Tom Returns
Chp.1 Rescuers and Hogsmeade Trips
She ran. Ran as fast as she could and didn't bother looking back. Then the voice started again.
"He's gone Ginny, he won't save you this time" Tom hissed in her ear.
She turned her head over her shoulder, at the sound of his voice, and tripped, falling of the stone wall. She fell and fell until someone caught her. She looked to see who it was but she couldn't see in the dark. She felt comfort wash over her as the person started to carry her away from the scene. She clung to the person, feeling his muscles ripple at how close she was, she realized it was a guy. She slowly drifted off to sleep in the arms of her new found hero.
Ginny woke-up the next morning, but not in her own bed. She remembered the night before and what Tom had said to her, she then blacked out. When she woke-up she couldn't see, her vision was blurry. She focused on what she thought was a person and then she screamed. Draco Malfoy was leaning over her with a wet wash clo9th in one hand, for her head.
"Ginny will you be quiet? Please?" Draco asked quickly putting his hand over mouth. She stopped screaming and looked up at him. Had Draco just asked her a question? Politely? And had he used the word Please? Looking up at Draco, terror in her eyes she asked him the question running through his mind.
"Where am I Draco?"
"Your in my room Ginny. Don't be scared your fine, I won't let anyone hurt you again. No one can get in here all the doors are locked tight, magically of course." Draco said staring down at her with something very unfamiliar in his eyes. Ginny wasn't sure what that look was but she knew that she had never seen it in Malfoy's eyes before. Then she realized, this wasn't Malfoy she was dealing with, this was the real Draco.
Ginny began to cry remembering what had happened the night before. Draco looked at her and did the only thing he knew how; he scooped the crying Ginny up into his arms and held her. When her crying stopped he looked down at the girl clutching her, he realized she was asleep and didn't want to wake her. He leaned against the back of his bed, her still in his arms, and let sleep take him.
Draco woke-up to Ginny's muffled screams, she was screaming into his chest where she had fallen asleep. Then he realized she was still asleep, screaming and crying, he didn't know what to do. He grabbed Ginny and shook her lightly.
"Ginny? Ginny? GINNY?" He yelled. Ginny woke-up terror in her eyes. "Draco. I'm so scared" Ginny whispered clutching onto Draco as if her life depended on it. Draco went to pull back not knowing what to do with the crying girl and then she said something that made him stop.
"Just hold me Draco, please, just hold me" Ginny whispered into his chest.
So that's what he did, he held her and he held her all night. Draco woke-up and realized Ginny was still asleep. He carefully removed her from the tight hold she had on him and went to get dressed. He stripped off his black pants he had on the night before. He stood in only his boxers and looked in his chestier drawers to find his baggy blue jeans shorts. He pulled them on and then heard Ginny stir on his bed behind him. He walked over and stood beside his bed just staring down at her. She was very beautiful in his black silk shirt she had slept in the night before.
"It's not polite to stare Draco"
"Wha.You little brat you've been awake the whole time." Draco started tickling Ginny and she laughed. He tickled her until she couldn't breath. Her chest was rising and falling quickly trying to catch her breath. She looked up at Draco and smiled. She slid off his bed and stood in front of him. She put her arms around his neck and then turned him around so his back was to his bed. She pushed him and he fell backwards onto his bed. She jumped onto his bed and straddled him.
"Umm.Ginny what are you doing?"
"Payback" with that Ginny started tickling Draco and surprisingly he laughed and was very ticklish.
Before she knew what had happened he had flipped her over so he had pinned her under him. He looked down at her. Her shirt or his was just covering the top of her thighs and the top three buttons had been lost in their little escapade. He bent over and kissed her, not even realizing what he was doing. She was taken by surprise but then he felt her relax under him and she kissed him back. He deepened the kiss by brushing his tongue over her lips and she gladly opened her mouth. His tongue darted in and explored her sweet strawberry cream taste, he found it very appealing and traveled all around her mouth as she did the same to him with his cinnamon taste. By this time Draco had lost his belt and shorts and was only left in his boxers. The front of Ginny's shirt had been completely unbuttoned and Draco's hands felt so good on her skin. Draco stopped kissing Ginny and pulled back but before he could say anything Ginny pulled him back in for another kiss. Draco pulled away again.
