Title: Blindness makes the heart grow Fonder
Rating: PG-13
Author: Ginny
Summary: Draco has a blind, twin cousin named William. William makes a new friend, but what happens when he can see again??
Pairings: G/W (very little) G/D (of course) H/Hr and R/L (both very little)
Date: 7/29/03
Disclaimer: I own everything! I am Queen of the world!! Uh... okay... so I'm really not. I own nothing. Nada. I own William though. But the last name and the looks belong to Draco Malfoy. So I just own the name.
Disclaimer number 2: Actually it was the Patty Duke show, in which she had the twin cousin, not the Donna Reed show.
ENJOY!!!!!
~*~D/G~*~S&G~*~HP~*~D/G~*~S&G~*~HP~*~D/G~*~S&G~*~HP~*~D/G~*~S&G~*~HP~*~D/G~*~S&G~*~HP
"What's wrong?" Draco asked.
"Nothing, I just forgot how wonderful it was to kiss you."
"Well, then, let me remind you," and with that he kissed her once again.
Soon Draco's evil conscience mentally smacked him on the back of the head and asked him, "What the hell are you doing mate? This isn't right and you know it!!" Draco slowly pulled away and was about to tell her the truth when Ginny grabbed his hand, smiled, and said, "Come on! Harry and Ron are waiting for us!" and with that she pulled him along.
Draco mentally mumbled to himself, "What did I get myself into?" and he allowed himself to be pulled along.
~*~
While walking to the train Ginny realized that something was different and strange it was William. His kisses and especially his voice was different than what she remembered. She shook it off and boarded the train.
"Now where could those two boys be?" Ginny said and continued to walk hand-in-hand with her boyfriend.
She didn't get too far before she heard someone calling her name, "Gin, this way!" it was her brother Ron, "Ginny!" he finally reached up to the two of them, "Oh hey, William. Ginny, we have a compartment over here. Follow me."
Ginny tightened her grip on Draco's hand and followed her brother.
When they reached the compartment Draco was greeted by everyone that he was brought up to hate. He felt someone put a hand on his shoulder and say, "Hey there, ol' boy!" It was Harry Potter. He stuck his hand out for Draco to shake and quickly shook his hand. Harry looked at him oddly and said, "We thought you dropped off the face of the earth with you never responding to any of Ginny's letters."
Draco just stood there and said, "Yeah. Well, it's been a long two weeks." He paused, "I'm... I'm just going to go to the loo and when I come back we'll catch up, all right? Good." He said before anyone could answer him.
Before he could run off to the safety of the bathroom he heard Ginny ask him, "Uh, William, do you know where it is?"
"Of course I do!" he said feeling a bit insulted. He was about to say some evil remark when he remembered that he was supposed to be blind. He thought again about his reply and said, "Uh... yeah. Don't forget... sweets..." he practically spit out, "I've been on this train before," and without another word he ran off.
"That was strange," Hermione noted.
"Tell me about it. He's been acting weird ever since I saw him this morning," Ginny added. The train suddenly started to movie and she said, "Come on guys, let's go sit down."
~*~
Draco walked towards the bathrooms and entered one. He went to the sink and laid his hands on both sides of it, like he was bracing himself for something.
"What am I going to do?" he asked his reflection. He stared at himself and looked like he was actually waiting for his reflection to answer him. "This is just so stupid!" he threw his glasses off his face, took some deep breaths to keep him calm, and ran his fingers threw his hair, "Hmm... actually, this is quite soft." He gasped at his own words. "Idiot! What are you doing!?" Draco started to pace the bathroom floor. "Okay, lets get our facts straight," he said out loud and started to count on his fingers. "One... we can safe assume that there was a time that my cousin actually liked the little Weasley, which we can also assume that she might be an okay type of person. Two... well, she apparently still likes William, so we can expect some sort of trouble there. Three... those two stupid owls were the Weasley so we can say that four... William really no longer likes Ginny. And in conclusion number five... if I decide to continue to be William, Ginny is going to find out sooner or later that I'm really not William and then what?" Draco stopped pacing the floor and said, "What happens if she does find out?" Draco rubbed his chin and started pacing again. "So, here's the plan. I act like me, and if she still likes "me" maybe when she finds out that I'm really me, she won't mind that I'm really me and not really William, and then we'll both be happy." He stopped suddenly in his tracks, ran back to the sink, and started to splash cold water on his face. "Wake up, Malfoy! Wake up!!" he said and started to slap his face.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, "William, are you in there?"
