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I Love You Too Much To Let You Go
By: Aly
I'm Still Holding Out For You
The
hardest part is when the bough breaks
Falling down and then forgiving
You didn't kiss me good-bye
I'm choking on the words I didn't get to say
And pray I get the chance one day
~~~~~*~~~~~
Draco looked out of his office as Ginny walked out, not knowing what to do. Not knowing what he could do. There was only one option, and it wasn't to chase after her. His heart screamed to, but he knew he couldn't. How could he just let her walk out of his life? She was the best thing in it so far. But he also couldn't let her be put into danger.
As Harry was walking past his office he stopped to look at his friend staring down at his hands on his desk.
"Anything wrong?" He asked.
Draco only grunted.
"Alright then…anything you want to talk about?"
"What is there to talk about?" He shook his head and ran his hand through his hair in complete frustration. "Let's just say, you win your bet. Ginny and I are over."
"That I figured when she kissed me. What I wanted to know is what she was doing kissing me when she should have been kissing you?"
"We broke up." Draco stated, giving no further explanation.
"Oh." Harry said sarcastically, "Thank you for clearing that up for me."
Draco glared at him. "This whole situation is complicated."
"Because you're making it that way, or because it just is?"
"…Both."
"Why'd you end it with her? I thought you'd told me things had been going great."
"Too great. And then this whole mess started…" He shook his head. "I can't be in a relationship with anyone, let a lone a Weasley when I'm working for Voldemort."
"Did you not think about the fact that maybe Ginny doesn't care about that?"
"She's told me she wouldn't care."
"Then why even worry about it?'
"Ginny could be killed. Has that not registered in that small brain of yours?"
Harry grinned slightly, "Cracking jokes at me. That's a good sign. You must be feeling a little bit better."
"Just…just get out of my office for a bit. I need to think."
Harry backed out, much like Ginny had, only he was grinning. "Whatever you say, boss."
Once again Draco magiced his broken pot together and threw it at Harry.
~~~~~*~~~~~
Ginny walked aimlessly out of The Ministry of Magic building, not knowing where she was going or what she was going to do. She felt completely lost. How had she become this attached to him so quickly and not even realized it? Ginny Weasley had fallen completely head over heals for Draco Malfoy, and he had pushed her away. She looked up at the sky and tried to swallow the lump that had formed in her throat. This was crazy. She was not in love with a Malfoy. That was just impossible.
Somehow she ended up at her friend Liz's flat, and somehow her face was streaked with tears when Liz opened it.
"My heart, Gin, what happened to your face?"
Ginny started to laugh but it ended up coming out more as a sob.
Liz's eyebrows furrowed as she opened her door, "Come in and have a seat and tell me what happened."
"He…he…he doesn't want me."
"Who?"
"Draco." She sopped. "He dumped me."
"Draco? Who's Draco?"
"Drake. His real name is Draco."
"You lied to me about your boyfriends name?"
"Well…" How had she gotten herself into this mess? She took a deep sigh and
whipped her face. "It's somewhat complicated."
"Spill."
"Well..you see…Draco isn't a very common name in the wizarding world, let alone in the muggle world…and so—"
Liz cut her off. "Wizarding world? Muggle world? Ginny I think you've gone crazy."
"Liz, I'm a witch."
"Ginny, I know you can be a brat at times but—"
"No, no you don't understand." How could she explain this? "I'm a witch. My father's a wizard, as are my brothers, as is Draco. We all do magic."
Liz just blinked.
"I'm serious!"
"Ginny, I understand that you've been through a traumatic experience, but—"
"No buts about it." She pulled out her wand, "Do you know what this is?"
"A very glossy stick?"
Groaning and rolling her eyes Ginny flicked it and muttered a few words, making all the pillows around the room sprout wings and start having pillow fights with each other.
"Now do you believe me?" She asked.
"Ginny….what's going on?"
"I'm a witch. I went to a witch and wizarding school where Draco and my family hated each other and then I went and fell in love with him and he's going to go off and fight He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and get himself blown up." She started crying again.
"Blown up by he-whos-whats-his-face?"
