** I own none of the Harry Potter characters**
Chapter Three
In an odd turn of luck every single Death Eater was captured that had fled into the forest. The wild creatures of the Forbidden Forest had made sure of that. If wizards didn't capture them they were dragged dead out of the forest by the creatures that lived there who were against Voldemort. Draco saw his old buddy Crabbe in the clutches of a great gigantic spider. He realized now why Snape had vomited in the dirt after seeing so much death. It hit him hard that all his old friends were now dead. Only his new friends still remained living.
Draco soon found out that his mother would no longer welcome him into their home. She somehow found out about his changing of sides and no longer called Draco her son. Her support of the Dark Lord was still strong and she refused to believe that the evil bastard was dead. Draco figured he was better off severing all ties to his old world at once. There would be no lingering effects of that world on him.
Instead of staying with his mother while he looked for a flat in Diagon Alley or London he stayed with the Weasley's who had opened their hearts to him when they learned of him switching side. Mrs. Weasely and Co. had offered to let him stay since he was now a friend of Harry and Ron's. Mrs. Weasley shared Ginny's better late than never attitude of him switching sides. Others though still considered him a suspicious character. Percy Weasley, for example considered him a bad person to have around when he caught Draco teaching the entire Weasley clan how to degnome the garden with a single spell. You uttered the words and saw one hundred odd gnomes fly through the air at the same time. Mrs. Weasley found it a wonderful spell but Percy refused to believe that Draco could change.
But Ginny defiantly could believe. She believed the moment she had seen his face as he was forced to kill Gregory Goyle. No insincere person would ever put himself or herself through something like that. They wouldn't be able to cope with the pain and guilt as Draco was.
Ginny had more important matters on her mind right now though than whether or not Percy liked Draco or not. She had just been hired as a healer at St. Mungos and needed to move into her flat in London fast. It was just too much hassle to floo to St. Mungos everyday for work. She needed a place where she could apparate from. Ginny couldn't apparate from long distances; it was just to dangerous for her to do. She didn't have the knack.
So the entire Weasley clan plus Harry and Draco trooped over to Ginny's newly rented apartment to help her bring up her furniture from the street and decorate the place. They couldn't magic the furniture up the stairs or from outside, Ginny was living in muggle London and to magic the furniture risked exposing the entire wizarding world. So they all pitched in a hand or foot in some cases and carried all the furniture up the stairs the muggle way. Soon after the work started though most of the Weasley boys found excuses to leave the hard labor. The twins need to go do inventory in their shop. Percy had a report due the next day at the Ministry. Ron and Harry needed to go and help Hermoine with ...uhhhh.... something as they put it. Soon all that were left were Mrs. Weasley, Draco and Ginny. Luckily by the time all the manpower was gone all the furniture had gotten into Ginny's new apartment. Mrs. Weasley with a swish and flick of her wand arranged the furniture around the rooms so Ginny would have as much extra room in the place as possible.
"Thanks, Mum. You and everyone have done so much to help me move in. I appreciate it very much." Said Ginny giving her mother a hug.
"Oh, dear, you know we'd all do anything for you. Helping you move in was just what families do." Said Molly getting a little teary eyed at the thought of her last baby leaving home.
Draco by this time was starting to feel a little uncomfortable with all the mother daughter bonding going on and decided to go downstairs to wait for Molly and Ginny to finish up. He left the room and shut the door of the apartment behind him.
Molly gave Ginny a crafty look and said, "So..... do you like Draco, Ginny?"
Ginny looked up in surprise and said, "Of course I do, Mum. He's very polite and nice."
Molly gave an exasperated sigh and said, "No, no, no, Ginny. I meant in a romantic way."
Ginny's face showed she hadn't really even considered it at all. "Well, Mum, I don't really know. I mean he is rather handsome but we've barely just become friends. Why would we want to rush into something like that?"
"Just don't let that fish slip away, dearest. Get to know the boy before you completely rule him out." Said Molly with a small smile.
"Yes, mum." Said Ginny with a grin that matched her mothers.
