Draco woke up in the middle of the night. He knew that something was wrong, but he could not put his finger on it. He tried with out success to fall back asleep. When the morning did arrive he was summoned to the hospital wing. Lying on a bed was his beautiful Ginny. Around her sat Hermione, Ron and Harry. Instead of bothering with them he rushed to her side and took her hand in his. She was breathing, but she appeared to be asleep.
"Don't worry Malfoy, she will wake up soon." Hermione whispered. Her face was tear stained and her eyes were filled with remorse.
Draco looked at Ron, expecting a glare.
"Malfoy, Ginny likes you, ok? When she wakes up I want her to be happy. And you seem to be able to make her smile. I don't trust you or like you, but Ginny does."
Draco looked at Ron amazed. Ron was actually letting him stay there with Ginny.
"What happened?" Draco asked, carefully caressing the soft skin on Ginny's hand
with his fingertips.
"Ginny got a letter in the middle of the night, inside was a sleeping spell. It was so strong that it is amazing that she's ok right now." Hermione carefully looked away, but Draco caught sight of her tears.
"Why are you crying?" Draco asked her. Even though he did not like her she was upset about Ginny, Draco was not an unfeeling person despite what others might say.
"Some one is trying to get Ginny hurt, she told me that while she was walking to a class alone she thought some one was following her!" Hermione screamed. Her face was red and her eyes were frantic. Harry and Ron wrapped their arms around her. She went still and began to sob.
"NO ONE WILL HURT GINNY!" Draco screamed, surprising everyone. He took her other hand is his own and softly said "Do you hear Ginny? No one is going to hurt you as long as I am around."
Draco and the rest sat by Ginny's side though the morning classes. Ron and Harry left at lunch to get them all something to eat. Crabbe and Goyle managed to find Draco, but before they could mutter a word Draco had raised his wand at them.
"Leave!" He said quietly. They rushed off with out a second thought. The seconds slowly turned to minutes and then finally hours. By nightfall Ginny was still asleep but she was stirring. The clock had just struck twelve Ginny's eyes opened. She looked up into all the familiar faces. Draco was closest to her. He was staring at her in the weirdest way.
"Where am I?" She asked. Her head was pounding. Being near so Draco, smelling his spicy spent, was making her heart pound.
Draco looked her over. Her eyes were clear and alert, but her face was as so pale!
"Your in the hospital wing." He told her. "Why the hell did you open that stupid letter?"
Ginny's face went blank. "Oh God, someone put a sleeping spell in my letter! But why am I here, sleeping spells are not harmful." The nurse, overhearing, rushed over to them at that moment.
"The sleeping spell that was placed on you was different from the ones you have heard of. This one was not made with the use of normal magic. You could have been killed!" Ginny's eyes went wide. She noticed that Draco was holding her hand, but he seemed unaware of it.
"Can I got back to my own room now?" She asked. Spending a night in the hospital wing was not really how she wanted to spend her time.
After being checked and rechecked she was free to go back to her own room. Draco was holding her hand, Harry Ron and Hermione were in front of them. Draco pulled her to a stop before they reached the Fat Lady's painting.
"God Ginny! You scared the hell out of a lot of people today!" Draco exclaimed, frowning. "Be careful! You should not have even opened that stupid letter! It was the middle of the night of Gods sakes!"
Ginny rolled her eyes. "I'm fine…ok? Sorry to worry you, but your going to have your tutor till the end of the year at least." Draco's eyes narrowed.
"I'm not worried about my school work you stupid naive brat!" He pulled her up against him. "I'm worried about you!" He hugged her then slowly he let her go.
"You're a great person…ok? No one in their right mind would want to hurt you!"
His eyes on her mouth made her blood boil. Her body still tingled from being so close to him.
"Goodnight Ginny!" He whispered.
He began to walk away. Ginny's knees weakened, her head was swimming. She put her hand out to steady herself. It was not because of her stay in the hospital. It was because of her desire for him. She wanted him to hold her, to smooth his kisses down her neck!
Draco turned, hearing her moan. She was supporting herself with the wall, and she was looking at him in such a heated way! Things that he should not have been thinking popped into his mind. Like making her melt against his chest with kisses and caresses.
Ginny watched as Draco turned and walked towards her. Her breath hitched when she looked into his eyes. He stopped when he was just centimeters away from her.
"You should go to your house room." He told her, his voice free of emotion.
"I was watching you." She told him, grinning.
"You should not be looking at me like that!" He said, his voice was husky, rough. He leaned closer. "The way you look at me sometimes! God Ginny! You don't know what you do to me!"
Ginny raised her eyebrows. She wanted him to show her what he wanted to do! She reached up and traced his lips, stopping him from saying anything further. Draco's eyes narrowed, he was watching her every move. His eyes moved to her lips, he leaned down, as if to kiss her. But that could not be right…could it? His lips were just brushing hers when she heard the painting swinging outward. They jumped apart. Ron walked out from the houseroom.
"Ginny, I think its time for you to come in!" Ron said, his eyes were flashing, but he just glared at the couple and went back into the room.
"You better go dear, your brothers will find out if Ron blabs." Ginny looked around and saw that the voice had come from the fat lady in the painting.
Draco pulled her into his arms, laughing. He leaned down and kissed her forehead.
"Sweet dreams Ginny!" He called as he walked away, leaving her filled with desire. Though he would never admit it, he was denying himself as well.