Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters you recognize unfortunately, due to the genius of JK Rowling, but Parker and Druella and some other random new people, their all mine!!

A/N: Thanks to all that have reviewed!! And to all of those who have read and not reviewed, you know who you are. Ok, to kalira: Aidan Talley is someone I made up, and I know it was too soon for Ginny and Draco, but just wait, there will be more to it and some explanation, etc. Oh yeah and kalira, thank you for your great reviews!

Chapter 6: And the games begin...

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Feeling someone's breath on her neck Ginny woke up abruptly and realized that she was not in her own room. Sitting straight up in bed she looked over and saw a sleeping figure next to her and the activities of the night before came rushing back to her. She pulled the sheets tight around when she realized that she was completely naked and looked around for her clothes. Not seeing her own clothes, she grabbed Draco's button down shirt that was lying haphazardly across the foot of the bed. Pulling it around her she slowly got out of bed trying not to wake Draco.

She had thoroughly enjoyed last night, but she was feeling a little awkward waking up in his room completely naked. She didn't really know him all that well yet and she normally was not the type of girl that would mess around on a first date, much less have sex, seeing as that she was only sixteen. She was beginning to feel a knot forming in the pit of her stomach as she looked over at Draco sleeping peacefully. She knew that she liked him and wanted to get to know him better, but was worried that this might make things weird between them. Grabbing her skirt she pulled it on and grabbed her knickers, bra, and top and stuffed them all into her bag. She found her way back out to the common room and looked for the door they had come through the previous night. She spotted the door and made her way over before deciding to leave a note for Draco. She found a quill and a small piece of parchment and scrawled a quick note.

Draco,

I really enjoyed last night and hope you did too. I had to go back to my room and I took your shirt. Find me later so we can talk.

G

She felt guilty leaving like this, but knew that she couldn't face talking to him this morning, well at least not yet. She quickly hurried out the door and found the same shortcut they had taken and made it into Gryffindor tower without being noticed by anyone. After tiptoeing into her room, she crawled into bed without undressing and covered her head with her sheets. She wasn't normally the emotional type, but this was a big deal for her. She hadn't told Draco, but that had been her first time. She had gotten so wrapped up in the moment that she couldn't have put a stop to it if she had wanted to.

Ginny curled herself into the fetal position as she felt hot tears start to stream down her face. She wasn't sad, but she needed to release emotions that were welling up into a tight knot in her chest and didn't know any other way to deal with it. She knew she was being childish but she didn't care, she just wanted to cry and let it all go. She had always imagined that her most memorable time would be with Harry, the boy she had loved for so long and in her mind, it was the perfect night. Harry would take her on a date, they would walk hand in hand, he would tell her that he loved and couldn't live without her. Then they would go to a romantic hotel and the room would be lit with hundreds of candles and rose petals strewn everywhere. And everything would be perfect. And last night was nothing like that, but it was definitely memorable.

She thought back on the only time she had had sex before this and remembered what a horrible experience it had been. It was the end of her fifth year after the Yule Ball. She had been dating Jonathan Barro for the entire year and they had done everything but have sex at that point. He had wanted it more then she did and she had decided that she had to lose her virginity sometime, so it might as well be then. She didn't want to be a virgin for the rest of her life and every other girl she knew had had sex with at least one person if not more! So, after they Ball they had snuck off to his room and had sex. It had been slightly painful for her, not that he was well endowed, but because he didn't know what he was doing either. She wasn't in the least bit turned on which made it even more difficult. Finally Jonathan had finished and asked her if she had liked it. She had told him yes and she quickly put her clothes back on. About a week after the Ball Jonathan had broken up with her. He said it was because he didn't feel like they really had any chemistry, but she knew it was because she wouldn't have sex with him again.

She knew that Draco was not like that, but she still had doubts in the back of her mind about how things would change and if he would expect her to be like that all the time. She just didn't know if she was ready for all of this. She buried her face in the pillow to drown out her quiet sobs hoping that she would not wake Dru. As she lay there crying quietly and trying to separate all of her feelings she dozed off.