Ginny snickered, "Close enough. But he didn't choose me! I thought he'd choose me…"
"Any guy who wouldn't choose you is an idiot who deserves to be blown up."
Only Liz would try to be understanding after hearing about a part of her best friend's life she never knew she had.
"It's just that I feel so stupid, and worthless, and hurt, and unwanted, and—"
"That's a long enough list and it's all lies. You're brilliant! You're a catch for any…wizard…I'm sure."
Laughing Ginny through a pillow at her. "Thanks, I guess."
"You just have to fight for him if you like him so much."
"I tried. I even tried to make him jealous to get him back."
Liz groaned. "Please tell me that you didn't kiss a guy in front of him."
Ginny just looked at her hands and didn't say anything.
"Oh Ginny. Haven't you learned anything from those musicals you do, where emotions are everywhere and no one really knows how a person falls in love after meeting each other three minutes earlier, but they tell each other about it. Well…sing to each other. You need to tell him how you feel."
"I don't even know how I feel. Everything is so confusing."
"You told me you loved him."
"That's what's so confusing. How could I have ever fallen in love with a Malfoy?"
"I'm sure if I'd gone to your school I'd understand, but he seemed perfect for you. Gin, go after him."
"Aren't the guys supposed to come after me?"
"That happens once in a blue moon. They're just to stupid to realize what it is their missing."
Ginny looked over at her friend, "You're amazing. You know that right?"
Liz just gave her a cocky grin, "Of course."
They sat next to each other till Liz poked her in the side, "Now that I have a witch for a friend does that mean I get three wishes?"
Ginny just shook her head and laughed.
~~~~~*~~~~~
The next few weeks were hell. Ginny was trying to get the courage to put down her pride and bear her heart to Draco. Draco was trying to discover as much as possible about Voldemort without being found out, as well as trying to think of Ginny as little as possible. He'd found out some information that could be useful, but Ginny was always at the back of his mind, or the front of it. He missed her, and that killed him.
"Draco?" Lucius hissed.
"Eh, yes father?"
"You were told to focus on this project, and that is what you are going to do."
"Of course, father."
Draco looked down at the piece of parchment and almost gasped out loud. In front of him was a list of people who were going to be attacked in the next few days, weeks, or months. He skimmed the list until he hit names that he didn't just know as names and faces, but as people.
Harry Potter
Hermione Granger
Arthur Weasley
Molly Weasley
Charles Weasley and children
Bill Weasley and children
Fred Weasley
George Weasley
Ron Weasley
Ginny Weasley
At this he did gasp.
His father looked at him. "What? Did something upset you?"
"No." Draco said coldly. "I just hadn't realized that we were going to abolish the entire Weasley Family in one evening."
"Directly after the Ministry Ball. You will be attending, seeing as your still in their good graces. Afterward, and during of course, we'll have small attacks, some large. We need to get rid of families that stand in our way."
"Like the Weasley's would be much of a threat." Draco stated.
Lucius raised his arm, as if he was going to hit him. Draco didn't even flinch, seeing as this wasn't a new experience to him in the first place. "People would have thought you'd have learned something in your absence. This family, even though disgustingly low, have something about them. Especially that girl. She's already faced the Dark Lord once. Not many have had that privilege and lived through it."
"I see what you mean Father."
His father only looked at him in disgust. "The Ministry Ball is being held in two weeks. All the people on this list should be in attendance. You will give us information about them and we'll act upon that when we fill the time is right."
"Of course." But all he remembered was his father saying that everyone on the list would be there; and that included Ginny.
~~~~~*~~~~~
"Mother, I don't want to go."
"Your father is being honored. Besides, you can meet some nice gentleman since…well you can meet some nice men." Molly Weasley stated.
"I don't want to meet men." Ginny muttered back.
"Nonsense. You'll go and you'll enjoy it."
"I'm not twelve you know. I'm allowed to say if I want to go or not."
"If you miss this day in your father's life you'll be a disappointment."
"Oh, I'm sorry but I thought that position was already being filled by Percy."