It was Ginny! Without even thinking Draco answered, "Yes I am. I'll be out in a moment." He placed his glasses back on his face and left the bathroom. Draco opened the door and he saw Ginny standing there waiting for him, "Hey there, Sweets."
"Hi. Uh..." Ginny paused and looked at him, "Are you okay? You have water all over the front of your shirt!"
Draco felt the front of his shirt and realized that it was wet from splashing the water on him, "Oh yeah, uh, Awful faucet in there. Doesn't work to good, I guess. What are you doing here anyways? I thought I was going to meet you in the compartment."
"Yeah, well, I realized that once you got out you wouldn't know where to find us, so I came to get you."
Draco just stared at her. Could it be possible that she was as nervous as he was? He thought about that for a second, he was the one with the secret, not her. Or at least he thought so. "Don't worry, Sweets," he reached out for her and she took his hand. He leaned a little closer and said, "I will always be able to find you." And he kissed her cheek.
~*~
As they walked into the compartment Draco was greeted by Ron Weasley, "Will, how you doing, mate?" and he held his hand out for Draco to shake.
Draco wanted to slap his hand away and say something mean, again, but he took a quick look at Ginny and he decided not to. He shook the Weasleys' hand and said, "Better now that I'm here with Ginny again." He smiled on the outside, but on the inside he was cursing himself at how stupidly gushy he was being. This was not him. He wanted to run out of there and tell them off, but he felt Ginny tugging at his hand, making him sit down.
Draco obeyed and realized that Ginny was cuddling up right next to him. She got as close as she could to him, placed her head on his shoulder and a hand on his chest. Draco stared at the girl beside him and wondered, 'How could my cousin pass something like this up.' And he placed an arm around her.
"So, William, tell us what happened?" a girl voice said.
Draco looked up and saw that it was the girl who was sitting next to Ron. Must be his girlfriend, now only if he could remember her name.
"Lavender," Ginny said, "Don't press him."
'Lavender. Weasley's girlfriend is Lavender.' Draco said to himself.
Ginny looked up at Draco and said, "Will, you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to."
Draco looked down and the girl beside him and said, "No, it's fine." Of course once again he talked before thinking. Now he had to come up with a very good story. "Uh... well, I went to America... to get the surgery done." He saw everyone nod and he continued, "And it didn't work..." he said a little unsure, but he was relieved when no one caught on to his lie.
"How come you didn't reply to Ginny then?" An angry Ron asked.
"Ron, stop it, it's fine."
"No, it's not fine." Everyone was surprised when that came from Draco instead of Ron and they all looked at him, "I should have written to you. I should have told you what happened, but I just couldn't. I don't know, I just didn't feel like me, like your boyfriend. I felt like a different person. I just thought that you might be hoping for me to get my eyesight back and when it didn't I was just afraid that... you wouldn't like me anymore." He didn't know what to say. He just felt upset that William never wrote back to Ginny when he should have.
Ginny started to run her hand up and down his chest and Draco stiffened up a little. "William," Ginny said, "we had this talk before. I don't mind if you can see or not. I'm happy with you just the way you are." Draco looked down at Ginny and stared into her eyes, "You're you and you're here with me." She wrapped her arm around him, hugged him, and said, "And that's all that really matters."
Draco wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head, "Thank you, Sweets."
The two stayed in that position until they heard the others talking.
"Did anyone run into Draco today?" Harry asked.
"Yeah," Ron said, "If you ask me, he's worse now then he ever was before."
Draco's eyes popped open. "Wh-what?" he asked.
"Draco, you're cousin. He thinks he's all that!" Lavender said.
"Well, he was always like that." Hermione added in.
