Chapter 13
AN: The final chapter for all of you who have been waiting patiently for me to get off my lazy ass and write it. Thank you to everyone who reviewed, the positive comments made me want to continue writing this story. Hope you all enjoy.
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Sometimes I really amaze myself. You may be wondering why I say this, easy, I managed to turn a potentially violent situation with my brothers and my new boyfriend into a gathering where shockingly enough, no blows were traded. This is amazing, given the brothers over protectiveness and Ron's massive temper where Draco is concerned. But I'll explain about my brilliant idea later. My worry about the upcoming confrontation was made worse by the fact that the twins chose that particular day to visit. Five out of seven brothers instead of just three. Don't I just have the most magnificent luck? You should have seen Draco's face when I told him about the change. I really don't think he means to make me laugh as much as I do.
It had been decided, before my brilliant plan came to mind, that for safety sakes I would talk to them first then go and get him, that way he might actually have a chance of not getting a couple of fists to the face. Time would allow me to calm them down. Draco tried to convince me that he didn't care how they reacted; he just wanted to be there to see their faces when I introduced him as my boyfriend. While that may have given him his entertainment for the day, I told him I liked his face the way it was and not black and blue. He was vain enough to agree with me.
So I put that plan into action that morning at breakfast. As soon as I entered the Great Hall my eyes automatically scanned the Slytherin table for Draco. When I found him, he was already looking at me. I couldn't help smiling at him before I turned away to my table. I went and sat with the trio and told them to meet me in the Room of Requirement at lunch. They agreed but only after Ron complained about missing lunch. Hermione looked at me with a questioning look on her face. I nodded my head slightly to answer her silent question. She smiled back and I knew she was happy for me.
Later that morning I went to find Charlie to tell him about the meeting. I knocked on his door.
"Charlie, you in there?" I yelled through the door. I know he's a teacher and all, but I refuse to treat him like one.
"Hey Gin," he said opening the door. "The twins are visiting."
"Oh great," I whispered under my breath, but I think he heard me because he began smiling.
" Look, it's Gin-Gin, just in time to try our new toffee."
" There's not a chance in hell I'm eating that Fred, so give it up," I told him, while glaring enough so he'd know I'm serious. "What are you two doing here anyway?"
"To see our loving and caring baby sister of course," crooned George. I wasn't about to fall for this.
" Whatever you want the answer is NO, I refuse to be a test subject, go con Ron or Harry."
They were about to start again when Charlie interrupted, "Why did you come visiting Ginny." Thank you Charlie, my new favourite brother. I didn't feel like getting into it with the twins.
"I wanted to get the family together at lunch, I have an announcement to make."
"Ooh, an announcement, we'll be there," the twins announced in unison.
"What could it be my dear Fred, could our baby sister finally have decided that she is above blackmail and will give up her stash of damning evidence against us?" George begins with a gleam in his eye.
"Bad luck George, there's not a chance. Those pictures will keep me in sugar quills and butterbeer for the rest of your lives," I retorted back before reminding them that I hadn't received this months supply yet.
"We taught her well George," Fred said wiping away an imaginary tear, "I couldn't have done better myself."
" Where's the meeting?" Charlie asked interrupting us again.
"In the Room of Requirement at twelve," I answered him before turning and leaving the twins to congratulate themselves on my training.
As I was leaving Charlie's room and heading toward the library to do some homework, I was grabbed from behind and dragged into a classroom. I started to panic, but all of a sudden the training I learnt during the war came to me, so I reacted by bringing my heel down hard on the attackers foot.
As soon as I heard the yelp of pain, I knew I had made a mistake.
"Oh shit. Draco, are you okay?"
"What in the bloody hell did you do that for?" he yelled at me.
"I didn't realise it was you, I just reacted. I'm sorry, really," I told him. And I was, but watching him hop around swearing was so out of character for Draco Malfoy, I just had to laugh.
"It's not funny. I think you broke something." He continued to complain while shooting me irritated glances.
"Oh poor baby, but you should have known better. I was taught to react when someone grabs me," I said becoming serious, "Those were the consequences of the war."
His complaining stopped when I said that, he was probably remembering as I was, the day I was grabbed by Death Eaters in Hogsmeade. If it hadn't been for Ron and Hermione stopping them, well I don't like thinking about that so on with the story.
"I'm sorry, I didn't think, he said while coming over to wrap his arms around me. "I went to visit you in the hospital wing that night while you were sleeping. I sat with you for hours."
