Chapter 9 – Lover Confessions
"Ginny, I came here to say I'm sorry for the way I behaved that day... I was very upset, furious, actually, and I wasn't thinking properly..." Draco said, pacing the room, afraid to look at her face. Afraid of reading the hate in her eyes.
"Why were you upset?" she asked, playing with one pillow, not looking at him. He looked so sad and nervous, that if she looked at him, she would run into his arms and kiss him senseless, forgetting what happened... And she didn't want that, right now! She needed answers, first...
"Because I proposed and you refused..." he whispered, locking his gaze with hers, when she looked up at him, her eyes full of surprise.
"You proposed? I only heard you saying you needed a mother to Cassie, and a wife to yourself! I never heard a proposal to get married! And if you are involved with Pansy, why should you propose to me?" she said, sounding furious.
"I'm not involved with Pansy!" he yelled, outraged with her conclusions.
"Oh, really! So you snogg every single woman you know, in your living room? That's good to know..." she spat sarcastically.
"You are the only one to blame, because I've snogged her! If you hadn't ran away from me after we've slept together, I wouldn't have felt frustrated, and snogged Pansy!" he replied, starting to lose his calmness.
"Don't you dare blame me on that! That night, when we went to that restaurant and met her, I've asked you what was she to you... I ask you the same right now! What was she to you in the past, and what is she in the present?" Ginny asked, standing up, and throwing the pillow to the floor furiously.
"You want to know the whole rotten truth? We were sex-buddies! During those two years at Auror training, I couldn't get decent time to meet girls, so I always went to Pansy, and release my tension... A man needs to have sex once in a while, you know!?" he replied with a bored smirk.
"I sure do... That happened a few weeks ago..." Ginny whispered sadly. "What is she now?"
"She's nothing, nada, rien, niech!" he replied, taking a step closer to Ginny. "Why did you run away from me, after we've shared something so beautiful? That was not a one night stand, as you stated!"
"Because I'm not the kind of person to sleep with someone when love is not involved! I've made a mistake that day, by sleeping with you, and now I'm sorry I did it!" she replied, covering her face with her hands, to stop him from seeing her pained expression.
"What if there was love?" he asked softly, his hands lowering her own, from her face. "What if it wasn't a mistake at all?"
"It wouldn't be a mutual love..." she replied, trying to take her hands from his hold, without succeeding. "There would always be one loving and the other just feeling lust and desire..."
"Are you sure?" he asked her, approaching their faces, but she would still not look at him in the eye. "Please, Ginny, look at me when I'm declaring my love to you!"
Ginny sobbed when she heard his soft voice, and looked at him, as tears ran through her face. Not tears of sadness... Tears of hope, tears of happiness, tears of love...
"I love you, you damn Weasel! You've made me feel something I've never felt in my entire life, and now you're trying to deny something beautiful for both of us! Correction, to the three of us! Please, can you forgive me the hurt I've put you through?"
"Correction, the four of us! How could I not forgive the man I love and the father of our child?" Ginny smiled, weakly, whipping the tears from her face.
"Does that mean you're willing to be Cassie's mother? She will be our child?" he asked, full of hope, and smiling silly, not having noticed her mention to four people.
"Yes... She will be our first child! Do you think she will like to have a baby brother or sister?" Ginny asked with a glint in her eyes, as if she knew something he did not know.
"What do you mean? Are you saying that... you're pregnant?" he asked, surprised, reaching down to touch her flat stomach.
"That's right..." she said, smiling happily, as Draco held her tight in a passionate kiss, full of love, longing and hope. "Imagine! A Healer not taking cautions on her first time having sex! The Hospital should fire me!"
Draco laughed along with her, feeling as if he was floating, with so much happiness.
"I love you so much, Ginny! I'm sorry for all the hurt I've put you through! All I want is to be with you, and make you happy... That's all I want!" he confessed, whispering in her ear.
"I forgive you, if you'll forgive me for my behaviour! And... I love you too, Malfoy!" she laughed, kissing him again.
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"GINNY! Wake up, you lazy girl!" Ron yelled, inside her room.
"Go away!" she groaned, putting the pillow over her head. "Hum... Soft bed! My bed isn't so soft... My bed at Hogwarts was just as soft as this one!"
"Maybe that's because you're sleeping at Hogwarts! Have you gone insane? Wait, don't answer that! I already know the answer!" he said, sounding amused.
Knowing that Ron wouldn't leave her alone, until she got out of bed, Ginny sat, with her legs crossed, Chinese style. Here she was, out of her sweet dream, and back at Hogwarts, although she didn't recognize the room she was in.
