Anywhere But Here, Anyone But You

Summary: See Chapter One.

Chapter Eight: Old Flames Cause New Confussions

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Draco looked at Pansy and smirked. He looked her up and down, thinking how good it would feel to get laid right now and get out all of his frusterations. He unconsiousy licked his lips at the thought. She slowly walked toward him.

"You know, there was a nasty rumor going around that you actually fancied that little Gryffindor brat," she told him with a faux innocence to her voice. Draco just looked at her with a playful gleam in his eye and smirked as he watched her approach him. She got to the bed and climbed upon it. She strattled Draco, grinding herself into him temptingly. He had to supress a moan. His hands traveled unconsiously up her thighs and she grinned at the attention. Lifting up his shirt, she kissed his chest.

When she finally got the response she wanted, she brought her face up to his and kissed him. He kissed her deeply. As the kiss quickened, and became more urgent and heated, Draco felt Pansy grasping at his pants to unbutton them.

Still kissing her, a thought, or more a memory, flashed through his mind, making him feel like he had just been drenched with ice water. He saw Ginny in front of him, with her innocent eyes, knowing he was about to take her virginity, yet completely confident in the process. He looked up to see Pansy looking suspciously confused at him and Draco had realized that he must have broken the kiss. He shrugged it off and pulled her in to kiss him again. Hell if he was going to let any girl control his life...or even worse, his thoughts.

Feeling Pansy's hands go down his pants, he had another flashback. 'I love you,' she had told him afterward. It echoed in his head, ringing in his ears and he stopped again, out of breath. He pushed Pansy off of him. And stood, buttoning his pants. He noticed that Pansy was halfway out of her clothes, also. He stood, still out of breath and pointed to the door.

"Get out," he ordered her. Pansy had a dissapointed and confused look in her eyes. She got up and fixed her clothes. She walked toward the door, but stopped in front of Draco, dangerously close to his face, which stayed expressionless.

"I knew it was true," she spat and left his room, slamming the door. Draco took a glass anique vase from his father and threw it across the room. As it shattered, he screamed, feeling for once in his life that he had no control over anything.

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That night Ginny lay in her bed restlessly. She didn't know what exactly to do with all of these feelings she thought she'd gotton over. When she looked into Harry's eyes that night...she'd saw something that wasn't there before. She tried the best she could to push those feelings into the very back of her mind and bury them. She had something new...someone new. She didn't need Harry anymore. She wondered what Draco was doing at that moment. She wondered if he was thinking about her. Ginny thought that she had it all figured out. She thought that her and Draco were meant to be together...but she also reminded herself that she was so sure of that same thought with another not too long ago...



She sighed deeply, wondering why all of these problems came about as soon as she got back to Hogwarts. She guessed that it was being in the actual situation again, not just pretending she didn't care about it while she was off in some mysical wilderness. She wondered what would happen the next day when everyone saw that she was back. She suddenly felt selfish and embarassed by her thoughts of wanting everyone to be excited that she was back. She shamed herself and rolled over on her side, listening to the steady breathing of her roomates. She closed her eyes and tried to let go of the troubling thoughts that were corrupting her mind. Soon enough, she drifted into a dreamless sleep where all the worries of tomorrow were banished.

The next morning, she woke, groggily. As she got dressed, she noticed that everyone was somewhat scared to talk to her. As if they were afraid that she was going to attack them if they asked her the highly anticipated questions that had been bottled up since her dissapearance. She shrugged them off, not wanting to answer questions at the moment anyway. She got dressed, fixed her hair, and was soon on her way to the Great Hall.

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Draco sat in the window sill of his room watching the sun rise. He hadn't slept all night. He couldn't keep his mind off of Ginny. He was furious at the thought of how much she consumed him. It angered him even more of how prone he would be to jealousy if he even saw another boy look at her in that way. He didn't want anyone to control his emotions- especially a female. But most of all, it scared him that he was actually in love.

He got dressed early and went down into the common room. He sat, staring into the fire, until he heard the familiar rustle of students getting ready for school. He waited until a reasonable number of people left destined for the dining area, collected his books, and got up himself to leave.

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In the swarm of students travelling to the Great Hall, Ginny saw the grey-eyed Slytherin who had been plagueing her thoughts all night and preventing her sleep. She almost smiled and waved at him, but then caught the expression on his face. He almost looked...angry with her. Did she do something she didn't realize she did? He studied her intently for a few seconds. Catching her eye, they stared into each other for a few moments, trying to figure out what the other was thinking. He broke the gaze and entered the Hall, walking toward the Slytherin table.

Ginny was puzzled. She had to fight back tears newly forming in her eyes. Was she just another one of his girls he could call upon at any time? Was he playing her for a fool? She didn't know. The thoughts vanished as she realized that every eye in the Great Hall was upon her. It felt like a thousand eyes were burning into her very soul. Even the people around her finally noticed that it was her and stopped to stare as if she were risen from the dead. She blushed profusely and quickly as possible walked over to the Gryffindor table.

During breakfast, she barely touched her meal. She had not the appetite. She did, however, notice Harry staring at her intently, with a concerned look in his eyes. She looked up to meet his eye and he gazed for just a second more and looked back down at his plate. Ginny was more confused than ever. It pained her to think why Harry was looking at her that way, because deep inside of her, she had a good idea why. She didn't want it, though. She didn't want him to have feelings for her. She had Draco...didn't she? Yet, why was he acting that way so suddenly? Why was he shunning her? She groaned out loud wishing she could stop thinking for the rest of the day.

She hadn't even noticed Ron and Hermione sitting in front of her, which they rarely ever did. They had been there the whole breakfast hour and she didn't even notice the gesture. She smiled at them. They figured that she was just tired and brushed it off, finding a common intrest in topics about Potions class and a despise for Snape.

Snape! Ginny thought. She wondered what he would have to say, considering he did have a part in her and Draco's incident. She decided she'd see when she got to class, as she took another sip of her orange juice, and got up from the table, not even noticing the cold eyes boring into her back, watching her every move, as she left the Great Hall.

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