"What's the matter Draco?"
"Nothing but Ginny we can't I don't want you to be like all the other girls I've been with. I really do like you and lets just have a relationship before we."
"Draco are you asking me out?" Ginny asked him with a smirk on her face.
"Yes and do you have an answer Miss Weasley?"
"Yes"
"Was that your answer?"
"Yes Draco I said yes alright I'll go out with you" and with that Draco pulled Ginny into a long and deep kiss.
Ginny spent the night with Draco again and woke-up once again screaming and crying, Draco did the same as he had done the night before, he held her and rocked her back and forth the whole night until she fell asleep. It was Saturday morning and Draco had snuck into Ginny's room and picked out an out fit for her to wear into Hogsmeade.
"Here you go Gin" Draco tossed her the clothes he had picked out for her.
"Of course you would pick put my most revealing clothes" Ginny said and smiled up at Draco.
"Well of course, I want to show off my girlfriend."
"I'm going to have to tell Ron today."
"Yeah I know I just need to be prepared to duck I guess" Ginny smiled and laughed at this because everyone knew of Ron's temper when it came to Ginny. Ginny walked into Draco's bathroom and changed into a tight hot pink mid drift halter top and some tight low rise blue jeans that had been made to look faded. She brushed her long hair and put it in a pony tail while she finished up with lip gloss and adidas.
"Hey Draco you ready yet?"
"Almost just have to slick back my hair Gin"
"Please don't today Draco let me see what it looks like not slicked back. I've seen you for 4 years and I've never seen your hair without a bottle of gel in it."
"Hey I resent that I only use half a bottle and this is what it looks like" Draco turned around from his mirror and Ginny looked at his hair, if it was possible he looked hotter without the hair gel.
"Draco I like it better without the gel. Please leave it down. For me." Ginny said this and stuck out her bottom lip into a pout. "Okay.Okay.Just please don't give me that look, it makes me melt."
"Well I knew I had to get you to leave it alone somehow. Draco we need to leave we have to met all the girls in the Great Hall in 10min. to go get my winter solstice dress. Oh and are we going?"
"Of course we're going and I expect you to spend as much money as you need on your dress, I'm paying for it."
"Draco you don't need to do."
"Yes I do and I won't take no for an answer." By this time they had reached the Great Hall.
"VIRGINIA ANNE WEASLEY WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING WITH THAT PRAT?" Ron yelled practically in Ginny's face.
"I Ronald Weasley am going to eat a quick breakfast and then go get my winter solstice dress with all the others girls and this so called prat is my boyfriend." Ginny finished saying this in the most calm voice and casually walked around Ron with Draco in hand and went to sit down at the Gryffindor table. Ron felt as though his sister had just slapped him in the face mainly because she didn't even yell she said it as calmly as she could possibly say anything.
"Hello Ginny, how are you guys this morning?" Hermione asked as she looked up and smiling at Ginny and Draco.
"Fine until Ron decided to be his normal over protective self like normal." Ginny said smiling at Ginny.
"Hello Gin!" Harry said finally noticing Ginny standing there.
"Hello Harry, how are you this morning?"
"Just fine" Harry smiled at Ginny. Draco didn't like this smile so he possessively put his arm around Ginny's waist and laid his head on top of hers. Harry looked at Ginny and gave her a questioning look. Harry then turned to Draco and gave him the same look only there was a glint of brotherly protection in this look.
"Harry stop wondering, Draco and I haven't done anything Harry so you can take that look of your face. Also Harry Draco and I are dating, please try, for me, to get my brother to come down before winter break." Ginny looked over at Harry.