Molly gave her a cold look, "Your brother's doing what he sees best to help. No one can blame them for that."
"Of course we can mother. He's making a complete fool of himself."
"That's your opinion."
Ginny rolled her eyes. "I have to go?"
"Yes."
"Fine. I'll meet the family there around nine, but I'm not staying the whole time."
Molly just grinned and patted her head, "Of course not dear."
Ginny could only hope that Draco would be there, and that she'd finally be able to give her a piece of her mind.
~~~~~*~~~~~
The Ministry Ball was a major event in the year where members of the community as well as employee's were honored. Invitations were given to employee's families and select members of the wizarding community. All in all it was a stuffy affair that hardly anyone enjoyed, but just attended so it could be known that they were "society".
Draco had arrived early, technically on time, just to be sure that he didn't miss having a chance to glance at Ginny. To his surprise she came in rather late, and on the arm of Dean Thomas. He hadn't expected her to come with a date, or to be hurt that she had. After all, she had no reason not to date someone. Except for he had been miserable for the past month, and had thought that she would have been the same way. Obviously he was wrong.
After a while of watching her dance and flirt, he couldn't take it any longer. He walked over, resisted the urge to punch Dean, and asked to cut in. There wasn't really any reason for Dean to say no, but Ginny glared at him once they were alone.
"Draco." She said, all to sweetly for the look she was giving him.
"Hello Ginny." He said back, sighing as he pulled her closer and caught the familiar scent of her hair. "I've missed you." He hadn't meant to say that but it just popped out.
Ginny pushed back a little and looked into his eyes, "Really? I mean…that's surprising seeing as it was you who broke it off in the first place."
"Ginny are you going to hate me for the rest of my life?"
No, she wanted to say. But he'd hurt her and she wasn't ready to let her pride down. "You hurt me Draco."
"Don't you realize that hurt me to?"
They were no longer dancing, and were also no longer in the main building but had drifted out to a balcony area.
"Maybe things just weren't meant to work out between us. Maybe it's better this way." But her eyes betrayed her, so she had to look down at her hand, which was being caressed softly by Draco's.
"Don't say that." He pulled her chin up. "As soon as I get this all worked out I want to start seeing you again, Gin. I've missed you."
"I've missed you too…" This wasn't going how she had wanted it to, but how could she remain hurt when he acted like this?
He pulled her close and just held her, content to be touching her after not being near her for so long. "It should all be over tonight."
"Tonight?" She pulled away and looked at him in shock. "What's happening?"
"I got a list of names and have auror's and other's posted toward all the possible positions. We'll be catching most, if not all, deatheaters tonight."
"Including you?" Pain reflected in his eyes. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. I know that you're—"
"I know. And I understand." He pulled her against him again. "But let's not focus on that. All I want to do is be with you for right now." And he leaned down to kiss her.
Ginny had forgotten how much his kisses affected her and she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer to deepen the kiss.
After a few minutes they pulled apart. "I missed that part of you." He laughed.
Ginny laughed too. "I had forgotten what it was like kissing you."
Draco kissed her cheek and then a sensitive spot by her ear, "Well, I better do it again just to make sure you never forget." And he leaned toward her to kiss her again, trying to express how much he had missed her in one kiss. One long kiss.
Finally they took step backs from each other. "Definitely unforgettable." She smiled.
"Good."
He put an arm around her shoulder as the looked up at the stars. The were beautiful, but something just wasn't right about them.
Draco looked down at his watch and cursed. "I've got to go. I'll talk to you as soon as I can, ok? Just do me a favor, in case things go wrong, don't go anywhere you normally go."
Ginny looked at him oddly.
"Just don't, ok?"
"Ok…" She said as Draco apparated away.
~~~~~*~~~~~
I
still run, I still swing open the door
I still think, you'll be there like before
Doesn't everybody out there know to never come around
Some things a heart won't listen to
I'm still holding out for you
~~~~~*~~~~~
Sorry for not adding more, but I wanted to end this one somewhat happily and I wanted to post it tonight and I'm getting tired. I'll add more soon!
Thank you to my wonderful reviewers!
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