A/N: This is my first fic, so please please PLEASE R&R. I really,
desperately, need to know whether I should continue or not. Oh, and I NEED
A BETA! As you can plainly see, my grammar and spelling sucks. Alright,
that's it, so without further interruption, I give you, my fic:
It was a cool moon drifting against the shadows. The branches of the tree gently swayed with the wind. Now and then, a cool breeze blew across Ginny's pale face. She was all alone, and wishing that her knight in shining amour would come talk to her and keep her company. It was a most lonely time for Ginny, all her friends were inside at the party...but being around all those people made her sick. It was unsettling to see all those drunken Hogwarts students, all merry and smelling foul like booze. Definitely not her crowd.
It was rather peaceful being alone now that Ginny thought about it. Maybe her knight in shining amour didn't need to come today...neither did Malfoy. Ginny had just spotted him out of the corner of her eye, he was apparently also alone . Before she could stop herself, Ginny let out a question, "What are you doing here, Malfoy?"
"Who, me?" sneered Malfoy.
"No, your twin brother," Ginny replied sarcastically. She threw Draco a most disgusted look.
"I see that Harry isn't here, where is he?" questioned Draco
"Why would you want to know?" asked Ginny, annoyed.
"Well, you asked about my whereabouts first, so I have to know...why would you care about me?." Draco turned his head and glared at Ginny.
Ginny glared back, "I don't care. I just thought it was a nice thing to ask you. Of course, you wouldn't know about being nice, you're just like your father."
Draco calmed himself, he would rather die then let on that Ginny was actually getting to him. "Fine, I'll be nice," struggled Draco, "What are you doing out here?"
"I just came out here to get away from it all, the crowds, the booze, and all that other delightful shit." Ginny could not believe she was actually answering Malfoy's question, let alone being able to stand him.
"That's why we're all here, isn't it?" said Draco in a mysterious tone of voice.
"I just hate being around all those people, they're all drunk and so stupid. I mean, I thought Abby was a sensible person...but she just got so drunk that she went and had sex with the first boy she saw." Ginny was feeling especially stupid at the moment, she had just confessed something to Draco. Embarrassed, she absent-mindedly twirled her hair in her fingers.
"That's a habit you should get rid of. It makes you seem ditzy," said Draco noticing her hair-twirling.
Ginny was just now beginning to realize how close Malfoy was to her. It was beyond normal comfort zones for Ginny. Draco took note of this too and backed off a little.
"You never answered why Harry wasn't here, "said Draco softly, "Did it really matter?"
"No..," answered Ginny barely above a whisper, "It didn't."
Draco walked only a step towards Ginny before she suddenly said, "I better get going. My friends are probably wondering where I am..." And with that, Ginny walked away and back towards Hogwarts.
Draco's eyes stayed on Ginny even as she disappeared in the darkness. It was all so confusing, why did she walk away? Draco knew how Harry treated her, like dirt. Did she honestly care about him that much? It was all so confusing.
"Why did I leave?" pondered Ginny. Finally, after looking for the most reasonable answer, she firmly told herself that she left because she cared about Harry.
"Who am I kidding? I bet Harry's snogging some girl at the party right now..." She couldn't lie to herself like that. She and Harry were on certain terms, only together in public. When there wasn't a crowd...well it was different. So then why did she leave? Harry certainly didn't care... then, she knew. She was afraid. Afraid of falling in love...and getting hurt. Ginny had never been in love, there were risks to it that she didn't want to take. She was afraid of getting serious with Draco and end up caring for him. After all, her brother Ron had been in love with Hermoine, and he ended dying for her. Love was definitely off limits for Ginny Weasley.
~
Draco was dumbstruck. No girl had ever turned him down. And, he wasn't even aiming very high for his standards...come on, it was a Weasley. That brought him to another question, why was he suddenly interested in her? Weasleys and Malfoys hated each other, it had always been like that. So why change now? Maybe it was her fiery but lovely auburn red hair...or maybe it was the way her eyes lit up when she laughed..."How do I even notice these things?" All these thoughts frustrated Draco. He would definitely be stuck on Ginny for a while.
~
"Harry, are you drunk again?" demanded Ginny. Her temper was short and easy to set off.
"Of course not Ginny, whatever made you think that?" Harry was drunk, no doubt about it.
"Harry, if a Hogwarts teacher finds you, you'd lose your badge and be kicked off the quidditch team...you know that." Ginny's tone of voice had changed from mad to worried.
"I've lost it all before and I got it back. I can do it again...nothing to lose." slurred Harry. The alcohol was taking effect.