They stood in line waiting to turn in their permission slips so they could go into Hogsmeade and the couples all stood either hand in hand or like Draco and Ginny, the guys hands wrapped around his girlfriends waist with his head resting on her head or shoulder. Harry and Hermione stood paired as did Ron and Luna. They had all excepted Luna into their group and didn't care what so many people said about her. Harry had found out about people taking her things and hiding them last year and still felt bad. However this year people didn't tend to mess with Luna because they all knew that Ron was her boyfriend and didn't want his temper becoming one with their jaw.
"Harry can I asked you something?"
"Sure Gin ask away"
"Earlier did you actually think that Draco and I had, well, fooled around?"
"Well truthfully Gin, yeah, I did. I know your not a little girl anymore and however much I don't like admitting it, I know it's true."
"Well at least I know more than one person realizes I'm growing up. Now all I have to do is get Ron to see it." As Ginny said this everyone except Ron started laughing, including Luna.
"What's everyone laughing at" Ron asked. This made everyone laugh even harder as they all got up to the front of the line handed in their permission slips and walked of heading towards Hogsmeade to get the girls winter solstice dresses.
[Hogsmeade]
The couples walked around Hogsmeade looking for a dress shop the girls wanted to go into. Then they came to a huge dress shop which read the name "Kasa's Dresses for All Occasions".
"Here" all the girls said in unison, all of them also putting on their best pouting faces. "Alright" all the guys said one by one, Draco being the first one to cave.
They all walked into the dress shop and a young woman walked over to them.
"How may I help you?"
"We're looking for dresses" Ginny said with a smile at her face looking around the store at all the beautiful dresses.
"Well you've come to the right place" the woman said, her name tag read Kara.
"Would you like my help or are you just good looking right now?"
"Looking" all the girls squealed with glee."
All the boys were dragged in different directions by their girlfriends. Draco was pulled to the very back of the story were a gorgeous dress was hanging. She picked it up and handed it to Draco. They kept looking and by the time they were done looking through the whole store Ginny had handed Draco thirteen dresses and nine pairs of shoes. Hermione had handed Harry eleven dresses and seven pairs of shoes. Luna had handed Ron fifteen dresses and twelve pairs of shoes. Parvati, who had met them in Hogsmeade, had given Neville eight dresses and six pairs of shoes. Last but not least Lavender had handed Seamus twelve dresses and eight pairs of shoes. Lavender and Seamus had just been in the same store and decided to join the party of trying on dresses for the winter solstice.
All the girls went into the dressing rooms and the guys sat in five chairs right outside the entrance, waiting for the girls to come out with their first outfit. All the girls came out and walked to show the boys, Draco's mouth dropped as did Ron's at what Draco's girlfriend and Ron's baby sister had picked out. Draco loved it and thought she looked very sexy in it where Ron was thinking the opposite and that it showed way to much skin.
All the girls had finally picked out the right dress and pair of shoes. The guys walked to the front and bought the dresses and shoes for their girlfriends. Draco's total came to 280 galleons and 5 sickles. Ron's came to 210 galleons and 12 sickles. Harry's came to 250 galleons and 7 sickles. Seamus's came to 276 galleons and 2 sickles while Neville's came to 201 galleons and 8 sickles. They all had spent a lot of money on their girlfriends but none of them regretted it.
After they were done buying the dresses they took their girlfriends to one last shop, it was called "Flora's Exquisite Jewels". They all walked in and went separate ways. All the guys told their girlfriends to buy at least one thing and it had to be over 100 galleons. All of the girls' boyfriends had money, even Ron, Mr. Weasley had gotten the job of Minister of Magic last year after everyone agreed to get rid of Cornelius Fudge. Draco and Harry both walked off leaving Ginny and Hermione to look. They walked into the back of "Flora's Exquisite Jewels" to talk to Flora herself. They both had special orders to pick up.
"So Harry what is your special order?"
"I should ask you the same thing Draco"
"Well mine is for Ginny if you must know, but please don't tell her. I don't want her to know yet, it's a surprise for after the dance."
"Wow! I never thought I'd hear the word please come out of a Malfoy's mouth."
