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The lyrics at the beginning are from 'Right Kind of Wrong' by Leanne Rimes

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Chapter Seven – Giving In Part II

I know all about,
Yea about your reputation
And how it's bound to be a heartbreak situation
But I can't help it if I'm helpless
Every time that I'm with you, ah
You walk in and my strength walks out the door
Say my name and I can fight it any more
Oh I know, I should go
But I need your touch just too damn much

Ginny struggled out of the river and scrambled up the bank, stopping only grab her shoes from where she'd tossed them carelessly to the floor earlier before storming across the sloping grounds, not bothering to look behind her at Draco who was slipping and sliding after her. His repeated shouts of;

"Ginny, wait!"

Were lost in the thunder and lightening that tore open the sky above them, rain raced down in thick sheets at Draco's bidding practically obscuring all visibility. Through the sheets of pounding rain Ginny saw the safety of the castle and her pace quickened, her short black skirt was sticking to her tights and her matching tight black crop top was falling off one shoulder as the drenched material clung to her chest and rode even higher than its short ending above her navel.

Her hair was whipping about her face as she stumbled up the steps leading to the huge front doors which slid open as she approached to allow her entry. She slithered to a halt along the smooth floor in the vast marble hall and dropped her hands onto her knees which were slick with rainwater as she gasped for breath, tears now mingling with the rainwater running from her hair down her face and her heaving chest.

Every torch she passed burst into vicious flames about three feet high as she passed before fading as she moved on. She was surprised she wasn't Changing but she didn't complain, if she Changed now she would end up doing something she wouldn't be able to take back when she returned to normal.

Barely noticing that the Great Hall was now empty so everyone must have returned to their dorms to continue partying she gasped for breath and straightened up slightly.

She viciously swiped at the tears and, pulling her hand away from her face, gave a start as she saw a trickle of blood running down her palm. She spun around to look at her reflection in one of the large arched windows next to the door and fingered the small cut along her left cheek; now that she knew it was there she could feel it sting as the salt from her tears washed over it.

"Ginny!"

She spun around when she heard Draco call her name and shook her head as he raced over to her, wobbling as he almost lost his balance in the puddle of water the two of them dripping had made in the centre of the hall. She ducked away from him as he reached out to her and, letting out a heartbreaking sob, she sprinted up the marble staircase towards the common room. The pain in her chest seemed to give her feet wings as she flew up staircases, down corridors and around corners, dashing through various secret passageways until she found herself outside the Fat Lady's Portrait.

For a second her mind went as blank as the woman's face before her until she quickly hissed the password and scrambled in through the opening. She shook her head furiously once she was inside and backed sideways against the wall near the entrance, her head falling back against the wall despairingly as her legs gave way beneath her and she slid down the wall, bringing her knees up to her chin and dropping her head so her forehead fell forwards onto her knees.

Tears overtook her and she sobbed unrestrainedly until a hand on her shoulder made her raise her head to see through a haze of tears; Noah, Ron and Alyssa.

"Ginny?" Xander mumbled cautiously. "What is it?"

She couldn't bring herself to speak as images flashed before her eyes and a fresh wave of tears glided down her grief-stricken face.

"Is it... is it something to do with Malfoy?"

Ginny turned slowly to look at Alyssa, not noticing that her brother had spun around to look at her so fast at these words he almost overbalanced from his crouching position. Ginny slowly nodded her head as someone burst through the door.

"Ginny?"

She looked up to see Draco and she no longer felt angry, just desolate as the pain in her chest built, not sparing a thought as to how he got in there in the first place she merely gazed up at him as her friends backed away slightly.

"Why?" Her words were coarse from the tears and hung heavy with pain in the air. "You know it physically hurts; did you think I wouldn't have known?"

As one her group of friends turned to look uneasily at Draco who didn't look back, he just continued to gaze at Ginny.

"I... I don't know... it just sort of happened... she just came at me..."

Ginny shook her head; she didn't want to know, she struggled to her feet and headed towards her dormitory slowly.

"Ginny."

The pain, she could only detect because of her vampire blood, in the plea made her freeze and turn to look back at Draco.

"What? What, Draco? What is it that you want?"