"You'd lose respect. People who saw you once as a hero would now look down at you with shame. Don't do this and come with me to get you cleaned up." Ginny was now desperate and near tears.
Harry was started to get impatient and loudly said, "Ginny, why do you always talk this kind of bullshit to me?! You're always bitching off about respect this shit and respect that shit, did it ever occur to you that nobody cares?! You're just a worthless piece of shit."
Ginny couldn't take it anymore, the tears escaped and trickled down her face. In a breaking voice she choked out, "Harry, it's over. I can't take this from you anymore...why couldn't you be like when we first met?!" Ginny finished with a sob and ran out of Hogwarts. Reaching the door, she flung it open, cutting her hand. Draco was behind her.
"You really are a dramatic couple you know...your lives could be one of those soap operas," said Draco with a grin.
Ginny, a little startled, jumped, but soon found her voice. "Draco, did you follow me?"
"Pretty much."
"So you saw the whole fight between me and Harry?" asked Ginny in disbelief.
"Well, you guys were pretty loud-"
"I'm such an idiot! I should've never of let Harry get to me..." Ginny couldn't finish, a wave a tears blocked her vision and choked her words.
"Hey, don't beat yourself down..." said Draco softly. He gently put his arms around Ginny to comfort her.
"Why are you being nice? I'd thought you'd take the time to humiliate me," said Ginny bluntly.
"I'll leave if you want me to," said Draco.
"No! I mean, please don't..."
"I won't," Draco whispered, "I promise..." Draco firmly held Ginny's hand. He was shocked to find blood. "What happened?"
"Oh...it's nothing, just cut myself opening the door," said Ginny casually.
"I think you should go to the hospital wing, your cut's turning green," worried Draco.
Ginny peered closely at her cut...Draco was right. "Alright, I'll go. Care to join me?"
"Why not?" smirked Draco.
~
"You should have came sooner. The infection in your hand is spreading," stressed Madame Palmary.
"It's an infection?" asked Ginny.
"Yes and quite a serious one. The first years in Herbology were studying Crontines...and one of the Crontine spat it's venom at the door...I told Filch to clean it up, but I guess he didn't listen," said Madame Pomfrey.
Ginny gazed down at her hand in which Pomfrey was bandaging...then at Draco. His green-blue eyes looked right back at her. Ginny couldn't guess his emotions, he hid them so well.
"There, all wrapped up. You kids can go now," said Madame Pomfrey.
Once back outside, Ginny was desperate for Draco to say something. "Why don't you talk anymore? Whenever I say something you just go 'Hmmm...' or 'Yeah'. Say something."
Draco looked at Ginny with the softest gaze in his eyes, "I was just wondering...are you and me over after tonight? Are you going back to Harry tomorrow?"
Ginny stiffened, "You know I'm not. I took all the crap I can take from him...so I guess me and him are officially over."
Draco stared at the ground for a moment before speaking again, "So, do you want to stay together after this? I mean, I know some of your 'buddies' wouldn't approve...and I'm still with Pansy..."
Ginny spoke fast, "If you want 'us' to happen then, you gotta dump Pansy. I refuse to be treated like that."
"Why? Harry did treated you like that all the time," sneered Draco.
"We had an agreement," said Ginny defensively, "And I'm serious, dump Pansy."
An smirk spread to Draco's face, "I never said that I wanted 'us' to happen." Ginny's heart sank, she just admitted to Draco that she wanted to be with him. Draco's smirk got bigger. "However," he started," If you want 'us' to happen...then I will dump Pansy."
Ginny didn't say a word but grew interested in her shoes.
"I'll take that as a yes," Draco said slyly. Draco waited for Ginny to say something but she remained quiet. Impatiently Draco said, "Aren't you going to say something?"
Ginny stared up at Draco with a teasing look in her eye, "You're afraid of saying you like someone first. Afraid to admit it, so you trick a innocent girl, like me, to say it first."
"You wish," sneered Draco. Thought he did his best to hide it, he knew Ginny was right.
"If I'm wrong, then why did you convince me to go to the Hospital Wing? You did that because you care. You act all cold and bitter, but inside...you're just like everyone else." Ginny finished the last part softly, for Draco had the most sincere look in his eyes.
"Ginny," started Draco nervously, "I would like to go out with you...and if you do...I'll dump Pansy."
"That's more like it," smiled Ginny. Ginny had gotten the most heartless guy to admit his feelings, it was a proud day.
~
"Look Draco, like my new shoes? Oh, and I got new nail polish. I really think this color suits me better than my last one...don't you?" Pansy was babbling on and on to Draco about stuff he really didn't care about. Draco's patience was short when it came to girls. He quietly promised himself that right after she got done about her new shoes, he would dump her.
