- Yes I know it's been a while, and I'm sorry! I hope you can all forgive me for not updating sooner! -
Chapter 21 – LiesDraco smirked as he watched Ginny's retreating figure. He had figured she would use Veritaserum, so he had taken the antidote before she had come to find him. He relaxed back on his armchair and sighed in amusement of his own con. Now Ginny really thought he was in love with her.
And why shouldn't she? The dumb Weasley probably doesn't even know an antidote exists for Veritaserum! Draco thought to himself. He laughed.
'What's so funny?'
Draco looked over to where the voice had come from. It was Leanne. Draco immediately scowled.
'I thought I made myself clear already, Leanne, I don't want you.' Draco said slowly, his voice getting more and more impatient with the said girl.
'What's so funny?' She repeated, leaning against the door frame.
'Nothing of your concern, just a little joke Weasley told me.' Draco replied.
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Ginny walked back to the Gryffindor common room with her heartbeat steadily growing faster. Draco loved her. She didn't know why, and she didn't care, he loved her! She couldn't hide the grin, which exploded, onto her face.
'Ginny, you look happy.' A disembodied voice said. Ginny stopped, the smile gone from her face. When she could see no one, her expression turned to confusion.
'Huh? Who's there?'
'Ginny, it's me, don't you recognize my voice?'
'Sigma? Where?' Ginny asked. Sigma stepped through the solid wall. Ginny's smile returned to her face. 'It's so good to see you again,'
'Yes.' Sigma said. 'So why are you grinning like there's no tomorrow?'
'No reason.' Ginny said. Sigma didn't look convinced. She blew a strand of dirty blonde hair from her face. 'Alright, Draco just said he loves me.'
'Are you serious? Do you really trust that boy?' Sigma challenged.
'He was under Veritaserum.' Ginny stated.
'Oh, I see, but you know, there is an antidote for that,' Sigma said, leaving her sentence up in the air.'
'He didn't take it, how could he have possibly known I was going to bring Veritaserum tonight?' Ginny said, seeming sure of herself.
'You're probably right,' Sigma said, a concerned, unconvinced look on her face.
'I have to go to the Gryffindor common room now, before a teacher catches me out of bed at this hour!' Ginny said, sad to say goodbye to her friend.
'It was nice catching up with you again, Ginny. But you should know that I only dare show myself at nighttime. Can't risk some students seeing me,' Sigma said. 'So if you ever want to talk, just come out at night and I'll most probably find you.'
'Goodbye my friend.' Ginny said, and Sigma disappeared through the wall.
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The next morning, Hermione was on her way to Potions, when she was pulled into a nearby, empty classroom, hand over her mouth preventing her from screaming.
When she was turned around to face the person who had dragged her into the classroom, she immediately bit his hand.
'Ouch,' Draco said, shaking his hand vigorously. Hermione turned to leave, but Draco grabbed her forcefully by the arm. She spun around and glared right into his eyes.
'Look, Malfoy, I don't want anything to do with you right now,'
'This has nothing to do with me and you, this has to do with Weasley.'
'Ron?'
'No, Ginny.' Hermione looked a little shocked to hear Draco call Ginny by her first name, but nevertheless, she didn't show it.
'What about Ginny?' Hermione asked.
'Pretty soon, we will be together, and I want you and your little dream team to stay out of our way.'
'No bloody way Malfoy! There's no way Ginny would get herself mixed up with the likes of you.' Hermione screeched.
'Oh how wrong you are, Granger.' Malfoy smirked.
'What makes you think you can have Ginny?'
'I can have anyone who is willing to have me.' Draco replied.
'But Ginny is not willing to have you!' Hermione said, so determined to prove him wrong.
'Don't interfere.' Draco said, and he walked out of the classroom, leaving Hermione flabbergasted.
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That night, after dinner, Ginny waited behind. She wanted to catch Draco and tell him that she would love to be with him. When the crowd thinned out, Ginny spotted Draco, alone at the Slytherin table. She smiled, and walked over to him, taking the seat next to him.
'Hey,' Ginny said. Draco turned to look at her.
'Hi.' He replied.
'So I was thinking about what you said to me last night, and it must have been true because you said it under Veritaserum.' Ginny began.
'Go on.' Draco urged.
'Well, I was thinking that it would be great if we could be together.' Ginny finished rather lamely. Draco's face broke out into a smile, which made Ginny smile.
