Deep Water
A/N – This is the last chapter. At least I think it is, if I get a really good response I might post an epilogue, but hey, probably not, once a story is finished I am not going to go back to it unless I have a very good reason to. LAST CHAPTER HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...ok. Yes, well I am posting a new Draco/Ginny story, so watch out of that VERY VERY soon.
Chapter Eleven – All Ending's Have Some Happiness.
As this thought entered his mind he jumped up and ran off, muttering to himself, 'Luna...of course, why didn't I think of her earlier?'
"GINNY..." a voice bellowed from outside the common room. "GINNY..." the same voice screamed after a short pause. Ginny stood up from inside the Gryffindor common room ignoring the annoyed looks from other students and stepped outside. She knew who it was; nobody had quite the same scream as Luna Lovegood.
Ginny saw Luna, her mouth open in an O as if she was about to scream; Luna shut her mouth and said, "About time Gin..."
"What is it Luna?" Ginny sighed.
Luna's mouth quirked, "I know what you think Draco was, "she began, carefully watching Ginny's face poke up with interest at his name, "And I need you to know he isn't what he seems Gin." Luna continued softly.
Ginny shut her eyes, She couldn't deal with this, the last week she had been trying to forget all about the jerk and now somebody mentions his name and all those feelings come rushing back.
"Look Luna, I saw what I saw, there is no other explanation for getting that...thing burnt onto you!" Ginny replied wearily. Luna smirked, "No other reason? NO OTHER REASON?" Luna stopped and breathed deeply, "Don't you think you know what he did Ginny, don't you think you are so sure of what he is like that there is no other explanation!" Luna continued. Ginny frowned at her, "What are you talking about Luna..." she questioned her slowly, her own rashness dawning on her.
Luna pushed off somebodies cat that was sitting on a bench and sat down herself, Ginny stood in front of her refusing to sit.
"Ginny, Draco was a spy"
The words came out of Luna's mouth slowly, dramatically, as soon as they did Ginny realised what she had done, and knew, she knew that she would never be over Draco, she couldn't be, and she loved him. Despite being dressed in her dressing gown and pyjamas she sprinted down the corridor leaving Luna with a large grin on her face.
She had to explain herself to Draco; she had to have a chance! She loved him! Now thinking about it, every time she had that thought a new sort of energy, a new sort of reasoning entered her. She loved him, and she would try her best to have him. As she was running in what she thought to be the direction of the Slytherin common rooms she pulled a hair band off her wrist and messily tied her hair on her head. She didn't care if she looked like shit, if Draco even vaguely returned her feelings it shouldn't matter to him either. It took Ginny a good ten minutes to realise she was lost, stamping her foot against the ground she swore loudly. Everything just had to go badly! Maybe it was an omen; maybe she should just try and forget about him. Ginny leant against the cold wall, tears starting to form in her eyes.
"If you are looking for Mr. Malfoy, Miss Weasley, you'd have more of a chance looking outside the castle..." Dumbledore said walking up behind her, a twinkle in his eyes.
Ginny tried to wipe the shock off her face, 'Did Dumbledore really know everything?' Running towards an exit to the castle Ginny yelled thankyou over her shoulder, not bothering to wonder how Dumbledore knew. The night sky was different, it was clearer the stars shone brightly, especially above the lake. Ginny somehow knew where Draco was, maybe because it's where she would have been.
"Draco" Ginny whispered behind him, she watched his back tense up, her heart beating rapidly.
He turned around, she could see every emotion on his face, and he no longer wore that mask.
"I didn't think you would come" he replied quietly.
"Come?" Ginny asked, what was he talking about?
Draco frowned. "Yes, didn't Luna tell you to meet me here?"
Ginny shuffled her feet; 'So Draco had set Luna up to it...' Surprisingly she wasn't angry at all, in fact, she found it kind of sweet.
"No, I did run off kind of quickly" Ginny replied moving a little closer to him. A flash of a grin covered his face before he too took a step towards her. She could smell him, the mixture of scents she had associated with him ever since their first kiss. Ginny glanced at his arm quickly before looking away, even though Luna had assured her Draco was a spy, she wasn't sure she wanted to know anything else.