" How did you get past Pomphrey," I asked him while cuddling up to him.
" Potter wasn't the only one with an invisibility cloak," he answered. I laughed.
"You couldn't let him have something you didn't, could you?" I asked him with amusement just before I reached up to kiss him. He broke the kiss before it had barely begun.
" He had you and there wasn't anything I could do about that," he whispered as the kiss broke.
" But Harry and I were never like that," I reminded him.
" I didn't know that until you told me a couple of weeks ago. I used to get so angry thinking that he could touch you, stroke you, kiss you whenever he wanted," he whispered into my ear as he proceeded to do exactly those things to me. At this stage I was like putty in his hands. I couldn't believe that those simple caresses could make me feel like that.
"The first ray of hope I had was when you told me you thought of Potter as your brother. Then when you kissed me back after the food fight I believed for the first time that you could be mine."
"I am yours now," I whispered to him as I began nibbling on his neck.
An hour or so later and in a much better mood, I headed to the tower to get ready to confront the brothers. When I got there Hermione was waiting. She's happy I've found someone but she's a bit wary of who he is, but she promised to keep Ron in line. This is when my brilliant plan began to form. I realised that the Weasley men do not like to upset their women. If I could get their women at the meeting and on my side, the brothers won't be able to go overboard. With this in mind I went straight to Padma and explained the situation to her and she agreed to come. Angelina and Katie were unavailable, but there was still one more person I could ask.
I found her at the library. I went and slid into the seat across from her and waited for her to notice me. She finally looked up but didn't say anything so I spoke up.
"I need your help."
"With what?" she asked back warily.
" I plan to tell my brothers today about Draco and you know my brothers, they're going to react," I explained to her.
" What's that got to do with me?" She questions me so I explain my theory about Weasleys and their women.
" And I ask again, what has that got to do with me," Tallah says.
"I want you to be there to keep control of Harry," I say. She starts laughing.
"I don't know what Draco has told you, but there is nothing between Potter and I, so I don't see how my view will influence him in any way."
So I began hoping that Harry will forgive me.
"You forget, I know my brothers, Harry would never have kissed you if he didn't like you, no matter how much you provoked him."
She sat in silence for a couple of minutes.
" You're sure?" she asked me.
"I'm sure," I answered her. She agreed to help.
It was twelve on the dot when I walked into the Room of Requirement. Shockingly enough everyone was there on time. My brothers asked what Padma and Tallah were doing there but all I told them was that I invited them.
"Why are we all here Ginny," Harry began.
"I have an announcement to make and I wanted you all together and out of the public eye when I make it," I started.
"We're not going to like this announcement, are we Ginny?" Charlie asked, catching on to what I was trying to say.
"Probably not. But I will state this now, I DO NOT care what you think, it is MY choice and will always be MY choice," I say while staring straight at Ron. Not waiting to be interrupted I continue, "Draco Malfoy and I have decided to become a couple," I stated clearly to the room.
The girls did exactly what I asked them, they calmed the boys down, Fred and George excluded. Tallah decided to use the moment to make her move on Harry. This lip lock lasted much longer than the last. It also thankfully took the attention of the others in the room away from me. Draco walked in at that moment having decided that I wasn't going to do this alone. It took the occupants of the room a couple of minutes to realise Draco was there.
"Having fun there Tal," he asked just as she finished snogging Harry.
"Bite me Malfoy. Have we finished here Ginny, cause Potter and I have an elsewhere to be," Tallah inquired.
"Go ahead," I told her. So she grabbed a dazed Harry's arm and led him out of the room. One down, only four to go.
" Ginny, may I speak with you outside privately," Charlie asked me. I was wary about leaving Draco in the room with the other three but he nodded to me to go.
"Do you love him Gin?"
"Yes Charlie, I do," I answered him truthfully.
"While I believe you could do so much better, if you love him, I'll wish you all the best."
" Thank you," I said as I hugged him.
" Just a thought," Charlie inquires as he walks away, "Does he realise if he breaks your heart we will make sure his life won't be worth living." With that closing statement I walked back into the room with a smile on my face because I know what he said was very true.
I don't know what I expected to see when I got in there, but it wasn't Draco and my brothers shaking hands. I don't know what Draco said to them or what they said in return, since neither party will say, but a shaky truce was declared that day and a week on its still in place. Fred and George haven't pulled a prank and there have been no fights between Draco and the trio, physical or verbal. Lets hope it lasts. It would make a much more pleasurable year for me if my boyfriend and my family got along.