She stared at him with haunted eyes; she didn't even have the energy to cry anymore. He took a step towards her, both of them unaware that the entire room was now focused entirely on them and the only sound besides their voices was the crackling of the fire that had practically exploded when she'd first entered and which was now only slightly larger than normal but still giving off more heat than usual, and the roar of the rain against the windows.

If the two of them had decided to take a look around they would have found the sight amusing; Frankie and Hermione were clinging onto each other in terror, their hands full of each others clothes as they gripped each other, their cheeks pressed together as they stared at Ginny and Draco from behind a desk piled with research books and homework essays in the centre of the room.

Cass was kneeling in front of the fire, her books spread out in front of her and her copy of Witch Weekly tossed carelessly to the side when Harry had gone to lie on his side next to her, propped halfway up by his elbow; they were both now gaping at Ginny and Draco with their mouths slightly open.

Rindy was sat on the couch by the fire with Xander's head in her lap and his legs sprawled over the opposite arm of the couch, the muggle magazine article she had been reading out to him about his favourite football team hung limp in her hand as they both gazed speechlessly at Draco and Ginny. The rest of the Griffindor's were sprawled haphazardly throughout the common room, some of them sitting on the stairs leading to their dormitories as the noise of Ginny sobbing had called them down.

Ron was still kneeling on the floor, Noah gripping the back of his shirt just in case while Alyssa practically sat on him.

Draco's eyes never left Ginny's face as he took another step towards her.

"You."

His answer was simple and said with the hunger usually restrained in his eyes bleeding into his voice and causing most of the girls to sigh inwardly and the boys to squirm uncomfortably at his courage before his enemies. Ginny and Draco both stepped forward at the same time, closing the distance between them as his hands drifted to rest on her hips, pulling her towards him and her hands shot upwards to twine around his neck, her fingertips stroking the nape of his neck as the few inches of space between their lips got smaller and smaller.

Draco allowed his lips to brush Ginny's slowly, his hesitation at how she would react somehow holding him back, but Ginny leaned forward towards him, a streak of fire dashing through her body as their lips touched again. All of a sudden she was highly aware of everywhere they were touching; their chests pressed together, his slippery hands on her bare hips, her hands on his neck, her body curled into his as the kiss grew. The slow steady kiss they had started out with became deeper as weeks of suppressed animal-like passion thanks to their blood was unleashed in a torrent of emotions and Ginny's very toes began to curl at the bone-melting desire coursing through her body as her lips slowly opened further; allowing Draco access.

Bolts of lightening were firing through both their bodies as his tongue teased hers and she drew even closer to him then anyone watching could have thought humanly possible. His hand strayed upwards to tangle itself in her mane of dark red hair, his hand slipping in the wet strands as she pulled on his neck, drawing his head even closer to hers. They jumped and drew away slightly gasping for breath as almost the entire room burst into a round of applause, punctuated by yells and whistles.

Ginny stared dazedly around the room at her friends cheering, Frankie and Hermione were jumping up and down; gripping each others hands as they danced around, Cass had thrown her arms around Harry, knocking him onto his back as she screamed with joy, and Xander had been thrown onto the floor when Rindy had jumped up cheering. She leant down and pulled him to his feet, still cheering and jumping up and down.

"Now that, boys; was a kiss!"

Most of the room turned to look at Parvarti Patil.

"Damn right! If any guy here thinks he can kiss like that, please form an orderly queue right here!"

Frankie yelled, pointing at the spot in front of her feet to an outbreak of laughter from the entire room.

"Err... Cass, I think you're smothering Harry!"

Ginny mumbled, her face burning; Draco still had an arm around her waist and one around her shoulders, his hand resting on the back of her neck and it was making it incredibly difficult for any rational thoughts.

"Come on Ginny, we have that err... Ancient Mythology essay to finish." Alyssa called over to her, smiling awkwardly at Draco and dragging Ginny away from him, giving her dorm mates significant glances along the way. Making their excuses they all hurried up the stairs after Alyssa and Ginny, collapsing onto their beds and turning to stare at Ginny.

"Wh...what?" Ginny muttered, lowering her eyes.

"Well?"

Ginny snapped her eyes back up to Cass.

