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A/N: Ahhhh!! I took so long to update, sorry for all you guys out there. Hopefully you'll like what will happen and I didn't mean to drag the past out for so long, but since I've started, I must as well end it. Well, enjoy!

Back at Hogwarts

Chapter 6

When Ginny woke up the next morning, she had a splitting headache. Moaning softly, she peeked out past her hangings and craned her head towards her clock. It said 3.27 am.

Ginny shook her head and pushed herself off her bed. Tripping over her blanket, which was on the floor, she shrieked loudly and managed to wake her entire dorm.

She was greeted by the sounds of, "wha-?," "what time is it?" "what the hell?" and "oh my god, you people, it's 3 am!"

Smiling to herself, glad that she had not only woken herself but had woken everyone else with her. Standing up, she noticed that all the heads that had appeared had just as suddenly disappeared.

"Ah, people these days," she muttered as she put on her cloak over her sleeping clothes, which consisted of pajama pants and a tank top.

Yawning, Ginny stretched herself and proceeded to walk out into the corridors.

'It's the first day back at school, Filch will never notice me,' Ginny thought as she made her way down the stairs.

Draco lay in his large double bed; he was still unused to the size of his new bed. Looking at his clock, he groaned. It said 3.21 am.

"Well, and away goes my beauty sleep," he muttered sarcastically.

Almost robotic like, Draco picked up his black cloak and pulled it around himself. He didn't bother to dress, even though he was only wearing his boxer shorts.

'Which idiot's going to be around the school at 3 in the morning anyway?'

'You,' the little voice in his head retorted.

'I've got to stop having conversations in my head!'

And he headed out the door.

Ginny was wandering about in the corridors, humming a tune from a muggle song that had been stuck in her head ever since yesterday. She didn't notice someone directly in front of her and that someone didn't notice that there was a girl in front of him. The inevitable happened.

'Bang!'

Draco and Ginny crashed into each other.

"Ahhh-"

Ginny began screaming.

"Shhh"

Draco started to shush her.

"Don't shush me!"

Ginny cried indignantly.

"Shut up, will you?"

Draco said in a loud whisper.

"Who's there, yes, my precious, there's someone there."

Filch was talking to Mrs Norris.

Hearing Filch's voice, Ginny froze. She was definitely not prepared when an arm snaked out and grabbed her right wrist. She was jerked back into a small room, just as Filch passed by with Mrs Norris at his heels.

Ginny turned, hearing the door being hastily shut.

"You!" she pointed an accusing finger at her rescuer; Draco.

"Will you please keep your voice down, Weasley, he might still be out there," Draco replied, crossing his arms and leaning back against the door.

This was when Ginny realized something. She quickly blushed a furious red, which was almost visible in the darkness.

"You're...you're not wearing anything!" Ginny cried out in embarrassment as she turned her back on him.

"Weasley, if you haven't noticed, I have my boxers on and it's not like you're not exposing any of your skin anyway." He retorted quickly.

"I am to-" Ginny flared, glancing down at herself.

Then she turned an even brighter shade of red, if that was even possible and wrapped her cloak around herself.

She heard Draco's chuckle and looked up in surprise. He had never laughed in that way before.

Her startled eyes met his cool, calm ones and her heart fluttered. She quickly looked away.

'That wasn't supposed to happen, I'm not supposed to start to like him!' Ginny was furious at herself.

"What's wrong Weasley, are you too afraid to be caught goggling at me?" He asked in a seductive voice, with his sliver-gray eyes half closed.

Ginny turned back and really looked at him.

Draco let out another chuckle as he saw Ginny's eyes widen at his well- toned muscles and abs. He knew he was in good shape and he knew that Ginny noticed it.

'Okay Ginny, you already know he's hot,'

'Not this hot.'

She was silently cursing herself.

"Okay fine, you are in good shape, but that doesn't mean that I was goggling at you!" Ginny shot back.

"I know you were staring at me, there's no need to deny it, all the other girls do it."

"I don't know what you're talking about. Malfoy."

Ginny knew he was trying to provoke her and she would not allow it.

