Chapter 8- Secrets and Lies

Ginny was sitting in the Gryffindor Common Room waiting for Ron and Harry to get back from the Quidditch game. They go to everyone to watch the other teams and study how they play. She figured that she would leave to meet Draco after they came back, because by the time she got to the forest it would be a half hour.

Ron and Harry came into the Common Room and plopped down on the couch across from her. By the looks on their faces Ginny could tell that Slytherin had one. "Slytherin won?" Ginny asked the two boys.

"How did you guess?" Ron answered then through his hands up in the air. "They play so dirty, Gin. You should have seen them. Parkinson went after Cho in the beginning and knocked her off her broom. I swear if Lyle hadn't been beneath her…" Harry sat beside Ron shaking his head in Disgust.

"That's horrible." Ginny responded with fake sympathy for Cho. She really didn't like Cho at all. Cho had always made it a point to get in her face about Ginny not having Harry and that Harry loved her. But by the end of her second year Ginny had grown tired of Harry and dismissed her feeling for him.

"Where were you last night, Gin." Ron asked concerned. "It was midnight by the time I went to bed and you were no where to be found."

"I was with Draco. We were working on our Potions assignment." Ginny replied. Ginny was only half lying to her brother. She was with Draco, but she wasn't doing school work.

"Why the hell did you have to spend Saturday night working with Malfoy?" He asked. The look on his face told her that he wasn't happy about it.

"Ron, I had to. The assignment is due Monday morning." She shook her head. "Hermione does her half of the assignment with Brad and I do my half with Draco."

"Still why did you have to work with Draco." Ron's face suddenly looked happier and Ginny was a little worried about that. "I think I'll ask Hermione if she would mind switching partners with you. That way you won't have to deal with that horrible Ferret all year."

"You will not!" Ginny said as she stood up angrily. "How many times do I have to tell you that I can handle Malfoy?" She said looking down at her brother. "I'm not 11 years old anymore, Ron. You need to let me be."

Ron stood up in front of his sister. "Gin you can't be serious that you want to work with that git all year!" Ron yelled at her.

"Ron. Get this through your thick skull. I am working with Malfoy this year in potions!" Ginny moved closer to her brother as if she was challenging him to continue this argument.

Ron just glared at his sister then stormed off up to his dormitory.

Harry then stood up looking at her. "Damn Gin, Do you have to be so cruel?" He asked obviously angry with her. "I mean what has got into your this year. Your not you." Harry then started moved around her heading up to see if Ron was ok.

"Oh but this is me Harry. This is me." She yelled over her shoulder at him then stormed out of the Common Room.

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Ginny rushed out of the castle and briskly walked towards the Forbidden Forest. As she was walking she looked around to make sure that no one saw her and no one did. She knew that she was already late and hoped that Draco wouldn't be angry at her. If anything he should be angry with Ron and Harry because this wasn't the first time they made her late to meet him.

"I was beginning to think you wouldn't show." Draco said. He was leaning up against a tree and looked so damn sexy. He had on black cargo pants and a long sleeve green shirt. He was obviously showing off his Slytherin pride today.

"I would have been here soon, but big brother and I had it out in the common room after your Quidditch match." She said as she walked over to him and kissed him on the cheek. "Congrats on your win against Ravenclaw." She smiled.

"Thanks." He smiled then looked at her more serious. "What happened with you and your brother?" He asked as he grabbed hold of her hands.

"The usual." She stated then squeezed his hands to let him know she was ok with him holding them. "He just got on me about us being partners in potions."

"Red, what are you going to tell him about us?" Draco sighed and looked very concerned. "I mean look how he reacted to us just being Potions partners. Can you imagine how he is going to react to us being together."

Ginny looked up into his eyes. "Draco I just don't know what to do. Should I tell him tonight or just wait a little longer until he is ok with the idea of us being Potions partners?"

Draco wasn't sure what to say to her. He looked up through the trees at the sky. It looked as through the sun was starting to set and realized that they would have to leave the forest by nightfall because it would no longer safe. Not that it is now, but its safer than at night time.

When Draco didn't answer right away Ginny started talking again. "So got any suggestions, Draco?"

Draco thought for a second then looked into her eyes. "I think we should keep this a secret for a little while. Let us get used to us before we let anyone else know."

Ginny nodded. "That's a good idea. We will do that then."

Draco smiled at her and moved his hands up her arms to her shoulders. He then bent his head down so that both of there fore heads were touching. "You look beautiful tonight."