'Come on.' He got up and grabbed her hand, leading her out of the Great Hall, and down through the Slytherin Dungeons.
'Where are we going?' Ginny asked.
'On Thursday nights, every Slytherin goes to a room behind a black and purple tapestry for a raging party, where everyone gets drunk and hooks up with people.' Draco explained. 'We'll have the Slytherin common room all to ourselves.' Ginny's eyes widened. She was not yet ready to be in the Slytherin common room, alone with Draco. 'Don't you trust me?' He asked. Ginny nodded in response.
They arrived at the Slytherin entrance, and Draco spoke the password, letting them in. He immediately walked over to the couch and sat down in a comfortable, lazy position. Draco motioned for Ginny to join him, and she walked over cautiously.
'You're sure there's no one here?' Ginny asked timidly.
'You're so Gryffindor, now come here.'
Ginny reached the couch and Draco grabbed her waist, pulling her down to press against him. Their lips were inches away from touching. For a few moments, they both stayed there, looking into each others eyes, until Draco grabbed her by the back of her neck and pushed her lips against his forcefully.
Ginny's entire body went weak as his tongue trailed over her lips. His hands moved from the back of her neck down to the small of her back, and around the front. Every fiber in Ginny's brain was screaming at her to stop, but she didn't want to. Draco's hands reached the button on her jeans, and that was the final straw.
Ginny sat up and held Draco down with her hand on his chest.
'What's wrong?' Draco asked.
'Too fast.' Ginny said. 'I don't think we should do anything more tonight.' Draco managed to hide his disappointment incredibly well as Ginny got up and straightened out her clothes and hair. He stood up to face her, and grabbed her waist gently.
Draco leaned down and kissed her once more before she left him alone.
'Dammit!' He yelled and kicked the lounge.
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- Sorry for ending it there, but I wanted to give you guys something! -
memememememe – Sorry that you think the characters are OC, but I can't really have it so that all the characters are in character, otherwise it would be just like the books!
Luna Gypsy – Sorry for making you wait for this chapter! I hope you liked it, even though it is short. I should have the next one up soon.
Luza – Isn't that the point of fanfiction? To make stories that you would have never thought would happen to those people? I'm glad you like my story!
Rose Petal – Yes, Hank is an idiot, but you never know what's going to happen with him! To answer your other question, yes Draco really did drink the Veritaserum but he wasn't affected by it because he had already drunk the antidote! Clever Draco.
choowee – Thank you for the compliment! I hope you liked this chapter; sorry it's so short!
Death of Roses – Sorry for taking so long to update again! Thanks for the poem =) I hope you liked this chapter, even though it's really short. But I just thought I'd update with something as soon as possible!
Tylah - Sorry for making you wait for this chapter! Yes, Leanne is made so that people will hate her!
Ice Lullaby – Well there's you DG action! Sorry it's not much but there will be more to come in future chapters, so don't worry! Yeah, it was a shame about Sigma and Maria, but it had to happen! Besides, Sigma will pop up occasionally, remember, she's still a "ghost".
SarkLover – I'm glad I made your day better! Well, Ginny did "come to her senses" and she did find Draco, but he wasn't being honest when he told her how he feels, so that's a major obstacle.
Nichole Malfoy – Glad you like Draco's middle name being Lucius, to be honest, I couldn't really think of anything else to have as his middle name, so I just picked that! I don't know about the eyebrow raising thing when they're under Veritaserum, sorry.
kura52 – Hey, I'm good! I'm glad you read my fiction first! Sorry about the wait on this chapter, and that it is so short… hopefully the next one will be longer! I just wanted to post something before you guys all got cranky at me, even more so!
Kelei – I'm glad you like the chapter! And yes, the DG thing will definitely happen, but it won't be genuine, well, not to Draco anyway! He's still going on his own bet to get Ginny in bed. Actually, you might be right, I have changed Ginny's character throughout this fiction, but she's just grown as a person.
Darcy16 – It looks like I'm having a pattern, long chapter, short chapter, long chapter, short chapter! Sorry about this one's length, but I wanted to post it asap. I hope you liked this chapter and the next one shouldn't be far away!
Zaptor – Sorry once again for the wait on this chapter! I hope you didn't have to go back over the story and read it again to catch up! Hank is a wizard, and he's kinda replaced Wormtail, but he's not as evil as you may think.