While Mrs. Weasley was playing matchmaker inside Draco was waiting like a gentleman outside. The street Ginny lived on wasn't that busy. The apartment buildings were cozy looking and the apartments inside them were very spacious. Ginny's apartment building didn't occupy many people at all. In fact many of the apartments seemed to be empty.
"Hmmmmm," thought Draco. "I need an apartment. And if it's near Ginny's then maybe she could possibly help me with my cooking."
Draco was famous around the Weasley household for his impossiblly horrible cooking. Everyone figured that when he moved out he'd either have to eat takeout or starve. This setup was perfect for a bachelor. It was even better for Draco. He'd be starting his job at the Ministry soon and having an apartment in London was going to be very handy to have around. Draco with this apartment could sleep another half an hour in the mornings before he had to get up, and could apparate straight to the Ministry rather than apparating to strategic locations to get to London.
With his mind set Draco went off to find the superintendent to ask if he had any more apartments to lease.
The superintendent turned out to be a muggle and had many questions to ask Draco. He kept on asking Draco where he worked and where he went to school and with that kind of money he was going to be paying with. Draco hadn't the foggiest idea what to tell the man. The superintendent, whose name was Mr. Sampson, probably wouldn't understand him when he said 'I work for the Ministry of Magic', ' I went to school at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry', 'and I'll be paying you in Sickles today.' The poor man would think Draco a raving lunatic.
Thinking swiftly Draco told Mr. Sampson to wait just one moment and went in search of Ginny and Mrs. Weasley.
Mrs. Weasley hoping that this would happen had left earlier so Draco could only find Ginny. As they stumbled down the stairs of the apartment building together Draco told her his problem. After a small and quiet laugh Ginny agreed to help Draco.
Ginny went up to Mr. Sampson and told him that Draco was going to be working with her for a while and needed an apartment to rent. Ginny also told them they were very old friends and that she trusted Draco. Ginny apparently was very persuasive because Mr. Sampson immediately agreed to let Draco rent one of the apartments. For a really good price too...
A/N: sorry, kind a lame ending to this chapter but better stuff is on its way.
Chapter Three
In an odd turn of luck every single Death Eater was captured that had fled into the forest. The wild creatures of the Forbidden Forest had made sure of that. If wizards didn't capture them they were dragged dead out of the forest by the creatures that lived there who were against Voldemort. Draco saw his old buddy Crabbe in the clutches of a great gigantic spider. He realized now why Snape had vomited in the dirt after seeing so much death. It hit him hard that all his old friends were now dead. Only his new friends still remained living.
Draco soon found out that his mother would no longer welcome him into their home. She somehow found out about his changing of sides and no longer called Draco her son. Her support of the Dark Lord was still strong and she refused to believe that the evil bastard was dead. Draco figured he was better off severing all ties to his old world at once. There would be no lingering effects of that world on him.
Instead of staying with his mother while he looked for a flat in Diagon Alley or London he stayed with the Weasley's who had opened their hearts to him when they learned of him switching side. Mrs. Weasely and Co. had offered to let him stay since he was now a friend of Harry and Ron's. Mrs. Weasley shared Ginny's better late than never attitude of him switching sides. Others though still considered him a suspicious character. Percy Weasley, for example considered him a bad person to have around when he caught Draco teaching the entire Weasley clan how to degnome the garden with a single spell. You uttered the words and saw one hundred odd gnomes fly through the air at the same time. Mrs. Weasley found it a wonderful spell but Percy refused to believe that Draco could change.
But Ginny defiantly could believe. She believed the moment she had seen his face as he was forced to kill Gregory Goyle. No insincere person would ever put himself or herself through something like that. They wouldn't be able to cope with the pain and guilt as Draco was.
Ginny had more important matters on her mind right now though than whether or not Percy liked Draco or not. She had just been hired as a healer at St. Mungos and needed to move into her flat in London fast. It was just too much hassle to floo to St. Mungos everyday for work. She needed a place where she could apparate from. Ginny couldn't apparate from long distances; it was just to dangerous for her to do. She didn't have the knack.