Pansy noticed that he wasn't paying any attention to her, she didn't like that. "Draco, darling, whatever could be so important for you to be distracted from me?"
"Pansy, to put it plainly, I'm bored of you. All you ever talk about is stuff that I just don't care about. Did it ever occur to you that maybe different colored nylons don't exactly appeal to me?" Draco was being very short tempered with her.
"So now you don't care about me?!" shot back Pansy.
Draco looked her right in the eye and said, "No, actually I don't"
~
Winter break was approaching and Ginny felt a little glum going back to The Burrow without Ron, not to mention a little guilty too. Her household just hasn't been the same without him. Everybody had gotten more distant and quieter. To put it plain, Ginny didn't want to go back. But she had nowhere else to go and she certainly didn't want to stay at Hogwarts.
Ginny plopped on her bed feeling rather disappointed when Draco came in. She was surpassed by his sudden visit, "Draco, what are you doing here? Guys aren't supposed to be in the girl's dormitories."
"Well, I couldn't find you anywhere else and what I have to ask you is important."
"Okay, ask away."
"Ginny, how would you like to spend break with me?"
Ginny was taken back with that question. They had only been going out for a month and they hadn't told anyone yet, so maybe spending two weeks together was a little much. "Draco, I don't know..."
"Look, my mother has given he one of her own private estates for my early Christmas present. My father doesn't know of the estate and he wouldn't care anyway, he's been sent back to Mundial's Prison for Criminals again. I think we're ready for it...so what do you say?"
Ginny face lighted up with happiness, "When do we leave?"
Draco smiled back, "In three days. Be ready. We're traveling by Floo."
~
After Draco left, Ginny gave herself some time to think about it. First she'd have to tell her parents...she'd make something up. Still, it was two whole weeks ...alone...with Draco...at an empty estate.
"No worries," said Ginny out loud.
A/N: And that was the end of...*drumroll*...the first chapter! Do you think it was a bit too long? A bit too short? Just let me know by clicking the blue button. You can click fast, you can click slow...but just click it! That could be the fanfic review jingle, *singing out of tune* click it fast, click it slow...just click it! Maybe not. Anyhoo, DON'T FORGET to read my second chapter so you can find out all about Ginny's and Draco's winter break! Oh, and absolutely don't forget that I need a BETA! Toodles!
It was a cool moon drifting against the shadows. The branches of the tree gently swayed with the wind. Now and then, a cool breeze blew across Ginny's pale face. She was all alone, and wishing that her knight in shining amour would come talk to her and keep her company. It was a most lonely time for Ginny, all her friends were inside at the party...but being around all those people made her sick. It was unsettling to see all those drunken Hogwarts students, all merry and smelling foul like booze. Definitely not her crowd.
It was rather peaceful being alone now that Ginny thought about it. Maybe her knight in shining amour didn't need to come today...neither did Malfoy. Ginny had just spotted him out of the corner of her eye, he was apparently also alone . Before she could stop herself, Ginny let out a question, "What are you doing here, Malfoy?"
"Who, me?" sneered Malfoy.
"No, your twin brother," Ginny replied sarcastically. She threw Draco a most disgusted look.
"I see that Harry isn't here, where is he?" questioned Draco
"Why would you want to know?" asked Ginny, annoyed.
"Well, you asked about my whereabouts first, so I have to know...why would you care about me?." Draco turned his head and glared at Ginny.
Ginny glared back, "I don't care. I just thought it was a nice thing to ask you. Of course, you wouldn't know about being nice, you're just like your father."
Draco calmed himself, he would rather die then let on that Ginny was actually getting to him. "Fine, I'll be nice," struggled Draco, "What are you doing out here?"
"I just came out here to get away from it all, the crowds, the booze, and all that other delightful shit." Ginny could not believe she was actually answering Malfoy's question, let alone being able to stand him.
"That's why we're all here, isn't it?" said Draco in a mysterious tone of voice.
"I just hate being around all those people, they're all drunk and so stupid. I mean, I thought Abby was a sensible person...but she just got so drunk that she went and had sex with the first boy she saw." Ginny was feeling especially stupid at the moment, she had just confessed something to Draco. Embarrassed, she absent-mindedly twirled her hair in her fingers.
"That's a habit you should get rid of. It makes you seem ditzy," said Draco noticing her hair-twirling.
Ginny was just now beginning to realize how close Malfoy was to her. It was beyond normal comfort zones for Ginny. Draco took note of this too and backed off a little.
