Thanks for all the reviews I
have received so far. A few of you seem concerned about the possibility of
Harry getting together with Ginny rather than Draco and so many of you won't
like parts of this chapter. BUT don't stop reading, things may not be as they
seem!
Anyway on with the story!
True to her word, Ginny was
waiting for him when he got back and the two of them decided to go for a walk
by the lake.
Harry decided to be
completely honest with Ginny about his relationship with Draco and about the
events of last night and that morning.
Ginny listened quietly as he
spoke, nodding occasionally; when he had finished she hugged him and whispered.
"Can I join in?" Harry
looked shocked and she laughed. "Well it is a very sexy image, I mean both you
and Malfoy are very attractive." She blushed a little as she spoke.
"You think I'm attractive?"
Harry asked.
"Very" she replied looking
him straight in the eye. "Do you think
that I'm attractive?" She smiled at him shyly before looking away, blushing a
little.
"You are beautiful." Harry
said staring at Ginny, drinking in her porcelain complexion and titian hair.
Ginny reached up and pulled
Harry's mouth down onto hers, they kissed for what seemed like hours and when
they eventually pulled apart Harry had a dazed expression on his face. Ginny
grinned at him and took his hand as they walked back up to the castle.
Draco left the hospital wing
later that day. He like Harry was also feeling bewildered. He had not been
entirely truthful with Harry, when Harry had asked him about his reaction to
Snape's concerns. He did feel something for Harry; maybe he was falling for
him!
He was surprised by the
change in his feelings towards Harry. Just yesterday he would have sworn that
he hated Harry – now he wasn't sure what he felt.
It was as if his mother's
death had switched on his emotions – had freed him from any feelings obligation
towards the dark side – his mother was the only person who had ever taken an
interest in him personally – not in what he destined to become. Maybe now that
she was dead, he wanted to ensure that there was someone else who was
interested in him for reasons other than his skill at the dark arts or his
family's money.
He needed to see Harry again
and soon, he felt safe when Harry was around and most importantly he felt
properly cared for, even though Professor Snape had said that he would be happy
to talk to Draco, if Draco wanted to, he knew that just two minutes talking to
Harry would make him feel happier and more relaxed than an hour with Snape.
Harry radiated warmth and love and Draco wanted more and more of it, he knew he
could make Harry dizzy with desire, maybe he could make Harry feel more than
desire for him. Perhaps he could make Harry fall for him and then he would be
surrounded by warmth and love forever.
He glanced out of the tower
window and saw a familiar figure walking in the grounds, talking to a redheaded
girl. They stopped walking; they were standing very close to each other and
suddenly they were kissing. Draco's stomach plummeted as he stood and watched
Harry and Ginny, he couldn't see the expression in Harry's eyes but he could
imagine it. He wasn't surprised about Harry and Ginny, he knew that Ginny had
liked Harry ever since she had arrived at Hogwarts and through his close
observation of Harry at mealtimes and in the corridors he knew that Harry
fancied Ginny rotten – and who could blame him. Draco Malfoy also knew one
other thing. He wasn't going to let Harry go easily. He might consider sharing
him but he wasn't going to give him up – Snape might have made that mistake
with Harry's father – he wasn't about to!
Back in Gryffindor tower,
Harry was playing a game of chess with Ginny and he was losing terribly, because
he was unable to concentrate on the game. He kept staring at Ginny, remembering
the taste of her lips on his. Confusingly Draco's face also kept invading his
thoughts and images of he and Draco doing a lot more than kissing insisted on
popping up and causing him to blush deeply.
Ginny was smiling at him,
she too was remembering their kiss and looking forward with hopeful
anticipation to the next one.
The next morning, Harry got
up his sleep had been filled with a series of far from unpleasant dreams
involving both Ginny AND Draco and he had to hide a very impressive erection
from his other roommates as he crossed the room to the showers.
As he climbed inside the
shower, he gave a little shriek; there was someone already in there…
Ginny was standing under the
spray and she was smiling at him.
"Well don't just stand there
Harry come and join me?" She beckoned to him with her little finger and he
stepped forward eagerly. He stopped just short of her in order to take in her beautiful
body, his arousal evident for all to see.
He sucked in his breath,
"you look gorgeous." Ginny grinned again and pulled him towards her, kissing
him hungrily.
"I dreamt about you all last
night. " She said breathlessly, in between kisses,
"you and Malfoy, I was so
turned on this morning, that I had to come and get a taste of the real thing."
Harry was taken aback, he had never seen Ginny behave so forcefully, she was
usually quiet and shy, but he rather liked Ginny like this.
"Are you sure, I mean have
you done this before?" Ginny shook her head and Harry looked a bit worried.
"But I am sure, I want my
first time to be with you. I love you Harry, I don't care about what's going on
with Malfoy, that just makes me want you more." Harry kissed her again and ran
his hands all over her body.
"Have you ever done this
before, with a girl I mean?" She asked him, he shook his head.
"I don't suppose it is that
different, really." Harry said, taking one of Ginny's nipples in his mouth,
eliciting a small moan from Ginny as he sucked on it enthusiastically. At that
moment the image of Draco standing bare-chested in front of Harry as Harry
played with his nipples floated into Harry's head and refused to leave. Harry
tried to focus on Ginny, drinking in every detail of her body and kissing her
all over but he just couldn't get Draco out of his head.