"I know, but now he's just... just... pure evil." Lavender said.
"If you ask me, I think he got the Dark Mark." Ron said. "We always knew that he'd get one."
"Yeah, he probably asked his father if he could get one earlier." Harry said.
Draco was boiling mad, how could them people just sit there and talk to him about this?! He was about to start saying something when he felt Ginny break from his grip and say, "Guys. You know that's not very nice."
Draco looked down at her with eyes opened wide.
"Sorry, Gin," Everyone said silently.
"But Gin, it's just..." Ron started, but as soon as Ginny's hand went up to stop him from talking, he stopped.
"You know how I feel about that."
Draco looked at Ginny and said, "Are... are you sticking up for, Draco?"
Ginny nodded and then Ron said, "Yeah," and he rolled his eyes, "Has been since her second year here. Kept on saying that it wasn't nice of us to say such things about him." Draco just kept on staring at Ginny who was blushing and trying to hide her face. "We figured that she said that because he never said a bloody word to her. We still can't figure out why, though."
"Neither can I." Draco said quietly under his breath.
"We thought that our little Ginny had a big crush on him, so we always obeyed her wishes." Harry said laughing.
"HARRY!" Ginny screamed at him.
"He's just kidding, Gin." Hermione said.
"No, really, she was totally smitten with him, until you came around." Ron added in.
"Don't listen to them." Ginny said to him.
"Oh don't worry, I'm not," Draco said to her. He thought to himself that this might be a bit easier than he thought.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Author's note: One, yes, at the end of Draco's long paragraph, the "me's" part. It was supposed to sound weird and have mistakes in it, because that's what happens when you pace and worry. You don't speak correctly. I also know that Ron would never say smitten, but here he does.
Note to everyone who has said something that there is no such things as twin cousins...
Thank you for the information, but I know that. This is a story where I am allowed to make things up, so here, it's okay if there are twin cousins. Thanks!!
On with the Thank yous... Really quick ones this time though.
Silver Essence - Exactly. Thanks! And a few chapters! Enjoy!! :o)
Tslayer - Uh-huh, sure. : ) Thanks and Enjoy!! :o)
Kneh15 - William... he well, I believe that he really did like Ginny, sorta I guess. But ever hear of the good and evil twin? Well, he's the evil one. So, when he was able to see again, let his true colors show. William is a difficult person. Hope that helps! Thanks and Enjoy! :o)
Kris-Chan - Thanks and Enjoy! :o)
Auraquilus - Thanks. D/G are my fav too! :o) Of course Draco to the rescue!! Enjoy!! :o)
Peaceoutgrlmehi - Okay, you don't know where I live so haha! And if isn't fully explained in this chapter why Will is such a "cow" then last chapter will, and if last chapter doesn't, then we will never find out! Thanks and Enjoy! :o)
Snow-Angel - He there Jackie! Thanks girl! And I don't know, you're just gonna have to keep reading! Thanks girl and enjoy! :o)
Chris - Thanks and Enjoy.
ALEO1 - Thanks a mucho! Enjoy! :o)
Champagne - I don't think that Draco is really a bad boy. He could be, I bet ;) (notice the wink) But Will, def bad boy! Thanks girl and Enjoy! :o)
Elenya - Well, if he wasn't so terrible then this wouldn't be a D/G and I probably wouldn't be able to post this! : ) Thanks and Enjoy!! :o)
Fire-sprite 16 - Yes he is. I don't think that Draco really offers to be William, but you know whatever! : ) Sounds like an awesome ending, but I got my own in mind and wait to you read it! :o) Thanks and Enjoy! :o)
Hpdancer92 - you think this is a twist. Wait till you see what my last twist is all about! Thanks and enjoy! :o)
Someone - thanks a bunch! Enjoy!! :o)
Becky - Thanks girl! That means a lot to me coming from you. Enjoy! :o)
Dragon Eye - If William didn't turn bad then Draco couldn't step in and sweep Ginny off her feet now could he? ;) Thanks and enjoy!! :o)
Kris - Thanks a lot girl for everything!!! Enjoy!!! :o)
Rating: PG-13
Author: Ginny
Summary: Draco has a blind, twin cousin named William. William makes a new friend, but what happens when he can see again??