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Draco woke up as the sun poured over his face through the window and stretched his arms above his head. He turned over to place a kiss on Ginny's cheek and realized that she was not there. He looked around the room and saw that all of her clothes were gone as well and jumped out of bed. He pulled on a pair of shorts and walked out to the common room to see if she was waiting out there for him. When he didn't see any sign of her, he could feel his heart drop into his stomach. He had known that they had moved too quickly, but they both were so caught up in what was happening and she seemed to want it as much as he did, that he hadn't put a stop to it. He fell back across the couch and noticed a small piece of parchment on the table. He picked it up and read it quickly letting out a small sigh of relief when he saw it was from Ginny.

After reading it he knew that she probably was feeling the same way he did at that very moment. It was about time for breakfast and today was the first day of classes. He headed to the bathroom and jumped in the shower, savoring the warm water as it beat down on his tired muscles. He couldn't help remembering what had happened last night and smiled at the thought of how beautiful she had looked sleeping in his bed. He wished that he could have woken up to that face this morning, but knew if he ever wanted that to happen, he was going to have to do things the right way and follow her wishes. He stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel loosely around his waist and proceeded over to his armoire to find something to wear for the day. He laid out his school robes and pulled out a pair of faded dark blue jeans and a black v-neck t-shirt. He threw the clothes on quickly, ran his hands through his hair to get it into place, and stepped into some shoes. He grabbed his books as he walked through the common room on his way out the door.

Draco approached the Great Hall and could hear the normal stirrings of a first day of school. He stepped through the door and spotted Parker at his normal seat. He sat down quickly and scanned the Gryffindor table for Ginny. When he didn't see her a look of guilt and worry washed across his face.

"Man, you look like your dog just died," Parker said under his breath.

"Oh. Well, nothing really. Have you seen Ginny this morning?"

"No, I haven't seen Dru yet either. Maybe they are just taking extra time to get ready this morning. Is there something wrong?"

"Well, I don't know if there is. I really need to talk to Ginny. I might have really messed things up," Draco said as he absentmindedly swirled his food around his plate.

"I'm sure everything is fine," Parker said reassuringly. "The owls already came this morning and I got your schedule for you," and handed Draco his schedule for the year. The boys both finished their food in silence while keeping their eyes on the door. Finally the door opened and the girls stepped through quickly making their way to the Gryffindor table. Dru gave a discreet wave to Parker, but Ginny kept her eyes glued to the floor as Dru drug her over to an empty seat. Draco's stomach dropped when he saw her face. There was a slight puffiness and her eyes looked red and irritated like she had been crying. He knew he was the cause of this and that he had to fix it. The problem was trying to figure out when was he going to be able to talk to her alone. Classes were starting and he was sure that her schedule wouldn't match up with his at all. He stood up quickly, practically knocking his plate to the ground, and rushed out of the Great Hall. He ran up to the owlry pulling a quill and parchment out of his bag as he sprinted up the stairs. Once inside he found a school owl and attached the note to it's leg and told it to find Ginny Weasley immediately. It took off out the window and he leaned against the wall letting a huge breath of air out. He hoped that she would get it before she left for class and that she would be willing to meet up with him before they had Quidditch practice tonight.

He had to talk to her before practice, he knew that if he didn't, she would be the only thing he could think about, and as Captain of their team, he could not let his emotions get in the way. He had to have a strong face for everyone else no matter how much his heart was breaking inside. He now realized why he kept people at a distance for so long, it made you too vulnerable to let someone in, but he also knew that if you never let anyone get close to him, he would be alone for the rest of his life. He had overheard one of the girls tell another girl that it was better to loved and lost then to have never loved at all. At that point Draco thanked the gods that no one could hear his thoughts, because he would definitely ruin his reputation getting all mushy like that. He let out a slight laugh at the irony of the entire situation, him being the one wondering where things were going and what he could do to make them work. He realized suddenly that he had about one minute to get to his first class and rushed out the door and down the steps.