Swishing to the other side, with her back facing him, she gave an involuntarily shiver. She heard sounds of a fabric moving and was surprised when something soft and black was thrown towards her. It was a cloak.

"I can see that you're cold," Came the matter-of-fact answer from Draco.

Too surprised to speak, Ginny just pulled the cloak around her and nodded.

'He's not such a bad guy after all...'

She turned and looked directly into his face. She had not seen the smile on Draco's face just moments ago.

The two of them stood there, neither saying a single word. The silence was deafening.

"Um, Dra- Malfoy, isn't Filch gone?" Ginny flushed at her blunder.

'Did she just call me...Draco?!' He was stupefied.

"Malfoy? Malfoy?" Ginny waved her hand in front of Draco's stunned face for a few minutes.

"Hm... you know, you're much more peaceful when you are not talking...at all!" Ginny smirked at him.

That did the trick, Draco woke up instantly.

"What did you say Weasley? That you're family is so poor that-" He never got to finished his sentence as a redheaded canon ball hit him squarely in the stomach.

"Ouf," and he crumbled to the ground in pain.

Soon, the whole room was filled with colourful swear words that Draco had picked up from his father.

"What was that for?!" He practically yelled at Ginny, who had a very bemused looked on her face.

Ginny was trying very hard not to laugh but once she saw the look on Draco's perfect face, she burst out laughing hysterically.

Draco stood there in silence, just staring at Ginny who was on her knees with laughter. He was now flat on his back and tilted his head to look at the Weaslette.

Ginny was almost crying with laughter when the sounds of a loud, deep throaty laugh.

She looked up in surprise and gasped. Draco was laughing.

'The Draco Malfoy is laughing? The Draco Malfoy?! What is the world coming to?' But secretly, Ginny knew she loved that sound.

Draco looked up with his sliver-gray eyes, twinkling merrily with laughter. He had never felt like this for a long time. His father had taught him that Malfoys never smiled, much less laugh. His cool gray eyes met excited chocolate brown eyes.

Mesmerized by those brown eyes, Draco stopped laughing and froze. Ginny froze. They stood there, both frozen in their positions, staring at each other in utter silence and for them, time stopped.

The wind howled and the windows banged against the walls.

Tree branches knocked the windows and leaves scraped against the glass.

Animals could be heard scurrying towards their homes and shelters.

But in the midst of all this noise, two people, two equally opposite people stood facing each other.

One was redheaded with brown eyes. She had a very pretty face and a great figure. She also had her eyes glued to the eyes of her companion.

He was white-blonde with sliver-gray eyes and a tall, well built stature. He too, was not moving.

They stood there frozen in time for 1, 2, 3 minutes as the clock ticked by.

Then in one fluid motion, as if pulled by puppet strings, the two striking figures rushed into each other's arms.

The redheaded one burst into quiet tears as the two of them held each other as if they would never let go.

A/N: Finally done! It took so long to write this chapter...cuz...I didn't really have time to write. =P Well, sorry and I promise that chapter 7 will be out soon. At least by tomorrow or the day after. I swear! And I if I don't get it out, all my reviewers should stop reviewing! No! just kidding...I think I'm a bit hyper. Lol.

RosaFinch: lol, can't give away the secret yet, I wanted the two of them to kind of bond. But what she's gonna do will be told in the next chapter...hopefully. Anyway, thank you for reviewing.

Lain-Tris: =P now you can't blame me! I reviewed one of your original fic, it's really good! And thanks for the compliments and yeah, I agree, I love those putting the italics in, it just makes sense to me. And Ginny and Draco are definitely getting interested, as this chapter shows. lol, so sorry you had to wait for this chapter. Anyway, thanks for reading and reviewing.

molly: Thank you so much for your review, you make me smile! lol, and don't worry, I won't give up on this story.

siminon: I can't believe my sis told you who I was! So bad, lol. Hopefully this chapter will keep you busy for a time and most of the upcoming chapters are gonna be on the past, it's just the way i write so you won't miss anything important. Glad that you enjoyed it, thanks for reviewing!