"I killed somebody Ginny" Draco said calmly, following her eyes direction. Ginny shuddered and involuntarily took a step backwards. "I had to..." he continued. Ginny rubbed her arms feverishly to try and help them from the cold, "Who?" she asked simply. Draco paused. "Avery...he was a deatheater too you know, but I still killed him." Draco replied. A rush of relief filled Ginny, he'd killed a deatheater? She was no better than he then. She too, had killed, maybe not intentionally but she knew she had. "We all had to do things we didn't want to do during the war Draco..." Ginny said touching his arm lightly. That move seemed to be all the assurance Draco needed, he pulled Ginny towards him, tightly holding her around the waist. She could feel his heart beating wildly against hers and the electricity even through their clothes. He pulled her chin up looking into her eyes, Ginny was pleasantly stunned to see something there, and she saw Love. He ran a hand down her cheek, and then quickly pulled her towards him. It was the most explosive, the most pure and beautiful kiss she had ever had. She didn't want it to end, but all goods thing must come to an end eventually. She wrapped her arms around his neck playing idly with his hair and resting her head against his shoulder. He ran his hands up her back, it was the safest she had ever felt, the most loved, the one place she knew would be her favourite, in Draco's embrace.
"I suppose you want to hide it..." Draco murmured into her hair. Ginny pulled back; did he mean hide it from her family?
Ginny looked back towards the castle, it wasn't really any of their business anyway, "No Draco, let's go tell them now then..." she replied confidently. A flash of surprise covered his face, but he wasn't going to disagree. They walked back to the Gryffindor common room hand in hand, neither saying a word, but there wasn't much to say. They past the portraits giving them strange looks, and Luna who was still waiting outside the common room. She smiled at them and Draco mouthed and word 'thanks' to her before they slowly entered the common room. Ginny shut her eyes expecting an explosion; no Slytherin had ever entered the Gryffindor rooms before.
"WHAT ON EARTH IS HE DOING HERE GINEVRA!" Ginny couldn't help laughing at her brother's response, she had predicted it, and there it was it shades of red right in front of her. Hermione and Harry were standing behind him, slightly closer together than they should have probably been, Hermione trying to hide a smile, and Harry not bothering.
Draco held an arm over Ginny, "Do you have a problem with me Weasley?" Draco asked Ron calmly, his tone caused to infuriate Ron more. Ron took a menacing step towards him and poked him in the chest hard. "HOW DARE YOU, how dare you touch my sister! How dare you come up here when you've spent your whole life plotting against us!" Ron was however interrupted by Draco who spat back, "What goes on between Ginny and myself is our own business and ours alone, and it is so typical of you to think you know what I've spent my life doing, Weasley, just leave us be..."
Some Gryffindors in the room were confused, who had killed Draco Malfoy and taken over his body? Other's thought it was sweet.
"YOU ARE NOT TO SEE HIM ANYMORE YOU HERE ME GINNY?" Ron turned to face her screaming loudly.
Ginny smirked, a smirk Draco himself was proud of. "I don't see it is your business, as Draco said Ron. Besides shouldn't you be worrying about your own love life?" Ginny laughed pointing towards Harry and Hermione who were so close together, but then bounded apart when Ron spun around. He spluttered angrily and stormed out of the room. Draco laughed and turned to Ginny. "I guess I'll see you later then..." he said softly kissing her lightly on the lips. She watched him walk away and waved when he turned around again. She stood there for ages, so happy, so content, she would never have thought being with Draco Malfoy could have made her feel that way, but the thing is, it did.
Somebody tapped her on the shoulder; she turned and saw Harry grinning at her.
"It's all worked out hasn't it?" he asked.
"What...?" she replied unsure of his meaning?
"I got Hermione, you got Draco, it was all fate don't you think?" he replied
Ginny frowned, she wasn't sure if Hermione and Harry would last, but whilst they did she would be happy for them. "Aren't you annoyed about Draco?" Ginny asked Harry curiously; his lack of reaction had been somewhat surprising.
Harry hesitated. "Draco's a good guy Ginny..."
Ginny laughed. "What? You've never said anything nice about him before!"
Harry bowed his head, "That was before he saved my life in the war..."
Ginny slept soundly that night, she had Harry's approval, how could she not? She couldn't believe it, Harry and Draco were friends in a way...he'd never even said anything to her. She doubted Ron would convert as easily, perhaps never...but she didn't care, she had Draco and that's all that she needed.
A/N – Ok, that's the end. I know it's relatively crap...but hey it's done. Sorry to Hermione/Ron Shippers, I give you my word that Ron will eventually be happy in this fic, though you won't know it because it's well, the end.