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Ginny kept her eyes glued to her plate the entire time she was in the Great Hall until she heard a clatter and looked up to see Draco rushing through the door and out to the hallway. Seeing him, even if it was just the back of his head, caused her breath to catch in her throat and a feeling of heat to pulse behind her eyes. She knew that she had to get out of the Great Hall before she burst into tears and caused a scene. She discreetly leaned over and whispered to Dru that she was going to go back to the room to freshen up before class, but that she would see her in a few minutes. She headed towards the door, very proud of herself that she had kept herself together this long, but as soon as the door closed behind her she lost all control and broke down.

She took the stairs two at a time up to Gryffindor tower barely seeing where each footstep landed through her haze of tears. The fat lady kept trying to console her as she sobbed out the password and finally she let her in. Luckily the common room was empty and she wouldn't have to explain herself to anyone. Reaching her room, she threw herself across her bed. She reached for her pillow and curled herself around it hugging it tightly to her chest in hopes of it lending some comfort. She lay there crying, her body slowly beginning to ease from the racking sobs. She felt a rough tongue lick her hand and looked down to see Bailey licking her finger. Bailey looked up at her and rubbed her head against Ginny's palm seeking attention. Ginny picked the kitten up and cuddled the furry ball to her stroking her head and whispering to her. As she finally calmed down and the tears stopped rolling down her cheeks, she placed a tiny kiss on top of the kitten's head and set her down on the bed.

Ginny looked in the mirror and realized that she looked frightful. She pulled her wand out and did a quick spell to smooth her hair back into place, then quickly pointed her wand to her face muttering a few choice words that instantly banished all signs of the crying fit she had just finished. She looked herself over, smoothed her robes and headed towards the door when she heard a peck on the window. Looking over she saw a large brown owl with a piece of parchment tied to it's let. She hadn't been expecting any deliveries today other then her schedule and was a bit surprised. She opened the window and handed the owl a treat as she undid the parchment. As soon as she had unfolded the note, she knew it was from Draco. She took a deep breath, told herself that she was fine, and read it.

Gin,

I'm sorry. I'm not really sure what I'm sorry for, but I know that something is wrong. I wish that last night had gone differently, because I think that we both regret to what extent we took things. I want to talk to you, please. I need to talk to you. Meet me in the astronomy tower at the start of lunch if you want to talk.

Yours,

Draco

As she finished reading the letter, she clutched it to her chest and felt a single tear roll down her cheek. She fought back any more tears and decided that she was going to let this go. There was no need to be emotional about this, it was just as much her choice as his, and she had wanted it just as much as he did last night. Then she realized that she was not really emotional about what had happened, but about how he made her feel. Her perfect reality that she had always imagined was happening, but with someone who she had never expected in her entire life.

She folded the letter neatly and tucked into the pocket of her skirt she was wearing under her robes. She grabbed her books off of her bed, roughed the top of Bailey's head, and headed towards the dungeons for sixth-year potions with Snape. She was not looking forward to having Snape deduct points from her house for the next hour, but at least she could concentrate on something other then Draco for a while. Her mind had been in a constant blur all morning and she needed a distraction the size of Mount Everest to get her mind to stop, and Snape was just the answer.

Ginny saw Dru walking towards the dungeon and called out to her. Dru spun on her heel and ran back to where Ginny was standing.

"Gin, are you alright," she asked with concern in her voice.

"I'm fine Dru, I just needed to pull myself together," she said as she gave her a small smile. "But, while I was in the room, I got a note from Draco. He wants to talk, he told me to meet him in the astronomy tower during lunch."

"That's good, right?"

"Yeah, it's good. It's better to go ahead and figure everything out before we have practice tonight."

"Practice," Dru said questioningly.

"For Quidditch! You and Parker really have been snogging a little too much," Ginny said as she laughed sincerely. "Don't forget that our first game is next Saturday."

"I won't forget, I promise," Dru said as she gave Ginny a little salute.

