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(A/N I would like to thank everyone for the great reviews, you rock! Meteor shower was from One Tree Hill. Only one person got brownie points. Don't worry though it's just like the points on Who's Line, they don't actually matter.)

Chapter 17: You Make Me Want to Shout

It was Saturday night and Ginny was sitting alone in the Gryffindor common room, she was waiting for Ron to get back from Quidditch practice. She was just about to drift off to sleep when Ron came tumbling through the portrait hole. He was quickly followed by Hermione and Harry.

"Ginny what are you doing here by yourself?" Ron asked her.

"Well, er, you see, I kind of have to talk to you guys about something." Ginny replied deciding to just tell all three of them at once.

"What is it?" Ron asked her concerned.

"You guys might want to sit down." Ginny replied motioning towards the couch.

"What's going on Ginny?" Hermione asked her suspiciously.

"Well as you know, um, Draco and I have been working together for potions." Ginny said uneasily, not sure of how to tell them.

"Yeah, go on." Hermione said.

"Well er, you see, um," Ginny started. "We are sort of, um, I guess you could say we were, um, dating." Ginny finally managed to sputter out.

Ron's face turned instantly red, he bolted up from the couch.

"You're dating a Malfoy!" he shouted at her.

"Well." Ginny started.

"What are you thinking. He is a Malfoy, his father is a death eater!" Ron continued ignoring her attempt to say something. "How could you do this? Don't you care about your family at all?"

"Ron, chill out." Hermione said quietly from the couch.

"Chill out, did you not hear what she just told us? She is dating a Malfoy!" Ron yelled.

"Ron sit down." Harry said speaking up for the first time.

Ron looked at his best friend, hurt that he wasn't standing up for him.

"It's only fair that we hear her out." Harry continued.

Ron looked at Harry and then sat back down crossing his arms in front of him fuming.

"Well you see, around me he is quite different than he is around you." Ginny said. "He is, um, nice. And just because his father is a death eater doesn't mean that he is going to be one."

"Ginny, how did this happen?" Harry asked her.

"Well see we were getting along then we weren't and then he took me to the ball, but I didn't know it was him, then when the meteor shower hit he found me on the roof and we um kissed and made up." Ginny said quickly blushing.

"You what?" Ron asked jumping up again.

"Ron, seriously." Hermione warned him.

"No, he kissed her. I am going to kill him. He took her to the ball and he kissed her. My little sister. He kissed my little sister!" Ron yelled. "I'm going to kill him."

Ron left the common room in a huff, he was charging down the stairs when Harry caught up to him and grabbed his arm.

"Ron you can't do anything. You can't control who your sister dates." Harry said rationally.

"I don't want to control who she dates." Ron replied angrily.

"You mean like when you had your little talk with Dean, and when you scared away that Ravenclaw boy, and when you nearly took down that Hufflepuff third year simply for looking at her like he was going to do something indecent with her." Harry replied sarcastically. "You're right you don't want to control who she dates."

"I just don't want-" Ron started.

"I know how you feel. I feel the same way, but she will never come to you for help when she needs it if all you do is try to control her life." Harry interrupted.

"I just don't want her to get hurt, she's my little sister." Ron replied sheepishly.

"She is going to get hurt, but if you don't let her do this she won't come to you when she needs you to kick his butt." Harry told him.

"Malfoy, it's Malfoy." Ron replied. "And I was worried about her dating Dean."

"Listen tomorrow at breakfast go give him the usual brotherly warning, then leave it alone. If and when he needs you she will let you know. Then you can kick his ass and still come off the good guy." Harry reasoned with him.

"Damn it." Ron replied.

"What?"

"Nothing it's just that you're right." Ron replied sadly.

Ron turned back around and went back to the common room.

"Ginny if he hurts you, I will kill him. If he touches you in anyway that I don't like and I hear about it, I will kill him. If he flaunts it in my face, I will kill him." Ron told her as he walked back into the common room. "Got it?"

"Seriously?" Ginny asked him. "You're okay with this?"

"No I'm not okay with this, but I don't really have a choice do I, just promise me that if he hurts you that you will tell me." Ron told her.

"I promise." Ginny replied jumping up and giving him a hug. "Thanks."

Ron and Harry started up the stairs to the boys dormitory while Hermione sat down staring at Ginny expectantly.

"Dish, I want details." Hermione said after the boys were out of ear shot.

"What do you want to hear about?" Ginny asked.

"How you got from mortal enemies to dating is a good start." Hermione answered her.

"Well it all started when I yelled at him." Ginny started.

Ginny and Hermione talked half the night. Hermione was sincerely happy for Ginny, unlike Ron and Harry she was a lot quicker to forgive and forget then the boys were. Finally after a few hours they said goodnight and went to their rooms. Ginny collapsed into bed and fell asleep instantly, sleeping well now that Ron knew about Draco and was mildly okay with it.

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Draco sat in his room hoping that Ginny would come and tell him how telling Ron went. He was nervous for her, and for his face, but mostly for her. He wouldn't want to be her while telling Ron the news. I should have been there to help her, he thought to himself.

"That probably would have just made it worse." he said to himself. "It's because of me."

After an hour he figured out she wouldn't be coming by and he went to bed.