometimes I think that a true love can never be

I just believe that somehow it wasn't meant to me

Life can be cruel in a way that I can't explain

And I don't think that I could face it all again

I barely know you but somehow I know what you're about

A deeper love I've found in you, and I no longer doubt

You've touched my heart and it altered every plan I've made

And now I feel that I don't have to be afraid

Ain't it funny how some feelings you just can't deny

And you can't move on even though you try

Ain't it strange when you're feeling things you shouldn't feel

Oh I wish this could be real

Ain't it funny how a moment could just change your life

And you don't want to face what's wrong or right

Ain't it strange how fate can play a part

In the story of your heart

I locked away my heart

But you just set it free

Emotions I felt held me back from what my life should be

I pushed you far away

And yet you stayed with me I guess this means

That you and me were meant to be

Ain't it funny how some feelings you just can't deny

And you can't move on even though you try

Ain't it strange when you're feeling things you shouldn't feel

Oh I wish this could be real

Ain't it funny how a moment could just change your life

And you don't want to face what's wrong or right

Ain't it strange how fate can play a part

In the story of your heart

-Ain't it funny by Jennifer Lopez

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There you go. Chapter 3 all done. Review please!