AN: The final chapter for all of you who have been waiting patiently for me to get off my lazy ass and write it. Thank you to everyone who reviewed, the positive comments made me want to continue writing this story. Hope you all enjoy.
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Sometimes I really amaze myself. You may be wondering why I say this, easy, I managed to turn a potentially violent situation with my brothers and my new boyfriend into a gathering where shockingly enough, no blows were traded. This is amazing, given the brothers over protectiveness and Ron's massive temper where Draco is concerned. But I'll explain about my brilliant idea later. My worry about the upcoming confrontation was made worse by the fact that the twins chose that particular day to visit. Five out of seven brothers instead of just three. Don't I just have the most magnificent luck? You should have seen Draco's face when I told him about the change. I really don't think he means to make me laugh as much as I do.
It had been decided, before my brilliant plan came to mind, that for safety sakes I would talk to them first then go and get him, that way he might actually have a chance of not getting a couple of fists to the face. Time would allow me to calm them down. Draco tried to convince me that he didn't care how they reacted; he just wanted to be there to see their faces when I introduced him as my boyfriend. While that may have given him his entertainment for the day, I told him I liked his face the way it was and not black and blue. He was vain enough to agree with me.
So I put that plan into action that morning at breakfast. As soon as I entered the Great Hall my eyes automatically scanned the Slytherin table for Draco. When I found him, he was already looking at me. I couldn't help smiling at him before I turned away to my table. I went and sat with the trio and told them to meet me in the Room of Requirement at lunch. They agreed but only after Ron complained about missing lunch. Hermione looked at me with a questioning look on her face. I nodded my head slightly to answer her silent question. She smiled back and I knew she was happy for me.
Later that morning I went to find Charlie to tell him about the meeting. I knocked on his door.
"Charlie, you in there?" I yelled through the door. I know he's a teacher and all, but I refuse to treat him like one.
"Hey Gin," he said opening the door. "The twins are visiting."
"Oh great," I whispered under my breath, but I think he heard me because he began smiling.
" Look, it's Gin-Gin, just in time to try our new toffee."
" There's not a chance in hell I'm eating that Fred, so give it up," I told him, while glaring enough so he'd know I'm serious. "What are you two doing here anyway?"
"To see our loving and caring baby sister of course," crooned George. I wasn't about to fall for this.
" Whatever you want the answer is NO, I refuse to be a test subject, go con Ron or Harry."
They were about to start again when Charlie interrupted, "Why did you come visiting Ginny." Thank you Charlie, my new favourite brother. I didn't feel like getting into it with the twins.
"I wanted to get the family together at lunch, I have an announcement to make."
"Ooh, an announcement, we'll be there," the twins announced in unison.
"What could it be my dear Fred, could our baby sister finally have decided that she is above blackmail and will give up her stash of damning evidence against us?" George begins with a gleam in his eye.
"Bad luck George, there's not a chance. Those pictures will keep me in sugar quills and butterbeer for the rest of your lives," I retorted back before reminding them that I hadn't received this months supply yet.
"We taught her well George," Fred said wiping away an imaginary tear, "I couldn't have done better myself."
" Where's the meeting?" Charlie asked interrupting us again.
"In the Room of Requirement at twelve," I answered him before turning and leaving the twins to congratulate themselves on my training.
As I was leaving Charlie's room and heading toward the library to do some homework, I was grabbed from behind and dragged into a classroom. I started to panic, but all of a sudden the training I learnt during the war came to me, so I reacted by bringing my heel down hard on the attackers foot.
As soon as I heard the yelp of pain, I knew I had made a mistake.
"Oh shit. Draco, are you okay?"
"What in the bloody hell did you do that for?" he yelled at me.
"I didn't realise it was you, I just reacted. I'm sorry, really," I told him. And I was, but watching him hop around swearing was so out of character for Draco Malfoy, I just had to laugh.
"It's not funny. I think you broke something." He continued to complain while shooting me irritated glances.
"Oh poor baby, but you should have known better. I was taught to react when someone grabs me," I said becoming serious, "Those were the consequences of the war."
His complaining stopped when I said that, he was probably remembering as I was, the day I was grabbed by Death Eaters in Hogsmeade. If it hadn't been for Ron and Hermione stopping them, well I don't like thinking about that so on with the story.
"I'm sorry, I didn't think, he said while coming over to wrap his arms around me. "I went to visit you in the hospital wing that night while you were sleeping. I sat with you for hours."
