Title: Say the Word

Summary: Draco and Ginny are best friends in school. The Dream Team doesn't know that...yet. What happens when they find out? Will they accept the two? But wait, what happens when the two start developing feelings for each other? Will The Dream Team accept that?

Disclaimer: All the characters in this story belong to J.K. Rowling. The only thing that belongs to me is the plot.

A/N: This is the first part of a three part story for those who don't know. Hello to those who read Gaining Custody. I hope you all like this part. I'm really sorry.

Chapter Nine: Will you.....

"Don't worry mom, she'll wake up soon." Fred said

"Ginny's strong mom. She'll be fine." George added.

Ginny groaned and slowly opened her eyes. She was woken up to the sound of someone crying and a couple of people in the background comforting her.

Ginny tried to sit up, but it was really painful. "Ouch!"

Mrs. Weasley, the voice and the crier, ran over to Ginny, "Oh Ginny. I'm so happy that you're awake. Are you in any pain? Do I need to take you to the doctors?"

"Excuse me Mrs. Weasley I need to check Ginny if it's ok with you." Madame Pomfrey said as she came out of her office.

Mrs. Weasley smiled and replied, "Of course."

Madame Pomfrey pulled to curtains around them and did a physical exam on Ginny. She appeared to be fine except the bruise that caused Ginny the pain so Madame Pomfrey let her go. As expected every one of her brothers, minus Ron, and her family surrounded her asking her if she was ok.

Ginny took a really deep breath and hollered, "One at a time!" Rapidly every one went silent. "I'm fine, I don't have a headache and I don't feel any source of pain so you all can just move on. I thank you all for worrying about me- but where is Ron?"

"Oh Ginny, Ron's in St. Mungo's. There was something wrong with his spine and the school is not allowed to do anything related to the spine."

Ginny's breathing increased. If anything happened to Ron, Ginny would hate herself. She should have brought him immediately to the Hospital Wing. She was just getting close to him too. Mrs. Weasley noticed the increased breathing and wrapped her arms around Ginny calming her.

"They said that he will be fine. All he has to do is take the prescribed medication and wear a back brace for about two to three months. If it weren't for you, he wouldn't have been taken to St. Mungo's at the time he did. If he got there a couple of minutes later, he probably wouldn't be able to walk."

Ginny relaxed.

* * * *

When Ginny woke up, her parents decided to stay with her. They stayed at Hogwarts for a week and they left. It's been a month now and Ron's fine. He just hates having to wear the back brace because it was such a pain. Ginny and Draco still aren't going out, Sylvia and Blaise still are though.

(It's April now.) The crew was sitting outside in front of the lake. Draco and Blaise sat against a tree talking while Sylvia and Ginny were sitting on the shore of the lake splashing their feet in the warm water talking.

"Can you believe that in like five months we'll graduate and we won't be coming back?" Sylvia asked.

Ginny stopped and took a quick glance and Draco and back to Sylvia, "No, I can't. I'm going to miss Hogwarts. It has always been a place where I could run away to. Just to get away from my problems for a little while. You know what I mean?"

Sylvia nodded, "Yeah. I could get away from that freak brother of mine."

"Are you going back to live with your brother after school."

Sylvia looked at Ginny like she was an alien, "Are you kidding me?! I wouldn't go back to that place if someone paid me."

"Well then where are you going to live?"

"I'm going to rent an apartment with Blaise in Diagon Alley and live there. What about you?"

Ginny shrugged, "I don't know. I guess I'm going to live my family for a little while. Once I get a job and get settled down a little then I'll start looking for a house."

"What are you going to do after school?"

"I think I want to be a writer or an artist. I love to draw."

"I'm probably going to become an Auror (sp?)."

Ginny nodded, "That's good."

~Draco and Blaise~

"Can you-"

"Blaise, don't even talk about the end of the year. Not now. We have five months."

"Fine."

Silence took over for a few minutes until Blaise broke it. "What are you thinking about?"

"What if me and Ginny don't get together before school ends? I said that I would wait for her, but what if she decides that she doesn't want to be with me? I mean this is our last year. I still want to be able to contact her after school, but what if she gets married and her husband doesn't want her to contact me?" Draco responded staring at Ginny.

Blaise sighed, "Man, come on. The girls look pretty depressed lets go and uh get them undepressed." Blaise winked.

Draco smiled and the two ran down to the girls. Sylvia was the first to notice them and she got up and tried to run away from Blaise, but he got her. He threw her into the lake.

Ginny turned around, got up and ran. "No! Draco don't!"

"Why not?"

"Because I said so."

"Too bad." Draco enveloped Ginny and threw her into the lake too. When Ginny got up from under the water she glared at Draco, "Oh Malfoy you are so going to get it now!" Ginny chased Draco and pushed him into the lake, but before he reached the water he grabbed Ginny's hand pulling her with him.

The four played all day like that. Swimming in the water and getting pushed or thrown into the lake. When they were done they headed back to school for dinner and bed.

The next morning Ginny woke up sneezing. Damn Draco, you got me sick. Ginny got out of bed and stormed into Draco's room. She walked over to Draco's bed, pulled the covers off him to find that he was only in his boxers, but she didn't care.

"Malfoy get up!" she shouted.

Draco jumped out of bed, "Geez woman! What the hell are you trying to do?"

Ginny walked up closer to Draco; they were now only an inch apart. "Malfoy, you gave me a fucking cold. I'm going to kill you."

Draco smirked, "You know, I don't know why you're calling me Malfoy when you know that you will soon be a Malfoy."

Ginny backed up, "I will not become a Malfoy unless you have a brother who marries me, but until then move on. You're like one of my brothers. It would be weird to go out with you."

Draco got down on one knee, took Ginny's hand in his and asked, "Will you....please give me a chance?"

Ginny snatched her hand away. "Give you a chance to do what?"

"Give me a chance to prove to you that we are more then just 'friends'. Please; just one chance is all I'm asking."

"What if something goes wrong? What if-"

"Those are what if questions. I promise you it won't happen."

Ginny looked down, "Draco, you can't make promises like those."

"But I can try. I know I said that I would wait forever for you, but the truth is I can't."

"I don't know."

With that last statement, Ginny left.

~AtwistedAngel13~

I hope that you like this. Oh hey I still need a beta please. So if anyone wants to be my beta just write to me. AtwistedAngel13@aol.com