"You never answered why Harry wasn't here, "said Draco softly, "Did it really matter?"
"No..," answered Ginny barely above a whisper, "It didn't."
Draco walked only a step towards Ginny before she suddenly said, "I better get going. My friends are probably wondering where I am..." And with that, Ginny walked away and back towards Hogwarts.
Draco's eyes stayed on Ginny even as she disappeared in the darkness. It was all so confusing, why did she walk away? Draco knew how Harry treated her, like dirt. Did she honestly care about him that much? It was all so confusing.
"Why did I leave?" pondered Ginny. Finally, after looking for the most reasonable answer, she firmly told herself that she left because she cared about Harry.
"Who am I kidding? I bet Harry's snogging some girl at the party right now..." She couldn't lie to herself like that. She and Harry were on certain terms, only together in public. When there wasn't a crowd...well it was different. So then why did she leave? Harry certainly didn't care... then, she knew. She was afraid. Afraid of falling in love...and getting hurt. Ginny had never been in love, there were risks to it that she didn't want to take. She was afraid of getting serious with Draco and end up caring for him. After all, her brother Ron had been in love with Hermoine, and he ended dying for her. Love was definitely off limits for Ginny Weasley.
~
Draco was dumbstruck. No girl had ever turned him down. And, he wasn't even aiming very high for his standards...come on, it was a Weasley. That brought him to another question, why was he suddenly interested in her? Weasleys and Malfoys hated each other, it had always been like that. So why change now? Maybe it was her fiery but lovely auburn red hair...or maybe it was the way her eyes lit up when she laughed..."How do I even notice these things?" All these thoughts frustrated Draco. He would definitely be stuck on Ginny for a while.
~
"Harry, are you drunk again?" demanded Ginny. Her temper was short and easy to set off.
"Of course not Ginny, whatever made you think that?" Harry was drunk, no doubt about it.
"Harry, if a Hogwarts teacher finds you, you'd lose your badge and be kicked off the quidditch team...you know that." Ginny's tone of voice had changed from mad to worried.
"I've lost it all before and I got it back. I can do it again...nothing to lose." slurred Harry. The alcohol was taking effect.
"You'd lose respect. People who saw you once as a hero would now look down at you with shame. Don't do this and come with me to get you cleaned up." Ginny was now desperate and near tears.
Harry was started to get impatient and loudly said, "Ginny, why do you always talk this kind of bullshit to me?! You're always bitching off about respect this shit and respect that shit, did it ever occur to you that nobody cares?! You're just a worthless piece of shit."
Ginny couldn't take it anymore, the tears escaped and trickled down her face. In a breaking voice she choked out, "Harry, it's over. I can't take this from you anymore...why couldn't you be like when we first met?!" Ginny finished with a sob and ran out of Hogwarts. Reaching the door, she flung it open, cutting her hand. Draco was behind her.
"You really are a dramatic couple you know...your lives could be one of those soap operas," said Draco with a grin.
Ginny, a little startled, jumped, but soon found her voice. "Draco, did you follow me?"
"Pretty much."
"So you saw the whole fight between me and Harry?" asked Ginny in disbelief.
"Well, you guys were pretty loud-"
"I'm such an idiot! I should've never of let Harry get to me..." Ginny couldn't finish, a wave a tears blocked her vision and choked her words.
"Hey, don't beat yourself down..." said Draco softly. He gently put his arms around Ginny to comfort her.
"Why are you being nice? I'd thought you'd take the time to humiliate me," said Ginny bluntly.
"I'll leave if you want me to," said Draco.
"No! I mean, please don't..."
"I won't," Draco whispered, "I promise..." Draco firmly held Ginny's hand. He was shocked to find blood. "What happened?"
"Oh...it's nothing, just cut myself opening the door," said Ginny casually.
"I think you should go to the hospital wing, your cut's turning green," worried Draco.
Ginny peered closely at her cut...Draco was right. "Alright, I'll go. Care to join me?"
"Why not?" smirked Draco.
~
"You should have came sooner. The infection in your hand is spreading," stressed Madame Palmary.
"It's an infection?" asked Ginny.
"Yes and quite a serious one. The first years in Herbology were studying Crontines...and one of the Crontine spat it's venom at the door...I told Filch to clean it up, but I guess he didn't listen," said Madame Pomfrey.
Ginny gazed down at her hand in which Pomfrey was bandaging...then at Draco. His green-blue eyes looked right back at her. Ginny couldn't guess his emotions, he hid them so well.
"There, all wrapped up. You kids can go now," said Madame Pomfrey.