So the entire Weasley clan plus Harry and Draco trooped over to Ginny's newly rented apartment to help her bring up her furniture from the street and decorate the place. They couldn't magic the furniture up the stairs or from outside, Ginny was living in muggle London and to magic the furniture risked exposing the entire wizarding world. So they all pitched in a hand or foot in some cases and carried all the furniture up the stairs the muggle way. Soon after the work started though most of the Weasley boys found excuses to leave the hard labor. The twins need to go do inventory in their shop. Percy had a report due the next day at the Ministry. Ron and Harry needed to go and help Hermoine with ...uhhhh.... something as they put it. Soon all that were left were Mrs. Weasley, Draco and Ginny. Luckily by the time all the manpower was gone all the furniture had gotten into Ginny's new apartment. Mrs. Weasley with a swish and flick of her wand arranged the furniture around the rooms so Ginny would have as much extra room in the place as possible.
"Thanks, Mum. You and everyone have done so much to help me move in. I appreciate it very much." Said Ginny giving her mother a hug.
"Oh, dear, you know we'd all do anything for you. Helping you move in was just what families do." Said Molly getting a little teary eyed at the thought of her last baby leaving home.
Draco by this time was starting to feel a little uncomfortable with all the mother daughter bonding going on and decided to go downstairs to wait for Molly and Ginny to finish up. He left the room and shut the door of the apartment behind him.
Molly gave Ginny a crafty look and said, "So..... do you like Draco, Ginny?"
Ginny looked up in surprise and said, "Of course I do, Mum. He's very polite and nice."
Molly gave an exasperated sigh and said, "No, no, no, Ginny. I meant in a romantic way."
Ginny's face showed she hadn't really even considered it at all. "Well, Mum, I don't really know. I mean he is rather handsome but we've barely just become friends. Why would we want to rush into something like that?"
"Just don't let that fish slip away, dearest. Get to know the boy before you completely rule him out." Said Molly with a small smile.
"Yes, mum." Said Ginny with a grin that matched her mothers.
While Mrs. Weasley was playing matchmaker inside Draco was waiting like a gentleman outside. The street Ginny lived on wasn't that busy. The apartment buildings were cozy looking and the apartments inside them were very spacious. Ginny's apartment building didn't occupy many people at all. In fact many of the apartments seemed to be empty.
"Hmmmmm," thought Draco. "I need an apartment. And if it's near Ginny's then maybe she could possibly help me with my cooking."
Draco was famous around the Weasley household for his impossiblly horrible cooking. Everyone figured that when he moved out he'd either have to eat takeout or starve. This setup was perfect for a bachelor. It was even better for Draco. He'd be starting his job at the Ministry soon and having an apartment in London was going to be very handy to have around. Draco with this apartment could sleep another half an hour in the mornings before he had to get up, and could apparate straight to the Ministry rather than apparating to strategic locations to get to London.
With his mind set Draco went off to find the superintendent to ask if he had any more apartments to lease.
The superintendent turned out to be a muggle and had many questions to ask Draco. He kept on asking Draco where he worked and where he went to school and with that kind of money he was going to be paying with. Draco hadn't the foggiest idea what to tell the man. The superintendent, whose name was Mr. Sampson, probably wouldn't understand him when he said 'I work for the Ministry of Magic', ' I went to school at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry', 'and I'll be paying you in Sickles today.' The poor man would think Draco a raving lunatic.
Thinking swiftly Draco told Mr. Sampson to wait just one moment and went in search of Ginny and Mrs. Weasley.
Mrs. Weasley hoping that this would happen had left earlier so Draco could only find Ginny. As they stumbled down the stairs of the apartment building together Draco told her his problem. After a small and quiet laugh Ginny agreed to help Draco.
Ginny went up to Mr. Sampson and told him that Draco was going to be working with her for a while and needed an apartment to rent. Ginny also told them they were very old friends and that she trusted Draco. Ginny apparently was very persuasive because Mr. Sampson immediately agreed to let Draco rent one of the apartments. For a really good price too...
A/N: sorry, kind a lame ending to this chapter but better stuff is on its way.
