The Stars and The Night Sky- Chapter 4: Confessions of True Love

Disclaimer: Thank J.K Rowling for her wonderful ideas, we all love Harry Potter! Maybe even a little too much!

Pairings: Ginny/Draco, Harry/Cho, Hermione/Ron and some random ones that only come up a few times.

Chapter Summary: Ginny was rescued by Draco, what will happen when Draco and Ginny finally have a chance to speak.

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Draco wandered through the damp and musty dungeons. Water dripped down from the ceiling dampening his robes. Ginny was lying passed out over Draco's shoulder. She was as pale as a December moon and as cold as ice. Draco was worried; he wanted to get Ginny back to his dormitory as soon as possible. He wanted so badly to wrap her in blankets, take care of her, hug her, kiss her, show her how much he loved her.

Draco turned the corner and stopped in front of the Slytherin common room entrance. It wasn't much to those who didn't know it was there. In fact it was just a stone sticking out of a stone wall, nothing that unusual. Draco placed his hand on the stone, it glowed a green and a serpent formed on the surface of the stone. "Demondancer" he whispered, suddenly the stone began to shake. Draco moved his hand. Magically a doorway formed in the solid stone, he walked inside. A hissing noise was heard as he entered. Draco looked up at the silver serpent banner hung on the wall, it would hiss every time someone entered or left the room. Draco glanced around the room, the green and silver couches and chairs were empty, there was no one is sight. Draco was relieved, everything would be easy as there was no one around to bother him.

He turned to his left and began to climb the intricate woodwork on the oak staircase. After climbing two flights he turned to his left again and opened an oak door with more carved woodwork on it. He opened the door, to find it empty, as he expected. Draco walked over to his bed on the far right hand corner of the room, and carefully place Ginny down on the bed. He took off her shoes and pulled the black sheets and green comforter over her. Draco went back to the door and locked it, he would think up some excuse to keep the guys out later. Draco moved back towards the bed and sat down in his oak chair just beside the bed. There he sat looking at her, staring at her, taking in her beauty. After sometime he stood up and waked over to her. Slowly he leaned over and lightly kissed her on the forehead, "I love you Ginny" he whispered softy.

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Ginny's head was spinning, she tried to remember what happened, where she was. She struggled to remember, to reawaken the horror of her near past.

^~^Flashback^~^ She saw him through blurred eyes. He had come, she would be safe. She felt faint, dizzy, tired, she felt unable to move any part of her body. She wanted to shake free of Percy and run into Draco's arms but, she couldn't. Her head pounded, she couldn't think. Everything went black. ^~^Flashback^~^

Ginny let out a small scream, kicked at her covers, Shook and shivered. She opened her eyes sat up in the bed and scanned the room. 'Where was she? What was this place?' she thought 'Where was Percy? And what about Draco?' Suddenly she heard a door creak and she turned around to see Draco standing before her. Ginny was just about to start questioning him but before she had a chance to say anything Draco began speaking "So you're up are you?" he smiled, "I was worried." For a moment she forgot about her questions. Ginny was glad to see Draco, she knew it must mean that Percy wasn't anywhere near here, 'where ever here was' she thought. She remembered her questions.

"Where's Percy? Where am I? How did I get here? What happened?" Ginny blurted out quickly.

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Draco gave a startled look. 'She has a lot of questions.' he thought. He moved over towards her bed and sat down on the end. "Well to answer all your questions it would be just as well to tell you the whole story." With this Draco starting explaining everything to her.

" It all started with a note from my father." He began. "He warned me that Percy was coming. I tried to warn you before your Transfiguration class this afternoon, but Potter came along and I didn't want him to get suspicious. I faked being sick to get out of charms and went looking for you. When I found you, you were almost passed out on the floor. When Percy discovered I was there he came after me. Luckily, I managed to throw some stuff at him and knock him out. Then I brought you back here to the Slytherin common room." Draco finished. "And that's about it."

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Ginny looked shocked. "Oh," she said flopping back down on her bed she was speechless, she had no idea that Draco had gone to that much trouble just to save her from her own brother. She wanted to break down and cry and never stop she was so upset at what had happened. But at the same time she wanted to thank Draco. No, she wanted to do more then just thank him, she wanted to tell him how much she loved him. But she couldn't. 'He could never possibly love me,' she thought. Her thoughts were interrupted when Draco moved closer towards the front of the bed and took her hand in his.

"I know you have been through a lot today, and I don't want to force you to talk about anything right now if you don't want to. I'll leave you alone to think things through. There's just one thing that I have to show you." He reached up and pulling a small book off of his shelf. He reached over and handed it to her.

"My Diary," was all she was able to say before blushing profoundly. "You didn't read it did you?" she questioned

"Maybe I did, maybe I didn't." Draco said smiling "Open it". She opened the cover. 'There's my entry.' she thought. She turned over to the next a page. There was a message written in small green script. She looked up at Draco, he was blushing too. "Go on." he urged her. She looked back down at the writing and started to read.

Ginny,

Before I knew you, I would never have every thought what I do now. Your such an amazing person, so kind and caring. Your gorgeous, your fair skin matches perfectly with your ruby coloured hair. My feelings for you have never been so strong. I want to hold you, touch you, make sure you're not just a dream. Ginny, you may not realize this but I am hopelessly in love with you. Always Yours,

-Draco

Ginny closed the diary. She was speechless yet again. She looked up at Draco, who now looked rather anxious. Suddenly a smile spread over her face. "Draco," she said simply, "before I only thought I was in love with you, but now I know I truly am in love with you." She smiled at him and Draco smiled back.

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A/N: And so the chapter ends. No real comments for this one. I thought it was sweet. I'm sorry it took so long, I've been really busy! Thank you all for reviewing! Reviews=Good! My betas, the lovely, beautiful, and talented Ash and Cat, *L* I've really kept you waiting a long time. I'm so sorry! And now comes Chapter 5. I haven't titled it yet but I will later!