Ginny walked back to Gryffindor Common Room.
"Password?" said the Fat Lady.
"Lumos." said Ginny.
The Fat Lady swung open the portrait to reveal the hole to the Common Room. There, she saw Hermione and Ron, and they were having a row with each other. It's a miracle I didn't here them outside, thought Ginny.
"Ron, I just don't see the big deal!" yelled Hermione.
"I don't want my baby sister dating that... that... snake!" said Ron, puting extra emphasis on the word snake.
Ginny stopped walking and stood quite still. Uh, oh, she thought.
"Ron, it's not for you to decide!" said Hermione hotly.
"Don't tell me, Hermione! How would you feel if your younger sister-"
"Decided to go out with Malfoy? I would be happy for her if she truly liked him, Ron, but that's what seperates you and me, isn't it? You just can't stand to see Ginny happy!" screamed Hermione.
Ron looked stunned. Ginny turned around to walk back to the library, when Ron saw her.
"Ginny! Come here!"
Ginny turned around and walked up to Ron. "Yes, Ron?"
"What the hell are you thinking? said Ron, obviously angry.
"About what?" said Ginny.
"About what?" said Ron. "About you, and that snake Malfoy!"
Ginny stood her ground. "For your information, Ron, he is not a snake, he is nice and sweet!"
Ron looked livid. "Nice? Sweet? Ginny, he has you brainwashed!"
"Oh, hostestly, Ron!" said Hermione. "Maybe he changed!"
"Oh, yeah?" said Ron. "I don't think so! Ginny, I forbid you to ever see that snake again!"
"Ron, stop calling him that! Ron, you have no grounds what so ever to tell me how to live my life! You are not my father!" said Ginny. And before Ron could argue any further, she ran upstairs to her dormatory, to cry.
Draco sat in his dormitory room looking at a picture of his daughter and her mother.
He was contemplating whether he wanted to risk the terrible massacre to happen again by opening himself up to Ginny. He had always been known, to not let people know how he felt. As a child he was taught not to show any emotion and to always feel superior to other people, and show it. He had loved Ava and Gwen so much, and he was so proud to be a father, and since his own father didn't want anything to stand in the way of Draco following in his footsteps, he had killed them. Draco continued staring at the picture, caressing the beautiful face printed upon the paper. Because it was a wizard picture, it was moving. He sat looking at the picture of Ava holding a beautiful baby girl in the picture. Gwen was laughing at Ava who was making a silly face. Draco's eyes welled up with tears as he saw Ava wave to him, and Gwen show off her cute toothless smile. He went over to his trunk, pulled out one of the many knifes that his father had given him, and went to work easing the mental pain, and making worse the physical.
After her fight with Ron, Ginny had felt even more ready to further her knowledge of Draco, she wanted to know everything about him, what he liked and disliked, she wanted to know about his family. And most importantly, she wanted to know why he was doing what he was doing to himself, because it pained her deeply to think that someone so young would bring that much pain upon them self. Ginny's friend Charli came up into the dorm just as Ginny was drying off her eyes on her bed sheets. Charli was a pretty girl, she was tall and tan and muscular. She had really beautiful long brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. Some say she was the perfect girl, because of her looks, but Charli was a very mixed up person on the inside. But Ginny was the only person who knew this.
"Hey Gin, how's it going?"
"Its fine Chuck I'm just getting ready to go down to dinner you want come?" –Ginny
"Yeah sounds like fun, just let me change alright?" – Charli
"No problem" – Ginny
After dinner, Ginny was sitting in her room, reading a book, when and owl tapped on her window. She got up and retrieved the letter. The eagle owl swooped away, hooting softly.
Dear Ginny,
Please listen, I need to talk to you as soon as possible, it is extremely important that I see you soon. I have news that my father has escaped from Azkaban, and this is very bad. Please meet me at the top of west tower in about an hour. I will be waiting for you.
Draco
P.S. bring your wand
Ginny looked at the clock, she had about 30 minutes before she had to be at the tower, so she decided that she'd get into some normal clothes. She wondered why he wanted her to bring her wand.....
Draco looked at the stars and wondered when Ginny would come. She was already ten minutes late. He took out his wand and twirled it like a baton. I hope Ginny brought hers, he thought. Just then, he heard the door creak. He put his want in combat position. Ginny walked in.
"Were you going to jinx me?" said Ginny teasingly.
"Been there, done that." said Draco. He recalled last year when he had been part of the Inquisatorial Squad, and rough-handled Ginny. "Sorry about that." said Draco.
Ginny smiled. "I got you back, remember? Twice."
Draco smiled as well. "Twice. Yeah."
Ginny walked up to Draco.
"Did you bring your wand? he asked.
Ginny showed him her wand. "Yes, but I don't understand why you wanted me to bring it."
"I told you, my father escaped from Azkaban." said Draco. "Ginny, do you know what this means?"
Ginny was puzzled. "That the dementors aren't working for Fudge anymore?"
Draco snorted. "Ginny, that is obvious. Think, why would I need to see you?"
Ginny suddenly realized. "He's coming after you, isn't he? Your dad, I mean."
Draco nodded. "Yes, he is."
There was silence for a while. It was Ginny who finally spoke.
"Why do you need me? You should go to Dumbledore."
Draco sighed. "No, Ginny. Dumbledore can only do so much. My father does not fear him."
"Then why me?" said Ginny.
"You are the only person who understands me." said Draco. "You are the only person I can trust."
Ginny looked down. She saw blood soaking through Draco's sleeve of his left arm. "Draco!"
Draco looked embarassed.
"Draco, I thought you tried to quit!" said Ginny as she ripped a peice of cloth from her sleeve. "Roll up your sleeve, go on."
Draco did. Ginny tied the cloth around his cut.
"Draco, that cut was fresh." said Ginny. "Did you cut yourself tonight?" There was concern in her voice and on her face. Draco looked at the floor.
"I tried to quit, Ginny." said Draco. "But I can't. I don't see you not throwing up. I saw you leave ten minutes before dinner was over. You came back and didn't eat a thing."
Ginny flushed. "Well, I try to stop, though."
Draco smiled. "So you know if I tried to stop cutting myself?"
Ginny flushed even more scarlet. "Um, I honestly, don't know."
Draco grinned." Ha, it seemes I know a bit more about you, than you do about me."
Ginny rolled her eyes. "So?"
Draco rolled his eyes back. "So, will you teach me?"
Ginny looked confused. "Teach you what, exactly?"
Draco smiled even more widely. "The spells you learnt in the DA last year, of course."
Ginny frowned. "Why don't you just come to the meetings?"
Draco shuffled his feet. "You think Weas- I mean, Ron would like that?"
To Draco's surprise, Ginny laughed. "I accually just had a row with him."
Draco looked surprised. "Really? What about?"
Ginny grinned. "Accually, about you."
Draco smiled. "Oh, yeah?"
Ginny nodded. "Yep, and he, what was the word... oh yeah, forids me to see you." Ginny laughed again.
Draco also laughed. "Really? And you obviously refused his refusal."
Ginny smiled. "Yes, obviously. But, Draco, please think of coming, please?"
Draco thought about it. After a moment he said, "I will consider it, Ginny." Then he smiled and left, leaving Ginny in the tallest, most westward tower, to think about how she was going to get Draco into the DA meetings without Ron throwing a fit.