Once back outside, Ginny was desperate for Draco to say something. "Why don't you talk anymore? Whenever I say something you just go 'Hmmm...' or 'Yeah'. Say something."
Draco looked at Ginny with the softest gaze in his eyes, "I was just wondering...are you and me over after tonight? Are you going back to Harry tomorrow?"
Ginny stiffened, "You know I'm not. I took all the crap I can take from him...so I guess me and him are officially over."
Draco stared at the ground for a moment before speaking again, "So, do you want to stay together after this? I mean, I know some of your 'buddies' wouldn't approve...and I'm still with Pansy..."
Ginny spoke fast, "If you want 'us' to happen then, you gotta dump Pansy. I refuse to be treated like that."
"Why? Harry did treated you like that all the time," sneered Draco.
"We had an agreement," said Ginny defensively, "And I'm serious, dump Pansy."
An smirk spread to Draco's face, "I never said that I wanted 'us' to happen." Ginny's heart sank, she just admitted to Draco that she wanted to be with him. Draco's smirk got bigger. "However," he started," If you want 'us' to happen...then I will dump Pansy."
Ginny didn't say a word but grew interested in her shoes.
"I'll take that as a yes," Draco said slyly. Draco waited for Ginny to say something but she remained quiet. Impatiently Draco said, "Aren't you going to say something?"
Ginny stared up at Draco with a teasing look in her eye, "You're afraid of saying you like someone first. Afraid to admit it, so you trick a innocent girl, like me, to say it first."
"You wish," sneered Draco. Thought he did his best to hide it, he knew Ginny was right.
"If I'm wrong, then why did you convince me to go to the Hospital Wing? You did that because you care. You act all cold and bitter, but inside...you're just like everyone else." Ginny finished the last part softly, for Draco had the most sincere look in his eyes.
"Ginny," started Draco nervously, "I would like to go out with you...and if you do...I'll dump Pansy."
"That's more like it," smiled Ginny. Ginny had gotten the most heartless guy to admit his feelings, it was a proud day.
~
"Look Draco, like my new shoes? Oh, and I got new nail polish. I really think this color suits me better than my last one...don't you?" Pansy was babbling on and on to Draco about stuff he really didn't care about. Draco's patience was short when it came to girls. He quietly promised himself that right after she got done about her new shoes, he would dump her.
Pansy noticed that he wasn't paying any attention to her, she didn't like that. "Draco, darling, whatever could be so important for you to be distracted from me?"
"Pansy, to put it plainly, I'm bored of you. All you ever talk about is stuff that I just don't care about. Did it ever occur to you that maybe different colored nylons don't exactly appeal to me?" Draco was being very short tempered with her.
"So now you don't care about me?!" shot back Pansy.
Draco looked her right in the eye and said, "No, actually I don't"
~
Winter break was approaching and Ginny felt a little glum going back to The Burrow without Ron, not to mention a little guilty too. Her household just hasn't been the same without him. Everybody had gotten more distant and quieter. To put it plain, Ginny didn't want to go back. But she had nowhere else to go and she certainly didn't want to stay at Hogwarts.
Ginny plopped on her bed feeling rather disappointed when Draco came in. She was surpassed by his sudden visit, "Draco, what are you doing here? Guys aren't supposed to be in the girl's dormitories."
"Well, I couldn't find you anywhere else and what I have to ask you is important."
"Okay, ask away."
"Ginny, how would you like to spend break with me?"
Ginny was taken back with that question. They had only been going out for a month and they hadn't told anyone yet, so maybe spending two weeks together was a little much. "Draco, I don't know..."
"Look, my mother has given he one of her own private estates for my early Christmas present. My father doesn't know of the estate and he wouldn't care anyway, he's been sent back to Mundial's Prison for Criminals again. I think we're ready for it...so what do you say?"
Ginny face lighted up with happiness, "When do we leave?"
Draco smiled back, "In three days. Be ready. We're traveling by Floo."
~
After Draco left, Ginny gave herself some time to think about it. First she'd have to tell her parents...she'd make something up. Still, it was two whole weeks ...alone...with Draco...at an empty estate.
"No worries," said Ginny out loud.
A/N: And that was the end of...*drumroll*...the first chapter! Do you think it was a bit too long? A bit too short? Just let me know by clicking the blue button. You can click fast, you can click slow...but just click it! That could be the fanfic review jingle, *singing out of tune* click it fast, click it slow...just click it! Maybe not. Anyhoo, DON'T FORGET to read my second chapter so you can find out all about Ginny's and Draco's winter break! Oh, and absolutely don't forget that I need a BETA! Toodles!