"We better get into class, the last thing you want to do is piss of Snape. We're already on his bad side for being Gryffindor, so being late will only make it worse," Ginny whispered as they slid through the door and quietly took seats at the back of the room.

Morning classes went by in a blur, Potions with Snape for an hour, double Transfiguration with McGonagall, then History of Magic. Ginny didn't think her morning could get anymore boring, but surprisingly enough she hadn't even had time to be bored. Before she knew it, it was time for lunch and she parted ways with Dru and headed toward the astronomy tower. She could feel her hands starting to sweat and hastily wiped them on her robes. She shook her head slightly and wrung her hands trying to dissolve the nervousness forming in the pit of her stomach. She reached the tower door and pushed the door open timidly, wondering if Draco was there yet. As she peeked her head around the edge of the door she caught a glimpse of platinum blonde hair shining in the window. He was there, but hadn't noticed the door opening yet. She cleared her throat and stepped into the room closing the door quietly behind her.

Draco spun around at the disturbance and locked eyes with her. His lips started to curl slightly at the corners as it sunk in that it was Ginny. He took a step towards her and then stopped suddenly becoming very interested in the hem of his robes.

"Draco?"

"Ginny, I'm sorry," he said quietly and Ginny could hear a slight waver in his voice. She took a few steps toward him and took his hand into hers.

"Draco, it's okay. I'm sorry that I left this morning. I was a little overwhelmed by everything. This is not how I normally act and I was in a little bit of shock from it all." She stepped a little closer to him and put her other hand tenderly on his cheek and ran her fingers underneath his chin.

Draco looked down into her eyes and saw the sincerity on her face and he felt his heart melt. "When I read your note this morning, I knew that we had rushed things, and then when I saw you this morning and you looked so upset, I knew that I had really screwed things up. I knew I had to fix it, no matter what it took. He pulled the palm of her hand to his lips and kissed it affectionately and then rested his cheek in her hand. "Let's start over. We can't pretend last night didn't happen, but let's put that behind us and get to know each other better. Okay?"

"Why Draco, I think that's the best thing I've heard all day," Ginny exclaimed as she threw her arms around his neck. She nuzzled his neck slightly as he wrapped his arms around her waist and placed a kiss on her temple. They stood this way for a few moments and slowly pulled away. Draco took her hand and they headed down to the Great Hall. As they reached the entrance Ginny let go of his hand and told him to wait for two minutes after she had gone in, she didn't want to look suspicious and end up having a huge row with her brother in front of the entire school. She explained that he would find out soon enough and she would have enough on her hands to deal with then, today was just not a good day to have to deal with that. She gave Draco a quick peck on the lips and rushed into the hall. Draco leaned against the doorframe and sighed in relief that this had been resolved. He could now carry on with the rest of his day without worrying about all that emotional stuff and just look forward to practice tonight and working out some of this stress.

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The rest of the day went off without a hitch for both Ginny and Draco, excluding Dru and Parker harassing them about what was going on. Homework was assigned and detentions were given and all was right at Hogwarts. Students meandered through the halls griping about teachers and how much homework had been assigned and it being only the first day of classes. Ginny and Dru spent the rest of the afternoon in their room working on homework so that they didn't get behind too early in the term, especially since they had practice tonight.

Twenty minutes before dinner was to start they put their books away, changed into some comfortable clothes, grabbed their brooms and Quidditch robes, and headed toward the Great Hall. Right before they reached the entrance they snuck into an empty classroom and left their robes and brooms behind the door. Practice was right after dinner and they didn't want to give away where they were going. They took seats closest to the door in hopes to not draw too much attention when they left because the last thing they wanted was for Ron to start asking questions.

Dru had discussed with Parker that they would leave halfway through dinner, then Parker and Draco would follow about five minutes later. The other three boys, Taryn, Wes, and Ethan, knew that when Parker and Draco left, they were to leave ten minutes later and head to the pitch. Draco and Parker had decided that they wanted to keep the members of their team a secret for as long as possible to cause as much shock as possible. This would keep their first opponents off guard hopefully.