A/N – This is the last chapter. At least I think it is, if I get a really good response I might post an epilogue, but hey, probably not, once a story is finished I am not going to go back to it unless I have a very good reason to. LAST CHAPTER HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...ok. Yes, well I am posting a new Draco/Ginny story, so watch out of that VERY VERY soon.
Chapter Eleven – All Ending's Have Some Happiness.
As this thought entered his mind he jumped up and ran off, muttering to himself, 'Luna...of course, why didn't I think of her earlier?'
"GINNY..." a voice bellowed from outside the common room. "GINNY..." the same voice screamed after a short pause. Ginny stood up from inside the Gryffindor common room ignoring the annoyed looks from other students and stepped outside. She knew who it was; nobody had quite the same scream as Luna Lovegood.
Ginny saw Luna, her mouth open in an O as if she was about to scream; Luna shut her mouth and said, "About time Gin..."
"What is it Luna?" Ginny sighed.
Luna's mouth quirked, "I know what you think Draco was, "she began, carefully watching Ginny's face poke up with interest at his name, "And I need you to know he isn't what he seems Gin." Luna continued softly.
Ginny shut her eyes, She couldn't deal with this, the last week she had been trying to forget all about the jerk and now somebody mentions his name and all those feelings come rushing back.
"Look Luna, I saw what I saw, there is no other explanation for getting that...thing burnt onto you!" Ginny replied wearily. Luna smirked, "No other reason? NO OTHER REASON?" Luna stopped and breathed deeply, "Don't you think you know what he did Ginny, don't you think you are so sure of what he is like that there is no other explanation!" Luna continued. Ginny frowned at her, "What are you talking about Luna..." she questioned her slowly, her own rashness dawning on her.
Luna pushed off somebodies cat that was sitting on a bench and sat down herself, Ginny stood in front of her refusing to sit.
"Ginny, Draco was a spy"
The words came out of Luna's mouth slowly, dramatically, as soon as they did Ginny realised what she had done, and knew, she knew that she would never be over Draco, she couldn't be, and she loved him. Despite being dressed in her dressing gown and pyjamas she sprinted down the corridor leaving Luna with a large grin on her face.
She had to explain herself to Draco; she had to have a chance! She loved him! Now thinking about it, every time she had that thought a new sort of energy, a new sort of reasoning entered her. She loved him, and she would try her best to have him. As she was running in what she thought to be the direction of the Slytherin common rooms she pulled a hair band off her wrist and messily tied her hair on her head. She didn't care if she looked like shit, if Draco even vaguely returned her feelings it shouldn't matter to him either. It took Ginny a good ten minutes to realise she was lost, stamping her foot against the ground she swore loudly. Everything just had to go badly! Maybe it was an omen; maybe she should just try and forget about him. Ginny leant against the cold wall, tears starting to form in her eyes.
"If you are looking for Mr. Malfoy, Miss Weasley, you'd have more of a chance looking outside the castle..." Dumbledore said walking up behind her, a twinkle in his eyes.
Ginny tried to wipe the shock off her face, 'Did Dumbledore really know everything?' Running towards an exit to the castle Ginny yelled thankyou over her shoulder, not bothering to wonder how Dumbledore knew. The night sky was different, it was clearer the stars shone brightly, especially above the lake. Ginny somehow knew where Draco was, maybe because it's where she would have been.
"Draco" Ginny whispered behind him, she watched his back tense up, her heart beating rapidly.
He turned around, she could see every emotion on his face, and he no longer wore that mask.
"I didn't think you would come" he replied quietly.
"Come?" Ginny asked, what was he talking about?
Draco frowned. "Yes, didn't Luna tell you to meet me here?"
Ginny shuffled her feet; 'So Draco had set Luna up to it...' Surprisingly she wasn't angry at all, in fact, she found it kind of sweet.
"No, I did run off kind of quickly" Ginny replied moving a little closer to him. A flash of a grin covered his face before he too took a step towards her. She could smell him, the mixture of scents she had associated with him ever since their first kiss. Ginny glanced at his arm quickly before looking away, even though Luna had assured her Draco was a spy, she wasn't sure she wanted to know anything else.