"I was having such a great dream! I was getting married and you woke me up..." she complained, rubbing her sleepy eyes. "Is it breakfast time already? I don't think I've made my homework!"
"Merlin! You really are insane! I knew it! To marry someone like Malfoy, you have to be completely nuts!" Ron yelled with happiness. "You still can cancel the wedding, Ginny! I'm going down and warn everyone there will be no ceremony!"
"WHAT? I wasn't dreaming? Oh, I'm marrying Draco, I'm a Healer, I'll be Cassie's mother, I'm pregnant!" Ginny screamed with joy. The reality was so perfect; that she thought it had only been a dream!
"You are WHAT?" Ron yelled furious. "That BASTARD! I'll kill him..."
"Ron! Do you want my child to be an orphan?" Ginny complained, caressing her two months pregnant, non-existing, belly. Her whole family knew about her pregnancy, except Ron, for obvious reasons. "Please, send Mom and Hermione to my room... I'll have a bath..."
"Fine! I'm happy that I'll have a nephew... but I'm sad the father is Malfoy!" Ron said, hugging his sister, with a small smile on his lips. "I love you Ginny! If he ever treats you wrong, just come to me and I'll kill him, ok?"
"Ok, Ron!" Ginny laughed, kissing Ron's cheek, before she went to the bathroom to take her bath.
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"Oh, my little Ginny... You are such a beautiful bride!" Mrs. Weasley cried, when Hermione helped Ginny wear the weeding dress. The dress was pure white, sleeveless and strapless, hugging her upper body as a second skin, with small red glass beads making flowery patterns, and the lower part had a lot of volume, brushing the floor, almost not touching it, and had a long tail, with the same patterns of red glass beads on the hem of the skirt. Her shoes were red, to contrast with the white dress, and her hair was loose, with her beautiful curls glowing under the mid-September sun light.
"Do you think Draco will like it?" Ginny asked, looking at her mirror reflection.
"I think he'll be disappointed you are not going to marry in a green wedding dress, but either way, he'll love the sight of you, going in the Great Hall to meet him at the altar!" Hermione said, smiling brightly.
Ginny laughed, and breathed deeply, trying to calm her nerves. The hour was approaching, and she was getting really nervous.
"May I come in?" Harry asked, knocking on the door. "How's the most beautiful bride in the world?"
"Come in Harry! I'm almost wetting my dress of so much nervousness!" Ginny complained, hugging her sweet friend, and wedding Godfather.
"You look wonderful, Gin! Malfoy is so pale and quiet, that I think he'll faint really soon!" Harry said, in an amused voice. "Cassie is running around him, trying to make him smile, but I think she's making him dizzy, with so many circles..."
Ginny laughed, and looked at Harry's watch.
"Well... He won't have to wait much longer! It's time!" Ginny said, breathing deeply. "Mom, Harry and Hermione, go to the Great Hall, and tell Dad to wait me on the Main Staircase..."
Five minutes later, Ginny walked in the Great Hall, arms linked with her happy father. The Great Hall had been transfigured, and enormous rosebushes adorned the great columns of the hall, the benches were full of guests and all the Hogwarts students as well. The sky on the Great Hall ceiling was bright blue and extremely sunny, and white doves flew across the big room, fascinating Cassie, who was on Julie's lap, pointing to the ceiling and calling the birds.
And finally, Ginny looked at Draco... There he was, on the altar, surrounded by roses and ivy, looking happy and stunning, in his black tuxedo. As she approached the altar, Ginny wasn't able to look at the other guests... Her eyes were locked with his, and as she came closer, she could see his eyes were sparkling way too much. Was he crying?!
Mr. Weasley gave his daughter to Draco, hugging his new son, and kissing his baby daughter, stepping aside and joining Mrs. Weasley, who was crying with happiness.
"Am I that ugly, to make you cry like that?" Ginny asked, still facing him, smiling.
"No... Cassie just stuck her fingers in my eyes, that's all!" he lied, kissing her cheek, with an amused face. "You are the most beautiful bride I ever saw! And now, you're all mine!"
"Not yet, Malfoy! We're not even married, and you're already lying to me!" Ginny laughed, caressing his wet cheek. "Come on, cry baby, let's get this done!"
As the Minister representant married them, there was soft whispering among the students, commenting the wonderful weeding dress Ginny was wearing, the hottie Draco was, the cute couple, and so on..., making Ginny smile during the entire ceremony, while squeezing Draco's hand in hers, to keep from laughing.
"And now, I ask, if someone has a reason to why this wedding shouldn't take place, speak now, or forever be silent..." (I don't know how you English people get married, so I made up) the man said, looking at the crowd.
