Here we are again ladies and gentleman. I know that Draco has been way Out Of Character from the beginning but all that will be explain in the pre-quel. As far as this chapter, his out of characterness is going to get worse. So, here we go.


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Chapter 8 The Surprise Plan


~Lets back track a few hours for Draco's POV~


Draco was sitting in the last class of the day. Double Potions. He loved this class. Yet Draco still had a huge knot in his stomach, he know what was coming up tonight. He had promised to tell Ginny about the evening he spent at the manor. He was suppose to have stayed all weekend. But, he came back to Hogwarts that same night, a bloody mess. He shuddered at the thought of what happened.


Draco was pulled from his thoughts by the bell announcing the end of class. Draco quickly got up and walked out of class.


He happen to be right behind that Dream Team, and over heard them talking.


"Do you believe that spoiled little brat? She just got up and walked out on us when we were trying to apologize to her."


Ron spoke about his sister as if she was an only child. Draco had to stop this Ginny bashing at once.


"Weasley, please don't speak about your sister that way. You know she doesn't act like a spoiled brat."


Ron turned around slowly and glared at Draco.


"Malfoy this is all your fault. If you would stop playing with Ginny's emotions she would straiten out."


Draco looked at all three of them horror stricken.


"Do you honestly believe that I don't love Virginia? That I'm just 'playing' with her emotion's. Even after everything I did last year."


Draco paused for a moment while Ron and Harry nodded their heads.


Draco took a deep breath and slowly released it.


"Look, I know that I have been a total ass to all three of you. I had been living the life my father wanted me to live. I know that, that's not a good excuse but it's the only one I have."


Draco paused again, took another cleansing breath and continued. He walked up to Hermione and took her hands in his.


"Hermione, I'm sorry for all the times I called you that name. Honestly that's not what I really think of you. Ginny speaks so highly of you, and I know that you have been trying to be nice to me since Ginny and I started dating and I thank you for that."


Draco squeezed Hermione's hand, smiled at her and walked over to Harry.


"Harry I love her, I really do. I heard you last week in the common room tell her that you would be there for her if I ever hurt her. Man, don't take this the way I know your going to take it but I will never give her a reason to run to you. Please believe me that she is the one I love. I mean look at me. I'm one big emotional idiot, and she is the one that did it to me. But it's okay. I like the person I am now rather then the person I was. I'm sorry for everything Harry."


Draco put out his hand so he could shake Harry's.


Harry thought for a few seconds.


'He really seems to love Ginny' Harry thought to himself.


Harry stuck out his hand and grasped Draco's.


Then Draco turn to Ron


"Ron............Please"


Draco was cut of mid-sentence by Ron.


"Don't call me Ron"


Hermione smacked Ron's arm


"Be nice"


She snapped at Ron


"Fine you can call me Ron."


He said rolling his eyes at Draco.


"Weasley if you don't want me to call you Ron I won't. But you have to tell me because contraire to popular belief I can't read minds."


Draco laughed slightly but abruptly stopped when only Hermione got his joke. He smiled and continued.


"Weasley, Potter lighten up it was just a joke."


"So, where back to Potter already Malfoy?"


The air was tense for a moment and then Harry burst out laughing.


"Look who needs to lighten up."


Harry, Hermione and Draco were all laughing. Ron was still glaring at Draco.


"I'm not sure I like the funny Malfoy yet, but if my best mate, my best girl and my baby sister can see that you've changed I will give you a second chance. But, if you betray any of us. I'll hex you so bad your children will feel it."


Draco rolled his eye's and chuckled.


"You know you would be hexing Virginia's children..............Right? What a great uncle you'll make."


Ron just growled at Draco. Ron hated when Draco was right.


"Please, just be nice to Ginny. None of you have to be nice to me, but please be nice to her. She loves all three of you."


Draco lowered his head becoming increasingly interested in the floor.


"Draco, we know she loves us, and we know in our hearts she loves you more. We just don't want to see our Gin get hurt. We'll apologize tonight to her tonight weather she likes it or not okay?"


Suddenly with his head still lowered he saw a hand covered in freckles shoved in to his eye sight. Draco quickly raised his head and looked at Ron who had a huge grin on his face.


Draco smiled and shook Ron's hand.


Draco backed up awkwardly, not knowing what do to next.


He made to turn around and leave when Hermione pulled him into a hug. Draco got stiff for a moment then he eased into the hug and wrapped his arms around her.


She let go of Draco and looked up into his eyes.


Draco notice that her eyes where full of tears.


"Thank You Draco."

An idea just hit Draco. He let go of Hermione's body and looked at the three of them.


"You two go to the Burrow a lot right?"


Draco said looking at Harry and Hermione. They both nodded their heads. Then he look at all three of them again.


"Would you all come to Ron and Ginny's house next weekend when we go to tell Mr. And Mrs. Weasley about out engagement. Me and Ginny are going to ask Dumbledore tonight if we can leave Hogwarts next weekend. Will you please come? It would mean a lot to Ginny and me."


All three of them got real excited and started shouting 'ya' then Ron chimed in.


" I could owl Bill and Charlie as well if you would like."

Draco perked up a little more. Her hole family would be there. She would love it.


"Yes, that would be great. Oh Oh Oh wait. Let's make this a surprise for Ginny. Don't tell her that any of you will be there or Bill an Charlie. What about Fred and George and what was your other brothers name...............Pricky?'


Ron doubled over laughing. He only stopped when Hermione slapped Ron's arm for the second time this afternoon.


"His name is Percy, Draco."


Hermione told him.


"Oh okay, will he be there.?"


Draco and Ron both stopped laughing quickly after Draco spoke.


"No. Percy is not speaking to the family right now. But we don't need him. I'll get Bill, Charlie, Fred, George and us three there. You just get Ginny there."


Ron put his hands in his pockets. He suddenly remembered something.


"Hey.....Um.....Draco. Um................ don't get mad at me but remember last week when I found you and Ginny out by the lake and I got mad and told her I was going to owl our mother?"


Draco looked at Ron a little disappointed.


"You already told them."


He said in a quite voice. More of a statement then a question.


"Mate I'm real sorry. I feel terrible. I was mad and I regret it. But at least Bill, Charlie, Fred and George don't know."


Ron really did feel bad.


Draco didn't want to ruin the new found friendship. He wanted to ask Ron 'How could you do this to Ginny' but he didn't. He just blinked his eye's a few times and nodded his head.


"Yah............Okay you get your part done and I'll get Dumbledore to say yes. He won't refuse us now. He would never tell the Dream Team no."


Draco said this with a huge smile on his face. The three members of the Dream Team all rolled their eye's simultaneously. All three then smiled and turned around and walked away. Leaving a very happy Draco Malfoy in their wake.



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I know that chapter was not very long. The next chapter will be longer. All the chapters are going to start getting longer. I feel that the story is dragging on and I'm not even to the part of the story that's good yet. I hope that you enjoy this chapter. Please review and tell me what you think.