Ginny seemed to sense this
and said, "you're thinking of Malfoy aren't you?"
Harry hung his head and then
nodded not daring to look at Ginny, worried that he had upset her. When he
eventually looked up he saw that Ginny was smiling mischievously.
"We'll just have to bring
Malfoy here too won't we?" She said.
"Are you serious?" Harry
asked dumbfounded, Ginny nodded fervently.
"But you don't even like
him, I mean he's always making fun of your family, why would you want to sleep
with him?" Harry asked. Ginny smirked at him in response.
"I could ask you the same
question, you and Malfoy have been fucking for months but you only started to
become friends yesterday." Harry couldn't help but smile at Ginny's words.
"Touché." He wrapped his
arms around Ginny's naked body and kissed her again and for a few minutes his
mind was entirely taken up with thoughts of Ginny. But as they broke the kiss,
Draco came swimming into his mind again and he sighed.
"Maybe today isn't the right
time." He said looking at the floor, Ginny put her hand under his chin and
pushed his head up so he faced her.
"No you're right, but we
will do this sometime soon won't we?" It was Harry's turn to nod fervently.
"I really do want you Ginny
but I'm a bit preoccupied right now and I want our first time to be really
good, besides your brother and the rest of my dormates will be through here
soon and we'll get caught." Ginny looked momentarily terrified and grabbing a
towel she dashed out of the cubicle, as she reached the door of the bathroom,
she turned to face Harry and blew him a kiss. Harry sighed and stepped under
the spray.
Later that morning, after he
had finally got out of the shower Harry dressed and wandered down into the
Common Room, where he found Ron and Hermione curled up together in an armchair,
Hermione looked as if she was trying to read a book but Ron was doing his best
to distract her.
Harry stood and watched them
for a few minutes, they look so happy together, he thought but he knew that he
would have to tell them about his conversation with Draco (leaving out some of
the more intimate details of course)
He approached them and they
looked up both a little red and in the face and Hermione was giggling rather
like Lavender or Parvati did when they were around boys.
"Hi Harry, how are you
feeling today? You seemed a little out of it yesterday." Hermione asked looking
a little concerned, Ron didn't speak but nodded at Hermione's words.
"Well yeah I fine, but I do
need to talk to you both, do you want to go for a walk by the lake?" They both
nodded, looking curious and the three of them left through the portrait hole.
"So what did you want to
talk to us about Harry?" Ron asked, Harry had not spoken since they had left
the common room.
"You know that Draco was in
the hospital wing yesterday?" They both nodded and Ron looked bemused.
"Well, his mother was killed
by Voldemort." Ron and Hermione looked scandalised and Ron muttered, "don't say
the name!"
"I took him to Madam Pomfrey
the night before last, I found him after he got the letter from his father,
then I went to see him yesterday."
"You did what?" Ron looked
amazed, his expression halfway between anger and surprise.
"I talked to him for a
while, he asked me if we could become friends." Harry stopped speaking for a
while; to give his friends time to register what he had just said.
"What did you say?" Ron was
looking at Harry, his fists were clenched and his knuckles were white.
"I told him that we could
try." Harry said not looking at Ron or Hermione.
"You did what?" Ron shouted
advancing towards Harry, eyes blazing with fury.
"Ron. Stop!" Hermione pulled
from backwards and they both stood in front of Harry staring at him as if he
had gone mad.
"I can't believe you said
that Harry, after everything he has done to you, to us!" Ron was almost purple
with rage, he was shaking on the spot as Hermione held his arms.
"He wants to try to change,
he hates Voldemort now, he killed his mother! I know how that feels remember?"
Harry was also shaking with suppressed anger, didn't Ron trust his judgement at
all.
"How can you trust him, he's
evil, he belongs to the dark side, his whole family is evil!"
"You don't really know him
though, do you?" Harry said anger coursing through his veins; Ron could be so
stubborn sometimes.
"You do I suppose?" Ron
challenged.
"Not very well, no but I
know him better than you do and I am sure that he wants to change." Ron snorted
derisively and Hermione's expression was one of disbelief but she moved away
from Ron and came to stand next to Harry.
"I am still not certain that
you're doing the right thing but if you think that Malfoy is going to change,
then I am prepared to give him a chance and I'm sure that Ron will too." She
glared at Ron as if daring him to disagree and he nodded if somewhat
reluctantly.
"Just give him a chance,
that's all I ask." Harry said looking at Hermione in relief.
"Yeah okay but if he says
one more horrible thing about my family, I swear I'm going to punch his lights
out." Ron said looking resolute.
"Harry?" Hermione was
looking at Harry curiously. "What were you doing, when you found Malfoy and
took him to the hospital wing?" She raised an eyebrow at him and Harry blushed
under her gaze.
"I er was just having a
little midnight stroll." He said awkwardly, Hermione didn't look convinced but
she didn't say anything either.
"Lets go back up to the
school now shall we?" Harry said starting to walk away, Hermione and Ron joined
him and they walked back up to the school chatting about the coming Quidditch
match Ravenclaw against Hufflepuff, Ron's mood restored as he slung his arm
around Hermione's shoulders.