" How did you get past Pomphrey," I asked him while cuddling up to him.
" Potter wasn't the only one with an invisibility cloak," he answered. I laughed.
"You couldn't let him have something you didn't, could you?" I asked him with amusement just before I reached up to kiss him. He broke the kiss before it had barely begun.
" He had you and there wasn't anything I could do about that," he whispered as the kiss broke.
" But Harry and I were never like that," I reminded him.
" I didn't know that until you told me a couple of weeks ago. I used to get so angry thinking that he could touch you, stroke you, kiss you whenever he wanted," he whispered into my ear as he proceeded to do exactly those things to me. At this stage I was like putty in his hands. I couldn't believe that those simple caresses could make me feel like that.
"The first ray of hope I had was when you told me you thought of Potter as your brother. Then when you kissed me back after the food fight I believed for the first time that you could be mine."
"I am yours now," I whispered to him as I began nibbling on his neck.
An hour or so later and in a much better mood, I headed to the tower to get ready to confront the brothers. When I got there Hermione was waiting. She's happy I've found someone but she's a bit wary of who he is, but she promised to keep Ron in line. This is when my brilliant plan began to form. I realised that the Weasley men do not like to upset their women. If I could get their women at the meeting and on my side, the brothers won't be able to go overboard. With this in mind I went straight to Padma and explained the situation to her and she agreed to come. Angelina and Katie were unavailable, but there was still one more person I could ask.
I found her at the library. I went and slid into the seat across from her and waited for her to notice me. She finally looked up but didn't say anything so I spoke up.
"I need your help."
"With what?" she asked back warily.
" I plan to tell my brothers today about Draco and you know my brothers, they're going to react," I explained to her.
" What's that got to do with me?" She questions me so I explain my theory about Weasleys and their women.
" And I ask again, what has that got to do with me," Tallah says.
"I want you to be there to keep control of Harry," I say. She starts laughing.
"I don't know what Draco has told you, but there is nothing between Potter and I, so I don't see how my view will influence him in any way."
So I began hoping that Harry will forgive me.
"You forget, I know my brothers, Harry would never have kissed you if he didn't like you, no matter how much you provoked him."
She sat in silence for a couple of minutes.
" You're sure?" she asked me.
"I'm sure," I answered her. She agreed to help.
It was twelve on the dot when I walked into the Room of Requirement. Shockingly enough everyone was there on time. My brothers asked what Padma and Tallah were doing there but all I told them was that I invited them.
"Why are we all here Ginny," Harry began.
"I have an announcement to make and I wanted you all together and out of the public eye when I make it," I started.
"We're not going to like this announcement, are we Ginny?" Charlie asked, catching on to what I was trying to say.
"Probably not. But I will state this now, I DO NOT care what you think, it is MY choice and will always be MY choice," I say while staring straight at Ron. Not waiting to be interrupted I continue, "Draco Malfoy and I have decided to become a couple," I stated clearly to the room.
The girls did exactly what I asked them, they calmed the boys down, Fred and George excluded. Tallah decided to use the moment to make her move on Harry. This lip lock lasted much longer than the last. It also thankfully took the attention of the others in the room away from me. Draco walked in at that moment having decided that I wasn't going to do this alone. It took the occupants of the room a couple of minutes to realise Draco was there.
"Having fun there Tal," he asked just as she finished snogging Harry.
"Bite me Malfoy. Have we finished here Ginny, cause Potter and I have an elsewhere to be," Tallah inquired.
"Go ahead," I told her. So she grabbed a dazed Harry's arm and led him out of the room. One down, only four to go.
" Ginny, may I speak with you outside privately," Charlie asked me. I was wary about leaving Draco in the room with the other three but he nodded to me to go.
"Do you love him Gin?"
"Yes Charlie, I do," I answered him truthfully.
"While I believe you could do so much better, if you love him, I'll wish you all the best."
" Thank you," I said as I hugged him.
" Just a thought," Charlie inquires as he walks away, "Does he realise if he breaks your heart we will make sure his life won't be worth living." With that closing statement I walked back into the room with a smile on my face because I know what he said was very true.
I don't know what I expected to see when I got in there, but it wasn't Draco and my brothers shaking hands. I don't know what Draco said to them or what they said in return, since neither party will say, but a shaky truce was declared that day and a week on its still in place. Fred and George haven't pulled a prank and there have been no fights between Draco and the trio, physical or verbal. Lets hope it lasts. It would make a much more pleasurable year for me if my boyfriend and my family got along.