Pairings: G/W (very little) G/D (of course) H/Hr and R/L (both very little)
Date: 7/29/03
Disclaimer: I own everything! I am Queen of the world!! Uh... okay... so I'm really not. I own nothing. Nada. I own William though. But the last name and the looks belong to Draco Malfoy. So I just own the name.
Disclaimer number 2: Actually it was the Patty Duke show, in which she had the twin cousin, not the Donna Reed show.
ENJOY!!!!!
~*~D/G~*~S&G~*~HP~*~D/G~*~S&G~*~HP~*~D/G~*~S&G~*~HP~*~D/G~*~S&G~*~HP~*~D/G~*~S&G~*~HP
"What's wrong?" Draco asked.
"Nothing, I just forgot how wonderful it was to kiss you."
"Well, then, let me remind you," and with that he kissed her once again.
Soon Draco's evil conscience mentally smacked him on the back of the head and asked him, "What the hell are you doing mate? This isn't right and you know it!!" Draco slowly pulled away and was about to tell her the truth when Ginny grabbed his hand, smiled, and said, "Come on! Harry and Ron are waiting for us!" and with that she pulled him along.
Draco mentally mumbled to himself, "What did I get myself into?" and he allowed himself to be pulled along.
~*~
While walking to the train Ginny realized that something was different and strange it was William. His kisses and especially his voice was different than what she remembered. She shook it off and boarded the train.
"Now where could those two boys be?" Ginny said and continued to walk hand-in-hand with her boyfriend.
She didn't get too far before she heard someone calling her name, "Gin, this way!" it was her brother Ron, "Ginny!" he finally reached up to the two of them, "Oh hey, William. Ginny, we have a compartment over here. Follow me."
Ginny tightened her grip on Draco's hand and followed her brother.
When they reached the compartment Draco was greeted by everyone that he was brought up to hate. He felt someone put a hand on his shoulder and say, "Hey there, ol' boy!" It was Harry Potter. He stuck his hand out for Draco to shake and quickly shook his hand. Harry looked at him oddly and said, "We thought you dropped off the face of the earth with you never responding to any of Ginny's letters."
Draco just stood there and said, "Yeah. Well, it's been a long two weeks." He paused, "I'm... I'm just going to go to the loo and when I come back we'll catch up, all right? Good." He said before anyone could answer him.
Before he could run off to the safety of the bathroom he heard Ginny ask him, "Uh, William, do you know where it is?"
"Of course I do!" he said feeling a bit insulted. He was about to say some evil remark when he remembered that he was supposed to be blind. He thought again about his reply and said, "Uh... yeah. Don't forget... sweets..." he practically spit out, "I've been on this train before," and without another word he ran off.
"That was strange," Hermione noted.
"Tell me about it. He's been acting weird ever since I saw him this morning," Ginny added. The train suddenly started to movie and she said, "Come on guys, let's go sit down."
~*~
Draco walked towards the bathrooms and entered one. He went to the sink and laid his hands on both sides of it, like he was bracing himself for something.
"What am I going to do?" he asked his reflection. He stared at himself and looked like he was actually waiting for his reflection to answer him. "This is just so stupid!" he threw his glasses off his face, took some deep breaths to keep him calm, and ran his fingers threw his hair, "Hmm... actually, this is quite soft." He gasped at his own words. "Idiot! What are you doing!?" Draco started to pace the bathroom floor. "Okay, lets get our facts straight," he said out loud and started to count on his fingers. "One... we can safe assume that there was a time that my cousin actually liked the little Weasley, which we can also assume that she might be an okay type of person. Two... well, she apparently still likes William, so we can expect some sort of trouble there. Three... those two stupid owls were the Weasley so we can say that four... William really no longer likes Ginny. And in conclusion number five... if I decide to continue to be William, Ginny is going to find out sooner or later that I'm really not William and then what?" Draco stopped pacing the floor and said, "What happens if she does find out?" Draco rubbed his chin and started pacing again. "So, here's the plan. I act like me, and if she still likes "me" maybe when she finds out that I'm really me, she won't mind that I'm really me and not really William, and then we'll both be happy." He stopped suddenly in his tracks, ran back to the sink, and started to splash cold water on his face. "Wake up, Malfoy! Wake up!!" he said and started to slap his face.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, "William, are you in there?"