"Well Harry, Ginny has changed me, a lot. More than most people know. So what is your special order?"
"It's for Hermione; if you promise not to tell then I'll tell you exactly what it is."
"Alright, I promise."
"You can't even tell Ginny."
"Fine I won't tell Ginny."
"After the winter solstice dance, I'm proposing to Hermione."
"Wow Potter didn't think you had it in you, it's taken you forever." Both boys laughed at this, mainly because Harry and Hermione had liked each other since their first year and only during the summer of their 5th year had they told one another.
"So Draco, what exactly is your present?"
"Well its kind off along the same lines as yours but it's more like a promise ring that after her 7th year, then, we can get married."
"Well that's good you're waiting until after her 7th year because there is no way that Mr. and Mrs. Weasley would let Ginny marry you before she got out of school."
"Will she let Ginny marry me either way? I know what everyone says about me just like I know that everyone will always see me as my fathers' son. Exactly like him."
"Yes they would let you marry Ginny and besides Ginny is a stubborn red- head. Do you really think she listens to everything her parents say?"
"No I know she doesn't listen to everything they say. Believe me if she did then she wouldn't be my girlfriend."
Flora walked over to the young gentlemen standing and talking and handed them their orders. Mr. Potter, yours comes to 431 galleons and 3 sickles and yours Mr. Malfoy will, come to, well the exact same as Mr. Potter's.
"Wow, I thought it would be more than that." Draco said looking at Flora with astonishment.
"I got a shipment in and they gave me extras so since you are one of my more valued costumers I cut off 100 galleons. Is that okay with Mr. Malfoy?"
"That's fine I just wanted to make sure you charged me right."
"I did, I can assure you of that. Here are your orders Mr. Potter and Mr. Malfoy. Would you like to pay for them back here or in the front?"
"Back here." Both of them replied quickly.
Flora rang them both up and they each paid their 431 galleons and 3 sickles. They went back into the shop front to see what Ginny and Hermione had found. Ginny had found a dark emerald ring with a platinum band. Hermione had found a deep blood red garnet with a gold band on it.
"Is that what you want Ginny?"
"But Draco, it's so expensive, I couldn't."
"Yes you can Ginny or at least your going to have to because I'm buying it for you." And with that Draco motioned to Flora and asked her to wrap up the ring and he handed her the money for it.
Harry walked up behind Hermione wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Is this the one you want Hermione?"
"Yes Harry, but its really expensive."
"It doesn't matter Hermione, I have plenty of money. There is no better way to spend it then spending it on the love of my life."
"Oh Harry, stop trying to flatter me." Hermione turned around and looked up to kiss Harry.
"Hey Potter. We're in a public place, cant you just wait until you get back to Hogwarts before you do that?"
"Very funny Malfoy." Harry laughed and smiled.
Ron had bought Luna a diamond necklace with a gold chain. Luna was used to being pampered because her father, like Ron's, had money. However Ron didn't just pamper her, he spoiled her. Luna loved Ron and Ron loved Luna right back. Ron wanted to marry Luna someday but had never told her this because he was shy when it came to proposing. He wanted to but he just didn't know how.
"Come on everyone we have to be back at Hogwarts in an hour."
"Alright Draco, we're coming."
"Draco sweetheart I have a little surprise for you when we get back to Hogwarts."
"You do, well know I want to leave even more."
"Virginia Anne Weasley" Ron shouted.
"Here we go again."
"You are not going to fool around with this.this."
"This, what Ron. This, just happens to be my boyfriend, so if I choose to fool around with him then I can."
"No you can't, your not even of age yet."
"Well you certainly weren't of age when you and Luna fooled around." At this Ron blushed almost to the point where it blended in with his hair.
"That's different."
"No it's not Ron, you're just afraid to admit that I'm growing up and you cant watch over me the same way you used to."
"You're right" Ron whispered mostly to himself even though the others heard.
"Look Ron just because I'm growing up doesn't mean you can't still be my brother." Ron just walked over to Ginny and hugged her. Then he walked over to Draco with a look that could've killed.