Ginny looked into his eyes without moving her head. "Thanks." She then realized that she wasn't wearing her cloak and shivered slightly.

"Are you cold?" Draco asked while lifting his head off of hers. "I have this if you want to wear it." Draco reached down to a tree stump beside him and pulled up his cloak. "Here." He handed it over to her.

"Thanks, Draco." She said and put it around her. "It must have a heat charm on it." she thought to herself as she immediately felt warmer.

"Better?" Draco asked as he put his arms around her and pulled her closer to him.

Ginny felt herself being pulled against his chest and smiled up at him. "Much." She smiled and put her arms around his neck.

Draco moved his head slowly down on hers and let his lips crash upon hers. She opened her mouth slowly and Draco took that has an opportunity to slip his tongue past her lips and deepen the kiss.

Quickly the kiss became full of passion. Draco's one hand roamed over her back and glided over her butt slowly. While his other hand played with the long strands of red hair laying over her shoulders.

Ginny still had her one hand resting around his neck, but her other slide down to his chest. She ran a finger along his chest and felt the muscles beneath his shirt. Quidditch had definitely done good to his body.

After kissing for what seemed to be eternity, Draco slowly pulled away from the kiss. He never once took his eyes off of hers. "Well that was…"

Ginny quickly cut him off smiling. "Incredible."

Draco nodded his head. "You read my mind."

Ginny smiled at him then kissed his cheek. "When do you want to meet again?"

Draco frowned. "Leaving so soon?"

"Its Dark. We should get out of the forest. Its not safe." Ginny stated while looking around at her surroundings. "We should go somewhere and talk."

"I hadn't noticed it was dark." He grabbed hold of her hand started guiding her out of the forest.

Ginny pulled the cloak tighter around her and followed him out. Within a matter of minutes they were out and sitting under a tree by the lake.

"Can I ask you something, Gin?" Draco asked while holding her.

"Sure." She responded then waited for his question.

"Why the sudden change?" He asked looking down into her beautiful eyes.

"Well I've always been this way, but I just hid it. What happened in the chamber changed my life. I no longer believed the stuff my parents had reinforced in me since I was a child. One of the major changes in my beliefs were that I didn't believe that muggles and mudbloods were all equals to purebloods." She looked up at him waiting for his response.

"Well I wish you had let the real you come out years ago. It suits you better." He pulled her closer.

"Draco are you a Death Eater? If not will you become on?" She whispered knowing that she was treading on thick ice with this question.

Draco took a deep breath then decided that he could trust her with this information. "I am to become one soon, Gin. I will probably get it with in the year." He quietly told her.

Ginny pulled away from him and sat in front of him. "When you get it, can I see it??" She asked curiously.

Draco nodded his head. "I suppose so. Why the interest in it?"

"How do you go about getting one?" She asked looking him in the eye to let him know she was serious about this question.

"You want one, Gin? May I ask why?" He asked before giving her the answer to her question.

"Since I met Tom Riddle and learned that he grew up to become Lord Voldemort I've wanted to pledge my allegiance to him. I believe he is the most powerful wizard to come along in centuries." She said as she watched him pull his sleeve back down.

Draco nodded his head and decided that he could tell her. "Well I could arrange it for you. He usually doesn't give the mark to woman, But I think he will make an exception for you. I'm almost certain he will. There is just something about you and I'm sure he will see it too."

"I was planning on waiting till after graduation, but could you arrange for it to happen sooner?" She asked him. "Do you know any female Death Eaters, Draco?"

"Well my mum and my aunt are the only two I know personally. But I think there are a couple more." He responded then looked up at the castle.

"Well I think we ought to get back inside and to our Common Rooms. Its getting late." He stood up and pulled her up with him. "If you ever want to just stop in and see me I have my own room. Its behind the portrait of a soldier near the Slytherin Common Room. I'll show it to you tomorrow. The password is Loyalty." Draco said then kissed her softly on the lips.

Ginny kissed him back then nodded her head. "I think we should get back to our rooms also. And I have my own room too. Its behind the portrait of The Fairy Queen. Not to far from the Gryffindor Common Room entry. The password is Romance."

The two of them headed up to the castle and parted ways at the stairs case. She went upstairs and he headed for the entrance to the dungeons. When Ginny got upstairs she decided to use her private entrance tonight so she could avoid Ron and his questions.

To Be Continued…

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