It was Ginny! Without even thinking Draco answered, "Yes I am. I'll be out in a moment." He placed his glasses back on his face and left the bathroom. Draco opened the door and he saw Ginny standing there waiting for him, "Hey there, Sweets."
"Hi. Uh..." Ginny paused and looked at him, "Are you okay? You have water all over the front of your shirt!"
Draco felt the front of his shirt and realized that it was wet from splashing the water on him, "Oh yeah, uh, Awful faucet in there. Doesn't work to good, I guess. What are you doing here anyways? I thought I was going to meet you in the compartment."
"Yeah, well, I realized that once you got out you wouldn't know where to find us, so I came to get you."
Draco just stared at her. Could it be possible that she was as nervous as he was? He thought about that for a second, he was the one with the secret, not her. Or at least he thought so. "Don't worry, Sweets," he reached out for her and she took his hand. He leaned a little closer and said, "I will always be able to find you." And he kissed her cheek.
~*~
As they walked into the compartment Draco was greeted by Ron Weasley, "Will, how you doing, mate?" and he held his hand out for Draco to shake.
Draco wanted to slap his hand away and say something mean, again, but he took a quick look at Ginny and he decided not to. He shook the Weasleys' hand and said, "Better now that I'm here with Ginny again." He smiled on the outside, but on the inside he was cursing himself at how stupidly gushy he was being. This was not him. He wanted to run out of there and tell them off, but he felt Ginny tugging at his hand, making him sit down.
Draco obeyed and realized that Ginny was cuddling up right next to him. She got as close as she could to him, placed her head on his shoulder and a hand on his chest. Draco stared at the girl beside him and wondered, 'How could my cousin pass something like this up.' And he placed an arm around her.
"So, William, tell us what happened?" a girl voice said.
Draco looked up and saw that it was the girl who was sitting next to Ron. Must be his girlfriend, now only if he could remember her name.
"Lavender," Ginny said, "Don't press him."
'Lavender. Weasley's girlfriend is Lavender.' Draco said to himself.
Ginny looked up at Draco and said, "Will, you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to."
Draco looked down and the girl beside him and said, "No, it's fine." Of course once again he talked before thinking. Now he had to come up with a very good story. "Uh... well, I went to America... to get the surgery done." He saw everyone nod and he continued, "And it didn't work..." he said a little unsure, but he was relieved when no one caught on to his lie.
"How come you didn't reply to Ginny then?" An angry Ron asked.
"Ron, stop it, it's fine."
"No, it's not fine." Everyone was surprised when that came from Draco instead of Ron and they all looked at him, "I should have written to you. I should have told you what happened, but I just couldn't. I don't know, I just didn't feel like me, like your boyfriend. I felt like a different person. I just thought that you might be hoping for me to get my eyesight back and when it didn't I was just afraid that... you wouldn't like me anymore." He didn't know what to say. He just felt upset that William never wrote back to Ginny when he should have.
Ginny started to run her hand up and down his chest and Draco stiffened up a little. "William," Ginny said, "we had this talk before. I don't mind if you can see or not. I'm happy with you just the way you are." Draco looked down at Ginny and stared into her eyes, "You're you and you're here with me." She wrapped her arm around him, hugged him, and said, "And that's all that really matters."
Draco wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head, "Thank you, Sweets."
The two stayed in that position until they heard the others talking.
"Did anyone run into Draco today?" Harry asked.
"Yeah," Ron said, "If you ask me, he's worse now then he ever was before."
Draco's eyes popped open. "Wh-what?" he asked.
"Draco, you're cousin. He thinks he's all that!" Lavender said.
"Well, he was always like that." Hermione added in.