She ran. Ran as fast as she could and didn't bother looking back. Then the voice started again.
"He's gone Ginny, he won't save you this time" Tom hissed in her ear.
She turned her head over her shoulder, at the sound of his voice, and tripped, falling of the stone wall. She fell and fell until someone caught her. She looked to see who it was but she couldn't see in the dark. She felt comfort wash over her as the person started to carry her away from the scene. She clung to the person, feeling his muscles ripple at how close she was, she realized it was a guy. She slowly drifted off to sleep in the arms of her new found hero.
Ginny woke-up the next morning, but not in her own bed. She remembered the night before and what Tom had said to her, she then blacked out. When she woke-up she couldn't see, her vision was blurry. She focused on what she thought was a person and then she screamed. Draco Malfoy was leaning over her with a wet wash clo9th in one hand, for her head.
"Ginny will you be quiet? Please?" Draco asked quickly putting his hand over mouth. She stopped screaming and looked up at him. Had Draco just asked her a question? Politely? And had he used the word Please? Looking up at Draco, terror in her eyes she asked him the question running through his mind.
"Where am I Draco?"
"Your in my room Ginny. Don't be scared your fine, I won't let anyone hurt you again. No one can get in here all the doors are locked tight, magically of course." Draco said staring down at her with something very unfamiliar in his eyes. Ginny wasn't sure what that look was but she knew that she had never seen it in Malfoy's eyes before. Then she realized, this wasn't Malfoy she was dealing with, this was the real Draco.
Ginny began to cry remembering what had happened the night before. Draco looked at her and did the only thing he knew how; he scooped the crying Ginny up into his arms and held her. When her crying stopped he looked down at the girl clutching her, he realized she was asleep and didn't want to wake her. He leaned against the back of his bed, her still in his arms, and let sleep take him.
Draco woke-up to Ginny's muffled screams, she was screaming into his chest where she had fallen asleep. Then he realized she was still asleep, screaming and crying, he didn't know what to do. He grabbed Ginny and shook her lightly.
"Ginny? Ginny? GINNY?" He yelled. Ginny woke-up terror in her eyes. "Draco. I'm so scared" Ginny whispered clutching onto Draco as if her life depended on it. Draco went to pull back not knowing what to do with the crying girl and then she said something that made him stop.
"Just hold me Draco, please, just hold me" Ginny whispered into his chest.
So that's what he did, he held her and he held her all night. Draco woke-up and realized Ginny was still asleep. He carefully removed her from the tight hold she had on him and went to get dressed. He stripped off his black pants he had on the night before. He stood in only his boxers and looked in his chestier drawers to find his baggy blue jeans shorts. He pulled them on and then heard Ginny stir on his bed behind him. He walked over and stood beside his bed just staring down at her. She was very beautiful in his black silk shirt she had slept in the night before.
"It's not polite to stare Draco"
"Wha.You little brat you've been awake the whole time." Draco started tickling Ginny and she laughed. He tickled her until she couldn't breath. Her chest was rising and falling quickly trying to catch her breath. She looked up at Draco and smiled. She slid off his bed and stood in front of him. She put her arms around his neck and then turned him around so his back was to his bed. She pushed him and he fell backwards onto his bed. She jumped onto his bed and straddled him.
"Umm.Ginny what are you doing?"
"Payback" with that Ginny started tickling Draco and surprisingly he laughed and was very ticklish.
Before she knew what had happened he had flipped her over so he had pinned her under him. He looked down at her. Her shirt or his was just covering the top of her thighs and the top three buttons had been lost in their little escapade. He bent over and kissed her, not even realizing what he was doing. She was taken by surprise but then he felt her relax under him and she kissed him back. He deepened the kiss by brushing his tongue over her lips and she gladly opened her mouth. His tongue darted in and explored her sweet strawberry cream taste, he found it very appealing and traveled all around her mouth as she did the same to him with his cinnamon taste. By this time Draco had lost his belt and shorts and was only left in his boxers. The front of Ginny's shirt had been completely unbuttoned and Draco's hands felt so good on her skin. Draco stopped kissing Ginny and pulled back but before he could say anything Ginny pulled him back in for another kiss. Draco pulled away again.