"Well what?" She asked, knowing perfectly well what they wanted to know but enjoying holding their attention too much to let on.

"How was it?"

Hermione asked impatiently, crossing her legs and dropping her head into her cupped hand.

"It was..." Ginny paused, trying to put the kiss into words; "Intense." She finally mumbled, flushing as she thought of it.

The girls began to giggle uncontrollably and soon Ginny had to join in, touching her still burning lips in wonder.

"Well, you know who this is seriously going to piss off?"

Ginny looked up at Alyssa curiously; already knowing the answer.

"You mean besides my brother?"

Hermione shook her head and gave her a significant look that said only too well if he said anything she'd deal with her boyfriend.

"Juno Raven."

Cass looked up at Alyssa, confused;

"Why?"

Frankie shook her head;

"Because Juno Raven has been after Malfoy since she first saw him on the first day. She ain't gonna let you get away with stealing him from right under her perfectly straight nose easily, Ginny."

Rindy wrinkled her own nose in confusion and looked from Alyssa to Ginny.

"But... isn't Juno Raven with that Slytherin Chaser, Nickalas Davies?"

Alyssa nodded and shrugged at the same time, flopping down onto her bed.

"Oh yeah, that's another reason she won't be very happy. One; Davies is so far up Draco's arse he practically shouts his name when he's screwing Juno, kind of funny when you think of it. And two; Malfoy is also completely in love with Ginny and it's going to kill Juno to have to see it." Alyssa explained happily, watching as Ginny's hand sped up in its stroking of Crookshanks at the mention of Draco's feelings towards her.

"Oh, who was it that jumped on him by the way? Is that why you were so upset?"

Ginny looked up at Cass and raised an eyebrow before nodding.

"Who do you think?"

Hermione narrowed her eyes and glared moodily out of the window.

"Juno Raven by any chance?"

Ginny nodded.

"Well one thing's for sure, every female heart in this place is going to break tomorrow morning." Rindy grinned, winking at Ginny who looked up at her; puzzled.

"Why?" Frankie asked the question she was thinking and everyone turned to look at Rindy curiously.

"Well as its very hard to keep a secret in this place, by break tomorrow every person in this school is going to know about that kiss. And since very girl in the vicinity is in love with Malfoy, once they find out he's hooked on you all hell's going to break loose."

Ginny blushed and looked down at Crookshanks who was snuggling into her lap; she mumbled something about Rindy being stupid, it was only a kiss but Rindy shook her head.

"Well we all know one stupid person who definitely won't give him up especially to Ginny."

Everyone turned to look at Frankie, all of them knowing who she meant without anyone saying it but Ginny shrugged; she was too happy to worry about anything right now, even Juno bloody Raven's revenge.

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An insistent buzzing filled the dormitory and Ginny crept sleepily out of her quilts, her slender ankle twisting in the sheets and depositing her in a dazed heap between her own and Alyssa's grand beds.

"Whassat?" Cass grumbled sleepily scrambling in her tangle of sheets before ripping her bright head free and staring round the room with unfocused eyes.

"Ooohhh!" Frankie stretched and yawned while fumbling over her bedside cabinet top for her watch; "Seven thirty... I feel like I just went to sleep."

"Come on guys, if we're late for Potions again Snape will blow his top." Alyssa said, already dragging a brush through her long hair ready for the school day.

Ginny stood up and treated herself to a long luxurious stretch before whipping a brush through her striking hair and slowly pulling on her school uniform. She watched in fascination as Frankie mussed up her hair at the back and left the front to frame her pretty face.

"Come on." Alyssa said, slipping her bag onto her shoulder and pulling a yawning Ginny out of the door; "Lets see if the others are among the living yet."

After descending the spiralling stone staircase they found Noah and Xander sitting tousle-haired at the long wooden table listening to Mason and Rindy arguing about some prank or other they were planning to pull some time next week. As Ginny approached Mason stopped talking and gave her a radiant smile which lit up his handsome face and made more than a few girls who were already staring because of Ginny from last night's events take a second glance.

"Breakfast?" Alyssa said at Ginny's elbow, staring around at the others who all looked like they hadn't slept at all.