"I know, but now he's just... just... pure evil." Lavender said.
"If you ask me, I think he got the Dark Mark." Ron said. "We always knew that he'd get one."
"Yeah, he probably asked his father if he could get one earlier." Harry said.
Draco was boiling mad, how could them people just sit there and talk to him about this?! He was about to start saying something when he felt Ginny break from his grip and say, "Guys. You know that's not very nice."
Draco looked down at her with eyes opened wide.
"Sorry, Gin," Everyone said silently.
"But Gin, it's just..." Ron started, but as soon as Ginny's hand went up to stop him from talking, he stopped.
"You know how I feel about that."
Draco looked at Ginny and said, "Are... are you sticking up for, Draco?"
Ginny nodded and then Ron said, "Yeah," and he rolled his eyes, "Has been since her second year here. Kept on saying that it wasn't nice of us to say such things about him." Draco just kept on staring at Ginny who was blushing and trying to hide her face. "We figured that she said that because he never said a bloody word to her. We still can't figure out why, though."
"Neither can I." Draco said quietly under his breath.
"We thought that our little Ginny had a big crush on him, so we always obeyed her wishes." Harry said laughing.
"HARRY!" Ginny screamed at him.
"He's just kidding, Gin." Hermione said.
"No, really, she was totally smitten with him, until you came around." Ron added in.
"Don't listen to them." Ginny said to him.
"Oh don't worry, I'm not," Draco said to her. He thought to himself that this might be a bit easier than he thought.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Author's note: One, yes, at the end of Draco's long paragraph, the "me's" part. It was supposed to sound weird and have mistakes in it, because that's what happens when you pace and worry. You don't speak correctly. I also know that Ron would never say smitten, but here he does.
Note to everyone who has said something that there is no such things as twin cousins...
Thank you for the information, but I know that. This is a story where I am allowed to make things up, so here, it's okay if there are twin cousins. Thanks!!
On with the Thank yous... Really quick ones this time though.
Silver Essence - Exactly. Thanks! And a few chapters! Enjoy!! :o)
Tslayer - Uh-huh, sure. : ) Thanks and Enjoy!! :o)
Kneh15 - William... he well, I believe that he really did like Ginny, sorta I guess. But ever hear of the good and evil twin? Well, he's the evil one. So, when he was able to see again, let his true colors show. William is a difficult person. Hope that helps! Thanks and Enjoy! :o)
Kris-Chan - Thanks and Enjoy! :o)
Auraquilus - Thanks. D/G are my fav too! :o) Of course Draco to the rescue!! Enjoy!! :o)
Peaceoutgrlmehi - Okay, you don't know where I live so haha! And if isn't fully explained in this chapter why Will is such a "cow" then last chapter will, and if last chapter doesn't, then we will never find out! Thanks and Enjoy! :o)
Snow-Angel - He there Jackie! Thanks girl! And I don't know, you're just gonna have to keep reading! Thanks girl and enjoy! :o)
Chris - Thanks and Enjoy.
ALEO1 - Thanks a mucho! Enjoy! :o)
Champagne - I don't think that Draco is really a bad boy. He could be, I bet ;) (notice the wink) But Will, def bad boy! Thanks girl and Enjoy! :o)
Elenya - Well, if he wasn't so terrible then this wouldn't be a D/G and I probably wouldn't be able to post this! : ) Thanks and Enjoy!! :o)
Fire-sprite 16 - Yes he is. I don't think that Draco really offers to be William, but you know whatever! : ) Sounds like an awesome ending, but I got my own in mind and wait to you read it! :o) Thanks and Enjoy! :o)
Hpdancer92 - you think this is a twist. Wait till you see what my last twist is all about! Thanks and enjoy! :o)
Someone - thanks a bunch! Enjoy!! :o)
Becky - Thanks girl! That means a lot to me coming from you. Enjoy! :o)
Dragon Eye - If William didn't turn bad then Draco couldn't step in and sweep Ginny off her feet now could he? ;) Thanks and enjoy!! :o)
Kris - Thanks a lot girl for everything!!! Enjoy!!! :o)