"What's the matter Draco?"
"Nothing but Ginny we can't I don't want you to be like all the other girls I've been with. I really do like you and lets just have a relationship before we."
"Draco are you asking me out?" Ginny asked him with a smirk on her face.
"Yes and do you have an answer Miss Weasley?"
"Yes"
"Was that your answer?"
"Yes Draco I said yes alright I'll go out with you" and with that Draco pulled Ginny into a long and deep kiss.
Ginny spent the night with Draco again and woke-up once again screaming and crying, Draco did the same as he had done the night before, he held her and rocked her back and forth the whole night until she fell asleep. It was Saturday morning and Draco had snuck into Ginny's room and picked out an out fit for her to wear into Hogsmeade.
"Here you go Gin" Draco tossed her the clothes he had picked out for her.
"Of course you would pick put my most revealing clothes" Ginny said and smiled up at Draco.
"Well of course, I want to show off my girlfriend."
"I'm going to have to tell Ron today."
"Yeah I know I just need to be prepared to duck I guess" Ginny smiled and laughed at this because everyone knew of Ron's temper when it came to Ginny. Ginny walked into Draco's bathroom and changed into a tight hot pink mid drift halter top and some tight low rise blue jeans that had been made to look faded. She brushed her long hair and put it in a pony tail while she finished up with lip gloss and adidas.
"Hey Draco you ready yet?"
"Almost just have to slick back my hair Gin"
"Please don't today Draco let me see what it looks like not slicked back. I've seen you for 4 years and I've never seen your hair without a bottle of gel in it."
"Hey I resent that I only use half a bottle and this is what it looks like" Draco turned around from his mirror and Ginny looked at his hair, if it was possible he looked hotter without the hair gel.
"Draco I like it better without the gel. Please leave it down. For me." Ginny said this and stuck out her bottom lip into a pout. "Okay.Okay.Just please don't give me that look, it makes me melt."
"Well I knew I had to get you to leave it alone somehow. Draco we need to leave we have to met all the girls in the Great Hall in 10min. to go get my winter solstice dress. Oh and are we going?"
"Of course we're going and I expect you to spend as much money as you need on your dress, I'm paying for it."
"Draco you don't need to do."
"Yes I do and I won't take no for an answer." By this time they had reached the Great Hall.
"VIRGINIA ANNE WEASLEY WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING WITH THAT PRAT?" Ron yelled practically in Ginny's face.
"I Ronald Weasley am going to eat a quick breakfast and then go get my winter solstice dress with all the others girls and this so called prat is my boyfriend." Ginny finished saying this in the most calm voice and casually walked around Ron with Draco in hand and went to sit down at the Gryffindor table. Ron felt as though his sister had just slapped him in the face mainly because she didn't even yell she said it as calmly as she could possibly say anything.
"Hello Ginny, how are you guys this morning?" Hermione asked as she looked up and smiling at Ginny and Draco.
"Fine until Ron decided to be his normal over protective self like normal." Ginny said smiling at Ginny.
"Hello Gin!" Harry said finally noticing Ginny standing there.
"Hello Harry, how are you this morning?"
"Just fine" Harry smiled at Ginny. Draco didn't like this smile so he possessively put his arm around Ginny's waist and laid his head on top of hers. Harry looked at Ginny and gave her a questioning look. Harry then turned to Draco and gave him the same look only there was a glint of brotherly protection in this look.
"Harry stop wondering, Draco and I haven't done anything Harry so you can take that look of your face. Also Harry Draco and I are dating, please try, for me, to get my brother to come down before winter break." Ginny looked over at Harry.
