Chapter Four:
He staggered into the wall but suddenly pulled away from her. His eyes showing signs of regret already as he held her out at arms length.
"Don't..." He hated to push away, especially now since he was getting closer to her. She frowned at him and disentangled herself from his arms and leaned on the wall.
"I thought that's what you wanted." She mumbled, rather bitterly to the floor. Her long hair covering her eyes; which were red and puffy. She hadn't been crying just for this moment, but from everything in between.
"Come on, everyone should be sleeping now. As long as you're here, he can't hurt you." Carefully he took her hand and led her inside.
The Slytherin common room was dark, but lit with torches on either side of the room as someone passed that area. Ginny yelped and fell into Draco, almost immediately. They were both sent to the floor and Ginny looked mortified as she untangled herself from him.
"What happened?" He asked, moving away from her and running his fingers through his hair. He held out his hand and she grasped it and he pulled her into him. She stepped back and smiled nervously.
"I stubbed my toe on the couch leg." He smirked and pulled her toward the staircase. Everything was swirls of black, green and silver as she walked by them. With the toe of his shoe, Draco prodded his door open and ushered her inside.
The bed was the first to catch her eye; it was big with snakes around the bedposts, large green sheets and matching pillows, and a green canopy. A fire crackled by the wall. Draco sat on his bed and stared at her. Ginny sat against the wall, and drew her knees up to her chest.
"What's wrong?"
"I...Nothing."
"I'd never hurt you, I can't believe you thought I would."
"Well...I didn't think it was you."
"Really?"
"After our talk that night, I realized that I've been misjudging you entirely. But—what did you do to Harry?"
"He'll be having a hell of a hard time walking tomorrow. And if he touches you again, I'll kick his sorry excuse for a wizard ass...worse then before."
"Thank you." He shifted off of the bed and crawled beside her, his fingers stroking her cheek.
"I'd never let him hurt you Ginny, you've got to believe that I'd protect you until the day I die."
"How fortunate Draco..." sneered a cold voice in his ear and the green light faded as soon as it had begun.
The screaming was so intense, that it made him stumble to reach her. His hands coiled around her as she sobbed in his arms. He whispered soothing words to her, knowing that it was no use.
"Ginny-calm down...GINNY!" His shouting was overriding her sobbing. Finally she opened her eyes and stayed silent for moments on end. The only sounds to escape her were tiny moans and whimpers. The paleness of her face was very noticeable and her long crimson hair was tangled and matted; her eyes were easing in their puffiness.
"What happened?"
Still she did not reply, she just sat and shook her head. Her fingers trembled as she laced them together and looked at her feet. She drew her knees up to her chest again and continued to sob. She had had dreams like this before; dark and dreary and endless. Her premonition like state hadn't been with her for years.
"Ginny...please." He begged, taking hold of her hand and brushing his lips against hers before pulling back.
"I-I can't. It was so awful."
She stayed silent for the remainder of the time that she was in his room. Once it was dawn, he escorted her to Gryffindor Tower. Slowly he unlaced their fingers and leaned forward to kiss her head.
"Meet me tomorrow night by the lake...and watch your step around Harry. He's dangerous."
"If anything happens...I'll kill him myself."
"Really now Ginny, do you actually think that you could kill someone ?" A voice hissed maliciously in her ear.