"Breakfast sounds interesting." Noah said, standing up and stretching.

"Gonna escort us down." Ginny asked, kissing Noah on the cheek as he got to his feet slowly. "What time did you go to bed?"

"Don't think I did, I don't remember anyway." He mumbled, failing to stifle a huge yawn.

Ginny tried not to make eye contact with the dozens of people, mostly girls, who gawped at her as the group made their way down to the Great Hall but it was proving very difficult as everywhere she looked people were staring.

"Merlin, you'd think I'd slept with Snape or something the way everyone's staring."

She grumbled, dropping into a seat next to Harry and scowling down at her plate as he grinned sympathetically.

"They'll get bored soon enough."

Hermione assured her, making sure to keep a tight grip on a certain part of Ron's anatomy under the table so he wouldn't say something awful which he had been dying to do ever since last night when he had raged at Harry until early morning.

"Are you alright Ron? You look like you're about to faint."

Ron nodded weakly and Hermione realised her grip, smiling at him angelically as he grimaced, gingerly checking for any damage.

"Oh look who it is."

Cass smirked, her hand entwined his Harry's as she nodded her head at the doors behind Ginny. Ginny didn't bother turning around, she had sensed him getting closer ever since she had woken up, it was like a shadow at the back of her mind constantly moving, she found it oddly comforting to know he was there.

The entire school turned to look at either Ginny or Draco who was marching across the room laughing with Blue, of course he was used to having everyone staring at him, for Ginny it was a new experience and she wasn't sure whether she liked it or not.

"Come on guys, we've got bloody Potions to look forward to."

Ginny groaned and got slowly to her feet, waving at her friends and waiting patiently by the door as Cass seemed to have attached herself to Harry's lips.

The walk down to the dungeons was not pleasant, Ginny had to endure practically every Slytherin girl in the school hissing and whispering as she passed, but she held her head high and glared at anyone stupid enough to try and get into an argument. All in all she was not in the mood for an hour of Snape and his crap.

Alyssa pushed against the dungeon door but it didn't move, she turned to look at the others who shrugged.

"Well at least we're not late." Alyssa mumbled shivering and wrapping her arms around herself before dropping down onto the floor next to Noah who was slumped next to the door.

Ginny slid down onto the floor opposite Noah and dug her book out of her bag, settling down peacefully with it in her lap.

"What," Noah stared at her book as though it had a head; "Is that?"

Laughing Ginny flipped it up so he could see the cover, 'Dracula'.

"It's a book, Noah; you read it."

He rolled his eyes as Xander snorted with laughter.

"Yeah I know that, what's the story about though, that castle on the front looks like somewhere Snape might live."

Ginny laughed and read him the blurb, grinning when he raised an ironic eyebrow at her.

"Hey I'm reading about my ancestry."

He shook his head and Alyssa immediately jumped in, somewhat confused.

"Draco wasn't real it's fiction, and what do you mean your ancestry, are you related to the author or something."

Ginny looked at Noah who looked back at her before shaking his head slightly and she shrugged.

"Nah, just joking."

Xander looked at her as if she was crazy before shrugging his shoulders, turning around and falling flat on his face.

"Xander! Are you alright?"

Alyssa squealed as he lay sprawled across her outstretched legs, throwing a dirty look at Ginny, Mason and Noah who were trying to hide their giggles.

"Yeah, I tripped over."

Xander scrambled into a sitting position and rubbed at the dust marks on his knees half-heartedly, his face burning as a cold voice rang down the icy corridor.

"Well with feet the size of yours it's hardly surprising."

Ginny looked up warily to see Juno Raven staring down at her, she glanced sideways at a crimson Xander before glaring back up at him.

"Well with a head the size of yours blocking the corridor it's hardly surprising most of the light suddenly stopped in here." Alyssa hissed icily.

Juno turned a pale pink and narrowed her eyes at her before shooting a poisonous glance at Xander.

"Is there a reason you're hanging around with losers like these?" She growled at Ginny jerking a thumb over his shoulder at Xander and making it clear she knew she was an Ancient too.

"Well you'll have to explain yourself a little more, you see my friends which is where you pointed aren't losers. But if you meant yourself, who is considerably more of a loser than them, then I'm not hanging around with you, you just followed us down here."