They stood in line waiting to turn in their permission slips so they could go into Hogsmeade and the couples all stood either hand in hand or like Draco and Ginny, the guys hands wrapped around his girlfriends waist with his head resting on her head or shoulder. Harry and Hermione stood paired as did Ron and Luna. They had all excepted Luna into their group and didn't care what so many people said about her. Harry had found out about people taking her things and hiding them last year and still felt bad. However this year people didn't tend to mess with Luna because they all knew that Ron was her boyfriend and didn't want his temper becoming one with their jaw.
"Harry can I asked you something?"
"Sure Gin ask away"
"Earlier did you actually think that Draco and I had, well, fooled around?"
"Well truthfully Gin, yeah, I did. I know your not a little girl anymore and however much I don't like admitting it, I know it's true."
"Well at least I know more than one person realizes I'm growing up. Now all I have to do is get Ron to see it." As Ginny said this everyone except Ron started laughing, including Luna.
"What's everyone laughing at" Ron asked. This made everyone laugh even harder as they all got up to the front of the line handed in their permission slips and walked of heading towards Hogsmeade to get the girls winter solstice dresses.
[Hogsmeade]
The couples walked around Hogsmeade looking for a dress shop the girls wanted to go into. Then they came to a huge dress shop which read the name "Kasa's Dresses for All Occasions".
"Here" all the girls said in unison, all of them also putting on their best pouting faces. "Alright" all the guys said one by one, Draco being the first one to cave.
They all walked into the dress shop and a young woman walked over to them.
"How may I help you?"
"We're looking for dresses" Ginny said with a smile at her face looking around the store at all the beautiful dresses.
"Well you've come to the right place" the woman said, her name tag read Kara.
"Would you like my help or are you just good looking right now?"
"Looking" all the girls squealed with glee."
All the boys were dragged in different directions by their girlfriends. Draco was pulled to the very back of the story were a gorgeous dress was hanging. She picked it up and handed it to Draco. They kept looking and by the time they were done looking through the whole store Ginny had handed Draco thirteen dresses and nine pairs of shoes. Hermione had handed Harry eleven dresses and seven pairs of shoes. Luna had handed Ron fifteen dresses and twelve pairs of shoes. Parvati, who had met them in Hogsmeade, had given Neville eight dresses and six pairs of shoes. Last but not least Lavender had handed Seamus twelve dresses and eight pairs of shoes. Lavender and Seamus had just been in the same store and decided to join the party of trying on dresses for the winter solstice.
All the girls went into the dressing rooms and the guys sat in five chairs right outside the entrance, waiting for the girls to come out with their first outfit. All the girls came out and walked to show the boys, Draco's mouth dropped as did Ron's at what Draco's girlfriend and Ron's baby sister had picked out. Draco loved it and thought she looked very sexy in it where Ron was thinking the opposite and that it showed way to much skin.
All the girls had finally picked out the right dress and pair of shoes. The guys walked to the front and bought the dresses and shoes for their girlfriends. Draco's total came to 280 galleons and 5 sickles. Ron's came to 210 galleons and 12 sickles. Harry's came to 250 galleons and 7 sickles. Seamus's came to 276 galleons and 2 sickles while Neville's came to 201 galleons and 8 sickles. They all had spent a lot of money on their girlfriends but none of them regretted it.
After they were done buying the dresses they took their girlfriends to one last shop, it was called "Flora's Exquisite Jewels". They all walked in and went separate ways. All the guys told their girlfriends to buy at least one thing and it had to be over 100 galleons. All of the girls' boyfriends had money, even Ron, Mr. Weasley had gotten the job of Minister of Magic last year after everyone agreed to get rid of Cornelius Fudge. Draco and Harry both walked off leaving Ginny and Hermione to look. They walked into the back of "Flora's Exquisite Jewels" to talk to Flora herself. They both had special orders to pick up.
"So Harry what is your special order?"
"I should ask you the same thing Draco"
"Well mine is for Ginny if you must know, but please don't tell her. I don't want her to know yet, it's a surprise for after the dance."
"Wow! I never thought I'd hear the word please come out of a Malfoy's mouth."
"Well Harry, Ginny has changed me, a lot. More than most people know. So what is your special order?"