"I have something to say!"
Everyone in the Great Hall turned to look at Ron, with their faces full of shock.
"I knew it! She has a lover!" a girl yelled, from the middle of the students crowd.
"Oh, stop it! He's her brother!" another girl replied, laughing hard.
"Quiet! Why do you oppose?" the man asked Ron.
"Before she gets married, I want to make something clear! Malfoy, you hurt my sister, and I'll kill you! You hurt my sister's baby, and I'll kill you! You hurt anyone I know, and I'll kill you! You miss one Weasley family meeting, and I'll kill you! Do you understand?" Ron asked, looking serious.
Draco only nodded, with an amused smile.
"Good! I'm going to regret this, but..." Ron said, coming close to Draco and hugging him like a true brother. "Welcome to the family!"
"Very well! I now pronounce you, husband and wife! Mister Malfoy, you may kiss your wife!" the man said, trying not to laugh at Draco's blushed face, due to Ron's hug.
"This is it, Dracky! You are stuck with me for the rest of your life. Do you regret it already?" Ginny laughed, when he kissed her forehead.
"I regret I took so long to find you... I love you, Virginia Malfoy!" he whispered, kissing her soft lips.
"I love you as well, Draco Weasley!"
"Hey! I'm not a Weasley!" he complained, laughing.
"Please, don't say it out loud, or Ron will kill you, and I'll be a single mother!" Ginny complained, kissing him again. "Where's my daughter?"
"Here she is, Mommy and Daddy! Three Hip Hip Hurrahs to Mr. And Mrs. Draco Malfoy!" Harry yelled, handing Cassie to Draco and Ginny.
The whole Great Hall echoed the cheering yells, and the couple smiled happily, with a tight hold on Cassie.
"I think we'll be very happy..." Ginny stated, kissing Cassie.
"I'm sure we will..." Draco corrected. "Weasel!"
"HEY!" Ginny yelled, laughing in his arms. "There will be no wedding night for you, little mister!"
"Oh, I think you're wrong! I know you can't resist me..." he replied, kissing her softly, in a promise of a long happy marriage.
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Well, this is the end of His Little Healer, but I've already finished the Sequel and I'm going to keep on posting it here, ok?
Love ya all, and thank you for the great reviews!
Love, Carina
"Ginny, I came here to say I'm sorry for the way I behaved that day... I was very upset, furious, actually, and I wasn't thinking properly..." Draco said, pacing the room, afraid to look at her face. Afraid of reading the hate in her eyes.
"Why were you upset?" she asked, playing with one pillow, not looking at him. He looked so sad and nervous, that if she looked at him, she would run into his arms and kiss him senseless, forgetting what happened... And she didn't want that, right now! She needed answers, first...
"Because I proposed and you refused..." he whispered, locking his gaze with hers, when she looked up at him, her eyes full of surprise.
"You proposed? I only heard you saying you needed a mother to Cassie, and a wife to yourself! I never heard a proposal to get married! And if you are involved with Pansy, why should you propose to me?" she said, sounding furious.
"I'm not involved with Pansy!" he yelled, outraged with her conclusions.
"Oh, really! So you snogg every single woman you know, in your living room? That's good to know..." she spat sarcastically.
"You are the only one to blame, because I've snogged her! If you hadn't ran away from me after we've slept together, I wouldn't have felt frustrated, and snogged Pansy!" he replied, starting to lose his calmness.
"Don't you dare blame me on that! That night, when we went to that restaurant and met her, I've asked you what was she to you... I ask you the same right now! What was she to you in the past, and what is she in the present?" Ginny asked, standing up, and throwing the pillow to the floor furiously.
"You want to know the whole rotten truth? We were sex-buddies! During those two years at Auror training, I couldn't get decent time to meet girls, so I always went to Pansy, and release my tension... A man needs to have sex once in a while, you know!?" he replied with a bored smirk.
"I sure do... That happened a few weeks ago..." Ginny whispered sadly. "What is she now?"
"She's nothing, nada, rien, niech!" he replied, taking a step closer to Ginny. "Why did you run away from me, after we've shared something so beautiful? That was not a one night stand, as you stated!"
"Because I'm not the kind of person to sleep with someone when love is not involved! I've made a mistake that day, by sleeping with you, and now I'm sorry I did it!" she replied, covering her face with her hands, to stop him from seeing her pained expression.
"What if there was love?" he asked softly, his hands lowering her own, from her face. "What if it wasn't a mistake at all?"