They had been informed that their first game was the next Saturday, but had not been told whom they would be playing. Draco hoped that it would be Potter and Weasel, just for the sole fact of seeing their faces when they laid their eyes on the seeker for his team. Weasel would probably fall right off of his broom, and when Ginny got the snitch before Potter, they would both probably have seizures right there on the field. Draco knew without a doubt that his team was the best in the XA League. With Parker and Dru as chasers, they would score plenty, and with Ginny's acrobats and agility and his dexterity as keeper, the game was in the bag.

Draco absentmindedly pushed his food around his plate thinking about beating Potter and Weasel and ignoring Pansy as she yammer incessantly about how much he had been ignoring her lately. He pushed some peas to the edge of his plate with his fork when he suddenly felt a sharp jab to his ribs causing him to fling peas into Pansy's face. Pansy sputtered in indignation as everyone around her stifled laughs seeing her covered in peas.

"Draco, they just left," Parker whispered under his breath. Draco nodded to him as he pretended not to notice Pansy whining in the background.

Finally turning to Pansy he flicked a pea off of her shoulder and said with a straight face, "You missed one." This caused a whole new peal of laughter to ring from the surrounding Slytherin students much to the dismay of Pansy. She quickly stood up as a pile of peas rolled out of her top and spilled onto the floor causing even more laughter and quite a few snickers could be heard from the teacher's table. Pansy looked around accusingly, screwing her face up as if to scream, but instead marched off in a huff with peas flying out of her hair behind her.

"Who knew I even had that many peas on my plate," Draco said questioningly while shrugging his shoulders.

"You didn't," Parker said as he pointed at Draco's plate and the huge mountain of peas sitting in the middle and continued, "I charmed them right before I elbowed you so they would multiply." Draco clapped him on the back as he stood up and motioned for the door. Parker followed closely behind and they both ducked out of the hall and grabbed their gear that they had stashed in a nearby room. They took off at a slight jog to try to catch up to the girls.

They walked onto the field and spotted the girls sitting on a bench and headed over towards them.

"You guys totally missed seeing Pansy covered in peas," Parker choked out between laughs.

"What," both girls exclaimed simultaneously.

"It was nothing really," Draco drawled. "Parker charmed my peas to multiply and then elbowed me really hard making me fling peas all over Pansy," he finished with mock seriousness. Both girls fell off the bench and rolled on the ground grasping their sides from laughing so hard. The mental picture of Pansy covered in peas was enough to make you pee your pants, no pun intended. They quickly pulled themselves together as the Taryn, Wes, and Ethan entered the stadium looking puzzled.

"Alright, now that we are all here I guess introductions are in order," Draco said authoritatively. "Boys, this is Ginny Weasley and Druella Brooks from Gryffindor. Ginny will be playing Seeker," as he motioned towards her, "And Dru, as we like to call her, will be one of our Chasers."

"Girls, this is Taryn Brown and Wes Wyland from Ravenclaw as our two beaters, and Ethan Jarrett from Slytherin as our third chaser," Draco said as he pointed to each boy in turn. They all shook hands and Draco motioned for them to mount their brooms. He followed them into the air after extracting one of the quaffles and putting it under his arm and tucking the snitch into his pocket.

"Since we can't really play a game, I just want us to get used to each others style of flying. I'm not going to let a bludger loose just yet, but after a little while we'll throw that in the mix as well. First, I just want the chasers to practice heading up and down the pitch and passing to one another. Ginny, Taryn, and Wes, if you would, play opposing chasers to give them a bit of a challenge. We are only going to one set of goals for now, and that'll be the one I'm guarding, okay," he said jovially. As he turned toward the goals, he threw the quaffle over his shoulder to the waiting players. After about twenty minutes of the six racing up and down the pitch he called for them to stop and huddle.

"Okay, now that our chasers have had a little bit of time to practice, I'm going to let the bludgers go, and Parker and myself are going to head to the other end and be opposing beaters. I'm also going to let the snitch go and Dru if you wouldn't mind, give Ginny a run for her galleons," he smirked.