Juno scowled down at her just as a tall solid object came racing down the corridor, knocking her off her feet and left him in a dishevelled heap between Frankie and Noah. Juno's mouth tightened as the colour built up in her cheeks and she glared round at Xander who was stood up now and leaning against the wall as he doubled over in helpless laughter.

Ginny looked up at what had knocked Juno over and came face to face with Draco who was bent over with his hands clutching his knees fighting for breath. He looked up at Ginny as she clambered to her feet and raised an eyebrow at him but before he could say anything a second person bulldozed down the corridor and would have sent her sprawling back to the floor if Draco hadn't wrenched her out of the way. The person skidded to a halt and limped back over to Draco;

"Alright, I give up, you win, you're faster."

Draco nodded and slapped Blue on the back as he doubled over in a coughing fit; Ginny blushed and turned away when Blue winked over at her, nodding his head at Draco.

"Well." A high voice filled the corridor and a shiver passed over Ginny as Snape marched up to his classroom, glaring at Ginny and shooting a cold vicious look over at Alyssa, Noah, Xander, Frankie and Mason whose laughter ceased immediately.

"In."

Following the order Ginny filed into the classroom behind her friends with Juno right behind her, and as the heavy door swung shut behind the rest of the class five minutes later she felt a feeling of intense foreboding as she turned to look up at Snape, his usual look of distaste curling his thin mouth.

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Ginny sidled out of Potions class, thoroughly depressed; she'd barely scraped a passing grade for her homework, Juno had made her knock her Healing potion over so she had received no marks for the days work again and she still hadn't sorted things out with Draco.

She followed Noah, Frankie, Xander and Cass out of the class with a heavy heart, Mason and Alyssa play fighting right behind her. Wandering down the crowded corridors she glanced up in time to see Blue stood outside the entrance to the Slytherin common room chattering with Pansy Parkinson, Crabbe and Goyle, gazing at her as she passed his eyes burning into her; she lowered her own eyes and blocked out his voice in her head speeding up her pace, hurrying to the Great Hall, her heart pounding in her chest.

She dropped into a seat at one of the spaces closest to the window and pulled her Astronomy text book and essay towards her, planning on getting as much done now as she could without having to stay up all night to finish it. She jumped as Noah dropped his hands heavily onto her shoulders before laughing and plopping down next to her and looking glumly at his school bag as though hoping his homework would leap out and tell him what to write.

She glanced across the room and caught sight of Draco scribbling lazily on a piece of parchment, as he looked up to check a reference in his text book, his eyes met hers and they both stared at each other; unable to break away. Mason banging his book down onto the table and sitting opposite her finally made Ginny drag her eyes away from Draco and she hurriedly went back to her essay.

"Still haven't talked to him about everything yet, huh?"

Ginny looked over at Noah and shrugged her shoulders, the lump in her throat making her quite incapable of speech.

"I don't know what there is to say."

She lowered her voice so Xander couldn't hear them and leaned in closer to Noah.

"You know the whole Mate thing, once you Give In it's permanent and you can't leave them ever."

Noah looked at the dark shadow of his Mark under his thin white shirt thoughtfully.

"I wonder how far you have to go with someone for you to be Give In."

Ginny shrugged and smiled vaguely at Xander who was watching them both curiously.

"Gin?"

Ginny looked up at Noah who was regarding her thoughtfully, the tip of his quill in his mouth as he chewed it.

"That kiss, what was it like? I mean was it any different from any other kisses you've had?"

Ginny sat back in her chair, the kiss playing her mind and all the feelings she had felt then rocketing around inside her. After a few seconds of she nodded at Noah and leaned in close to him again.

"It was, it was like I can't describe it. Like if the kiss ended we'd die, if that makes sense. It's like you know when you're in water and you come up for air and your gasping and the air tastes really sweet and you feel like that's all you need, well it was that really. I felt like his lips and hands, basically him was all I needed for everything to make sense. That's the best I can describe it really."

Noah didn't reply, he leaned back in his chair and stared out at the patch of pale blue sky visible through the window with a brooding look on his face.