"It wouldn't be a mutual love..." she replied, trying to take her hands from his hold, without succeeding. "There would always be one loving and the other just feeling lust and desire..."
"Are you sure?" he asked her, approaching their faces, but she would still not look at him in the eye. "Please, Ginny, look at me when I'm declaring my love to you!"
Ginny sobbed when she heard his soft voice, and looked at him, as tears ran through her face. Not tears of sadness... Tears of hope, tears of happiness, tears of love...
"I love you, you damn Weasel! You've made me feel something I've never felt in my entire life, and now you're trying to deny something beautiful for both of us! Correction, to the three of us! Please, can you forgive me the hurt I've put you through?"
"Correction, the four of us! How could I not forgive the man I love and the father of our child?" Ginny smiled, weakly, whipping the tears from her face.
"Does that mean you're willing to be Cassie's mother? She will be our child?" he asked, full of hope, and smiling silly, not having noticed her mention to four people.
"Yes... She will be our first child! Do you think she will like to have a baby brother or sister?" Ginny asked with a glint in her eyes, as if she knew something he did not know.
"What do you mean? Are you saying that... you're pregnant?" he asked, surprised, reaching down to touch her flat stomach.
"That's right..." she said, smiling happily, as Draco held her tight in a passionate kiss, full of love, longing and hope. "Imagine! A Healer not taking cautions on her first time having sex! The Hospital should fire me!"
Draco laughed along with her, feeling as if he was floating, with so much happiness.
"I love you so much, Ginny! I'm sorry for all the hurt I've put you through! All I want is to be with you, and make you happy... That's all I want!" he confessed, whispering in her ear.
"I forgive you, if you'll forgive me for my behaviour! And... I love you too, Malfoy!" she laughed, kissing him again.
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"GINNY! Wake up, you lazy girl!" Ron yelled, inside her room.
"Go away!" she groaned, putting the pillow over her head. "Hum... Soft bed! My bed isn't so soft... My bed at Hogwarts was just as soft as this one!"
"Maybe that's because you're sleeping at Hogwarts! Have you gone insane? Wait, don't answer that! I already know the answer!" he said, sounding amused.
Knowing that Ron wouldn't leave her alone, until she got out of bed, Ginny sat, with her legs crossed, Chinese style. Here she was, out of her sweet dream, and back at Hogwarts, although she didn't recognize the room she was in.
"I was having such a great dream! I was getting married and you woke me up..." she complained, rubbing her sleepy eyes. "Is it breakfast time already? I don't think I've made my homework!"
"Merlin! You really are insane! I knew it! To marry someone like Malfoy, you have to be completely nuts!" Ron yelled with happiness. "You still can cancel the wedding, Ginny! I'm going down and warn everyone there will be no ceremony!"
"WHAT? I wasn't dreaming? Oh, I'm marrying Draco, I'm a Healer, I'll be Cassie's mother, I'm pregnant!" Ginny screamed with joy. The reality was so perfect; that she thought it had only been a dream!
"You are WHAT?" Ron yelled furious. "That BASTARD! I'll kill him..."
"Ron! Do you want my child to be an orphan?" Ginny complained, caressing her two months pregnant, non-existing, belly. Her whole family knew about her pregnancy, except Ron, for obvious reasons. "Please, send Mom and Hermione to my room... I'll have a bath..."
"Fine! I'm happy that I'll have a nephew... but I'm sad the father is Malfoy!" Ron said, hugging his sister, with a small smile on his lips. "I love you Ginny! If he ever treats you wrong, just come to me and I'll kill him, ok?"
"Ok, Ron!" Ginny laughed, kissing Ron's cheek, before she went to the bathroom to take her bath.
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"Oh, my little Ginny... You are such a beautiful bride!" Mrs. Weasley cried, when Hermione helped Ginny wear the weeding dress. The dress was pure white, sleeveless and strapless, hugging her upper body as a second skin, with small red glass beads making flowery patterns, and the lower part had a lot of volume, brushing the floor, almost not touching it, and had a long tail, with the same patterns of red glass beads on the hem of the skirt. Her shoes were red, to contrast with the white dress, and her hair was loose, with her beautiful curls glowing under the mid-September sun light.
"Do you think Draco will like it?" Ginny asked, looking at her mirror reflection.
"I think he'll be disappointed you are not going to marry in a green wedding dress, but either way, he'll love the sight of you, going in the Great Hall to meet him at the altar!" Hermione said, smiling brightly.
Ginny laughed, and breathed deeply, trying to calm her nerves. The hour was approaching, and she was getting really nervous.
"May I come in?" Harry asked, knocking on the door. "How's the most beautiful bride in the world?"