"It's for Hermione; if you promise not to tell then I'll tell you exactly what it is."
"Alright, I promise."
"You can't even tell Ginny."
"Fine I won't tell Ginny."
"After the winter solstice dance, I'm proposing to Hermione."
"Wow Potter didn't think you had it in you, it's taken you forever." Both boys laughed at this, mainly because Harry and Hermione had liked each other since their first year and only during the summer of their 5th year had they told one another.
"So Draco, what exactly is your present?"
"Well its kind off along the same lines as yours but it's more like a promise ring that after her 7th year, then, we can get married."
"Well that's good you're waiting until after her 7th year because there is no way that Mr. and Mrs. Weasley would let Ginny marry you before she got out of school."
"Will she let Ginny marry me either way? I know what everyone says about me just like I know that everyone will always see me as my fathers' son. Exactly like him."
"Yes they would let you marry Ginny and besides Ginny is a stubborn red- head. Do you really think she listens to everything her parents say?"
"No I know she doesn't listen to everything they say. Believe me if she did then she wouldn't be my girlfriend."
Flora walked over to the young gentlemen standing and talking and handed them their orders. Mr. Potter, yours comes to 431 galleons and 3 sickles and yours Mr. Malfoy will, come to, well the exact same as Mr. Potter's.
"Wow, I thought it would be more than that." Draco said looking at Flora with astonishment.
"I got a shipment in and they gave me extras so since you are one of my more valued costumers I cut off 100 galleons. Is that okay with Mr. Malfoy?"
"That's fine I just wanted to make sure you charged me right."
"I did, I can assure you of that. Here are your orders Mr. Potter and Mr. Malfoy. Would you like to pay for them back here or in the front?"
"Back here." Both of them replied quickly.
Flora rang them both up and they each paid their 431 galleons and 3 sickles. They went back into the shop front to see what Ginny and Hermione had found. Ginny had found a dark emerald ring with a platinum band. Hermione had found a deep blood red garnet with a gold band on it.
"Is that what you want Ginny?"
"But Draco, it's so expensive, I couldn't."
"Yes you can Ginny or at least your going to have to because I'm buying it for you." And with that Draco motioned to Flora and asked her to wrap up the ring and he handed her the money for it.
Harry walked up behind Hermione wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Is this the one you want Hermione?"
"Yes Harry, but its really expensive."
"It doesn't matter Hermione, I have plenty of money. There is no better way to spend it then spending it on the love of my life."
"Oh Harry, stop trying to flatter me." Hermione turned around and looked up to kiss Harry.
"Hey Potter. We're in a public place, cant you just wait until you get back to Hogwarts before you do that?"
"Very funny Malfoy." Harry laughed and smiled.
Ron had bought Luna a diamond necklace with a gold chain. Luna was used to being pampered because her father, like Ron's, had money. However Ron didn't just pamper her, he spoiled her. Luna loved Ron and Ron loved Luna right back. Ron wanted to marry Luna someday but had never told her this because he was shy when it came to proposing. He wanted to but he just didn't know how.
"Come on everyone we have to be back at Hogwarts in an hour."
"Alright Draco, we're coming."
"Draco sweetheart I have a little surprise for you when we get back to Hogwarts."
"You do, well know I want to leave even more."
"Virginia Anne Weasley" Ron shouted.
"Here we go again."
"You are not going to fool around with this.this."
"This, what Ron. This, just happens to be my boyfriend, so if I choose to fool around with him then I can."
"No you can't, your not even of age yet."
"Well you certainly weren't of age when you and Luna fooled around." At this Ron blushed almost to the point where it blended in with his hair.
"That's different."
"No it's not Ron, you're just afraid to admit that I'm growing up and you cant watch over me the same way you used to."
"You're right" Ron whispered mostly to himself even though the others heard.
"Look Ron just because I'm growing up doesn't mean you can't still be my brother." Ron just walked over to Ginny and hugged her. Then he walked over to Draco with a look that could've killed.
