Ginny walked into the houseroom frustrated and upset. It was not fair! Whenever she felt close to Draco someone interrupted them! She even thought that Ron might have recruited the fat lady to help keep them apart! It was stupid! And then when they had the perfect opportunity Draco kissed her forehead! Her forehead for Gods sakes!
He wanted her…didn't he? Maybe Ron coming out of the door reminded Draco of what family Ginny came from! Sure, he could never waste his precious time with a poor Weasley! God, think of what he was doing to her! He was making her feel like she should be ashamed of her family!
Sure…they were not rich, but at least they were happy! That's when Ginny decided that she would not let Malfoy get to her. She was happy and she even had some friends! She was doing well in school too! But that night when she was laying awake in bed she could not help but think of his lips that barley had brushed hers when Ron had appeared. Surely it was ok to dream, right? What harm could a little dream about him do?
That night instead of a full dreaming Ginny had nightmares, but they were very unusual. The nightmare had started out as a dream, she was in Draco's arms, and she felt safe and needed. But them something horrible grabbed her and ripped her out of his arms. Suddenly she was in some dark horrible place. Water dripped down from a leak in the roof of a tiny room, which she was held captive in. She pounded on the doors but they would not give way. After hours of screaming she fell to the ground crying. Then a voice that she recognized began to speak to her. When she awoke she could only remember one thing.
'I will be coming for you! Don't fall into the arms of others. That will just bring me faster. You will be mine. I will have you!'
That scared the hell out of Ginny! Her first instinct was to tell Dra…uh…Malfoy about the dream. But then she thought of all the things he might say. Like telling her that she was being unreasonable. Although Ginny had convinced herself to keep from telling Draco…um, rather…Malfoy about her dream she could not shake the feeling that she was being watched. She was jumpy and nervous. No one noticed in lunch. The big Quidditch match was coming up and everyone was excited.
But on the way to class Ginny noticed that Malfoy was watching her more then usual. It was unnerving.
"What's wrong?" Draco finally demanded when they were walking from Snape's class.
Ginny ducked her head to keep Dra…Malfoy from seeing her expression. Draco reached under the curtain of hair that was blocking him from seeing into her eyes. His hands cupped her face, and he tenderly tilted her head up. His fingers stroked the soft skin on her cheeks.
He made her feel like a fragile flower, if he held her to close she would crumble and break. He knew that she would shy away if he did anything to hurt her. So instead he was so gentle, so caring, it was almost like he loved her. But that could not be right, could it? Her thoughts from the previous night came to her. But a strong part of her mind pushed the memories away.
Draco knew that he could not let Ginny see his temper. Though he could not imagine anything that would scare her she was obviously shaken up. Her eyes held a tiny glimpse of fear.
"I had a horrible dream last night." She muttered, leaning against his hand. Her body moved closer to his, making his pulse jump. He wished that he could gather her up in his arms and find a taste of heaven by simply tasting her mouth.
Damn his stupid morals. He was not going to take advantage of Ginny, no matter how much his body protested, he could not do it. She had been through so much in the past few days. Draco was starting to hate himself because of the reaction his body and mind were having from being near to Ginny. And she did not even know what she did to him!
How could such a wonderful creature treat him like he was a good person? He was hated by her brother and friends. Would their reactions to him drive her away from him? Though she was bold and stubborn he doubted that she would not eventually come to hate him like everyone ended up doing. He hurt everyone! It was his way!
"Would you like to talk about it?" He asked, even though he was feeling horrible he could not keep from smiling down at her. She was so breathtaking! He let his hands explore her back, soothing her, causing her to relax.
"It was nothing…really. It's just that in my dream some words were spoken by some unseen evil and I can't get them out of my mind."
Draco looked at her waiting for her to continue.
"Its said 'I will be coming for you! Don't fall into the arms of others. That will just bring me faster. You will be mine. I will have you!' And I guess that I am a little jumpy because of it."
Draco cursed and hugged her close.
"We are going to Dumbledore and he is going to explain why all these things are happening to you!" Draco's eyes were flashing. He looked into her eyes and smiled.
"I don't want to take any chances, you are not going to be hurt as long as I am here beside you!" Guiding shaking Ginny down the hall Draco could not get rid of the feeling that he was being watched, and loathed by some unseen spectator.