"Come in Harry! I'm almost wetting my dress of so much nervousness!" Ginny complained, hugging her sweet friend, and wedding Godfather.
"You look wonderful, Gin! Malfoy is so pale and quiet, that I think he'll faint really soon!" Harry said, in an amused voice. "Cassie is running around him, trying to make him smile, but I think she's making him dizzy, with so many circles..."
Ginny laughed, and looked at Harry's watch.
"Well... He won't have to wait much longer! It's time!" Ginny said, breathing deeply. "Mom, Harry and Hermione, go to the Great Hall, and tell Dad to wait me on the Main Staircase..."
Five minutes later, Ginny walked in the Great Hall, arms linked with her happy father. The Great Hall had been transfigured, and enormous rosebushes adorned the great columns of the hall, the benches were full of guests and all the Hogwarts students as well. The sky on the Great Hall ceiling was bright blue and extremely sunny, and white doves flew across the big room, fascinating Cassie, who was on Julie's lap, pointing to the ceiling and calling the birds.
And finally, Ginny looked at Draco... There he was, on the altar, surrounded by roses and ivy, looking happy and stunning, in his black tuxedo. As she approached the altar, Ginny wasn't able to look at the other guests... Her eyes were locked with his, and as she came closer, she could see his eyes were sparkling way too much. Was he crying?!
Mr. Weasley gave his daughter to Draco, hugging his new son, and kissing his baby daughter, stepping aside and joining Mrs. Weasley, who was crying with happiness.
"Am I that ugly, to make you cry like that?" Ginny asked, still facing him, smiling.
"No... Cassie just stuck her fingers in my eyes, that's all!" he lied, kissing her cheek, with an amused face. "You are the most beautiful bride I ever saw! And now, you're all mine!"
"Not yet, Malfoy! We're not even married, and you're already lying to me!" Ginny laughed, caressing his wet cheek. "Come on, cry baby, let's get this done!"
As the Minister representant married them, there was soft whispering among the students, commenting the wonderful weeding dress Ginny was wearing, the hottie Draco was, the cute couple, and so on..., making Ginny smile during the entire ceremony, while squeezing Draco's hand in hers, to keep from laughing.
"And now, I ask, if someone has a reason to why this wedding shouldn't take place, speak now, or forever be silent..." (I don't know how you English people get married, so I made up) the man said, looking at the crowd.
"I have something to say!"
Everyone in the Great Hall turned to look at Ron, with their faces full of shock.
"I knew it! She has a lover!" a girl yelled, from the middle of the students crowd.
"Oh, stop it! He's her brother!" another girl replied, laughing hard.
"Quiet! Why do you oppose?" the man asked Ron.
"Before she gets married, I want to make something clear! Malfoy, you hurt my sister, and I'll kill you! You hurt my sister's baby, and I'll kill you! You hurt anyone I know, and I'll kill you! You miss one Weasley family meeting, and I'll kill you! Do you understand?" Ron asked, looking serious.
Draco only nodded, with an amused smile.
"Good! I'm going to regret this, but..." Ron said, coming close to Draco and hugging him like a true brother. "Welcome to the family!"
"Very well! I now pronounce you, husband and wife! Mister Malfoy, you may kiss your wife!" the man said, trying not to laugh at Draco's blushed face, due to Ron's hug.
"This is it, Dracky! You are stuck with me for the rest of your life. Do you regret it already?" Ginny laughed, when he kissed her forehead.
"I regret I took so long to find you... I love you, Virginia Malfoy!" he whispered, kissing her soft lips.
"I love you as well, Draco Weasley!"
"Hey! I'm not a Weasley!" he complained, laughing.
"Please, don't say it out loud, or Ron will kill you, and I'll be a single mother!" Ginny complained, kissing him again. "Where's my daughter?"
"Here she is, Mommy and Daddy! Three Hip Hip Hurrahs to Mr. And Mrs. Draco Malfoy!" Harry yelled, handing Cassie to Draco and Ginny.
The whole Great Hall echoed the cheering yells, and the couple smiled happily, with a tight hold on Cassie.
"I think we'll be very happy..." Ginny stated, kissing Cassie.
"I'm sure we will..." Draco corrected. "Weasel!"
"HEY!" Ginny yelled, laughing in his arms. "There will be no wedding night for you, little mister!"
"Oh, I think you're wrong! I know you can't resist me..." he replied, kissing her softly, in a promise of a long happy marriage.
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Well, this is the end of His Little Healer, but I've already finished the Sequel and I'm going to keep on posting it here, ok?
Love ya all, and thank you for the great reviews!
Love, Carina