Everyone headed in opposite directions as the bludgers flew around the pitch and Ginny and Dru circled the perimeter searching for the snitch. Draco and Parker definitely kept Taryn and Wes on their toes, as they sent hard hit bludgers flying back towards the opposite end of the field. Ginny was hard pressed to stay in one spot for long with trying to avoid the bludgers and the beaters. Finally as she dove to the left to avoid a very nasty run in with a bludger Parker had just sent flying her direction, she caught a bright glint of sunlight reflecting off of the snitch. Looking up she saw that Dru had seen it too and she laid flat against her broom and took off straight up into the air. The snitch had decided to weave in and out between the towers of the stadium and had Ginny and Dru trying desperately not to smash into one another. Ginny pulled ahead of Dru by a hair as the snitch darted out toward the center of the stadium with Ginny close behind. She reached her had out and could feel it's wings beating the air around it as she closed her fingers down on top of it. She triumphantly held her hand up as headed towards the ground.

The rest of the team followed suit and landed softly around her on the ground.

"Nice job Ginny," Draco said as he patted her upper arm. "Taryn, Wes, great practice. I think you guys will do well together. Parker, Dru, Ethan, I think that you guys were able to work well together as a team and seemed to complement each other very well. So, now that our first practice is over, what do you guys think," Draco asked.

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement with Draco's earlier comments but didn't seem to have anything new to add. Draco took this as a good sign and let them all know they would have practice again in two days, same time, same place. Taryn, Wes, and Ethan bid everyone goodnight and headed towards the castle, while the four stayed behind lounging on the grass.

"Do you think we'll be able to beat Potter and his team," Draco asked the rest.

"No problem," Ginny replied confidently, "especially when Harry and Ron see that I'm on your team. They'll be in shock, and probably won't be able to function. Harry will be overconfident that he can get the snitch before me that he won't be in top form." Ginny rolled onto her side and propped herself up on her elbow so that she was looking at Draco. Draco reached his hand out and twirled a loose strand of her hair around his finger. She smiled at him, surprised by his open show of comfort with her. She could hear Dru and Parker talking quietly behind them and rolled onto her back.

"Dru?"

"Yeah Ginny?"

"Do you think we should head back to the room?"

"Uh, well, um," Dru stuttered.

"We're going to take a little walk," Parker interjected as Dru shook her head vigorously. "Draco, I'll see you back in the common room in a little while," Parker threw over his shoulder as he and Dru left the stadium, their arms intertwined.

As Dru and Parker's voices faded Draco pulled himself up to where he was laying perpendicular to Ginny with the back of his head resting on her stomach. Ginny absentmindedly moved one hand to his chest and another knotted itself into his hair. Draco covered her hand with his and gently pulled it to his lips and placed a loving kiss on the back of her hand. The two lay there in silence for quite a while taking in the night sky and the contact with one another. Finally Draco propped himself up on his elbow and turned towards Ginny.

"I guess I should walk you back to the castle now." Ginny nodded and moved to stand up. Draco grabbed her hands and pulled her to her feet flush against him while wrapping his hands behind her back still firmly grasping her own hands and placed a soft kiss on the top of her head Ginny leaned into his chest and sighed deeply.

"Ginny, I'd like to invite you to dinner next Sunday night, just the two of us."

"Where?"

"In my private rooms. I'll have the house elves deliver some food for us. It'll be nice to spend some time alone and we can celebrate winning our first match, and since we can't really go out anywhere since it's during term, I figured this would be the only way to spend some time together."

"Okay, what time then?"

"Dinner time, so when everyone else heads to the Great Hall, you just come to the private entrance to my rooms." With that said, they pulled apart and walked up to the castle. At the entrance they parted ways and headed to their separate common rooms.

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A/N: Ok, sorry to end the chapter at that. But I feel like the Quidditch game needs to be in another chapter, and that's where we are heading next. So, what do you think? Is it too cheesy? Come on people, give me some feedback! I crave it!!