"I killed somebody Ginny" Draco said calmly, following her eyes direction. Ginny shuddered and involuntarily took a step backwards. "I had to..." he continued. Ginny rubbed her arms feverishly to try and help them from the cold, "Who?" she asked simply. Draco paused. "Avery...he was a deatheater too you know, but I still killed him." Draco replied. A rush of relief filled Ginny, he'd killed a deatheater? She was no better than he then. She too, had killed, maybe not intentionally but she knew she had. "We all had to do things we didn't want to do during the war Draco..." Ginny said touching his arm lightly. That move seemed to be all the assurance Draco needed, he pulled Ginny towards him, tightly holding her around the waist. She could feel his heart beating wildly against hers and the electricity even through their clothes. He pulled her chin up looking into her eyes, Ginny was pleasantly stunned to see something there, and she saw Love. He ran a hand down her cheek, and then quickly pulled her towards him. It was the most explosive, the most pure and beautiful kiss she had ever had. She didn't want it to end, but all goods thing must come to an end eventually. She wrapped her arms around his neck playing idly with his hair and resting her head against his shoulder. He ran his hands up her back, it was the safest she had ever felt, the most loved, the one place she knew would be her favourite, in Draco's embrace.
"I suppose you want to hide it..." Draco murmured into her hair. Ginny pulled back; did he mean hide it from her family?
Ginny looked back towards the castle, it wasn't really any of their business anyway, "No Draco, let's go tell them now then..." she replied confidently. A flash of surprise covered his face, but he wasn't going to disagree. They walked back to the Gryffindor common room hand in hand, neither saying a word, but there wasn't much to say. They past the portraits giving them strange looks, and Luna who was still waiting outside the common room. She smiled at them and Draco mouthed and word 'thanks' to her before they slowly entered the common room. Ginny shut her eyes expecting an explosion; no Slytherin had ever entered the Gryffindor rooms before.
"WHAT ON EARTH IS HE DOING HERE GINEVRA!" Ginny couldn't help laughing at her brother's response, she had predicted it, and there it was it shades of red right in front of her. Hermione and Harry were standing behind him, slightly closer together than they should have probably been, Hermione trying to hide a smile, and Harry not bothering.
Draco held an arm over Ginny, "Do you have a problem with me Weasley?" Draco asked Ron calmly, his tone caused to infuriate Ron more. Ron took a menacing step towards him and poked him in the chest hard. "HOW DARE YOU, how dare you touch my sister! How dare you come up here when you've spent your whole life plotting against us!" Ron was however interrupted by Draco who spat back, "What goes on between Ginny and myself is our own business and ours alone, and it is so typical of you to think you know what I've spent my life doing, Weasley, just leave us be..."
Some Gryffindors in the room were confused, who had killed Draco Malfoy and taken over his body? Other's thought it was sweet.
"YOU ARE NOT TO SEE HIM ANYMORE YOU HERE ME GINNY?" Ron turned to face her screaming loudly.
Ginny smirked, a smirk Draco himself was proud of. "I don't see it is your business, as Draco said Ron. Besides shouldn't you be worrying about your own love life?" Ginny laughed pointing towards Harry and Hermione who were so close together, but then bounded apart when Ron spun around. He spluttered angrily and stormed out of the room. Draco laughed and turned to Ginny. "I guess I'll see you later then..." he said softly kissing her lightly on the lips. She watched him walk away and waved when he turned around again. She stood there for ages, so happy, so content, she would never have thought being with Draco Malfoy could have made her feel that way, but the thing is, it did.
Somebody tapped her on the shoulder; she turned and saw Harry grinning at her.
"It's all worked out hasn't it?" he asked.
"What...?" she replied unsure of his meaning?
"I got Hermione, you got Draco, it was all fate don't you think?" he replied
Ginny frowned, she wasn't sure if Hermione and Harry would last, but whilst they did she would be happy for them. "Aren't you annoyed about Draco?" Ginny asked Harry curiously; his lack of reaction had been somewhat surprising.
Harry hesitated. "Draco's a good guy Ginny..."
Ginny laughed. "What? You've never said anything nice about him before!"
Harry bowed his head, "That was before he saved my life in the war..."
Ginny slept soundly that night, she had Harry's approval, how could she not? She couldn't believe it, Harry and Draco were friends in a way...he'd never even said anything to her. She doubted Ron would convert as easily, perhaps never...but she didn't care, she had Draco and that's all that she needed.
A/N – Ok, that's the end. I know it's relatively crap...but hey it's done. Sorry to Hermione/Ron Shippers, I give you my word that Ron will eventually be happy in this fic, though you won't know it because it's well, the end.